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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 10 of 10 Article GRAND CONCLAVE Page 1 of 3 →
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Bro . R . G . ALSTON had not heard anything to call upon him to make any lengthened reply . Dr . Cooke ' s justification had entirely failed , and he stood publicly proved a deceiver ; his own letters admitted that he had no title to the honours he assumed , and were an aggravation of his offence . He entreated Grand Lodge to get rid of such a man entirely from
Freemasonry . Tbe GRAND MASTER declared the motion carried by a considerable majority . ' ** Bro . R . G . ALSTON then moved that the sums of money actually paid by the brother so properly just now expelled the Craft to tbe masonic charities be returned to him . They were not justified in keeping his money , and they would console themselves by paying out of the Fund of General Purposes one large amount for the good of the charities , on
this an especial occasion . Bro . SCARBOROUGH seconded . —Carried . The Report of the Board of Benevolence was then read . The presentation of one hundred pounds to the widow of Bro . Burckhardt was carried , as also the grant to the widow of a brother in the north of England of fifty pounds , who , for upwards of half a century , had been a most faithful , active , and industrious member of the Craft . The Grand Lodge was then closed .
On the grant of one hundred pounds to the widow of Bro . Burckhardt being carried , the W . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity , in the course of a conversation with the Grand Alaster relative to some MSS . of the deceased , and which it was arranged should be delivered to the charge of the said Master , it was observed that the DIES of the charity jewel were to be disposed of , when it was stated that Bro . Wm . Evans had purchased them from Mrs . Burckhardtas well as her interest in the
, medal , and that he ( Bro . E . ) was registered at the Royal Mint as successor to the late Bro . Burckhardt . The Grand Master , addressing Bro . Evans , said— " Of course you will reserve the medal , especially for the Past Stewards of the charity . " Bro . Evans : " Most certainly , my lord , for them specially . "
Grand Conclave
GRAND CONCLAVE
OF THE ROYAL , RELIGIOUS , AND MILITARY ORDER OP MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN ENGLAND AND WALES , UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR KNIGHT COLONEL 0 . K . KEMEYS TYNTE , MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER . COMMITTEE , January 5 . —President Sir Knights Stuart , Crucefix , Wackerbarth , Goldsworthy , Cox and Gibbins . The minutes of the last meeting were read .
Sir Knight Dover not being present , the subject of the " working " was not entered upon , but opinions were expressed that the difficulties were at present very apparent . The subject of insignia was deferred . A correspondence from an encampment in Barcelona , requesting to be admitted under the protection of the Grand Concalve of England was
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Bro . R . G . ALSTON had not heard anything to call upon him to make any lengthened reply . Dr . Cooke ' s justification had entirely failed , and he stood publicly proved a deceiver ; his own letters admitted that he had no title to the honours he assumed , and were an aggravation of his offence . He entreated Grand Lodge to get rid of such a man entirely from
Freemasonry . Tbe GRAND MASTER declared the motion carried by a considerable majority . ' ** Bro . R . G . ALSTON then moved that the sums of money actually paid by the brother so properly just now expelled the Craft to tbe masonic charities be returned to him . They were not justified in keeping his money , and they would console themselves by paying out of the Fund of General Purposes one large amount for the good of the charities , on
this an especial occasion . Bro . SCARBOROUGH seconded . —Carried . The Report of the Board of Benevolence was then read . The presentation of one hundred pounds to the widow of Bro . Burckhardt was carried , as also the grant to the widow of a brother in the north of England of fifty pounds , who , for upwards of half a century , had been a most faithful , active , and industrious member of the Craft . The Grand Lodge was then closed .
On the grant of one hundred pounds to the widow of Bro . Burckhardt being carried , the W . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity , in the course of a conversation with the Grand Alaster relative to some MSS . of the deceased , and which it was arranged should be delivered to the charge of the said Master , it was observed that the DIES of the charity jewel were to be disposed of , when it was stated that Bro . Wm . Evans had purchased them from Mrs . Burckhardtas well as her interest in the
, medal , and that he ( Bro . E . ) was registered at the Royal Mint as successor to the late Bro . Burckhardt . The Grand Master , addressing Bro . Evans , said— " Of course you will reserve the medal , especially for the Past Stewards of the charity . " Bro . Evans : " Most certainly , my lord , for them specially . "
Grand Conclave
GRAND CONCLAVE
OF THE ROYAL , RELIGIOUS , AND MILITARY ORDER OP MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN ENGLAND AND WALES , UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR KNIGHT COLONEL 0 . K . KEMEYS TYNTE , MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER . COMMITTEE , January 5 . —President Sir Knights Stuart , Crucefix , Wackerbarth , Goldsworthy , Cox and Gibbins . The minutes of the last meeting were read .
Sir Knight Dover not being present , the subject of the " working " was not entered upon , but opinions were expressed that the difficulties were at present very apparent . The subject of insignia was deferred . A correspondence from an encampment in Barcelona , requesting to be admitted under the protection of the Grand Concalve of England was