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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
ESPECIAL GRAND LODGE , 29 th NOVEMBER . Present—Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the throne ; the R . W . Bros . Lewis , P . G . M . Sumatra , as D . G . M . ; Rowland Alston , P . G . M . Essex ; A . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey ; J . C . Morris , G . W . ; Rowland Alston , jun ., P . G . W ., as J . G . W . ; V . W . Bros . M'MullenW . H . SmithP . ThomsonParkinsonL . Thompson
, , , , , Forman , Crucefix , Philipe , & c . & c . ; Bro . the Rev . J . O . Dakeyne , Grand Chaplain ; the Grand Stewards of the year ; the Masters and Past Blasters of the Grand Stewards' and other Lodges . On the GRAND MASTER taking the chair , he observed , that as the clock had not yet struck eight , he should wait for the exact time before opening Grand Lodge , which was subsequently opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer .
The GRAND MASTER having ordered the Grand Secretary to read the circular convening the Especial Grand Lodge , stated that arrears of business on the paper had so greatly increased , that he had considered it advisable to give the members of Grand Lodge an opportunity to begin the new year without the clog of unsettled motions and reports . It would he well and wise to give to every measure its full share of deliberationbut the various speakers miht make their addresses short
, g , without curtailing them of any part necessary for the development oi their views . He would set them the example , and at once proceed to take the hack lists of matters not yet completed . The first was a portion of the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes for 1846 . Bro . JOHN SAVAGH rose , and moved— " That no Brother shall be
Master of two Lodges at the same time , without a dispensation from the M . W . Grand Master ; " such law to follow Art . ii . p 56 , and to be repeated after Art . iii . p . 78 . Of course these numbers and pages related to the last Book of Constitutions , and must be so arranged as to come in the proper places in the one about to be printed . The object of the latter part of the recommendation was mainly inserted to meet the ease of a prince of the blood-royal being a member of the Craft , and would be called for on his appointing his deputy . He ( Bro . S . ) would have
inserted the intention of the dispensation , but considered himself tied to the words as they originally stood . The subject had been so long in print and so well recognized—had , in fact , been debated in private Lodges and Masonic parties , that it would be lost time now to enter into a very long disquisition upon it ; the reasons were various and many , all of which hail been conceded , therefore no objection was likely to be raised . He begged the Grand Secretary to read the clause in question
, the adoption of which he afterwards formally moved . Bro . M'MULLRN seconded , as it enabled every Lodge to be represented at the Board of Benevolence through its Master ; whereas , if one Master sat for two Lodges , that could not be the case . After a few words from the M . W . G . M . and several other members , Bro . RULE wished to see the wording altered ; for , as it now stood , a man may be a Master of three Lodges , but not of two ( shouts of
, laughter ) . It is all very well , but you know a notion prevails that a man may marry three wives , but not two , ( increased laughter ) , because it is not forbidden . ( Cries of " how are you going to elect him to the third , when he can ' t be Master of a second ? " Bro . Rule shook his head incredulously , but sat down ) .
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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
ESPECIAL GRAND LODGE , 29 th NOVEMBER . Present—Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the throne ; the R . W . Bros . Lewis , P . G . M . Sumatra , as D . G . M . ; Rowland Alston , P . G . M . Essex ; A . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey ; J . C . Morris , G . W . ; Rowland Alston , jun ., P . G . W ., as J . G . W . ; V . W . Bros . M'MullenW . H . SmithP . ThomsonParkinsonL . Thompson
, , , , , Forman , Crucefix , Philipe , & c . & c . ; Bro . the Rev . J . O . Dakeyne , Grand Chaplain ; the Grand Stewards of the year ; the Masters and Past Blasters of the Grand Stewards' and other Lodges . On the GRAND MASTER taking the chair , he observed , that as the clock had not yet struck eight , he should wait for the exact time before opening Grand Lodge , which was subsequently opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer .
The GRAND MASTER having ordered the Grand Secretary to read the circular convening the Especial Grand Lodge , stated that arrears of business on the paper had so greatly increased , that he had considered it advisable to give the members of Grand Lodge an opportunity to begin the new year without the clog of unsettled motions and reports . It would he well and wise to give to every measure its full share of deliberationbut the various speakers miht make their addresses short
, g , without curtailing them of any part necessary for the development oi their views . He would set them the example , and at once proceed to take the hack lists of matters not yet completed . The first was a portion of the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes for 1846 . Bro . JOHN SAVAGH rose , and moved— " That no Brother shall be
Master of two Lodges at the same time , without a dispensation from the M . W . Grand Master ; " such law to follow Art . ii . p 56 , and to be repeated after Art . iii . p . 78 . Of course these numbers and pages related to the last Book of Constitutions , and must be so arranged as to come in the proper places in the one about to be printed . The object of the latter part of the recommendation was mainly inserted to meet the ease of a prince of the blood-royal being a member of the Craft , and would be called for on his appointing his deputy . He ( Bro . S . ) would have
inserted the intention of the dispensation , but considered himself tied to the words as they originally stood . The subject had been so long in print and so well recognized—had , in fact , been debated in private Lodges and Masonic parties , that it would be lost time now to enter into a very long disquisition upon it ; the reasons were various and many , all of which hail been conceded , therefore no objection was likely to be raised . He begged the Grand Secretary to read the clause in question
, the adoption of which he afterwards formally moved . Bro . M'MULLRN seconded , as it enabled every Lodge to be represented at the Board of Benevolence through its Master ; whereas , if one Master sat for two Lodges , that could not be the case . After a few words from the M . W . G . M . and several other members , Bro . RULE wished to see the wording altered ; for , as it now stood , a man may be a Master of three Lodges , but not of two ( shouts of
, laughter ) . It is all very well , but you know a notion prevails that a man may marry three wives , but not two , ( increased laughter ) , because it is not forbidden . ( Cries of " how are you going to elect him to the third , when he can ' t be Master of a second ? " Bro . Rule shook his head incredulously , but sat down ) .