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The Canadas.
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We regret Canada , whic ^ Grand Lodge of England , declared itself independent on the 30 th
June ; and ere this , w ^ efiected with the Independent ^ English , Irish , and Scotch Lodges . W ^ step has been taken just as efibrts were being made , through the exertions of Grand Lodge and the new Colonial Board , to rectify the
grievances of the Canada Brethren . It cannot he denied , however , that they have had great grounds of complaint , as regards unnecessary delay ; and the practice , introduced at the last Grand Lodge , of referring memorials , & c , to the Colonial Board , without even reading them , seems to have increased their dissatisfaction ,
as evincing a want of proper interest in the affairs of our Colonial Lodges . The practice , which is essentially a bad one , was only introduced with the view of hurrying forward the business , so as to avoid the necessity of special Grand Lodges , and compressing the whole business of the year into the four Quarterly
Communications , which experience has shown to be insufficient for its proper performance . Indeed , this new arrangement lias brought forth early and bitter fruits , and how much further mischief it may effect it is impossible to say , unless the Brethren arouse themselves , and determine to meet as often as and whenever they deem it necessary for the despatch
of business ; for disaffection quickly spreads , and the loss of Canada this year may , not unlikely , be followed hy that of Australia or the West Indies next year . In Masonry there is , happily , no power of coercion , and we do not see how , if the Masons of Canada will it , we TOIi . IITv 4 k
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Canadas.
^ v : ;^;;^
We regret Canada , whic ^ Grand Lodge of England , declared itself independent on the 30 th
June ; and ere this , w ^ efiected with the Independent ^ English , Irish , and Scotch Lodges . W ^ step has been taken just as efibrts were being made , through the exertions of Grand Lodge and the new Colonial Board , to rectify the
grievances of the Canada Brethren . It cannot he denied , however , that they have had great grounds of complaint , as regards unnecessary delay ; and the practice , introduced at the last Grand Lodge , of referring memorials , & c , to the Colonial Board , without even reading them , seems to have increased their dissatisfaction ,
as evincing a want of proper interest in the affairs of our Colonial Lodges . The practice , which is essentially a bad one , was only introduced with the view of hurrying forward the business , so as to avoid the necessity of special Grand Lodges , and compressing the whole business of the year into the four Quarterly
Communications , which experience has shown to be insufficient for its proper performance . Indeed , this new arrangement lias brought forth early and bitter fruits , and how much further mischief it may effect it is impossible to say , unless the Brethren arouse themselves , and determine to meet as often as and whenever they deem it necessary for the despatch
of business ; for disaffection quickly spreads , and the loss of Canada this year may , not unlikely , be followed hy that of Australia or the West Indies next year . In Masonry there is , happily , no power of coercion , and we do not see how , if the Masons of Canada will it , we TOIi . IITv 4 k