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who would disturb his rule . AA ith regard to Bro . Binokes ' s letter , nothing , in his opinion , could be more unmasonic , ancl having removed the slander , as it first seemed , from Bro . Havers , and brought to our own doors , it was their duty to repel it in the strongest terms ; and entirely concurring in the summons , ho moved tho first resolution as follows ;—

" The Provincial Grand Lod ge of Suffolk having a high consideration of the candour and integrity of the Most AVorshipful Grand Master , desires to express its great regret that any man or body of men should impute false , dishonourable or disgraceful motives to him , such as those suggested in the Masonic Observer . " ' The resolution was seconded in a few words by Bro . Spencer Freeman , Prov . S . G . AV ., and carried unanimously . Em . W . P . Mills , P . Prov . S . G . AV ., had no hesitation in saying , that the proceedings of all assemblies should be to fair comment

open ; but such notices should bo candid and just . He firml y believed the conduct of the M . AV . Grand Master was undeserving the slanderous attacks made upon him , and he considered the Grand Lodge had by its unanimous voice avowed that sentiment . Masonry was a universal brotherhood ; as men and Masons they acknowledged themselves the children of one Father , and it behoved the brother that had east this unjust reproach upon the Masons of Suffolk , to call to mind , " How sharper than a serpent ' s tooth it is , to have a thankless child . " He then moved the second resolution : —

" The members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk beg to offer to tho Most Worshipful Grancl Master their regret and unqualified sympathy upon the occasion , and to express to him their continued aud unabated confidence in his honour and strict impartialit y in the discharge of his Masonic duties . " Bro . Gissing , Prov . J . G . AV ., in rising to second the resolution , considered that the Deputy Prov . Grand Master had but done his duty in calling them together to express their sentiments on the subject , for if such aspersions were allowed to pass unnoticedthe structure of would

, Masonry soon fall . Detractors mMit talk as they would , but he was satisfied , and so were others , that Lord Zetland had put the right men in the right places . AA ith regard to Bro . Havers , he would take the opportunity of saying , that he had known that worth y and excellent brother for many years ; they wero fellow students ; ancl from an intimate personal acquaintance he had no hesitation in avowing , that he had so hi gh an opinion of Bro . Havers ' that he was sure , if the Grand Master swerved from his duty , Bro . Havers would be the first to tell him better and

so . A man a better Mason did not exist The Rev . Bro . Sanderson , Prov . G . Chaplain , said , that besides expressing their confidence in one they had trusted for fifteen years , they had now to perform a duty to themselves . They heard at their Prov . Grand Locl ge how Bro . Havers vindicated the Grancl Master ; and at the same time Bro . Roxburgh suggested—as Avas quite true—that it was probable they had never heard of the offending journal- and tor being quiet auditors , Bro . Binckes—he supposed he must call him Brotheraccused them of " sickl

y sycophancy . " He would ask , were these such epithets as ought to pass from brother to brother ? He called on them by the respect thev owed to themselves as Masons , ancl by their fidelity to the Grand Lodge under whose Banners they meet , to repudiate the vile attack made upon them , by adopting the resolution he would now propose— ° " The Provincial Grand Lod ge also most indignantly repels the offensive term winch has been applied to them , of " sickly sycophants , " and would merely refer any brother or the editor of any Masonic publicati on using such terms , to that fj ™ ° , „ obligation of a Master Mason which has more particular reference to

Bro . Jennings could not give a silent vote on so important a matter . Every S , ff if ' u i feelthat a most g >' oss oIlai'Se had been made against the Masons of oiutoiK . tie had endeavoured to discover what should justify Bro . Binckes in applv-ZetLi If 1 . 1 ° ? " ?•„ He was ^ ite satisfied that tho charge made against Lord iinfin i i " , , allowed politi 03 t 0 S ° his appointments , was " wicked and becaZ tt !> \ r GraM ^ ° ^ of England , by its vote , virtually said so ; and with Z n ' t ' f ^ r of Suffolk , found the charge was unfounded , and agreed < "tn the tamd Lodge , they were to be thus foully stigmatised bv this Bro -2 B 2