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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Grand Lodge existing in the world—when we find the brethren of lodges owning allegiance to our jurisdiction , and situated in a country where a spontaneous wish of many and divided Masonic authorities has created a Grand Lodge for the district or country where the creation of such a Grand Lodge is spontaneous and practically unanimous , where it tends to the
great cause of Masonic unity , have never in a grudging spirit withheld our recognition or have considered aught but the great interests of the Craft , which we have so much at heart . That the limitation which the Pro Grand Master has expressed is a wise one it is our duty to accede to . No establishment of a new body , however lawful it may be , however
much , and however gladly , and however cordially we may recognise it as we do this new Grand Lodge , can for one moment be held to render unlawful that which was lawful before its creation . To invalidate acts to which we ourselves are committed by granting warrants and accep ting the allegiance of brethren and of lodges
which have been faithful to us and which we view with feelings of gladness a unanimous movement in which all join , at the same time we are bound to protect ; and , having the honour to hold the position of adviser to this Grand Lodge , I should say it is my duty to inform the brethren that we are bound to protect those who should not feel themselves enabled to join
with the majority . I am sure this Grand Lodge , under the happy circumstances which have been detailed , wishes God speed to the newly-established Grand Lodge—that its foundation may be the foundation of healing all Masonic strifes and differences , and that that great colony , separated from
us by the breadth of the whole globe , may show by its future history how great , how universal is the spread , how universal the acceptance of the doctrine of Masonry , and that this one of the offshoots of the Grand Lodge of England may be a worthy scion of its parent . ( Cheers . ) I have the greatest pleasure in seconding this motion .
The Earl of CARNARVON : Brethren , —Is it your pleasure to agree to this resolution ? All who agree with it will signify their assent in the manner common to Masons . ( Cries of " All , all ! " ) I think it unnecessary to call for a show of hands on the other side ; and I declare that this resolution has been carried unanimously . ( Loud applause . )
The Earl of CARNARVON next said : Brethren , —Before this subject passes away I have a further communication to make from his Royal Highness , our Illustrious Grand Master , which I could not have properly made to you until that vote was taken . The new Grand Lodge of New South Wales has requested his Royal Highness to consent to become the Patron of the
Grand Lodge . ( Cheers . ) It is an honorary title , but it marks the feelings of loyalty and affection on the one side , and the position which his Royal Highness ought to occupy on the other . I rejoice to think that his Royal Highness has assented to the request of the New South Wales Grand Lodge , and that as he has become Grand Patron in Australia so he will be Grand Patron in New South Wales .
Bro . Sir J . E . GORST , Q . C , Under-Secretary of State for India , W . M . Drury Lane Lodge , then rose and said : M . W . Pro Grand Master and Brethren , —I rise for the purpose of nominating our present Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master for the ensuing year . ( Cheers . ) The task which has on
this occasion devolved upon me becomes every year in one sense an easier , but in another sense a more difficult one for the brother who has to propose it . It is easier because as years go by the services which his Royal Highness has rendered to our Craft become more conspicuous and more widely known ; and , therefore , the brethren of the Grand Lodge require no
argument to induce them to confer upon his Royal Highness the position of Grand Master for another year . But it is more difficult because the brother who is entrusted with the duty of making this nomination has more difficulty in discovering anything new which he can urge upon the brethren , and he is in this somewhat embarrassing position of having to recommend his
Royal Highness in the presence of men far more cognisant of the services which his Royal Highness has rendered and of the qualifications which he has for the high office than the brother who has the nomination to make . I will , therefore , on this occasion confine myself simply to reminding the brethren of the past , and looking forward for one moment to the future .
I remind the brethren of the past of the example which H . R . H . has set to others , which has tended so greatly to the spread of our Craft during the last few years , not only in England and Scotland , but in the Colonies of the English-speaking races throughout the world ; and I remind the brethren of the devotion to the Craft , and to the principles of Masonry , which
his Royal Highness has in so many conspicuous instances exhibited ; and then I look forward to a moment in the future , and I am sure I am expressing the feelings and wishes of every Mason throughout the Englishspeaking world , when I say that we hope that his Royal Highness will long
be spared to take this office upon him year after year , and that it may be a long time before Freemasons have to go further afield to have to look for any other than his Royal Hi ghness to nominate as Grand Master for the ensuing year . ( Loud Applause . )
The Earl of CARNARVON : Brethren , I am afraid that I must ask your indulgence , and be allowed to retire now rather sooner than I would , inasmuch as I have to leave England to-morrow morning , possibly by a very early train . Perhaps I have accomplished that which was the most important duty—at all events , it was one which was most on my mind . I must now beg to retire from the chair .
The Pro Grand Master then left the lodge , and was saluted with loud cheers as he and the accompanying Grand Officers passed down the Temple . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , Prov . Grand Master for Hants and Isle of Wight , look the Grand Master ' s chair .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
Sir J . R . SOMERS VINE , W . M . Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , next said : Most Worshiplul Grand Master in the chair , —It is my great privilege , as the selected representative of a large and influential Committee , numbering over 700 members of the Craft , and comprising brethren resident in all parts of the country , to nominate for the high office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year an eminent brother , whom I believe to be
universally known , highly esteemed , and eminently qualified to discharge the important duties of that position ; I allude to Bro . Edward O'Connor Terry . ( Applause . ) That brother , M . W . G . M . in the chair , entered the ranks of Masonry more than 20 years ago ; he was initiated in the Royal Union Lodge , Oxbridge , No . 382 ; he joined the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , which most of our brethren may know is a lodge composed
mainly of professional gentlemen connected with the liberal arts and sciences , in which he served all the offices , and was installed W . M . in 1877 . He also joined the St . Alban's Lodge , No . 29 , of which he is a Past Master . He is a member of the Savage Club Lodge , of which I am at this moment in the proud position of being W . M . ; he has been Treasurer for the last two years ; he is also a Past First Principal of the Asaph
Chapter , and was appointed a Grand Steward in 18 S 5—86 , and has been two years a member of the Board of General Purposes ; he is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and Life Governor of the two other Masonic Institutions ; he has also served the office of Steward eight times . That M . W . Sir , I think isa Masonic record which would commend itself to any brother . But , apart from all Masonic associations , I venture
to assert that the public and privalehfeof Bro . E . O'Connor Terry is such as should commend him to the unanimous suffrages of the brethren in Grand Lodge . For several years past he occupied positions of public trust , and he has discharged the duties appertaining to those positions in a manner which has reflected credit on him as a patriotic citizen . He lias also the
pleasure of being , among those who have his private acquaintance , a most consistent friend , and , therefore , as I said before , in public and in private life he has shown those attributes which are essential to a good Mason . On those grounds , M . W . Grand Master , I beg to nominate him for the office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . ( Cheers . )
Bro . FERGUSON , P . M . Domatic Lodge , No . 177 : M . W . Grand Master in thechaii , Grand Wardens , Grand Officers , and Brethren , —I have also to nominate a distinguished Mason lor the office of Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge , a brother who has worked justly and honestl y in Masonry for 30 years —( applause)—one who has worked in founding lodges , and in keeping those lodges going in a manner that they have been enabled to
supply large sums of money to the Charities . He is not only a brother who exercises Charity in general , but , he is forward in promoting the same virtue in others . I have very great pleasure in proposing Bro . George Everett —( cheers)—Past Master , and Treasurer of the Domaiic Lodge ; founder and Past Master of the Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 ; founder and Past Master of the Kilburn Lodge , No . 1608 , and about seven years its
Treasurer ; he is a founder , Past Master , and Treasurer of the Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 . He has not only laboured in Craft Masonry but also in Arch ; he is Past Z . of the Rose of Denmark Chapter , No . 975 ; Past Z-, founder , and Treasurer of the Kennington Chapter , No . 1381 ; he also has served the office of Steward five times ; he has been the means , as a member of the lodges with which he has been connected , in subscribing money which
they might not have done , and had not done until he was their Treasurer , one of them being the Domatic Lodge , and by the example that he has shown the brethren themselves have supplied far more to the funds of Grand Lodge of England . He has also made himself a Vice-President of each of the three Masonic Charities . Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , —I think a record of services like that shows that this brother is worthy of being elected Grand Treasurer . I have been
deputed by the brethren of the various Masonic bodies with which he has been connected to represent to you that we have a perfectly worthy brother among us , one whose merits have been pretty well explained by what he has done . I might say that he is an independent man ; free from the anxieties and cares of business ; and with these qualifications , as I have laid them before you , I am sure you will think he is a proper person for the office of Grand Treasurer . ( Cheers . )
Bro . BEACH having enquired whether there was any other nomination for the office of Grand Treasurer , and receiving no reply , said the next business was appointing and investing the President of the Board of Benevolence . The M . W . G . M ., he said , had appointed Bro . Robert Grey President of the Board of Benevolence . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., was then re-invested as President of the Board of Benevolence amidst loud applause .
Bro . BEACH announced that Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., had been reelected Senior Vice-President , and Bro . Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., Junior Vice-President , of that Board —( renewed cheering)—and that the following brethren were elected the 12 Past Masters to serve on the
Board ! : Bros . George Pole Britten , 183 ; William Peter Brown , 90 ; Thomas Cull , 1 446 ; George A . Cundy , 901 ; Charles Dairy , 141 ; James Burgess Grieve , 1351 ; Lewis Christopher Haslip , 813 ; David D . Mercer , 1641 ; George Read , 511 ; Francis R . Spaull , 1768 ; Robert J . Taylor , 144 ; and Alfred Cooper Woodward , 1538 .
The following recommendations of the Board of Benevolence for grants from Grand Lodge were adopted : £ s . d . A brother of the St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , Exeter .,, 50 o o The widow of a brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 6 73 ,
Liverpool 50 o o A brother of the Howe and Charnwood Lodge , No . 1007 , Loughborough 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Temperance , No . 169 , London ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodge of Justice , No . 147 , Deptford ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , London 75 o o The widow of a brother of the St . Margaret ' s Lodge , No . 1872 ,
Surbiton 75 o o A brother of the Fort Lodge , No . 152 S , Newquay 50 o o A brother of the Royal Leopold Lodge , No . 1669 , Camberwell ,., 50 o 0 A brother ofthe Meridian Lodge of St . John , No . 729 , Melbourne , Victoria I 00 o 0 The widow of a brother of the All Souls' Lodge , No . 170 ,
Weymouth 50 o o A brother of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 422 , Gainsborough ,,. 50 o o
The following report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted : 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 meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of November inst ., showing a Balance in the Bank
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Grand Lodge existing in the world—when we find the brethren of lodges owning allegiance to our jurisdiction , and situated in a country where a spontaneous wish of many and divided Masonic authorities has created a Grand Lodge for the district or country where the creation of such a Grand Lodge is spontaneous and practically unanimous , where it tends to the
great cause of Masonic unity , have never in a grudging spirit withheld our recognition or have considered aught but the great interests of the Craft , which we have so much at heart . That the limitation which the Pro Grand Master has expressed is a wise one it is our duty to accede to . No establishment of a new body , however lawful it may be , however
much , and however gladly , and however cordially we may recognise it as we do this new Grand Lodge , can for one moment be held to render unlawful that which was lawful before its creation . To invalidate acts to which we ourselves are committed by granting warrants and accep ting the allegiance of brethren and of lodges
which have been faithful to us and which we view with feelings of gladness a unanimous movement in which all join , at the same time we are bound to protect ; and , having the honour to hold the position of adviser to this Grand Lodge , I should say it is my duty to inform the brethren that we are bound to protect those who should not feel themselves enabled to join
with the majority . I am sure this Grand Lodge , under the happy circumstances which have been detailed , wishes God speed to the newly-established Grand Lodge—that its foundation may be the foundation of healing all Masonic strifes and differences , and that that great colony , separated from
us by the breadth of the whole globe , may show by its future history how great , how universal is the spread , how universal the acceptance of the doctrine of Masonry , and that this one of the offshoots of the Grand Lodge of England may be a worthy scion of its parent . ( Cheers . ) I have the greatest pleasure in seconding this motion .
The Earl of CARNARVON : Brethren , —Is it your pleasure to agree to this resolution ? All who agree with it will signify their assent in the manner common to Masons . ( Cries of " All , all ! " ) I think it unnecessary to call for a show of hands on the other side ; and I declare that this resolution has been carried unanimously . ( Loud applause . )
The Earl of CARNARVON next said : Brethren , —Before this subject passes away I have a further communication to make from his Royal Highness , our Illustrious Grand Master , which I could not have properly made to you until that vote was taken . The new Grand Lodge of New South Wales has requested his Royal Highness to consent to become the Patron of the
Grand Lodge . ( Cheers . ) It is an honorary title , but it marks the feelings of loyalty and affection on the one side , and the position which his Royal Highness ought to occupy on the other . I rejoice to think that his Royal Highness has assented to the request of the New South Wales Grand Lodge , and that as he has become Grand Patron in Australia so he will be Grand Patron in New South Wales .
Bro . Sir J . E . GORST , Q . C , Under-Secretary of State for India , W . M . Drury Lane Lodge , then rose and said : M . W . Pro Grand Master and Brethren , —I rise for the purpose of nominating our present Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master for the ensuing year . ( Cheers . ) The task which has on
this occasion devolved upon me becomes every year in one sense an easier , but in another sense a more difficult one for the brother who has to propose it . It is easier because as years go by the services which his Royal Highness has rendered to our Craft become more conspicuous and more widely known ; and , therefore , the brethren of the Grand Lodge require no
argument to induce them to confer upon his Royal Highness the position of Grand Master for another year . But it is more difficult because the brother who is entrusted with the duty of making this nomination has more difficulty in discovering anything new which he can urge upon the brethren , and he is in this somewhat embarrassing position of having to recommend his
Royal Highness in the presence of men far more cognisant of the services which his Royal Highness has rendered and of the qualifications which he has for the high office than the brother who has the nomination to make . I will , therefore , on this occasion confine myself simply to reminding the brethren of the past , and looking forward for one moment to the future .
I remind the brethren of the past of the example which H . R . H . has set to others , which has tended so greatly to the spread of our Craft during the last few years , not only in England and Scotland , but in the Colonies of the English-speaking races throughout the world ; and I remind the brethren of the devotion to the Craft , and to the principles of Masonry , which
his Royal Highness has in so many conspicuous instances exhibited ; and then I look forward to a moment in the future , and I am sure I am expressing the feelings and wishes of every Mason throughout the Englishspeaking world , when I say that we hope that his Royal Highness will long
be spared to take this office upon him year after year , and that it may be a long time before Freemasons have to go further afield to have to look for any other than his Royal Hi ghness to nominate as Grand Master for the ensuing year . ( Loud Applause . )
The Earl of CARNARVON : Brethren , I am afraid that I must ask your indulgence , and be allowed to retire now rather sooner than I would , inasmuch as I have to leave England to-morrow morning , possibly by a very early train . Perhaps I have accomplished that which was the most important duty—at all events , it was one which was most on my mind . I must now beg to retire from the chair .
The Pro Grand Master then left the lodge , and was saluted with loud cheers as he and the accompanying Grand Officers passed down the Temple . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , Prov . Grand Master for Hants and Isle of Wight , look the Grand Master ' s chair .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
Sir J . R . SOMERS VINE , W . M . Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , next said : Most Worshiplul Grand Master in the chair , —It is my great privilege , as the selected representative of a large and influential Committee , numbering over 700 members of the Craft , and comprising brethren resident in all parts of the country , to nominate for the high office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year an eminent brother , whom I believe to be
universally known , highly esteemed , and eminently qualified to discharge the important duties of that position ; I allude to Bro . Edward O'Connor Terry . ( Applause . ) That brother , M . W . G . M . in the chair , entered the ranks of Masonry more than 20 years ago ; he was initiated in the Royal Union Lodge , Oxbridge , No . 382 ; he joined the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , which most of our brethren may know is a lodge composed
mainly of professional gentlemen connected with the liberal arts and sciences , in which he served all the offices , and was installed W . M . in 1877 . He also joined the St . Alban's Lodge , No . 29 , of which he is a Past Master . He is a member of the Savage Club Lodge , of which I am at this moment in the proud position of being W . M . ; he has been Treasurer for the last two years ; he is also a Past First Principal of the Asaph
Chapter , and was appointed a Grand Steward in 18 S 5—86 , and has been two years a member of the Board of General Purposes ; he is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and Life Governor of the two other Masonic Institutions ; he has also served the office of Steward eight times . That M . W . Sir , I think isa Masonic record which would commend itself to any brother . But , apart from all Masonic associations , I venture
to assert that the public and privalehfeof Bro . E . O'Connor Terry is such as should commend him to the unanimous suffrages of the brethren in Grand Lodge . For several years past he occupied positions of public trust , and he has discharged the duties appertaining to those positions in a manner which has reflected credit on him as a patriotic citizen . He lias also the
pleasure of being , among those who have his private acquaintance , a most consistent friend , and , therefore , as I said before , in public and in private life he has shown those attributes which are essential to a good Mason . On those grounds , M . W . Grand Master , I beg to nominate him for the office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . ( Cheers . )
Bro . FERGUSON , P . M . Domatic Lodge , No . 177 : M . W . Grand Master in thechaii , Grand Wardens , Grand Officers , and Brethren , —I have also to nominate a distinguished Mason lor the office of Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge , a brother who has worked justly and honestl y in Masonry for 30 years —( applause)—one who has worked in founding lodges , and in keeping those lodges going in a manner that they have been enabled to
supply large sums of money to the Charities . He is not only a brother who exercises Charity in general , but , he is forward in promoting the same virtue in others . I have very great pleasure in proposing Bro . George Everett —( cheers)—Past Master , and Treasurer of the Domaiic Lodge ; founder and Past Master of the Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 ; founder and Past Master of the Kilburn Lodge , No . 1608 , and about seven years its
Treasurer ; he is a founder , Past Master , and Treasurer of the Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 . He has not only laboured in Craft Masonry but also in Arch ; he is Past Z . of the Rose of Denmark Chapter , No . 975 ; Past Z-, founder , and Treasurer of the Kennington Chapter , No . 1381 ; he also has served the office of Steward five times ; he has been the means , as a member of the lodges with which he has been connected , in subscribing money which
they might not have done , and had not done until he was their Treasurer , one of them being the Domatic Lodge , and by the example that he has shown the brethren themselves have supplied far more to the funds of Grand Lodge of England . He has also made himself a Vice-President of each of the three Masonic Charities . Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , —I think a record of services like that shows that this brother is worthy of being elected Grand Treasurer . I have been
deputed by the brethren of the various Masonic bodies with which he has been connected to represent to you that we have a perfectly worthy brother among us , one whose merits have been pretty well explained by what he has done . I might say that he is an independent man ; free from the anxieties and cares of business ; and with these qualifications , as I have laid them before you , I am sure you will think he is a proper person for the office of Grand Treasurer . ( Cheers . )
Bro . BEACH having enquired whether there was any other nomination for the office of Grand Treasurer , and receiving no reply , said the next business was appointing and investing the President of the Board of Benevolence . The M . W . G . M ., he said , had appointed Bro . Robert Grey President of the Board of Benevolence . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., was then re-invested as President of the Board of Benevolence amidst loud applause .
Bro . BEACH announced that Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., had been reelected Senior Vice-President , and Bro . Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., Junior Vice-President , of that Board —( renewed cheering)—and that the following brethren were elected the 12 Past Masters to serve on the
Board ! : Bros . George Pole Britten , 183 ; William Peter Brown , 90 ; Thomas Cull , 1 446 ; George A . Cundy , 901 ; Charles Dairy , 141 ; James Burgess Grieve , 1351 ; Lewis Christopher Haslip , 813 ; David D . Mercer , 1641 ; George Read , 511 ; Francis R . Spaull , 1768 ; Robert J . Taylor , 144 ; and Alfred Cooper Woodward , 1538 .
The following recommendations of the Board of Benevolence for grants from Grand Lodge were adopted : £ s . d . A brother of the St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , Exeter .,, 50 o o The widow of a brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 6 73 ,
Liverpool 50 o o A brother of the Howe and Charnwood Lodge , No . 1007 , Loughborough 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Temperance , No . 169 , London ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodge of Justice , No . 147 , Deptford ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , London 75 o o The widow of a brother of the St . Margaret ' s Lodge , No . 1872 ,
Surbiton 75 o o A brother of the Fort Lodge , No . 152 S , Newquay 50 o o A brother of the Royal Leopold Lodge , No . 1669 , Camberwell ,., 50 o 0 A brother ofthe Meridian Lodge of St . John , No . 729 , Melbourne , Victoria I 00 o 0 The widow of a brother of the All Souls' Lodge , No . 170 ,
Weymouth 50 o o A brother of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 422 , Gainsborough ,,. 50 o o
The following report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted : 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 meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of November inst ., showing a Balance in the Bank