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To Correspondents.
THE Address of Major-General Cooke , LL . I ) . , is " Mansion IIOUFC , Albany , l \ ew York U . S . A . " R . M . —Thanks for the paper . E . G . W . —Prosper tho work of charity ! A WIDOW should apply to the S . G . W . of all England , who if he may not sympathise , may possibly be inclined to look sharp after her case . R . G . —Thanks for a very complimentary allusion . J . R . S .- —Remember !
A PROV . GRAND OFFICER ( Ireland ) should give name and address . B . —The Communication is creditable to tlie heart and head—why then does the writer shrink from giving name and address ? If he lacks confidence ! why should we incur responsibility ? BRO . GIBUS AND OTHERS . —May abundant success attend your efforts . BRO . JOHN CLARKE . —We await the promised history with anxious interest , and purposely refrain from any partial reference to a circumstance of such masonic importance . A MEMt \ Eu OP GRAND LODGE enquires why a motion for the return of money to General
Cooke ( such being new matter ) should take precedence of the reading of the Reports of Benevolence , and to the total neglect of all general business . BROTHER CAXTON ' GHOST . —Printing is costly , or we would recommend that a pamphlet be circulated containing the entire proceedings of the schism among tlie Anglo-Indian brethren in Bengal . JEWISH CHRONICLE . —We are charged with no less than five piracies in our last ; to deny
this might expose us to an easy defeat . Suffice it to say , that we never intentionally commit injustice . Truth , to say that , for several weeks , we did not receive our usual copy of the " Jewish Chronicle , " during which time some kind friends sent us some extracts , which turned out to be " cuttings therefrom . " BRO . WATSON will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his excellent paper . BRO . RETTIK . — Many thanks . Ex QTJOVIS LIGNO NON FIT MERCUKIUS . —The sweet words that fell from honied lips were " beastly—filthy . " Ohejam satis ! The dog and the vomit . A NEWPORT BROTHER . —We hope to have satisfied our correspondent
A . R . M . —The report of the masonic hall at Manchester reached us too late , A COSMOPOLITE MASON is right ; a man may be over-zealous , * and thereby injure his cause , but he should not injure other charities by improper allusions ; such conduct is offensive—and we caution many—but one in particular , an active and intelligent brother—to discontinue a practice that is highly exceptionable . The Asylum does not altogether want friends that have been and continue to be among the foremost to support all the other charities , —which may sustain more loss than they will reap profit from indiscreet remarks . A PROV . G . D . —We are not disposed to give needless publicity to unkindness . We are a
commercial nation , and if a tradesman's daughter be present at a masonic ball , it is ungentlemanly as well as unmasonic for any aristocratic fool to disrespect a gentle descendant of Eve . BRO . MERCHANT AND SEVJJRAL OTHERS . —We will do our hest . BRO . J . SMITH observes— " What is the use of the Grand Editor ' s Circular ? " Ansioerfi In pertussum ingerimus dicta dolium "—Havers I
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . G . R . will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his letter . R . H . W . on Masonic Heraldry . There can be no reasonable objection to thc adoption by a lodge of proper armorial hearings ; in fact the constitutions direct the use of a seal , subject to the approval of the Grand Master . The drawing sent is elegant and correct—but why does not our correspondent give name and address ?
ROYAL ARCH . E . S . —The ceremony of consecration is necessary for the opening of a chapter—unless in districts where consecration is not possible . SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL . V . —The emblems of the 33 rd Degree can only be borne by S . G . I . G . THE ASYLUM , The Sod is turned—the Stone will be laid on the 24 th of May . The aid of Lodge-votes and Private Subscriptions are most earnestly entreated .
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To Correspondents.
THE Address of Major-General Cooke , LL . I ) . , is " Mansion IIOUFC , Albany , l \ ew York U . S . A . " R . M . —Thanks for the paper . E . G . W . —Prosper tho work of charity ! A WIDOW should apply to the S . G . W . of all England , who if he may not sympathise , may possibly be inclined to look sharp after her case . R . G . —Thanks for a very complimentary allusion . J . R . S .- —Remember !
A PROV . GRAND OFFICER ( Ireland ) should give name and address . B . —The Communication is creditable to tlie heart and head—why then does the writer shrink from giving name and address ? If he lacks confidence ! why should we incur responsibility ? BRO . GIBUS AND OTHERS . —May abundant success attend your efforts . BRO . JOHN CLARKE . —We await the promised history with anxious interest , and purposely refrain from any partial reference to a circumstance of such masonic importance . A MEMt \ Eu OP GRAND LODGE enquires why a motion for the return of money to General
Cooke ( such being new matter ) should take precedence of the reading of the Reports of Benevolence , and to the total neglect of all general business . BROTHER CAXTON ' GHOST . —Printing is costly , or we would recommend that a pamphlet be circulated containing the entire proceedings of the schism among tlie Anglo-Indian brethren in Bengal . JEWISH CHRONICLE . —We are charged with no less than five piracies in our last ; to deny
this might expose us to an easy defeat . Suffice it to say , that we never intentionally commit injustice . Truth , to say that , for several weeks , we did not receive our usual copy of the " Jewish Chronicle , " during which time some kind friends sent us some extracts , which turned out to be " cuttings therefrom . " BRO . WATSON will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his excellent paper . BRO . RETTIK . — Many thanks . Ex QTJOVIS LIGNO NON FIT MERCUKIUS . —The sweet words that fell from honied lips were " beastly—filthy . " Ohejam satis ! The dog and the vomit . A NEWPORT BROTHER . —We hope to have satisfied our correspondent
A . R . M . —The report of the masonic hall at Manchester reached us too late , A COSMOPOLITE MASON is right ; a man may be over-zealous , * and thereby injure his cause , but he should not injure other charities by improper allusions ; such conduct is offensive—and we caution many—but one in particular , an active and intelligent brother—to discontinue a practice that is highly exceptionable . The Asylum does not altogether want friends that have been and continue to be among the foremost to support all the other charities , —which may sustain more loss than they will reap profit from indiscreet remarks . A PROV . G . D . —We are not disposed to give needless publicity to unkindness . We are a
commercial nation , and if a tradesman's daughter be present at a masonic ball , it is ungentlemanly as well as unmasonic for any aristocratic fool to disrespect a gentle descendant of Eve . BRO . MERCHANT AND SEVJJRAL OTHERS . —We will do our hest . BRO . J . SMITH observes— " What is the use of the Grand Editor ' s Circular ? " Ansioerfi In pertussum ingerimus dicta dolium "—Havers I
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . G . R . will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his letter . R . H . W . on Masonic Heraldry . There can be no reasonable objection to thc adoption by a lodge of proper armorial hearings ; in fact the constitutions direct the use of a seal , subject to the approval of the Grand Master . The drawing sent is elegant and correct—but why does not our correspondent give name and address ?
ROYAL ARCH . E . S . —The ceremony of consecration is necessary for the opening of a chapter—unless in districts where consecration is not possible . SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL . V . —The emblems of the 33 rd Degree can only be borne by S . G . I . G . THE ASYLUM , The Sod is turned—the Stone will be laid on the 24 th of May . The aid of Lodge-votes and Private Subscriptions are most earnestly entreated .