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Masonic Intelligence.
Grand Lodge , where every Brother could be heard , and in none was this change more apparent than in the P . G . M . for Cambridge , who tonight contented himself with the announcement of a memorial from the P . G . L . of Surrey , which constitutionally is under his protection ; whereas in June , when his noble colleague for the province of Devon gave utterance to his deprecation of the motion as unjust , tyrannical , and arbitrary , he was loudly cheered by the Grand Registrar of England .
And again , when the same noble Brother inferred the probable wavering of the allegiance of his province , again went the Prov . Grand . Master of Cambridge to his work of cheering . He hoped not to exceed the law in his reply , but he felt impulsively , ancl had not learned the art to conceal his thoughts . And next , as to the request of Bro . Bigg to withdraw the motion , on the plea that the speech of Bro . Havers was unanswerable . With such request he could not comply . He had dissected that
masterly address , and taken to himself and his cause all the good it contained—but he was no apostate to the cause . Withdraw the motion indeed ! He never felt prouder than at that moment . Numbers were of no consequence to him against principle—the time was about to arrive when truth would prevail . In the opinion of some of the speakers ,
a motion rejected should not be renewed . But he need hardly remind his hearers , that even free England , with her free institutions , took forty years to consider before she would grant freedom to the slave . If he was getting too near the mark , this evening ' s proceedings gave a point in analogy , for the Grand Master had nobly squared his Masonic conduct with his duty as an English peer . How painful for him to know that this motion did not meet with the support of the Grand Master , for
whom he entertained the most deferential respect . And lastly , for his case—the cause of the widow which he advocated—might again be deferred ; but he renewed his promise never to forget it . The proceedings of to-night might delay her hopes , but he had extracted sufficient good from the evil of opposition to feel the greater assurance of ultimate success , for , if the motion was lost to-night , he must frame another , and then leave it to the honour of English Freemasons either to adopt thator
, bring forward a better , —and which , if better , should have his grateful and cordial support . The GRAND MASTER gave Bro . Crucefix full credit for good intentions , but felt bound to support the prayer of the memorials that had been presented to Grand Lodge . On a shew of hands the motion was lost . The Grand Lodge was then closed and adjourned .
Present And Past Grand Stewards.
PRESENT AND PAST GRAND STEWARDS .
FREEMASONS' HALL , Dee . 1 . —At a meeting of the Present and Past Grand Stewards ( Dr . Crucefix in the chair ) , it was resolved unanimously that a memorial be presented to the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , humbly soliciting his Lordship to grant permanent rank and clothing , with a seat in Grand Lodge , to past Grand Stewards ; and that the memorial be signed by the chairman , on the part ofthe meeting .
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Masonic Intelligence.
Grand Lodge , where every Brother could be heard , and in none was this change more apparent than in the P . G . M . for Cambridge , who tonight contented himself with the announcement of a memorial from the P . G . L . of Surrey , which constitutionally is under his protection ; whereas in June , when his noble colleague for the province of Devon gave utterance to his deprecation of the motion as unjust , tyrannical , and arbitrary , he was loudly cheered by the Grand Registrar of England .
And again , when the same noble Brother inferred the probable wavering of the allegiance of his province , again went the Prov . Grand . Master of Cambridge to his work of cheering . He hoped not to exceed the law in his reply , but he felt impulsively , ancl had not learned the art to conceal his thoughts . And next , as to the request of Bro . Bigg to withdraw the motion , on the plea that the speech of Bro . Havers was unanswerable . With such request he could not comply . He had dissected that
masterly address , and taken to himself and his cause all the good it contained—but he was no apostate to the cause . Withdraw the motion indeed ! He never felt prouder than at that moment . Numbers were of no consequence to him against principle—the time was about to arrive when truth would prevail . In the opinion of some of the speakers ,
a motion rejected should not be renewed . But he need hardly remind his hearers , that even free England , with her free institutions , took forty years to consider before she would grant freedom to the slave . If he was getting too near the mark , this evening ' s proceedings gave a point in analogy , for the Grand Master had nobly squared his Masonic conduct with his duty as an English peer . How painful for him to know that this motion did not meet with the support of the Grand Master , for
whom he entertained the most deferential respect . And lastly , for his case—the cause of the widow which he advocated—might again be deferred ; but he renewed his promise never to forget it . The proceedings of to-night might delay her hopes , but he had extracted sufficient good from the evil of opposition to feel the greater assurance of ultimate success , for , if the motion was lost to-night , he must frame another , and then leave it to the honour of English Freemasons either to adopt thator
, bring forward a better , —and which , if better , should have his grateful and cordial support . The GRAND MASTER gave Bro . Crucefix full credit for good intentions , but felt bound to support the prayer of the memorials that had been presented to Grand Lodge . On a shew of hands the motion was lost . The Grand Lodge was then closed and adjourned .
Present And Past Grand Stewards.
PRESENT AND PAST GRAND STEWARDS .
FREEMASONS' HALL , Dee . 1 . —At a meeting of the Present and Past Grand Stewards ( Dr . Crucefix in the chair ) , it was resolved unanimously that a memorial be presented to the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , humbly soliciting his Lordship to grant permanent rank and clothing , with a seat in Grand Lodge , to past Grand Stewards ; and that the memorial be signed by the chairman , on the part ofthe meeting .