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Peovinoiitl Gea^D Lodges.
any particular district—the ground upon which Bro . Pearnley defends the establishment of such a board . Though not saying so directly , our Eight Worshipful Brother gives us to understand tliat he thinks w e have gone out of our way to remark on the proposition for the formation of the board , whilst
yet sub jiidiee . He says i" These by-laws have to remain for confirmation at the next Provincial Grand Lodge , to be held in July , when , should they be so passed , they must as a matter of law , be submitted for the approbation of the Grand Master before they can become effective ; so that if he sees anything ¦ unconstitutional contained in them , he will then say so . ' . ; . ; *¦
] STow , surely , if there is any duty more incumbent on the conductors of a public journal p rofossing to represent and advocate the interests of the Graft than another , it is , upon any proposition Ming made which they believe to be inimical to those interests , or contrary to the Book of Constitutions , at once to call attention to it , point out its tendency , and endeavour to dissuade the
Brethren from adopting measures which they cannot hereafter carry out . Bro . Pearnley admits that the approbation of the Most Wprshipfiil Grand Master must be obtained before the proposed regulations " can become effective ; " and it was because we foresaw that must be the result , and because we were convinced , that in the
face of the Book of Constitutions , the Most Worshipful Grand Mast er could never consent to the formation of such a board , that we ventured to point out to our Yorkshire Brethren , in a spirit of fraternal friendship , the unconstitutional nature of the board , prior to the resolutions come to by them being confirmed . In the drawing up of the
regulations , Bro . Pearnley informs ns that the Yorkshire Brethren were " aided by a copy of by-laws kindly forwarded by the E . W . Prov . Grand Master for Jersey , Bro . Hammond , who informs me that his committee in this respect has ever worked well since its formation . "
We were not aware that such a committee existed m Jersey ; if it does , we can only repeat that it is illegal , and should be at once suppressed . As regards its working , we do not profess to be in the secrets of the Board of G-eneral Purposes , never having had the honour of a seat at that board ; but if we are not misinformed , more
complaints come before it from Bro . Hammond s province than any other ; and even in the business paper of the last Grand Lodge we find standing ( though subsequently settled and withdrawn ) the following notice—a pretty commentary on the well working of the
system , and tending to bear out the statements we made in our first article on the subject , that such a board , having no real authority , would only lead to continued appeals until they came before Grand Lodge : —
" Appeal from Bros . Ratier and Q , uennec , of the Lodge La Cesar 6 e , No 860 , Jersey , against a decision of the Prov . G . M , of Jersey . " Sirifee the above was in type we have received the following com
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Peovinoiitl Gea^D Lodges.
any particular district—the ground upon which Bro . Pearnley defends the establishment of such a board . Though not saying so directly , our Eight Worshipful Brother gives us to understand tliat he thinks w e have gone out of our way to remark on the proposition for the formation of the board , whilst
yet sub jiidiee . He says i" These by-laws have to remain for confirmation at the next Provincial Grand Lodge , to be held in July , when , should they be so passed , they must as a matter of law , be submitted for the approbation of the Grand Master before they can become effective ; so that if he sees anything ¦ unconstitutional contained in them , he will then say so . ' . ; . ; *¦
] STow , surely , if there is any duty more incumbent on the conductors of a public journal p rofossing to represent and advocate the interests of the Graft than another , it is , upon any proposition Ming made which they believe to be inimical to those interests , or contrary to the Book of Constitutions , at once to call attention to it , point out its tendency , and endeavour to dissuade the
Brethren from adopting measures which they cannot hereafter carry out . Bro . Pearnley admits that the approbation of the Most Wprshipfiil Grand Master must be obtained before the proposed regulations " can become effective ; " and it was because we foresaw that must be the result , and because we were convinced , that in the
face of the Book of Constitutions , the Most Worshipful Grand Mast er could never consent to the formation of such a board , that we ventured to point out to our Yorkshire Brethren , in a spirit of fraternal friendship , the unconstitutional nature of the board , prior to the resolutions come to by them being confirmed . In the drawing up of the
regulations , Bro . Pearnley informs ns that the Yorkshire Brethren were " aided by a copy of by-laws kindly forwarded by the E . W . Prov . Grand Master for Jersey , Bro . Hammond , who informs me that his committee in this respect has ever worked well since its formation . "
We were not aware that such a committee existed m Jersey ; if it does , we can only repeat that it is illegal , and should be at once suppressed . As regards its working , we do not profess to be in the secrets of the Board of G-eneral Purposes , never having had the honour of a seat at that board ; but if we are not misinformed , more
complaints come before it from Bro . Hammond s province than any other ; and even in the business paper of the last Grand Lodge we find standing ( though subsequently settled and withdrawn ) the following notice—a pretty commentary on the well working of the
system , and tending to bear out the statements we made in our first article on the subject , that such a board , having no real authority , would only lead to continued appeals until they came before Grand Lodge : —
" Appeal from Bros . Ratier and Q , uennec , of the Lodge La Cesar 6 e , No 860 , Jersey , against a decision of the Prov . G . M , of Jersey . " Sirifee the above was in type we have received the following com