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The Grand Lodge Property.
THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY .
LONDON , SATURDAY , JUNE 28 , 1 S 62 .
The Special Grand Lod ge proposed to be held on the 16 th oi July , is postponed sine die , and the consideration of the whole subject regarding the Grand Lodge Property , is , we are officially informed , to be deferred until the Quarterly Communication in September , when everybody , out of the circle immediately
surrounding the Grand Master , is fully aware that justice cannot , by possibility , be clone to it ; the only effect being to waste an evening , and throw all other business in arrear . As the circular malting the announcement does not reach all the brethren
interested , we reprint it . United Grand Bodge of Ancient Free ond Accepted Masons of England . —The Bight Hon . The Fart of Zetland , < yc , M . W . G . M . YY . SIR AND BIIOTHEE ,. —I am commanded by the M . AY . Grand Master , to inform yon , that in consequence of its
having come to his Lordship ' s knowledge , that a difficulty has occurred in reference to the preparation of the plans exhibiting the scheme proposed by the Board of General Purposes , and it having been ascertained that other brethren , who have plans to propose , will not be ready to deposit them at the Grand Secretary ' s Office , in time for the proposed meeting of the Special Grand Lodge on the 16 th of Jul
y next , his Lordship has determined that it will not be advisable to hold such Special Grand Lodge . I am also to inform yon that the whole subject of the appropriation of the buildings will be taken into consideration at the Quarterly Communication in September , and that all plans , which it is intended to bring before Grand Lodge , must be deposited in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , on or before the 20 th day of August next . By Command of the M-W . Grand Master , Wis .. GRAY CLAUKE , G . S .
In the meantime we have received an amended scheme from Bro . S . B . "Wilson , which , he informs us , he has prepared , " partly to meet the objections raised by some well-informed brethren and partly -with a view to economy . " Though as he gives us no estimates as to the cost of his scheme , either in its original or
in its modified form , we are unable to judge how far the one is superior to the other , in regard to cost ; and whether the saving is of sufficient importance for consideration .
In the first place he reduces the number of proposed lodge-rooms from six to four . This we consider no improvement , believing six to be quite as few as will be required , when proper accommodation is given to the brethren in other departments , apart from the tavern . He next reduces the number of
dinino-rooms from six to four ; and if he did away with them altogether we should make no objection , not seeing that they are specially wanted within the Masonic building , if the tavern , is to be—as agreed by all—immediately contiguous to it , and the tenants of it have the supplying the refreshments . Indeed it will , in our opinion , conduce to the comfort of the brethren if the dining-rooms are , as the kitchens will neces- )
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sarily be , all situated in the tavern , to which the brethren can have easy access from their own buildings . "With the exception of providing for a G . Tyler ' s room , ancl suggesting that the whole may be completed in four years , and the cost defrayed " within five years from the commencement , ancl leave a balance by the
appropriation of the present fund of the Board of General Purposes , together with the- sums Avhich would accumulate during that period , without the necessity of borrowing money from any source whatever , " thus giving us an inkling that the cost will not
exceed £ 30 , 000 , we see no alteration from the scheme as first suggested worth alluding to . But there is one-paragraph in these new suggestions which appeared almost literally in an article in the Bra newpaper of last Sunday , so extraordinary and so laughably absurd , that we cannot avoid laying it before our readers : —
" It appears to me that those who advocate the exclusive use of the property to Masonic purposes only ( strictly speaking , a Masonic club ) are entirely ignorant of Masonic law , for by Article 19 , folio 107 , in the Booh of Constitutions ( to which I beg to direct the attention of tho brethren ) it is enacted that the duty of tho Board of General Purposes , '" ' is to cause the necessary preparations
to be made for the meetings of the General Lodge , as loell as for the days of festival , public ceremonies , § 'c , and to take care thai arrangements be made with the master of the tavern for the proper accommodation of the boards on committees appointed by the Grand Lodge , and of the private lodges meeting at Freemasons' Tavern , " The institution of a tavern is herebdistinctly and legally recognised
y , and I cannot for a moment suppose that Freemasonry can be damaged by contact with other festivals aud celebrations , which are generally attended by the great and noble of the land , and which cannot or ought not to take place in our prccint , but under the sanction and control of the Board of General Purposes . "
' Now we fancy we can see the meny twinkle Avhich lit up Bro . " Wilson ' s eyes , and the smile which played upon his countenance when he penned these lines . "We know that Bro . "Wilson is careful of preserving landmarks , but we never could imagine that he Avould defend Tavern-holding on the ground of its being a
landmark , and jirovided for in the Boole of Constitutions , he as well knowing as Ave do that Grand Lodge has the power of altering the law whenever it sees fit , and it being clear that this law was only framed because of the existence of the Tavern , and that the
Tavern was not built because of the law . Besides , it is notorious as the sun at noonday that the Board of General Purposes does not make " arrangements with the master of the tavern for the proper accommodation of the boards or committees appointed by the Grand Lodge , and of the private lodges meeting at Freemasons ' .
Tavern . " The boards and committees appointed by Grand Lodge , though they did so formerly , not even meeting in the tavern , but in our own offices , whilst the arrangements with regard to private lodges , rest solely between themselves and the " master of the tavern , " as the tenant is somewhat pedantically termed .
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The Grand Lodge Property.
THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY .
LONDON , SATURDAY , JUNE 28 , 1 S 62 .
The Special Grand Lod ge proposed to be held on the 16 th oi July , is postponed sine die , and the consideration of the whole subject regarding the Grand Lodge Property , is , we are officially informed , to be deferred until the Quarterly Communication in September , when everybody , out of the circle immediately
surrounding the Grand Master , is fully aware that justice cannot , by possibility , be clone to it ; the only effect being to waste an evening , and throw all other business in arrear . As the circular malting the announcement does not reach all the brethren
interested , we reprint it . United Grand Bodge of Ancient Free ond Accepted Masons of England . —The Bight Hon . The Fart of Zetland , < yc , M . W . G . M . YY . SIR AND BIIOTHEE ,. —I am commanded by the M . AY . Grand Master , to inform yon , that in consequence of its
having come to his Lordship ' s knowledge , that a difficulty has occurred in reference to the preparation of the plans exhibiting the scheme proposed by the Board of General Purposes , and it having been ascertained that other brethren , who have plans to propose , will not be ready to deposit them at the Grand Secretary ' s Office , in time for the proposed meeting of the Special Grand Lodge on the 16 th of Jul
y next , his Lordship has determined that it will not be advisable to hold such Special Grand Lodge . I am also to inform yon that the whole subject of the appropriation of the buildings will be taken into consideration at the Quarterly Communication in September , and that all plans , which it is intended to bring before Grand Lodge , must be deposited in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , on or before the 20 th day of August next . By Command of the M-W . Grand Master , Wis .. GRAY CLAUKE , G . S .
In the meantime we have received an amended scheme from Bro . S . B . "Wilson , which , he informs us , he has prepared , " partly to meet the objections raised by some well-informed brethren and partly -with a view to economy . " Though as he gives us no estimates as to the cost of his scheme , either in its original or
in its modified form , we are unable to judge how far the one is superior to the other , in regard to cost ; and whether the saving is of sufficient importance for consideration .
In the first place he reduces the number of proposed lodge-rooms from six to four . This we consider no improvement , believing six to be quite as few as will be required , when proper accommodation is given to the brethren in other departments , apart from the tavern . He next reduces the number of
dinino-rooms from six to four ; and if he did away with them altogether we should make no objection , not seeing that they are specially wanted within the Masonic building , if the tavern , is to be—as agreed by all—immediately contiguous to it , and the tenants of it have the supplying the refreshments . Indeed it will , in our opinion , conduce to the comfort of the brethren if the dining-rooms are , as the kitchens will neces- )
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sarily be , all situated in the tavern , to which the brethren can have easy access from their own buildings . "With the exception of providing for a G . Tyler ' s room , ancl suggesting that the whole may be completed in four years , and the cost defrayed " within five years from the commencement , ancl leave a balance by the
appropriation of the present fund of the Board of General Purposes , together with the- sums Avhich would accumulate during that period , without the necessity of borrowing money from any source whatever , " thus giving us an inkling that the cost will not
exceed £ 30 , 000 , we see no alteration from the scheme as first suggested worth alluding to . But there is one-paragraph in these new suggestions which appeared almost literally in an article in the Bra newpaper of last Sunday , so extraordinary and so laughably absurd , that we cannot avoid laying it before our readers : —
" It appears to me that those who advocate the exclusive use of the property to Masonic purposes only ( strictly speaking , a Masonic club ) are entirely ignorant of Masonic law , for by Article 19 , folio 107 , in the Booh of Constitutions ( to which I beg to direct the attention of tho brethren ) it is enacted that the duty of tho Board of General Purposes , '" ' is to cause the necessary preparations
to be made for the meetings of the General Lodge , as loell as for the days of festival , public ceremonies , § 'c , and to take care thai arrangements be made with the master of the tavern for the proper accommodation of the boards on committees appointed by the Grand Lodge , and of the private lodges meeting at Freemasons' Tavern , " The institution of a tavern is herebdistinctly and legally recognised
y , and I cannot for a moment suppose that Freemasonry can be damaged by contact with other festivals aud celebrations , which are generally attended by the great and noble of the land , and which cannot or ought not to take place in our prccint , but under the sanction and control of the Board of General Purposes . "
' Now we fancy we can see the meny twinkle Avhich lit up Bro . " Wilson ' s eyes , and the smile which played upon his countenance when he penned these lines . "We know that Bro . "Wilson is careful of preserving landmarks , but we never could imagine that he Avould defend Tavern-holding on the ground of its being a
landmark , and jirovided for in the Boole of Constitutions , he as well knowing as Ave do that Grand Lodge has the power of altering the law whenever it sees fit , and it being clear that this law was only framed because of the existence of the Tavern , and that the
Tavern was not built because of the law . Besides , it is notorious as the sun at noonday that the Board of General Purposes does not make " arrangements with the master of the tavern for the proper accommodation of the boards or committees appointed by the Grand Lodge , and of the private lodges meeting at Freemasons ' .
Tavern . " The boards and committees appointed by Grand Lodge , though they did so formerly , not even meeting in the tavern , but in our own offices , whilst the arrangements with regard to private lodges , rest solely between themselves and the " master of the tavern , " as the tenant is somewhat pedantically termed .