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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
CAN GRAND LODGE ADJOTJBN ?
The Grand Master having decided that Grand Lodge cannot adjourn , notice of motion has been given by three different Brethren to give it that power . We are not now going to dispute the decision or the power of the Grand Master , but would commend to the notice of the noble Earl and his advisers the proceedings of Grand Lodge in September , 1840 , when the late G . M . his Boyal Highness the
Duke of Sussex presided , and the power of calling a special or adjourned Grand Lodge was claimed and acted upon * The adjournment took place on the question of the expulsion of Dr . Crucefix from the Order , and the adjourned meeting was presided over by the P . G . M . the Marquis of Salisbury , with a temper and courtesy worthy of imitation in the present day .
The following is the discussion which took place on the occasion of the adjournment , extracted from the Freemasons' Quarterly Review of 1840 : — " Bro . Davis next moved that an Especial Grand Lodge should be held on the 30 th of October , for the purpose of deciding upon the case , in order that it might not interfere with the routine business of the Quarterly Communication . " Bro . Thomas seconded the resolution .
" Bro . Stevens rose to object to such precipitancy . It was another proof of the un-Masonic spirit which had characterized the whole proceedings . He was most sorry ( he said ) to see it countenanced by the Grand Master , particularly when he remembered the course pursued by H . H . H . at an earlier period of the affair , and which he ( Bro . S . ) felt compelled to remind him of . The Grand Master would remember that after the decision of the Board , Bros . Aid . Thomas Wood , Crucefix , and himself , had forwarded to H . R . H . a most respectful memorial , praying him as Grand Master to call an Especial Grand Lodge , for the purpose of hearing their appeals .
" The Grand Master ( interrupting Bro . S . )—Now , I am very glad the Brother has mentioned that , because it will give me an opportunity of telling the Grand Lodge all about it . The fact is , I expected the Brothers would have sent in their appeals to me ; and I told the Grand Secretary , that if they did so , I should be quite ready to take some step upon it . But they did not send their appeals to me—they sent them to the Board of General Purposes . " Bro . Stevens . — We delivered our appeals to the Grand Secretary , and sent in copies to the Board of General Purposes , as directed by the Book of Constitutions .
We certainly did not appeal personally to your Bnyal Highness , having no knowledge of your communications with the Grand Secretary ; and if it had occurred to us to do so , we should still have remembered that when Bro . Crucefix wrote to your Boyal Highness , before we appeared to the second summons , requesting your interposition as Grand Master in his favour , your Royal Highness was pleased to decline all interference , and to refer the matter entirely to the Board
of General Purposes . "The Grand Master . —Wdl , and when you did goto the Board , you would not say what it was you wanted . "Bro . Stevens . —I beg pardon , Most Worshipful Grand Master , I did state what I wanted . There sits the Grand Secretary , and he can contradict me if J
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
CAN GRAND LODGE ADJOTJBN ?
The Grand Master having decided that Grand Lodge cannot adjourn , notice of motion has been given by three different Brethren to give it that power . We are not now going to dispute the decision or the power of the Grand Master , but would commend to the notice of the noble Earl and his advisers the proceedings of Grand Lodge in September , 1840 , when the late G . M . his Boyal Highness the
Duke of Sussex presided , and the power of calling a special or adjourned Grand Lodge was claimed and acted upon * The adjournment took place on the question of the expulsion of Dr . Crucefix from the Order , and the adjourned meeting was presided over by the P . G . M . the Marquis of Salisbury , with a temper and courtesy worthy of imitation in the present day .
The following is the discussion which took place on the occasion of the adjournment , extracted from the Freemasons' Quarterly Review of 1840 : — " Bro . Davis next moved that an Especial Grand Lodge should be held on the 30 th of October , for the purpose of deciding upon the case , in order that it might not interfere with the routine business of the Quarterly Communication . " Bro . Thomas seconded the resolution .
" Bro . Stevens rose to object to such precipitancy . It was another proof of the un-Masonic spirit which had characterized the whole proceedings . He was most sorry ( he said ) to see it countenanced by the Grand Master , particularly when he remembered the course pursued by H . H . H . at an earlier period of the affair , and which he ( Bro . S . ) felt compelled to remind him of . The Grand Master would remember that after the decision of the Board , Bros . Aid . Thomas Wood , Crucefix , and himself , had forwarded to H . R . H . a most respectful memorial , praying him as Grand Master to call an Especial Grand Lodge , for the purpose of hearing their appeals .
" The Grand Master ( interrupting Bro . S . )—Now , I am very glad the Brother has mentioned that , because it will give me an opportunity of telling the Grand Lodge all about it . The fact is , I expected the Brothers would have sent in their appeals to me ; and I told the Grand Secretary , that if they did so , I should be quite ready to take some step upon it . But they did not send their appeals to me—they sent them to the Board of General Purposes . " Bro . Stevens . — We delivered our appeals to the Grand Secretary , and sent in copies to the Board of General Purposes , as directed by the Book of Constitutions .
We certainly did not appeal personally to your Bnyal Highness , having no knowledge of your communications with the Grand Secretary ; and if it had occurred to us to do so , we should still have remembered that when Bro . Crucefix wrote to your Boyal Highness , before we appeared to the second summons , requesting your interposition as Grand Master in his favour , your Royal Highness was pleased to decline all interference , and to refer the matter entirely to the Board
of General Purposes . "The Grand Master . —Wdl , and when you did goto the Board , you would not say what it was you wanted . "Bro . Stevens . —I beg pardon , Most Worshipful Grand Master , I did state what I wanted . There sits the Grand Secretary , and he can contradict me if J