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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . —SEPTEMBER 2 .
PRESENT , His Roval Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX , M . W . G . M ., on the Throne , R . W . H . R . Lewis , Prov . G . M . for Sumatra , as D . G . M . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Berkshire . " E . T . Bainbridge , M . P ., S . G . W . " R . Percival , jun ., as S . G . W . Thirty other Grand Officerssome Grand Stewards of the and
, year , the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' and other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer . The Grand Master delivered a well-merited eulogium on the moral virtues and high Masonic worth of the late Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Durham , * nearly at the conclusion of which , those who surrounded his chaircalled the attention ofthe Grand Master to the fact that there
, were Brethren taking notes of the address , upon which His Royal Highness called up + the first who was pointed out , and thus addressed him : GRAND MASTER . —What is your name . Brother ? Answer . —My name is Chrees . GRAND MASTER . —Oh ! Brother Chrees is it ? I know you , Brother Chrees , very well—I know all of you ; you can ' t keep any thing from
me . I know all your goings on at your Lodges , and every where else . Bro . CHREES bowed very respectfully at this gracious intimation . J The GRAND MASTER . —Why do you take notes ? Bro . CHREES . —For my own personal reference , sir . The GRAND MASTER . —Then I insist upon your not doing so—it is contrary to the law . § Bro . CHREES . —Very well , M . W . Grand Master ; if that is your decisionI will abstain .
, Bro . STEVENS was then called up , and on his name being mentioned , The GRAND MASTER said : " Oh ! I know you too—I know every one of you . " He then asked Brother Stevens if he remembered the promises he had made on his admission to the Order . Bro . STEVENS replied that he did , and having repeated them , submitted that they did not comprise any pledge not to take notes of such an address as that -delivered by His Royal Highness , which could not
fail to be of extreme interest to every Member of the Fraternity ; and added , that there was no law against his so doing in the Book of Constitutions . The GRAND MASTER . —It is the law . I have so laid it down , and I will enforce it . Bro . STEVENS . —I shall not contend with your Royal Highness , although I am right in my construction of the law , but shall submit to your dictum as Grand Master .
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . —SEPTEMBER 2 .
PRESENT , His Roval Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX , M . W . G . M ., on the Throne , R . W . H . R . Lewis , Prov . G . M . for Sumatra , as D . G . M . J . Ramsbottom , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Berkshire . " E . T . Bainbridge , M . P ., S . G . W . " R . Percival , jun ., as S . G . W . Thirty other Grand Officerssome Grand Stewards of the and
, year , the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' and other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer . The Grand Master delivered a well-merited eulogium on the moral virtues and high Masonic worth of the late Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Durham , * nearly at the conclusion of which , those who surrounded his chaircalled the attention ofthe Grand Master to the fact that there
, were Brethren taking notes of the address , upon which His Royal Highness called up + the first who was pointed out , and thus addressed him : GRAND MASTER . —What is your name . Brother ? Answer . —My name is Chrees . GRAND MASTER . —Oh ! Brother Chrees is it ? I know you , Brother Chrees , very well—I know all of you ; you can ' t keep any thing from
me . I know all your goings on at your Lodges , and every where else . Bro . CHREES bowed very respectfully at this gracious intimation . J The GRAND MASTER . —Why do you take notes ? Bro . CHREES . —For my own personal reference , sir . The GRAND MASTER . —Then I insist upon your not doing so—it is contrary to the law . § Bro . CHREES . —Very well , M . W . Grand Master ; if that is your decisionI will abstain .
, Bro . STEVENS was then called up , and on his name being mentioned , The GRAND MASTER said : " Oh ! I know you too—I know every one of you . " He then asked Brother Stevens if he remembered the promises he had made on his admission to the Order . Bro . STEVENS replied that he did , and having repeated them , submitted that they did not comprise any pledge not to take notes of such an address as that -delivered by His Royal Highness , which could not
fail to be of extreme interest to every Member of the Fraternity ; and added , that there was no law against his so doing in the Book of Constitutions . The GRAND MASTER . —It is the law . I have so laid it down , and I will enforce it . Bro . STEVENS . —I shall not contend with your Royal Highness , although I am right in my construction of the law , but shall submit to your dictum as Grand Master .