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people who think that it is very right to punish , but that it is not very rig ht to express praise where praise is due . I do not hold with that opinion , and I believe that where good service

has been rendered it is rig ht , proper , and good policy that honest thanks should be given ; and , therefore , believing the service to have been thoroughly good , I ask you to agree with me in

this resolution that the best thanks of this Grand Lodge be hereby offered to the V . W . Bro . John Llewellyn Evans for the valuable services he has rendered to the Craft while presiding over the

Board of General Purposes during the last ten years ( cheers ) . Bro . John Havers , P . G . W ., on rising to secoud the motion , said he was not sure that lie would not

be doing a little wrong where he earnestly desired to do a great rig ht . He had been asked by Bro . Huyshe , who was acting as Deputy Grand Master , to second this resolution . He had told

Bro . Huyshe how much more honourable it would appear , that the motion moved by the Grand Master should be seconded by the Deputy Grand Master , but it had been urged upon him

that one of Bro . Evan ' s fellow workers , one of those who had for 20 or . -30 years worked with him , should second it . He could not add one word , to the eloquent speech of the Grand Master ,

but he could say this that having watched Bro . Evans ' s career , who had enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the late Grand Master , the Duke of Sussex , he for one thought they would be doing

a mere scant act of justice in giving him the heartiest vote of thanks which this Grand Lodge could give to any man who had honestly , faithfully and Zealously served it . ( Applause ) .

The motion was put and carried unanimously Bro . J , LI . Evans , P . President of the Board of General Purposcs . rose to acknowledge the vote , and on doing so was received with several rounds

of applause . When they had subsided he said : — I have to tender to your lordship my hearty thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me in proposing the resolution that has just been passed ,

and that honour has been enhanced in my mind by the very kind terms in which the proposition had been brought foward . I assure you , my lord , it will live for ever in rny recollection , and

I can also assure Grand Lodge that the honour which has been conferred b y passing a vote of thanks to me is a very high and distinguished honour indeed . I am well aware of my own

shortcomings ; but I may say this , that whether in the office of President of the Colonial Board , which I held for some time , or whether in the more important office of the president of the

Board of General Purposes , I endeavoured to do my duty to the best of my ability , and to further the interests of this Grand Lodge and the Craft in general . M . W . G . M . and brethren all , I thank

you . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Mclntyre Q . C ., G . R .: —The resolution which has now been passed by Grand Lodge , must of course be very gratif ying to the feelings

of Bro . Evans , but that , resolution may be lasting that and may go forth to the Craft as the feeling ol Grand Lodge , I would , with your lordship ' s

permission move , " That the vote of thanks be eng . rossed on vellum and presented to Bro . Evans . " ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . J . B . Monckton , P . G . D ., I second it No

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doubt some brethren are more competent than myself , from their knowledge of Bro . Evans , tc do so , but I can bear my own testimony , and I do bear my most humble but grateful testimony ,

at the same time that I give him my thanks for the services he has rendered the Craft . All who sit at the Board with him acknowledge his services , and I have great pleasure in seconding

he motion of Bro . Mclntyre . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . The M . W . G . M . announced that he now ap pointed Bro . Clabon President of the Lodge of

Benevolence . ( Cheers ) . The next business would have been the election of S . and J . V . P . of the Lodge of Benevolence , but as there were only the proper number of brethren proposed *

there was no difference of opinion on the subject , and a very excellent selection was made . Those proposed were Bros . Joshua Nuan , as S . V . P . - , and Tames Brett , as J . V . P . ( Applause ) . The

next business was the election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence ; but twelve only had been named , and therefore

there was no necessity for an election . Grand Secretary here read the names of these brethren , and afterwards read the following report : —

Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants ,, viz . : — Brother H . M ., of the Bedford Lodge ,

No . 157 , London , £$ o . The widow of the late Brother J . S . K ., of the Adams Lodge , No . 158 , Sheerness , /• .

Bro . J oshua Nunn moved and Bro . Clabon seconded both these grants , which were unanimously confirmed .

Bro . Horace Lloyd , Q . C . moved that the report of the Board of General Purposes be taken as rend , which was carried .

The report which appeared in The Freemason of last Saturday , was as follows : — Report of the Board of General Purposes 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 15 th day of November instant , shewing a balance in the hands of Grand Treasurer ' of / , ' 3 , 4 Q ( 5 r IS ., and in the hands of

the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash , £ j $ . ( Signed ) HORACE LLOYD . President .

Bro . H . Lloyd , President of the Beard of General Purposes , said it would not have taken much longer time to read the report as it was

very short ; but instead of apologizing he ventured to congratulate the brethren . " Happy is the nation , " it had been said , "whose annals are

dull , " and he thought this might be applied to Grand Lodge on this occasion . A great deal of the work of the Board had been very easy . But there was one matter of great interest , not of

Masonic business , which did not appear in the report . Bro . Rosenthal had presented to the Craft a portrait which he had painted , of the M . W . G . M ., and that was in their possession at the

present moment , in the board-room . He hoped , however , they would be able to find some place for it where the members of the Craft in general , would be able to see it . He did not venture to say it did full justice to the G . M .., but it was a

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picture they were all very glad to have . It was a good likeness , and in his ( Bro . Lloy d ' s ) view , it possessed additional merit in this respect , —it

called upon the Craft to recognise the G . M . by his features and expression , and not by the outward insignia of rank , whether social or Masonic . He would ask them to accept the

proposition and the report which , as a financial report , was a very satisfactory one , he received and entered on the minutes . Carried unanimously . Bro . J . R . Stebbing , P . G . D . j then came

forward to propose : — That it shall be competent for any Lodge to declare that any one of its members has ceased to be a subscribing member , providing the following rules be strictly observed : —

That a proposition to that effect be handed to the W . Master or Secretary , in writing , signed by any member of the Lodge , at least fourteen days before the then next regular meeting of the Lodge .

That notice is given to the member to whom it refers , by a registered letter , that such a proposition has been made , and which letter shall contain also his regular Lodge summons .

That notice is also given in the summonses for the next regular Lodge that it will be proposed to remove a brother from the list of members at that meeting .

I hat a ballot shall take place on the proposition being read in open Lodge , and if there shall appear to be a majority of two-thirds of those present in favour of the same , the W . Master or brother presiding shall declare the

same to be carried ; and on the confirmation of minutes of proceeding at the next regular Lodge , so far as relates to the said proposition , the brother shall cease to be a member of the Lodge accordingly .

To explain this motion he would just say that he proposed that onl y one brother should be removed on one night , and the reason for not inserting his name in the summons was that his name should not be needlessly paraded about the town or district to which he belonged . It would

always be known who was meant . Having made the proposition , he ventured to say , with very great respect , though with very great earnestness , yet with , he hoped , becoming modesty , that he believed this motion was one of the most

important propositions which" had been made in Grand Lodge since the union in 1813 . It had this novelty that it proposed to declare that a

brother shall cease to be a subscribing member without referring to any specific or general charge . ( A brother behind Bro . Stebbing suggested that it would be an innovation . ) That was the alteration he proposed , and it would

give a more facile mode of dealing with objectionable brethren . The Book of Constitutions laid down the rule that every lodge should make bye-laws for its own good government . He was inclined to believe that every brother might do

that which he ( Bro . Stebbing ) now proposed , though on this there seemed to be some difference of opinion ; but if they looked at the Book of Constitutions , they would find it was extremely difficult to get rid of a brother

from a lodge . Having first fixed him with an offence , the next thing was to find the law applicable to it . Then , if he was thoroughly caught , another clause in the Constitutions only declared lie should be suspended .

{ To lie continued . )

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