To Correspondents.

company or guild of incorporated Masons . It does not appear that the compound name came into general use until Sir Christopher AA ren ' s time , Avhen nonoperative or Free and Accepted Jlasons ivere admitted into the Order . In the regulations made on the St . John ' s Day , 1663 , 'under the Grand Mastership of the Earl of St . Albans , it is enacted , "No person hereafter Avho shall be accepted Freemasonshall be admitted into Lodge or assembly until he has brought a

a , any certificate of the time and place of his acceptation from the Lodge that accepted him . " TASMANIA—AVe have received an important communication , from which we learn that the members of Lodge No . 781 , Hobart Town , have thought it their duty to return their warrant into the hands of the M . AV . G . M . AVe shall refer to it at length next iveek .

AVEST HARTLEPOOL . —AVe have received a letter from a correspondent , Avhose signature we cannot decipher , complaining that himself and Bro . Murray , P . M ., No . 749 , have been slandered in a letter which appeared in our number of Jan . 5 th , signed " No Teetotaller , but a Foe to Jobbery . " At the time the letter appeared , we had no idea to what town it referred , and regret it should have given offence . AA e certainldo not expect hotel keepers to give up their rooms for the use of Masonic

y Lodges without being in some way remunerated . "P . M . TRURO . " —The expense of serving the office of steward to the Boys School is ' about £ i or £ 5 , irrespective of the subscription to the funds . AVe know of no particular honour attaching to the office , beyond the satisfaction of having aided a deserving JIasonic charity . AVhen , hoAvever , you have served the office to both the Boys and Girls School , you are allowed to wear a distinctive jewel—if

you think fit to pay for it . " A P . PROA ' . G . O FFICER OF BERKS AND BUCKS" has been received . " A . "—A Past AA arden , acting by virtue of a dispensation from the Prov . Grand JIaster , empoAverhig him and others to open a new Lodgo , would not be justified in initiating a candidate until after the consecration of the Lodge , and his installation as AA ' . JI . Until these ceremonies have been performed , the Lodge is not duly

constituted . ROYAL GLOUCESTER LODOE , SOUTHAMPTON . —A correspondent writes , " Bro . Clarke , ivho is all you describe him in your Architectural Chapter , is not our Secretary , but Bro . Firmin , a P . M ., and most zealous Mason , holds that office . I regret to say that he is at present in ill health . " JOPPA LODGE OF INSTRUCTION—This Lodge meets at the St . James ' s Tavern ,

Duke-street , Aldgate , every Sunday evening , for ceremonies and lectures , under the direction of Bro . Saqui , P . M ., as honorary lecture master . « . "—A JIaster JIason , ivho has not been a AA ' arden , can be made the first JIaster of a Lodge under a new warrant ; the appointment being in the hands of the Jl . AV . Grand JIaster . " A NEWLY INSTALLED AV . JI . " —Your eldest son . AVe consider your list of toasts quite correct as it stands .

V A Brother should not leave England Avithout his certificate of initiation from the Grand Lodge ; without a certificate , a colonial Lodge will not be justified in giving him a superior degree . ERRATUM . —In line 3 , page 242 , of our last number , for " ¦ Park Hall , or Free , masons' Tavern , " read " PackJiorse , or Freemasons' Tavern . "