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Grand Lodge. 1
GRAND LODGE . 1
A comparison" of the notices of motion on the agenda of business to be brought forward at the meeting of Grrand Lodge this evening , with the list which stood for discussion at this time last year , speaks trumpet-tongtied of the advantages of that system of conciliation , and respect for diverse opinions which was inaugurated at that meeting . We do not for one moment wish it to he understood that we accuse the M / W . GLM . of having ever treated the Brethren with other than the greatest courtesy and attention when he was brought into contact with -. them , hut it did unfortunately so happen that whilst the late respected K . W . D . Gr . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , was prevented attending to business by severe indisposition , which has since ( let us hope only for a
time ) deprived the Craft of his services , the M . W . Gf . M . was himself unable to attend so regularly to his duties as could have been desired , and the consequence was that a series of irregularities arose in the conduct of the business , which naturally produced great dissatisfaction amongst the Brethren , and caused notices of motion to be given which under other circumstances would never have been thought of .
The Canadian question was one which could not fail to attract to a considerable degree the attention of the Brethren , who , in the absence of all information from the authorities at this side of the water , were naturally swayed in their opinions b y the reports and communications which reached them from Canada itself . On such reports and communications we to a considerable extent admit we formed our opinions—opinions to which we still substantially adhere —believing that the Canadian Brethren had great cause to complain of remissness at head quarters in England , in the non-answering of
communications , and the non-redress or grievances ol which they complained . To obtain a redress of those grievances , the Freemasons ' Magazine , assisted by many distinguished Brethren in Grand Lodge , strenuously battled ; and the result was , as our readers will recollect , that the M . W . GKM . at the meeting in March last made a most conciliatory communication to Grand Lodge , in which he frankly acknowledged that there had been neglects and shortcomings in the previous management of the Canadian Lodges , and proposed a system of government for the Colonies in future , in which all the demands of the Canadians were substantially granted , with the exvol , iv . 2 o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Lodge. 1
GRAND LODGE . 1
A comparison" of the notices of motion on the agenda of business to be brought forward at the meeting of Grrand Lodge this evening , with the list which stood for discussion at this time last year , speaks trumpet-tongtied of the advantages of that system of conciliation , and respect for diverse opinions which was inaugurated at that meeting . We do not for one moment wish it to he understood that we accuse the M / W . GLM . of having ever treated the Brethren with other than the greatest courtesy and attention when he was brought into contact with -. them , hut it did unfortunately so happen that whilst the late respected K . W . D . Gr . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , was prevented attending to business by severe indisposition , which has since ( let us hope only for a
time ) deprived the Craft of his services , the M . W . Gf . M . was himself unable to attend so regularly to his duties as could have been desired , and the consequence was that a series of irregularities arose in the conduct of the business , which naturally produced great dissatisfaction amongst the Brethren , and caused notices of motion to be given which under other circumstances would never have been thought of .
The Canadian question was one which could not fail to attract to a considerable degree the attention of the Brethren , who , in the absence of all information from the authorities at this side of the water , were naturally swayed in their opinions b y the reports and communications which reached them from Canada itself . On such reports and communications we to a considerable extent admit we formed our opinions—opinions to which we still substantially adhere —believing that the Canadian Brethren had great cause to complain of remissness at head quarters in England , in the non-answering of
communications , and the non-redress or grievances ol which they complained . To obtain a redress of those grievances , the Freemasons ' Magazine , assisted by many distinguished Brethren in Grand Lodge , strenuously battled ; and the result was , as our readers will recollect , that the M . W . GKM . at the meeting in March last made a most conciliatory communication to Grand Lodge , in which he frankly acknowledged that there had been neglects and shortcomings in the previous management of the Canadian Lodges , and proposed a system of government for the Colonies in future , in which all the demands of the Canadians were substantially granted , with the exvol , iv . 2 o