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Laek Ias0uey
Right Hon . the Lord Leigh was unanimously re-elected Grand Master of the Mark for the ensuinjg year . Bro . Barker then proposed Bro . Norton for re-election as Grand The result of his charge of the funds was so apparent that he anticipated no dissentient to his proposition . Bro . Lazarus seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously .
Bro . Jones then proceeded to announce the names of those Brethren whom the Grand Master desired to appoint to be Grand Officers for the ensuing year : ; - ^ -.. ' The Right Hon . the Earl Carnarvon to be D . G % M- ; Sir Edmund Leehmere , Bart ., tobeS . G . W . ; Bros / Wyndham the Rev . G . R . Portal , S . W ., of theCarnarvon Lodge No . 7 , and the Rev . Dr . Woolley , P . M , of the PhoenixLodge , Portshiouth , to be P . M . of the Mark Lodge No . 4 , to be G . Reg . ; Wni . Louis Collins , Sec . of the
Bon Accord Lodge , to be G . See , ; the Rev ^ Wentworth Bowyer , of fihe Hiram Lodge No . 17 , to be S . G . D . ) Edward Burrell , of the Keystone Lodge No . 3 , to be J . G . D . ; Biiifbrd , of the Sortescue Lodge , Southmoiton , No / 9 j to he G ^ Sup . of Works ; Barker , of the Northuniberland ^ and Berwick Lodge , to be Gr . Dir , of Cers , ; Bagsha ^ e , W . M ., of the Royal Cuinberland Lodge , Bath to be Asst . G . Dir of Cers . ; Bradley , W ^ G Bearer ; Hadow , of the Russell Lodge , Tavistock , No . 23 ^ to be . Org . : and Jessie Turner , of the Mallet and Chisel Lodge No / 5 , to be G ^ Burs .,
It was then further announced , that the six Lodges who had this year , under the 45 th article of the constitution , the right of nominating Grand Stewards , had all omitted to make the requisite return , and no n the General Board ; therefore , as the appointment was thus , under the constitution , left in the hands " of the Grand Master , Ms lordship desired to exercise his right in favour of those six Lodges who had ( doubtless through inadvertence
only ) neglected their return . He would , therefore , appoint as Grand Stewards— . Bros . Hammerton , J . W . of the Carnarvon Lodge WM | Captain Trower , .. of the Eortescue Lodge , Southmoiton ; Bisgood , S . W , of the Leigh Lodge , at Erith ; Babington , J . W . of the Hiram Lodge , at Richmond ; Cann , S . W . of the St . George's Lodge , Exeter ; and Harcourt , W . M . of the Joppa Lodge , Chertsey .
The next business was the election of five members to serve on the General Board for the ensuing year . The names of the several Brethren proposed had been duly submitted to the previous committee of Masters ; the ballot having taken place , the following Brethren were declared elected : — -Bros . A . Ridgway , G . B . Cole , R . Norton , J . A . L . Barnard , William Jones . It then rested with the Grand Master to appoint a president and five other members , when his representative in the chair , following his lordship ' s known rule of strict
impartiality , selected the names of the following Brethren as having received the next largest number of yotes : —Bros , the Rev . Dr . Woolley , E . Burrell , George Lambert , G . Barker , and Mark Tomkins . Bro . Lambert desired to make a few remarks ( which were received with great approbation by the Graud Lodge ) on the subject of the position of our colonial Brethren in the Mark Degree . Communications were constantly being made to
the Colonial Board of the Grand Lodge of England , of which he was a member , respecting the difficulties existing in the colonies , from the non-recognition of the Mark Degree , and the consequent irregularities consequently forced upon them . Bro . Lambert desired to suggest that some printed statement should be drawn up hy the General Board for the information of colonial Brethren as to the facilities to be afforded them inthisDegree by the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , and this statement he would take steps to forward to those parties whom he had
mentioned as seeking such a guide . It was thereupon decided that the matter he recommended to the consideration of the General Board . Bro . Ridgway , G . Reg ., rose , in pursuance of his notice , to propose "Thatthe Grand Master be authorized to appoint three additional Grand Officers under the title of Grand Overseers , and that the precedence of such Grand Officers be determined by the General Board , " He made this proposition for several reasons
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Laek Ias0uey
Right Hon . the Lord Leigh was unanimously re-elected Grand Master of the Mark for the ensuinjg year . Bro . Barker then proposed Bro . Norton for re-election as Grand The result of his charge of the funds was so apparent that he anticipated no dissentient to his proposition . Bro . Lazarus seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously .
Bro . Jones then proceeded to announce the names of those Brethren whom the Grand Master desired to appoint to be Grand Officers for the ensuing year : ; - ^ -.. ' The Right Hon . the Earl Carnarvon to be D . G % M- ; Sir Edmund Leehmere , Bart ., tobeS . G . W . ; Bros / Wyndham the Rev . G . R . Portal , S . W ., of theCarnarvon Lodge No . 7 , and the Rev . Dr . Woolley , P . M , of the PhoenixLodge , Portshiouth , to be P . M . of the Mark Lodge No . 4 , to be G . Reg . ; Wni . Louis Collins , Sec . of the
Bon Accord Lodge , to be G . See , ; the Rev ^ Wentworth Bowyer , of fihe Hiram Lodge No . 17 , to be S . G . D . ) Edward Burrell , of the Keystone Lodge No . 3 , to be J . G . D . ; Biiifbrd , of the Sortescue Lodge , Southmoiton , No / 9 j to he G ^ Sup . of Works ; Barker , of the Northuniberland ^ and Berwick Lodge , to be Gr . Dir , of Cers , ; Bagsha ^ e , W . M ., of the Royal Cuinberland Lodge , Bath to be Asst . G . Dir of Cers . ; Bradley , W ^ G Bearer ; Hadow , of the Russell Lodge , Tavistock , No . 23 ^ to be . Org . : and Jessie Turner , of the Mallet and Chisel Lodge No / 5 , to be G ^ Burs .,
It was then further announced , that the six Lodges who had this year , under the 45 th article of the constitution , the right of nominating Grand Stewards , had all omitted to make the requisite return , and no n the General Board ; therefore , as the appointment was thus , under the constitution , left in the hands " of the Grand Master , Ms lordship desired to exercise his right in favour of those six Lodges who had ( doubtless through inadvertence
only ) neglected their return . He would , therefore , appoint as Grand Stewards— . Bros . Hammerton , J . W . of the Carnarvon Lodge WM | Captain Trower , .. of the Eortescue Lodge , Southmoiton ; Bisgood , S . W , of the Leigh Lodge , at Erith ; Babington , J . W . of the Hiram Lodge , at Richmond ; Cann , S . W . of the St . George's Lodge , Exeter ; and Harcourt , W . M . of the Joppa Lodge , Chertsey .
The next business was the election of five members to serve on the General Board for the ensuing year . The names of the several Brethren proposed had been duly submitted to the previous committee of Masters ; the ballot having taken place , the following Brethren were declared elected : — -Bros . A . Ridgway , G . B . Cole , R . Norton , J . A . L . Barnard , William Jones . It then rested with the Grand Master to appoint a president and five other members , when his representative in the chair , following his lordship ' s known rule of strict
impartiality , selected the names of the following Brethren as having received the next largest number of yotes : —Bros , the Rev . Dr . Woolley , E . Burrell , George Lambert , G . Barker , and Mark Tomkins . Bro . Lambert desired to make a few remarks ( which were received with great approbation by the Graud Lodge ) on the subject of the position of our colonial Brethren in the Mark Degree . Communications were constantly being made to
the Colonial Board of the Grand Lodge of England , of which he was a member , respecting the difficulties existing in the colonies , from the non-recognition of the Mark Degree , and the consequent irregularities consequently forced upon them . Bro . Lambert desired to suggest that some printed statement should be drawn up hy the General Board for the information of colonial Brethren as to the facilities to be afforded them inthisDegree by the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , and this statement he would take steps to forward to those parties whom he had
mentioned as seeking such a guide . It was thereupon decided that the matter he recommended to the consideration of the General Board . Bro . Ridgway , G . Reg ., rose , in pursuance of his notice , to propose "Thatthe Grand Master be authorized to appoint three additional Grand Officers under the title of Grand Overseers , and that the precedence of such Grand Officers be determined by the General Board , " He made this proposition for several reasons