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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
Before the routine business of the Grand Lodge had been disposed of , containing in itself nothing of very particular interest , the Grand Master took occasion to allude to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons , chiefly , it would seem , to give utterance to what may be termed his latest grounds of objection to that excellent institution . He vras pleased to call it " nothing but a job , got up by jobbers and penniless speculators for their own selfish "
purposes . And , as if tin ' s were not a sufficient specimen of taste , His Royal Highness , on hearing some Brethren exclaim "hear , hear" declared " if sueh conduct is repeated , I will command my Grand Stewards to turn the parties out . " Before closing Grand Lodge , H . R . H . was still further graciously pleased to indulge himself and to amuse or offend his hearers , as the case might be ; commencing some observations by declaring that he was
quite impervious to any attacks which hacl been or could be made upon him by the public press , but without venturing to adduce his appointment of the Marquis of Salisbury as Deputy Grand Master as a proof , he turned very significantly to his supporters on the dais , and concluded in these words— " Aye , ancl they talk about establishing another Grand Lodge;—I should like to know how they'll constitute it—we ' ve got all the money I Welllet them clo it if they likeI dare say we can do just
, , as well without them , or better than with them—ancl a pretty Grand Lodge of beggars , and jobbers , ancl penniless speculators , they'll make of it . " * As soon as the laughter , whether of approval or of derision , had subsided , the Grand Lodge was closed with solemn prayer—by an invocation to the Great Architect of the Universe to preserve the Order in Unity and Peace .
The Thirtieth Of October, 1840.—Conclusion Of The Case Of Dr. Crucefix.
THE THIRTIETH OF OCTOBER , 1840 . —CONCLUSION OF THE CASE OF DR . CRUCEFIX .
Our reporter from the suburbs , at his morning salutation , said " I am posed—the town rings with rumours—Parliament ' s nothing to it !"And truly it was a day of importance to Masonry : the honest doubted , and the timid feared . One among the many deeply interested was calm ; to him the result in either case would " be a relief from deep anxiety , and he panted for the moment when he might declare his perfect innocence from any motive that could impeach his Masonic
principles . In the forenoon an Especial Grand Lodge was held in the palace at Kensington , for the purpose of obligating the Most Honorable and Right Worshipful , the Marquis of Salisbury , the recently appointed Deputy Grand Master of England . The ineedng was attended by several Grand Officers , among them Brothers J . and C . Tynte , Cabbell , G . Stone , Harrison , White , M'Mullen , ancl Bossy . The Grand Officers' Mess was attended by thirty-five members , the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair . The health of his lordship was received with loud acclamation , which resounded over the building .
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
Before the routine business of the Grand Lodge had been disposed of , containing in itself nothing of very particular interest , the Grand Master took occasion to allude to the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons , chiefly , it would seem , to give utterance to what may be termed his latest grounds of objection to that excellent institution . He vras pleased to call it " nothing but a job , got up by jobbers and penniless speculators for their own selfish "
purposes . And , as if tin ' s were not a sufficient specimen of taste , His Royal Highness , on hearing some Brethren exclaim "hear , hear" declared " if sueh conduct is repeated , I will command my Grand Stewards to turn the parties out . " Before closing Grand Lodge , H . R . H . was still further graciously pleased to indulge himself and to amuse or offend his hearers , as the case might be ; commencing some observations by declaring that he was
quite impervious to any attacks which hacl been or could be made upon him by the public press , but without venturing to adduce his appointment of the Marquis of Salisbury as Deputy Grand Master as a proof , he turned very significantly to his supporters on the dais , and concluded in these words— " Aye , ancl they talk about establishing another Grand Lodge;—I should like to know how they'll constitute it—we ' ve got all the money I Welllet them clo it if they likeI dare say we can do just
, , as well without them , or better than with them—ancl a pretty Grand Lodge of beggars , and jobbers , ancl penniless speculators , they'll make of it . " * As soon as the laughter , whether of approval or of derision , had subsided , the Grand Lodge was closed with solemn prayer—by an invocation to the Great Architect of the Universe to preserve the Order in Unity and Peace .
The Thirtieth Of October, 1840.—Conclusion Of The Case Of Dr. Crucefix.
THE THIRTIETH OF OCTOBER , 1840 . —CONCLUSION OF THE CASE OF DR . CRUCEFIX .
Our reporter from the suburbs , at his morning salutation , said " I am posed—the town rings with rumours—Parliament ' s nothing to it !"And truly it was a day of importance to Masonry : the honest doubted , and the timid feared . One among the many deeply interested was calm ; to him the result in either case would " be a relief from deep anxiety , and he panted for the moment when he might declare his perfect innocence from any motive that could impeach his Masonic
principles . In the forenoon an Especial Grand Lodge was held in the palace at Kensington , for the purpose of obligating the Most Honorable and Right Worshipful , the Marquis of Salisbury , the recently appointed Deputy Grand Master of England . The ineedng was attended by several Grand Officers , among them Brothers J . and C . Tynte , Cabbell , G . Stone , Harrison , White , M'Mullen , ancl Bossy . The Grand Officers' Mess was attended by thirty-five members , the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair . The health of his lordship was received with loud acclamation , which resounded over the building .