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Quarterly Communication.
MOTION RELATING TO THE INCREASE OF DUES PAYABLE TO GllAND LODGE , be confirmed . The GRAND MASTER rose and observed , that previous to putting the motion he felt it incumbent to bear some of the responsibility of the delay in circulating the result of the motion that passed at the last Grand Lodge by a considerable majority . It certainly would have been better had the circulardated 12 th Maybeen issued earlier . In future
, , , however , he would take care that the provinces should not lack information . ( Cheering . ) There was here a considerable pause , and the Grand Master had risen , it was presumed , for the purpose of putting the amendment , when at length Bro . CRUCEFIX rose , but was interrupted by the cry of " question , question . " He begged to assure the Brethren , that although the cry of
" question" might be intended to prevent him from speaking , it would have a very contrary effect , for he felt the time and the hour to be most important for the interests of Freemasonry , aud he claimed an equal privilege with the noble mover of the amendment , not only to be heard , but to be heard with the same respectful attention . That noble Brother seldom came among them , yet had been listened to with the deepest attentionand was never interrupted . He ( Bro . C . ) was no drone in
, the hive , and trusted for the sake of the very amendment itself they would hear him . ( Perfect order and silence were obtained . ) Bro . Crucefix observed , that if any one hacl any reason for dissatisfaction and regret it was himself . For two years , " two entire years , he has been met by delays ancl interruptions to the hearing of this motion ,
which had not for its object the mere increase of taxation , but to the intent of replacing a very munificent grant that hacl been diverted from the casual Fund of Benevolence to a most excellent charity , and also to the intention of granting annuities for widows of Masons . Owing to the manner in which the motion was framed it was separated into sections ; and , as will be seen by the circular from the Grand Lodge , dated 12 th May , that the first section related unavoidabl y to the taxation , but
which , however now opposed by the noble Earl , passed , as acknowledged by the Grand Alaster , by a considerable majority of the Grand Lodge , in which , to his knowledge , there were many provincial Brethren present , not one of whom had the presence of mind , or probably not the desire , to move an amendment . Had an amendment been then moved , he ( Bro . C . ) felt certain it would have been met , not by clamourbut by that considerate attention which Masonry enjoinedand
, , which it was always the bounden duty of every Alason to pay to all addresses . ( Hear , hear . ) He next complained , and he was borne out by the too gentle allusion to this point by the P . G . Alaster for Devon , of the inattention to the positive direction of the last Grand Lodge , that the provinces should be immediately apprised of the entire motion . Had this been done , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , and the Humber Lodge , would have been left without any excuse for those
circulars , the general nature of which , take them all in all , he could not approve , as a conscientious man . He further complained of the overstrained construction of the motion , which was by the noble Earl designated as unjust and arbitrary . ( No , no . ) It might be very well to exclaim no , no . He ( Bro . C . ) again declared that such were the very words employed by tbe noble Brother—words which might have a very strong , but certainly not a Alasonic significancy . He
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Quarterly Communication.
MOTION RELATING TO THE INCREASE OF DUES PAYABLE TO GllAND LODGE , be confirmed . The GRAND MASTER rose and observed , that previous to putting the motion he felt it incumbent to bear some of the responsibility of the delay in circulating the result of the motion that passed at the last Grand Lodge by a considerable majority . It certainly would have been better had the circulardated 12 th Maybeen issued earlier . In future
, , , however , he would take care that the provinces should not lack information . ( Cheering . ) There was here a considerable pause , and the Grand Master had risen , it was presumed , for the purpose of putting the amendment , when at length Bro . CRUCEFIX rose , but was interrupted by the cry of " question , question . " He begged to assure the Brethren , that although the cry of
" question" might be intended to prevent him from speaking , it would have a very contrary effect , for he felt the time and the hour to be most important for the interests of Freemasonry , aud he claimed an equal privilege with the noble mover of the amendment , not only to be heard , but to be heard with the same respectful attention . That noble Brother seldom came among them , yet had been listened to with the deepest attentionand was never interrupted . He ( Bro . C . ) was no drone in
, the hive , and trusted for the sake of the very amendment itself they would hear him . ( Perfect order and silence were obtained . ) Bro . Crucefix observed , that if any one hacl any reason for dissatisfaction and regret it was himself . For two years , " two entire years , he has been met by delays ancl interruptions to the hearing of this motion ,
which had not for its object the mere increase of taxation , but to the intent of replacing a very munificent grant that hacl been diverted from the casual Fund of Benevolence to a most excellent charity , and also to the intention of granting annuities for widows of Masons . Owing to the manner in which the motion was framed it was separated into sections ; and , as will be seen by the circular from the Grand Lodge , dated 12 th May , that the first section related unavoidabl y to the taxation , but
which , however now opposed by the noble Earl , passed , as acknowledged by the Grand Alaster , by a considerable majority of the Grand Lodge , in which , to his knowledge , there were many provincial Brethren present , not one of whom had the presence of mind , or probably not the desire , to move an amendment . Had an amendment been then moved , he ( Bro . C . ) felt certain it would have been met , not by clamourbut by that considerate attention which Masonry enjoinedand
, , which it was always the bounden duty of every Alason to pay to all addresses . ( Hear , hear . ) He next complained , and he was borne out by the too gentle allusion to this point by the P . G . Alaster for Devon , of the inattention to the positive direction of the last Grand Lodge , that the provinces should be immediately apprised of the entire motion . Had this been done , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , and the Humber Lodge , would have been left without any excuse for those
circulars , the general nature of which , take them all in all , he could not approve , as a conscientious man . He further complained of the overstrained construction of the motion , which was by the noble Earl designated as unjust and arbitrary . ( No , no . ) It might be very well to exclaim no , no . He ( Bro . C . ) again declared that such were the very words employed by tbe noble Brother—words which might have a very strong , but certainly not a Alasonic significancy . He