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Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
[ The circular of the December communication is still due . ] March 4 . —Present , the Rt . Hon . and R . W . the Earl of Durham , D . G . M . as G . M . R . W : D . Pollock , Esq . S . G . W . R . W : B . B . Cabbell , Esq . as J . G . W . R . W : John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., many present and past
Grand Officers , and about two hundred Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Lodges . After the confirmation of previous minutes , the Earl of Durham announced that the election of Grand Master should be proceeded with ; and that his Royal Hig hness had expressed a wish that the proposal should emanate from Masters of Lodges instead of the Grand
Officers ; whereupon the proposer , Bro . Palmer , and the seconder of the nomination of his Royal Highness in December , now repeated the expressions of their attachment and loyalty , and , amidst the acclamations of their Brethren , moved and seconded the election of their much loved and illustrious Brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The Grand Lodge simultaneously rose in
respectful tribute to the sentiment . A recommendation from the Lodge of Benevolence to grant 50 / . to the widow of the late Brother Whitford of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , was unanimously agreed to . The minutes of the monthly Boards of Benevolence were all confirmed . There was no report from the Board
of General Purposes . An animated discussion then took p lace upon the subject of a motion by Brother Dr . Crucefix , for an alteration in the constituency of the Boards of General Purposes and Finance , recommending the addition of four Past Masters to each Board . The Earl of Durham , Brothers Ramsbottom , Easthope , Lythgoe , E . Wilson , and Philipe , addressed the
Grand Lodge , and the mover having replied , the motion was carried by a very considerable majority . Brother Dr . Crucefix then withdrew his motion for the revisal of the Constitution , with an intimation , that as the Board of General Purposes would be altered by the previous motion , it ivould ( in his opinion ) be a proper Committee to consider of the necessary amendments . Some other matters were then referred to the Board of General Purposes , and the Grand Lodge was closed .
THE ROYAL ARK M ARINERS mustered on the 20 th ult . under the veteran Goldsworthy : some additional members joined the Order . THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' encampment ( No . 20 ) was held on the 20 th of this month , for the installation of members . The E . C . Baumer was also re-installed . Meetings were appointed to admit those who were properly qualified , into the hig her degrees .
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Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
[ The circular of the December communication is still due . ] March 4 . —Present , the Rt . Hon . and R . W . the Earl of Durham , D . G . M . as G . M . R . W : D . Pollock , Esq . S . G . W . R . W : B . B . Cabbell , Esq . as J . G . W . R . W : John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., many present and past
Grand Officers , and about two hundred Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Lodges . After the confirmation of previous minutes , the Earl of Durham announced that the election of Grand Master should be proceeded with ; and that his Royal Hig hness had expressed a wish that the proposal should emanate from Masters of Lodges instead of the Grand
Officers ; whereupon the proposer , Bro . Palmer , and the seconder of the nomination of his Royal Highness in December , now repeated the expressions of their attachment and loyalty , and , amidst the acclamations of their Brethren , moved and seconded the election of their much loved and illustrious Brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The Grand Lodge simultaneously rose in
respectful tribute to the sentiment . A recommendation from the Lodge of Benevolence to grant 50 / . to the widow of the late Brother Whitford of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , was unanimously agreed to . The minutes of the monthly Boards of Benevolence were all confirmed . There was no report from the Board
of General Purposes . An animated discussion then took p lace upon the subject of a motion by Brother Dr . Crucefix , for an alteration in the constituency of the Boards of General Purposes and Finance , recommending the addition of four Past Masters to each Board . The Earl of Durham , Brothers Ramsbottom , Easthope , Lythgoe , E . Wilson , and Philipe , addressed the
Grand Lodge , and the mover having replied , the motion was carried by a very considerable majority . Brother Dr . Crucefix then withdrew his motion for the revisal of the Constitution , with an intimation , that as the Board of General Purposes would be altered by the previous motion , it ivould ( in his opinion ) be a proper Committee to consider of the necessary amendments . Some other matters were then referred to the Board of General Purposes , and the Grand Lodge was closed .
THE ROYAL ARK M ARINERS mustered on the 20 th ult . under the veteran Goldsworthy : some additional members joined the Order . THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' encampment ( No . 20 ) was held on the 20 th of this month , for the installation of members . The E . C . Baumer was also re-installed . Meetings were appointed to admit those who were properly qualified , into the hig her degrees .