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Quarterly Communication.
Grand Lodge , and always admitted that he believed he was a most amiable and kind man , and would on no account be guilty of premeditated injustice . It was solely on public grounds he had brought forward the subject , and had no doubt the M . W . G . M . would be glad to put the whole question upon a proper footing . He had made use of the word " misrepresented : " he assured his lordship and the Grand Secretary he did not mean it in an offensive maimerneither wishing to
in-, sinuate that it was used as done intentionally or wilfully , and would , therefore , withdraw it , finding it had given pain , and such was not his object ; and any other word would express as well that he meant to say he had not been correctly reported . Of that he entertained no doubt , and left it , therefore , to those who were responsible for the report to explain , if they thought proper ( Cheers ) . The GRAND MASTER had , on a previous occasion , stated his reason
for giving an authorised report of what took place in Grand Lodge : it was because the Freemasons' Quarterly Review gave unauthorised reports , which had the appearance of being sanctioned by Grand Lodge : such was not the case . To meet the difficulty of having their proceedings continually published in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , which had been denounced as an unauthorised publication , he said he would cause a reporter to attend , and take notes of the proceedings , which he ,
the Grand Master , would take upon himself to superintend the publishing of . He never had intended that the report should he a verbatim copy of what had been said , but a brief summary of what had taken place at their meetings ; and such had been done . He had not lived so
long without knowing that men liked to hear themselves talk ; and many years' experience in the House of Commons , and some few in the House of Lords , proved to him that half the speeches would never have been made if it had been thought they would not get into print . He was not going to make the Grand Lodge a debating society for men to make speeches , the only purpose of which was to get them into print . —The Grand Master then read the reported speech , and the copy that had been
forwarded by Bro . Lane ; compared them , and made comments as he proceeded . —He did not think , he said , he should be worthy of their confidence , if it were thought he intentionally issued wrong reports ; but he sanctioned and held himself responsible only for the substance of the address of the Brethren . —The Grand Master concluded a long and temperate reply , which appeard to give general satisfaction . * Bro . Lord SUFFIELD did not think the matter should rest there ( ohoh ) .
, They should hear him out . He considered a charge had been made against the Grand Master . The Brother who brought it forward had explained away a part , and he supposed the Brother would now withdraw the remainder , and express his regret at having brought it forward . ( Loud cries of " No ! no I" from all parts of the hall . ) Bro . LANE had already said all he had to say upon the subject . He meant nothing offensive to his lordship ; he brought the matter before
Grand Lodge upon public grounds , and did not stand at allsingular in the opinion that the report was not quite correct . The word " 'misrepresented" seemed to imply a predisposition to give an incorrect report ; but as that was not his thought , he had withdrawn that word . ' : Bro . HuaiFREY would like , and he was sure his lordship , the M . WiGiM .,
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Quarterly Communication.
Grand Lodge , and always admitted that he believed he was a most amiable and kind man , and would on no account be guilty of premeditated injustice . It was solely on public grounds he had brought forward the subject , and had no doubt the M . W . G . M . would be glad to put the whole question upon a proper footing . He had made use of the word " misrepresented : " he assured his lordship and the Grand Secretary he did not mean it in an offensive maimerneither wishing to
in-, sinuate that it was used as done intentionally or wilfully , and would , therefore , withdraw it , finding it had given pain , and such was not his object ; and any other word would express as well that he meant to say he had not been correctly reported . Of that he entertained no doubt , and left it , therefore , to those who were responsible for the report to explain , if they thought proper ( Cheers ) . The GRAND MASTER had , on a previous occasion , stated his reason
for giving an authorised report of what took place in Grand Lodge : it was because the Freemasons' Quarterly Review gave unauthorised reports , which had the appearance of being sanctioned by Grand Lodge : such was not the case . To meet the difficulty of having their proceedings continually published in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , which had been denounced as an unauthorised publication , he said he would cause a reporter to attend , and take notes of the proceedings , which he ,
the Grand Master , would take upon himself to superintend the publishing of . He never had intended that the report should he a verbatim copy of what had been said , but a brief summary of what had taken place at their meetings ; and such had been done . He had not lived so
long without knowing that men liked to hear themselves talk ; and many years' experience in the House of Commons , and some few in the House of Lords , proved to him that half the speeches would never have been made if it had been thought they would not get into print . He was not going to make the Grand Lodge a debating society for men to make speeches , the only purpose of which was to get them into print . —The Grand Master then read the reported speech , and the copy that had been
forwarded by Bro . Lane ; compared them , and made comments as he proceeded . —He did not think , he said , he should be worthy of their confidence , if it were thought he intentionally issued wrong reports ; but he sanctioned and held himself responsible only for the substance of the address of the Brethren . —The Grand Master concluded a long and temperate reply , which appeard to give general satisfaction . * Bro . Lord SUFFIELD did not think the matter should rest there ( ohoh ) .
, They should hear him out . He considered a charge had been made against the Grand Master . The Brother who brought it forward had explained away a part , and he supposed the Brother would now withdraw the remainder , and express his regret at having brought it forward . ( Loud cries of " No ! no I" from all parts of the hall . ) Bro . LANE had already said all he had to say upon the subject . He meant nothing offensive to his lordship ; he brought the matter before
Grand Lodge upon public grounds , and did not stand at allsingular in the opinion that the report was not quite correct . The word " 'misrepresented" seemed to imply a predisposition to give an incorrect report ; but as that was not his thought , he had withdrawn that word . ' : Bro . HuaiFREY would like , and he was sure his lordship , the M . WiGiM .,