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Answers To Correspondents.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .
AVE have received several letters complaining that " Communications " sent to us , and intended for the September Number of the F . M . Q . M . & R ., were not inserted ; and , in some cases , the reason is somewhat petulantly asked , why our Correspondents have been neglected ; and the hint has been thrown out , especially in one case , that wc cannot expect co-operation , unless we pay greater attention to their wishes . Our reply to such letters shall be to the point and final . If our Correspondents—most of whom reside in the Provinces—judge of our occupations by their own , tlicy can have no idea of our laboursor bow much
, time is consumed in their performance , or how widely different they are from their own . The cases between a country Correspondent and a metropolitan editor can never , by any stretch of ingenuity , become parallel . But , we take leave further to say , that if our Correspondents will not attend to our urgently repeated request , that they will furnish us with their contributions at least three weehs before the day of publication , fhey have themselves only to blame for the exclusion of their favours . AVe must , therefore , once for all , beg to assure them , that if they will persist in deferring the transmission of their MS . till
within a few hours of the day of publication , they must not be disappointed , or feel themselves aggrieved , if they do not see them in type . B . C—The sum voted by Grand Chapter to the fund for the benefit of the widow and children of the late E . Comp . and Bro . Pryer , was but 10 Z . The cause of the smallncss of the amount arises from no disinclination on the part of E . Comps . to assist this truly deserving case , but simply because there is no available source connected with the G . C . for purposes of benevolence . Even the sum voted will have to he taken from the " capital . " The contributions of Chapters
, Lodges , and Brethren , are most earnestly recpiested in this distressing case . INQUIRER . —It . A—The Brother is correctly informed . GRAND LODGE FOR DEC- —Bro . P . AV . —The M . AV . the Gf . M . was on this occasion nominated by Bro . Hodgkinson , P . 11 . of the Grand Steward ' s and other Lodges ; the nomination was seconded by Bro . John Savage . AMERICA . — GRAND LODGE OP NEW YORK . —Z . —During the pending mediation between the M . AV . the G . M . the Earl of Zetland , and the Masonic authorities on the other side of the Atlanticit would be indelicate to give insertion to
, the strictures of Z . STEPNEY . —MASONIOUS . —We should have supposed that no Brother , residing in this locality , could have been ignorant of the existence of " the Yarborough Lodge . " The slightest inquiry would surely liave afforded the required information , and prevented the ill-timed censure , that Masonry at the east of London ia
unknown . LONDON TAVERN . —X . T . Z . —An annual audit is imperative . The law is specific and positive on this point . DEVONSHIRE . —0 . P . Q . —The decision of Grand Lodge was clearly right . If Lodges have been in the habit of preventing young members under the F . C . degree from voting , they have , in every instance where it has occurred , violated the law . AVe believe the case is not singular . Let it be amended ! NEPTUNE LODGE , NO . 22 . —AVe regret not to be able to give a longer report
of the interesting meeting of this Lodge , which will be found under the head of " Metropolitan" Intelligence . The speeches of the AV . M . Bro . Feast , were exceedingly eloquent , were conceived in the best taste , and delivered in the happiest manner . COLONIES . —BELL . —AA c plead guilty to the charge ; but what can we do 1 AA'e had , both in September and in the present month , prepared a considerable amount of matter for Press ; but the acccumulation of later news , sent us at the eleventh hour , completely swamped the Colonies . AVe hope next year to make
arrangements to prevent a similar unfortunate occurrence . AVEST ToitKsniitE . —AA e are under the greatest obligation to the worthy Brother who supplies us with information of Prov . G . L . proceedings in this locality ; but most especially arc wc indebted to the A . AV . the Dep . Prov , G . M . for his repeated mention of the F . Q . M . and E-, and the recommendation
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Answers To Correspondents.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .
AVE have received several letters complaining that " Communications " sent to us , and intended for the September Number of the F . M . Q . M . & R ., were not inserted ; and , in some cases , the reason is somewhat petulantly asked , why our Correspondents have been neglected ; and the hint has been thrown out , especially in one case , that wc cannot expect co-operation , unless we pay greater attention to their wishes . Our reply to such letters shall be to the point and final . If our Correspondents—most of whom reside in the Provinces—judge of our occupations by their own , tlicy can have no idea of our laboursor bow much
, time is consumed in their performance , or how widely different they are from their own . The cases between a country Correspondent and a metropolitan editor can never , by any stretch of ingenuity , become parallel . But , we take leave further to say , that if our Correspondents will not attend to our urgently repeated request , that they will furnish us with their contributions at least three weehs before the day of publication , fhey have themselves only to blame for the exclusion of their favours . AVe must , therefore , once for all , beg to assure them , that if they will persist in deferring the transmission of their MS . till
within a few hours of the day of publication , they must not be disappointed , or feel themselves aggrieved , if they do not see them in type . B . C—The sum voted by Grand Chapter to the fund for the benefit of the widow and children of the late E . Comp . and Bro . Pryer , was but 10 Z . The cause of the smallncss of the amount arises from no disinclination on the part of E . Comps . to assist this truly deserving case , but simply because there is no available source connected with the G . C . for purposes of benevolence . Even the sum voted will have to he taken from the " capital . " The contributions of Chapters
, Lodges , and Brethren , are most earnestly recpiested in this distressing case . INQUIRER . —It . A—The Brother is correctly informed . GRAND LODGE FOR DEC- —Bro . P . AV . —The M . AV . the Gf . M . was on this occasion nominated by Bro . Hodgkinson , P . 11 . of the Grand Steward ' s and other Lodges ; the nomination was seconded by Bro . John Savage . AMERICA . — GRAND LODGE OP NEW YORK . —Z . —During the pending mediation between the M . AV . the G . M . the Earl of Zetland , and the Masonic authorities on the other side of the Atlanticit would be indelicate to give insertion to
, the strictures of Z . STEPNEY . —MASONIOUS . —We should have supposed that no Brother , residing in this locality , could have been ignorant of the existence of " the Yarborough Lodge . " The slightest inquiry would surely liave afforded the required information , and prevented the ill-timed censure , that Masonry at the east of London ia
unknown . LONDON TAVERN . —X . T . Z . —An annual audit is imperative . The law is specific and positive on this point . DEVONSHIRE . —0 . P . Q . —The decision of Grand Lodge was clearly right . If Lodges have been in the habit of preventing young members under the F . C . degree from voting , they have , in every instance where it has occurred , violated the law . AVe believe the case is not singular . Let it be amended ! NEPTUNE LODGE , NO . 22 . —AVe regret not to be able to give a longer report
of the interesting meeting of this Lodge , which will be found under the head of " Metropolitan" Intelligence . The speeches of the AV . M . Bro . Feast , were exceedingly eloquent , were conceived in the best taste , and delivered in the happiest manner . COLONIES . —BELL . —AA c plead guilty to the charge ; but what can we do 1 AA'e had , both in September and in the present month , prepared a considerable amount of matter for Press ; but the acccumulation of later news , sent us at the eleventh hour , completely swamped the Colonies . AVe hope next year to make
arrangements to prevent a similar unfortunate occurrence . AVEST ToitKsniitE . —AA e are under the greatest obligation to the worthy Brother who supplies us with information of Prov . G . L . proceedings in this locality ; but most especially arc wc indebted to the A . AV . the Dep . Prov , G . M . for his repeated mention of the F . Q . M . and E-, and the recommendation