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become the purchaser ; and having succeeded in this object , the Duchess requested of the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge to accept at her hands the testimonial , to he considered as the property of the Grancl Lodge . By this course , the chance of any subsequent sale would be prevented ; and the Duchess expressed her conviction , that in the course she thus adopted she was carrying out what would have been the wishes of her illustrious and beloved husband .
The Duchess further observed in her letter that she should much wish to have the loan of the Sussex Testimonial on certain particular occasions , assuring the Grand Lodge that it should always be returned in perfect order . The reading of the letter caused mingled sensations of regret at the decease of the late Grand Master , and of grateful respect for the true Masonic consideration of her Grace .
The Financial Report was highly satisfactory , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer . NOTICES OF MOTION . BRO . BREWSTER—Union of the Asylum and Benevolent Annuity Fund—Vide No . 10 . Renewal .
BRO . CRUCEMX—Additional dues—Pensions for widows . Renewal . BRO . FAUDEL—To move and report on the non-admittance of Jewish Freemasons in Prussian Lodges . No law existing in England for their exclusion . Scrutineers . —Bros . Watson , 25 ; Gilbert , 36 ; Taylor , 209 .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
August 10 , 1 S 4 S . —A circular has this day been issued from the Secretariat , containing its version , of the particulars of the several meetings ofthe Grand Lodge , as underdated , via . 1844 , December 4 , * 1845 , March 5 , April 30 , June 4 . To the readers ofthe Freemason ' s Quarterly Review , this tardy and meagre pittance of information might have been altogether spared , and the valuable time and unceasing labour of its erudite concoction have been directed to ether sources of equal importance ; but to those who have no other sources of information we
may ask , if they are contented with such an appeal to their understanding . We grant that , as a specimen of composition , it is not below the standard ofthe literature that has emanated from the same source for the last forty years ; but what then , will times never mend , cannot those who are empowered correct an evil , against which the word shame is the least positive that may be urged ? September 3 . —Present—R . W . Rowland Alston , P . G . M . Essex , as
G . M . R . W . Lorcl Suffield , P . G . M . Norfolk , as D . G . M . „ R . G . Alston , J . G . W . as S . G . W . ; II . J . Prescott , as J . G . W Several Past ancl Present Grand Officers , with the Grand Stewards ,
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United Grand Lodge Of England
become the purchaser ; and having succeeded in this object , the Duchess requested of the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge to accept at her hands the testimonial , to he considered as the property of the Grancl Lodge . By this course , the chance of any subsequent sale would be prevented ; and the Duchess expressed her conviction , that in the course she thus adopted she was carrying out what would have been the wishes of her illustrious and beloved husband .
The Duchess further observed in her letter that she should much wish to have the loan of the Sussex Testimonial on certain particular occasions , assuring the Grand Lodge that it should always be returned in perfect order . The reading of the letter caused mingled sensations of regret at the decease of the late Grand Master , and of grateful respect for the true Masonic consideration of her Grace .
The Financial Report was highly satisfactory , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer . NOTICES OF MOTION . BRO . BREWSTER—Union of the Asylum and Benevolent Annuity Fund—Vide No . 10 . Renewal .
BRO . CRUCEMX—Additional dues—Pensions for widows . Renewal . BRO . FAUDEL—To move and report on the non-admittance of Jewish Freemasons in Prussian Lodges . No law existing in England for their exclusion . Scrutineers . —Bros . Watson , 25 ; Gilbert , 36 ; Taylor , 209 .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
August 10 , 1 S 4 S . —A circular has this day been issued from the Secretariat , containing its version , of the particulars of the several meetings ofthe Grand Lodge , as underdated , via . 1844 , December 4 , * 1845 , March 5 , April 30 , June 4 . To the readers ofthe Freemason ' s Quarterly Review , this tardy and meagre pittance of information might have been altogether spared , and the valuable time and unceasing labour of its erudite concoction have been directed to ether sources of equal importance ; but to those who have no other sources of information we
may ask , if they are contented with such an appeal to their understanding . We grant that , as a specimen of composition , it is not below the standard ofthe literature that has emanated from the same source for the last forty years ; but what then , will times never mend , cannot those who are empowered correct an evil , against which the word shame is the least positive that may be urged ? September 3 . —Present—R . W . Rowland Alston , P . G . M . Essex , as
G . M . R . W . Lorcl Suffield , P . G . M . Norfolk , as D . G . M . „ R . G . Alston , J . G . W . as S . G . W . ; II . J . Prescott , as J . G . W Several Past ancl Present Grand Officers , with the Grand Stewards ,