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Masonic Intelligence.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND . " Dec . 3 . —Present , Bros , the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . G . M . on the throne . Col . Tynte , P . G . M . for Somerset as D . G . M . Major ShuteP . G . M . for Bristol . R . AlstonP . G . M . for Essex .
, , II . R . Lewis , P . G . M . for Sumatra . R . G . Alston , jun , J . G . AV . as Senior Grand AVarden . AV . H . Smith , P . J . G . AV . as Junior Grand AVarden . Several Present and Past Grand Officers , with the Grand Stewards ; the Masters , Past Masters , ancl AVardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , and of other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form .
The minutes of the last Quarterly Communication were read ; on the same being put for confirmation , BRO . JOHN LANE , D . C . L . rose to move as an amendment , that the minutes be not confirmed , on the ground that the proceedings of September could not be sustained , being , in fact , contrary to the law , as laid down in the 18 th section , page 24 of the Book of Constitutions . He greatly regretted being compelled to take what many might consider to be a mere technical objection , but the principle therein involved was of the deepest importance ; if mistakes were committed , the Grand Lodge should not be bound to pass them by . At the last Grand Lodge , after a
long debate on a motion that had been long pending , the presiding Officer ruled , tbat the Grand Lodge was out of order ; and from that dictum there was no appeal . As a lawyer ; he ( Bro . Lane ) differed from that R . AV . Brother , and knowing that if the minutes , as read , were passed , there ivould be no other opportunity of dealing with the question , he therefore moved , that the said minutes be not confirmed j . BRO . BREWSTER seconded the amendment at some length , alluding truly yet energetically to the conduct of the presiding Officer at the
Grand Lodge ; he felt at the time , and he felt still that his motion had not received fair play , and that therefore the interests of the Order had not been protected . BRO . ALSTON , sen . next addressed the Grand Lodge , observing that he ivas the party alluded to , and that fully believing that the motion at the time before the Grand Lodge was irregular , he could not permit it to be proceeded with any furtherancl therefore stopped the discussion .
, His noble friend on the throne , finding it out of his power to attend , had requested him to preside at the Grand Lodge in September , a request ivith which he most respectfully and cheerfully complied . On entering the Grand Lodge , he took the chair , as he thought , assigned to him , presuming that those who had the regulation of these things , had made the necessary arrangements ; that for his own part , it being the- first time that he had the honour of presiding in Grand Lodge , he
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Masonic Intelligence.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND . " Dec . 3 . —Present , Bros , the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . G . M . on the throne . Col . Tynte , P . G . M . for Somerset as D . G . M . Major ShuteP . G . M . for Bristol . R . AlstonP . G . M . for Essex .
, , II . R . Lewis , P . G . M . for Sumatra . R . G . Alston , jun , J . G . AV . as Senior Grand AVarden . AV . H . Smith , P . J . G . AV . as Junior Grand AVarden . Several Present and Past Grand Officers , with the Grand Stewards ; the Masters , Past Masters , ancl AVardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , and of other Lodges . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form .
The minutes of the last Quarterly Communication were read ; on the same being put for confirmation , BRO . JOHN LANE , D . C . L . rose to move as an amendment , that the minutes be not confirmed , on the ground that the proceedings of September could not be sustained , being , in fact , contrary to the law , as laid down in the 18 th section , page 24 of the Book of Constitutions . He greatly regretted being compelled to take what many might consider to be a mere technical objection , but the principle therein involved was of the deepest importance ; if mistakes were committed , the Grand Lodge should not be bound to pass them by . At the last Grand Lodge , after a
long debate on a motion that had been long pending , the presiding Officer ruled , tbat the Grand Lodge was out of order ; and from that dictum there was no appeal . As a lawyer ; he ( Bro . Lane ) differed from that R . AV . Brother , and knowing that if the minutes , as read , were passed , there ivould be no other opportunity of dealing with the question , he therefore moved , that the said minutes be not confirmed j . BRO . BREWSTER seconded the amendment at some length , alluding truly yet energetically to the conduct of the presiding Officer at the
Grand Lodge ; he felt at the time , and he felt still that his motion had not received fair play , and that therefore the interests of the Order had not been protected . BRO . ALSTON , sen . next addressed the Grand Lodge , observing that he ivas the party alluded to , and that fully believing that the motion at the time before the Grand Lodge was irregular , he could not permit it to be proceeded with any furtherancl therefore stopped the discussion .
, His noble friend on the throne , finding it out of his power to attend , had requested him to preside at the Grand Lodge in September , a request ivith which he most respectfully and cheerfully complied . On entering the Grand Lodge , he took the chair , as he thought , assigned to him , presuming that those who had the regulation of these things , had made the necessary arrangements ; that for his own part , it being the- first time that he had the honour of presiding in Grand Lodge , he