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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
GRAND LODGE . The following is the official . agenda of tho business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , 2 nd March : — 1 . The regulations for the government of Grand Lodge during the time of public business will be read .
2 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd December , 1 SG 3 , will be read and put for confirmation . 3 . The election of W . M . Grand Master . 4 . The election of a Grand Treasurer . 5 . The Grand Master will propose a vote ol condolence to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the death of his Grace the
Duke of Athol , Grand Master of Scotland . 6 . The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — Tlie Widow of the late Bro . Rotat HwiUou , of the Lotlge of Prince George ( No . 308 ) Eastwood ,
Yorkshire £ 30 0 0 Bro . William R . G . Key , of the Percy Lodge ( No . 108 ) , London 100 0 0 7 . The report of tho Annual Andit Committee on tbe Grand Lodge Accounts for the year 1863 .
8 . THE REPORT or TOE BOAKD OE GENERAL PunrosES . To tlie "United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — 1 . Complaints have been received from Bros . John Smith and Thomas William Allen , of the Robert Burns Lotlge ( No . 25 ) ,
London , being in the nature of appeals against resolutions of the said lodge duly confirmed , whereby the complainants had been severally excluded from membership . The board having summoned the W . M . to attend and produce the warrant and books , he with liis wardens and other members of the lodge attended accordingly , when the charges on which the
resolutions for exclusion were based were gone into . It appears from the evidence adduced that for some time past a system of indiscriminate blackballing has prevailed in the Robert ; Burns Lodge . It was proved in evidence , and also admitted by tbe two complainants when before the board , that at the meeting of the lodge , in 18 G 3 , they had stated openly in lodge that tliey had with another brother joined in blackballing a candidate at
the previous meeting of the lodge , and it was proved to the satisfaction of the board that the two complainants had repeatedly openly avowed their intention of blackballing all candidates that might be brought forward for admission into the Robert Burns Lodge , and that such system of blackballing bad continued to be practised to the great injury of the lodge and the disturbance of the harmony thereof . The board , after
a voiy careful consideration of the case , and having heard what tho complainants had to say , unanimously resolved " That under the circumstances the Robert Burns Lodge was justified in excluding Bros . Allen and Smith from membership , and that their appeal be dismissed . " 2 . A complaint has been preferred by tbe Board of
Benevolence against the Lodge of Good Report ( No . 136 ) , London , for having neglected at two successive meetings of the board , viz . the 23 rd December , 1863 , and the 20 th January , 1864 , to attend in support of a petition recommended by the lodge ; the W . M . having been summoned , attended , and produced tbe warrant and books of the lodge . It appeaz'iag that fche failure
to attend was not wilful , and the W . M . having stated that he had personally visited tho ease , and would attend the next meeting of the Board of Benevolence to support the petition , the board returned him the warrant and books , and admonished him to be more careful in future . ( Signed ) J . LlEWElITN EVANS , Freemasons' Hall , London , President .
February 17 th , 1864 . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee held on the 12 th February inst ., showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 2 , 629 15 s . 6 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for pebty cash £ 50 . Of these sums there belongs to the Fund of Benevolence £ 1 , 124 6 s . Sd ., to the Fund of General Purposes £ 1 , 092 14 s . id ., and there is in . the Unappropriated Account £ 102 14 s . Gd .
9 . REPOBI' OP THE COLOOTAI BOARD . To the " United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted ilfasoits of England . The Colonial Board beg to report that in May , 1863 , a complaint was preferred against Bro . A . F . Inglott , a member , and at that time Secretary of tbe St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 919 , late No . 1 , 221 ) , Alexandria , Egypt , ( the lodge then being held in
Bro . Inglott ' s house , in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining suitable accommodation elsewhere ) , for detaining in his possession the warrant and books of the lodge , and refusing to give them up to the W . M . The board thereupon directed a letter to be written to Bro . Inglott , requiring him to place the warrant and books in the
hands of the Master , ho being the rightful custodian of them , and nothing having been adduced by Bro . Inglott to warrant in anywise liis detaining them . Bro . Inglott , in his answer , attempted to justify his detention of tbe warrant , bat assigned no satisfactory reasons to the board for refusing to obey their directions .
In the monihs of August and October the board'ordered that the warrant should be given up to the Master of the lodge , and and not sent to England ( which Bro . Inglott , in one of his letters , had mentioned his intention of doing ) , as the board could have no legal right to the possession of it , and in
December last , as Bro . Inglott still kept the warrant , they notified to him that in the event of his not in the meantime complying with their repeated orders , they would , at their stated meeting in the mouth of February , 18 G 4 , proceed to take such steps as they were authorised by law to do in case of contumacy . Notwithstanding which , Bro . Inglott afterwards sent the warrant
to the Grand Secretary , but without assigning any reason for acting counter to the express directions of the board . The board , at its meetings in February , thereupon ordered the warrant to be sent to the W . M . of the lodge , which , has since been done ; and being of opinion that such wilful disobedience , on the part of Bro . Inglott , ought not to pass unnoticed , have
reprimanded him . for his mi-Masonic conduct and contumacy , cautioning him to be more careful for the future . ( Signed ) J . S . S . H OPWOOD , Freemasons' Hall , London , President . February 3 rd , 18 G-1 . 10 . The report of Bro . It . P . Harding , Auditor of the Grand
Lodge Accounts . 11 . Memorial from certain brethren at Melbourne , Victoria , addressed to the M . W . G . M . and the Grand Lodge of England , praying that they may be permitted to join with other brethren of the Irish and Scotch Constitutions in forming " A Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria . "
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
GRAND LODGE . The following is the official . agenda of tho business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , 2 nd March : — 1 . The regulations for the government of Grand Lodge during the time of public business will be read .
2 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd December , 1 SG 3 , will be read and put for confirmation . 3 . The election of W . M . Grand Master . 4 . The election of a Grand Treasurer . 5 . The Grand Master will propose a vote ol condolence to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the death of his Grace the
Duke of Athol , Grand Master of Scotland . 6 . The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — Tlie Widow of the late Bro . Rotat HwiUou , of the Lotlge of Prince George ( No . 308 ) Eastwood ,
Yorkshire £ 30 0 0 Bro . William R . G . Key , of the Percy Lodge ( No . 108 ) , London 100 0 0 7 . The report of tho Annual Andit Committee on tbe Grand Lodge Accounts for the year 1863 .
8 . THE REPORT or TOE BOAKD OE GENERAL PunrosES . To tlie "United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — 1 . Complaints have been received from Bros . John Smith and Thomas William Allen , of the Robert Burns Lotlge ( No . 25 ) ,
London , being in the nature of appeals against resolutions of the said lodge duly confirmed , whereby the complainants had been severally excluded from membership . The board having summoned the W . M . to attend and produce the warrant and books , he with liis wardens and other members of the lodge attended accordingly , when the charges on which the
resolutions for exclusion were based were gone into . It appears from the evidence adduced that for some time past a system of indiscriminate blackballing has prevailed in the Robert ; Burns Lodge . It was proved in evidence , and also admitted by tbe two complainants when before the board , that at the meeting of the lodge , in 18 G 3 , they had stated openly in lodge that tliey had with another brother joined in blackballing a candidate at
the previous meeting of the lodge , and it was proved to the satisfaction of the board that the two complainants had repeatedly openly avowed their intention of blackballing all candidates that might be brought forward for admission into the Robert Burns Lodge , and that such system of blackballing bad continued to be practised to the great injury of the lodge and the disturbance of the harmony thereof . The board , after
a voiy careful consideration of the case , and having heard what tho complainants had to say , unanimously resolved " That under the circumstances the Robert Burns Lodge was justified in excluding Bros . Allen and Smith from membership , and that their appeal be dismissed . " 2 . A complaint has been preferred by tbe Board of
Benevolence against the Lodge of Good Report ( No . 136 ) , London , for having neglected at two successive meetings of the board , viz . the 23 rd December , 1863 , and the 20 th January , 1864 , to attend in support of a petition recommended by the lodge ; the W . M . having been summoned , attended , and produced tbe warrant and books of the lodge . It appeaz'iag that fche failure
to attend was not wilful , and the W . M . having stated that he had personally visited tho ease , and would attend the next meeting of the Board of Benevolence to support the petition , the board returned him the warrant and books , and admonished him to be more careful in future . ( Signed ) J . LlEWElITN EVANS , Freemasons' Hall , London , President .
February 17 th , 1864 . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee held on the 12 th February inst ., showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 2 , 629 15 s . 6 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for pebty cash £ 50 . Of these sums there belongs to the Fund of Benevolence £ 1 , 124 6 s . Sd ., to the Fund of General Purposes £ 1 , 092 14 s . id ., and there is in . the Unappropriated Account £ 102 14 s . Gd .
9 . REPOBI' OP THE COLOOTAI BOARD . To the " United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted ilfasoits of England . The Colonial Board beg to report that in May , 1863 , a complaint was preferred against Bro . A . F . Inglott , a member , and at that time Secretary of tbe St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 919 , late No . 1 , 221 ) , Alexandria , Egypt , ( the lodge then being held in
Bro . Inglott ' s house , in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining suitable accommodation elsewhere ) , for detaining in his possession the warrant and books of the lodge , and refusing to give them up to the W . M . The board thereupon directed a letter to be written to Bro . Inglott , requiring him to place the warrant and books in the
hands of the Master , ho being the rightful custodian of them , and nothing having been adduced by Bro . Inglott to warrant in anywise liis detaining them . Bro . Inglott , in his answer , attempted to justify his detention of tbe warrant , bat assigned no satisfactory reasons to the board for refusing to obey their directions .
In the monihs of August and October the board'ordered that the warrant should be given up to the Master of the lodge , and and not sent to England ( which Bro . Inglott , in one of his letters , had mentioned his intention of doing ) , as the board could have no legal right to the possession of it , and in
December last , as Bro . Inglott still kept the warrant , they notified to him that in the event of his not in the meantime complying with their repeated orders , they would , at their stated meeting in the mouth of February , 18 G 4 , proceed to take such steps as they were authorised by law to do in case of contumacy . Notwithstanding which , Bro . Inglott afterwards sent the warrant
to the Grand Secretary , but without assigning any reason for acting counter to the express directions of the board . The board , at its meetings in February , thereupon ordered the warrant to be sent to the W . M . of the lodge , which , has since been done ; and being of opinion that such wilful disobedience , on the part of Bro . Inglott , ought not to pass unnoticed , have
reprimanded him . for his mi-Masonic conduct and contumacy , cautioning him to be more careful for the future . ( Signed ) J . S . S . H OPWOOD , Freemasons' Hall , London , President . February 3 rd , 18 G-1 . 10 . The report of Bro . It . P . Harding , Auditor of the Grand
Lodge Accounts . 11 . Memorial from certain brethren at Melbourne , Victoria , addressed to the M . W . G . M . and the Grand Lodge of England , praying that they may be permitted to join with other brethren of the Irish and Scotch Constitutions in forming " A Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria . "