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Grand Lodge.
GRAND LODGE .
The regular quarterly communication of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday evening , in Freemason ' s Hall . The meeting was very numerously attended , which is a very uncommon
occurrence at the September gathering . On this occasion however about two hundred brathren were present , and the proceedings throughout were of an animated character . The Grand
Master seldom attends at this time of the year , and as this fact is well known among the Craft , it was not the expectation of seeing him which caused so large an assemblage . No presumption that there would be any mention of the Prince
of Wales connection with the Order could have drawn them together , for by some unlucky chance the Grand Master ' s proposition that Grand Lodge should confer the rank of Past Grand Master on his Royal Highness , did not
figure on the paper of business . But whatsoever the cause , the brethren were more numerous than usual , and they had the gratification after all of conferring the dignity which the Earl of Zetland had proposed on the heir to the throne
of England . Grand Lodge was opened in due form and with solemn prayer at seven o ' clock , and the post of the Grand Master was occupied by Bro . J . Bagshaw , Prov . G . Master for Essex . Anions ;
the other brethren we noticed Bros , the Rev . R , J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as J . G . W . ; Josh . Smith , P . G P . ; Joshua Nunn , G . S . B . ; John Udall , P . G . D . ; John M . Clabou , P . G . D . ; H . Murray , D . G . M ., China j J . 11 . Evans , P . B . G . P . ; Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; A . W . AVoods , G . D . C . ; T . Fenn ,
P . A . G . D . D . ; H . Browse , PG . D . ; George
Cox , 11 . J . Spiers , John B . Monckton , J . Cooper Forster , J . G . D . ; Brackstone Baker , J . G . D . ; W . Farnfield , P . A . G . Sec ; M . J . M'Intyre , G . Reg . ; Hyde Pollen , AV . Young , P . G . S . B . ; D . Rose , W . M . ( 73 ); W . Ough , G . P . ; James Brett , A . G . P . ; AV . AVatson , Samuel May , C .
Hosgood , T . J . Sabine , F . Binckes , W . Hill , Geo . King , AV . M . ( 172 ); J . G . Thompson , F . Bennoch , R . Spencer , II . G . Buss , F . Walters , R . W . Little , Hyde Clarke , F . Adlard , F . H . Ellsworth , C . Bennett , P . M . ( 25 ); AV . Dodd , H . Thompson , P . M . ( 177 ); H . Marston , John
Hervey , G . Sec . ; Benj . Head , John Symons , P . A . G . & C . ; A : H . Tattershall , J . H . Whittle , Conrad C . Dumas , A . G . D . C . ; Raynham W . Stewart , Rev . D . Shaboe , A . A . Pendlebury , C . A . Cottcbrune , J . AV . AVynne , W . H . Warr , II . D . Grissell , P . G . S . D . ; James Stevens , P . M . ( 720 & c . ) ; and James Mason . P . G . S . B .
The GRAND SECRETARY ( Bro . John Hervey ) , having read the Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 2 nd June , and ot tho Especial Grand Lodge of 2 tith July , the same were put and carried unanimously . The GitAXD MASTER rose and said ho feared
he laboured under some disadvantage in occupying tho chair of Grand Lodge that night , and under this further disadvantage that unfortunately ho was unablo to bo present at the two last meetings of Grand Lodge when matters of great importance wc : e brought before it ; but
ho was sure for his deficiencies he might claim indulgence . Two or three matters of great importance devolved upon him , matters which required the grave consideration of the brethren , and which would be dealt with by them in the spirit which the circumstances of tho case
demanded . At the last Grand Lodge tho M . W . G . M ., whose absence he lamented this evening , made a proposition to the effect that the rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred on I-I . R . II . the Prince of Wales . That Communication was received by Grand Lodge in a
spirit that could not be otherwise than satisfactory to the cause of Freemasonry . It was receive I with great enthusiasm , and ho congratulated the Masons of England that they had so distinguished a Brother coming among them . But by some strange omission this proposition of the Grand Master did not appear on the
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papers that had been transmitted to the members of Grand Lodge for the transaction of business this evening , and therefore he would ask the brethren , and he thought they would see the importance of the request , to commit what
mig ht perhaps appear on the hrst blush of the thing to be an irregularity , in the absence of that printed notice , to confirm what the Grand Master proposed in June , that the rank of Past Grand Master be conferred on H . R . H . the Prince
of Wales . This was not a novelty . They had precedents for these appointments . It was to the great advantage of Masonry that the Royal Uncles of our present Prince of Wales were elected into Masonry ; and on their election they were one and all placed in that position which
he now asked the brethren to confer on him . He trusted they would pardon the irregularity that had occurred . It seemed highly inexpedient to go into it , but it was necessary to mention it . As an individual he felt gratified at the thought that Freemasons were again to
be supported by the Reigning House they so much valued . He believed Masonry owed its stability in a great measure to the encouragement it received from the throne , and that they mig ht fairly congratulate themselves that so high and distinguished a person as the Prince of
Wales was now numbered among them . He would therefore simply confine himself to carrying out the suggestion which had been put into his hands by the Grand Master , ' ' that the rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred on H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . "
Bro . H . MURRAY , District Grand Master for China , begged to second the proposition . Bro . MATTHEW COOKE did not think that in that Hall they had a right , with the pictures of tho progenitors of his lloyal Highness hanging around them , to pass any such resolution as the present . Had the Grand Master himself said that the Plince of Wales should be elected to
his proper position as Grand Patron of the Order , he ( Bro . Cooke ) would not have been one to stop it ; but he did say to all the brethren that they had been anxious that the Prince should come among them , and now the Grand Master proposed to gird him with the Past Grand Master ' s
apron , ticket and docquet him , and put him out of the way on the shelf . He did not think that was the right way . Ho demurred to the Grand Master ' s power to do anything of the kind . The power under which the Grand Master claimed to do this was a recent gift by Grand Lodge to him
as would bo found in the Book of Constitutions . Bro . BRACKSTONE BAKER said it was a question for Grand Lodge . The Grand Master proposed it , aud it was for tho brethren to confirm it . The GRAND MASTER concurred . It was a proposition of the Grand Master which could not
bo carried into effect without the approval of the Grand Lodge . Bro . MATTHEW COOKE said that the Grand Master having made the proposition , ho presumed that he ( Bro . Cooke ) was in perfect order in moving an amendment to the same . ( Hear , hear . )
Therefore , whatever Bro . B . Baker might say , they had no right to pay a les 3 compliment to his Hoyal Hi ghness than had been paid by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He hold in his hand ati extract which said that on Monday night , the 2 nd of August , 18 G 9 , at the Quarterly
Communication ot tho Grand Lodge ot Scotland held in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in the chair . Before proceeding to tho business of tho evening his lordship stated "that he had great pleasure in moving that H . R . H the
Prince of Wales bo elected as Patron of the Masonic Craft in Scotland , in succession to his Royal Highness ' s uncle the late King William IV . " Therefore , ho ( Bro . Cooke ) thought that , whether the Grand Master proposed or the most humble member of Grand Lodge proposed it , the Prince was not to be placed in a worse
position in England than lie was in Scotland . It was by prerogative the Family became patrons of tho Order , and not simply Past Grand Masters , by which they would bo put out of tho way and perhaps never heard of more . ( Hear . ) Wc want his Royal Highness among us ( continued tho speaker ) I say distinctly , and I move as an
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amendment : "That this Grand Lodge begs to offer his Royal Highness the highest mark it can of its favour , by asking of him to accept the office of Grand Patron of the Freemasons of England . " ( Cheers ) . Bro . W . YOUNG , P . G . S . I 3 ., I beg to second it
Bro . JOHN HAVERS , P . G . W ., had oft-n said before , that he had never risen under circumstances of greater importance , Lut . ho was certain that as the time had now come when the Freemasons of England were to pay honour and respect to the eldest son of their Sovereign , this
was the most important occasion on which he had spoken . At the last Grand Lodgv , three mouths ago , the Grand Master gave public notice of his intention , after announcing the fact that the Prince had joined the Order , that ho should , according to ancient custom , propose that the
rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred upon him . By some unfortunate error—an error very pu'donable during Grand Secretary ' s absence in the country—that public notice which tho Grand Master gave failed to be recorded and placed on the agenda paper . It was then felt that the
most proper and frank course would be to acknowledge the error , to admit that nothing should be brought forward to give surprise to the brethren , but relying upon the fact that the Grantl Master having given notice , trust that frankly and loyally Grand Lodge would permit the motion
to be put . It had been put most nicely , most pleasantly , and most tastefully by the Grand Master , and when it was done they were met by an objection ; and from whom 1 From a brother who had proposed himself as Grand Master , and who had said Grand Lodge was going to put the
Prince on the shelf . Now , they wanted to have him as a brother among them . The Grand Master when he told Grand Lodge that the Prince was a Mason , said he was ready to join three or four English Lodges . That did not look like putting him on the shelf . The Grand
Master was far too good a man to put on the shelf . The course they were about to take was according to custom , with the single exception of the last Prince of Wales . He became a Mason and was a Sovereign subject to one of his own people . Ho became deputy to the Earl of Moira .
The Duke of York , the Duke of Cumberland , the Duke of Kent , the Duke of Gloucester , all had the same rank—( a cry of " No , " )—at the very next meeting after they were made . Thp Duke of Kent was made in Geneva , the Dulce of York at Berlin . A lodge was called , they were
acknowledged to be brethren , and they had the rank conferred on them . He ( Bro . Havers ) , did hope that it would not go forth to their brother , that there was the slightest hitch in the way of granting this rank on him . The Prince was most anxious to be among them , and this
Grand Lodge should with one unanimous voice grant him the rank asked . He hoped it would not go forth that there was one dissentient voice to this proposition . After a few words in correction between Bros . HAVERS and COOKE ,
Bro . J . M . CLABON hoped they would all be unanimous . No one objected that the notice had been left out of tho agenda paper , and every one wished to do honour to tlie Prince of Wales . Every one wanted him to be a working Mason , no one wanted him to be on the shelf . Why
should they discuss the point , whether ho should be Grand Patron or Past Grantl Muster I A Grand Patron was up in the clouds ; a Deputy Grand Master would bo a working-man , according to his ( Bro . Clabon ' s ) idea . Ho therefore trusted , that with one voice they would confer
this dignity . Bro . JOSHUA NUNN , G . S . B ., thought that if Masons wished to see the 1 ' riu . c of Wales aiming them ns G . Master on a future occasion they should carry this motion . Ho was sure that ho would be an excellent Master , and would
perform the duties of Deputy as well as if ho was created Master . The motion was then put and carried . THE GRAND MASTER mid he saw he had to make a communication with reference to the formation of a Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and he would therefore move a resolution to ackuow-
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Grand Lodge.
GRAND LODGE .
The regular quarterly communication of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday evening , in Freemason ' s Hall . The meeting was very numerously attended , which is a very uncommon
occurrence at the September gathering . On this occasion however about two hundred brathren were present , and the proceedings throughout were of an animated character . The Grand
Master seldom attends at this time of the year , and as this fact is well known among the Craft , it was not the expectation of seeing him which caused so large an assemblage . No presumption that there would be any mention of the Prince
of Wales connection with the Order could have drawn them together , for by some unlucky chance the Grand Master ' s proposition that Grand Lodge should confer the rank of Past Grand Master on his Royal Highness , did not
figure on the paper of business . But whatsoever the cause , the brethren were more numerous than usual , and they had the gratification after all of conferring the dignity which the Earl of Zetland had proposed on the heir to the throne
of England . Grand Lodge was opened in due form and with solemn prayer at seven o ' clock , and the post of the Grand Master was occupied by Bro . J . Bagshaw , Prov . G . Master for Essex . Anions ;
the other brethren we noticed Bros , the Rev . R , J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as J . G . W . ; Josh . Smith , P . G P . ; Joshua Nunn , G . S . B . ; John Udall , P . G . D . ; John M . Clabou , P . G . D . ; H . Murray , D . G . M ., China j J . 11 . Evans , P . B . G . P . ; Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; A . W . AVoods , G . D . C . ; T . Fenn ,
P . A . G . D . D . ; H . Browse , PG . D . ; George
Cox , 11 . J . Spiers , John B . Monckton , J . Cooper Forster , J . G . D . ; Brackstone Baker , J . G . D . ; W . Farnfield , P . A . G . Sec ; M . J . M'Intyre , G . Reg . ; Hyde Pollen , AV . Young , P . G . S . B . ; D . Rose , W . M . ( 73 ); W . Ough , G . P . ; James Brett , A . G . P . ; AV . AVatson , Samuel May , C .
Hosgood , T . J . Sabine , F . Binckes , W . Hill , Geo . King , AV . M . ( 172 ); J . G . Thompson , F . Bennoch , R . Spencer , II . G . Buss , F . Walters , R . W . Little , Hyde Clarke , F . Adlard , F . H . Ellsworth , C . Bennett , P . M . ( 25 ); AV . Dodd , H . Thompson , P . M . ( 177 ); H . Marston , John
Hervey , G . Sec . ; Benj . Head , John Symons , P . A . G . & C . ; A : H . Tattershall , J . H . Whittle , Conrad C . Dumas , A . G . D . C . ; Raynham W . Stewart , Rev . D . Shaboe , A . A . Pendlebury , C . A . Cottcbrune , J . AV . AVynne , W . H . Warr , II . D . Grissell , P . G . S . D . ; James Stevens , P . M . ( 720 & c . ) ; and James Mason . P . G . S . B .
The GRAND SECRETARY ( Bro . John Hervey ) , having read the Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 2 nd June , and ot tho Especial Grand Lodge of 2 tith July , the same were put and carried unanimously . The GitAXD MASTER rose and said ho feared
he laboured under some disadvantage in occupying tho chair of Grand Lodge that night , and under this further disadvantage that unfortunately ho was unablo to bo present at the two last meetings of Grand Lodge when matters of great importance wc : e brought before it ; but
ho was sure for his deficiencies he might claim indulgence . Two or three matters of great importance devolved upon him , matters which required the grave consideration of the brethren , and which would be dealt with by them in the spirit which the circumstances of tho case
demanded . At the last Grand Lodge tho M . W . G . M ., whose absence he lamented this evening , made a proposition to the effect that the rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred on I-I . R . II . the Prince of Wales . That Communication was received by Grand Lodge in a
spirit that could not be otherwise than satisfactory to the cause of Freemasonry . It was receive I with great enthusiasm , and ho congratulated the Masons of England that they had so distinguished a Brother coming among them . But by some strange omission this proposition of the Grand Master did not appear on the
Grand Lodge.
papers that had been transmitted to the members of Grand Lodge for the transaction of business this evening , and therefore he would ask the brethren , and he thought they would see the importance of the request , to commit what
mig ht perhaps appear on the hrst blush of the thing to be an irregularity , in the absence of that printed notice , to confirm what the Grand Master proposed in June , that the rank of Past Grand Master be conferred on H . R . H . the Prince
of Wales . This was not a novelty . They had precedents for these appointments . It was to the great advantage of Masonry that the Royal Uncles of our present Prince of Wales were elected into Masonry ; and on their election they were one and all placed in that position which
he now asked the brethren to confer on him . He trusted they would pardon the irregularity that had occurred . It seemed highly inexpedient to go into it , but it was necessary to mention it . As an individual he felt gratified at the thought that Freemasons were again to
be supported by the Reigning House they so much valued . He believed Masonry owed its stability in a great measure to the encouragement it received from the throne , and that they mig ht fairly congratulate themselves that so high and distinguished a person as the Prince of
Wales was now numbered among them . He would therefore simply confine himself to carrying out the suggestion which had been put into his hands by the Grand Master , ' ' that the rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred on H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . "
Bro . H . MURRAY , District Grand Master for China , begged to second the proposition . Bro . MATTHEW COOKE did not think that in that Hall they had a right , with the pictures of tho progenitors of his lloyal Highness hanging around them , to pass any such resolution as the present . Had the Grand Master himself said that the Plince of Wales should be elected to
his proper position as Grand Patron of the Order , he ( Bro . Cooke ) would not have been one to stop it ; but he did say to all the brethren that they had been anxious that the Prince should come among them , and now the Grand Master proposed to gird him with the Past Grand Master ' s
apron , ticket and docquet him , and put him out of the way on the shelf . He did not think that was the right way . Ho demurred to the Grand Master ' s power to do anything of the kind . The power under which the Grand Master claimed to do this was a recent gift by Grand Lodge to him
as would bo found in the Book of Constitutions . Bro . BRACKSTONE BAKER said it was a question for Grand Lodge . The Grand Master proposed it , aud it was for tho brethren to confirm it . The GRAND MASTER concurred . It was a proposition of the Grand Master which could not
bo carried into effect without the approval of the Grand Lodge . Bro . MATTHEW COOKE said that the Grand Master having made the proposition , ho presumed that he ( Bro . Cooke ) was in perfect order in moving an amendment to the same . ( Hear , hear . )
Therefore , whatever Bro . B . Baker might say , they had no right to pay a les 3 compliment to his Hoyal Hi ghness than had been paid by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He hold in his hand ati extract which said that on Monday night , the 2 nd of August , 18 G 9 , at the Quarterly
Communication ot tho Grand Lodge ot Scotland held in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in the chair . Before proceeding to tho business of tho evening his lordship stated "that he had great pleasure in moving that H . R . H the
Prince of Wales bo elected as Patron of the Masonic Craft in Scotland , in succession to his Royal Highness ' s uncle the late King William IV . " Therefore , ho ( Bro . Cooke ) thought that , whether the Grand Master proposed or the most humble member of Grand Lodge proposed it , the Prince was not to be placed in a worse
position in England than lie was in Scotland . It was by prerogative the Family became patrons of tho Order , and not simply Past Grand Masters , by which they would bo put out of tho way and perhaps never heard of more . ( Hear . ) Wc want his Royal Highness among us ( continued tho speaker ) I say distinctly , and I move as an
Grand Lodge.
amendment : "That this Grand Lodge begs to offer his Royal Highness the highest mark it can of its favour , by asking of him to accept the office of Grand Patron of the Freemasons of England . " ( Cheers ) . Bro . W . YOUNG , P . G . S . I 3 ., I beg to second it
Bro . JOHN HAVERS , P . G . W ., had oft-n said before , that he had never risen under circumstances of greater importance , Lut . ho was certain that as the time had now come when the Freemasons of England were to pay honour and respect to the eldest son of their Sovereign , this
was the most important occasion on which he had spoken . At the last Grand Lodgv , three mouths ago , the Grand Master gave public notice of his intention , after announcing the fact that the Prince had joined the Order , that ho should , according to ancient custom , propose that the
rank of a Past Grand Master be conferred upon him . By some unfortunate error—an error very pu'donable during Grand Secretary ' s absence in the country—that public notice which tho Grand Master gave failed to be recorded and placed on the agenda paper . It was then felt that the
most proper and frank course would be to acknowledge the error , to admit that nothing should be brought forward to give surprise to the brethren , but relying upon the fact that the Grantl Master having given notice , trust that frankly and loyally Grand Lodge would permit the motion
to be put . It had been put most nicely , most pleasantly , and most tastefully by the Grand Master , and when it was done they were met by an objection ; and from whom 1 From a brother who had proposed himself as Grand Master , and who had said Grand Lodge was going to put the
Prince on the shelf . Now , they wanted to have him as a brother among them . The Grand Master when he told Grand Lodge that the Prince was a Mason , said he was ready to join three or four English Lodges . That did not look like putting him on the shelf . The Grand
Master was far too good a man to put on the shelf . The course they were about to take was according to custom , with the single exception of the last Prince of Wales . He became a Mason and was a Sovereign subject to one of his own people . Ho became deputy to the Earl of Moira .
The Duke of York , the Duke of Cumberland , the Duke of Kent , the Duke of Gloucester , all had the same rank—( a cry of " No , " )—at the very next meeting after they were made . Thp Duke of Kent was made in Geneva , the Dulce of York at Berlin . A lodge was called , they were
acknowledged to be brethren , and they had the rank conferred on them . He ( Bro . Havers ) , did hope that it would not go forth to their brother , that there was the slightest hitch in the way of granting this rank on him . The Prince was most anxious to be among them , and this
Grand Lodge should with one unanimous voice grant him the rank asked . He hoped it would not go forth that there was one dissentient voice to this proposition . After a few words in correction between Bros . HAVERS and COOKE ,
Bro . J . M . CLABON hoped they would all be unanimous . No one objected that the notice had been left out of tho agenda paper , and every one wished to do honour to tlie Prince of Wales . Every one wanted him to be a working Mason , no one wanted him to be on the shelf . Why
should they discuss the point , whether ho should be Grand Patron or Past Grantl Muster I A Grand Patron was up in the clouds ; a Deputy Grand Master would bo a working-man , according to his ( Bro . Clabon ' s ) idea . Ho therefore trusted , that with one voice they would confer
this dignity . Bro . JOSHUA NUNN , G . S . B ., thought that if Masons wished to see the 1 ' riu . c of Wales aiming them ns G . Master on a future occasion they should carry this motion . Ho was sure that ho would be an excellent Master , and would
perform the duties of Deputy as well as if ho was created Master . The motion was then put and carried . THE GRAND MASTER mid he saw he had to make a communication with reference to the formation of a Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and he would therefore move a resolution to ackuow-