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TABLE OF CONTENTS .

United Granel Loelge—Quarterly Communication ... 163 Banquet to Bros . Bertram and Roberts 16 5 CORRESPONDENCE : — Masonic Balls 166 Poet Masons 16 7

Division of the Province of West Lancashire 16 ; Masonic Tidings—British , Colonial and Foreign 1 G 7 Festival of Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 168 CHAFT MASONRY : — Metropolitan 170

Provincial 170 ROYAL Alien : — Metropolitan 170 Provincial 170 KNIOIITS TEMPLAR : —

Provincial 171 MARK MASONRY : — Provincial 171 ANCIENT AND A CCEPTED RITE : — Gibraltar 1 J 1

RED CROSS or C ONSTANTINE : — Provincial 172 SCOTLAND : — Glasgow 172 Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lothian 172

Masonic Notes and Queries 173 Presentation of Testimonial to Bro . W . C . Oke , P . M . 131 , Truro ' 173 Masonic Meetings for next week 173 Advertisements 161 , 162 , 173 , 1 74 , 175 , 176

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . ( Ctmtinuedfrom Page 15 . 3 ^ . Bro . Bellerby seconded the motion , which was carried .

Bro . LI . Evans , proceeding with the report proposed that the remainder be adopted . He would do so without a word of comment on it , as it was , and had been for a long time , before the

brethren , and he had nothing to add to what was contained in it . Bro . F . Bennoch , without disputing the propriety of the motion , thought , looking to the

various details contained 111 the report , that it would be convenient to Grand Lodge to have the opportunity of expressing its opinions seriatim on the clauses of the report .

Bro . LI . Evans saiel the last paragraph was the only one ' on which there could be a discussion . In paragraphs 2 , , 3 , anel 4 , there was absolutely nothing for Grand Lodge to decide upon . They

were the Board ' s report on matters brought before it . Bro . C . Hutton Gregory , P . G . D ., rose to move that Grand Lodge do not adopt the last sentence

of the report ( Hear , hear ) .- — " The Board , however , are clearly of op inion , anel submit to Grand Lodge , that no clerk or other subordinate officer in the employment of the

Grand Lodge , should take a prominent part in any degree or order not recognised by the Grand Loelge . " In making the motion that this be not

adopted , he would bear his tribute to the indefatigable , invariable honesty anel ability of the Board of General Purposes , and he hoped the

Board would not for a moment think , if Grand Lodge did not adopt this part of their report , that it reflected on their characters as Masons . He

wished to sail under open colours , and would therefore state at once that , while he had not the least personal acquaintance witli the brother against whom Bro . Cooke ' s motion was directed ,

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he was one eif those who belonged to one of the proscribed bodies , and very good company they were , for they comprised some of the most 'distinguished members of the

Craft . He confessed he was a Knight Templar . The Grand Registrar wished to correct a wrong impression of Bro . Gregory ' s . The Knights Templar were not proscribed by the articles

of Union . By those articles , although the Book of Constitutions stopped short and said that only three degrees were recognised , it went on to say , in the Articles of Union , that

nothing should prevent Lodges or Chapters practising the orders of chivalry that had been practised among them before . He believed that among those ortlers of chivalry the most

important was the Kni ghts Templar ; and therefore it was not unrecognised . Bro . Gregory said he woulel withdraw his mis-statement , but he knew there was a body

called the '' Ancient anel Accepted Rite , " of which he was , lie would not say ashamed , but woulel honestly say he had the honour to be a member . He could not speak of his own

knowledge of the "Rites of Misraim and Memphis "—he did not wish to have a knowledge of them . He could not speak of the " spurious Orders of Rome and Constantine ; " they might

be spurious or genuine , for what he knew . He could not speak of the " Schismatic Body styling itself the Mark Grand Lodge of England . " But

he woulel venture to remind Grand Lodge that it once took a very different view of the matter , and even went so far as to recognise them partially anel temporarily . He submitted that the

paragraph in the report should not be passed , and for three reasons : iirst of all , because he believed it to be founded on a misapprehension ; in the second place , he thought it

was uncalled for ; and in the third place , he believed it to be unjust , because it was founded on the idea that these orders were in antagonism to this Grand Lodge . He would y ield to no one

in his attachment to Pure and Ancient Masonry . The order lie spoke of , the Ancient and Accepted Rite , was no more antagonistic to Pure and Ancient Masonry , than any club might be , which

required Freemasonry as a qualification in its members ; or even that noble Order to which the Granel Master had the honour to belong , the Order of the Garter . The statutes of the

Ancient and Accepted Rite expressly declared , not only their recognition of , but their subserviency to Grand Lodge in Pure and Ancient Masonry , and that would prove there was no

antagonism in it to Freemasonry . In point of fact , it was not Freemasonry . He would venture to say that the Board of General Purposes had acted under a misapprehension in endeavouring

to raise indirectl y an attack on those bodies , by asking this Granel Lodge to pass a censure on all those who took a prominent part in recognising these degrees . He regretted very much that

the subject had been before the Board at all . He thought Grand Lodge , knowing how many Masons there were who occupied a high place in the Craft , not only by their social position , but by

their Masonic distinction and lewe of Freemasonry , would hesitate to pass a law which would be a reflection on Freemasonry , and might cause a schism in Freemasonry which we should all de-

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plore . This paragraph of the report was unnecessary , and he would call to his assistance the report of the Board of General Purposes wltich saiel :

-" The Boarel have come to the conclusion tlu . t , the inquiry directed to be made by them had reference to the charges above referred to , and not to the several " Exterior Masonic

Onranisations " mentioned in the proposed resolution of Bro . Cooke , and they have therefore not proceeded to inquire further into the matter . The Boarel are of opinion , and submit to

Grand Lodge , that inasmuch as Grand Loelge has full control , not only over the officials in its service , but over the whole Craft , and would undoubtedl y exercise such control should any

member , whether official or otherwise , be proved to have taken part in any Degree or Order elenounced b y Grand Lodge , or inimical to its princi ples ; and inasmuch as the proposed resolution ,

if passed , would notacld to the peiwer and authority either of Grand Lodge or this Board , such resolution is unnecessary , and the Board therefore do not recommend its adoption by Grand Lodge . "

The Board , he was sorry to say , having made that very sensible remark , in which he hoped Grand Loelge woulel agree , went further . After saying that it was unnecessary to pass any rule

with reference to this subject , and saying that Grand Lodge had full control , not onl y over the officials in its service , but over the whole Craft , and would undoubtedly exercise such control

should any member , whether official or otherwise , be proved to have taken part in an )* degree or order denounced by Grand Lodge , or inimical to its principles , they went on to get Grand

Loelge to adopt a paragraph which condemned those very brethren . They saiel , " The Board , however , are clearl y of opinion , and submit to Grand Lodge , that no clerk or other subordinate

officer in the employment of Grand Lodge should take a prominent part in any degree or order not recognised by Grand Loelge . " This was unjust , because it attacked only one or two individuals .

That was not congenial with the generosity or the chivalry of Masons . He would call attention to this , that the Board exempted from this censure one of the officers of Grand Lodge who

mig ht or might not belting to one of these Orders , the Granel Secretary . Now , if it was a crime in a clerk , why was it not a crime in Grand Secretary : Did not this suggest the lines .

" That in the Captain ' s but a choleric word Which in the soldier is Hat blasphemy r " He woulel call on Grand Lodge not to sanction

anything which passed a censure , or prohibition , or punishment , on the paid oliicers , without including every member of the Craft who might belong to the proscribed tirelers .

Bro . Abrahams had great pleasure in seconding the motion of Bro . Gregory . He felt that the report was an attack on members of those ortlers not recognised by Grand Lodge . It was but right

and just that we should protect our order . He was not a Knight Templar , and never could be one , but , to use Bro . Gregory ' s expression , he " had the honour " to be a Mark Master , and a

Past Grand Steward of that Order ; and he believed it to be our duty , even if we were not members of those Orders , to assist those brethren

who were , provided we did our duty as Masons . The Grand Master had said in his excellent adtlress , that a good Mason was a good man ,