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The -Masonic Mieeolt.
Ceive notices of motion relating to the business of the Craft and to submit thenr to the Grand Master prior to their being brought ' .. ¦ before the Brethren in that room . IF , however , they were permitted to express their own opinions upon the matters brought before them , that power would completely alter their character , and make them a deliberative body . It would , in fact , be a usurpation of the rights of Grand Lodge . He wished to know the extent of the power delegated to them , and to have read from the Book of Constitutions the detail of their duties .
The M . W . G . M . said : — " I believe the question of Bro . Beach arises out of the fact that the Chairman of the Board of Masters' has refused to receive a notice of motion , having reference to two of the Masonic charities . In my opinion , the Chairman of the Board was perfectly , right in taking that course . It was a motion , as I have already stated , having reference to two of the Masonic charities with which Grand Lodge has nothing to do excepting as a subscriber ; their management resting with the general body of subscribers . If a
notice , so proposing to interfere with the British Orphan Asylum at Clapham , had been put before the Board of Masters , there could be no doubt that they would he justified in refusing to receive it . Grand Lodge lias little more to do with the Masonic charities than with the British Orphan Asylum ; that is to say , it has nothing more to do with them than has any individual subscriber . If the Board of Masters were to send up to Grand Lodge everything which might he put before
it , whether it referred to the Craft or not , it would not ' answer-the purpose for which it was formed . It is therefore my opinion , that the chairman has , in this instance , exercised a wise discretion ; still , that is but my individual opinion , and , if Bro . Beach wishes it , he is at liberty to take the decision of Grand Lodge upon the subject . " The matter then dropped .
THE COLONIAL B 0 AKD . The M . W . G . M . then called upon Bro . Binckes for his explanation , * Bro . Binckes said it would be in the recollection of many present , that on the last occasion of the meeting of Grand Lodge , a sense of duty had compelled him to move non-confirmation of so much of the minutes of the preceding meeting of Grand Lodge in September last , as related to the report of the Colonial Board , His reason for making that motion was that he considered the
report of the Colonial Board had been disrespectfully treated , part of it only having been adopted ^ and the rest rejected . He had been , however , overruled by his lordship , and he had been told by those who generally acted with him ( the Grand Master ) , that no part of the report had been rejected * Bro . Havers asked the Grand Master to appeal to the minutes , and they , he ( Bro . Binckes ) was bound to say , seemed to bear out the views of those opposed to him . Subsequently , however , he had bad an opportunity of inspecting the authorised report
of the proceedings of Grand Lodge , as sanctioned by the Grand Master himself , and he there found in print that which bore out to the letter what he , relying upon the authority of the Freemasons' Magazine , * had stated to be the case , lie much regretted the invidious position in which he had been placed at the last meeting of Grand Lod ^ e . and he now wished to know from the G rand Master if ho ( Bro . Binckes ) was in a position to move that the authorised report be read , that he might prove to the Brethren that what ho had stated to them in December last was perfectly correct .
Bro . Havers said ho was extremely sorry that Bro . Binckes should have though . t it necessary to refer again to this matter . Tho question could not by any manner of means be made one of privilege ; indeed it was altogether irrelevant * The resolution as published in the Freemasons' Magazine , and as it appeared on the Grand Secretary ' s minutes , were identical ; hut in the printed quarterly communication a slight alteration in the wording of Bro . Have re ' s motion appeared to give it a greater dogroo ol stringency than the words absolutely used . —
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The -Masonic Mieeolt.
Ceive notices of motion relating to the business of the Craft and to submit thenr to the Grand Master prior to their being brought ' .. ¦ before the Brethren in that room . IF , however , they were permitted to express their own opinions upon the matters brought before them , that power would completely alter their character , and make them a deliberative body . It would , in fact , be a usurpation of the rights of Grand Lodge . He wished to know the extent of the power delegated to them , and to have read from the Book of Constitutions the detail of their duties .
The M . W . G . M . said : — " I believe the question of Bro . Beach arises out of the fact that the Chairman of the Board of Masters' has refused to receive a notice of motion , having reference to two of the Masonic charities . In my opinion , the Chairman of the Board was perfectly , right in taking that course . It was a motion , as I have already stated , having reference to two of the Masonic charities with which Grand Lodge has nothing to do excepting as a subscriber ; their management resting with the general body of subscribers . If a
notice , so proposing to interfere with the British Orphan Asylum at Clapham , had been put before the Board of Masters , there could be no doubt that they would he justified in refusing to receive it . Grand Lodge lias little more to do with the Masonic charities than with the British Orphan Asylum ; that is to say , it has nothing more to do with them than has any individual subscriber . If the Board of Masters were to send up to Grand Lodge everything which might he put before
it , whether it referred to the Craft or not , it would not ' answer-the purpose for which it was formed . It is therefore my opinion , that the chairman has , in this instance , exercised a wise discretion ; still , that is but my individual opinion , and , if Bro . Beach wishes it , he is at liberty to take the decision of Grand Lodge upon the subject . " The matter then dropped .
THE COLONIAL B 0 AKD . The M . W . G . M . then called upon Bro . Binckes for his explanation , * Bro . Binckes said it would be in the recollection of many present , that on the last occasion of the meeting of Grand Lodge , a sense of duty had compelled him to move non-confirmation of so much of the minutes of the preceding meeting of Grand Lodge in September last , as related to the report of the Colonial Board , His reason for making that motion was that he considered the
report of the Colonial Board had been disrespectfully treated , part of it only having been adopted ^ and the rest rejected . He had been , however , overruled by his lordship , and he had been told by those who generally acted with him ( the Grand Master ) , that no part of the report had been rejected * Bro . Havers asked the Grand Master to appeal to the minutes , and they , he ( Bro . Binckes ) was bound to say , seemed to bear out the views of those opposed to him . Subsequently , however , he had bad an opportunity of inspecting the authorised report
of the proceedings of Grand Lodge , as sanctioned by the Grand Master himself , and he there found in print that which bore out to the letter what he , relying upon the authority of the Freemasons' Magazine , * had stated to be the case , lie much regretted the invidious position in which he had been placed at the last meeting of Grand Lod ^ e . and he now wished to know from the G rand Master if ho ( Bro . Binckes ) was in a position to move that the authorised report be read , that he might prove to the Brethren that what ho had stated to them in December last was perfectly correct .
Bro . Havers said ho was extremely sorry that Bro . Binckes should have though . t it necessary to refer again to this matter . Tho question could not by any manner of means be made one of privilege ; indeed it was altogether irrelevant * The resolution as published in the Freemasons' Magazine , and as it appeared on the Grand Secretary ' s minutes , were identical ; hut in the printed quarterly communication a slight alteration in the wording of Bro . Have re ' s motion appeared to give it a greater dogroo ol stringency than the words absolutely used . —