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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
Bro . R . GARDINER ALSTON did not think it fair that the proposition for two hundred pounds being voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund should stand in the way of this grant ; he and others had understood that that was not to be made an objection to this , which was to be considered on its merits , and which had been so frequently postponed ; this indeed , would have taken precedence of the previous money questionbut for a technicality that it was embodied in a report
, which , according to their rules , had to be read before other resolutions were proceeded with ; had that not been the case , this would have been submitted to the Brethren several meetings since , as from its object it deserved to be . He should indeed be delighted to find this only the commencement of a brighter era , an era for granting not only by annual grants to our sisters the small sum we at present could bestow , but the eventual carrying out of one of our most beautiful precepts , relieving all
who needed assistance . The beginning was made , and he believed if we were to poll every Freemason in England upon the question , nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand would vote for it . The R . W . Brother concluded one of his more than usually spirited and argumentative speeches . Bro . CRUCEFIX , although entitled to reply , was so happy in his position , that he would simply observe that he envied all the happiness they had the power to bestow , and most cordially wished them the " heartsease" the several addresses had bestowed on himself . Carried unanimously . *
Bro , Dr . LANE , in a very elaborate address , proposed that the law , page 28 , clause 11 , be altered , that the hour of eleven be no longer restrictive for bringing on a new motion or other business . " If , " said Bro . L ., in the course of his speech , " we were always sure of having a Grand Master who , when he found motions accumulate , would act like our present M . \ V . G M ., and from time to time call especial Grand Lodges , his motion would be unnecessary , nor should he have brought
forward such a proposition if his notice of motion had not been given before any thing had been said about extraordinary Grand Lodge meetings , but as that was optional , he thought it wise to come to some determination upon it . " The Brother then went into the advantages to be derived from such a course ; and that if after all eleven o ' clock was thought a good time for discontinuing the sitting , any Brother could then move an adjournment .
The GRAND MASTER suggested to the Worshipful Brother to withdraw his motion . As he had expressed himself satisfied with the way he had conducted the business of Grand Lodge and tlie Lodge of Emergency he had a right to infer that he would not have cause to complain of his allowing arrears of motions to accumulate , therefore he could postpone his motion until he had ceased to be Grand Master . Bro . LANE had not the slightest objection —( motion withdrawn . )
Bro . SCARBOROUGH proposed that the sum of twenty pounds be set aside annually for the purchase of books , & c , to form a library and museum , which should be open for the instruction and amusement of the Brethren from ten o ' clock in the morning until nine o ' clock at night , in the house in Great Queen Street , where the Grand Secretary ' s
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
Bro . R . GARDINER ALSTON did not think it fair that the proposition for two hundred pounds being voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund should stand in the way of this grant ; he and others had understood that that was not to be made an objection to this , which was to be considered on its merits , and which had been so frequently postponed ; this indeed , would have taken precedence of the previous money questionbut for a technicality that it was embodied in a report
, which , according to their rules , had to be read before other resolutions were proceeded with ; had that not been the case , this would have been submitted to the Brethren several meetings since , as from its object it deserved to be . He should indeed be delighted to find this only the commencement of a brighter era , an era for granting not only by annual grants to our sisters the small sum we at present could bestow , but the eventual carrying out of one of our most beautiful precepts , relieving all
who needed assistance . The beginning was made , and he believed if we were to poll every Freemason in England upon the question , nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand would vote for it . The R . W . Brother concluded one of his more than usually spirited and argumentative speeches . Bro . CRUCEFIX , although entitled to reply , was so happy in his position , that he would simply observe that he envied all the happiness they had the power to bestow , and most cordially wished them the " heartsease" the several addresses had bestowed on himself . Carried unanimously . *
Bro , Dr . LANE , in a very elaborate address , proposed that the law , page 28 , clause 11 , be altered , that the hour of eleven be no longer restrictive for bringing on a new motion or other business . " If , " said Bro . L ., in the course of his speech , " we were always sure of having a Grand Master who , when he found motions accumulate , would act like our present M . \ V . G M ., and from time to time call especial Grand Lodges , his motion would be unnecessary , nor should he have brought
forward such a proposition if his notice of motion had not been given before any thing had been said about extraordinary Grand Lodge meetings , but as that was optional , he thought it wise to come to some determination upon it . " The Brother then went into the advantages to be derived from such a course ; and that if after all eleven o ' clock was thought a good time for discontinuing the sitting , any Brother could then move an adjournment .
The GRAND MASTER suggested to the Worshipful Brother to withdraw his motion . As he had expressed himself satisfied with the way he had conducted the business of Grand Lodge and tlie Lodge of Emergency he had a right to infer that he would not have cause to complain of his allowing arrears of motions to accumulate , therefore he could postpone his motion until he had ceased to be Grand Master . Bro . LANE had not the slightest objection —( motion withdrawn . )
Bro . SCARBOROUGH proposed that the sum of twenty pounds be set aside annually for the purchase of books , & c , to form a library and museum , which should be open for the instruction and amusement of the Brethren from ten o ' clock in the morning until nine o ' clock at night , in the house in Great Queen Street , where the Grand Secretary ' s