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Provincial.
The following circular has been issued : — AA'orshipful Sir and Brother , —I beg to call your SERIOUS ATTENTIOX to the annexed resolutions , and to request the co-operation of your Lodge should you approve their tenour . It is of great importance that the country Lodges should be well represented at the next Quarterl y Communication on the 4 th of June , and I hope the Lodge over which you preside will not fail to be so .
In the mean time I shall be much obliged if you will inform me of the date of the LAST Report of a Quarterly Communication received b y your Lodge . AV . DENIS AIOORE , i ' . G . S . for Devon .
The P . G . Secretary stated that he hacl been CASUALLY informed , that at the last Quarterly Communication the Grand Lodge had passed a resolution , which would increase the contributions to the Fund of Benevolence from the Lodges in the London district by one-half of their present amount , ancl that the contributions from the Lodges in the country would be doubled . On motions duly made and seconded—It was resolved unanimouslyThat this Provincial Grancl Lod
, ge strongly deprecates any change in the existing Constitutions of the Craft ,-as far as they relate to the annual dues payable from the various Lodges to the Fund of Benevolence , as uncalled for and unnecessary ; and this P . G . Lodge objects to any change in the clues which should alter the present rateable proportions between the country Lodges and those of the London District , as settled by the Constitutions of the United Grand Lodge , published in 1815 , ancl confirmed at the revision of the
Constitutions in ] 841 , believing that that proportion was settled on sound ancl just principles , and ought not therefore to be altered . Resolved , That there being present at this P . G . Lodge the representatives of sixteen Lodges , none of which have received the Report of the last Quarterly Communication , this P . G . Lodge PROTESTS against any further proceedings upon the subject of the alteration of the dues , as improper ancl unconstitutional , till due notice shall have been furnished to
all the country Lodges throughout the kingdom . Resolved , That the P . G . Secretary be authorized to attend the next Grand Lodge , in order to oppose the alteration of the dues mentioned in the foregoing Resolutions . Resolved , That the Deputy Provincial Grand Alaster be authorized to attend the Grand Lodge with the same object . Resolved , That copies of these Resolutions be circulated amongst the Lodges in the country district .
Banquet . —The Brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and the various Lodges in the three towns , dined together , in full Alasonic costume , at the Royal Hotel , the Right AVorshipful Earl Fortescue , Prov . G . AL , presiding , supported by his principal Grand Officers --Colonel Fulford , S . W ., and J . AV . Peard , Esq ., J . W ., as Vice-Presidents . The cloth being removed , ancl grace said by the Provincial Grand Chaplain , his lordship gave " Her Majesty the Queen , " which was drunk with enthusiastic loyalty .
..The following toasts were next given from the Chair , and drunk with Masonic honours : — "Earl of Zetland , Grancl Master of England ;" VOLHI r , L
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Provincial.
The following circular has been issued : — AA'orshipful Sir and Brother , —I beg to call your SERIOUS ATTENTIOX to the annexed resolutions , and to request the co-operation of your Lodge should you approve their tenour . It is of great importance that the country Lodges should be well represented at the next Quarterl y Communication on the 4 th of June , and I hope the Lodge over which you preside will not fail to be so .
In the mean time I shall be much obliged if you will inform me of the date of the LAST Report of a Quarterly Communication received b y your Lodge . AV . DENIS AIOORE , i ' . G . S . for Devon .
The P . G . Secretary stated that he hacl been CASUALLY informed , that at the last Quarterly Communication the Grand Lodge had passed a resolution , which would increase the contributions to the Fund of Benevolence from the Lodges in the London district by one-half of their present amount , ancl that the contributions from the Lodges in the country would be doubled . On motions duly made and seconded—It was resolved unanimouslyThat this Provincial Grancl Lod
, ge strongly deprecates any change in the existing Constitutions of the Craft ,-as far as they relate to the annual dues payable from the various Lodges to the Fund of Benevolence , as uncalled for and unnecessary ; and this P . G . Lodge objects to any change in the clues which should alter the present rateable proportions between the country Lodges and those of the London District , as settled by the Constitutions of the United Grand Lodge , published in 1815 , ancl confirmed at the revision of the
Constitutions in ] 841 , believing that that proportion was settled on sound ancl just principles , and ought not therefore to be altered . Resolved , That there being present at this P . G . Lodge the representatives of sixteen Lodges , none of which have received the Report of the last Quarterly Communication , this P . G . Lodge PROTESTS against any further proceedings upon the subject of the alteration of the dues , as improper ancl unconstitutional , till due notice shall have been furnished to
all the country Lodges throughout the kingdom . Resolved , That the P . G . Secretary be authorized to attend the next Grand Lodge , in order to oppose the alteration of the dues mentioned in the foregoing Resolutions . Resolved , That the Deputy Provincial Grand Alaster be authorized to attend the Grand Lodge with the same object . Resolved , That copies of these Resolutions be circulated amongst the Lodges in the country district .
Banquet . —The Brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and the various Lodges in the three towns , dined together , in full Alasonic costume , at the Royal Hotel , the Right AVorshipful Earl Fortescue , Prov . G . AL , presiding , supported by his principal Grand Officers --Colonel Fulford , S . W ., and J . AV . Peard , Esq ., J . W ., as Vice-Presidents . The cloth being removed , ancl grace said by the Provincial Grand Chaplain , his lordship gave " Her Majesty the Queen , " which was drunk with enthusiastic loyalty .
..The following toasts were next given from the Chair , and drunk with Masonic honours : — "Earl of Zetland , Grancl Master of England ;" VOLHI r , L