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United Grand Lodge.
appellation of the 'Royal Art . Pure and elevated in mind , in word , in d ^ ed , and inspiring the brethren who imitate him on tho road to wisdom , beauty , and strength , he remained till his entrance into tlio Eternal East a beaming pattern for all brethren Freemason ? , who , although scattered throngh tho whole world , are nnited in the Royal
Art . I accept with fraternal thanks , and in tho hopa of thoir bein >» fulfilled , tho kind wishes which your Royal Highness and your Grand Lodge express for me . Like the deceased Emperor William , I shall not fail to bestow in the future as hitherto my sincere interest in Freemasonry .
Dated Chariotteuberg , 31 st March 1888 . FREDEIUCK I . and R . " The Earl of Carnarvon thou said ho had a commnnication to make to the brethren from tho Prince of Wales , and should conclude with a distinct proposal . It was now some twenty years since His Royal
Highness , their Grand Master , was initiated in Freemasonry , and it would be in the recollection of many in that hall that that initiation took place in the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway . It was conducted in part by his present Majesty , King Oscar II ., and in part by King Oscar , his predecessor . It so happened that that Sovereign ,
King Oscar IL , was at this moment an honoured and a welcome guest in this country , and it had seemed to their illustrious Grand Master that no occasion could be more fitted for reciprocating the kindly office which , twenty years ago , was performed by that illustrious Sovereign . It was the hope of His Royal Highness
that the Brethren would that evening in that most full and crowded Grand Lodge , agree to confer upon his illustrious Brother His Majesty Oscar the Second , King of Sweden and Norway , the Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of Sweden , the rank of Past Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of England . He
wonld only add this ono remark , that whilst in many countries of Europe Masonry was looked upon sometimes with doubt , sometimes with suspicion , in Sweden it had enjoyed the full sunshine and sanction of Royal favour , and that tho King of Sweden and Norway and the Masons of Sweden aud Norway had been friends . He
thought Masons owed a debt for the initiation , twenty years ago , of their illustrious Grand Master , and he was sure they had it in their power that night to discharge that debt in a most graceful fashion , lie then proposed that the rank of Past Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England ba conferred
upon tho illustrious Brother His Majesty Oscar tho Second , King of Sweden and Norway . The motion was seconded by Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., and carried nnanimously . Scrutineers of votes for the election of members of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board were chosen and obligated , and having collected the
balloting papers , retired to count np the votes . The following were declared elected as members of the Board of General Purposes : — Worshipful Masters Bros . Belton , Walls , Scurrah , Room , Holah , Clever , and Monteuuis ; Past Masters Bros . Edward Terry , Dawson , Miller , Cumberland , Read , Pocock , and Pritchard . The
following were declared elected members of the Colonial Board : —Bros . Brett , Lieut .-Col . Haldaue , Walls , Cumberland , Escott , Col . Gadsden , and Ronmieu . The Earl of Carnarvon then said : Brethren , I havo a further communication to mako to you by the permission of tho Grand
Master , aud it relates to two out ot the three great Australasian selfgoverned free Colonies . What , I shall havo to say refers first of all to Sonth Australia ; secondly , to Now South Wales . It will bo in the recollection of most whom I now address that a short timo since
at the desire of a large majority of Masons under the English Constitution in South Australia , an independent Grand Lodge was accorded to them . That Giand Lodge I had the pleasure of meeting a fow months ago when I was on tho other side of the world . I had the satisfaction of seeing with my own eyes and hearing with my
own ears how well Masonry was prospering in the great Colony of South Australia , and I must also add under the guidance of that most able and loyal subject Chief Justice Way , the Chief Justice of the Colony . Good work in a Masonic point of view is , I chink , being carried on there ; and though the Grand Lodge of South Australia
now enjoys entire self-government and independence , I rejoice to think that there has been no wavering whatever of affection , and the old Masonic loyalty to the mother Craft here at home . And perhaps one of the best illustrations of that is to be found in the request which has unanimously been preferred by the Grand Lodge of South
Australia to onr Illustrious Grand Master that he would be pleased to accept the office of Grand Patron . Brethren , tho Grand Master has carefully considered that request , and it is my duty to announce to you to-night that ho has bten giaeiously pleased to accede to the icquest , and btcome a Grand Patron of the Grand
Lodge of South Austral'a . I think it is possible—I might even say probable , thongh I wish to stato this simply on my own personal notion — that somo pnblic request may before long be made to His Royal Highness that ho should consent in somo way to
undertake the duty of discharging iu certain vary limited caeca thu decision of certain appeals . It is a great request to mako ; it will Lo a great privilege , in my point of view , Lo accord . I would uot now prejudge questions by ono single word , though I 'bit that ifc would ba intorcstiiu-r to Grand Lo-. h-re that I should slato aa much as
I liavo sfiul . L would only :-ay that if such a request should come , I urn certain that it v . 'ill be considtred by His Royal Highness our Grand Master with ; , hu most f-. iV ' . ' -ivubia disposition , at all events towards tha wishes of th , \ - -.-j who make ii * . Bretlu en , I pa' -. s now to the second subject on which yon , as ; . Grain . Lodge . , will uliinialely
have to l : o consulted , and in which you aro distinctly concerned . It it 1 , perhaps , within fcho knowledge of many in I his hall that for somo time past there has hardly been that amount of Masonic unity iu the gro" Colony of Now South Wales which > .: ; couid all desire , for a constituted body has spuing into existence—a powerful body both
numerically and Irons person-i ! position—nnd ilia : ; br I y subsists side by side with the District Grand Lotl . aje under iho I-higl .. ; :. Constitution . All true lovers of Freoma-jonry havo deplored that state ot jjiii ^ s , bat Uii liitOiy lii ^ ic £ uu t , oeiii ^; u to 0 J L ; O uatidiuOiiory uulut ^ ou
United Grand Lodge.
for it . It has been a peculiar condition of affairs , for whilst on one hand thore has b ? on this strong desire fir R'df-governminfc on the put of a large and powerful body in the Colony , on the other hand there has been also great affection for the Mother Craft in England , and for all concerned in Em-dish Masonry ; and lastly , there has boon
a universal desire to find in the present Governor of Now " south Wales , my noble friend and Brother Lord Carrington , who is there among all classes , whether Masons or any other persons , a man of extraordinary popularity—a solution of tho difficulty . I said there has been a desire on tho part of all to liud in Lord Carrington the common meeting-place ,
so to say , of all desires . His Royal Highness our Grand Master , who has for some time past been cognisant of , and taken a deep interest in , tho Masonic affairs of New South Wales , has recently , by appointing Lord Carrington District Grand Master of Now Sonth Wales , hugely facilitated a friendly and satisfactory solution of this matter .
That appointment when I was in the Colony was only partially known ; but so far as it was known it commanded tho mosb cordial and hearty concurrence . Brethren , there have been negotiations , friendly and unofficial , which have now been carried on for several weeks , and even months . I am not yet iu a position to announce
anything definite , or to ask this Grand Lodge to ratify auy conclusions that may be arrived at in the Colony ; all I can say now ia this —that I am convinced whenever the question comes before this Grand Lodge in its proper form it will be accepted and considered in the most friendly spirit . Brethren , from ono end of that great continent
of Australia to the other I was tho fortunate witness of the great work of Masonry . Nowhere in tho world , 1 think I may say , has Masonry during a limited space of time achieved more ; nowhere is it doing better or more wholesome work . I have seen it uniting various classes and interests together ; I have seen it composing
differences aud soothing animosities ; I have seen it discharging a great duty which it knows so well how to discharge here in England , and of which it has been for so many years the foremost champion , for the support of law and order , and of hearty loyalty to the throne ; and I may say indeed that throughout the length and breadth of that
great continent of Australia Masoury has formed no exception whatever to this general rule . Brethren , you will see that I ask for no concurrence , but that I have felt—as did our illustrious Grand Master—that this was a fitting and a proper time at which I should lay before von matters which very likely are to come befo ~ e you ,
aud which , unless I greatly mistake the feelings of this Grand Lodge , will bo received in the most friendly and mosc fraternal spirit . The Earl of Carnarvon announced that the Grand Master had appointed—and he was sure with very groat satisfaction to Grand Lodge—Bro . Fenn as President of the Board of General Purposes .
Ou tho motion of Bro . Charles Belton , Bro . John Smith was unanimously re-elected Grand Lodgo Auditor . The following brethren were declared elected members of tho Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : — Bros . Cottebrune ,
Cotter , Dawson , Dilley , Major Durrant , Fish , Kcmpton , Tattershall , Tickle , and Dixon . The recommendations of grants by tho Board of Benevolence were , on tho motion nf Bro . James Brntt , confirmed . The report of tho Board of General Purposes was taken as read , aud ordnvd in bo leceiv-d and entered on the minutes . Bro . Fenn read
the formal complaint and the documents referred to in the report , and said ho was not instructed to mako any remark or proposition . Bro . Tracy said he only wished to say that in making his complaint he was not actuated by any feeling of hostility to Bro . Barfield , but , merely by pure Masonic fooling in the interest of tho Order ,
whoso honour every Mason must feel concerned for . After a sihort discussion , in which it was said that Bro . Barfield wished to mako a statement , tho Earl of Carnarvon said that as yot he would beg to observe thero was no proposition before Graud Lodge . Tho mere fact had been stated , as it was tbo duty of tie President of tho
Board of General Purposes to state it , and it . remained now to be seen whether , in conformity with tho courtesy which always prevailed in such a body as Grand Lodgo , thoy should hear anything from Bro . Barfield . Ho would therefore suggest to him if he thought lit to make any statement he should do so , and ha ( Lord Carnarvon )
was sure it would bo received in tho calmest and most friendly spirit . Brother Barfield , who was received with such applause as to testify that ho had the sympathy of the majority of those present , said that in answer to the complaint against him , he had to urge that during the 1 * 2 vears of hia Masonic career , he could , without
fear of contradiction , stato that he had always ondeavourel to maintain the honour , dignity , and privileges of Grand Lodge and the credit and reputation of tho Craft , and this waa the first charge of un-Masonic conduct thafc had ever b- ? en brought against him . Tho Board had rcojiv-d tho complaint alluded to , aud in
their discretion , as no doubt was within thoir power , thoy had considered ifc th . ur duty to bring tho matter nnder tho notice of Grand Lodge . It was COD for him to question tho ruling of that body . TIo accepted ns a loyal Mason their decision without demur . Ifc was Grand Lotlgo ho had to satisfy if ho possibly v > uld thtc he had never even intended lo commit auy Ma- ; mio itTogulurity , and hi
inosi solemnly and unhositatingly declared that ho did not employ miy gentleman to s "licit votes ou his bohalf , nor did he employ any gentleman to distribute printed invitations to luncheon afc the Holborn RestauraM , to thoso who wero willing to support his election . But tvh . it he did w .-.: s t . hi . j . Shortly belbro tir ; election j and while hu was con fi 1 L-i iu hisbd-ronri wi h inflammation of
tho saiafcic nerve , he s ^ nt , to sew ral oi his Masonic tr . ends in the country and r . o Sir . lbiuy . whoru ho was i . orn , to Ipswich , and many other places a short printed bio _; r : i ; hy of hisos If and an invitation to lunch with him ou liio day OL ' -lection . These were placed in a p LI-CO ! with stamped rove-lop" .- * ready to be sent ti ) o . ;; , Bennett to ad Ires and i-os : for him . This Bro .
beuuett no bad Known a great rii'iny years , ami a . thougn te had not seo I him > ' a- somo time , hu thought ho had better send his letters to him in a pirc . 'i for him to .-i-idfo'M to tho Past Masters an . I those wh-. < : 'o aidre-ae .. ; [ , ( i >[ - ( J . ijiiiitiii ) did not know . Au old frond from . !;> .-.-. \ i . ; h c . i'i .-id upon him whi ' o co ; . lined to hid room , and he vo . -y co : \ ii ; .. ! y took tho leoter *; , it / ad thoy wore directed aud posted by
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United Grand Lodge.
appellation of the 'Royal Art . Pure and elevated in mind , in word , in d ^ ed , and inspiring the brethren who imitate him on tho road to wisdom , beauty , and strength , he remained till his entrance into tlio Eternal East a beaming pattern for all brethren Freemason ? , who , although scattered throngh tho whole world , are nnited in the Royal
Art . I accept with fraternal thanks , and in tho hopa of thoir bein >» fulfilled , tho kind wishes which your Royal Highness and your Grand Lodge express for me . Like the deceased Emperor William , I shall not fail to bestow in the future as hitherto my sincere interest in Freemasonry .
Dated Chariotteuberg , 31 st March 1888 . FREDEIUCK I . and R . " The Earl of Carnarvon thou said ho had a commnnication to make to the brethren from tho Prince of Wales , and should conclude with a distinct proposal . It was now some twenty years since His Royal
Highness , their Grand Master , was initiated in Freemasonry , and it would be in the recollection of many in that hall that that initiation took place in the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway . It was conducted in part by his present Majesty , King Oscar II ., and in part by King Oscar , his predecessor . It so happened that that Sovereign ,
King Oscar IL , was at this moment an honoured and a welcome guest in this country , and it had seemed to their illustrious Grand Master that no occasion could be more fitted for reciprocating the kindly office which , twenty years ago , was performed by that illustrious Sovereign . It was the hope of His Royal Highness
that the Brethren would that evening in that most full and crowded Grand Lodge , agree to confer upon his illustrious Brother His Majesty Oscar the Second , King of Sweden and Norway , the Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of Sweden , the rank of Past Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of England . He
wonld only add this ono remark , that whilst in many countries of Europe Masonry was looked upon sometimes with doubt , sometimes with suspicion , in Sweden it had enjoyed the full sunshine and sanction of Royal favour , and that tho King of Sweden and Norway and the Masons of Sweden aud Norway had been friends . He
thought Masons owed a debt for the initiation , twenty years ago , of their illustrious Grand Master , and he was sure they had it in their power that night to discharge that debt in a most graceful fashion , lie then proposed that the rank of Past Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England ba conferred
upon tho illustrious Brother His Majesty Oscar tho Second , King of Sweden and Norway . The motion was seconded by Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., and carried nnanimously . Scrutineers of votes for the election of members of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board were chosen and obligated , and having collected the
balloting papers , retired to count np the votes . The following were declared elected as members of the Board of General Purposes : — Worshipful Masters Bros . Belton , Walls , Scurrah , Room , Holah , Clever , and Monteuuis ; Past Masters Bros . Edward Terry , Dawson , Miller , Cumberland , Read , Pocock , and Pritchard . The
following were declared elected members of the Colonial Board : —Bros . Brett , Lieut .-Col . Haldaue , Walls , Cumberland , Escott , Col . Gadsden , and Ronmieu . The Earl of Carnarvon then said : Brethren , I havo a further communication to mako to you by the permission of tho Grand
Master , aud it relates to two out ot the three great Australasian selfgoverned free Colonies . What , I shall havo to say refers first of all to Sonth Australia ; secondly , to Now South Wales . It will bo in the recollection of most whom I now address that a short timo since
at the desire of a large majority of Masons under the English Constitution in South Australia , an independent Grand Lodge was accorded to them . That Giand Lodge I had the pleasure of meeting a fow months ago when I was on tho other side of the world . I had the satisfaction of seeing with my own eyes and hearing with my
own ears how well Masonry was prospering in the great Colony of South Australia , and I must also add under the guidance of that most able and loyal subject Chief Justice Way , the Chief Justice of the Colony . Good work in a Masonic point of view is , I chink , being carried on there ; and though the Grand Lodge of South Australia
now enjoys entire self-government and independence , I rejoice to think that there has been no wavering whatever of affection , and the old Masonic loyalty to the mother Craft here at home . And perhaps one of the best illustrations of that is to be found in the request which has unanimously been preferred by the Grand Lodge of South
Australia to onr Illustrious Grand Master that he would be pleased to accept the office of Grand Patron . Brethren , tho Grand Master has carefully considered that request , and it is my duty to announce to you to-night that ho has bten giaeiously pleased to accede to the icquest , and btcome a Grand Patron of the Grand
Lodge of South Austral'a . I think it is possible—I might even say probable , thongh I wish to stato this simply on my own personal notion — that somo pnblic request may before long be made to His Royal Highness that ho should consent in somo way to
undertake the duty of discharging iu certain vary limited caeca thu decision of certain appeals . It is a great request to mako ; it will Lo a great privilege , in my point of view , Lo accord . I would uot now prejudge questions by ono single word , though I 'bit that ifc would ba intorcstiiu-r to Grand Lo-. h-re that I should slato aa much as
I liavo sfiul . L would only :-ay that if such a request should come , I urn certain that it v . 'ill be considtred by His Royal Highness our Grand Master with ; , hu most f-. iV ' . ' -ivubia disposition , at all events towards tha wishes of th , \ - -.-j who make ii * . Bretlu en , I pa' -. s now to the second subject on which yon , as ; . Grain . Lodge . , will uliinialely
have to l : o consulted , and in which you aro distinctly concerned . It it 1 , perhaps , within fcho knowledge of many in I his hall that for somo time past there has hardly been that amount of Masonic unity iu the gro" Colony of Now South Wales which > .: ; couid all desire , for a constituted body has spuing into existence—a powerful body both
numerically and Irons person-i ! position—nnd ilia : ; br I y subsists side by side with the District Grand Lotl . aje under iho I-higl .. ; :. Constitution . All true lovers of Freoma-jonry havo deplored that state ot jjiii ^ s , bat Uii liitOiy lii ^ ic £ uu t , oeiii ^; u to 0 J L ; O uatidiuOiiory uulut ^ ou
United Grand Lodge.
for it . It has been a peculiar condition of affairs , for whilst on one hand thore has b ? on this strong desire fir R'df-governminfc on the put of a large and powerful body in the Colony , on the other hand there has been also great affection for the Mother Craft in England , and for all concerned in Em-dish Masonry ; and lastly , there has boon
a universal desire to find in the present Governor of Now " south Wales , my noble friend and Brother Lord Carrington , who is there among all classes , whether Masons or any other persons , a man of extraordinary popularity—a solution of tho difficulty . I said there has been a desire on tho part of all to liud in Lord Carrington the common meeting-place ,
so to say , of all desires . His Royal Highness our Grand Master , who has for some time past been cognisant of , and taken a deep interest in , tho Masonic affairs of New South Wales , has recently , by appointing Lord Carrington District Grand Master of Now Sonth Wales , hugely facilitated a friendly and satisfactory solution of this matter .
That appointment when I was in the Colony was only partially known ; but so far as it was known it commanded tho mosb cordial and hearty concurrence . Brethren , there have been negotiations , friendly and unofficial , which have now been carried on for several weeks , and even months . I am not yet iu a position to announce
anything definite , or to ask this Grand Lodge to ratify auy conclusions that may be arrived at in the Colony ; all I can say now ia this —that I am convinced whenever the question comes before this Grand Lodge in its proper form it will be accepted and considered in the most friendly spirit . Brethren , from ono end of that great continent
of Australia to the other I was tho fortunate witness of the great work of Masonry . Nowhere in tho world , 1 think I may say , has Masonry during a limited space of time achieved more ; nowhere is it doing better or more wholesome work . I have seen it uniting various classes and interests together ; I have seen it composing
differences aud soothing animosities ; I have seen it discharging a great duty which it knows so well how to discharge here in England , and of which it has been for so many years the foremost champion , for the support of law and order , and of hearty loyalty to the throne ; and I may say indeed that throughout the length and breadth of that
great continent of Australia Masoury has formed no exception whatever to this general rule . Brethren , you will see that I ask for no concurrence , but that I have felt—as did our illustrious Grand Master—that this was a fitting and a proper time at which I should lay before von matters which very likely are to come befo ~ e you ,
aud which , unless I greatly mistake the feelings of this Grand Lodge , will bo received in the most friendly and mosc fraternal spirit . The Earl of Carnarvon announced that the Grand Master had appointed—and he was sure with very groat satisfaction to Grand Lodge—Bro . Fenn as President of the Board of General Purposes .
Ou tho motion of Bro . Charles Belton , Bro . John Smith was unanimously re-elected Grand Lodgo Auditor . The following brethren were declared elected members of tho Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : — Bros . Cottebrune ,
Cotter , Dawson , Dilley , Major Durrant , Fish , Kcmpton , Tattershall , Tickle , and Dixon . The recommendations of grants by tho Board of Benevolence were , on tho motion nf Bro . James Brntt , confirmed . The report of tho Board of General Purposes was taken as read , aud ordnvd in bo leceiv-d and entered on the minutes . Bro . Fenn read
the formal complaint and the documents referred to in the report , and said ho was not instructed to mako any remark or proposition . Bro . Tracy said he only wished to say that in making his complaint he was not actuated by any feeling of hostility to Bro . Barfield , but , merely by pure Masonic fooling in the interest of tho Order ,
whoso honour every Mason must feel concerned for . After a sihort discussion , in which it was said that Bro . Barfield wished to mako a statement , tho Earl of Carnarvon said that as yot he would beg to observe thero was no proposition before Graud Lodge . Tho mere fact had been stated , as it was tbo duty of tie President of tho
Board of General Purposes to state it , and it . remained now to be seen whether , in conformity with tho courtesy which always prevailed in such a body as Grand Lodgo , thoy should hear anything from Bro . Barfield . Ho would therefore suggest to him if he thought lit to make any statement he should do so , and ha ( Lord Carnarvon )
was sure it would bo received in tho calmest and most friendly spirit . Brother Barfield , who was received with such applause as to testify that ho had the sympathy of the majority of those present , said that in answer to the complaint against him , he had to urge that during the 1 * 2 vears of hia Masonic career , he could , without
fear of contradiction , stato that he had always ondeavourel to maintain the honour , dignity , and privileges of Grand Lodge and the credit and reputation of tho Craft , and this waa the first charge of un-Masonic conduct thafc had ever b- ? en brought against him . Tho Board had rcojiv-d tho complaint alluded to , aud in
their discretion , as no doubt was within thoir power , thoy had considered ifc th . ur duty to bring tho matter nnder tho notice of Grand Lodge . It was COD for him to question tho ruling of that body . TIo accepted ns a loyal Mason their decision without demur . Ifc was Grand Lotlgo ho had to satisfy if ho possibly v > uld thtc he had never even intended lo commit auy Ma- ; mio itTogulurity , and hi
inosi solemnly and unhositatingly declared that ho did not employ miy gentleman to s "licit votes ou his bohalf , nor did he employ any gentleman to distribute printed invitations to luncheon afc the Holborn RestauraM , to thoso who wero willing to support his election . But tvh . it he did w .-.: s t . hi . j . Shortly belbro tir ; election j and while hu was con fi 1 L-i iu hisbd-ronri wi h inflammation of
tho saiafcic nerve , he s ^ nt , to sew ral oi his Masonic tr . ends in the country and r . o Sir . lbiuy . whoru ho was i . orn , to Ipswich , and many other places a short printed bio _; r : i ; hy of hisos If and an invitation to lunch with him ou liio day OL ' -lection . These were placed in a p LI-CO ! with stamped rove-lop" .- * ready to be sent ti ) o . ;; , Bennett to ad Ires and i-os : for him . This Bro .
beuuett no bad Known a great rii'iny years , ami a . thougn te had not seo I him > ' a- somo time , hu thought ho had better send his letters to him in a pirc . 'i for him to .-i-idfo'M to tho Past Masters an . I those wh-. < : 'o aidre-ae .. ; [ , ( i >[ - ( J . ijiiiitiii ) did not know . Au old frond from . !;> .-.-. \ i . ; h c . i'i .-id upon him whi ' o co ; . lined to hid room , and he vo . -y co : \ ii ; .. ! y took tho leoter *; , it / ad thoy wore directed aud posted by