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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
gt ^ f The Public , and especially our Advertizing Friends , are cautioned against the man named GREEN . We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is Grove , Gravesend , Kent / where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed , letters for the Editor , under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination . It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of the paper ; also that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written .
WE are compelled to omit particular replies to several friends , who will however perceive that Ave have taken advantage of their esteemed communications . The portrait of the Earl of Zetland—excellent as a likeness , but defeetWe as a work of arthas been placed in the Hall , but when or by whose order has not transpired . The " alter ego , ' ' or his fag , or probably the President of the Board , gave orders—however there the portrait is .
Bro . PRY Kit , —Much as we regret the indispensable delay in the series of " Antiquities , " we are grateful for a poetical effusion of powerful interest . PILGRIM—We have deliberately used up every "fragment , " but touching "Brother Arthur , " there is no hope : hereafter ( D . V . ) Ave may say something there anent . W . C—Initials are but an indifferent passport to confidence , nevertheless we waive our objection ; but want of space has only admitted a very brief notice . Ax ATHOL MASON . —The soubriquet of " Judas Iscariot , " is not altogether inapposite . WIDE AWAKE . —The unusual force of Ihe Purple on the Gth would have been unac * countablebut that the " Ego et rex mens" chose to circulate a rumour that the Brethren
, below-bar intended to play off his own character of " Artful Dodge , " by nominating other noble Brethren , but the mouth-piece of Masonic Aristocracy (!) was dumbfounded , and the force spent itself iu—nothing . A READER .. —Original papers should reach the Editor by the first of the current month . Bro . B . SMITH . —We have felt much disappointment at not receiving the promised gleanings , but trust to their appearance in time for the ensuing number . Hjsu MIHI !—Grieve not—a majority of twenty-seven on such a question as the Confirmation of Minutes , in a Grand Lodge of nearly two hundred , is some proof that moral courage is not wanting ; this , too , even in the very teeth of forty-four privileged tenants of the Dais .
Ex QUO vis LIRNO NON FIT MKitcuRius . —The Senior Grand Deacon of all England did not condescend to " cap Latin" on his last appearance , but intimated that he was perfectly indifferent as to how his speeches (!) were reported—ex nihilo nihil fit . FRETFUL should not be too hard on the " immortal . " It is no joke to have been bitten by a tarantula spider . The misapplied haste in nominating the G . M . may be pardoned in one who is never too late in silly things . Brother the Duke of Wellington has ruled it , that a man before time is scarcely less in fault than the man behind time . Has Fretful any corns ? If he has , let him follow the example of the " immortal , " and wear Hall's pannus-coriumhe may then defy the and all his works .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . —The Master should appoint and invest the officers in the first degree ; the working tools should be presented in each degree , and explained as time may permit . ROYAL ARCH . TRAFALGAR . —As yet true and trusty , and ofthe right sort , art thou j but be not deceived by those who would use thee to mount themselves , and then , the object obtained , would kick the ladder down . We know them and thee—wide as the poles asunder are the relative merits of each . A DISTRICT Z . —The chair words cannot be communicated as requested ; the candidates are
instructed previous to the mystical portion . TEMPLAR . SIR KNT . A . DOUGLAS has been replied to . SIR KNT . RETTIE ' S communication has been attended to . Future correspondence requested . ASYLUM . For information as to the BALL , see advertisement . VGL . VI . 3 U
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
gt ^ f The Public , and especially our Advertizing Friends , are cautioned against the man named GREEN . We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is Grove , Gravesend , Kent / where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed , letters for the Editor , under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination . It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of the paper ; also that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written .
WE are compelled to omit particular replies to several friends , who will however perceive that Ave have taken advantage of their esteemed communications . The portrait of the Earl of Zetland—excellent as a likeness , but defeetWe as a work of arthas been placed in the Hall , but when or by whose order has not transpired . The " alter ego , ' ' or his fag , or probably the President of the Board , gave orders—however there the portrait is .
Bro . PRY Kit , —Much as we regret the indispensable delay in the series of " Antiquities , " we are grateful for a poetical effusion of powerful interest . PILGRIM—We have deliberately used up every "fragment , " but touching "Brother Arthur , " there is no hope : hereafter ( D . V . ) Ave may say something there anent . W . C—Initials are but an indifferent passport to confidence , nevertheless we waive our objection ; but want of space has only admitted a very brief notice . Ax ATHOL MASON . —The soubriquet of " Judas Iscariot , " is not altogether inapposite . WIDE AWAKE . —The unusual force of Ihe Purple on the Gth would have been unac * countablebut that the " Ego et rex mens" chose to circulate a rumour that the Brethren
, below-bar intended to play off his own character of " Artful Dodge , " by nominating other noble Brethren , but the mouth-piece of Masonic Aristocracy (!) was dumbfounded , and the force spent itself iu—nothing . A READER .. —Original papers should reach the Editor by the first of the current month . Bro . B . SMITH . —We have felt much disappointment at not receiving the promised gleanings , but trust to their appearance in time for the ensuing number . Hjsu MIHI !—Grieve not—a majority of twenty-seven on such a question as the Confirmation of Minutes , in a Grand Lodge of nearly two hundred , is some proof that moral courage is not wanting ; this , too , even in the very teeth of forty-four privileged tenants of the Dais .
Ex QUO vis LIRNO NON FIT MKitcuRius . —The Senior Grand Deacon of all England did not condescend to " cap Latin" on his last appearance , but intimated that he was perfectly indifferent as to how his speeches (!) were reported—ex nihilo nihil fit . FRETFUL should not be too hard on the " immortal . " It is no joke to have been bitten by a tarantula spider . The misapplied haste in nominating the G . M . may be pardoned in one who is never too late in silly things . Brother the Duke of Wellington has ruled it , that a man before time is scarcely less in fault than the man behind time . Has Fretful any corns ? If he has , let him follow the example of the " immortal , " and wear Hall's pannus-coriumhe may then defy the and all his works .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . —The Master should appoint and invest the officers in the first degree ; the working tools should be presented in each degree , and explained as time may permit . ROYAL ARCH . TRAFALGAR . —As yet true and trusty , and ofthe right sort , art thou j but be not deceived by those who would use thee to mount themselves , and then , the object obtained , would kick the ladder down . We know them and thee—wide as the poles asunder are the relative merits of each . A DISTRICT Z . —The chair words cannot be communicated as requested ; the candidates are
instructed previous to the mystical portion . TEMPLAR . SIR KNT . A . DOUGLAS has been replied to . SIR KNT . RETTIE ' S communication has been attended to . Future correspondence requested . ASYLUM . For information as to the BALL , see advertisement . VGL . VI . 3 U