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To Correspondents.
ALPHA , ( Dublin ) . —We believe the last edition of the Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , was published hy Bro . Underwood , in 1838 ; of the Grand Chapter hy Bro ; Folds , in UI . 'JO '; of the Supreme Grand Encampment , and of the Grand Council of Rites , hy Bro , Underwood , in 11 J . J 8 . Locos . —The report ( or , what assumes to he such ) of tlie proceedings of the Board of General Purposes is declined;— " Catch a weasel asleep . "
ARCH MATTERS . SCRFBE E . — " He that drove fat oxen should himself ho fat , " p . 10 . 0 , of last F . Q . R . ; a note adds , " this classical allusion puzzled all present . " The following anecdote will explain it . On one occasion , a carcase-hutch or , a great pretender to literary taste , who was in person a little slim man , took up in a bookseller ' s shop , where Dr . Johnson was present , a copy of Churchill's Poems , and with much pomposity , read or recited the line
" Who rules o ox freemen , should himself be free , " adding , " What do you think of that , Doctor V Johnson , with more wit than argument ot good-nature , at once answered , " Rank nonsense . as wet . might you say , Who slays fat oxen , should himself be fat . " The M . E . Z . doubtless had this anecdote in his recollection , but made the man a drover instead of a slayer of fat oxen . CORITAN . —With caution the Chapter may be put on a safe and sure foundation .
LEI .. ST . —A Craft Lodge holds no power over the Chapter attached to it ; unless , indeed , that the Chapter , however excellent , cannot of itself separate from the Lodge however negligent . The assumed union is a mere pretence , and should he altogether repealed . Z . —The Treasurer of a Craft Lodge , is not as such the Treasurer of the Chapter , the ease ofthe Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge is not in point . A PROV . Z . —The G . R . is now a Z . ; until lately he was unqualified hy common propriety for the Committee , although , perhaps , not legally disqualified . A ROYAL ARCH MASON . —As Companion Crucefix was not present either at the last Grand
Chapter , or Grand Lodge , he could not well have uttered the nonsense imputed to him . Z . —The allusion to an " informer" is too severe ; we have nothing to do with the business speculations of any one , nor does it even appear that Z . is a sufferer . Our buiuess is to expose Masonic delinquency with as much forbearance as possible ; to make known Masonic excellence , and to advocate Masonic principles , especially , as they are somewhat threatened . A COA - FANION" is not entitled to wear any Royal Arch clothing in a Craft Lodge .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . G . !_ , —A . subscribing "Member in both provinces , without at all denying the general propriety of the remarks in our last , on the remissness of Provincial Grand Masters , in convening their Provincial Assemblies , wishes , injustice to the P . G-M . for Nottinghamshire , that the fact should be stated , that there are only three Lodges in that province , all of them held in the town of Nottingham ; the Brethren of those Lodges do not need the mutual introduction afforded by such assemblies , and it may he , that once in three years is as frequent as the ceremonial of a public festival is convenient . In the province of Lincoln , there are
eight Lodges , no two of them within ordinary visiting distance of each other , some of . hem sixty or seventy miles apart ; and the provincial festivals are the only opportunities of mutual recognition . Once in three years may , therefore , be sufi . ciei . tly frequent in Nottinghamshire , and every year barely sufficient in the province of Lincoln . But does not a tendency to increase the number of Lodges arise from frequent meetings of the P . G . L . ?
TEMPLARS . A BRfsro / , KNIGHT wiV . excuse our remarking , that tlie errors are so palpable , that the article must undergo a very critical examination . A NOVICE . —If his convenience permits , we strongly advise him to seek in Dublin , what he may not find in Paris . The Masonic system of Templar Masonry is decidedly better ; independent of the ceremony ueing conducted in his vernacular , which will render it easier of comprehension .
ASYLUM . BRO . NEAVK , ( D . G . M . Bengal ) . —Many thanks for the contribution which has heen paid over to the Treasurer ; the expressions that accompanied the act of liberality operate as a cheerful stimulus .
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To Correspondents.
ALPHA , ( Dublin ) . —We believe the last edition of the Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , was published hy Bro . Underwood , in 1838 ; of the Grand Chapter hy Bro ; Folds , in UI . 'JO '; of the Supreme Grand Encampment , and of the Grand Council of Rites , hy Bro , Underwood , in 11 J . J 8 . Locos . —The report ( or , what assumes to he such ) of tlie proceedings of the Board of General Purposes is declined;— " Catch a weasel asleep . "
ARCH MATTERS . SCRFBE E . — " He that drove fat oxen should himself ho fat , " p . 10 . 0 , of last F . Q . R . ; a note adds , " this classical allusion puzzled all present . " The following anecdote will explain it . On one occasion , a carcase-hutch or , a great pretender to literary taste , who was in person a little slim man , took up in a bookseller ' s shop , where Dr . Johnson was present , a copy of Churchill's Poems , and with much pomposity , read or recited the line
" Who rules o ox freemen , should himself be free , " adding , " What do you think of that , Doctor V Johnson , with more wit than argument ot good-nature , at once answered , " Rank nonsense . as wet . might you say , Who slays fat oxen , should himself be fat . " The M . E . Z . doubtless had this anecdote in his recollection , but made the man a drover instead of a slayer of fat oxen . CORITAN . —With caution the Chapter may be put on a safe and sure foundation .
LEI .. ST . —A Craft Lodge holds no power over the Chapter attached to it ; unless , indeed , that the Chapter , however excellent , cannot of itself separate from the Lodge however negligent . The assumed union is a mere pretence , and should he altogether repealed . Z . —The Treasurer of a Craft Lodge , is not as such the Treasurer of the Chapter , the ease ofthe Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge is not in point . A PROV . Z . —The G . R . is now a Z . ; until lately he was unqualified hy common propriety for the Committee , although , perhaps , not legally disqualified . A ROYAL ARCH MASON . —As Companion Crucefix was not present either at the last Grand
Chapter , or Grand Lodge , he could not well have uttered the nonsense imputed to him . Z . —The allusion to an " informer" is too severe ; we have nothing to do with the business speculations of any one , nor does it even appear that Z . is a sufferer . Our buiuess is to expose Masonic delinquency with as much forbearance as possible ; to make known Masonic excellence , and to advocate Masonic principles , especially , as they are somewhat threatened . A COA - FANION" is not entitled to wear any Royal Arch clothing in a Craft Lodge .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . G . !_ , —A . subscribing "Member in both provinces , without at all denying the general propriety of the remarks in our last , on the remissness of Provincial Grand Masters , in convening their Provincial Assemblies , wishes , injustice to the P . G-M . for Nottinghamshire , that the fact should be stated , that there are only three Lodges in that province , all of them held in the town of Nottingham ; the Brethren of those Lodges do not need the mutual introduction afforded by such assemblies , and it may he , that once in three years is as frequent as the ceremonial of a public festival is convenient . In the province of Lincoln , there are
eight Lodges , no two of them within ordinary visiting distance of each other , some of . hem sixty or seventy miles apart ; and the provincial festivals are the only opportunities of mutual recognition . Once in three years may , therefore , be sufi . ciei . tly frequent in Nottinghamshire , and every year barely sufficient in the province of Lincoln . But does not a tendency to increase the number of Lodges arise from frequent meetings of the P . G . L . ?
TEMPLARS . A BRfsro / , KNIGHT wiV . excuse our remarking , that tlie errors are so palpable , that the article must undergo a very critical examination . A NOVICE . —If his convenience permits , we strongly advise him to seek in Dublin , what he may not find in Paris . The Masonic system of Templar Masonry is decidedly better ; independent of the ceremony ueing conducted in his vernacular , which will render it easier of comprehension .
ASYLUM . BRO . NEAVK , ( D . G . M . Bengal ) . —Many thanks for the contribution which has heen paid over to the Treasurer ; the expressions that accompanied the act of liberality operate as a cheerful stimulus .