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British America.
BRITISH AMERICA .
Niagara , Canada West , September 0 , 1847 . MR . EDITOR , —Please to oblige a subscriber to your very useful periodical by answering , in the usual way , the following queries : — 1 . Is it regular to call an emergent meeting for the purpose of confirming minutes of a regular communication ? 2 . Is it correct , after a regular communication , at which the AV . M . was not present , ( a P . M . presiding , ) and when the Brethren unanimously passed a resolutionor ruled matters in such a way as was not
, personally satisfactory to the AV . M ., —is it regular , in such a case , for the AV . M . to issue a summons on the following day , and to insert this clause , " to consider minutes of — inst ., " i . e . of the regular communication held on the preceding day ? And is it not irregular to discuss previous minutes except when they come up for Confirmation at the next succeeding regular communication ? 3 . Is it regular to insert in a summons for an emergent meeting , so
comprehensive a phrase as " generally for the transaction of business" ? Does not this appear to militate against the Constitutions , p . 61 , in re meetings of emergency ? . " ' XX X X . By answering these queries , you will confer a favour on NIAGARENSIS . "" The Editor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " -. ., ,.-. - Reply . . -- . .-..-,. ¦ . j
1 . If the confirmation depends on a question of time , it may be neces- ? sary to have an emergency ; but this should be clear , otherwise the confirmation should abide the next monthly meeting . 2 . Unless the AV . M . felt he had just cause of personal complaint , that he considered should not abide the next regular meeting of the Lodge , his conduct would appear irregular . 3 . It is considered that no questions can be entertained at a meeting of emergency but such as are notified in the circular for discussion . "
NIAGARA , CANADA WEST , September . — Freemasonry has experienced a revival in this part of the province of Canada , beyond the most sanguine expectation of its ardent admirers and zealous Brethren . This town being situated immediately in view of the spot wherei . AVi Morgan was said to have been murdered , it was natural to suppose that anti-Masonic persecution would be rife here , when it pursued its' bead- ' long course so furiously at a distance . Niagara Lodge , No . 490 , has
been , in consequence , dormant since the year 1829 . Last autumn air attempt was made to resuscitate the Lodge ; and , amid much discourage ^ ment , a dispensation was obtained from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , and the Lodge re-commenced its work in December , 1846 . The Brethren of the Lodge at that time numbered only eight Master Masons and two Apprentices . On the festival of St . John the Baptist , the Lodge met at nine o ' clock , A . M ., when the following officers were installed : —Alexander Gordon , Esq ., W . M . ; the Rev . F . J . Lundy , S . AV . ; H . Melville , Esq ., M . D .,
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British America.
BRITISH AMERICA .
Niagara , Canada West , September 0 , 1847 . MR . EDITOR , —Please to oblige a subscriber to your very useful periodical by answering , in the usual way , the following queries : — 1 . Is it regular to call an emergent meeting for the purpose of confirming minutes of a regular communication ? 2 . Is it correct , after a regular communication , at which the AV . M . was not present , ( a P . M . presiding , ) and when the Brethren unanimously passed a resolutionor ruled matters in such a way as was not
, personally satisfactory to the AV . M ., —is it regular , in such a case , for the AV . M . to issue a summons on the following day , and to insert this clause , " to consider minutes of — inst ., " i . e . of the regular communication held on the preceding day ? And is it not irregular to discuss previous minutes except when they come up for Confirmation at the next succeeding regular communication ? 3 . Is it regular to insert in a summons for an emergent meeting , so
comprehensive a phrase as " generally for the transaction of business" ? Does not this appear to militate against the Constitutions , p . 61 , in re meetings of emergency ? . " ' XX X X . By answering these queries , you will confer a favour on NIAGARENSIS . "" The Editor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review . " -. ., ,.-. - Reply . . -- . .-..-,. ¦ . j
1 . If the confirmation depends on a question of time , it may be neces- ? sary to have an emergency ; but this should be clear , otherwise the confirmation should abide the next monthly meeting . 2 . Unless the AV . M . felt he had just cause of personal complaint , that he considered should not abide the next regular meeting of the Lodge , his conduct would appear irregular . 3 . It is considered that no questions can be entertained at a meeting of emergency but such as are notified in the circular for discussion . "
NIAGARA , CANADA WEST , September . — Freemasonry has experienced a revival in this part of the province of Canada , beyond the most sanguine expectation of its ardent admirers and zealous Brethren . This town being situated immediately in view of the spot wherei . AVi Morgan was said to have been murdered , it was natural to suppose that anti-Masonic persecution would be rife here , when it pursued its' bead- ' long course so furiously at a distance . Niagara Lodge , No . 490 , has
been , in consequence , dormant since the year 1829 . Last autumn air attempt was made to resuscitate the Lodge ; and , amid much discourage ^ ment , a dispensation was obtained from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , and the Lodge re-commenced its work in December , 1846 . The Brethren of the Lodge at that time numbered only eight Master Masons and two Apprentices . On the festival of St . John the Baptist , the Lodge met at nine o ' clock , A . M ., when the following officers were installed : —Alexander Gordon , Esq ., W . M . ; the Rev . F . J . Lundy , S . AV . ; H . Melville , Esq ., M . D .,