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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND . QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , AUGUST 7 . Present—E . Comps . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., — BurcHiardt and Prescott , as Z . II . J ., and a few other members . There were two charters granted for Provincial Chapters . A report of the Committee of General Purposes was approvedby
, ivhich Scribe E . will be empowered to issue certificates as soon as the report shall be confirmed by the ensuing Grand Chapter . Comp . Peter Thomson made some stringent observations on tbe unnecessary delay caused by the want of the President ' s signature to the former report of the Committee . Adjourned at a quarter to nine .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS , AUGUST 28 . Present , —Bros . McMullen , Cruceflx , Baumer , Bossy , Norris , Evans , AVebb , Rule , & c . An intimation was given from the Grancl Master , that lie should forward an address to the Prince of Prussia . The report of the Board of General Purposes stated that the model statue of II . R . H . the late Grand Masterhaving been completeda
, , further instalment of 600 / . had been paid to the artist Bro . Bailly . The Finance report was altogether satisfactory . The business paper contained the subject of the suggestions of the Board in relation to the alteration in the constitution of the Board of Benevolence ; also the motion of Dr . CRUCEFIX SO long deferred , and the following notice of motion by Bro . BREWSTER . " Whereasin the fourteenth general regulation for the government of
, the Craft , it is stated , " That the Grand Lodge has the inherent power of investigating , regulating , and deciding all matters relative to the Craft . " "And whereas , it is stated in an unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge of the 6 th December , 1837 , " That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and decayed Freemasons to the favourable consideration of the Craft . "
"Therefore a Committee shall be immediately appointed consisting of deputations from tbe Grand Lodge , from the Committee oi the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and from the Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund ; with a view to the union of the two latter excellent institutions , under the patronage of the Grand Lodge ; it being alike detrimental to the two Charities , and discreditable to Freemasonry , that any evidence of past disunion in the Craft
shall be longer permitted to exist . " The scrutineers appointed , were Bros . Imrie , 25 ; Klein , 198 ; Canstat , 223 ; Lazarus , 223 ; Daws , 227 ; Sporl , 237 .
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND . QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , AUGUST 7 . Present—E . Comps . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., — BurcHiardt and Prescott , as Z . II . J ., and a few other members . There were two charters granted for Provincial Chapters . A report of the Committee of General Purposes was approvedby
, ivhich Scribe E . will be empowered to issue certificates as soon as the report shall be confirmed by the ensuing Grand Chapter . Comp . Peter Thomson made some stringent observations on tbe unnecessary delay caused by the want of the President ' s signature to the former report of the Committee . Adjourned at a quarter to nine .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS , AUGUST 28 . Present , —Bros . McMullen , Cruceflx , Baumer , Bossy , Norris , Evans , AVebb , Rule , & c . An intimation was given from the Grancl Master , that lie should forward an address to the Prince of Prussia . The report of the Board of General Purposes stated that the model statue of II . R . H . the late Grand Masterhaving been completeda
, , further instalment of 600 / . had been paid to the artist Bro . Bailly . The Finance report was altogether satisfactory . The business paper contained the subject of the suggestions of the Board in relation to the alteration in the constitution of the Board of Benevolence ; also the motion of Dr . CRUCEFIX SO long deferred , and the following notice of motion by Bro . BREWSTER . " Whereasin the fourteenth general regulation for the government of
, the Craft , it is stated , " That the Grand Lodge has the inherent power of investigating , regulating , and deciding all matters relative to the Craft . " "And whereas , it is stated in an unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge of the 6 th December , 1837 , " That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and decayed Freemasons to the favourable consideration of the Craft . "
"Therefore a Committee shall be immediately appointed consisting of deputations from tbe Grand Lodge , from the Committee oi the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , and from the Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund ; with a view to the union of the two latter excellent institutions , under the patronage of the Grand Lodge ; it being alike detrimental to the two Charities , and discreditable to Freemasonry , that any evidence of past disunion in the Craft
shall be longer permitted to exist . " The scrutineers appointed , were Bros . Imrie , 25 ; Klein , 198 ; Canstat , 223 ; Lazarus , 223 ; Daws , 227 ; Sporl , 237 .