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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
GRAND FESTIVAL . A MEETING of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday , 30 th April . —The M . W . the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M .,. on-the throne , supported by the R . W . Bro . Thomas Henry Hall , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , as D . G . M . ; the It . W . ' Bro .. Col . C . K . Kemys Tynte , Prov . G . M . for Somersetshire ; the R . W . Bro . Alexander Dobie , Prov . G . M . for Surrey and G . Reg . ; the R . W . Bro . C . P . Cooper , Prov . G . M . for Kent ; the B . W . Bro . Henry R . Willett , Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire ; the R . W . Bro . Henry Atkins Bowyer , Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire ; the R . W . Bro . Robert Bagshawe , Prov . G . M . for Essex ; the R . W . Bro . B . A . Kent , Prov . G . M . for South Australia : the V . W . Bro . Frederick
Dundas , P . S . G . W . as S . G . W . ; the V . W . Bro . Henry W . Eaton , J . G . W . ; the "V . W . Bro . Pattison , P . J . G . W . ; the V . W . Bros , the Rev . J . E . Cox and Edward Moore , G . Chaplains ; the W . Bro . W . H . White , G . Sec . ; the V . W . Samuel Tomkins , G . Treas . ; the V . W . J . NT . Tomkins , J . G . D . ; Bros . J . Havers , G . W . K . Potter , Thos . R . White , G . Leech , J . B . King , John Hervey , S . C . Norris , and C . Baumer , P . G . Ds . ; H . L . Crohn , Sec . for German Cor . ; C . W . Elkington , G . S . B . ; Bros . R . J . Spiers , Geo . Biggs , G . Leach , J . Masson , A . A . Le Veau , E . H . Patten , P . G . S . Bs . ; Richard W . Jennings , G . Dir . Cers . ; Thory Chapman , Asst . G . Dir . Cers . ; Edwin Ransford , G . Org . ; William Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; the Grand Stewards of the year ; Fred . Burgess , W . M ., Grand Steward ' s Lodge : the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Several Lodges .
The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form and with solemn prayer . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th of March , so far as related to the election of the Grand Master and Grand Registrar , were read and confirmed . Bro . Thory Chapman , Asst . G . Dir . of Cers . then proclaimed the election of the Earl of Zetland as Grand Master , and called on the Brethren to rise and salute his Lordship with honours . The M . W . Grand Master thanked the Brethren for the confidence reposed in
him by thus re-electing him to the high ofhce of presiding over the United Grand Lodge ; he assured them that it was most gratifying to his feelings to he thus kindly received , and that it should ever be his object to perform the duties of his station to their satisfaction . During the past year he had been compelled on many occasions to claim the indulgence of the Grand Lodge for his absence , in consequence of the serious illness of one most dear to him . This year , however , commenced with better auspices , and he took the present opportunity to mention a circumstance that had been much talked of , relative to a petition that had been sent to him from Canada ( hear , hear ) . The petition in question was of a most sweeping character : it asked that the Canadian Brethren should elect their own G . M ., appoint district G . Ms ., control and dispose of the Fund of
Benevolence , and , in short , he did not see what was to be left to the Supreme Grand Lodge at all . After deliberately weighing the subject , he considered he should not be doing his duty if he gave a consent to the prayer of the petition ; and from information he had received , it appeared that the petition was not a unanimous one of the Brethren in Canada , hut resulted from only a portion of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada West ; he , therefore , not liking to tell the petitioners that their desire was most preposterous , decided to take no notice whatever of it , and he was now satisfied that his judgment was correct , for he had reasons for knowing that a very large proportion of the Canadian Brethren desired to hold fast their allegiance to the United Grand Lodge of England . The G . M . was listened to with marked silence .
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
GRAND FESTIVAL . A MEETING of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday , 30 th April . —The M . W . the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M .,. on-the throne , supported by the R . W . Bro . Thomas Henry Hall , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , as D . G . M . ; the It . W . ' Bro .. Col . C . K . Kemys Tynte , Prov . G . M . for Somersetshire ; the R . W . Bro . Alexander Dobie , Prov . G . M . for Surrey and G . Reg . ; the R . W . Bro . C . P . Cooper , Prov . G . M . for Kent ; the B . W . Bro . Henry R . Willett , Prov . G . M . for Dorsetshire ; the R . W . Bro . Henry Atkins Bowyer , Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire ; the R . W . Bro . Robert Bagshawe , Prov . G . M . for Essex ; the R . W . Bro . B . A . Kent , Prov . G . M . for South Australia : the V . W . Bro . Frederick
Dundas , P . S . G . W . as S . G . W . ; the V . W . Bro . Henry W . Eaton , J . G . W . ; the "V . W . Bro . Pattison , P . J . G . W . ; the V . W . Bros , the Rev . J . E . Cox and Edward Moore , G . Chaplains ; the W . Bro . W . H . White , G . Sec . ; the V . W . Samuel Tomkins , G . Treas . ; the V . W . J . NT . Tomkins , J . G . D . ; Bros . J . Havers , G . W . K . Potter , Thos . R . White , G . Leech , J . B . King , John Hervey , S . C . Norris , and C . Baumer , P . G . Ds . ; H . L . Crohn , Sec . for German Cor . ; C . W . Elkington , G . S . B . ; Bros . R . J . Spiers , Geo . Biggs , G . Leach , J . Masson , A . A . Le Veau , E . H . Patten , P . G . S . Bs . ; Richard W . Jennings , G . Dir . Cers . ; Thory Chapman , Asst . G . Dir . Cers . ; Edwin Ransford , G . Org . ; William Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; the Grand Stewards of the year ; Fred . Burgess , W . M ., Grand Steward ' s Lodge : the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Several Lodges .
The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form and with solemn prayer . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th of March , so far as related to the election of the Grand Master and Grand Registrar , were read and confirmed . Bro . Thory Chapman , Asst . G . Dir . of Cers . then proclaimed the election of the Earl of Zetland as Grand Master , and called on the Brethren to rise and salute his Lordship with honours . The M . W . Grand Master thanked the Brethren for the confidence reposed in
him by thus re-electing him to the high ofhce of presiding over the United Grand Lodge ; he assured them that it was most gratifying to his feelings to he thus kindly received , and that it should ever be his object to perform the duties of his station to their satisfaction . During the past year he had been compelled on many occasions to claim the indulgence of the Grand Lodge for his absence , in consequence of the serious illness of one most dear to him . This year , however , commenced with better auspices , and he took the present opportunity to mention a circumstance that had been much talked of , relative to a petition that had been sent to him from Canada ( hear , hear ) . The petition in question was of a most sweeping character : it asked that the Canadian Brethren should elect their own G . M ., appoint district G . Ms ., control and dispose of the Fund of
Benevolence , and , in short , he did not see what was to be left to the Supreme Grand Lodge at all . After deliberately weighing the subject , he considered he should not be doing his duty if he gave a consent to the prayer of the petition ; and from information he had received , it appeared that the petition was not a unanimous one of the Brethren in Canada , hut resulted from only a portion of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Canada West ; he , therefore , not liking to tell the petitioners that their desire was most preposterous , decided to take no notice whatever of it , and he was now satisfied that his judgment was correct , for he had reasons for knowing that a very large proportion of the Canadian Brethren desired to hold fast their allegiance to the United Grand Lodge of England . The G . M . was listened to with marked silence .