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Correspondence.
Lodge , I should be to blame did I not lay before those R .. W . Masters of" Edinburgh , Leith , and Portobcllo , or the Proxy Masters and Wardens of any of the subordinate lodges who may think as I do , some suggestions to be adopted as motions , and laid on the table at the Quarterl y Communication in May , that these motions might at that meeting in August be discussed . We know bow they would be settled if only one lodge sent its actual representatives ; but we do not
know how they might chance to go if even two lodges were to attend . Twice two is equal to twelve hy some methods of calculation ; and I have pointed out already the Masonic arithmetic of Grand Lodge . I would therefore suggest , in conclusion , That notice of motions be laid on the table of the Grand Lodge in May , so that this may be discussed iu August , when we may expect a few-of the real members of " the Grand Lodge to be present ; and to begin early , so as not to astonish
the Right Worshipful too much . Let No . 1 , after the Proxy Commissions are read ( which are of fur more importance than anything- else ) , be of the following tenor : — "That the correspondence which passed between tbe Most Worshipful and Grand Master Mason -for Scotland , and the Grand Lodge Officers , respecting the Festival for 1849 , be read immediately after the Proxy Commissions at the meeting in August , for the information of the Brethren , that they may he made aware of the feelings , with ivhich Brother , the Duke c ' f Atholl is animated . "
If this motion be made , and if the correspondence he read , it will p lace our Brother , the Duke , in a much higher position than he at present holds in the opinion of the Brethren at large , It will also have a wonderful tendency to effect the improvements of the Grand Lodg-e in the eyes of the Fraternity . Let the next motion be for tbe purpose of limiting the nomination of Proxy Masters for one year , and their Wardens for ihe same time ,
by annual election ; and the next , That provincial lodges ( I mean those , whose Masters are foolish enough to pay , not to the Grand Lodge , the sum of ten guineas for a commission to somebody or nobody-, ) be obliged yearly to send to the Grand Lodge a regular return of the lodges working ' in the Province , aud a list of the office-bearers elected by those lodges , statingif they have paid all their dues . If this were done , we should have no names on the Roll of the Grand Lodge ,
with the blot of four or five years' arrears against them . Another motion mi ght be , The appointment of a Committee , for the purpose of examining the nature , working , and advantage of the Proxy system . The next , The practicabilit } ' of admitting as members of the Grand Lodge , on payment annually of a fee , the Past Masters of the EdinburghLeithand Portobello Lodges onlyas they havebthe
, , , , y present rules , the undoubted right to he Proxies , if chosen by a lodge , aud while they were Masters had the sole ri ght of being" ex-officio members of the Grand Committee ;—That a committee be appointed , to enquire into the use , nature , and constitution of the Grand Committee , and how long the various members of that board have served upon it , and the lodges , which they represent , have been in arrear ; —That any brother , who has served one year upon the Grand
Committee , should not be re-elected for three years . Some such motion , or motions of a similar tendency , laid on the table at tbe meeting of the Grand Lodge iu May , might have the
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Correspondence.
Lodge , I should be to blame did I not lay before those R .. W . Masters of" Edinburgh , Leith , and Portobcllo , or the Proxy Masters and Wardens of any of the subordinate lodges who may think as I do , some suggestions to be adopted as motions , and laid on the table at the Quarterl y Communication in May , that these motions might at that meeting in August be discussed . We know bow they would be settled if only one lodge sent its actual representatives ; but we do not
know how they might chance to go if even two lodges were to attend . Twice two is equal to twelve hy some methods of calculation ; and I have pointed out already the Masonic arithmetic of Grand Lodge . I would therefore suggest , in conclusion , That notice of motions be laid on the table of the Grand Lodge in May , so that this may be discussed iu August , when we may expect a few-of the real members of " the Grand Lodge to be present ; and to begin early , so as not to astonish
the Right Worshipful too much . Let No . 1 , after the Proxy Commissions are read ( which are of fur more importance than anything- else ) , be of the following tenor : — "That the correspondence which passed between tbe Most Worshipful and Grand Master Mason -for Scotland , and the Grand Lodge Officers , respecting the Festival for 1849 , be read immediately after the Proxy Commissions at the meeting in August , for the information of the Brethren , that they may he made aware of the feelings , with ivhich Brother , the Duke c ' f Atholl is animated . "
If this motion be made , and if the correspondence he read , it will p lace our Brother , the Duke , in a much higher position than he at present holds in the opinion of the Brethren at large , It will also have a wonderful tendency to effect the improvements of the Grand Lodg-e in the eyes of the Fraternity . Let the next motion be for tbe purpose of limiting the nomination of Proxy Masters for one year , and their Wardens for ihe same time ,
by annual election ; and the next , That provincial lodges ( I mean those , whose Masters are foolish enough to pay , not to the Grand Lodge , the sum of ten guineas for a commission to somebody or nobody-, ) be obliged yearly to send to the Grand Lodge a regular return of the lodges working ' in the Province , aud a list of the office-bearers elected by those lodges , statingif they have paid all their dues . If this were done , we should have no names on the Roll of the Grand Lodge ,
with the blot of four or five years' arrears against them . Another motion mi ght be , The appointment of a Committee , for the purpose of examining the nature , working , and advantage of the Proxy system . The next , The practicabilit } ' of admitting as members of the Grand Lodge , on payment annually of a fee , the Past Masters of the EdinburghLeithand Portobello Lodges onlyas they havebthe
, , , , y present rules , the undoubted right to he Proxies , if chosen by a lodge , aud while they were Masters had the sole ri ght of being" ex-officio members of the Grand Committee ;—That a committee be appointed , to enquire into the use , nature , and constitution of the Grand Committee , and how long the various members of that board have served upon it , and the lodges , which they represent , have been in arrear ; —That any brother , who has served one year upon the Grand
Committee , should not be re-elected for three years . Some such motion , or motions of a similar tendency , laid on the table at tbe meeting of the Grand Lodge iu May , might have the