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The Masonic Mirror
of the Ceremonies ,, who will read to you the Proclamation , and call upon you to salute our illustrious Brother with royal honours . " ( Applause . )
PROCLAMATION . The Grand Director of Ceremonies ( Bro . Jennings ) then made the following proclamation : — "Brethren , I am commanded by the M . W . the G . M . to announce that our Most Illustrious Bro . his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia has been graciously pleased to accept the invitation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of the Grand Lodge of England , to attend our meeting , and I now call upon you to salute his Royal Highness . " The Koyal Salute having been given with much enthusiasm , his royal highness made the following reply , which was delivered with great feeling : — " Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , I have the honour this evening to appear before you for the first time in this Hall ; but my most hearty feelings have been with you ever since the first day I had the honour and happiness of being a Freemason . " ( Loud Cheers . )
THE MINUTES . The minutes of the preceding Quarterly Communication were then read . Bro . Binckes then rose to make some observations , but—The G . M . suggested , that as his royal highness would not be able to remain to the end of the proceedings , the other business should be taken , and any discussion which mighht arise upon the minutes postponed till a later period of the evening . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Binckes consented to this , on the promise that his right to address Grand Lodge on the subject should not be prejudiced thereby .
NOMINATION OF GRAND MASTER . Bro . Frederick Slight : " Brethren , this is not the occasion to enter into any lengthened statement of the great services which have been rendered to the Craft hy the present G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland . ( Hear . ) Whatever may have been the little differences of opinion amongst us—and differences must always occur in any large body of men having to deliberate on various topics , — I believe we are perfectly unanimous in our gratitude to the M . W . the G . M . for the services he has rendered to the Craft ; and our desire is to see him continue to occupy that chair which for thirteen years he has filled with so much honour to himself and such advantage to us . Brethren , I beg to nominate as G . M . for the ensuing year our noble Brother the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland . ( Loud cheers . ) An interval of some minutes elapsed , but no other nomination was made . if ¦
GRANT OF £ 1 , 000 TO THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND . The M . W . the G . M . : "Brethren , I have now to move- — 'That , taking into consideration the numerous murders and barbarities committed by the sepoys of Bengal upon the British inhabitants , and the great extent of distress arid misery entailed upon their families , distress and suffering scarcely paralleled in history , this Grand Lodge do grant the sum of £ 1 , 000 , to be paid out of the Fund of General Purposes in aid of the Voluntary Fund now in the course of formation for the relief of the sufferers . ' Brethren , in making this motion , it is due to you
that 1 should explain my reasons lor taking the course which I have adopted . It has been , I know , suggested by Brethren that this is not purely a Masonic vote - —that the vote ought to have been made for the relief of our suffering Brethren in the East . Brethren , I shall now proceed to state my reasons why I think itwise and right to vary from the course which I had originally intended to pursue . You are all aware , Brethren , of the munificent . subscription which has already been raised in this country , and in foreign countries also , to the extent , I believe , of nearly £ 300 , 000 , for the relief of our suffering fellow-subjects in the East . Brethren , we have a number of suffering Brethren in India , and those suffering Brethren will all derive benefit from the munificent subscription raised in this
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The Masonic Mirror
of the Ceremonies ,, who will read to you the Proclamation , and call upon you to salute our illustrious Brother with royal honours . " ( Applause . )
PROCLAMATION . The Grand Director of Ceremonies ( Bro . Jennings ) then made the following proclamation : — "Brethren , I am commanded by the M . W . the G . M . to announce that our Most Illustrious Bro . his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia has been graciously pleased to accept the invitation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of the Grand Lodge of England , to attend our meeting , and I now call upon you to salute his Royal Highness . " The Koyal Salute having been given with much enthusiasm , his royal highness made the following reply , which was delivered with great feeling : — " Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , I have the honour this evening to appear before you for the first time in this Hall ; but my most hearty feelings have been with you ever since the first day I had the honour and happiness of being a Freemason . " ( Loud Cheers . )
THE MINUTES . The minutes of the preceding Quarterly Communication were then read . Bro . Binckes then rose to make some observations , but—The G . M . suggested , that as his royal highness would not be able to remain to the end of the proceedings , the other business should be taken , and any discussion which mighht arise upon the minutes postponed till a later period of the evening . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Binckes consented to this , on the promise that his right to address Grand Lodge on the subject should not be prejudiced thereby .
NOMINATION OF GRAND MASTER . Bro . Frederick Slight : " Brethren , this is not the occasion to enter into any lengthened statement of the great services which have been rendered to the Craft hy the present G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland . ( Hear . ) Whatever may have been the little differences of opinion amongst us—and differences must always occur in any large body of men having to deliberate on various topics , — I believe we are perfectly unanimous in our gratitude to the M . W . the G . M . for the services he has rendered to the Craft ; and our desire is to see him continue to occupy that chair which for thirteen years he has filled with so much honour to himself and such advantage to us . Brethren , I beg to nominate as G . M . for the ensuing year our noble Brother the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland . ( Loud cheers . ) An interval of some minutes elapsed , but no other nomination was made . if ¦
GRANT OF £ 1 , 000 TO THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND . The M . W . the G . M . : "Brethren , I have now to move- — 'That , taking into consideration the numerous murders and barbarities committed by the sepoys of Bengal upon the British inhabitants , and the great extent of distress arid misery entailed upon their families , distress and suffering scarcely paralleled in history , this Grand Lodge do grant the sum of £ 1 , 000 , to be paid out of the Fund of General Purposes in aid of the Voluntary Fund now in the course of formation for the relief of the sufferers . ' Brethren , in making this motion , it is due to you
that 1 should explain my reasons lor taking the course which I have adopted . It has been , I know , suggested by Brethren that this is not purely a Masonic vote - —that the vote ought to have been made for the relief of our suffering Brethren in the East . Brethren , I shall now proceed to state my reasons why I think itwise and right to vary from the course which I had originally intended to pursue . You are all aware , Brethren , of the munificent . subscription which has already been raised in this country , and in foreign countries also , to the extent , I believe , of nearly £ 300 , 000 , for the relief of our suffering fellow-subjects in the East . Brethren , we have a number of suffering Brethren in India , and those suffering Brethren will all derive benefit from the munificent subscription raised in this