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dignity and imrjortaxice of the Graft will be kept in view , and that the funds of tte Order on that which we ought lieyer to possess- ^ -a monster tavern for the aceomiiaddation of the public . ' Freemasons' Hall should be for the use of Freemasons only , and we Lope it may be so arranged that at no distant day we may have Lodge rooms with a museum and a library worthy of the Craft , which shall become a fitting centre where the London and
^ 1 ^ of Crrahd Lodge oh Wedi ^ is that relative tq the property of the Ora ^ General purposes , and which we have tre ^ in ou ^ ^ ^^ a hope ^ decision of Gra nd Lo dge , the
provincial Brethren may meet and cement those kindly feelings which should exist throughout the Craft . Of the notices of motion we shall say but little , as we do not believe our noble Brother the Earl of Carnarvon will press his resolution to a division ; and the only other notice which we look upon as of the slightest importance is that of Bro . the Rev . G-. R . Portal , for recognizing the Grand Lodge of Canada . We are as anxious as Bro . Portal or any other Brother can
be for that recognition , and for the speedy renewal of amicable relations with our Canadian Brethren ; but we must maintain the dignity of our own position , and Grand Lodge cannot , with any degree of propriety , take upon itself to acknowledge a body of the legal existence of which , tip to the time we write , it has received
no official intimation . It . is true that we and others have published reports of the proceedings resulting in the union of the two Grand Lodges of Canada ; but upon such reports it would be as impossible for the Giund Lodge of England to act , as it would be for the government of England to acknowledge a change in the government or institutions of another country , until official intimation had been received through an ambassador or other accredited authority of the change . haying taken place . When that intimation has been made vol . y , 3 ( i
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Grand Lodge.
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dignity and imrjortaxice of the Graft will be kept in view , and that the funds of tte Order on that which we ought lieyer to possess- ^ -a monster tavern for the aceomiiaddation of the public . ' Freemasons' Hall should be for the use of Freemasons only , and we Lope it may be so arranged that at no distant day we may have Lodge rooms with a museum and a library worthy of the Craft , which shall become a fitting centre where the London and
^ 1 ^ of Crrahd Lodge oh Wedi ^ is that relative tq the property of the Ora ^ General purposes , and which we have tre ^ in ou ^ ^ ^^ a hope ^ decision of Gra nd Lo dge , the
provincial Brethren may meet and cement those kindly feelings which should exist throughout the Craft . Of the notices of motion we shall say but little , as we do not believe our noble Brother the Earl of Carnarvon will press his resolution to a division ; and the only other notice which we look upon as of the slightest importance is that of Bro . the Rev . G-. R . Portal , for recognizing the Grand Lodge of Canada . We are as anxious as Bro . Portal or any other Brother can
be for that recognition , and for the speedy renewal of amicable relations with our Canadian Brethren ; but we must maintain the dignity of our own position , and Grand Lodge cannot , with any degree of propriety , take upon itself to acknowledge a body of the legal existence of which , tip to the time we write , it has received
no official intimation . It . is true that we and others have published reports of the proceedings resulting in the union of the two Grand Lodges of Canada ; but upon such reports it would be as impossible for the Giund Lodge of England to act , as it would be for the government of England to acknowledge a change in the government or institutions of another country , until official intimation had been received through an ambassador or other accredited authority of the change . haying taken place . When that intimation has been made vol . y , 3 ( i