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United Grand Lodge Of England.
well-known and highly esteemed for his work , In the Charities he had been a most active worker , and no better choice of a Grand Treasurer could be made . ( Cries of . " Time , time , " and considerable interruption . ) Bro . W . H . BULLOCK , P . M . No . 2128 , rose to second the nomination , but was told that no seconder was required for a nomination . The ACTING GRAND MASTER announced that the M . W . Grand Master
had again appointed Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., President of the Board of Benevolence , and then called on Bro . Grey to advance . Bro . Robert Grey was then again re-invested as President of the Board of Benevolence , Bro . Beach at the same time warmly shaking hands with him . The ACTING GRAND MASTER announced that Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P ., had been elected respectively Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence .
Sir J B . MONCKTON , P . G . VV ., being obliged to leave , obtained leave to bring his motion out of its proper order . After expressing his acknowledgments to Grand Lodge for their consideration he said he was sure his motion required no sort of eloquence to commend itself for acceptance to Grand Lodge . Some three years ago , at the Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , it was his privilege to propose a similar motion to the
present one , and Grand Lodgeadoptedit unanimously , and with great enthusiasm . He would not ask Grand Lodge to look back to the Jubilee of the Boys ' School or of the Girls' School , because those Institutions were not 40 or 50 years ago so great as they were now , nor were the funds of Grand Lodge so large as they were at the present time , and Grand Lodge was not able to give so liberally as it was now its habit to do . He need not mention these
things , because all he had to do now was to ask the brethren to fix their hearts on the merits and wants of the old folks who would require their support on the occurrence of their Jubilee Festival under very exalted presidency . He now begged to moved " That the sum of 500 guineas be given from the funds s . t the disposal of Grand Lodge to the funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on the occasion of the Jubilee Festival in February next . "
Bro . Dr . J ABEZ HOGG , P . G . D ., said it was a great privilege to him to second this motion , and sufficient had been said by Bro . Sir J . Monckton to commend it to the notice of the brethren . He seconded the motion with pleasure , because the sum of money asked for could not possibly be better
bestowed . One circumstance was not mentioned by Bro . Monckton , that at the present moment the sum standing as the balance of Grand Lodge amounted to upwards of £ 9000 , and therefore the sum asked could well be spared . The motion was carried unanimously and amidst loud applause .
The report of the Board of Benevolence was then adopted , and , on motion duly made and seconded , the several recommendations contained in it were confirmed : A brother of the Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , London ... , £ 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Arboretum Lodge , No .
731 , Derby ... ... ' ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 299 , Dartford ... 100 o o A brother of the Cecil Lodge , No . 449 , Hitch in ... 50 o o A brother of the Earl of Lathom Lodge , No . 1922 , London 100 o o The widow of a brother of the Shadwell Clerke Lodge , No .
1 9 , London ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Concord , No . 323 , Stockport ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Benevolence , No . 226 , Littleborough ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Humber Lodge , No . S 7 , Hull ... so o o
A brother of the Belgrave Lodge , No . 749 , London ... 50 o 0 On the motion of Bro . THOS . FEXX , President of the Board of General Purposes , seconded by Bro . LEXNOX BROWNE , Vice President , the following report of the Board of General Purposes was taken as read , received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes :
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branch ) of , £ 4919 103 . 4 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty
cash , £ 100 , and for servants' wages ^ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library . £ 8 5 s . Sd . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., President . 17 th November 1891 .
Bro . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS , K . C . M . G ., C . B ., Garter , P . G . W ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , then moved—That , in recognition of the eminent services rendered to the Grand Lodge of England by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , for the 16 years during which he has held the position of Deputy Grand Master . it is hereby resolved that a full length portrait of his lordship be painted and placed in the Masonic Temple , Freemasons' Hall , London .
He said he rose with considerable satisfaction to offer to the notice of Grand Lodge the resolution which stood in his name . It was one that he was quite satisfied required no eulogy on his part , because it would be received by all the brethren with ths greatest enthusiasm . The object of his resolution was to fill a vacant space at the end of the Temple with the portrait of the Earl of Lathom . ( Loud applause . ) As to his lordshi p ' s Masonic career , it was quite unnecessary for him to say one word ; Lord Lathom was as well
known to all the brethren as to himself ( Sir Albert Woods ) , and the efficient manner in which he had performed the duties of the several offices he had held not only in private lodges , but in Grand Lodge and in the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , enabled him ( Sir Albert Woods ) to content himself with merely moving his resolution , which he now did accordingly . He had not asked any brother to second it , feeling , he might almost say , that it would be seconded by Grand Lodge itself . ( Renewed applause , long continued . )
Bro . Rev . R . J . Si . ui ' . sux , P . G . C ., acting S . G . W ., said he seconded the motion with pleasure . The ACTING GRAND MASTER said it would be a great pleasure to him , having been associated with Bro . the Earl of Lathom many years , to put this
motion to Grand Lodge . He was sure it was only a graceful recognition of the great services his lordship had rendered to GrandT . odge , and it would be a remembrance to the brethren of Grand Lod ge when they saw His portrait on the wall that it was the likeness of one whose name deservedly was enrolled on the list of Freemasons . ( Loud applause ) .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
The motion was carried amidst loud manifestations of enthusiasm . Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treasurer , Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , moved- - That the resolution of Grand Lodge of Wednesday , 1 st December , 1852 , to the following effect ¦ . " That the sum of £ 500 be paid out of the Funds for General Purposes to be invested in the three first names of the Trustees of the Building Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Boys and of the Grand Treasurer for the time being , respectively , for the purpose of providing a fund to be kept separate and distinct to be applied exclusively for the purpose of upholding , repairing . & c , the intended new structure of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , & c , 81 c , & C , " be rescinded , and that the Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys be permitted to merge into the general invested capital of the Institution the said sum of ; 6500 paid from the funds of Grand Lodge under such resolution .
He explained that the fund had never been enlarged and never touched , and was still standing for the benefit of the Boys' School . When the Grand Treasurer ( Bro . Samuel Tomkins ) was appointed every year there was no change of name , but now that the Grand Treasurer was changed each year there was trouble created . To avoid this and to simplify the
matter , it was proposed to place the money in the names of the present Trustees of the General Invested Funds of the Boys' School , which amounted to ; £ i 7 » 5 0 <> . Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , Grand Treasurer , seconded the motion . The motion was carried .
Bro . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , said : I he question involved in the petitions now before Grand Lodge was first raised about three years ago , at the time of the establishment of a Grand Lodge in New South Wales , which was understood at the time to be an unanimous act . Shortly afterwards , however , a minority of the members of one English lodge there —the Cambrian , No . 656—wrote home for the opinion of myself as Grand
Registrar , as to whether or not a minority of their members could retain the warrant under the Grand Lodge of England . In view of the important fact that the Grand Lodge of New South Wales had become a legal , recognised Masonic body , I came to the conclusion that Article 219 , Book of Constitutions , did not apply to such a case . That Rule , which had been framed by a Sub-Committee , of which I myself was a member , at the revision of
the Constitutions in the year 18 S 3 , being , in my view , simply intended as a domestic regulation , practically to meet the ordinary case of a lodge dying out from loss of members by death or resignation , and not that of a lodge where the majority of its former members joined another recognised local constitution , I therefore gave my opinion to that effect . On the lodge referred to subsequently laying the matter before the Colonial Board they
adopted the opinion thus expressed by myself . Since then another question has arisen in New Zealand which , although apparently at the time similar to the former , now , on further elucidation of the facts , appears to have an important difference . When this latter question was first laid by the District Grand Master of Wellington , New Zealand , before me for opinion , it was believed ( hat the Grand Lodge movement in that colony was strongly
supported , and would speedily come to a successful issue . On these grounds , therefore , and it may be said somewhat in anticipation , I quoted in reply the case of the Cambrian Lodge in New South Wales , and the decision of the Colonial Board thereon . Since then , however , it has been found that the movement in New Zealand is not of the character supposed , and that there seems no probability of its present success . Our Grand Lodge has
therefore refused to recognise the so-styled " Grand Lodge of New Zealand . " I am consequently of opinion that the cases of . New South Wales and New Zealand differ essentially , and while I still hold the view that where a local governing Masonic body is established and duly recognised , it becomes advisable , as a matter of Masonic policy and harmony , that the adhesion of a lodge to it by the
act of the majority of the members who compose that lodge may be permitted . I at the same time consider that where there is no such local body as a Grand Lodge duly recognised , and where the brethren would therefore practically be quitting the ranks of lawful , that is regular , Masonry , to join an irregular body , a minority of three may be , and if they desire it should
be , permitted to continue to hold their warrant . I , therefore , now ask Grand Lodge to adopt this view and to pass the following resolution : " That Grand Lodge is of opinion that any lodge under the English Constitution in New Zealand is entitled to retain its warrant and exercise its lawful Masonic privileges , notwithstanding the fact that a majority of its members may have seceded . "
Bro . THOS . FENN , President of the Board of General Purposes , said : The matter brought before Grand Lodge by our Bro . Grand Registrar has been under consideration and the subject of discussion for some time , and I am satisfied that the course recommended by the Grand Registrar is the safest and the proper course to adopt . I was also a member of the Sub-Committee by whom the new Book of Constitutions was framed ; this
Sub-Committee traced every Article in the old Book to its origin , and not only every Article , but every alteration made in each Article in the 14 editions through which that Book had passed from the time of the Union . Article 219 was found to have originated in an incident which occurred in the last century , and had reference to a particular lodge and certain individual members of it . It was altered subsequently , and in the edition of 1 S 74—the
edition immediately before the present— -the words , " who adhere to their allegiance , " in consequence of this alteration , had no definite meaning , although perfectly intelligible and significant in the ori ginal Article . The Sub-Committee struck out those words , deeming it better that the Article should have reference only to the cases referred to by the Grand Registrar ,
and that those other cases to which the words struck out had been supposed to be applicable , Grand Lodge should have a freehand to deal with them as circumstances , policy , expediency , and Masonic harmony might suggest . Our Bro . Grand Registrar has gone so fully into the matter that it cannot be necessary forme to say more than , firstly and secondly , to express an earnest hope , that Grand Lodge will unanimously adopt it .
the ACTING GRAND MASTER said that as the Scrutineers had not yet completed their labours , he would take their report in the Grand Master's private room . Grand Lodge was then closed in form and adjourned . The following is the result of the election of the Board of General Purposes : —
Bros . George Read , George R . Langley , E . Charles Mulvey , Chas . J . RTij ' ou , George B . Chapman , James Bunker , William Vincent , William Fisher , Simon H . Goldschmidt , William Peter Brown , George Coop , and Charles Dairy .
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
well-known and highly esteemed for his work , In the Charities he had been a most active worker , and no better choice of a Grand Treasurer could be made . ( Cries of . " Time , time , " and considerable interruption . ) Bro . W . H . BULLOCK , P . M . No . 2128 , rose to second the nomination , but was told that no seconder was required for a nomination . The ACTING GRAND MASTER announced that the M . W . Grand Master
had again appointed Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., President of the Board of Benevolence , and then called on Bro . Grey to advance . Bro . Robert Grey was then again re-invested as President of the Board of Benevolence , Bro . Beach at the same time warmly shaking hands with him . The ACTING GRAND MASTER announced that Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P ., had been elected respectively Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence .
Sir J B . MONCKTON , P . G . VV ., being obliged to leave , obtained leave to bring his motion out of its proper order . After expressing his acknowledgments to Grand Lodge for their consideration he said he was sure his motion required no sort of eloquence to commend itself for acceptance to Grand Lodge . Some three years ago , at the Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , it was his privilege to propose a similar motion to the
present one , and Grand Lodgeadoptedit unanimously , and with great enthusiasm . He would not ask Grand Lodge to look back to the Jubilee of the Boys ' School or of the Girls' School , because those Institutions were not 40 or 50 years ago so great as they were now , nor were the funds of Grand Lodge so large as they were at the present time , and Grand Lodge was not able to give so liberally as it was now its habit to do . He need not mention these
things , because all he had to do now was to ask the brethren to fix their hearts on the merits and wants of the old folks who would require their support on the occurrence of their Jubilee Festival under very exalted presidency . He now begged to moved " That the sum of 500 guineas be given from the funds s . t the disposal of Grand Lodge to the funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on the occasion of the Jubilee Festival in February next . "
Bro . Dr . J ABEZ HOGG , P . G . D ., said it was a great privilege to him to second this motion , and sufficient had been said by Bro . Sir J . Monckton to commend it to the notice of the brethren . He seconded the motion with pleasure , because the sum of money asked for could not possibly be better
bestowed . One circumstance was not mentioned by Bro . Monckton , that at the present moment the sum standing as the balance of Grand Lodge amounted to upwards of £ 9000 , and therefore the sum asked could well be spared . The motion was carried unanimously and amidst loud applause .
The report of the Board of Benevolence was then adopted , and , on motion duly made and seconded , the several recommendations contained in it were confirmed : A brother of the Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , London ... , £ 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Arboretum Lodge , No .
731 , Derby ... ... ' ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 299 , Dartford ... 100 o o A brother of the Cecil Lodge , No . 449 , Hitch in ... 50 o o A brother of the Earl of Lathom Lodge , No . 1922 , London 100 o o The widow of a brother of the Shadwell Clerke Lodge , No .
1 9 , London ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Concord , No . 323 , Stockport ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Benevolence , No . 226 , Littleborough ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Humber Lodge , No . S 7 , Hull ... so o o
A brother of the Belgrave Lodge , No . 749 , London ... 50 o 0 On the motion of Bro . THOS . FEXX , President of the Board of General Purposes , seconded by Bro . LEXNOX BROWNE , Vice President , the following report of the Board of General Purposes was taken as read , received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes :
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branch ) of , £ 4919 103 . 4 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty
cash , £ 100 , and for servants' wages ^ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library . £ 8 5 s . Sd . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., President . 17 th November 1891 .
Bro . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS , K . C . M . G ., C . B ., Garter , P . G . W ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , then moved—That , in recognition of the eminent services rendered to the Grand Lodge of England by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , for the 16 years during which he has held the position of Deputy Grand Master . it is hereby resolved that a full length portrait of his lordship be painted and placed in the Masonic Temple , Freemasons' Hall , London .
He said he rose with considerable satisfaction to offer to the notice of Grand Lodge the resolution which stood in his name . It was one that he was quite satisfied required no eulogy on his part , because it would be received by all the brethren with ths greatest enthusiasm . The object of his resolution was to fill a vacant space at the end of the Temple with the portrait of the Earl of Lathom . ( Loud applause . ) As to his lordshi p ' s Masonic career , it was quite unnecessary for him to say one word ; Lord Lathom was as well
known to all the brethren as to himself ( Sir Albert Woods ) , and the efficient manner in which he had performed the duties of the several offices he had held not only in private lodges , but in Grand Lodge and in the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , enabled him ( Sir Albert Woods ) to content himself with merely moving his resolution , which he now did accordingly . He had not asked any brother to second it , feeling , he might almost say , that it would be seconded by Grand Lodge itself . ( Renewed applause , long continued . )
Bro . Rev . R . J . Si . ui ' . sux , P . G . C ., acting S . G . W ., said he seconded the motion with pleasure . The ACTING GRAND MASTER said it would be a great pleasure to him , having been associated with Bro . the Earl of Lathom many years , to put this
motion to Grand Lodge . He was sure it was only a graceful recognition of the great services his lordship had rendered to GrandT . odge , and it would be a remembrance to the brethren of Grand Lod ge when they saw His portrait on the wall that it was the likeness of one whose name deservedly was enrolled on the list of Freemasons . ( Loud applause ) .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
The motion was carried amidst loud manifestations of enthusiasm . Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treasurer , Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , moved- - That the resolution of Grand Lodge of Wednesday , 1 st December , 1852 , to the following effect ¦ . " That the sum of £ 500 be paid out of the Funds for General Purposes to be invested in the three first names of the Trustees of the Building Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Boys and of the Grand Treasurer for the time being , respectively , for the purpose of providing a fund to be kept separate and distinct to be applied exclusively for the purpose of upholding , repairing . & c , the intended new structure of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , & c , 81 c , & C , " be rescinded , and that the Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys be permitted to merge into the general invested capital of the Institution the said sum of ; 6500 paid from the funds of Grand Lodge under such resolution .
He explained that the fund had never been enlarged and never touched , and was still standing for the benefit of the Boys' School . When the Grand Treasurer ( Bro . Samuel Tomkins ) was appointed every year there was no change of name , but now that the Grand Treasurer was changed each year there was trouble created . To avoid this and to simplify the
matter , it was proposed to place the money in the names of the present Trustees of the General Invested Funds of the Boys' School , which amounted to ; £ i 7 » 5 0 <> . Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , Grand Treasurer , seconded the motion . The motion was carried .
Bro . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , said : I he question involved in the petitions now before Grand Lodge was first raised about three years ago , at the time of the establishment of a Grand Lodge in New South Wales , which was understood at the time to be an unanimous act . Shortly afterwards , however , a minority of the members of one English lodge there —the Cambrian , No . 656—wrote home for the opinion of myself as Grand
Registrar , as to whether or not a minority of their members could retain the warrant under the Grand Lodge of England . In view of the important fact that the Grand Lodge of New South Wales had become a legal , recognised Masonic body , I came to the conclusion that Article 219 , Book of Constitutions , did not apply to such a case . That Rule , which had been framed by a Sub-Committee , of which I myself was a member , at the revision of
the Constitutions in the year 18 S 3 , being , in my view , simply intended as a domestic regulation , practically to meet the ordinary case of a lodge dying out from loss of members by death or resignation , and not that of a lodge where the majority of its former members joined another recognised local constitution , I therefore gave my opinion to that effect . On the lodge referred to subsequently laying the matter before the Colonial Board they
adopted the opinion thus expressed by myself . Since then another question has arisen in New Zealand which , although apparently at the time similar to the former , now , on further elucidation of the facts , appears to have an important difference . When this latter question was first laid by the District Grand Master of Wellington , New Zealand , before me for opinion , it was believed ( hat the Grand Lodge movement in that colony was strongly
supported , and would speedily come to a successful issue . On these grounds , therefore , and it may be said somewhat in anticipation , I quoted in reply the case of the Cambrian Lodge in New South Wales , and the decision of the Colonial Board thereon . Since then , however , it has been found that the movement in New Zealand is not of the character supposed , and that there seems no probability of its present success . Our Grand Lodge has
therefore refused to recognise the so-styled " Grand Lodge of New Zealand . " I am consequently of opinion that the cases of . New South Wales and New Zealand differ essentially , and while I still hold the view that where a local governing Masonic body is established and duly recognised , it becomes advisable , as a matter of Masonic policy and harmony , that the adhesion of a lodge to it by the
act of the majority of the members who compose that lodge may be permitted . I at the same time consider that where there is no such local body as a Grand Lodge duly recognised , and where the brethren would therefore practically be quitting the ranks of lawful , that is regular , Masonry , to join an irregular body , a minority of three may be , and if they desire it should
be , permitted to continue to hold their warrant . I , therefore , now ask Grand Lodge to adopt this view and to pass the following resolution : " That Grand Lodge is of opinion that any lodge under the English Constitution in New Zealand is entitled to retain its warrant and exercise its lawful Masonic privileges , notwithstanding the fact that a majority of its members may have seceded . "
Bro . THOS . FENN , President of the Board of General Purposes , said : The matter brought before Grand Lodge by our Bro . Grand Registrar has been under consideration and the subject of discussion for some time , and I am satisfied that the course recommended by the Grand Registrar is the safest and the proper course to adopt . I was also a member of the Sub-Committee by whom the new Book of Constitutions was framed ; this
Sub-Committee traced every Article in the old Book to its origin , and not only every Article , but every alteration made in each Article in the 14 editions through which that Book had passed from the time of the Union . Article 219 was found to have originated in an incident which occurred in the last century , and had reference to a particular lodge and certain individual members of it . It was altered subsequently , and in the edition of 1 S 74—the
edition immediately before the present— -the words , " who adhere to their allegiance , " in consequence of this alteration , had no definite meaning , although perfectly intelligible and significant in the ori ginal Article . The Sub-Committee struck out those words , deeming it better that the Article should have reference only to the cases referred to by the Grand Registrar ,
and that those other cases to which the words struck out had been supposed to be applicable , Grand Lodge should have a freehand to deal with them as circumstances , policy , expediency , and Masonic harmony might suggest . Our Bro . Grand Registrar has gone so fully into the matter that it cannot be necessary forme to say more than , firstly and secondly , to express an earnest hope , that Grand Lodge will unanimously adopt it .
the ACTING GRAND MASTER said that as the Scrutineers had not yet completed their labours , he would take their report in the Grand Master's private room . Grand Lodge was then closed in form and adjourned . The following is the result of the election of the Board of General Purposes : —
Bros . George Read , George R . Langley , E . Charles Mulvey , Chas . J . RTij ' ou , George B . Chapman , James Bunker , William Vincent , William Fisher , Simon H . Goldschmidt , William Peter Brown , George Coop , and Charles Dairy .