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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
which could shortly be done ; indeed , he would propose that it be referred to the Board , and then some way might be found of meeting the difficulties that now presented themselves . Bro . Scarborough assented . Bro . DOBIE should take care that Bro . Scarborough was summoned to attend before the Board , and he hoped he would bring all his books with him . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
December 1 , 1847 . —Present : the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the Throne ; Bro . Lewis , P . G . M ., Sumatra , as D G . M . ; Bro . Alston , P . G . M . Essex ; Bro . Lord Suffleld , P . G . M . Norfolk ; Bro . Humfrey , P . G . M . Kent ; Bro . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey ; W . Bro . Morris , S . G . W ; W . Bro . Robert Willett , J . G . W . ; Bros . Hebeler , Burmester , Rev ; J . Carver , and Boronandi , representatives from Berlin , Hamburg , Massachusettsand Switzerland ; about forty Grand Officers ; a
nume-, rous attendance of Grand Stewards , present and past ; and Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of many other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form with solemn prayer . The GRAND MASTER said , he had received notice that it was intended to ask him a question that evening upon the subject of privilege ; he should , therefore , request the Brother to go on with that before any other matter came before Grand Lodgeas it was desirable to settle it
, before a proposition that would be made that evening should be entertained . That evening was the time fixed upon to propose a Grand Master , and he understood he was to have the honour of being put in nomination ; but as the question to be proposed affected him individually , he did not think it right that he should be nominated , -unless he gave what was considered a satisfactory answer . He called upon Bro . Lane , therefore , to proceed .
Bro . Lord SUFFIELD . — " Aye , that ' s it . " ( Cries of " Order , " " Chair . " ) Bro . Dr . LANE stated , at length , his question of privilege . That a report , professing to be an accurate account of what he and others had stated in Grand Lodge , at the Quarterly Communication in June , and published by authority of the Grand Master , had misrepresented what he had said , and very inaccurately reported his speech . He had not the vanity to suppose that what he said in Grand Lodge was of much
importance , nor very valuable ; he should , therefore , not complain if he were not reported at all ; but he could not conceive that it was considered justice to make what he had said appear ridiculous . He had no doubt that it was inadvertence ; and if he had been permitted , at the next meeting of the Grand Lodge , to have set himself right , the question would never have reached any importance ; but others had made it so , and left him no alternative but to ask if it was by his lordship ' s
instructions that such a report of his speech had been made . Every Brother must see that , personally , it was not of very great consequence , and that he brought no charge whatever , more particularly against the M . W . G . M ., of whom it had been his fortune frequently to speak in
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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
which could shortly be done ; indeed , he would propose that it be referred to the Board , and then some way might be found of meeting the difficulties that now presented themselves . Bro . Scarborough assented . Bro . DOBIE should take care that Bro . Scarborough was summoned to attend before the Board , and he hoped he would bring all his books with him . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
December 1 , 1847 . —Present : the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the Throne ; Bro . Lewis , P . G . M ., Sumatra , as D G . M . ; Bro . Alston , P . G . M . Essex ; Bro . Lord Suffleld , P . G . M . Norfolk ; Bro . Humfrey , P . G . M . Kent ; Bro . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey ; W . Bro . Morris , S . G . W ; W . Bro . Robert Willett , J . G . W . ; Bros . Hebeler , Burmester , Rev ; J . Carver , and Boronandi , representatives from Berlin , Hamburg , Massachusettsand Switzerland ; about forty Grand Officers ; a
nume-, rous attendance of Grand Stewards , present and past ; and Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of many other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form with solemn prayer . The GRAND MASTER said , he had received notice that it was intended to ask him a question that evening upon the subject of privilege ; he should , therefore , request the Brother to go on with that before any other matter came before Grand Lodgeas it was desirable to settle it
, before a proposition that would be made that evening should be entertained . That evening was the time fixed upon to propose a Grand Master , and he understood he was to have the honour of being put in nomination ; but as the question to be proposed affected him individually , he did not think it right that he should be nominated , -unless he gave what was considered a satisfactory answer . He called upon Bro . Lane , therefore , to proceed .
Bro . Lord SUFFIELD . — " Aye , that ' s it . " ( Cries of " Order , " " Chair . " ) Bro . Dr . LANE stated , at length , his question of privilege . That a report , professing to be an accurate account of what he and others had stated in Grand Lodge , at the Quarterly Communication in June , and published by authority of the Grand Master , had misrepresented what he had said , and very inaccurately reported his speech . He had not the vanity to suppose that what he said in Grand Lodge was of much
importance , nor very valuable ; he should , therefore , not complain if he were not reported at all ; but he could not conceive that it was considered justice to make what he had said appear ridiculous . He had no doubt that it was inadvertence ; and if he had been permitted , at the next meeting of the Grand Lodge , to have set himself right , the question would never have reached any importance ; but others had made it so , and left him no alternative but to ask if it was by his lordship ' s
instructions that such a report of his speech had been made . Every Brother must see that , personally , it was not of very great consequence , and that he brought no charge whatever , more particularly against the M . W . G . M ., of whom it had been his fortune frequently to speak in