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Geand Lodge.
determined whafe course he would pursue . Within that time he had received a letter from the Hon . Bro . Badgley , the Prov . G . M . for East Canada , dated Montreal , in which he stated , that as far as he could learn , the Brethren generally did not wish to throw off their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the mother country ; and that as yet only two or three Lodges had given up their charters . He also alluded to certain alterations in the management of Lodges , which he
thought might be made with advantage , and which , of course , would receive the deepest consideration . He ( the G . M . ) could not , however , give way to the opinions of the rebellious Brethren . ( Oh ! oh !) If they were not rebellious Brethren , what were they ? They had not returned their warrants to Grand Lodge ; and whilst they held them , they were bound to act in accordance with the constitutions of the Craft . He was most anxious that every justice should be
done to the Canadian Lodges ; and , indeed , that the interests and position of the whole of the colonial Lodges should be studied ; but he deprecated the hasty course taken with regard to the Canadas , and he could prove that resolutions had been come to by some of the Brethren to throw off their allegiance to Grand Lodge months before even the first petition was addressed either to Grand Lodge or himself . He would now tell them that he had under his consideration a scheme
which he hoped , ere long to be able to lay before Grand Lodge , and which he trusted would prove satisfactory to the colonial Brethren , without interfering with the prerogatives of the G . M ., or making any material alterations in the laws of constitutions of Grand Lodge . If in the course of his observations he had spoken warmly , so as to give offence to Bro . Portal or any other Brother , he sincerely regretted it ; but he felt , in his position , he was bound to do all in his power to preserve the integrity of their constitution .
Bro . Portal expressed his satisfaction with what had fallen from the G . M ., and gave notice of motion for next Grand Lodge , expressing the deep regret of its members that so little attention had been paid to the communications from Canada in the G . Sec . ' s Office , that they had been allowed to remain unanswered for a space of two years . Bro . Havers denied the right of Bro . Portal to give notice of motion in Grand
Lodge . It must be done at the Board of Masters . Bro . Portal stated the same course had been pursued on previous occasions . Bro . Dobie objected to the motion , it being a censure on the G . M . The M . W . G . M . said , that the notice of motion must be given at the Board of Masters , and he trusted it would be so given , for the resolution now proposed could only be regarded as a censure on his conduct as G . M ., and he hoped the Brethren would know how to treat it .
It being now past eleven , Grand Lodge adjourned , without even the reports from the Board of Benevolence and General Purposes being brought under consideration .
Royal Free Hospital, Gray'sinn Road.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL , GRAY'S INN EG AD .
INAUGURATION" OP THE SUSSEX WING . This interesting event took place on the 18 th June , in the presence of a large number of the friends of the institution—the majority of whom were Freemasons . It may be remembered that it is now about thirty years since , when , urged on by the accidental circumstance , in a most miserable night , of finding a girl in the streets in the last state of destitution and disease , and discovering that there was
no hospital open for her reception without a ticket of recommendation from a governor , which could not be obtained until the following morning—J ) i \ Marsden determined to endeavour to found an hospital for admission to which no other recommendation should be required than that of being in disease and needing assistance . The idea was in the first instance carried out by the opening of a dispensary in Greville street , flatten garden , which ere long expanded into the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road . It is no wonder that the claims upon such a charity should be unusually large ; and accordingly we find that ,
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Geand Lodge.
determined whafe course he would pursue . Within that time he had received a letter from the Hon . Bro . Badgley , the Prov . G . M . for East Canada , dated Montreal , in which he stated , that as far as he could learn , the Brethren generally did not wish to throw off their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the mother country ; and that as yet only two or three Lodges had given up their charters . He also alluded to certain alterations in the management of Lodges , which he
thought might be made with advantage , and which , of course , would receive the deepest consideration . He ( the G . M . ) could not , however , give way to the opinions of the rebellious Brethren . ( Oh ! oh !) If they were not rebellious Brethren , what were they ? They had not returned their warrants to Grand Lodge ; and whilst they held them , they were bound to act in accordance with the constitutions of the Craft . He was most anxious that every justice should be
done to the Canadian Lodges ; and , indeed , that the interests and position of the whole of the colonial Lodges should be studied ; but he deprecated the hasty course taken with regard to the Canadas , and he could prove that resolutions had been come to by some of the Brethren to throw off their allegiance to Grand Lodge months before even the first petition was addressed either to Grand Lodge or himself . He would now tell them that he had under his consideration a scheme
which he hoped , ere long to be able to lay before Grand Lodge , and which he trusted would prove satisfactory to the colonial Brethren , without interfering with the prerogatives of the G . M ., or making any material alterations in the laws of constitutions of Grand Lodge . If in the course of his observations he had spoken warmly , so as to give offence to Bro . Portal or any other Brother , he sincerely regretted it ; but he felt , in his position , he was bound to do all in his power to preserve the integrity of their constitution .
Bro . Portal expressed his satisfaction with what had fallen from the G . M ., and gave notice of motion for next Grand Lodge , expressing the deep regret of its members that so little attention had been paid to the communications from Canada in the G . Sec . ' s Office , that they had been allowed to remain unanswered for a space of two years . Bro . Havers denied the right of Bro . Portal to give notice of motion in Grand
Lodge . It must be done at the Board of Masters . Bro . Portal stated the same course had been pursued on previous occasions . Bro . Dobie objected to the motion , it being a censure on the G . M . The M . W . G . M . said , that the notice of motion must be given at the Board of Masters , and he trusted it would be so given , for the resolution now proposed could only be regarded as a censure on his conduct as G . M ., and he hoped the Brethren would know how to treat it .
It being now past eleven , Grand Lodge adjourned , without even the reports from the Board of Benevolence and General Purposes being brought under consideration .
Royal Free Hospital, Gray'sinn Road.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL , GRAY'S INN EG AD .
INAUGURATION" OP THE SUSSEX WING . This interesting event took place on the 18 th June , in the presence of a large number of the friends of the institution—the majority of whom were Freemasons . It may be remembered that it is now about thirty years since , when , urged on by the accidental circumstance , in a most miserable night , of finding a girl in the streets in the last state of destitution and disease , and discovering that there was
no hospital open for her reception without a ticket of recommendation from a governor , which could not be obtained until the following morning—J ) i \ Marsden determined to endeavour to found an hospital for admission to which no other recommendation should be required than that of being in disease and needing assistance . The idea was in the first instance carried out by the opening of a dispensary in Greville street , flatten garden , which ere long expanded into the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road . It is no wonder that the claims upon such a charity should be unusually large ; and accordingly we find that ,