Grand Lodge.

Bro . ROXBURGH observed , that it must be known to Bro . Beadon there was both statute and common law in Masonry as in the administration of justice in the country . By the Book of Constitutions , any Brother might , on notice , bring forward a motion ; but by the practice of Grand Lodge , or by the common law of Masonry , none but the chairman of the Board of General Purposes could move the adoption of any portion of the report of the Board . Bro . the Rev . G . R . PORTAL observed , that the Grand Master

and the Grand Registrar were at variance . Bro . ROXBURGH said , the worthy Brother did not allow him to finish his sentence , which was , that no Brother other than the G . Reg ., could make such a motion upon the Report of the Board of General Purposes without notice . The M . W . G . M . did not think he could hear Bro . Green's motion , as he had not given notice of his intention of bringing it forward . Bro . STEBBING said , the Craft were most unfairly dealt with in such a course of shuffling . ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman of the

Board of General Purposes said that he , and he only , had a right to move the adoption of the report . If that were so , and he omitted to move the adoption of any portion of it , he clearly omitted to do his duty . ( Hear , hear . ) He had himself come up from the country , a distance of one hundred miles , to vote upon a particular motion , and now he was to be told by the G . Reg ., " That is a motion which no one can propose but myself , and I won't do it ; " so that the members of Grand Lodge were deprived of their privileges , and were debarred from expressing theiv opinion upon a most important

subject . The G . M . himself had at the first blush of the thing , and seeing its justice , declared that Bro . Green could proceed with his motion ; but the alarm was got up and the whisper in the ear passed on to the chair , and now they were not to be allowed to proceed . That was playing with the rights of Masonry and with the rights of free discussion , which he should ever most emphatically denounce . ( Cheers . ) If Grand Lodge was to be respected , that kind of nonsense should not be allowed to go on . He had come up from Southampton by the five o ' clock train in order to be in time to

attend Grand Lodge , to take part in discussing the motions on the paper ; but the time of Grand Lodge had been frittered away by the reading of addresses , communications , and reports ; and when at last they came to the motions , they were met with frivolous objections , objections not only frivolous , but absolutely disrespectful to the Masons of England . ( Hear , hear . ) He objected altogether to such playing at battledore and shuttlecock . He hoped that the Grand Master would carry out the decision at which he had arrived before the whisper had been passed alongas it would be an assurance

, to Grand Lodge that some of their privileges remained , and would draw forth the gratitude of the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . SINGER thought the conduct of Bro . Roxburgh the only one which , as men of business , the Brethren could approve of . The M . W . G . M . said that the reasons for not allowing the motion to be then brought forward were so plain , that it was unnecessary for him to take notice of the warm speech of Bro . Stebbing . It being now past eleven o'clock , the Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and adjourned .

Grand Lodge Of Emergency.

GRAND LODGE OF EMERGENCY .

A Grand Lodge of Emergency was held , on the 15 th inst , for the transaction of the business in arrear from the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd . The M . W . the G . M . occupied the throne , and was supported by Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., Bro . Dundas , as S . G . W ., Bro . Portal , J . G . W , and other Grand Officers . Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form , The M . W . the G . M . corrected the list of the Board of General Purposes by striking out the name of one Brother , and inserting that of the next upon the polla Master and P . M . of the same lod

, ge having been elected : his lordship also laid before G . L . the correspondence with Bro . Harington , in reference to the Grand Lodge of Canada . The Report of the COLONIAL BOARD was then read , and was , on the motion of Bro . HERVEY , received and entered upon the minutes . REPORT OF THE COLONIAL BOARD . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and A ccepted Masons of England .

The Colonial Board beg to report that they have received a communication from the Corinthian Lodge , No . 834 , Peterborough , Canada West , to know how they are to treat Brethren belonging to the so-called " Grand Lodge of Canada , " and " The Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada , " and that they directed the Grand Secretary to reply to the letter , and to refer the Lodge to Articles 13 and 15 of the summary of Ancient Charges in the Book of Constitutions , in

accordance with which they may admit as visitors Masons regularly initiated in duly warranted Lodges , but not others , until their Lodges have been acknowledged by Grand Lodge . The Board have also to report that they have received a communication from the Friendly Lodge , No . 291 . Jamaica , requesting that they may be authorized to summon Lodges of Emergency to initiate candidates without giving seven days' notice . The Board have directed the Grand Secretary to answer the letter , and to state that they cannot recommend any alteration to be made in this law .

( Signed ) JOHN HERVEY , Vice-President . Freemasons' Hall , I 9 th May , 1858 . The report of the committee of the ASYLUM for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , was next , and was , on the motion of Bro . BARRETT , seconded by Bro . BOHN , received and adoped . The M . W . the G . M . then referred to the speech of Bro . Stebbing at the Quarterly Communication , complaining of the delay which then took placeand which prevented the notices of motion being

, proceeded with . His lordship now charged Bro . Stebbing with having been himself the cause of delay , and added , that he considered that worthy Brother ' s speech as a deliberate insult to himself , and that he had not stopped it lest it might be thought that he wished to stifle the expression of individual opinion . If G . L . differed from him in opinion they were forced to express it , but so long as he was G . M . they should treat him with courtesy , or select another to fill his place . ( Hear , hear . ) With reference to the rule

which he laid down in respect to Bro . Beadon s motion , the more he considered it the more he was convinced of its propriety , and he had with his own hand drawn up his reasons for coming to that conclusion , which he handed to the G . S . to be hereafter the rule of G . L . For the future he should decline to answer any questions put to him in G . L . of which he had not received notice . Bro . STEBBING denied that he had ever intended any disrespect to his lordship , and said he wished to correct two errors into which he had fallen . In the first place , it was a mistake to say that he had

wasted the time of G . L ., as the only occasion on which he spoke during the whole evening was in reference to the grant to Bro . Slade . Again , with respect to his speech , it was not intended as any mark of disrespect to the constituted authorities of Masonry , but as a respectful appeal to his lordship to decide upon a point of order . He regretted anything in his address which might have appeared warm and excited , again assuring him that he and all the Brethren of G L . had the utmost confidence in his fairness , and that it was only against the unseen power behind the throne which

virtually ruled G . L . that they raised their voices . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord PANMURE expressed his satisfaction at the turn the subject had taken , and at the manly apology of Bro . Stebbing . As to the power behind the throne , he knew not of its existence , but he assured G . L . that it should be the end and aim of the officers on the dais to merit the confidence of the Craft .

THE ASSISTANT GRAUD SECRETARY . Bro , WFIITMORE , with the permission of the M . W . the G . M ., rose to move the notice on the paper in the name of Bro . Beadon , the substance of which was , to give an additional gratuity of £ 100 per annum to the Asst . G . S , Bro . Farnfield , and after apologizing for putting himself so prominently before G . L ,, said that in asking G . L . to agree to his proposition , he neither invoked their kindness nor their generosity , but their justice ; and then proceeded to lay before them the following facts in connection with Bro . Farnfield's

Masonic career . He entered the G . See ' s , office in 1825 at a salary of £ 100 per annum , which he continued to receive until 1838 , when on the death of the late Bro . Harpur , who had been joint G . Sec . with Bro . White , it was on account of the increased business he had to perform , raised to £ 150 per annum . In the following year , owing to the illness of Bro . White , Bro . Farnfield , with the full permission of his late R . H ., the Duke of Sussex , performed all the duties of G . Sec . under the supervision of the then Board of Finance ,, so that for 19 years Bro . Farnfield was considered so

valuble a servant , that he was thought competent to discharge all the higher duties of the office . In 1846 , G . L . voted him an annual gratuity of £ 50 , thereby bringing up his salary to £ 200 per annum , the amount which he now receives , having been two 3 'ears previously raised to the rank of a G . D . Having thus sketched Bro . Farnfield ' s services , Bro . Whitmore entered into a long detail of the duties of Bro . Farnfield , showing that the business of the G . See's office had increased threefold during the last twelve years , and argued that had Bro . Farnfield been for 34 years in a Government office performing the same class of duties , he would now be receiving £ 400 per annum , instead of £ 200 per annum . Having thus established the worthy Bro . ' s claim to an increased salary , he proceeded to combat the objections which would be urged against the