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Masonic Intelligence.
" These technical objections , however , were taken , and my appeal was not heard , and I shall now show in what manner it was stopped by His Royal Highness ancl his friends . To render that mode intelligible , I subjoin the article of the Constitutions applicable to my case , premising that there is no precedent in Freemasonry to alter its construction . "The law will be found at page 101 of the Constitutions .
" Agreeably to this law , upon being suspended by the Board of General Purposes , I appealed against that decision by the following lettersthe first addressed to the Grand Secretary , ancl the second to the Board .
" To the V . W . Brother William Henry White , Grand Secretary . " V . W . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive under the head ' Of Appeal , ' " page 101—102 of the Constitutions , that it is necessary to transmit to the " Grand Secretary notice of Appeal to the Grand Lodge . " I am in possession of your letter under date the llth instant , containing " certain resolutions purporting to have been passed by the Board of General " Purposes on the 10 th instant , whereby I am declared to be suspended from " all my Masonic functions for the term of six calendar months . " I hereby give notice of appeal to the . ensuing Grand Lodge against such " sentence , pursuant to the Book of Constitutions , page 101 . " Lancaster-place , March 24 , 1840 . " R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., P . G . D . "
" To the President , Vice-President , and Members of the Board of General Purposes . " Sias AND BROTHERS , —Pursuant to the Book of Constitutions , I hereby "transmit you a copy of my Appeal to the ensuing Grand Lodge , against " your sentence , in the case of charges brought against me by Brother PETER " THOMSON and others , which appeal is lodged with the Grand Secretary ; " the copy is annexed . " March 24 , 1840 . «¦ R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., P . G . D . "
" At the time I lodged the appeal , I stated that I was ignorant of the technical forms of such appeals , ancl was corrected in my mode by the Grand Secretary . I am aware that the Board of General Purposes may contend that they are not bound by the acts of the Grand Secretary , although in that case it would only have been justice to have allowed me to amend my appeal , if it were wrong . But asking no favour , I assert that it was perfectly formal , and that I ought to have been heard upon it in Grand Lodge . " In the paper professing to be the report of the proceedings of the Quarterly Communication of the 3 rd of June last , the effect of the above law and my appeal are stated as follow : —
" Brothers WOOD and STEVENS afterwards lodged with the Grand Secre" tary , to le laid before the Grand Lodge , Appeals against the decision of the " Board , in which they respectfully stated the GROUND * of such appeals , in " conformity a-ilh tl-e laws ofthe Grand Lodge , pages 101 and 102 . Brother " CRUcEx-ix also lodged an Appeal , in which , however , he did not set forth any " GR O UND on which he appealed . " Brother C RUCEFIX ' S Appeal was objected to on the ground that it was not
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Masonic Intelligence.
" These technical objections , however , were taken , and my appeal was not heard , and I shall now show in what manner it was stopped by His Royal Highness ancl his friends . To render that mode intelligible , I subjoin the article of the Constitutions applicable to my case , premising that there is no precedent in Freemasonry to alter its construction . "The law will be found at page 101 of the Constitutions .
" Agreeably to this law , upon being suspended by the Board of General Purposes , I appealed against that decision by the following lettersthe first addressed to the Grand Secretary , ancl the second to the Board .
" To the V . W . Brother William Henry White , Grand Secretary . " V . W . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive under the head ' Of Appeal , ' " page 101—102 of the Constitutions , that it is necessary to transmit to the " Grand Secretary notice of Appeal to the Grand Lodge . " I am in possession of your letter under date the llth instant , containing " certain resolutions purporting to have been passed by the Board of General " Purposes on the 10 th instant , whereby I am declared to be suspended from " all my Masonic functions for the term of six calendar months . " I hereby give notice of appeal to the . ensuing Grand Lodge against such " sentence , pursuant to the Book of Constitutions , page 101 . " Lancaster-place , March 24 , 1840 . " R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., P . G . D . "
" To the President , Vice-President , and Members of the Board of General Purposes . " Sias AND BROTHERS , —Pursuant to the Book of Constitutions , I hereby "transmit you a copy of my Appeal to the ensuing Grand Lodge , against " your sentence , in the case of charges brought against me by Brother PETER " THOMSON and others , which appeal is lodged with the Grand Secretary ; " the copy is annexed . " March 24 , 1840 . «¦ R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., P . G . D . "
" At the time I lodged the appeal , I stated that I was ignorant of the technical forms of such appeals , ancl was corrected in my mode by the Grand Secretary . I am aware that the Board of General Purposes may contend that they are not bound by the acts of the Grand Secretary , although in that case it would only have been justice to have allowed me to amend my appeal , if it were wrong . But asking no favour , I assert that it was perfectly formal , and that I ought to have been heard upon it in Grand Lodge . " In the paper professing to be the report of the proceedings of the Quarterly Communication of the 3 rd of June last , the effect of the above law and my appeal are stated as follow : —
" Brothers WOOD and STEVENS afterwards lodged with the Grand Secre" tary , to le laid before the Grand Lodge , Appeals against the decision of the " Board , in which they respectfully stated the GROUND * of such appeals , in " conformity a-ilh tl-e laws ofthe Grand Lodge , pages 101 and 102 . Brother " CRUcEx-ix also lodged an Appeal , in which , however , he did not set forth any " GR O UND on which he appealed . " Brother C RUCEFIX ' S Appeal was objected to on the ground that it was not