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ship sat in that chair as Grand Master of the Graft , he would have no more obedient Masonic subject than he ( Bro . Stebbing ) was , and he could again assure him that lie was inistaken in thinking that any of his ( Bro . Stebbing ' s ) observations had been directed against himself , and he therefore hoped he would accept his humble apology for any thing which might have appeared too warmly expressed in his address .
Bro * Lord panmure said he felt glad at the nianner in which this matter had terminated . He could not but rejoice at Bro . Stebbing s manly apology ; but that was hot the only consideration , for something had been said of a power behind the throne . What that power was he did not know ^ but , speaking for the Worshipful Brethren oh the dais , they woultl , he could assure Bro . Stebbing , endeavour to do their duty , and were ready to meet any charge which the Brethren might bring against them . The subject then dropped .
BROTHEE FAKNFIELB . pro . Whitmorey in the absence of Bro . Beado motion for increasing the salary of Bro . Fa , rnfield by ahM annum j and in doing so said he called upon Grand Lodge to accept his motion , not in kindness to Bro , Barn field or through a feeling of gene rosi justicei of the case . Bro . Earnfieldente as a clerk , upon a salary of £ 100 per annum , ' atUwhich ' - ' -it remained until I . 83 : 8 * when , on the death of the late Bro . liarper--- ^ who bad been > with Bro . Whit e ,
joint Grand Secretary—it was increased to £ 150 on account of the additional duties which then devolved upon Bro . Farnfield . In the year following , namely , 1839 , Bro . White was taken ill , and during the whole of his illnessBro . Farnfield , under the direction of the Board of Finance , and with the full approval of H . B . H . the Duke of Sussex , late Grand Master , discharged the important duties o f Grand Secretary ^ In 1856 another annual gratuity of £ 50 was added to his salary , making it in all £ 200 per annum , which salary he at present received . In 1854 the M . W . G . M ., to mark his great respect for Bro . Farnfield , appointed him
Assistant Grand Secretary -and he ( Bro . Whitmore ) believed he was right in saying that it had at that time been the intention of Bro . Odell to have made a motion similar to that which he bad now the honour to lay before Grand Lodge , but he had been prevented from bringing it forward in consequence of the absence of Bro . Dobie , who was to have seconded it . It would be well to consider what had been the past and what were the present duties of Bro . Farnfield . He held in his hands a table which showed that within the last twelve years the business of Grand Lodge , in the mere registration of those who joined either particular Lodges or
Masonry in general , had increased threefold , and there was , of course , a corresponding increase in the accounts of Grand Lodge ; and although Bro . Farnfield had for many years kept the cash-book , no one could ever say that he had kept a farthing of the cash . Another circumstance , which had tended to increase the business of the Grand Secretary ' s office , was the interest in Masonic affairs which the Freemasons' Magazine had created among the Brethren generally , and which had led ' to a vast deal of correspondence between the country and colonial Lodges and the Grand Lodge . He had thus briefly enumerated the services and the duties of
Bro . Farnfield , but in asking Grand Lodge to increase his salary he did it not so much for his present as for his past services , which were entitled to a grateful recognition at their hands ; and he believed he might say , that had Bro . Farnfield been employed for thirty-four years in a government office in the discharge of similar duties , he would now be in the receipt of at least £ 400 , The worthy Bro . concluded his address by showing what he considered the insufficiency of the
reasons which were , he had heard , to be urged against his motion . One was , that should they agree to the vote the Assistant Secretary ' s salary would be greater than that of the Secretary , * but the question they had to consider was , not how much the Secretary received , but what the Assistant Secretary deserved . Another reason assigned was , that Bro . Farnfield had other sources of income , but that was nothing to Grand Lodge in estimating his services as their Assistant Secretary ; and although he did transact some other business in connection with one of
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ship sat in that chair as Grand Master of the Graft , he would have no more obedient Masonic subject than he ( Bro . Stebbing ) was , and he could again assure him that lie was inistaken in thinking that any of his ( Bro . Stebbing ' s ) observations had been directed against himself , and he therefore hoped he would accept his humble apology for any thing which might have appeared too warmly expressed in his address .
Bro * Lord panmure said he felt glad at the nianner in which this matter had terminated . He could not but rejoice at Bro . Stebbing s manly apology ; but that was hot the only consideration , for something had been said of a power behind the throne . What that power was he did not know ^ but , speaking for the Worshipful Brethren oh the dais , they woultl , he could assure Bro . Stebbing , endeavour to do their duty , and were ready to meet any charge which the Brethren might bring against them . The subject then dropped .
BROTHEE FAKNFIELB . pro . Whitmorey in the absence of Bro . Beado motion for increasing the salary of Bro . Fa , rnfield by ahM annum j and in doing so said he called upon Grand Lodge to accept his motion , not in kindness to Bro , Barn field or through a feeling of gene rosi justicei of the case . Bro . Earnfieldente as a clerk , upon a salary of £ 100 per annum , ' atUwhich ' - ' -it remained until I . 83 : 8 * when , on the death of the late Bro . liarper--- ^ who bad been > with Bro . Whit e ,
joint Grand Secretary—it was increased to £ 150 on account of the additional duties which then devolved upon Bro . Farnfield . In the year following , namely , 1839 , Bro . White was taken ill , and during the whole of his illnessBro . Farnfield , under the direction of the Board of Finance , and with the full approval of H . B . H . the Duke of Sussex , late Grand Master , discharged the important duties o f Grand Secretary ^ In 1856 another annual gratuity of £ 50 was added to his salary , making it in all £ 200 per annum , which salary he at present received . In 1854 the M . W . G . M ., to mark his great respect for Bro . Farnfield , appointed him
Assistant Grand Secretary -and he ( Bro . Whitmore ) believed he was right in saying that it had at that time been the intention of Bro . Odell to have made a motion similar to that which he bad now the honour to lay before Grand Lodge , but he had been prevented from bringing it forward in consequence of the absence of Bro . Dobie , who was to have seconded it . It would be well to consider what had been the past and what were the present duties of Bro . Farnfield . He held in his hands a table which showed that within the last twelve years the business of Grand Lodge , in the mere registration of those who joined either particular Lodges or
Masonry in general , had increased threefold , and there was , of course , a corresponding increase in the accounts of Grand Lodge ; and although Bro . Farnfield had for many years kept the cash-book , no one could ever say that he had kept a farthing of the cash . Another circumstance , which had tended to increase the business of the Grand Secretary ' s office , was the interest in Masonic affairs which the Freemasons' Magazine had created among the Brethren generally , and which had led ' to a vast deal of correspondence between the country and colonial Lodges and the Grand Lodge . He had thus briefly enumerated the services and the duties of
Bro . Farnfield , but in asking Grand Lodge to increase his salary he did it not so much for his present as for his past services , which were entitled to a grateful recognition at their hands ; and he believed he might say , that had Bro . Farnfield been employed for thirty-four years in a government office in the discharge of similar duties , he would now be in the receipt of at least £ 400 , The worthy Bro . concluded his address by showing what he considered the insufficiency of the
reasons which were , he had heard , to be urged against his motion . One was , that should they agree to the vote the Assistant Secretary ' s salary would be greater than that of the Secretary , * but the question they had to consider was , not how much the Secretary received , but what the Assistant Secretary deserved . Another reason assigned was , that Bro . Farnfield had other sources of income , but that was nothing to Grand Lodge in estimating his services as their Assistant Secretary ; and although he did transact some other business in connection with one of