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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, Dec. 2, 1840. Page 1 of 4 →
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Quarterly Communication, Dec. 2, 1840.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , Dec . 2 , 1840 .
On this occasion H . R . II . the Duke of Sussex presided , supported by the Marquis of Salisbury as D . G . M ., the R . W . the Prov . G . M . for Sumatra , the Hon . Fox Maule , ancl other Grand Officers ; Bro . Bainbridge , M . P . as Senior , and Brother Bond Cabbell as Junior Grand Warden .
After the very lengthy and tedious minutes of the preceding Quarterly Communication and Especial Grand Lodge hacl been read and confirmed , H . R . H . the Grand Master proposed an address to Her Majesty , ancl resolutions to be forwarded to Prince Albert ancl the Duchess of Kent , on the birth of the Princess Royal , which were unanimousl y adopted . Brothers SIRR and KING briefly nominated ancl seconded the reappointment of H . R . H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , as Grand Master for the
ensuing year . His ROYAL HIGHNESS was about to put the nomination , when Bro . LEE STEVENS asked H . R . H . if that was the proper moment for objecting to the nomination , as he ( Bro . S . ) was desirous of doing so . The GRAND MASTER . — Certainly it is . Bro . LEE STEVENS rejoined , that " being in order , he should proceed to state his reasons for opposing the nomination . He was glad of the opportunity of delivering his sentiments on such an occasion in the
pre sence of the Grand Master . It was more honourable ancl more Masonic than a system ivhich had prevailed of accusing those who were not present to _ defend themselves ; ancl whilst he adopted this open course of complaint , he trusted that he should utter nothing that was unworthy of the subject—that he should advance nothing that he could not maintain—and that he should , therefore , obtain the attention of the Grand Lodge . He objected to another year of rule over the English Craft by His hness four
Royal Hig , on grounds . They were partly personal , but that he could not avoid , for they were not on that account the less true or urgent . The first was the great discourtesy shown by His Royal Highness to the worthy Brothers Crueefix and Wood , and to himself ( Bro . S . ) , in receiving from them a most respectful memorial , praying him , as Grand Master to call an Especial Grand Lodge to hear their appeals , and not only refraining to complwith their reasonable request
y very , but putting upon them the unnecessary offence of not noticing , in any way , the receipt of their request . To this he would add the unwarrantable attack made by His Royal Highness , at the last Quarterly Communication , on the Masonic character of Brother Chrees and himself , ( Bro . S . ) At that Grand Lodge , His Royal Highness , sitting as Grand Master , addressing these Brethren had said— " I know you ; I know all about you ; what you do in your Lodges , ancl elsewhere . " Now he that he
( Bro . S . ) protested hacl never been honoured by any examination in the presence of His Royal Highness , that could authorise such an assertion ; and it was therefore evident that the Grand Master must have listened privately to his traducers , ancl have judged him in his absence . This was most uncharitable and unjust as a Master Mason , and most unworthy of the high office and di gnity of the Grand Master . His second point of Masonic difference with His Royal Highness was ' that , whilst the Patron of the Licensed Victuallers ' Asylum , of which he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Quarterly Communication, Dec. 2, 1840.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , Dec . 2 , 1840 .
On this occasion H . R . II . the Duke of Sussex presided , supported by the Marquis of Salisbury as D . G . M ., the R . W . the Prov . G . M . for Sumatra , the Hon . Fox Maule , ancl other Grand Officers ; Bro . Bainbridge , M . P . as Senior , and Brother Bond Cabbell as Junior Grand Warden .
After the very lengthy and tedious minutes of the preceding Quarterly Communication and Especial Grand Lodge hacl been read and confirmed , H . R . H . the Grand Master proposed an address to Her Majesty , ancl resolutions to be forwarded to Prince Albert ancl the Duchess of Kent , on the birth of the Princess Royal , which were unanimousl y adopted . Brothers SIRR and KING briefly nominated ancl seconded the reappointment of H . R . H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , as Grand Master for the
ensuing year . His ROYAL HIGHNESS was about to put the nomination , when Bro . LEE STEVENS asked H . R . H . if that was the proper moment for objecting to the nomination , as he ( Bro . S . ) was desirous of doing so . The GRAND MASTER . — Certainly it is . Bro . LEE STEVENS rejoined , that " being in order , he should proceed to state his reasons for opposing the nomination . He was glad of the opportunity of delivering his sentiments on such an occasion in the
pre sence of the Grand Master . It was more honourable ancl more Masonic than a system ivhich had prevailed of accusing those who were not present to _ defend themselves ; ancl whilst he adopted this open course of complaint , he trusted that he should utter nothing that was unworthy of the subject—that he should advance nothing that he could not maintain—and that he should , therefore , obtain the attention of the Grand Lodge . He objected to another year of rule over the English Craft by His hness four
Royal Hig , on grounds . They were partly personal , but that he could not avoid , for they were not on that account the less true or urgent . The first was the great discourtesy shown by His Royal Highness to the worthy Brothers Crueefix and Wood , and to himself ( Bro . S . ) , in receiving from them a most respectful memorial , praying him , as Grand Master to call an Especial Grand Lodge to hear their appeals , and not only refraining to complwith their reasonable request
y very , but putting upon them the unnecessary offence of not noticing , in any way , the receipt of their request . To this he would add the unwarrantable attack made by His Royal Highness , at the last Quarterly Communication , on the Masonic character of Brother Chrees and himself , ( Bro . S . ) At that Grand Lodge , His Royal Highness , sitting as Grand Master , addressing these Brethren had said— " I know you ; I know all about you ; what you do in your Lodges , ancl elsewhere . " Now he that he
( Bro . S . ) protested hacl never been honoured by any examination in the presence of His Royal Highness , that could authorise such an assertion ; and it was therefore evident that the Grand Master must have listened privately to his traducers , ancl have judged him in his absence . This was most uncharitable and unjust as a Master Mason , and most unworthy of the high office and di gnity of the Grand Master . His second point of Masonic difference with His Royal Highness was ' that , whilst the Patron of the Licensed Victuallers ' Asylum , of which he