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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, Dec. 2, 1840. ← Page 4 of 4
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Quarterly Communication, Dec. 2, 1840.
Brother LEE STEVENS . — " Well , then , a Devonshire paper . In the session of 1 S 33 I was employed as a parliamentary reporter on the Morning Post , and , like all other gentlemen similarly engaged , gave a true transcript of what transpired , without any attempt being used to give my mind an unfair bias . Since then my employment , thank God , has been of a less laborious nature , but unconnected with that journal . I declareM . W . Grand Master honourthat I have never
, , upon my , , directly or indirectly , attacked your Royal Highness in the Morning Post , or communicated to it a particle of information upon ivhich to found such an attack ; nor have I so written in or for any Devonport or Devonshire paper , or any paper published in any other province in the United Kingdom ; ancl 1 defy the proof to the contrary . " The GRAND MASTER . — " Then I must have been misinformed , ancl I beg the worthy Brother ' s pardon . "
Brother LEE STEVENS . — "It is granted , M . W- Grand Master ; but I trust your Royal Highness will not again condemn me without a hearing . The D . G . M ., the MARQUIS OF SALISBURY , after complimenting His Royal Highness on his long and admitted services to Freemasonry , condemned the course pursued by Brother Stevens , in concluding his objections to His Royal Highnessbnominating himthe D . G . M . as Grand
, y , , Master for the ensuing year . The circumstance was , to him , entirely unexpected ; and , whilst he thought the proposition was indefensible without his consent , ancl would decline the office if he were elected , he trusted that the Brethren who had put him in nomination would withdraw his name . The HON . FOX MAULE , admitting that the objections of Brother
Stevens had been urged in a temperate and candid tone , contended that it would be most unjust to consider the many and lasting claims of the Grand Master upon the gratitude of the Craft through the medium of the few objections that had been adduced . And he felt satisfied that the Grand Lodge would take a broader and more generous ancl grateful view of the subject . The melancholy necessity would naturally some clay arise of choosing a Grand Master instead of' him to whom they owed so much . On thathe trusted very distant daythere would probablbe
, , y more than one candidate for the honour . Before he sat down he would assure Brother Stevens that he was most erroneous in his favourable opinion of Scottish Freemasonry . As one of their Members , he should be most sorry that the Grand Lodge of England should adopt their regulations . Brother LEE STEVENS , having observed that , after what hacl fallen from the D . G . M . he could not consistentlfollow up his previous
in-, y tention , withdrew his nomination . Upon ivhich His Royal Highness was saluted in clue form , as the sole nominated . The GRAND MASTER then acknowledged the compliment , renewed his objections to the Asylum , and expressed his determination strictly to enforce the laws of the Craft as long as he should be supported in the chair .
The minutes of the Board of Benevolence were then read , ancl confirmed . Those of the Board of General Purposes , containing business of importance for especial consideration , having heen read , it was found to be past eleven o ' clock , and their recommendations were deferred for consideration until the Quarterly Communication in March ; and the Grand Lodge was closed .
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Quarterly Communication, Dec. 2, 1840.
Brother LEE STEVENS . — " Well , then , a Devonshire paper . In the session of 1 S 33 I was employed as a parliamentary reporter on the Morning Post , and , like all other gentlemen similarly engaged , gave a true transcript of what transpired , without any attempt being used to give my mind an unfair bias . Since then my employment , thank God , has been of a less laborious nature , but unconnected with that journal . I declareM . W . Grand Master honourthat I have never
, , upon my , , directly or indirectly , attacked your Royal Highness in the Morning Post , or communicated to it a particle of information upon ivhich to found such an attack ; nor have I so written in or for any Devonport or Devonshire paper , or any paper published in any other province in the United Kingdom ; ancl 1 defy the proof to the contrary . " The GRAND MASTER . — " Then I must have been misinformed , ancl I beg the worthy Brother ' s pardon . "
Brother LEE STEVENS . — "It is granted , M . W- Grand Master ; but I trust your Royal Highness will not again condemn me without a hearing . The D . G . M ., the MARQUIS OF SALISBURY , after complimenting His Royal Highness on his long and admitted services to Freemasonry , condemned the course pursued by Brother Stevens , in concluding his objections to His Royal Highnessbnominating himthe D . G . M . as Grand
, y , , Master for the ensuing year . The circumstance was , to him , entirely unexpected ; and , whilst he thought the proposition was indefensible without his consent , ancl would decline the office if he were elected , he trusted that the Brethren who had put him in nomination would withdraw his name . The HON . FOX MAULE , admitting that the objections of Brother
Stevens had been urged in a temperate and candid tone , contended that it would be most unjust to consider the many and lasting claims of the Grand Master upon the gratitude of the Craft through the medium of the few objections that had been adduced . And he felt satisfied that the Grand Lodge would take a broader and more generous ancl grateful view of the subject . The melancholy necessity would naturally some clay arise of choosing a Grand Master instead of' him to whom they owed so much . On thathe trusted very distant daythere would probablbe
, , y more than one candidate for the honour . Before he sat down he would assure Brother Stevens that he was most erroneous in his favourable opinion of Scottish Freemasonry . As one of their Members , he should be most sorry that the Grand Lodge of England should adopt their regulations . Brother LEE STEVENS , having observed that , after what hacl fallen from the D . G . M . he could not consistentlfollow up his previous
in-, y tention , withdrew his nomination . Upon ivhich His Royal Highness was saluted in clue form , as the sole nominated . The GRAND MASTER then acknowledged the compliment , renewed his objections to the Asylum , and expressed his determination strictly to enforce the laws of the Craft as long as he should be supported in the chair .
The minutes of the Board of Benevolence were then read , ancl confirmed . Those of the Board of General Purposes , containing business of importance for especial consideration , having heen read , it was found to be past eleven o ' clock , and their recommendations were deferred for consideration until the Quarterly Communication in March ; and the Grand Lodge was closed .