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secession of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , caused by the neglect of repeated applications being even acknowledged . He would read the report of the Sub-Committee , and he should be much surprised if the Grand Lodge then assembled did not resolve that very gross neglect and discourtesy had been shown to the Canadian Brethren , to the very serious injury , not only to them , but Masonry in general . It appeared that not only Canada West , but also many Lodges under our Constitution in distant parts of the globe , had reiterated the same complaint . He ( Bro . Townend ) had made every effort , through the Board of

General Purposes , to get a reply from the Grand Master , but in vain ; the only notice the Grand Master had given to the subject was that he had written to the Grand Lodge of Canada East for information ; and he could not but think that the Brethren in Canada had abundant reason for saying they were treated with contempt . He then moved : — " That the report of the Sub-Committee appointed to inquire into the complaint of the Lodges in Canada West be printed , and circulated throughout the Craft . " The following is the report : —

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS IN ENGLAND . To the Board of General Purposes . The Eeport of the Committee appointed by your Board to inquire into the Petition , Allegations , and Statements , made by , or on behalf of , certain Brethren of the Craft in the province of Canada West .

The Committee proceeded upon the said inquiry on Friday , the 7 th of September instant , and having deemed it expedient to propound certain questions in writing , to be answered by the Grand Secretary , or the Officers in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , relating to the matters in question , the Committee adjourned to Friday , the 21 st of September instant ; when , after giving full consideration to the answers to such questions , and the statements made to the Committee by the Grand Secretary , the Committee find ,

That communications had been made to the Grand Secretary from certain Brethren in Canada West , requesting that ( with a view to saving expense ) the Warrants and Certificates should not be forwarded by post , but that they should be sent through Messrs . Bainbridge and Co ., merchants , of London , who would take charge of the documents , and forward them in parcels , with other things ,

directed to Mr . Hugh Scobie , of Toronto . That applications were several times made to Messrs . Bainbridge and Co . to ascertain when they would be sending out parcels in which such Warrants and Certificates could be included , and that on the last of such applications the messenger was informed that Mr . Scobie was dead , and that therefore no further parcels could be forwarded addressed to him .

That no communications were received in reference to such Warrants and Certificates , which had been regularly made out ready to be forwarded , and would have been sent had it been known to whom they were to be directed . That further inquiries were made as to the means of sending out the said documents , and ultimately it was ascertained that they could be forwarded to Mr . William O'Niel Holmes , through Messrs . Foster , Porter , and Co ., of Woodstreet , and they were accordingly sent to him on the 14 th of August , 1854 .

That the remittances referred to in the petition were received in letters severally dated the 5 th and 19 th of March , 1853 , and respectively received on the 22 nd of March and 4 th of April , 1853 ; and the Committee regret to add that no proof was adduced to them of such remittances having been acknowledged , and no satisfactory reason suggested for the omission . That the petition to the Most Worshipful Grand Master from the said Brethren of Canada West , appears to have been received on the 10 th of December , 1853 , but , in consequence of his absence from town , the same was not laid before him until the latter end of February , 1854 . That no directions have been given on the subject of the said petition , which remains unanswered to this time . That in regard to the prayer of the same petition , asking that the Constitution

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LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH, CANADA, MALTA, TRINIDAD-OUR DUTY. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Article 7
NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA. Article 11
THE WONDERS OF NATURE. Article 14
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 19
FACES IN THE EIRE. Article 25
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 26
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIN AND MASONIC MIRROR. Article 27
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 29
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 30
FINE ARTS. Article 30
THE MASONIC MIRROR. MASONIC REFORM Article 31
NOTICES OF MOTION. Article 36
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 37
METROPOLITAN. Article 41
INSTRUCTION. Article 47
PROVINCIAL. Article 47
ROYAL ARCH. Article 54
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 55
SCOTLAND. Article 56
COLONIAL. Article 60
SWITZERLAND. Article 62
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR MARCH. Article 62
Obituary. Article 65
NOTICE. Article 68
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 68
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secession of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , caused by the neglect of repeated applications being even acknowledged . He would read the report of the Sub-Committee , and he should be much surprised if the Grand Lodge then assembled did not resolve that very gross neglect and discourtesy had been shown to the Canadian Brethren , to the very serious injury , not only to them , but Masonry in general . It appeared that not only Canada West , but also many Lodges under our Constitution in distant parts of the globe , had reiterated the same complaint . He ( Bro . Townend ) had made every effort , through the Board of

General Purposes , to get a reply from the Grand Master , but in vain ; the only notice the Grand Master had given to the subject was that he had written to the Grand Lodge of Canada East for information ; and he could not but think that the Brethren in Canada had abundant reason for saying they were treated with contempt . He then moved : — " That the report of the Sub-Committee appointed to inquire into the complaint of the Lodges in Canada West be printed , and circulated throughout the Craft . " The following is the report : —

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS IN ENGLAND . To the Board of General Purposes . The Eeport of the Committee appointed by your Board to inquire into the Petition , Allegations , and Statements , made by , or on behalf of , certain Brethren of the Craft in the province of Canada West .

The Committee proceeded upon the said inquiry on Friday , the 7 th of September instant , and having deemed it expedient to propound certain questions in writing , to be answered by the Grand Secretary , or the Officers in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , relating to the matters in question , the Committee adjourned to Friday , the 21 st of September instant ; when , after giving full consideration to the answers to such questions , and the statements made to the Committee by the Grand Secretary , the Committee find ,

That communications had been made to the Grand Secretary from certain Brethren in Canada West , requesting that ( with a view to saving expense ) the Warrants and Certificates should not be forwarded by post , but that they should be sent through Messrs . Bainbridge and Co ., merchants , of London , who would take charge of the documents , and forward them in parcels , with other things ,

directed to Mr . Hugh Scobie , of Toronto . That applications were several times made to Messrs . Bainbridge and Co . to ascertain when they would be sending out parcels in which such Warrants and Certificates could be included , and that on the last of such applications the messenger was informed that Mr . Scobie was dead , and that therefore no further parcels could be forwarded addressed to him .

That no communications were received in reference to such Warrants and Certificates , which had been regularly made out ready to be forwarded , and would have been sent had it been known to whom they were to be directed . That further inquiries were made as to the means of sending out the said documents , and ultimately it was ascertained that they could be forwarded to Mr . William O'Niel Holmes , through Messrs . Foster , Porter , and Co ., of Woodstreet , and they were accordingly sent to him on the 14 th of August , 1854 .

That the remittances referred to in the petition were received in letters severally dated the 5 th and 19 th of March , 1853 , and respectively received on the 22 nd of March and 4 th of April , 1853 ; and the Committee regret to add that no proof was adduced to them of such remittances having been acknowledged , and no satisfactory reason suggested for the omission . That the petition to the Most Worshipful Grand Master from the said Brethren of Canada West , appears to have been received on the 10 th of December , 1853 , but , in consequence of his absence from town , the same was not laid before him until the latter end of February , 1854 . That no directions have been given on the subject of the said petition , which remains unanswered to this time . That in regard to the prayer of the same petition , asking that the Constitution

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