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Adjournment Of Lodges.
iutions which provides , or gives power to Grand Lodge , propria motu , to adjourn . The Book of Constitutions , however , does provide for Grand Lodges of Emergency , and in page 21 , article 10 , you will find , ' the Grand Master , in his absence , the pro Grand Master , in his absence , the Deputy Grand Master , or , in his absence , the Grand "Wardens , may summon and hold Grand Lodges of Emergency , whenever
the good of the Craft shall , iu their opinion , require it ; the particular reason for convening such Lodge of Emergency shall be expressed in the summons , and no other business shall be entered upon at thafc meeting . ' Now , Brethren , you will observe by thafc law that special instructions are given as to the mode of holding the Grand Lodges of Emergency , but not a word is said about the power of adjourning . I
may go farther , and say that Private Lodges are governed hy much the same laws as Grand Lodges , and that no meeting of a Private Lodge can be adjourned ; but the Master of a Private Lodge may , and does convene Lodges of Emergency . We have heard it said that there were before Grand Lodge questions of the greatest importance , which demanded an adjournment of Grand Lod but I have
ge , looked carefully through the business of that adjourned Grand Lodge , and find no one of the questions analagous to the business of the last Quarterly Communication . I think it due to Grand Lodge that I should explain what I consider to be the real state of the case . In June , 1853 , the Grand Master summoned a Grand Lodge of Emergency , owing to a pressure of business , and that Special Grand
Lodge was called by command of the Grand Master . That is a course which differs entirely from the course pursued in September last , because the Grand Master was not in the chair , but Grand Lodge simply passed a resolution to adjourn the meeting , which , they had no power to do . In 1854 ( April 26 ) the summons states , that that being the day of humiliation , the grand festival cannot be held , and that the Grand Master had appointed the 29 fch of thafc month ,
and required the brethren to meet on the 20 th , in order to adjourn till the 29 th of the same month . This adjournment was moved and seconded , and done by command of the Grand Master entirely . The Grand Master bad previously fixed the day to which the adjournment should be made , and it was adjourned in consequence of his command . I may state farther , that , looking over the minutes of Grand Lodge ,
it appears to me that ' adjourn' is a term when used with respect to Grand Lodge , the same as when used in the House of Commons . In that House the question is , ' that the House do now adjourn , ' which means to the next legal day of meeting , and ifc is adjourned accordingly to the next day appointed by law for ifc to meet , and so when Grand Master adjournsit means thafc ifc adjourns till the next
Quar-, terly Communication . I am prepared to stand by my own decision on this point , —thafc when Grand Lodge adjourns it adjourns to the next legal da }' , unless a Grand Lodge of Emergency be called by the Grand Master for special business , and on which occasion no other business can be done except such business as appears upon the circular convening that Grand Lodge of Emergency . I have taken some pains
to ascertain the law of the case , and I find that in my view of tho law of the case I am supported by the opinions of the present Grand Registrar , the Past Grand Registrar , and the Grand Registrar before him ( hear , hear ); in fact , I have all the authorities with me . I think , therefore , in accordance with the obligations which I have taken an oath to perform , —viz ., to adhere to the ancient usages of the Craft , and
maintain the law as , in my opinion , ifc stands , I can only come to the painful resolution to determine thafc fche meeting of certain members of Grand Lodge , held on the 1 st October , was an illegal meeting , and that all the proceedings there were null and void ; and now I call upon the Grand Secretary to take up fche business of this evening at fche point afc which ifc had arrived when the Grand Lodge closed at its Quarterly Communication in September . "
It is true that at the time we dissented from the Grand Master ' s interpretation of the law , as regarded Grand Lodge , that being a deliberative body—and not one for the performance of Masonic ceremonies—but we never had any doubt with regard to private lodges—
Adjournment Of Lodges.
and the Grand Master , having decided against us , with respect to the former , we are bound as Masons to bowto his decision , until Grand Lodge puts a different construction upon the law , by a definite resolutionit having "the inherent power of enacting laws and
regulations , for the government of the Craft , and of altering , repealing , and abrogating them , "—though it is held that in case of a difference of opinion on their interpretation , the decision of the Grand Master is final and binding . Of course we do not mean to infer that a lodge is
bound to eome to a decision on every question the first time it is brougnt before them ; but if the decision be adjourned , it must be on some motion as this , that " the further consideration of the motion be adjourned until the next regular lodge , " or until such time as the Masters may direct ; but the lodge itself cannnot , under any circumstances , be adjourned .
Architecture And Archæology.
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . The rebuilding of the parish church of Lindbridge , Worcester , is now nearly completed , it has been rebuilt from the foundation upon an enlarged and more elaborate plan , and consists of a nave and south aisle , with tower and spire at the south-west anglechancelvestryand organ chamber
, , , , with a crypt under the latter for the purpose of warming ihe church . The style is Decorated . The walls-are built externally with local stone , laid as random work , the dressings being executed in freestone . All the inferior constructional work and facings to walls are executed in Bath stone . The roofs are framed of oak , all the timbers being visible , lined with oak boarding , set diagonally , and covered
externally with tiles ; Croggon's felt is laid between the tiles and oak boarding . She sittings are all open , and arranged to accommodate nearly 400 persons . The floors will . be paved with encaustic tiles . The south aisle is divided from the nave by a double ai-ch , springing from carved corbels , and carried in the middle upon a shaft with foliated capital . It presents two gables to the south , with a three-light
tracery-headed window in each . The nave has to the north three two-light tracery-headed windows , and a four-light window to the west . The chancel is divided from the nave by a wide arch , springing from enriched corbels . The east
window of the chancel is composed of five lights , with tracery , and on the south side of the chancel are two-light tracery windows ; the easternmost one finishing inside as a sedile . Between the two windows is a priest ' s door ; an archway opens into the organ chamber on the north side . The tower is of three stages , the lowest being used as a porch . The next stage will be used as a ringing loft , and is approached
by a geometrical stair . A canopied window admits light from the south . The uppermost stage will contain the bells , and on each face is pierced with a moulded aud traceried two-light belfry window . Erom the tower springs a broach spire , pierced above the broach with four spire lights . All the windows throughout will be filled with painted glass . The foundation stone of a new church for Orrel
Lifcherland , and Pord , Lancashire , has been laid with great ceremony by the Right Hon . the Earl _ of Sefton , on a plot of ground which his Lordship had given for the purpose , about a mile from the Seaforth station . The church is to be a cruciform structure , consisting of nave , 74 ffc . 6 in . long and 31 ft . wide ; with north and south transept , each 12 ft . long and 31 ffc . wide ; chancel 22 ffc . by 14 ft ., vestry and recess for organ at the eastern end . There is to be an entrance porch on the south side of the nave , and a tower and spire
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Adjournment Of Lodges.
iutions which provides , or gives power to Grand Lodge , propria motu , to adjourn . The Book of Constitutions , however , does provide for Grand Lodges of Emergency , and in page 21 , article 10 , you will find , ' the Grand Master , in his absence , the pro Grand Master , in his absence , the Deputy Grand Master , or , in his absence , the Grand "Wardens , may summon and hold Grand Lodges of Emergency , whenever
the good of the Craft shall , iu their opinion , require it ; the particular reason for convening such Lodge of Emergency shall be expressed in the summons , and no other business shall be entered upon at thafc meeting . ' Now , Brethren , you will observe by thafc law that special instructions are given as to the mode of holding the Grand Lodges of Emergency , but not a word is said about the power of adjourning . I
may go farther , and say that Private Lodges are governed hy much the same laws as Grand Lodges , and that no meeting of a Private Lodge can be adjourned ; but the Master of a Private Lodge may , and does convene Lodges of Emergency . We have heard it said that there were before Grand Lodge questions of the greatest importance , which demanded an adjournment of Grand Lod but I have
ge , looked carefully through the business of that adjourned Grand Lodge , and find no one of the questions analagous to the business of the last Quarterly Communication . I think it due to Grand Lodge that I should explain what I consider to be the real state of the case . In June , 1853 , the Grand Master summoned a Grand Lodge of Emergency , owing to a pressure of business , and that Special Grand
Lodge was called by command of the Grand Master . That is a course which differs entirely from the course pursued in September last , because the Grand Master was not in the chair , but Grand Lodge simply passed a resolution to adjourn the meeting , which , they had no power to do . In 1854 ( April 26 ) the summons states , that that being the day of humiliation , the grand festival cannot be held , and that the Grand Master had appointed the 29 fch of thafc month ,
and required the brethren to meet on the 20 th , in order to adjourn till the 29 th of the same month . This adjournment was moved and seconded , and done by command of the Grand Master entirely . The Grand Master bad previously fixed the day to which the adjournment should be made , and it was adjourned in consequence of his command . I may state farther , that , looking over the minutes of Grand Lodge ,
it appears to me that ' adjourn' is a term when used with respect to Grand Lodge , the same as when used in the House of Commons . In that House the question is , ' that the House do now adjourn , ' which means to the next legal day of meeting , and ifc is adjourned accordingly to the next day appointed by law for ifc to meet , and so when Grand Master adjournsit means thafc ifc adjourns till the next
Quar-, terly Communication . I am prepared to stand by my own decision on this point , —thafc when Grand Lodge adjourns it adjourns to the next legal da }' , unless a Grand Lodge of Emergency be called by the Grand Master for special business , and on which occasion no other business can be done except such business as appears upon the circular convening that Grand Lodge of Emergency . I have taken some pains
to ascertain the law of the case , and I find that in my view of tho law of the case I am supported by the opinions of the present Grand Registrar , the Past Grand Registrar , and the Grand Registrar before him ( hear , hear ); in fact , I have all the authorities with me . I think , therefore , in accordance with the obligations which I have taken an oath to perform , —viz ., to adhere to the ancient usages of the Craft , and
maintain the law as , in my opinion , ifc stands , I can only come to the painful resolution to determine thafc fche meeting of certain members of Grand Lodge , held on the 1 st October , was an illegal meeting , and that all the proceedings there were null and void ; and now I call upon the Grand Secretary to take up fche business of this evening at fche point afc which ifc had arrived when the Grand Lodge closed at its Quarterly Communication in September . "
It is true that at the time we dissented from the Grand Master ' s interpretation of the law , as regarded Grand Lodge , that being a deliberative body—and not one for the performance of Masonic ceremonies—but we never had any doubt with regard to private lodges—
Adjournment Of Lodges.
and the Grand Master , having decided against us , with respect to the former , we are bound as Masons to bowto his decision , until Grand Lodge puts a different construction upon the law , by a definite resolutionit having "the inherent power of enacting laws and
regulations , for the government of the Craft , and of altering , repealing , and abrogating them , "—though it is held that in case of a difference of opinion on their interpretation , the decision of the Grand Master is final and binding . Of course we do not mean to infer that a lodge is
bound to eome to a decision on every question the first time it is brougnt before them ; but if the decision be adjourned , it must be on some motion as this , that " the further consideration of the motion be adjourned until the next regular lodge , " or until such time as the Masters may direct ; but the lodge itself cannnot , under any circumstances , be adjourned .
Architecture And Archæology.
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . The rebuilding of the parish church of Lindbridge , Worcester , is now nearly completed , it has been rebuilt from the foundation upon an enlarged and more elaborate plan , and consists of a nave and south aisle , with tower and spire at the south-west anglechancelvestryand organ chamber
, , , , with a crypt under the latter for the purpose of warming ihe church . The style is Decorated . The walls-are built externally with local stone , laid as random work , the dressings being executed in freestone . All the inferior constructional work and facings to walls are executed in Bath stone . The roofs are framed of oak , all the timbers being visible , lined with oak boarding , set diagonally , and covered
externally with tiles ; Croggon's felt is laid between the tiles and oak boarding . She sittings are all open , and arranged to accommodate nearly 400 persons . The floors will . be paved with encaustic tiles . The south aisle is divided from the nave by a double ai-ch , springing from carved corbels , and carried in the middle upon a shaft with foliated capital . It presents two gables to the south , with a three-light
tracery-headed window in each . The nave has to the north three two-light tracery-headed windows , and a four-light window to the west . The chancel is divided from the nave by a wide arch , springing from enriched corbels . The east
window of the chancel is composed of five lights , with tracery , and on the south side of the chancel are two-light tracery windows ; the easternmost one finishing inside as a sedile . Between the two windows is a priest ' s door ; an archway opens into the organ chamber on the north side . The tower is of three stages , the lowest being used as a porch . The next stage will be used as a ringing loft , and is approached
by a geometrical stair . A canopied window admits light from the south . The uppermost stage will contain the bells , and on each face is pierced with a moulded aud traceried two-light belfry window . Erom the tower springs a broach spire , pierced above the broach with four spire lights . All the windows throughout will be filled with painted glass . The foundation stone of a new church for Orrel
Lifcherland , and Pord , Lancashire , has been laid with great ceremony by the Right Hon . the Earl _ of Sefton , on a plot of ground which his Lordship had given for the purpose , about a mile from the Seaforth station . The church is to be a cruciform structure , consisting of nave , 74 ffc . 6 in . long and 31 ft . wide ; with north and south transept , each 12 ft . long and 31 ffc . wide ; chancel 22 ffc . by 14 ft ., vestry and recess for organ at the eastern end . There is to be an entrance porch on the south side of the nave , and a tower and spire