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removed from him . With regard to the statement I made , that Bro , Ewing had been selected for Pro v . G . M . by three Lodges , I now find that I was correct , because of the three Lodges , Paith , Hope , and Charity , numbered respectively 901 , 989 , and 992 , the last two received the warrants by the same mail as Bro . Ewing ' s patent was received . But they were previously working under a dispensation , and I believe I am not wrong in-saying , that if a Lodge lias a
dispensation drawn up in regular form , all its acts are just as valid as if it had received its warrant * ( Hear . ) These lodges had been working under a dispensation previous to their receiving their warrants in 1856 . There is another Lodge , No . 1021 , which had also been previously working under a dispensation , and it haS not long received its warrant , though it had in feet been applied for ; but there was some informality in the application , and therefore it was not granted , and the Lodge still worked under a dispensation . I am justified , therefore , in
stating that there were three Lodges , all of them uniting to recommend Bro . Ewing as Prov . G . M . However , I certainly did fall into an error in stating that Bro ; Ewing bad been five years consecutively Master of his Lodge ; but this was such a mistake as any Mason could not fail to see , since it is well known that no Brother can be Master of his Lodge for more that two years—that is , not for
more than two years ' consecutively ; ' and-Bro . Ewing had been Master of his Lodge five different years , although not five years ' consecutively . I That is the extent of the mistake I made . ( Hear , bear . ) I think , therefore , really that the motion I made was founded upon just and reasonable grounds—that it was for the benefit of the Craft in general , and the Craft in Tasmania in particular ; and I do trust that the motion of Bro . Warren will not be acceded to . "
The amendment was then put and negati ved , and The confirmation of the minutes was agreed to . The minutes of the Grand Festival were read and confirmed
BRO . THORY CHAPMAN ,. The , M . W . G . M . —" Brethren : in pursuance of the notice I have given , I now beg to move—' That the rank of Past Grand Deacon be conferred on the W . Bro . Thory Chapman , on account of his long and zealous services as Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies . ' Bro . Chapman has now very efficiently fulfilled the duties of his office during a period of seventeen years , and this , it is felt will be a graceful compliment , in acknowledgment of services so long and so zealously rendered .
He lias not only during that period never once missed Grand Lodge , but he has always given his services at the laying of foundation stones and other public ceremonies . I have no direct precedent to authorize me to make this proposition , but I have a precedent which is very well known—I refer to the time when our late illustrious G . M . the Duke of Sussex , presided over the Craft . It was his royal highness ' s earnest desire to confer upon our Bro . Jennings the office of Grand Deacon : but he expressed the hope that Bro . Jenniners would consider the Grand Deacon ; but he expressed the hope that Bro . Jennings would consider the
compliment all the same without being actually appointed to the office , because he could not dispense with Bro . Jennings's services in the office which he already held . Bro . Jennings had not then held the office more than eight or nine years , whereas Bro . Chapman has held his office seventeen years . " ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord , after making some further observations as to the honour which this vote would confer on Bro . Chapman , concluded by making his motion .
Bro . Savage said he should second the motion with great pleasure . He fully concurred in all that had been said complimentary to Bro , Chapman , whom he regarded as eminently deserving of the honour ; and he thought the M . W . G . M . had evinced much discrimination in the step he had taken . The Rev . Bro . Portal , while he admitted the great and valuable services of Bro . Chapman , still urged Grand Lodge to pause before it affirmed such a
proposition as that which was then before them . It was entirely without precedent , and he felt astonished that his lordship ' s advisers , who were generally great sticklers for precedent , should thus have counselled his lordship to fly in the face of all precedent . Had he ( Bro . Portal ) been in Grand Lodge when his royal highness the late Grand Master expressed the intention to which the M . W . G . M . had referred , he trusted that he ( Bro . Portal ) would have had the
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The Masonic Mie10e
removed from him . With regard to the statement I made , that Bro , Ewing had been selected for Pro v . G . M . by three Lodges , I now find that I was correct , because of the three Lodges , Paith , Hope , and Charity , numbered respectively 901 , 989 , and 992 , the last two received the warrants by the same mail as Bro . Ewing ' s patent was received . But they were previously working under a dispensation , and I believe I am not wrong in-saying , that if a Lodge lias a
dispensation drawn up in regular form , all its acts are just as valid as if it had received its warrant * ( Hear . ) These lodges had been working under a dispensation previous to their receiving their warrants in 1856 . There is another Lodge , No . 1021 , which had also been previously working under a dispensation , and it haS not long received its warrant , though it had in feet been applied for ; but there was some informality in the application , and therefore it was not granted , and the Lodge still worked under a dispensation . I am justified , therefore , in
stating that there were three Lodges , all of them uniting to recommend Bro . Ewing as Prov . G . M . However , I certainly did fall into an error in stating that Bro ; Ewing bad been five years consecutively Master of his Lodge ; but this was such a mistake as any Mason could not fail to see , since it is well known that no Brother can be Master of his Lodge for more that two years—that is , not for
more than two years ' consecutively ; ' and-Bro . Ewing had been Master of his Lodge five different years , although not five years ' consecutively . I That is the extent of the mistake I made . ( Hear , bear . ) I think , therefore , really that the motion I made was founded upon just and reasonable grounds—that it was for the benefit of the Craft in general , and the Craft in Tasmania in particular ; and I do trust that the motion of Bro . Warren will not be acceded to . "
The amendment was then put and negati ved , and The confirmation of the minutes was agreed to . The minutes of the Grand Festival were read and confirmed
BRO . THORY CHAPMAN ,. The , M . W . G . M . —" Brethren : in pursuance of the notice I have given , I now beg to move—' That the rank of Past Grand Deacon be conferred on the W . Bro . Thory Chapman , on account of his long and zealous services as Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies . ' Bro . Chapman has now very efficiently fulfilled the duties of his office during a period of seventeen years , and this , it is felt will be a graceful compliment , in acknowledgment of services so long and so zealously rendered .
He lias not only during that period never once missed Grand Lodge , but he has always given his services at the laying of foundation stones and other public ceremonies . I have no direct precedent to authorize me to make this proposition , but I have a precedent which is very well known—I refer to the time when our late illustrious G . M . the Duke of Sussex , presided over the Craft . It was his royal highness ' s earnest desire to confer upon our Bro . Jennings the office of Grand Deacon : but he expressed the hope that Bro . Jenniners would consider the Grand Deacon ; but he expressed the hope that Bro . Jennings would consider the
compliment all the same without being actually appointed to the office , because he could not dispense with Bro . Jennings's services in the office which he already held . Bro . Jennings had not then held the office more than eight or nine years , whereas Bro . Chapman has held his office seventeen years . " ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord , after making some further observations as to the honour which this vote would confer on Bro . Chapman , concluded by making his motion .
Bro . Savage said he should second the motion with great pleasure . He fully concurred in all that had been said complimentary to Bro , Chapman , whom he regarded as eminently deserving of the honour ; and he thought the M . W . G . M . had evinced much discrimination in the step he had taken . The Rev . Bro . Portal , while he admitted the great and valuable services of Bro . Chapman , still urged Grand Lodge to pause before it affirmed such a
proposition as that which was then before them . It was entirely without precedent , and he felt astonished that his lordship ' s advisers , who were generally great sticklers for precedent , should thus have counselled his lordship to fly in the face of all precedent . Had he ( Bro . Portal ) been in Grand Lodge when his royal highness the late Grand Master expressed the intention to which the M . W . G . M . had referred , he trusted that he ( Bro . Portal ) would have had the