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Master have been capable of the conduct attributed to him , he would , as he had himself stated in Grand Lodge , be unfitted to fill the office he held , and his election would reflect on the Grand Lodge itself ) which had year after year unanimously re-elected his lordship as Grand ( Hear . ) The noble lordr-had felt that these attacks upon his conduct and honour could not be passed over in silence — he felt that charges so groundless and scandalous should be brought before Grand
Lodge ; and having done so with that manliness and straightforwardness which always distinguished him , the Grand Lodge repudiated with one voice the impertinent and scandalous charges which had been made through that trumpery publication . He could only imagine that the charges had been made with the view of casting a firebrand amongst the Graft . He looked upon the publication , however , as only fitted to light a cigar ; and he was sure , that if such attacks were continued , such would be the feeling of the Craft—that it would only end in smoke , There were publications of a different class in the Craft- —publications which
honestly and independently reported the proceedings in Masonry—to which there could be no objection- —but this paper assumed to itself the title of being the Grand Lodge Chronicle , as though it were authorized by Grand Lodge , whereas it held no authority whatever from fhe Grand Lodge , or from any member of the executive . ( Hear , hear ) . He would not further detain them , but conclude by proposing the health of the M . W . Grand Master the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , feeling sure that so long as the noble earl continued to hold the high office to which the Brethren had called him , he would , as he had hitherto done , continue to receive the cordial support of every true and well thinking Mason . ( Cheers . )
The Grand Registrar next had the pleasure of proposing the health of the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Panmure . He was sure that the manner in which Lord Panmure had discharged his duties as D . G . M . was too well known to the Brethren to require any words from him to recommend the toast to their aeceptan ' ce . ( Hear , hear ) . But with that toast he proposed to . couple the names of the rest of the names of the Grand Officers of England , two of whom—Bro . Havers , the President ofthe Board of General Purposes , and Bro . Wm . Pulteney Scott , S . G . D . —had done
him the honour to accept his invitation to meet the Prov . Grand Lodge of Suffolk , the members of which he was sure would be pleased at the opportunity of making their acquaintance . ( Applause ) . It must be well known to every Brother that it would be impossible for the Grand Master to carry on the business of the Craft by himself , without the advice and assistance of Grand Officers . Amongst those officers there must of course be some of greater importance than others , but there was certainly no more important office than that of the President of the Board of
General Purposes . That Board was vested with extraordinary powers . It had to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints affecting the Lodges and the Craft which might be brought before it—to lay down and define the law—and it was therefore necessary that it should be presided over by a Brother of great experience , and who was competent to give a sound opinion npon the constitutions . He ventured to assert that upon no occasion had the axiom of placing the " right man in tbe right place , " received a better application than in the appointment of Bro . Havers . ( Hear ,
hear ) . He was afraid to say all that his partiality and intimate acquaintance with Bro . Havers might lead him to desire , lest he should lay himself open to the charge of flattery ; but this he would say—there was no man in the Craft who had given more thought to the constitutions , or who could bring more general knowledge to bear on the affairs of the Craft than Bro . Havers . He was always at his post in Grand Lodge—first at the boards—and on every comnlittee was ready with his
advice and assistance whenever it was required . For himself , he was bound to acknowledge that he was deeply indebted to Bro . Havers for the assistance and advice he had afforded , him , though he could never hope to rival him in Masonic knowledge , which was strengthened by his retentive memory and the great attention which he devoted to everything bearing on the interests of the Craft . He gave them il The Deputy Grand Master and the rest ofthe Grand Officers , coupled with the name of Bro . Havers , President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Cheers )
Bro , Havers said— " In rising to return thanks to you for the toast you have just drunk , let me first beg of you to forget at least one half of the complimentary remarks which your acting Prov . G . M . has been pleased to make upon me ; and
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Master have been capable of the conduct attributed to him , he would , as he had himself stated in Grand Lodge , be unfitted to fill the office he held , and his election would reflect on the Grand Lodge itself ) which had year after year unanimously re-elected his lordship as Grand ( Hear . ) The noble lordr-had felt that these attacks upon his conduct and honour could not be passed over in silence — he felt that charges so groundless and scandalous should be brought before Grand
Lodge ; and having done so with that manliness and straightforwardness which always distinguished him , the Grand Lodge repudiated with one voice the impertinent and scandalous charges which had been made through that trumpery publication . He could only imagine that the charges had been made with the view of casting a firebrand amongst the Graft . He looked upon the publication , however , as only fitted to light a cigar ; and he was sure , that if such attacks were continued , such would be the feeling of the Craft—that it would only end in smoke , There were publications of a different class in the Craft- —publications which
honestly and independently reported the proceedings in Masonry—to which there could be no objection- —but this paper assumed to itself the title of being the Grand Lodge Chronicle , as though it were authorized by Grand Lodge , whereas it held no authority whatever from fhe Grand Lodge , or from any member of the executive . ( Hear , hear ) . He would not further detain them , but conclude by proposing the health of the M . W . Grand Master the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , feeling sure that so long as the noble earl continued to hold the high office to which the Brethren had called him , he would , as he had hitherto done , continue to receive the cordial support of every true and well thinking Mason . ( Cheers . )
The Grand Registrar next had the pleasure of proposing the health of the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Panmure . He was sure that the manner in which Lord Panmure had discharged his duties as D . G . M . was too well known to the Brethren to require any words from him to recommend the toast to their aeceptan ' ce . ( Hear , hear ) . But with that toast he proposed to . couple the names of the rest of the names of the Grand Officers of England , two of whom—Bro . Havers , the President ofthe Board of General Purposes , and Bro . Wm . Pulteney Scott , S . G . D . —had done
him the honour to accept his invitation to meet the Prov . Grand Lodge of Suffolk , the members of which he was sure would be pleased at the opportunity of making their acquaintance . ( Applause ) . It must be well known to every Brother that it would be impossible for the Grand Master to carry on the business of the Craft by himself , without the advice and assistance of Grand Officers . Amongst those officers there must of course be some of greater importance than others , but there was certainly no more important office than that of the President of the Board of
General Purposes . That Board was vested with extraordinary powers . It had to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints affecting the Lodges and the Craft which might be brought before it—to lay down and define the law—and it was therefore necessary that it should be presided over by a Brother of great experience , and who was competent to give a sound opinion npon the constitutions . He ventured to assert that upon no occasion had the axiom of placing the " right man in tbe right place , " received a better application than in the appointment of Bro . Havers . ( Hear ,
hear ) . He was afraid to say all that his partiality and intimate acquaintance with Bro . Havers might lead him to desire , lest he should lay himself open to the charge of flattery ; but this he would say—there was no man in the Craft who had given more thought to the constitutions , or who could bring more general knowledge to bear on the affairs of the Craft than Bro . Havers . He was always at his post in Grand Lodge—first at the boards—and on every comnlittee was ready with his
advice and assistance whenever it was required . For himself , he was bound to acknowledge that he was deeply indebted to Bro . Havers for the assistance and advice he had afforded , him , though he could never hope to rival him in Masonic knowledge , which was strengthened by his retentive memory and the great attention which he devoted to everything bearing on the interests of the Craft . He gave them il The Deputy Grand Master and the rest ofthe Grand Officers , coupled with the name of Bro . Havers , President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Cheers )
Bro , Havers said— " In rising to return thanks to you for the toast you have just drunk , let me first beg of you to forget at least one half of the complimentary remarks which your acting Prov . G . M . has been pleased to make upon me ; and