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Masonic Intelligence.
instant , and as PEREMPTORILY summoned by a secondletter from the same party , under date the 18 th instant . " By those summonses I am called on to answer as having done an act , in which , if that act is wrong , there is no charge made against me by any complainant , and my fault is assumed . If , therefore . 1 were disposed to admit , the jurisdiction of the Board , which , however , I deny , I should decline to appear , also , on the ground that the case has been prejudged by the Board , and my fault assumed without prosecutor laintor notice to call on me for defence .
, comp , my " Furthermore , a part of the assumed delinquency consists of an alleged correspondence with His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , of which it is NOT declared that His Royal Highness complains ; and , therefore , if I were to admit the jurisdiction of the Board generally , which I do not , I should deny its right in this instance , also , to enquire into a matter between two gentlemen , of which neither of them complains . " Another part of my assumed faultiness consists in my having published the proceedings of the last meeting of the Grand Lod contrary to the Book of
ge , Constitutions ; this assumption , is , however , like the other , unsupported by any charge or prosecutor , nor have I been allowed the means of defence ; and , therefore , if I were to admit the jurisdiction of the Board generally , against which , however , I protest , I should feel it due to my self-respect to decline to appear on the present summonses . I am Sirs , your obedient servant , ROBERT THOMAS CKUCEFIX , M . D . " " Lancaster Place , 25 th July , 1840 . "
" I now conclude this necessary statement of facts , with the expression of my best wishes for the honour of Freemasonry , and my determination to uphold its principles against all persecution ancl despotism . ROBERT THOMAS CRUOEFIX , M . D . " Lancaster Place , August 1 , 1840 =
COMMITTEE OF MASTERSAug . 26 . —Present—Bros . S . C . Norris , Hon . A . H . Moreton , M . P ., Bossy , Burckhardt , McMullen , and others . The following letters were read : — From H . R . H . PRINCE ALBERT , to H . R . H . THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . " My DEAR UNCLE , —I have received your letter of yesterday , forwarding K the United Grand
to me two resolutions agreed to at a Special Meeting of " Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , on the 24 th ult ., " founded on tbe late attempt made on the Queen ' s life , and I hasten to express my " sense of the kind manner in wiiich this communication has been made to me , " and to request that you , sir , will have the kindness to convey my sincere thanks " to the Members of the society over which you preside . I am the more sensible " of this honour from knowing that it is unusual for the Members to address any " person but the sovereign . Believe me always Your affectionate and obedient nephew , " Buckingham Palace , Srd July , 1840 . ALBERT . "
From Her R . H . THE DUCHESS OP KENT , addressed to the Grand Lodge . " I receive , with sentiments of lively emotion , this gratifying testimony of " regard from the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , —a body , whose philan" thropy is felt in every region of the earth . " 1 am deeply sensible of their consoling sympathy on the late merciful pre-
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Masonic Intelligence.
instant , and as PEREMPTORILY summoned by a secondletter from the same party , under date the 18 th instant . " By those summonses I am called on to answer as having done an act , in which , if that act is wrong , there is no charge made against me by any complainant , and my fault is assumed . If , therefore . 1 were disposed to admit , the jurisdiction of the Board , which , however , I deny , I should decline to appear , also , on the ground that the case has been prejudged by the Board , and my fault assumed without prosecutor laintor notice to call on me for defence .
, comp , my " Furthermore , a part of the assumed delinquency consists of an alleged correspondence with His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , of which it is NOT declared that His Royal Highness complains ; and , therefore , if I were to admit the jurisdiction of the Board generally , which I do not , I should deny its right in this instance , also , to enquire into a matter between two gentlemen , of which neither of them complains . " Another part of my assumed faultiness consists in my having published the proceedings of the last meeting of the Grand Lod contrary to the Book of
ge , Constitutions ; this assumption , is , however , like the other , unsupported by any charge or prosecutor , nor have I been allowed the means of defence ; and , therefore , if I were to admit the jurisdiction of the Board generally , against which , however , I protest , I should feel it due to my self-respect to decline to appear on the present summonses . I am Sirs , your obedient servant , ROBERT THOMAS CKUCEFIX , M . D . " " Lancaster Place , 25 th July , 1840 . "
" I now conclude this necessary statement of facts , with the expression of my best wishes for the honour of Freemasonry , and my determination to uphold its principles against all persecution ancl despotism . ROBERT THOMAS CRUOEFIX , M . D . " Lancaster Place , August 1 , 1840 =
COMMITTEE OF MASTERSAug . 26 . —Present—Bros . S . C . Norris , Hon . A . H . Moreton , M . P ., Bossy , Burckhardt , McMullen , and others . The following letters were read : — From H . R . H . PRINCE ALBERT , to H . R . H . THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . " My DEAR UNCLE , —I have received your letter of yesterday , forwarding K the United Grand
to me two resolutions agreed to at a Special Meeting of " Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , on the 24 th ult ., " founded on tbe late attempt made on the Queen ' s life , and I hasten to express my " sense of the kind manner in wiiich this communication has been made to me , " and to request that you , sir , will have the kindness to convey my sincere thanks " to the Members of the society over which you preside . I am the more sensible " of this honour from knowing that it is unusual for the Members to address any " person but the sovereign . Believe me always Your affectionate and obedient nephew , " Buckingham Palace , Srd July , 1840 . ALBERT . "
From Her R . H . THE DUCHESS OP KENT , addressed to the Grand Lodge . " I receive , with sentiments of lively emotion , this gratifying testimony of " regard from the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , —a body , whose philan" thropy is felt in every region of the earth . " 1 am deeply sensible of their consoling sympathy on the late merciful pre-