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purpose of setting up a Prov . Grand Lodge at the south , and not from any impetus which Masonry had received . Not so at Launceston , in the north . After the establishment of the Lodge of Hope , No . 902 , and from the progress of Masonry alone , the Lodge of Faith , No . 992 , was called into existence , and had been worldng successfully long before a Prov . Grand Lodge ' was dreamed of . *
From the ' continued progress of Masonry , which can easily be attested by a reference to the returns , the need of a third Lodge was soon felt , to meet a particular class of applicants for initiation , and to be a regular Lodge of Instruction , thereby In a systematic way meeting a great necessity ; and this Lodge , Charity , No . 989 , was working by dispensation from Sydney before any patent as Prov . Grand Master reached me , Since the Prov . Grand Lodge was established , another Lodge has been added / to those in my province , that of Peace , at Longford , the warrant for which has not
yet arrived . It is fourteen miles from Launceston , and arose solely out of the wants of the district . You will perceive , therefore , there is a vast diHerence between the manner in which , the Lodges at Launceston have successively sprung up , and the principle on which I have too good a reason for conchidiiig the increase of Lodges was to have been made at Hobartom Lord Panmure does not say that I was for five consecutive years Worshipful Master of the same Lodge ; nor does he say that I was so more than two years at once . He simply states that , as a proof of my fitness for " dignity in the u
Craft , " I ruled with credit to myself and advantage to the Brethren for five years , during which time the Lodge at Launceston increased , while at Hobart Town , during some twelve or thirteen years , the one continued stationary . " One fact is worth a thousand arguments , and the above is not to be overlooked . The following were the years of my Worshipful Mastership : —1854 , 1856 , 1857 . His lordship therefore is safe in what he said , though mistaken as to the number of years ; f and had I been ten years a Worshipful Master I know enough of the Constitutions to occupy the chair only according to law .
I proceed now to page 438 . You are altogether in error as to the grounds of suspension by me of Lodge No . 781 , and the nature of the contumacy . Hence another reason for the publication of all despatches in the case , and all letters between Brother Toby and me embodied in those despatches . The refusals of the returns I asked from No . 781 was not grounded on the fact that when asked I had not been installed ; that view of the case was an after thought of Brother Toby ' s , and subsequent to the suspension . When
the arrival of my patent was made known to Brother Toby , and the returns sought for , he at once denied the validity of my appointment ; refused on this ground to furnish the returns * , in the name of the Lodge refused to accept office or offices ; and asserted that the Lodge Avoulcl continue to work as before , independently of me and the Prov . Grand Lodge—and all this in terms offensive and insulting . A copy of his letter to the above effect is in the hands of the Grand
Secre-* Dispensation for " Hope , " dated at Sydney , 2 nd February ,, 1852 . Warrant „ " Hope , No . 901 , " „ London , 5 th August , 1853 . Dispensation „ " Faith , „ Sydney , 31 st December , 1855 Warrant ¦ „ " Faith , No . 992 , " „ London , 3 rd December , 1856 Dispensation ,, " Charity , " „ Sydney , 1 st November , 1856 Warrant „ " Charity , No . 989 , " „ London , 25 th November , 1856 , f [ The original document upon which the KW . D . G . M . founded his statement and which we have seen at the Q . Soc / s office—says five yeaiu-r-Eo . ] 3 m
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purpose of setting up a Prov . Grand Lodge at the south , and not from any impetus which Masonry had received . Not so at Launceston , in the north . After the establishment of the Lodge of Hope , No . 902 , and from the progress of Masonry alone , the Lodge of Faith , No . 992 , was called into existence , and had been worldng successfully long before a Prov . Grand Lodge ' was dreamed of . *
From the ' continued progress of Masonry , which can easily be attested by a reference to the returns , the need of a third Lodge was soon felt , to meet a particular class of applicants for initiation , and to be a regular Lodge of Instruction , thereby In a systematic way meeting a great necessity ; and this Lodge , Charity , No . 989 , was working by dispensation from Sydney before any patent as Prov . Grand Master reached me , Since the Prov . Grand Lodge was established , another Lodge has been added / to those in my province , that of Peace , at Longford , the warrant for which has not
yet arrived . It is fourteen miles from Launceston , and arose solely out of the wants of the district . You will perceive , therefore , there is a vast diHerence between the manner in which , the Lodges at Launceston have successively sprung up , and the principle on which I have too good a reason for conchidiiig the increase of Lodges was to have been made at Hobartom Lord Panmure does not say that I was for five consecutive years Worshipful Master of the same Lodge ; nor does he say that I was so more than two years at once . He simply states that , as a proof of my fitness for " dignity in the u
Craft , " I ruled with credit to myself and advantage to the Brethren for five years , during which time the Lodge at Launceston increased , while at Hobart Town , during some twelve or thirteen years , the one continued stationary . " One fact is worth a thousand arguments , and the above is not to be overlooked . The following were the years of my Worshipful Mastership : —1854 , 1856 , 1857 . His lordship therefore is safe in what he said , though mistaken as to the number of years ; f and had I been ten years a Worshipful Master I know enough of the Constitutions to occupy the chair only according to law .
I proceed now to page 438 . You are altogether in error as to the grounds of suspension by me of Lodge No . 781 , and the nature of the contumacy . Hence another reason for the publication of all despatches in the case , and all letters between Brother Toby and me embodied in those despatches . The refusals of the returns I asked from No . 781 was not grounded on the fact that when asked I had not been installed ; that view of the case was an after thought of Brother Toby ' s , and subsequent to the suspension . When
the arrival of my patent was made known to Brother Toby , and the returns sought for , he at once denied the validity of my appointment ; refused on this ground to furnish the returns * , in the name of the Lodge refused to accept office or offices ; and asserted that the Lodge Avoulcl continue to work as before , independently of me and the Prov . Grand Lodge—and all this in terms offensive and insulting . A copy of his letter to the above effect is in the hands of the Grand
Secre-* Dispensation for " Hope , " dated at Sydney , 2 nd February ,, 1852 . Warrant „ " Hope , No . 901 , " „ London , 5 th August , 1853 . Dispensation „ " Faith , „ Sydney , 31 st December , 1855 Warrant ¦ „ " Faith , No . 992 , " „ London , 3 rd December , 1856 Dispensation ,, " Charity , " „ Sydney , 1 st November , 1856 Warrant „ " Charity , No . 989 , " „ London , 25 th November , 1856 , f [ The original document upon which the KW . D . G . M . founded his statement and which we have seen at the Q . Soc / s office—says five yeaiu-r-Eo . ] 3 m