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Freemasonry In England.
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .
[ Continued from j ) . ( 351 . ) THE Duke of Beaufort was invested and installed as Grand Master , April 27 , 1767 ; and the great talent and solicitude for the welfare of the Order displayed by him during his term of office , produced the happiest effects . In the beginning of 1768 , two lstters were received from the
Grand Lodge of Trance , expressing a desire to open a regular correspondence with the Grand Lodge of England , which was agreed to with great pleasure , and a deputation appointed to express the fraternal regard of the brethren of England , and present to the Grand Lodge of France a Book of Constitutions , and a list of the Lodges , elegantly bound . Several regulations for the government of the Society were introduced at
this time , and amongst them one regarding the office of Provincial Grand Master , in which it was resolved that ten guineas be paid to the fund of Charity at the appointment of every Provincial Grand Master who had not served the office of Grand Steward . The most remarkable proceeding of the Duke of Beaufort was , his notice to the brethren , through the Committee of Charityat a Grand Lodge held at the Crown and Anchor
, Tavern , October , 176 S , for the incorporation of the Society , if it met with , their consent . The advantages of this measure , and the necessary means for carrying it into effect fully explained—the plan having been approved by the Grand Lodge—its thanks were voted to the Grand Master for his attention to the welfare of the Society . The Hon . Charles Dillon , D . G . M .,
informed the brethren that he had submitted to the Committee a plan for the furtherance of the design , should the majority of the brethren resolve to obtain a charter . This plan was maturely investigated . Its most prominent object was to raise a fund independent of the General Fund of Charity for the purchase of jewels , furniture , fee ., for the use of the Grand Lod and building a Masonic HallSeveral amendments were
ge , . proposed , and the whole referred to the next " * Grand Lodge for confirmation . It was also resolved , that in the mean time a copy of the plan be printed and sent to all the Lodges . The Grand Master , finding that a great majority of the brethren were in favour of incorporation , contributed his best endeavours to forward the measure . He therefore ordered a copy
of the proposed charter to be also printed and sent to the different Lodges ; and from the return it appeared , that one hundred and sixty-eight had voted for the incorporation , and forty-three against it ; and on a motion made at a Grand Lodge , in April , 1769 , that the Society be incorporated , it was carried in the affirmative by a large majority . At a Grand Lodgeheld October 1769 it was also resolved that the sum of
, , , £ 1 , 300 , then standing in the names of Itowland Berkley , Esquire , the Grand Treasurer , and Mr . Arthur Beardmore and Mr . Bichard Nevison , his sureties , in the three per cent , bank consolidated annuities in trust for the Society , be transferred'into the names of the then Grand Officers ; but a difficulty arose in consequence of the refusal of Mr . Beardmore to join in the transfer . This difficulty was shortly afterwards removed by his
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Freemasonry In England.
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .
[ Continued from j ) . ( 351 . ) THE Duke of Beaufort was invested and installed as Grand Master , April 27 , 1767 ; and the great talent and solicitude for the welfare of the Order displayed by him during his term of office , produced the happiest effects . In the beginning of 1768 , two lstters were received from the
Grand Lodge of Trance , expressing a desire to open a regular correspondence with the Grand Lodge of England , which was agreed to with great pleasure , and a deputation appointed to express the fraternal regard of the brethren of England , and present to the Grand Lodge of France a Book of Constitutions , and a list of the Lodges , elegantly bound . Several regulations for the government of the Society were introduced at
this time , and amongst them one regarding the office of Provincial Grand Master , in which it was resolved that ten guineas be paid to the fund of Charity at the appointment of every Provincial Grand Master who had not served the office of Grand Steward . The most remarkable proceeding of the Duke of Beaufort was , his notice to the brethren , through the Committee of Charityat a Grand Lodge held at the Crown and Anchor
, Tavern , October , 176 S , for the incorporation of the Society , if it met with , their consent . The advantages of this measure , and the necessary means for carrying it into effect fully explained—the plan having been approved by the Grand Lodge—its thanks were voted to the Grand Master for his attention to the welfare of the Society . The Hon . Charles Dillon , D . G . M .,
informed the brethren that he had submitted to the Committee a plan for the furtherance of the design , should the majority of the brethren resolve to obtain a charter . This plan was maturely investigated . Its most prominent object was to raise a fund independent of the General Fund of Charity for the purchase of jewels , furniture , fee ., for the use of the Grand Lod and building a Masonic HallSeveral amendments were
ge , . proposed , and the whole referred to the next " * Grand Lodge for confirmation . It was also resolved , that in the mean time a copy of the plan be printed and sent to all the Lodges . The Grand Master , finding that a great majority of the brethren were in favour of incorporation , contributed his best endeavours to forward the measure . He therefore ordered a copy
of the proposed charter to be also printed and sent to the different Lodges ; and from the return it appeared , that one hundred and sixty-eight had voted for the incorporation , and forty-three against it ; and on a motion made at a Grand Lodge , in April , 1769 , that the Society be incorporated , it was carried in the affirmative by a large majority . At a Grand Lodgeheld October 1769 it was also resolved that the sum of
, , , £ 1 , 300 , then standing in the names of Itowland Berkley , Esquire , the Grand Treasurer , and Mr . Arthur Beardmore and Mr . Bichard Nevison , his sureties , in the three per cent , bank consolidated annuities in trust for the Society , be transferred'into the names of the then Grand Officers ; but a difficulty arose in consequence of the refusal of Mr . Beardmore to join in the transfer . This difficulty was shortly afterwards removed by his