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United Grand Lodge Of England.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , SEPT . 4 , 1844 . Present , —R . W . the Earl HOWE , D . G . M ., as G . M . Bros . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Berks , II . R . Lewis , Prov . G . M . Sumatra , J . Leander Starr , Prov . G . M ., Nova Scotia ( G . h . Scotland ) , a visitor , B . B . Cabbell , as S . G . AV ., — Smith , as J . G . AV ., Rev— HayesGChaplainPollockHebelerBurmesterPrescott
. , . ; , , , , Willett , Shadbolt , AVhite , Crucelix , Dobie , Thomson , Baumer , M M alien , Hayward , Norris , Bossy , Evans , Jennings , Chapman , T . Cooke , Rule . The Grancl Stewards of the year , the Masters , Past Masters , ancl AA ardens of the Grand Stewards * and of many other Lodges . The attendance was very numerous . * The minutes of the last Quarterly Communication were read and confirmed .
A communication from the Grand Master relating to an address to the Prince of Prussia , the Protector of Masonry in that kingdom , who was about to leave England , was taken into consideration , ancl it was proposed that an address from the Grand Lodge should be presented to His Royal Highness . Bro . FAUDEL rose and objected , on the plea that the Grand Lodge coulcl hardly vote the address , as the Grand Lodge in Prussia excluded
the Jewish Brethren from their rites ancl ceremonies . Bro . HEBELER observed that such might have been the case , but that now such exclusion was no longer practised . Bro . BURMESTER confirmed the statement of Bro , Hebeler .
Bro . FAUDEL in reply observed , that letters received in the morning did not agree with the statements of the preceding Brethren . Bro . BREWSTER would support the address , provided a very gentle allusion to the subject was inserted therein . Bro . CRUCEFIX observed , that as the Prussian Lodges were what is understood as St . John ' s or Christian Lodges , and were not based on the glorious universality of the system of the Creation , it was more the
misfortune of the Prince than his fault , to persist in the mode in which he had been instructed ; he ( Bro . C ) , therefore recommended that the address should pass unanimously . The Brethren who had so properly adverted to the subject , might be assured that sufficient had transpired to tend very materially to the restoration of the Masonic Jews to their rights and privileges . The address was then passed unanimously .
Bro . DOBIE then addressed the Grand Lodge on the report of the Board of General Purposes submitted to the last Quarterly Communication , which report was deferred for consideration this evening . The first article of that report was to alter the constitution of the Board of Benevolence altogether , viz . — " That it should consist of twenty-Jive members ; the President and ten thereof to be nominated by the Grand Master , and the remaining
fourteen by the Grand Lodge . " He ( Bro . Dobie ) had arrived at the necessity of some great amendment in this law , after a service of many years on the Board of General Purposes , at which he had also officiated for three years as its Presi-
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , SEPT . 4 , 1844 . Present , —R . W . the Earl HOWE , D . G . M ., as G . M . Bros . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Berks , II . R . Lewis , Prov . G . M . Sumatra , J . Leander Starr , Prov . G . M ., Nova Scotia ( G . h . Scotland ) , a visitor , B . B . Cabbell , as S . G . AV ., — Smith , as J . G . AV ., Rev— HayesGChaplainPollockHebelerBurmesterPrescott
. , . ; , , , , Willett , Shadbolt , AVhite , Crucelix , Dobie , Thomson , Baumer , M M alien , Hayward , Norris , Bossy , Evans , Jennings , Chapman , T . Cooke , Rule . The Grancl Stewards of the year , the Masters , Past Masters , ancl AA ardens of the Grand Stewards * and of many other Lodges . The attendance was very numerous . * The minutes of the last Quarterly Communication were read and confirmed .
A communication from the Grand Master relating to an address to the Prince of Prussia , the Protector of Masonry in that kingdom , who was about to leave England , was taken into consideration , ancl it was proposed that an address from the Grand Lodge should be presented to His Royal Highness . Bro . FAUDEL rose and objected , on the plea that the Grand Lodge coulcl hardly vote the address , as the Grand Lodge in Prussia excluded
the Jewish Brethren from their rites ancl ceremonies . Bro . HEBELER observed that such might have been the case , but that now such exclusion was no longer practised . Bro . BURMESTER confirmed the statement of Bro , Hebeler .
Bro . FAUDEL in reply observed , that letters received in the morning did not agree with the statements of the preceding Brethren . Bro . BREWSTER would support the address , provided a very gentle allusion to the subject was inserted therein . Bro . CRUCEFIX observed , that as the Prussian Lodges were what is understood as St . John ' s or Christian Lodges , and were not based on the glorious universality of the system of the Creation , it was more the
misfortune of the Prince than his fault , to persist in the mode in which he had been instructed ; he ( Bro . C ) , therefore recommended that the address should pass unanimously . The Brethren who had so properly adverted to the subject , might be assured that sufficient had transpired to tend very materially to the restoration of the Masonic Jews to their rights and privileges . The address was then passed unanimously .
Bro . DOBIE then addressed the Grand Lodge on the report of the Board of General Purposes submitted to the last Quarterly Communication , which report was deferred for consideration this evening . The first article of that report was to alter the constitution of the Board of Benevolence altogether , viz . — " That it should consist of twenty-Jive members ; the President and ten thereof to be nominated by the Grand Master , and the remaining
fourteen by the Grand Lodge . " He ( Bro . Dobie ) had arrived at the necessity of some great amendment in this law , after a service of many years on the Board of General Purposes , at which he had also officiated for three years as its Presi-