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Quarterly Communication.
of another , appeared to him ( Dr . C . ) to be singularly inconsistent—( applause , and cries of hear , hear ) . He could understand how this outlay by Bro . Bacon of 5000 / . improved the value of the premises . But there was a want of explanation ; was the licence in danger ?—( hear , hear ) . Bro . HARDWICKE regretted Bro . Crucefix had been absent , as it prevented him from having heard what had caused him to recommend the
present course . He had advised the purchase , and had fully gone into the question ; he believed it to be very desirable , and as no opposition had been or was now offered , he trusted it would be an unanimous affirmative decision to the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes , where the matter had been gone into , and if not entirely unanimousl y recommended , had received the sanction ancl support of the Board . * Minutes confirmed .
The GRAND MASTER stated that he had received a communication from the Grand Lodge at Berlin , called the Royal York , which he would order the Grancl Secretary to read ; it was upon the subject of the nonadmission of some of the Brethren with English Grand Lodge Certificates to the Lodges in Prussia —( cheers ) . The Grancl Secretary read the translation of the letter , to the effect that at a conference in May last at Berlin of the Grand Masters of the three Grand Lodgesit was decidedwith the sanction ancl
recommen-, , dation of the Prince Protector , that in future no religious test or declaration be required from Brethren visiting any of the subordinate Lodges , and the Royal York Grand Lodge of Berlin had informed all her subordinate Lodges that visitors of all denominations were in future to be admitted on shewing they were properly provided with a Grand Lodge ( of St , John ' s ) certificate . Bro . FAUDEL wished to make an enquiry of the M . W . Grand Master
in consequence of the communication from Berlin that had just been read by direction of his lordship ; but it would be necessary for him to make a few prefatory comments , as the motive of his question might perhaps lead some to suppose that he was dissatisfied ivith the letter just read ; on the contrary , he was quite satisfied with it as far as it went ; but while he was pleased , he felt sure the M . AV . Grand Master must be deliehted at the termination , in so nleasant a mannerof this
Inno-, agitated question , owing as this concession was entirely to the firm , just , and truly Masonic position assumed by his lordship—( cheers ) . It must to him be particularly gratifying to have obtained this practical admission of the universality of our doctrine ; he ( Bro . F . ) had said concession is more Masonic than victory or triumph , but it was a great point to have induced the Prince to concede now what was at first refused by him ; but he had been compelled to yield to public opinion , ancl forced
to grant what he could at one time have gracefully given . It arose , as his lordship would recollect , at one of the few meetings of Grand Lodge at which his lordship hacl not been present , when a motion was made to which he ( Bro . F . ) took exception , on the grounds that a law existed in Prussia which said that " non-Christian Brethren were not to he admitted to any of the Lodges . " This was at the time denied . He should no further allude to that debate ; but it was subsequently ruled that no notice could be taken of the Masonic Laws in Prussia , and interference could only be had recourse to if a positive refusal were
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Quarterly Communication.
of another , appeared to him ( Dr . C . ) to be singularly inconsistent—( applause , and cries of hear , hear ) . He could understand how this outlay by Bro . Bacon of 5000 / . improved the value of the premises . But there was a want of explanation ; was the licence in danger ?—( hear , hear ) . Bro . HARDWICKE regretted Bro . Crucefix had been absent , as it prevented him from having heard what had caused him to recommend the
present course . He had advised the purchase , and had fully gone into the question ; he believed it to be very desirable , and as no opposition had been or was now offered , he trusted it would be an unanimous affirmative decision to the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes , where the matter had been gone into , and if not entirely unanimousl y recommended , had received the sanction ancl support of the Board . * Minutes confirmed .
The GRAND MASTER stated that he had received a communication from the Grand Lodge at Berlin , called the Royal York , which he would order the Grancl Secretary to read ; it was upon the subject of the nonadmission of some of the Brethren with English Grand Lodge Certificates to the Lodges in Prussia —( cheers ) . The Grancl Secretary read the translation of the letter , to the effect that at a conference in May last at Berlin of the Grand Masters of the three Grand Lodgesit was decidedwith the sanction ancl
recommen-, , dation of the Prince Protector , that in future no religious test or declaration be required from Brethren visiting any of the subordinate Lodges , and the Royal York Grand Lodge of Berlin had informed all her subordinate Lodges that visitors of all denominations were in future to be admitted on shewing they were properly provided with a Grand Lodge ( of St , John ' s ) certificate . Bro . FAUDEL wished to make an enquiry of the M . W . Grand Master
in consequence of the communication from Berlin that had just been read by direction of his lordship ; but it would be necessary for him to make a few prefatory comments , as the motive of his question might perhaps lead some to suppose that he was dissatisfied ivith the letter just read ; on the contrary , he was quite satisfied with it as far as it went ; but while he was pleased , he felt sure the M . AV . Grand Master must be deliehted at the termination , in so nleasant a mannerof this
Inno-, agitated question , owing as this concession was entirely to the firm , just , and truly Masonic position assumed by his lordship—( cheers ) . It must to him be particularly gratifying to have obtained this practical admission of the universality of our doctrine ; he ( Bro . F . ) had said concession is more Masonic than victory or triumph , but it was a great point to have induced the Prince to concede now what was at first refused by him ; but he had been compelled to yield to public opinion , ancl forced
to grant what he could at one time have gracefully given . It arose , as his lordship would recollect , at one of the few meetings of Grand Lodge at which his lordship hacl not been present , when a motion was made to which he ( Bro . F . ) took exception , on the grounds that a law existed in Prussia which said that " non-Christian Brethren were not to he admitted to any of the Lodges . " This was at the time denied . He should no further allude to that debate ; but it was subsequently ruled that no notice could be taken of the Masonic Laws in Prussia , and interference could only be had recourse to if a positive refusal were