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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 4 of 12 →
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
received their serious consideration , aud every desire in make the experiment as inexpensive as possible had been shown by the Board ; but several hours of the Grand Tyler ' s time must , during each week , be devoted to the library , whether brethren attended or not . A smaller sum could not , in the opinion of the Board of General Purposes , be tendered ; they bad , in fact , divided upon the question , and the recommendation , as it was sent up in the report , was of course that of the majority . — Amendment negatived .
There being no other business prior to the notices of motion , before the first was called on , Bro . SHUTS , Prov . G . M . Bristol , would tender to the Grand Lodge an address of confidence he had been entrusted to present from his province ; in doing so he would beg to be allowed to read it —( no , no ) . He hoped they would permit it —( no , no ) . He presented it as the spontaneous effusion of his province , it was signed by his Deputy ; some surprise might be expressed at thatbut he had not
, been able to visit his province for some time , and during that period this address had been voted ; he was the more pleasetl at it , as it showetl he had not used any influence to procure an address , but he had come a hundred and twenty miles to present it ; he hoped it would be read—( no , no ) . The D . G . M . said , if the M . W . G . M . had been present , he believed they would have extended their courtesy to allow the address to
be read , and they could not as Masons do less in his absence—( read , read ) . The R . W . Brother then read the address . The GRAND REGISTRAR then said , he also had an address to present . It had been sent to him by the Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , and following the example just set would read it . The W . Brother had not proceeded far when , in consequence of the improper language in the address , he was stopped by the unequivocal disapprobation of Grand Lodge . The Grand Registrar having persisted in
reading a few more sentences , Bro . SCARBOROUGH rose to put a stop to so unmasonic a proceeding every brother was answerable that the document presented by him was neither offensive nor indecorous ; this one was both , it treated of matters of which the brethren knew nothing by personal observation , and animadverted insultingly upon the members of Grand Lodge , who had a right to debate fearlessly , as long as they did so courteously , every matter that came before them . He should be sorry to move the resolution that at
once presented itself to his mind , and he therefore hoped the Grand Registrar would withdraw his paper . The Grand Lodge could not allow itself to be insulted by such a document , nor should it while he had the honour of a seat in it . While the freedom of debate was allowed , no person had a right to lecture them in the shape of an address to the Grand Master—r ( cheers ) . Bro . R . G . ALSTON stated that the Book of Constitutions enacted
that all communications to the M . W . Grand Master should be sent to the Grand Secretary , the infringement of that rule had led to the present inconvenience ; it would be wiser and better to conform as nearly as possible , indeed strictly , to the law , time would be saved , and greater satisfaction given . The GRAND REGISTRAR regretted he had not had a previous opportunity of reading the document ; it had come to him late , accompanied VOL . VI . V 1 '
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
received their serious consideration , aud every desire in make the experiment as inexpensive as possible had been shown by the Board ; but several hours of the Grand Tyler ' s time must , during each week , be devoted to the library , whether brethren attended or not . A smaller sum could not , in the opinion of the Board of General Purposes , be tendered ; they bad , in fact , divided upon the question , and the recommendation , as it was sent up in the report , was of course that of the majority . — Amendment negatived .
There being no other business prior to the notices of motion , before the first was called on , Bro . SHUTS , Prov . G . M . Bristol , would tender to the Grand Lodge an address of confidence he had been entrusted to present from his province ; in doing so he would beg to be allowed to read it —( no , no ) . He hoped they would permit it —( no , no ) . He presented it as the spontaneous effusion of his province , it was signed by his Deputy ; some surprise might be expressed at thatbut he had not
, been able to visit his province for some time , and during that period this address had been voted ; he was the more pleasetl at it , as it showetl he had not used any influence to procure an address , but he had come a hundred and twenty miles to present it ; he hoped it would be read—( no , no ) . The D . G . M . said , if the M . W . G . M . had been present , he believed they would have extended their courtesy to allow the address to
be read , and they could not as Masons do less in his absence—( read , read ) . The R . W . Brother then read the address . The GRAND REGISTRAR then said , he also had an address to present . It had been sent to him by the Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , and following the example just set would read it . The W . Brother had not proceeded far when , in consequence of the improper language in the address , he was stopped by the unequivocal disapprobation of Grand Lodge . The Grand Registrar having persisted in
reading a few more sentences , Bro . SCARBOROUGH rose to put a stop to so unmasonic a proceeding every brother was answerable that the document presented by him was neither offensive nor indecorous ; this one was both , it treated of matters of which the brethren knew nothing by personal observation , and animadverted insultingly upon the members of Grand Lodge , who had a right to debate fearlessly , as long as they did so courteously , every matter that came before them . He should be sorry to move the resolution that at
once presented itself to his mind , and he therefore hoped the Grand Registrar would withdraw his paper . The Grand Lodge could not allow itself to be insulted by such a document , nor should it while he had the honour of a seat in it . While the freedom of debate was allowed , no person had a right to lecture them in the shape of an address to the Grand Master—r ( cheers ) . Bro . R . G . ALSTON stated that the Book of Constitutions enacted
that all communications to the M . W . Grand Master should be sent to the Grand Secretary , the infringement of that rule had led to the present inconvenience ; it would be wiser and better to conform as nearly as possible , indeed strictly , to the law , time would be saved , and greater satisfaction given . The GRAND REGISTRAR regretted he had not had a previous opportunity of reading the document ; it had come to him late , accompanied VOL . VI . V 1 '