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Masonic Intelligence.
Bro . James Townend moved , that the application be not entertained . Bro . Dobie moved , as an amendment , that the Master and AVardens of the Castle Lodge be summoned to attend the next Quarterly Communication , to show cause wh y the Lodge should not be erased .
Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox addressed the Grand Lodge at some length , and urged that Bro . Dobie ' s motion be adopted . The consideration of this painful dispute , he said , had occupied much of his attention ; and he lamented to say , that he had come to the conclusion that there was no possibility of restoring the harmony of the Castle Lodge , and that erasure was the only course the Grand Lodge could
adopt . The Brethren of the Castle Lodge , he regretted to say , seemed quite to have forgotten the injunctions given to them at theninitiation into Masonry , and that charity did not mean mere almsgiving , but Avas a much higher principle , " which suffered long , and was kind ; did not behave itself unseemly ; Avas not easily provoked , and thought no evil . " Bro . Partridgethe AV . M . of the Castle Lodgesaid he had
, , called the Brethren together twice , but could not restore anything like unanimity . He believed reconciliation to be hopeless . After a few observations from Bro . Beadon , Avith reference to the partisan character of the speech of Bro . James Townend , Bro . Dobie moved , that the Master and Officers of the Castle
Lodge , No . 36 , be summoned to attend the Quarterly Communication in June , there and then to show cause wh y the Lodge should not be erased . The proposition having been seconded by Bro . Beadon , was carried unanimously . Bro . Allen here rose , and stated , that the late Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , did before he was Prov . G . M ., and during his office had
done , as much , if not more , than other Prov . G . M . ' s for the good of Masonry ; he therefore moved , " That the members of this Grand Lodge do express their cordial sympathy with Bro . Tucker , on the occasion of his deposition from the Prov . Grand Mastership of Dorsetshire , and that the same be communicated to Bro . Tucker . " Bro . Ealconer seconded the motion . The Earl of Yarborough called tbe attention of Grand Lodge to
the Book of Constitutions on the subject , and to the form which this motion ought to have taken to be regular . After much discussion , Bro . Tucker rose , and requested that this matter should drop . He felt that it ought to go no further ; as it could not much matter to him now what the decision might be , to whieh GrandLodge might come . His deposition from the office of Prov . G . M . for DorsetAvould make
, no difference in his zeal for the advancement of Ereemasonry , to Avhich he was as much devoted as ever . Bro . Allen said that as he should now obtahi as much as he desired by AAnthdrawing his motion as by carrying it , he Avould ask permission to Avithdraw it .
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Masonic Intelligence.
Bro . James Townend moved , that the application be not entertained . Bro . Dobie moved , as an amendment , that the Master and AVardens of the Castle Lodge be summoned to attend the next Quarterly Communication , to show cause wh y the Lodge should not be erased .
Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox addressed the Grand Lodge at some length , and urged that Bro . Dobie ' s motion be adopted . The consideration of this painful dispute , he said , had occupied much of his attention ; and he lamented to say , that he had come to the conclusion that there was no possibility of restoring the harmony of the Castle Lodge , and that erasure was the only course the Grand Lodge could
adopt . The Brethren of the Castle Lodge , he regretted to say , seemed quite to have forgotten the injunctions given to them at theninitiation into Masonry , and that charity did not mean mere almsgiving , but Avas a much higher principle , " which suffered long , and was kind ; did not behave itself unseemly ; Avas not easily provoked , and thought no evil . " Bro . Partridgethe AV . M . of the Castle Lodgesaid he had
, , called the Brethren together twice , but could not restore anything like unanimity . He believed reconciliation to be hopeless . After a few observations from Bro . Beadon , Avith reference to the partisan character of the speech of Bro . James Townend , Bro . Dobie moved , that the Master and Officers of the Castle
Lodge , No . 36 , be summoned to attend the Quarterly Communication in June , there and then to show cause wh y the Lodge should not be erased . The proposition having been seconded by Bro . Beadon , was carried unanimously . Bro . Allen here rose , and stated , that the late Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire , did before he was Prov . G . M ., and during his office had
done , as much , if not more , than other Prov . G . M . ' s for the good of Masonry ; he therefore moved , " That the members of this Grand Lodge do express their cordial sympathy with Bro . Tucker , on the occasion of his deposition from the Prov . Grand Mastership of Dorsetshire , and that the same be communicated to Bro . Tucker . " Bro . Ealconer seconded the motion . The Earl of Yarborough called tbe attention of Grand Lodge to
the Book of Constitutions on the subject , and to the form which this motion ought to have taken to be regular . After much discussion , Bro . Tucker rose , and requested that this matter should drop . He felt that it ought to go no further ; as it could not much matter to him now what the decision might be , to whieh GrandLodge might come . His deposition from the office of Prov . G . M . for DorsetAvould make
, no difference in his zeal for the advancement of Ereemasonry , to Avhich he was as much devoted as ever . Bro . Allen said that as he should now obtahi as much as he desired by AAnthdrawing his motion as by carrying it , he Avould ask permission to Avithdraw it .