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Article THE MASONIC MIRROR. ¦ r " . ¦ ← Page 7 of 9 →
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The Masonic Mirror. ¦ R " . ¦
and that as the candidates were all well known , the production of their certificates was not imperative . To which the following reply was directed to be sent : — Freemasons Hall , London , J awi . 11 , 1858 . Sir and Brother , —I beg to inform you that your letter of the 15 th of September , 1857 , and the Protest of Bro . W . P . Wilson , of the Lodge No , 1031 , were laid before the Colonial Board at their meeting on the 5 th inst .
I am directed by the Board to state , that it is certainly contrary to the law , as it at present stands , to admit a Brother as a joining member of a Lodge without the production of his Grand Lodge certificate ^ and also the certificate of his former Lodge . The Colonial Board have no power to alter or relax the law , but I am desired to say , the subject will be brought before the Grand Lodge in the next report the Board makes .
Meanwhile a remedy will be partially afforded by the issue of blank certificates for the accommodation of Lodges in the colonies and foreign parts . By this the delay that has hitherto necessarily taken place in having to apply to England will be obviated . These certificates will very shortly be ready , and can be supplied to Provincial Grand Masters abroad by application to me .
I remain , Sir and Brother , To James MacBermott , Esq ., Yours fraternally , Prov . G . S ., Public Lands' Office , AYm . Gray Clauke , G . S Melbourne .
The Board begs to call the attention of Grand Lodge to the paragraph , pages 77 and 78 , of the Book of Constitutions , in which , when the laws are next revised , some modification might be introduced with advantage . The following communicotiou from Bro . James Gallon , Secretary to the Corinthian Lodge , No . 834 , Peterborough , Canada West , was received on the 7 th December , 1857 : — Corinthian Lodge , Peter oorough , Canada West , November 20 tk , 1857 . Sir and Brother , —A pamphlet has been recently published in Toronto , Canada West , entitled * ' Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada West and of the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada , September , 1857 , " containing two errors respecting our Lodge , to which the Master and Wardens are anxious to draw your attention to prevent their consistency being compromised at the present unfortunate disruption in Canada , in the event of the report reaching your hands .
At page 12 of that publication , it is stated that the Corinthian Lodge of Peterborough did , among others , give its entire and cordial approval of the memorial" of the late Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West . The enclosed copy of a resolution ^ unanimously adopted by our Lodge , copies of which were at the time forwarded to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England ,
and the Grand Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West will , we trust , be a sufficient refutation of that assertion . Again , at page 61 , the Corinthian Lodge is placed in the list of Lodges now under the jurisdiction of the so-called Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada ; the fact of our still holding our English warrant affords a proof that it is placed there incorrectly .
Copy . Eesolution passed at a meeting of the Corinthian Lodge of Pree and Accepted Masons , liolden at Peterborough , on Tuesday , the 15 th day of December , 1856 : — Moved by Bro . Rev . V . Clementi , seconded by Bro . Holywell , and
resolved—That the M . W . the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England having , at a Quarterly Communication on the 4 th of June last , stated that "he wished to do every justice to Canadian Lodges , " and declared " that their claims should bo fairly and fully considered , that he was fully determined to take their grievances into consideration , " and that "he trusted to be able , before a very long period , to lay before the Grand Lodge a plan which he hoped would be satisfactory to all
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The Masonic Mirror. ¦ R " . ¦
and that as the candidates were all well known , the production of their certificates was not imperative . To which the following reply was directed to be sent : — Freemasons Hall , London , J awi . 11 , 1858 . Sir and Brother , —I beg to inform you that your letter of the 15 th of September , 1857 , and the Protest of Bro . W . P . Wilson , of the Lodge No , 1031 , were laid before the Colonial Board at their meeting on the 5 th inst .
I am directed by the Board to state , that it is certainly contrary to the law , as it at present stands , to admit a Brother as a joining member of a Lodge without the production of his Grand Lodge certificate ^ and also the certificate of his former Lodge . The Colonial Board have no power to alter or relax the law , but I am desired to say , the subject will be brought before the Grand Lodge in the next report the Board makes .
Meanwhile a remedy will be partially afforded by the issue of blank certificates for the accommodation of Lodges in the colonies and foreign parts . By this the delay that has hitherto necessarily taken place in having to apply to England will be obviated . These certificates will very shortly be ready , and can be supplied to Provincial Grand Masters abroad by application to me .
I remain , Sir and Brother , To James MacBermott , Esq ., Yours fraternally , Prov . G . S ., Public Lands' Office , AYm . Gray Clauke , G . S Melbourne .
The Board begs to call the attention of Grand Lodge to the paragraph , pages 77 and 78 , of the Book of Constitutions , in which , when the laws are next revised , some modification might be introduced with advantage . The following communicotiou from Bro . James Gallon , Secretary to the Corinthian Lodge , No . 834 , Peterborough , Canada West , was received on the 7 th December , 1857 : — Corinthian Lodge , Peter oorough , Canada West , November 20 tk , 1857 . Sir and Brother , —A pamphlet has been recently published in Toronto , Canada West , entitled * ' Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada West and of the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada , September , 1857 , " containing two errors respecting our Lodge , to which the Master and Wardens are anxious to draw your attention to prevent their consistency being compromised at the present unfortunate disruption in Canada , in the event of the report reaching your hands .
At page 12 of that publication , it is stated that the Corinthian Lodge of Peterborough did , among others , give its entire and cordial approval of the memorial" of the late Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West . The enclosed copy of a resolution ^ unanimously adopted by our Lodge , copies of which were at the time forwarded to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England ,
and the Grand Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West will , we trust , be a sufficient refutation of that assertion . Again , at page 61 , the Corinthian Lodge is placed in the list of Lodges now under the jurisdiction of the so-called Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada ; the fact of our still holding our English warrant affords a proof that it is placed there incorrectly .
Copy . Eesolution passed at a meeting of the Corinthian Lodge of Pree and Accepted Masons , liolden at Peterborough , on Tuesday , the 15 th day of December , 1856 : — Moved by Bro . Rev . V . Clementi , seconded by Bro . Holywell , and
resolved—That the M . W . the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England having , at a Quarterly Communication on the 4 th of June last , stated that "he wished to do every justice to Canadian Lodges , " and declared " that their claims should bo fairly and fully considered , that he was fully determined to take their grievances into consideration , " and that "he trusted to be able , before a very long period , to lay before the Grand Lodge a plan which he hoped would be satisfactory to all