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To Correspondents.
P . M . —The creature is at its dirty work again ; ho may well wince at thc speech of Bro . Savage on the presentation of the testimonial . The creature lias been ( he bane of Freemasonry ever since his entrance within its portals . Still we say . in Capel-conrt phrase , " beware . ' * ARGUS . —We recognise a former correspondent , and acknowledge the compliment ; and equally with himself regret that so truly distinguished a Mason , as the P . J . G W . alluded tn , whose nature is always to act right , should feel so entrammelled by circumstances as to he obliged to act wrong
A WIDOW ' CASE . —The attack and rejoinder are too personal for our interference . AN APPRENTICE . —The masonic premiums for 1848 were thus awarded—to the slanderer of the widow—the last of the informers—and for ratting . A LADY . —Who can dispute the taste of woman ? It is always against the , r pretty man . " Tall he may be—somewhat mouthy—but never high-minded . Bro . THOMAS PRYER . —We have to inform many enquirers , that owing to a fire in his house , many valuable masonic papers were destroyed , and much time must elapse before memory and re-investigation can repair their loss .
Bro . Dr . OI . IV . ER . —Our readers will perceive by the erudite paper in our present number , that , although temporary retirement has been enjoined , the vigour of mind and zeal of purpose are yet dominant in our historian . D . F . will observe that his request has been complied with—to correct a faultless paper would be impertinent . A MASONIC-DWARF is right . The mover of the Vote of Confidence , would be a prize-advocate , in any case where no witness is to be called in support . ONE WHO ROSE IIUT APPLAUDED NOT . —The Vote of Confidence was never more needed : it
was too barefaced to call on a brother to violate the obligation of secrecy . Let those who sit in high places look to it—the time may eome . A PURPLE may complain of the blues for issuing their list , but why not com plain of the " purple informer" who visited lodges , and literally forced his list of confidence papersor of the official purple and his scrutineers , who folded up confidence-papers with the voting papers at the very threshold of Grand Lodge—or of the Grand Secretary , who imposed on a provincial brother with a similar list ready scratched—or of a zany-toady , whose circular was offensively thrust on the Craft through the medium of the post—or of the trick of putting forward two names from the independent list , as a decoy for the provincial brethren ? Oh the mote and the beam !
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A MASTER . —If the Senior Warden , as appointed , is obliged after a few months to leave the lodge from private business , it does not follow that the Junior Warden becomes Senior Warden , ( although it would be better that he should be so appointed ); his qualification for the office of Master being the completion of actual Wardens ! . ip for twelve months , which qualification , however , is not endangered by the appointment , ad interim , of a Senior Warden for the remainder of the term . The office of Warden , Senior or Junior , is equal in rank ; both being qualified for Master , if the period of service be equal . The Junior Warden cannot claim the chair of the Senior Warden , however vacated . At the election for Master , the Junior Warden would be eligible as having served the full time , while the ad interim Senior Warden would be ineligible for the Master ' s chair .
A JERSEY BROTHER . —The law is not sufficiently explicit on the point ; we should consider that a joining member , who could give proof of his having actually served as Warden in a Scotch , Irish , or foreign lodge for twelve months , is eligible , if elected to serve as Master of an English lodge—provided the by-laws of such lodge do not disqualify . TELE ASYLUM . The Annual General Meeting will be holden the Second Wednesday in July , when the ceremony of laying the foundation will probably be taken into consideration .
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To Correspondents.
P . M . —The creature is at its dirty work again ; ho may well wince at thc speech of Bro . Savage on the presentation of the testimonial . The creature lias been ( he bane of Freemasonry ever since his entrance within its portals . Still we say . in Capel-conrt phrase , " beware . ' * ARGUS . —We recognise a former correspondent , and acknowledge the compliment ; and equally with himself regret that so truly distinguished a Mason , as the P . J . G W . alluded tn , whose nature is always to act right , should feel so entrammelled by circumstances as to he obliged to act wrong
A WIDOW ' CASE . —The attack and rejoinder are too personal for our interference . AN APPRENTICE . —The masonic premiums for 1848 were thus awarded—to the slanderer of the widow—the last of the informers—and for ratting . A LADY . —Who can dispute the taste of woman ? It is always against the , r pretty man . " Tall he may be—somewhat mouthy—but never high-minded . Bro . THOMAS PRYER . —We have to inform many enquirers , that owing to a fire in his house , many valuable masonic papers were destroyed , and much time must elapse before memory and re-investigation can repair their loss .
Bro . Dr . OI . IV . ER . —Our readers will perceive by the erudite paper in our present number , that , although temporary retirement has been enjoined , the vigour of mind and zeal of purpose are yet dominant in our historian . D . F . will observe that his request has been complied with—to correct a faultless paper would be impertinent . A MASONIC-DWARF is right . The mover of the Vote of Confidence , would be a prize-advocate , in any case where no witness is to be called in support . ONE WHO ROSE IIUT APPLAUDED NOT . —The Vote of Confidence was never more needed : it
was too barefaced to call on a brother to violate the obligation of secrecy . Let those who sit in high places look to it—the time may eome . A PURPLE may complain of the blues for issuing their list , but why not com plain of the " purple informer" who visited lodges , and literally forced his list of confidence papersor of the official purple and his scrutineers , who folded up confidence-papers with the voting papers at the very threshold of Grand Lodge—or of the Grand Secretary , who imposed on a provincial brother with a similar list ready scratched—or of a zany-toady , whose circular was offensively thrust on the Craft through the medium of the post—or of the trick of putting forward two names from the independent list , as a decoy for the provincial brethren ? Oh the mote and the beam !
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A MASTER . —If the Senior Warden , as appointed , is obliged after a few months to leave the lodge from private business , it does not follow that the Junior Warden becomes Senior Warden , ( although it would be better that he should be so appointed ); his qualification for the office of Master being the completion of actual Wardens ! . ip for twelve months , which qualification , however , is not endangered by the appointment , ad interim , of a Senior Warden for the remainder of the term . The office of Warden , Senior or Junior , is equal in rank ; both being qualified for Master , if the period of service be equal . The Junior Warden cannot claim the chair of the Senior Warden , however vacated . At the election for Master , the Junior Warden would be eligible as having served the full time , while the ad interim Senior Warden would be ineligible for the Master ' s chair .
A JERSEY BROTHER . —The law is not sufficiently explicit on the point ; we should consider that a joining member , who could give proof of his having actually served as Warden in a Scotch , Irish , or foreign lodge for twelve months , is eligible , if elected to serve as Master of an English lodge—provided the by-laws of such lodge do not disqualify . TELE ASYLUM . The Annual General Meeting will be holden the Second Wednesday in July , when the ceremony of laying the foundation will probably be taken into consideration .