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 THE GRAND LODGE 
 
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 OF BRITISH AMERICA, 
 HELD IN THE COURT-HOUSE, BROCKVILLE, U. C, 
 
 On Tuwdftjr the ITth, and by Adjonrnraent, In the rfftmc place, on WBDKneBiT, the 18th, uiA 
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 of OrangtUai In America, the S7th. 
 
 PRESENT: 
 
 Hifi Right Worflhipfal the Grand Master and Sovereign of Britirih Amcritft: 
 OGLE ROBERT (iOWAN, ESQUIRE, 137, 
 
 IN THE CHiVin. 
 
 The Kight Worshipful the Senior Deputy Grand Master : 
 RICHARD DEMTSEV, ESQUIRE, 404, 
 
 IK THE DEPUTY CHAIR. 
 
 Tl- Junior Deputy Grand Master : 
 GEORGE imOCK ROUSSKAUX, ESQUIRE, 554. 
 
 Bepresentative of the Deputy Grand Master for Nova Beotia : 
 JOHN EDCiAR, ESQUIRE, 'i26. 
 
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 Th9 Grand Chaplain: 
 REV. STEPHEN LETT, L. L. D., 301. 
 
 The Grand Treaauror : • 
 
 THOMAS ARMSTRONG, ESQUIRE, 137. 
 
 Tho Grand Secretary ; 
 GEORGE LYTTLETON ALLEN, ESQUIRE, 137. 
 
 ill. The Pi-eeident of the Grand Committee: ' * n,^* 
 
 MK;HAEL CRAWFORD, ESQUIRE, 163. 
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 \\ . The Grand Lecturer East : * S 
 
 -' EDWARD F. WEEKES, ESQUIRE, Od, 
 
 The Grand Director of Ceremonies : 
 STEDMAN BALDWIN CAMPBELL, ESQUIRE, 675, %^ _. 
 
 Deputy Grand CdHplainB: . v; 
 
 REV. .1. GILHERT ARMSTRONG, A. B., 61. 
 « NASSAU CHETWOOD GOWAN, .567. ' 
 
 " VINCENT P. MEYERHOFFER, 137.. ,, ■ " 
 
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 WILLIAM COX ALLAN, ESQUIRE, M. D., 181. T^ 
 
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 ;; THOMAS ROBINSON, ESQUIRE, 316. 
 
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 RICHARD BALLARD 1. 
 
 EDWARD .JUKES BOSWELL. .,..»_ ^, ,„- .., 
 
 CHRISTOPHER FLETCHER " 1. ^"*"' 
 
 LUKE LEECH I. 
 
 ROBERT STEWART I. 
 
 JAMES ROCHFORD WILSON , 1. 
 
 JOHN DANBY ..aiUiV^UL. % 
 
 ELIJAH FLANAGAN^fAviVi^ 2. 
 
 FRANCIS PEARCE v;-r;.. ,.,... 2. 
 
 ROBERT Mcknight... ?;]t?^?^fi-..,.,, 4. 
 
 WILLIAM STONEHAM ''.^l. /!. ! !?!? 4. ' ■ 
 
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 '^i WILLIAM FOXTON ,,,. 20. 
 
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 GEORGE McKELVEY 20. 
 
 ■li JAMES GRIER -iH>i4f 
 
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 GEORGE McKELVEY 27. 
 
 ROBERT CROZIER ..,^,,^.^{.0, 
 
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 - CHARLES BARBER 100. 
 
 JOHN GILES 100. 
 
 f ROBERT BRirrON 137. 
 
 . GEORGE SIMPSON 137. 
 
 r ALEXANDER BURNSIDE 139. 
 
 v^- WILLIAM ADAMSON 140. 
 
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 FARQUHAR E. McBAIN 167. 
 
 . ARTHUR BURNSIDE 163. 
 
 V WTT;LIAM CRAWFORD 163. 
 
 :.. WILLIAM ANDERSON 175. 
 
 JOHN ASSELSTINE 178. 
 
 , WILLIAM HILLIER, M. D 178. 
 
 WILLIAM DINWOODIK 212. 
 
 GEORGE WFXCH.*. 220. 
 
 JAMES GRAHAM , 222. 
 
 THOMAS BOlfb 225. 
 
 JOHN FENNERTY 247. 
 
 ZACARIAH PERCIVAL 247. 
 
 BENJAMIN DRAKE 257. 
 
 CYRENAS B. HALL, M. D 267. 
 
 GEORGE W?MORGAN 267. 
 
 DAVID PARISH 257. 
 
 JAMES BRYANES 275. 
 
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 THOMAS JOHNSTON Grenville 
 
 ♦JOHN NEIL McLEAN GrenvilU . .'.O.'tv 
 
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 THOMAS EVANS Hallon 
 
 HENRY IL 1 lODGlNS Huron '. ?;". . 
 
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 BENNETT ROSAMOND Lanark 
 
 THOS. M. MORTON, M. D Leeds 
 
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 •J. R. J. FOURRE, [for County Master.]. .Lmnnx'^ Addington 
 
 •Wl LLl AM HILLIER Lennox <^ Addington 
 
 JOHN WILSON Lincoln 
 
 •JOHN I' ITZCiERALD Middlesex 
 
 WILLIAM STEVENSON Ontario 
 
 MICHAEL CRAWFORD Peel 
 
 EDMUND MORPHY Perth , . 
 
 WILLIAM ANDERSON Prince Edward 
 
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 WILLIAM COX ALLAN, M. D Stormont 
 
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 JOHN RU'.HWY • .'.... 99C 
 
 JOHN WILLIAMSON 90. 
 
 •WILLIAM JOHNSON '100. 
 
 WILLIAM STITT 106. 
 
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 STEPHEN CRAWFORD 163. 
 
 JOSEPH LESLIE 164. 
 
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 SAMUEL JONES 167. 
 
 FRANCIS PECK 175. 
 
 WILLIAM HILLIER. .' 178. 
 
 JOHN McKAY 183. 
 
 SAMUEL PATTERSON 186. 
 
 •GEORGE BEST 206. 
 
 WILLIAM DINWOODIE 212. 
 
 ISAA(; WHITE 219. 
 
 GEORGE WELCH 220. 
 
 LIEUT. COL. THOMAS NEWSON 225. 
 
 •ROBERT STEWART 233. 
 
 •SMITHSON MORTON 284. 
 
 •JOHN H. P. GIBSON 235. 
 
 ERRAL ENNIS 239. 
 
 JOHN FENNERTY r. . . . 247. 
 
 BENJAMIN DRAKE 257. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 260. 
 
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 R. SEYMOUR 289. 
 
 LUCIUS R. O'BRIEN 296. 
 
 •JOHN HALL 297. 
 
 WILLIAM HOPKINS 301. 
 
 JOHN DUNBAR 313. 
 
 . 'MICHAELR. HOGAN 316. 
 
 WILLIAM CORNER 326. 
 
 ' THOMAS GRIFFITH 328, 
 
 •THOMAS- HOLLINGSWORTH 331. 
 
 WILLIAM JOHNSTON 333. 
 
 PETER TOMPKINS 334. 
 
 WILLIAM ROBINSON 342. 
 
 •JOHN HETHERINGTON 343. 
 
 •JOHN WORTHINGTON 349. 
 
 JACOB CARTER 362. 
 
 WILLIAM LENNOX, (present at Toronto,) 375. 
 
 •IHOMAS AGLESEA, (present at Brockvtlle,). • • • 375. 
 
 •JOHN LYNN 385. 
 
 NATHANIEL McNEELY 389. 
 
 JOHN WILSON 396. 
 
 WILLIAM MACK 404. 
 
 JOHN LUNDY 406. 
 
 JOHN FLEMING 409. 
 
 THOMAS EVANS 418. 
 
 NEWBERRY BUTTON 426. 
 
 JOHN FREEBORN 430. 
 
 WILLIAM STEVENSON 4.54. 
 
 JOHN PITTS 458. 
 
 JOHN HAW 166. 
 
 THOMAS DAVIS 468. 
 
 DANIEL REYNOLDS 487, 
 
 WILLIAM HOWARD 493. 
 
 EDWARD GRKEN 503. 
 
 EDWARD CLINT .502. 
 
 JAMES HUMPHRIES 504. 
 
 •THOMAS BERNIE 506. 
 
 ANDREW FLEMING 507. 
 
 'BENJAMIN WRIGHT 509. 
 
 • THOMAS DICK 511. 
 
 WESLEY F. BOUGHNER, 521. 
 
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 JAMES GREER 624. 
 
 •JOHN MILLER 626. 
 
 GEORGE BROWER 527. 
 
 JOHN REYNOLDS 532. 
 
 •J. F. JOHNSTON 533. 
 
 •JOHN LOAN 535. 
 
 JOHN HOBBS 546. 
 
 WILLL\M MARR BUTTON • 648. 
 
 •THOMAS KEYES 649. 
 
 JAMES BRODER 650. 
 
 •JOHN HOLLAND 651. 
 
 SAMUEL McNEIR 554- 
 
 FOSTER KING 657. 
 
 •ROBERT TOMKINS 5S1. 
 
 •WILLIAM BRODIE 578. 
 
 •WILLIAM EVANS 679. 
 
 •ANDREW JELLY 682. 
 
 •CHARLES DAVISON 684. 
 
 •THOMAS J. DOUGALL 585. 
 
 SIMON NICOLL, (P^e^8nt at Toronto) 688. 
 
 •JOHN WILSON, (Present at Broekville ) 588. 
 
 •WILLIAM MAGEE 698. 
 
 •ANNESLEY STEWART 599. 
 
 WILLIAM DIMOND 606. 
 
 •HENRY E. HAMILTON 606. 
 
 THOMAS SNOWDEN 611. 
 
 •JOHN JELLY 620. 
 
 •A. HOCKBURN 623. 
 
 W. B. CARROLL 624. 
 
 •RICHARD HANNA 633. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAM PETRIE 634. 
 
 ROBERT ALLAN 636. 
 
 CHARLES RYAN 637. 
 
 JAMES E. McMillan 640. 
 
 JOHN N. BUTTON 644. 
 
 THOMAS BELL 646. 
 
 RICHARD PRESTON 647. 
 
 •THOMAS SCOTT 660. 
 
 •JOHN RENNIE 661. 
 
 •EDWARD JUKES BOSWELL 663. 
 
 •ANSON PETERS ^ 660. 
 
 SAMU£L BRADLEY. 668. 
 
 11 
 
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Il'> 
 
 ii 
 
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 1S> K E P R T. 
 
 ISAAC W.MEYERS .Iv.!. 670, 
 
 GEORGE STEVINSON 671. 
 
 STEDMAN B. CAMPBELI ;-, V. 675. 
 
 ALVIN ROSE 676. 
 
 •HENRY CROXAN 679. 
 
 •EDWARD HAZLEWOOD 683. 
 
 STEWART JOHNSON 692. 
 
 THOMAS ROfJERTS FERGUSSON...?;'; 694. 
 
 V . - ^ .'-'■•> ' ---i • , ' 
 
 '^ '::'-. Vuitori, .-v^: ;')....! y !!,,.•- 
 
 ROBERT CORVANS i. 
 
 MATTHEW DERINZEY 1. 
 
 SAMUEL FERGUSSON 1. 
 
 • THOMAS FRANCIS 1. 
 
 JOHN GILLESPIE I. 
 
 WILLIAM LANGSTAFF 1. 
 
 JOSEPH LAUGHLIN 1. 
 
 ROBERT McCONNELL 1. 
 
 WILLIAM POOLE 1. 
 
 ■ JAMES SHERIDAN 1. 
 
 JOHN SIMPSON 1. 
 
 JAMES STEWART 1. 
 
 JOHN STEWART i 1. 
 
 JOSEPH STEWART 1, 
 
 JAMES WTIITE : 1. 
 
 BENNETT CAVANA 2. 
 
 ROBERT CORNETT 2. 
 
 WILLIAM HICKS ^... 2. 
 
 JAMES LAKE 2. 
 
 WILLIAM MORROW 2. 
 
 DAVID MURPHY. 2. 
 
 TRISTRAM LEPPER 4. 
 
 JAMESMILLAR 13. 
 
 CLEVELAND STAFFORD 13. 
 
 RICHARD CARR 14. 
 
 JOHN CARDIFF 14. 
 
 JOSEPH CAVIN 14. 
 
 W.DAVIS 14- 
 
 MATTHEW GALLINGER 14. 
 
 JOHN PEPPER ^ : 14. 
 
 JOSEPH SCOTT ...,.,......;.... 14. 
 
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 =.f!-<. 
 
 rr^frnnf^VT.;,. 
 
 50. 
 
 ROBERT BODY 
 
 r;i;chard t'oxTON ..:.::..:;: 
 jpHN orr;;.v. .....;... .....v. 
 
 Ti^QMX^scoTT. ;..:...:..•;;...:.::;-.;;;.;, 20. 
 
 SAMU£L STOREY. .•....;.. ...:..!,.' .'/ "'aof. 
 
 dp^BV storey: ::::.:::;..::;. ..;,':^'/'v..:':'fl26; 
 Et)\vARn woob:.: :::;;: ;.::;;L? //;:?. r^f/:'-'id:' 
 
 JCrilN MVNICHOLL; .:;.::;.:. :1V^J!'^!l^. .T^^i'^^i^ 
 J^nshepiterd: :.::;::::::. =l^!^?!L^fV!r:^^^ 
 VJiCn^LIAIVl BROWN; ...::::.::::: :'!.-?/;?: . :^.'A- ^ 
 JAMES CALHOUN... •...::u-.;;.':!^;1l^.:V/r.!^'^ 
 
 "MePH CALHOUN .v.;.^':!^;;i:l^y:.•■•:'^i^':>^i?7i 
 WiLLfAM CRAFG .:..;;::: : :^VI^V!V:.^^H' 2?: 
 OkVILLE O. ELLIOTTE-. : : : ; '('/.■K^!':] ' .^ . .' 1 : V ' 2t. 
 OEORQE GRAHAM. . . . : : . '.': I V '. ! .'. . . ; ^: ..... 27. 
 
 m 
 
 GRAHAM...;..;.......:........ .-.:. 27. 
 
 PiJTER HAWES. ..*.... II :{ : t 27; 
 
 THOMAS HODGE. .;.:^:;;:......:iy!'.'..^'.^ij 27. 
 
 CALVIN mallory... •':'.'! i'.L-.V-.;V:.^.\i'.-? 27. 
 MiLo mallory. .'^. .1^ ;.. . : 27 
 
 JOHN SIMPSON : 27. 
 
 THOMAS STOREY 27. 
 
 BENJAMIN THOMPSON '.'.'.'.''. . : 27. 
 
 THOMAS ELLIOTT 42. 
 
 S. BARNES. ... 100. 
 
 JOHN BURDSAW. 100. 
 
 THOMAS DUNLOP.... 143. 
 
 JOHN MORRIS. 144. 
 
 THOMAS FAIR, (Last Past Master.) 197. 
 
 JOHN BOYD 222. 
 
 JOHN RATHWELL 225. 
 
 JAMES MILLS 247. 
 
 HENRY MOONEY 289. 
 
 WILLIAM J. KELLEY 301. 
 
 JOHN HALL 316. 
 
 EDWARD KING 32a 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAM LIDDELL 328. 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 328. 
 
 JOHN DICKENSON 3?t. 
 
 HEZEKIAH BRAGG 342. 
 
 JAMES COOPER 342. 
 
 JAMES LANGSTAFF 342. 
 
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 '"V, 
 
 H.„ 
 
l¥ 
 
 JAMES O'NEIL VJat i/i m 
 
 a >\ POTTER : , . ; .;.'.*. ;.;; v. 34a. 
 
 WILLIAM RYDER !..'.,. 343. 
 
 G. SWALLELI ,..,,,.,,. 342. 
 
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 JAMES TAYLOR .....:. 342. 
 
 WILLIAM COWAN 375. 
 
 ROBERT MORRISON 375. 
 
 ALEX AN DER ROBB ^ , 1,^, ,^ . ,'.. . 375. 
 
 MARTI N SCOTT , . . . . . . .'. . . . . . 37J5, 
 
 JOHN SUMMERS , . , 375. 
 
 FRANCIS W. WALTERS ^,.,,, .,,. . .^,., 375. 
 
 THOM AS BRO TTON ,. . .-^ ■.'. . > .. \\ . ,'W9. 
 
 WILLIAM KNOWLAN .,.._. 389, 
 
 RKV. JOHN S. LAUDER.... ,..,..>!••• ^^' 
 
 WILLI \^f KIRKLAND ^ .y,.'^. ..'. 496. 
 
 H. f/CACH ♦. .- ri-i p . .' . ,468. 
 
 WILLIAM (;oi)KLV .'. , .!.;.. '. . , . m 
 
 JONATIl \.\ LLLIOTT UAUR ^,' , /5<M. 
 
 PE TKii CAPKS . . . : .'J. : 60i. 
 
 BENJAMIN CHAPMAN...: ,.,,.,. ..'^. .. 504. 
 
 DAVID DICKSON ' ,.'.,..,.! ....... 50L 
 
 FRKDKUfCK' SPAUiCS .,,,,.^.^,,^..,^,.',.p ....'. ,. oOL 
 
 SAMCKL WALKKK.... ''. . ..'.!..'.. .'...'. 501. 
 
 . . ^ .,, 
 
 WILLfAM WILLOUCIinV 
 
 GKOiUJi: CRAiXCKU 
 
 T.J. DOUCALI 
 
 \inti'> 
 
 If /. *i,Y,s 
 
 .iguN MILLS .'.,;.'.,. ;'/'!^.' '5t r, 
 
 WILLIAM JOH^^STON .J'^i'!...' fi'2:^. 
 
 RiClIAiM) HOLTOX:.... ;/;....... 'I'-I^^/^^l^^iMi 
 
 jAMLs visLw : , .,,.,,;,y|-. .; iit 
 
 WKSLKV PRKS rON .?.,V. 617. 
 
 PAVii) STOUT ■'.^J}^^.y:Vm. 
 
 GKOR(;k STOUT :.;;.f:l':':VH.:?V6W. 
 
 WILLI \M WILMKR- ':'.! Ji'^*.? '^f.l ;• l^^l 
 
 Total prfiHenl at ihin Session of llio 'L-aul I».lLto', 'ii2:i,---h(ri!i<| f 
 
 largeat Sfisaion ever l)t'id. — wliicK are 
 
 Grand Orvirr.ns, 
 
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 tU8 
 
 i'il.t r/^A. 
 
 M 
 
 KMIiintS OF THK (iR\NI) 
 
 SpJCCIAI.' DkLKiIA^'ES ;•.... 
 
 CoLxrv Masttcus and Cocnty Pho^Y3. 
 
 CoMMn4Wis:!;i^i;V^..':.=.f'*i6. 
 
 'plSTRICT MAftTE 
 
 VisiToK"; 
 
 us '!;.;■. nu.iviK^. 
 
 AND Phoxvs i?::r?i~>'/A:.<ii^U^f<^. 
 
 1.'..7. 
 
 l"lt. 
 
 'Hf,th 
 
 hi)>l\^l 
 
 ,-f^- 
 
 M\ 
 
B E }\ O tt T . 
 
 ,15 
 
 (It is ejjtimftitjd ihJtt iheri? were about five !hou»ancl pcrh:.iifi pre- 
 sent in Brockville, on the necond day of the Sosfjion, and the abcm; list 
 comprises only a part of tliehi. Tho names of many of the Rrothrfn who 
 entered after 10 o'clook, A. M , on the seconci day, not beinp; recorded, as 
 the Assistant to tho Deputy Grand Secretary conW Hot remain outside the 
 Grand Lodge, aft«»r that hour, to grant tho Cards of Admission, (frona 
 which the names are received; and recorded by th» Grand Secretary.) 
 Indeed^ some .of the MaHlera' names, in tlie above list, are taken from the 
 Bignatiires to the requests, signed and handed in by the Mastera, 
 that Members of their Lodges be elected Membere of the Grand 
 Comaoitiee;) ... , .- . , ^ 
 
 1i«d'>.J jRvL^-,*!! fijiw jf^Jltv* "ff'trq4 ^ftn' ' ' '''^' *^*'''^ i>i»Uiy«sr|g «i;'f 
 
 U^t^idw<:>^1^ ,, .|^t;l, ^ya A.W Av ; ^ , .M..y 1 , T :;^* '-.'l ..^O.'^feOd 'iU>llm, •H^ 1,2; 
 
 , ,' ' , ^ ■ Grand Orange Lodge of Bntisn America. . * 
 
 The following aa-.ouut of the preliiiiinary proceedings of thefirit 
 d:iy, is copied iVom thi; ybrou^o A//mf of the 9th of Jidy, the 
 Brockville Monitor of the 21st Jiuie, and the Kinyiton Whig ot 
 tho iTth Juno, I85fl. , ■ \ . « . • -. 
 
 On Tnt'Hday, the l7(h of dune, tlk' RiiVlit Wor^^Inpful tlie Grail 1 
 Ornnge Lodge of Urltish Anio.iic«, Lommencod its (iniud Annua! 
 R<'ssio»i t<'>r 18f»6, at MnGCKVif.i;i-:,in'the County of l>ef.da. This town 
 if* beautifully sittiflte^l on the Riv«»r St. Lawr<>nce, al)out *ixty mil-:'!* 
 East i'i' tht' Cit.\ of Kingstoi., and i:= readily Mpf^roachod froni the 
 Kast, \\i\*i^ niid North, by railroads and ityatnl^pHts of vhe lir^t 
 ,vJa*'i. It <'(»ntuiiifj H population of probably. trom four to >«ix thpiife- 
 and inhabitatitfi. Across the Btreets, iu various directions, w^:e 
 druuu a variety vi canvass, inter.sperscd with flags and numoroys 
 d«\ io!s. Froiij a great number of the principal houses also, tloattid 
 FiagH and BauiierR, .so tluit Uie place appeared to have been regu- 
 krly decked otT in a holiday coKtunie. At altout a <juartcr befora 
 hrc p'doi-k, on the morning of Tuesilay, the largf' i;u.i .sicainer 
 .Pafi»j)ort,oi' the iloyal Mail Line, bore into tlicport, ihn " Orange 
 Brass Bund" from Toronto, (a splendid body of men) breaking the 
 silem* of the morning calm with the sound of tli»^ '* rn'tostant 
 
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 Boys.'* Aa the ite'ftracr he«fe^ the wliarf, the Ftlghl Worsliipful' the 
 Qyand. Master (Ogle R. Gowan, Esq.,) surrounded by nearly all the 
 .Graud Officers ?i»d about, one hundred, and stvcpty delogat<;9, Jij^ 
 poarod on the deck, and wtw-e received witli (ivery\ denioustralion of 
 joy by ih'Vfew Towns-people who, at so early an: honr had hastily «Sr 
 s«n)bled. AH- the principal hotels, Wilson's, Mackenxie'a, White'i, 
 Bennett'*, Greeu'i, Taylor'Ji^ Oraig*a, BeAfth's, Ac., wei^ speedily 
 
 filled up. 
 
 At a <juarter past eleven o'clock on that day (Tuesday) the 
 Orangemen of Brockville assembled in full force, and marched to 
 the Court Uouae Square, upon which, and in front of the main en- 
 trance, they drew up and formed. The Grand Master, surrounded 
 by all the Grand Officers, then occupying the Court House steps, 
 3raa presented with the following Address, which vraa read on behalf 
 of th« whole body.by Brother Richakd Ballard, Esq., Worshipful 
 Master of No. One. It was beautifully engrossed on parchmeit, and 
 sealed with the Lodge seal of No. 1. The Right Worsliipful replied 
 to the Address verbally, thanking the Brethren for the confidence 
 «re[>ose<l in him, assuring them of his continued love for the Cause, 
 and concluded by some excellent practical remarks, addressed chiefly 
 to the peopio (not Orangemen) who stood upon the public square 
 in front : — 
 
 To Ogte Robert Gotgan, Stquirty Right Worthtpful Grand Mas- 
 ter and Sovereign of the Loyal Orange Imtitution of British 
 
 Ri(»HT WoRBniPi^iTL BtR — It <3 with fpflingt of grateful pride, " 
 
 ire hail your presence amongst ut upon this occasion. You n©w 
 
 'irtand upon the spot— we might almost say the sacred spot — where 
 
 ■ toore thnn a quarter of a century acfo, your wisdom and sagacity 
 
 first sowed the seed of the Oranga Lily in Canadian soil. On the 
 
 first flay of January, 183d, the great Orange Tree, which now 
 
 '"flourishes so rapidly, and spreads its goodly brandies over every 
 
 "Province and Island, and iSettlcinent and Dependency of British 
 
 America, wa.s planted on this spot. Then it was received as but a 
 
 tabe from the arms of the l*arent that nourished, loved, and cher- 
 
 iahed it— then ii was thought little of ; and when thought of by thd 
 
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 (iovernnniiK and hy iha gioat, hikJ the wealthy, ami the intiuential 
 of the land, it was only viewed as a noxious weed, introduced to 
 scatter diw;ord, to fomtuitdiviftion, and to perpetuate tlie rule of dis- 
 wniion— iheu ite lew »diuirer8, liko its founder, had to K«tfer the 
 taunts and the scorn of the world, to bear up ajj^ainst the tide of 
 prejudice by Avhich it was a-sailcd — to devot« their time and to pour 
 out their mcauB in its' sustenance, and to bear the **heat and bur. 
 th«n" of many sleepless niglits and many weary days — then wer« 
 men's souls tried by the touchstone of persecution ; and then were 
 ^heir principles brought to the lest of trials, such m have not since, 
 and as wo fondly hope may never again occur, / . if,! :v, - , j ■ i* 
 
 But surely we, Riour Worshipful Sir — we, who reside here, and 
 especially those of us who are old enough to remember those dsye 
 of trial, can noTer forget the father who founded us ; the guanlian 
 who watched by our infant pillow ; who lulled us to calm when as- 
 tailed by the storms; llic good man who planted the tree and who 
 watered and nourished it, when unable to water and nourish itself. 
 No, RiuHT WoReHii'H'UL Sir, we can never forget your watehful care 
 of us when we were but infants, the paternal vigilance with which 
 you stood by the cradle of otu* Institution ; nor the bold energy, the 
 manly taleit, the many sacrifices you suffered, and the acknowledged 
 ability you displayed in after years, in leading us on to defend the 
 sacred principles o( our noble Order, and to lay them deeper and 
 deeper in the heerts of all good men. 
 
 Proud and pleased then, may we well feel this day, to witness your 
 arrival amongst us, And to seo you surrounded by colleagues worthy 
 «f all confidence — men who have won our esteem by their steady 
 adherence to principle ; whom no taunts could turn from tlie right 
 and no allurements induce to desert the Trutli. 
 
 ■Welcome then, thricb wslcoms, Right Worshipful Sir, to you, 
 and to our worthy and esteemed Grand Officers ! May your pre- 
 tence amongst us vt this time, i-enow old recollections and inspire 
 fresh confidence I And may their attendance be accompanied by 
 personal comforta to themselves, and increasing stability and honor 
 to the Glorioni Institution, of which they are the vigilant guardiane 
 asd tiie responsible Adviaert 1 -i:: <ri ' -../i;'::, n " -i. 
 
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 w We earneplly pray, that wiidom from on high may direct tho 
 ^uncils of the Grand Lodge during its present session — that Truth 
 and Right may prevail, that the doctrines of expediency and com- 
 promise may be biinished from the thoughts of Orangemen, that tl)o 
 •utward pressure of factious men may be disappointed, tl)at those 
 only who hav© adhered to tho Right may be hoTiored — tliat the 
 icbemes of wily n»en, however deeply cloaked under the gju-b of 
 conciliation, may bo frustrated ; and thbs<> Brethren only exalted who 
 have proved their devotion to the unity of the Empire, the integrity 
 of Orangeism, and their opposition to the plottings of all enemies, 
 whether within or without the pale of tho Order. ' V-'-'"^ **' *« '•'^'"^- 
 
 ^^, On behalf of tho Loyal Orangemen of the Town of Brockville, 
 this 17th day of June, A.D., 1856. „ V ,,, ,., y, ^,.,,:, .^fUj,,.,,, .^ 
 
 ai»tin*iU'4 "At : Richard Ballaiid, W. M., Ko. .1. .. ,Un4 lo 
 -■3)' i»if^ ditK'' <-\ -..Maithkw DeRinzix, J)ep. Mai$Uri<M\'»h'^* . iir 
 : WmjWhitr, Trea$. and Bist. Haaier^ BrockvilU. 
 
 ■:^ Christopher PYrtchkic, Secretary^ •: -:'»)«*» 
 
 '^^^ At the conclusion of tho reading of tho abovft Address, the' band 
 played Ste (he Cbnquerinf; IIero,t\x\(l, on Mr. Gbwan's couludingU, 
 played G^oci Save the Queen. Aft^r this part of tho ceremony hiwJ 
 ■bonduded, the whole body of Brethren retired into 'the Cciiirt IloUSe, 
 ■(6nd r the most superb public structures in the Provim;?.) Ifere the 
 Grand Lodge was opened by the Right Worshipful the Sov6reigri of 
 the Royal Scarlet, in that Illustrious Dogn^'e, ajid in which Ord'er tlie 
 Grand Lodge sat the entire of the first day; The s^at usually appro- 
 priated to Her Majesty's Justices of the Court of Qiieen's Bench, 
 was upon this occasion, occupied by the Grand Master. On hla 
 right sat the Junior Deputy Grand Master, (George Brock Kov.iijeaax 
 Esq.,) and Deputy Grand Chaplains, the Rev. Nassau 0. Gowari, and 
 the Rev. T. P.Meyerhoffer, and on his left were seated the Gnmd and 
 Deputy Grand Chaplains, the Rev. Stti^phon Lett, L.L.D., and tho 
 Rev. J. Gilbert Armstrong, A.B. Directly in front of the Beiwh 
 •at the Senior Deputy Grand Master, (Richard Demp.sey, Esq.) .Tho 
 Grand Secretary occupied the desk used by the Clerk of the Crown. 
 in front of the Grand Masiter, and on hi.s. right and loft stit the 
 •IVeaident of the Grand Committee, the Grand Lecturer East, iko 
 
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 Grand Director of CereiTionie«, tho Grand Treasurer, and the r)cputy 
 Grand and tho A-ssistant Deputy (J-raud Secretaries. In the Grand 
 Jury n.>x,ciireetly on the right of tlio (Jrand Master, sat the Oounty 
 Masters, and on the left, in tho I'etit Jury Boxes, fiat the District 
 Masters. The ('ounty Masters were flunked by the Members of tho 
 Grand (Committee, and the District Masters by the Proxies. Across 
 tho east end of the Court Room, and facing the uhair, sat tho Masters 
 of LodiroR, The (ralieries vrere cxchisively occupied by visitors, that 
 is, Brethren qualified to sit but not entitled to vote in the Grand 
 Lodge. Several beautiful flags and a variety of emblems ornamented 
 the room, and a<ldedmuch to the beauty nnd magnificence of the scene. 
 All the members of the Grand Lodg« appeared in their Uoyal Scar- 
 lot Robes and Oap9, the Grand CWlioei-s being distinguishwl by the 
 Addition of the white ermine and gold: • For tho further proceedirt<»s of 
 this ijHposing and important meeting (the targcRt, without Gxc^eption, 
 ever held in liritish Ameri('4,).wQ must refer tothe J?roc*j;i7f« Mdnt- 
 toroi thetilst Junft» and from which i*'o oopy asfollow* '..^<"'f'- -M 
 
 ,^ ; *<Jrand Orange Lodge of Britisli North America. ' .. „, 
 
 ■ Tlte above body i»»et in annual fiession Isist Tuesday, ju, the beautiful 
 Court Uouse in tlieTo.wnof Brookville. TUe subordinate Loil^es,taking 
 them as a wholes weru largely represented by a most , respectable and 
 iftbiUigent body of men, >It .so haj^jqned that tho Couuji .^s' Council o/ 
 Leed» and Gr«nville, werd aUo in fteswon tliiti week, and oaiupied the 
 Court House on Monday, but vptedtotpeinoye their sitt jug to another 
 pact of the building, inordor t0,ai;comnu)date the Grand Lodge. This 
 vote was opposed by a. few as afjn.'itier of principle^ ion th(i ground 
 that it must interfere with th-e despatch of the County busincds, 
 which did not aubsequently prove tu be the case. Mjr^ Adams, of 
 Edwarosburg, however, took a dilierent px),sition from others, and 
 declared he declined giving the building to any political society, and 
 put tho Orange Association on a par vyithtlie. Ribbon Society. This 
 4W)urse nm^t have been the result of that ignorance so prevalent 
 amongst many native born Canadians,()f the objectand principles \yhich 
 distinguish tlie Orange Society, now incorporated, we understand, by 
 *ctof the PrftVincial Legislature., In Branttord last year, where there 
 wen at that time only two ConMrvatires iu the iJouaty Qi>.uncil «^d tih« 
 
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 r«et Kelormors, the Comici! reinove>l their Hittinif«, by an unaulmou* 
 vote, U) thollotel, aii<l ^avo up the Court JIoiisc to thodranU Lodge. 
 This ooursr sh'^wxl h 11 hern 1 and charitahle <<pirif,«md we rf'onunfind 
 )t U» the con«ideration otsoino trentloiiKjij, who, whi!« <;iHinunir to Lm 
 Lihorals, showed Ihemstdvos very iliihoral on the of<;n.sion alluded to. 
 During Tuesday aftcrtiooii, the Oranfje Band, an excelleut one by- 
 Uie-way, "discoursed svroot music" on the Couit Houn^ Sqimre, for 
 the amuM*n)«nt of the inhabitants, and aftcrward>( played through 
 the atreets of the town, in one of Mr. Wilson'n Kiiilway > ;)in8, obligingly 
 loaned for the occaHion. riv, ( (. , . - 'n;*;*/..! •.■».> ^..r 
 • On Wednesday, ai prdriously arranged, the country hxlgua poured 
 in from all directions, to join the procession, appointed to tako piao« 
 to Rt, Pet«r'i* Church. The menibfrs of the .S(K"iety wore accoui- 
 paiiied by their wi>res, their Mweothcarts, 4h«ir itiHturK, and their 
 daughtere, 80 that our streets during the day presented the appearance 
 of a moving proccKsion of buxani country belles, wkoM rosy cheeks, 
 •ho wed tlie benefits of rural lifesnd exorcJso as regards the gentler sex. 
 Towards 11 o'clock the proccjssion formed on Court House Square, 
 the members of tlie Grand Lodge in their robes of office, tlie other lodgee 
 in their regalia. About 2,000 fonned in procession, and a number 
 besides were scattered through the streets who bolongwl to the Order, 
 Including the vast concourse of spectators there were fully 5,000 
 itrangers in Brookrille during the day. On the word "forward" 
 being given, the band struck up a lively air, tlien several beautiful 
 flags unfurled their broad folds, to the morning breeze, and the pro- 
 cession filed off to Perth Street. King Street and part of Water 
 Street were afterwards traversed, and finally the procession arrived 
 at Sf . I'oter's Church, when the Member* of tlie Order passed in, and 
 •oon filled the^commodious church. Knowing that there would not be 
 •ufficient room in the church several lodges remained outside. A num- 
 ber of ladies were next admitted, and, owing to thej:idicious manage- 
 ment of the Rov. Dr. Lewis, and some of the church officers present, 
 no crowding took phu;e, and Xho great^t order and decorum pr»> 
 railed. 
 
 The morning service was read by the Rev. Dr. L«ti, Pastor of St. 
 Cleorge^s Church, Toronto, Grand Chaplain ; the Rw. Mr. Lauder, of 
 Carleton Plaoe, Deputy Grand Chaplain, read tke leaaons ; and the 
 
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 •erraon wa* preached by the 'Rev. O. S. Armstrong, of Woodbridge, 
 neaf Tofontoi Senior Deputy Grand Chaplain. It was coudied in forci- 
 ble language, eloquently expressed, and waslistiMied to with profound 
 itteution. The text was the 4th verso of the xfiii. chap, of li^vela* 
 tions : *' And 1 heard ancfther 'v6ic« frcJrti HeaVen saying : come out of 
 her thy people, that ye bd trot partakers of her Ainft, and that yo 
 receive not of her plagues." The matter of the discourse we ihall 
 not allude to Jier'e, as wo intend to publish it pamphlet form. During 
 th* Rorvice the choir performed thei»' part in theif usual e.xoellent 
 m^^ii-'ir. The responses were firmly read by the members of the 
 Order present, and the sound of many worshippers filled th» 
 building. i ;. 
 
 At the close of the service a collection was taken up for ".'le Pr^tfift- 
 lant OrphauH' Homo, Toronto, and the .*»um £12 Ss. contributed. 
 The congregation tlieh left the churd^ when the j)rocession re-formed 
 and the Grand Lodge returned to its room. On arrival there it 
 innuediately lidjourncd till the usual afternoon session. Thus har- 
 moniously and respectably passed off this very imposing pageant."* 
 
 On the Grand Lo<lge re-assembling af\er diimer, we understand 
 tliat the question of the election of Grand Master for the ensiiing 
 jear wa.i taken up, when Mr. Gowan was unanimously chosen. No 
 •ooner, however, had this decision been arrived at, than Mr, Gowan 
 addressed the Grand Lodge expressing his desire for the re-union of 
 tlie Society, and in order that ho should not stand in the way' of 
 that ro-union, declined the high honor conferred on him. George 
 Lyttleton Allen, Esq., Grand Secretary, \vas then, on nvotion of 
 the Rev. N. C. Gowan, l)<q)uty Grand Chaplain; seconded by H. 
 P. Gowan, M. G. C, unanimously chosen Grand Master ; and 
 thus the way is now open for a re-union of the Order, which wa 
 trust will be speedily accomplished, for the credit of its <;oramon 
 Protestiintism. 
 
 The conduct of Mr. Gowan in this matter has been exceeding!^ 
 handsome, and is certainly one of the most fortunate circumstance's 
 in his career. 'Ihougii by no means very favorably disposed lowanU 
 him as a public man, and regarding many of his acts as based upon^'H 
 false and unwise policy, we cannot as an honest journalist, %vithhold 
 our meed of praise for his ruanly, judicious and straigbt-forwairQi 
 
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 countfl. It iuVhti iulontiori of lliu <ir«mj I^g«, mc onder.HtanJ, lo 
 present him Kith a hniicisoiue )>r<!i.c of pUtc, at the ^uggtiHtiori of 
 Dr. Lett ; r*n(j, we think, iu th«i pre.'^^Mit caH«, it ift very well merittid, 
 Ak cvoning aj)pro«ch«jd thy large number of peopU from the 
 country, began gr«<luHll\ to wend their way home wardu, without the 
 alight«'Mt disonier. Not au intoxicatt^d luau wa^ .-^ocu about our 
 Btroetu, uod oue might i»uppo<« tliat the procession ha-l been a T«m- 
 poraiiCH onb inhtoa<l of an Orange ona. Ther»; wa^ no '♦Injing of 
 bougH — np Miouting lo ii-riLate any portion of the c*>mnHUiity 
 and tlK)rt^n tiank behind the porlaUof the wasl. w' lou^ having, aK 
 far we have Iwuned, witneHse<l a solitary s»:eno of riot, or othfir a^t 
 injurious to ilie Mputation of a moral and a ('htiKti:iu people. 
 
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 Touching; the fuithcr procoedinn-.s of th»< ^«mnd I>odg«< we hnve n<)i 
 much to a<ld, as the whole will be dotaileil in t!lu) Annual Ii'^poi!, 
 whichjWe understand, will bo issued \n a slioirt tune. Thi; nable 
 and disinUjrf'Hied, an<l, fit thcfjanic time, the firm, manly, and dignifiod 
 poiiition adopted and purHUol by Mr. (rowan, the Ute (^and MiHtni', 
 won for him "g-oldon opinion-." fntiu all .sorts and rondiiion- of miMj, 
 So maintainol the honor, an'lsOv'uredtliaint<?.grity and iudcprndonC', 
 of the, (irand Lodge, widiout temporising anJ without (•,<.iapro!lll■^o; 
 the ConatHutivn and //a</7.t of the (">rl«r were adhered to, imd the 
 prjncijilci* upon wliicli they rest, fully ad mi tt*-' I ; ih'-n, but nut till 
 tlien, did h<' l;iy aside the high honor confeirel upon him, and vol- 
 untarily retin; into privaUj life, satihficd in bin own conscienoe of the 
 right, and fortified in the confidence of the f?rothorliooii, by hi* 
 uuBhakcn a<^^llierence to it. 
 
 Not the le;i.st ploasin-^ part of our duty is, to record tiie fact, ilui 
 all divisions in the Order have lerminated. That whiidi was ralle<l 
 ** tJio Hcnjamin l*ar-ty" ha.s lully aekn«.'wledi>ed the bu|»re!nat'y of 
 kh« Grand Lodge, and have been received into full communion with 
 the Brotherhood at large. .S.ihisiu ha-s been overcome, and union 
 and truth have triumphed — may ihey never again be disturbed. A* 
 a proof of fhj satisfaction pievailing, it may be aa well to state, 
 that at every port, the steamer having on board the brethren who 
 •ame from tha Western portion of the Province, to attend the «.»ra)]d 
 
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 Lodge SoMJon^ Atoppod, Mr. Allan, tho Orami Maaier, wan toudlj 
 cheorefl l»y ihe brothron on the nh<>re, who hail«^d h\n pranenco wilh' 
 much joy. On \\\n return to Toronto, an immenjie nuinhor of the 
 Hrothron met him on th'i wharf, and accompanied him to hts roai- 
 denco. A I Kin^nton, where thn disruption fiiHt took place, the bre- 
 thren of that j{oo<J old loyal city, pie.irnt««d him, in the cabin of the 
 
 ^tortmor, with an Addrest, of.whi.;li the tollnwin/r in .i copy : — 
 
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 -iijioo*'»vftii vftm ''VVKfjrrrrn ^tifM. Kin uhton, June 19th, 1856.,,^ 
 
 Rmrrr WoR'^iiiriruL Sia xni) HaoTiiKK, — W«i botj leave to ten- 
 tier to von, on behalf of th«« lirethron of the County of Krontunac, 
 our nintjoro and hearty congrrttiilations on your adviuicomtnt to the 
 flover^'iirnty of our Loyal Inrttitutiou in theno I'rovincc*. 
 
 Your, p;i.st Aerv^ices entitle you to tlie cojiHdence of ihostj i.ver 
 whom you nre now pbior^'l, arvi tlunigh tho jiosiiion to which you 
 have bo.^n »»talted, in ene to which you nunM- nspirod, oron when 
 your int.'rit.s would harn onsur'iii your return, wo feel ussured you will 
 iiot (T'>Msid'»r th<> devotion of your eHie^»m»»i| prtKUuwHH<)r un»Torthy of 
 imitation.''''''^ f'^f tJohi'/-i hjtnaA humi) itL':'M-yii-,jwi n.h 
 
 W<> b»»g fo HsMjre you that onr HttiichroiMit l-^ him is unchanged,' 
 artil that tlu" honorHblft nmnner'lii which he lm.'» r^^sii^ned tho office of 
 <fr:ind Miwtor after ^o un.Tiiitntni'* aii •"'Itrction, Hs*^ loubly cnd«are<i 
 
 him to m. ■*'''* '*'' f<»'V"-' "•'.'-'> -^ uo ,wJfiv'K>i' i<> Viii.* ,treM n•';>trB^O 
 
 W'i-. ini'it. Sir, tliiit tho.-*! who have b^fen estntli^oj from us, wIM 
 Im! .iMtt iluly to H}j[>n'i.l;it6 thp sHcrifi.-'i w«> hav<« rnadq i» siccepling 
 liiN rc^i/Z^Hation. ii jxai-ii.i . t jutki i-cj? ^iioiiu.fi/noO «iHjjin}i «>rf|' 
 
 Wc U4,'aiii tiog to (.Tontrnitulatf yon, and in ibt} lunno oT the. br,|,- 
 
 thi'^'n or' thi.^ County to lendtT to you, 8^ th* Rightful Stjveroign 
 
 of ib« lioyal Oninyfe Inst'tution in theHU Hrc>vih'cos, oun <ItH-otod fit- 
 
 t:u'hnieht to tlic wolfaro of uyr K-io\t'd iriHtitution. , , 
 
 Wfe hefg t:> Rubs-iflbo ol{r!;«^i•.c^*,'•kiilrh^ VVOrshiiful Sii- luid l^jothur, 
 
 '■*'''"^'^'" Yours, in the Boadfiot rho Hrotlierhood, .; ., . 
 
 *'*' *^» ,>■.:'•■■:. J j-.'j i . VVOT.I.IAM h^AKfty CwaiU/ Mutrter. '.. 
 
 Wm. Fkk, Deputy Count ij Mailer. 
 • .ii:,^.a ., . ^ ' » >-i Ja<^' I^. I*>i'KKK, Couniii Chaplain. 
 - - Wm. SatisVt^t.ti, ConHly Tnmure.r. 
 
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 ff^To tho above, the flight Worshipful the Gr?ind Master returned a 
 f^y feeling and.eiQqj^ent verbal reply, strongly recpmmendihg *tK6 
 Ijr^sperity of Iho Institution, luid the support of thp union, now so 
 Impplly acconj^lisljed. . 
 
 It was at Kiiicrstou that the disr"p'tion iiirst tooTc place, whicH give* 
 additional wcicrht and influence to the fiuove." ,.■••-- 
 
 Wo regret not Iiaring nio.re spa(io' to give fuller particulars of' tfiiii 
 important Jneeting, and the highly beneficial results that will nlblf 
 undouhiedlV result from it. Tif a future number we may have sonie- 
 thuig more to say (ipon the stfbiect. — {Kingston) British Wliig, 
 Itth June, 1856, ' ''-''^ *■'«'"'*«•''•'''' ?<'i* V- li^dot? ao ,ihi* hJ -x^l 
 
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 CouRr UocsB, Bkockvillb, 
 
 ^ ■ , 12 o'clock, noon, Tuesday, June 17, 1656. 
 
 Pursuant to ihe Resolution of the last Grand. Annual Session 
 of the Right Worshipful the Grand Orange Lodge of British 
 Americvi, held in the City of Toronto, Upper Canada, in June, 1865, 
 the twenty-sixth Grand Annual Session was held in the 
 Court House, Town of Brockville, on Tues<lay, the I7th day of 
 June, A.D., 1856, and by adjournment^ on Wednesday and Thursday, 
 the 18th and 19th, and by further atljournment, in the Vonge Street 
 Orange Hall, City of Toronto, on Wednesday, the 25th day of the 
 same wonth^ ^,:^^,i.:^ ■ u^^ >v,.h, , -^^ ,..,,,,, u -b .: 'I'-i Jmni uW ' ■ 
 I Brethren present as already enumerated. - ; .•3».,.'k ; "fj4 4:;^;; ..^ 
 
 The Knights Companions and Brethren being robed and seat«d, 
 and the Grand Officers in their proper places ; at the hour of 12 
 o'ciock, noon, pre<nsyly, Brother Ogle R. Gow&n, Esq., the Righ* 
 Worehipful Grand Master and Sovereign took the Cho-iir, and the 
 Grand Lodge was opened in due form, with solemn prayer, in the 
 Illustrious Order of the lioyal Scarlet., on which Degree the business 
 wa>5 conducted the entire of tho firs: dny, and until the hour arrived 
 for proceeding to Divine Service, in St. Beter'a Church, oa the 
 second day. 
 
 A discussion arose in reference to the Rule relative to Proxies ; 
 and, also, the following Resolution of the Grand Lodge, at it« 
 last meeting: — " That hereafter no Brother shall be appointed Proxy 
 
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 •xcept for tho Lodge of which he may be an actual Member," when the 
 Right Worshipful the Grand Master ruled that that Resolution was 
 inoperative, inasmuch as it was not carried by " two-thirds, at least, 
 of the Members present," as required by Rule No, 114, page 31, of 
 The Constitution and Laws. His decision having been objected to, 
 an appeal was made to the Grand Lodge, which, by vote, sustained 
 the decision of the Grand Master. 
 
 Brother John Wilson, W.M. 390, then gave notico'that he would, 
 on to-morrow, move : — " That no Brother shall represent any 
 County, District or Subordinate Lodge, by Proxy, unless he be a 
 Member of the Lodge for which he appears as Proxy." 
 
 TuE RioiiT Worshipful the Grand Master then rose, the 
 Brethren being profoundly silent, and delivered a highly grati- 
 fying Address, to tho assembled Knights Companions and Bre-- 
 thren, who listened with marked attention, and, during tho delivery 
 of which, they repeatedly evndenced their approbation by loud 
 applause ; exhibiting, as the Address did. the rapid progress of our 
 loyal and beloved Institution. The followng is a brief synopsis of 
 
 THE GRAND MASTER'S SPEECH. 
 
 Temperance. 
 
 It has aftorded me, my dear brethren, the most sincere gratifica- 
 tion to find, that amongst the other reforms and improvements sa 
 rapidly going on in the Institution during tho last year or two, none 
 lias progressed with a more steady hand, or produced more excellent 
 fruit, than the introduction of Temperance into the private Lodge-s.. 
 However favorable to the Temperance cause, I have never recom- 
 mended, and much less have I over sought to enforce, the Total 
 Abstinence pledge from any member of the Orange Institution, feel* 
 ing, as I have ever felt, that every man should be unfettered in the 
 exercise of his own conscience touching such matters, I think, how- 
 ever, that I should be wsmting in fidelity to truth did I hesitate to 
 declare openly, that in nearly every instance, so far as my experi- 
 ence has gone, in which Temperance has been introduced into the 
 Lodges, tho Society has increased, not only in numbers, but espe- 
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 Nor i» it alone in the standing and intluence which it givea to the 
 inombers as indit'iduaJs, and to t})e Lodge as a body, that I commend 
 to you the cause of Teniperanco in your respective Lodges; but I 
 feel that experience has shewn that in Lodges, where Temperance 
 has beei\ introduced, the members have continued more steady in 
 "their actual connection with the Oi'der. In most Lodges where 
 tlrinking has been porniitled to any great extent, experience has 
 proved, that many of the members tail in attending the Lo<Jge meet- 
 ing-s, and ultiniately draw their Certificates, or fall away from attend- 
 ance altt->getlicr. In the Temperance Lodge a large fund soon accu- 
 mulates, the members feel an interest in its management ; they are 
 generally more punctual in their attendance, and seldom or never 
 desire to draw their Certificates, except in cases where their removal 
 from the locality in which the Lndg»i luet^ts, may render such a step 
 necessary. In whatever aspect then, I view the Temperance Move- 
 ment in the Lodges of the Order, I cannot hesitate to recommend it 
 to the adoption of our members. , ;, 
 
 Closely connected with the adoption of Temperance into the 
 IxKlges, is the introduction of libraries, readiug-rooraa and lectures. 
 Our Institution is not now confined wholly, or even chiefiy, to unedu- 
 cated classes of the community, but includes large masses of intelli- 
 gent and educated men. Remove from them the mirth and hilarity 
 of the festive bowl, and some otlu^r source of enjoyment must be pro- 
 vided. This source should bo useful, instructive and entertaining. 
 Let every Lodge have its Library and Reading Room. First get 
 a good Room, a few good Volumes, and a few entertaining Periodicals, 
 A littl* eflFort, and these can readily be procured. Those once read 
 the mind will soon feel itself on the march, and fresh instruction will 
 bo demanded. As a matter of necessity fresh publications will be 
 continually sought for, and the little library will every year bo added 
 to, till bye and l\yet hero will be but few Lodges wanting a fair store of 
 good and useful and entertaining knowledge. These efforts should 
 be assisted by occasiiuial, and where practical, regular and constant 
 Lectures. Our people are intelligent, and once make them a reading 
 people, they will soon acquire confidence, and br^ enabled to take 
 thoir own part as lecturers, with credit to the brotherhood and in- 
 struction to their folhnv men. 
 
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 .0 I havo before callcvl the attention of the Grand Lolfrc? fo t!ie suh- 
 ject of enrolling the Protestant youth of the country in Orange pre- 
 paratory schools, cjillecl Cadet Lodges. I have had five applications 
 recently made to me for Ca<let Warrants. Thiee of those, one to 
 CarleUm Place, in tlie County of Lanark, one to Yorkville, in the 
 County of York, and the other to the City of Toronto, 1 granted. 
 I have great faith in the efticaey and importance of Cadet Associa- 
 tions. What the Militia is to the Army, the Sunday School to the 
 Church, the Nursery to' the Oardon and Orchard, the Cadet Tx>dge» 
 will be to the Institution — a training school, into which the youth 
 will enter with ardor, and where their minds will be moulded, their 
 energies quickened, and their inclinations encouraged to enter the 
 Orange fold, to feed their youthful minds in Orange pastures, and 
 to watch over, water and cultivate tlie great Orange Tree, under the 
 shadow of whose branches they may hope for rest and s<H'uritv when 
 the days of strength and maidiood may arrive. 
 
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 u i Office for the Institution. 
 
 The necessityfor establisliing an Oflice fur the Institution with a jiaid 
 Secretary, has been long forcibly impressed on my mind, 'lliere is 
 no man who possesses even but a slight knowledge of Orangeism 
 but must be satisfied of the great injury done to the Cause, and of 
 the great injustice sutfered by the members by the want to which 
 I have just referred. I presume tli j future Sent of the Institution is 
 intended to be held in .the City of Toronto, and if so, the Oflice of the 
 Society must ne<^essarily be there also. Wherever the Seat of th« 
 Association is, there also must be the rt^sidence, or at all events, the 
 constant attendance of the i.nincipal Gnwid Ofticers, but especially of 
 the (jrand Master and the Crand Secretary. These two functionaries 
 nuifit be constantly together; they require to have frequent persomd 
 conferences, and to separate them fnnn each other, or from the place 
 where the business of the Institution iu conducted, would be i)racti- 
 cally, to disorganize the Society. It would be to place the Governor 
 in one place and his Council in another. Nor is it enough th.-it the 
 Grand MastAM- and Grand Secretary for the time l>eing should re- 
 
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 jnde at the Soatof the Government of the Institution ; but the require- 
 tnents of the Society demand that an office should be kept there also. 
 Stated office hours should be established, and at those hours the act- 
 ing Secretary should alwayi be found in his place, ready to ^ve 
 all information and to supply all wants tjjiat might be required. In 
 the office should be kept a General Registry, arranged in alphabetical 
 order, of all the members of the Institution, their respective resi- 
 dences and addresses, the Lodges to which they are attached, the 
 name of the Country of which they were born natives, their age, and 
 their particular calling aud occupation. This can only be done by an 
 active aud efficient Assistant Socretfiry, and when once accomplished 
 frill be of more real benefit to the Order, than anything that can at 
 present be well ijnagined. Were such a General Registry completed 
 how full aud satisfactory it would prove to all the brethren — how 
 quickly and exactly the whole force of the Order could be known — 
 its increase or its diminution pointed out, and in what particular 
 iocality such increase or diminution occurred — with what ease and 
 fecility any member of the Association, no matter from what part of 
 the world he might come, could be found — and with what accuracy 
 ■s letter or other communication, could be addressed by post, to any 
 anember of the Order. And not only, my brethren, should tins General 
 JRegistry be immediately entered upon, but a system of bookkeeping 
 •hould bo forthwith opened in connection with the financial affairs 
 of the Institution. Who can tell the hundreds, nay, the thousands 
 ©f pounds that are lost to the Institution for the want of a proper 
 financial system i Not that I charge, or even insinuate, anything im- 
 proper against the Grand Treasurer, or any other officer of the Insti- 
 tution, because I know that that worthy brother, following in the 
 footsteps of a beloved and revered Father, whoso memory will ever be 
 justly dear to the Association, is as upright and as honest in his acts 
 as he is irue and faithful in his principles; but it is because I feel and 
 know, that it is not the mere receiving of money when tendered, or 
 the mere paying of it out when demanded, but the system of pointing 
 4>ut defaults and dunning defaulters that is required. Let a Merchant 
 or any man in business give out his goods on credit and furnish no 
 bill or account of them ; let a Doctor or a Lawyer give his professional 
 •ervices to the public without demanding pay for them, huw long 
 
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 vrouid liie Mon.haut oonUrmo. solvent; or what ai.-iount of renumora- 
 tion wonlil be niado to the Law) cr or to tlie Doctor? Think not, tben, 
 liuit our ISociety is an exemption from the s^eneral rule. Jf our 
 finances are (o be placed on an etiicieut foutiujr, our accounts must 
 be well kept and regularly furnished. This I think can only be 
 done in the otti<!e of the Society, and by the acting Secretary, who 
 will be paid for the duties, and who can devote his time and his 
 energies (o tlie work. In such case, tho (irand Treasurer woidd 
 be, pritperly speaking, the depository to liold the monies of the 
 Institution, and to pay them out upon tho resolutions of the Grand 
 Lo<lge, or upon some other ]>roper warrant authorizing him to do 
 so. Should you concur with mo in adopting the system of retbnn 
 and improvement I suggest, and should I have the honor to be again 
 placed in the proud and honorable position, which by your favor and 
 confidence 1 now occupy, the improvements I have here hinted at 
 would not satisfy me. In addition to them, there should be an An- 
 nual Kegistry and Keturn made of all Counties and their Officers, of 
 all Districts and their Officers, and of all Lodges and their Officers. 
 A general registry of the whole Association, unaccompanied by 
 a similar registry of its various I 'ranches, with their respective officers 
 would be no better than the muster roll of a Grand Army undivided 
 into Regiments or Battalions, undisciplined by drill, and disorganized 
 by the absence of ofllcers. Furthermore, in addition to and in con- 
 nection with what I here reconunend, 1 would desire to see annually 
 published a small Pocket Almanac, which would be purchased and 
 used not only by all tho members of tho Association, but also by the 
 j>ublic at large. The Orange Almanac should contiiin all the General 
 Information which such Calendars usually lay before the public, with 
 tho :iddition of all useful and necessary intelligence connected with 
 tliC Institution. Should a brother go abroad to travel for business 
 or for pleasure, he could put an Orange Almanac in his pocket, for 
 the price perhaps of a quarter of a dollar. And when ho visited 
 any city or town, or township, any island or settlement in British 
 America, he would only require to put his hand in his pocket, pull 
 out his Orange Almanac, and find in it the names and address of 
 tlie officers of tho Institution in the place in which he stood. Need 
 
 1 enlarge upon t.he great convenience of such a publicjrtion ? I trust 
 
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 not. But whilo I assume that all parties will readily admit the great 
 importance and necessity of an office for the Institution ; of a general 
 registry of all the members and of all the officers ; of an improved 
 system oi accounts, and of the publication annually of an Orange 
 Almanac; I can well imagine that there are some, perhaps many, 
 who, while admitting the necessity and importance of these things, 
 will object to them, on the ground of the expense they would be 
 likely to entail. To such, brethren, allow me to state my conviction, 
 that if properly worked they would soon become a source of profit 
 instead of loss to the Grand Lodge. And these are the grounds upon 
 which I base the opinion I have just expressed : .va- fm.vfv <»o ,!^»h«^ti 
 
 '^*' First — 'die large sums — certainly over one-half the amouTit ac* 
 liially paid in — which are annually lost to the Grand Lodge, in con- 
 sequence of the accounts not being regularly kept in the books and 
 furnished to tlie parties ; and which in my judgment, if properly 
 looked after and coUocUkI, as the debt:^ due to other parties are looked 
 after and collected, would more than pay all the expenses incurred by 
 the improvements I have suggested. - ■ - ' -■'■^- ^-'' "-'-'' 
 
 ^ And secondly — 1 would recommend that there be printed, in addi- 
 tion to those which are given free to each Lodge, a sufficient supply 
 of books of the " Constitution and Laws," Annual Reports and Rituals, 
 and Forms, to be kept in the Office of the Institution, and to be left 
 for sale with the acting Secretary. J^lank forms of OcrtiRoate and 
 Summons should also be kept constantly on hand, and such only be 
 issued as wore approve*! by the Grand Lodge. They could bo fur- 
 nished at a fixixl price to all persons needing them, and they would 
 soon become a source of emolument to the Institution. To these 
 would be Jidded the profits to be derived from the sale of the Orange 
 Almanac, so that I should not be much surprised if, after a few years' 
 experience, it should l>c found that the Institution became self-sup- 
 porting and that the "dues" to the Grand Lodge might be done away 
 with altogether. 1 trust, then, that all will devote themselves to this 
 good work — that the Grand l^odge will appoint an acting Secretary 
 or authorize the Grand Master to do so, at a fixed salary — and wmc- 
 tjon the Uikiiiff of suitable apartment:* for his office. , -i >, 
 
REPORT. 
 
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 Act of Incorporation, ^i M\ 
 
 When wc last met in annual session I mentioned to you my 
 anxious desire to secure an Act of Parliament, for the legal acknow- 
 ledpfment of tlie Society, and for its lucorporation by Law. I shAll 
 now detail to you what has since taken place upon that subject. To 
 secure an Act of Incori>oration for any Society or bcdy, it is neces- 
 sary to advertise in the Official Gazette of the Province, and in at 
 least one newspaper published within the county in which the parties 
 intended to be incorporated reside, at least three months before the 
 meeting of Parliament, and also to deposit £20 with the Clerk of the 
 House, and to petition all dhree branches of the Legislature. With 
 all of these preliminary conditions I complied without troubling the 
 Grand Lodge or my colleagues, the ( rrand Officers, upon the subject, 
 T also drafted the Bill before xubinitting it to Parliament, and when 
 drafted, entrusted its progress through the Assembly to the Hon. 
 John Hillyard Cameron, one of the Representatives of the City of 
 Toronto. The Bill I now present to you. (Here the Grand Master 
 placed the Billon the table of the Grand Lodge.) It was introduced i nto 
 the House of Assembly by that honorable gentleman, passad a first 
 reading on the 29 th of February hist, was then printed, and ordered 
 for a second reading on the 1 1th of March. Prior to the second read- 
 tng, when the principle would be tested, an<l the debate upon it take 
 place, T deemed it but right to call a meeting of the Orangemen, who 
 are members of the Legislature, with some other friends who hold 
 our principles, but have not the honor to belong to our Society, in 
 order to our consulting together, and giving and receiving mutual 
 suggestions to secure, if possible, the passage of the Bill. The mem- 
 bers of the Legislature mIio have b'-cn initiated from time to time 
 into our Order, are: George Crawford, M. P., for Brock vi lie; William 
 F. Powell, M. P., for Carleton ; Francis H. Burton, M. P., for Dur- 
 ham ; Elwin Larwill, M.P., for Kent; the Hon. John A. Macdonald 
 (Attorney General for Canada West) M. P. for Kingston ; Basil R. 
 Church, M. P. for North Grenvillc ; James Moir Ferres, M. P. for 
 Broome; Agar Yielding, M. P. for Otbiwa; Thomas Mayne Daly, 
 M. P. for Perth ; George B. Lyon Fellowos, M. P. for Russell ; 
 William Clark, M. P. for North Wellington : and (since elected) 
 
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 John Supple, M. r. for-R^iifrfiW— in all VI]^ Jn addition to those 
 ,,(some few of whom wore miablo to atl»Mi<l) theni wan piesout at 
 .this meeting tho lollownii,' mftinitor*: (ioorge Macbeth, M. 1'. for 
 {jplgin; R. B. Somorvillc, M.l*. for Huntingdon; thti Hon. William 
 Oayloy, M. P. for Huron, (the Inspector (reneral of tiio Province;) 
 and tho Hon. J. Hillyanl Cameron, M. l\ for Toronto. Several other 
 honorable members wore invited, and though unabhi to jt^ive their 
 personal attendance yet promised their strenuous support to the Bill. 
 To confer with those members I invited tho presence i>f tho. Senior 
 Deputy Cirraud Master and the (hand Secretary, both of whom at- 
 tended and gave very valuable an<l important counsel and atlvice 
 upon the occasion. At tho meeting there was but one dissentient, 
 and even that one, I have reason to l>elieve from a subsequent con- 
 versation, would have voted for »is. All the other gentlemen ])r<.sent 
 agreed upon tho necessity and importance of the measure, and the 
 propriety and poliiy of pushing it forward without delay. And it 
 is but justice to state, that amongst the many gentlemoa present, 
 none were more anxious to press tho Bill tliaii the honorable and 
 leanied member who had cliarge of it (Mr. Oameion,) and the 
 ■ jhonorablc and learned member for Kingston (Mr. Macdonald) 
 I. whose dvoc'Kjy, as tlie head of the legal profession, ano the 
 Leader <rf the Government in tlic House, would have had a powv 
 erful influence anJ effect, as well out of <loors as within the walls o( 
 parliament. After arranging all our matters most satisfactorily ^ 
 and after being assured, from a personal canvass of the members, to 
 almost certain success, I discovered that there was an under current at 
 work amongst our own body to defeat the lauda' n purpose we had 
 in view, and the oft rcpcutod wishes of this rand Lodge. Only 
 a few days elapsed when petitions were sent up to Parliament from 
 Kingston and By town praying that the Orange Society might notbf? 
 incorporated or legally acknowledged by Act of Parliament. Thc' 
 petition from tho first nam?d city was sent t<^ the Hon. the Attorney 
 General, and to the .'istonishmcnt and disgust of every rightr-minded 
 and loyal Protestant, the first signature it bore was that of Mr. John 
 Flanagan, the soi dissant (irand Mjister. All the Popish Bills ii; 
 Canada might be passed, and five hundred, or five thousand RomiRh 
 IiwiitutioriB e^tabliBhed by Act of l^arliament, for all Mr, Johii 
 
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 Flanagan cared ; no petition wjw ever sent by him, but the moment 
 A ProtcBtant body, the members of the Loyal Orange Institution, 
 seek to obtain a legal standing in the coimtry, to be enabled to lift 
 their heads above tJie frowns and scoffs of their J^pish and Radi- 
 cal enemies, tliat moment is seized upon by those nominal and 
 misnamed Protestants, to unite their voices with those of Romish 
 Bureau and Radical Mackenzie, to prevent the legal incorporation 
 of our Order, and to continue its members in a state of inferiority 
 and degradation ! While Mr. John Flanagan was sending up his 
 petition from Kingston, and while Messrs. Bureau and Mackenzie 
 were abusing us " their places in the House of Assembly, the malcon- 
 tents of our Order in Toronto were lending them their secret, but 
 ji:ost effectual aid ! I was informed that some one or tw<5 of the 
 members of our Order did not hesitate in their private conversations, 
 to urge various objections against the measure — that it was not 
 needed — that it would give the Grand Officers too much power — 
 that it would enable some men to enrich themselves — that we had 
 got on very well without it — and a thousand other such objections, 
 which I cannot better describe than in the words of one of them- 
 gelves, as " nonsensical twaddle." While the private under-current 
 was thus at work, a sort of handbill manufactory seemed to be estab. 
 lished, from which, almost every night, some fresli printed bill issued, 
 placarding the walls and thoroughfares of the City of Toronto, con- 
 juring up some pretended Romish exhibition, sometimes said to take 
 place on one day, and sometimes on another, but never really in- 
 tended nor never really taking place. These handbills were of the 
 grossest and most offensive nature. At last a District meeting was 
 called upon the subject, and I believe I am right when I say that 
 after a full discussion of the matter in the District Lodge, only two 
 persons were found to support the views of the malcontents. Not- 
 withstanding this meeting and decision however, these violent and 
 unthinking men persevered in their ilijudged and illegal proceetlings. 
 The streets still continued to be placarded with inflammatory bills, 
 and even private letters were written, and numerous invitations sent 
 to country members all round, requesting them to come into the 
 City and to stop some "Popish and Idolatrous" procession. And 
 the members too, misled and deceived by such pretxinces, did attend 
 
 
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 in great numbers ; «nd I m\ inlbhnftd that had it not \mm for thd 
 strenuous exertions of the Senior Deputy (intnd Master, the Grand 
 Secretary, the District Master of Toronto, and a few other distin. 
 guished Brethren, these rasli, hot-heatled and unr«Hecting agitators 
 would, (when there wm no Popish proijession) have !?one out in pro- 
 cetssion theinsolvesi Being at the time the Foreman of the City 
 (rrand Jury, 1 was unable to attend and remonstrate personally with 
 those men, but I have been informed by brethren prestmt, that their 
 conduct was rash and violent in the extreme, and that a single spark 
 would have ignited the wliolo mass, and net the City in a flare ! I 
 immediately after issued an Address, in my otRcial capacity as Grand 
 Master, denouncing those scurrillous and inflammatory placards, re- 
 minding tlie me^mbers of their obligations, cautioning them to pay 
 no attention to any publi(jations unless emanating from the proper 
 Authorities of tlie Order, and calling them back to their allegiance to 
 the decision of the District Lodge and to the Institution at large. If 
 the unseemly an<l disgraceful conduct of the agit-itors upon this occa- 
 sion had no other effect, it had this at least: it off'ectually prevented 
 the furtlier progress of om* Bill. Mr. (\'imeron never moved another 
 .step in the matter, and from conversations had with several members 
 of the House, I lound that to attempt to press the matter further 
 would only be to entail upon us certain defeat, and to enable our 
 enemies still further to crow over us. For this state of things we 
 have solely to than!: those, who, i»riaring our name, but dishonoring 
 our principles, have use<l their privilego as meiubers, to defeat tho 
 long cherished objects of the fnstitution. 
 
 Progress of the Order. 
 
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 ^ 1 have the greatest satisfaction to be enabled to anno\aice to you 
 that a degree of prosperity and siuvess has crowned our labore 
 hitherto unparalleleci in Orange aimals. Sinco the split (as somo 
 call it) in Jur.e, 1853, at Kingston, we have issued not less than two 
 h'andred new Warrants. In this number 1 do not include the re- 
 newals of old Warrant^, or the revival of dormant Lodges, which 
 have amounted to "legion," but I mean original Lodges, that is, tho 
 initiation of new nienibcrs, tiie issue of new Warrants and tJie for* 
 
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 was unal 
 
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 mation of now Lodges, where members, WarranU niui rj04igeH have 
 not liarl an organized oxiatence before. From Juno 1853, to June 
 1856, is three years, or 150 weeks; so that we have in that time 
 established a new Lodge everj' week, with no less than forty-aii 
 over. This is a success hitherto unknown to our Society, a success 
 of which we may well feel [)roud, and a success which gives assur- 
 ance of future triumph. 
 «*'* * * * * •• 
 
 Since our last meeting I have received a variety of letters, papers, 
 pamphlets and other public'ations, from the (rrand liodges and Gmnd 
 Officers of both England and Ireland. And lain happy to inform 
 you that not only has my election as Grand Master and Sovereign been 
 ftilly and officially recognized, but terms personally flattering and 
 complinientory have been added. ''^. 
 
 On motion of Bro. S. B. Campbell, Grand Director of Ceremonies, 
 seconded by Bro. John Rennie, Proxy G51, it was 
 
 Resolvedy That the Address of the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Master and Sovereign be referred to the Committee on Corre*- 
 pondence. ' * 
 
 The Grand Master here read the following letter, received from 
 
 Messrs. John McKinnon, George C. Ward, Thomas Langrell and R. 0. 
 
 Young,' ^(TiH Vfi i>§fl^J!''^">f«' ...'J M M M^-t^^tntH'-i JthM-^n JTftHS^U'WfJ* .::f 
 
 ; Wil.son's TloiKi-, J?»-oc;ti'»7/<r, 17M/m»#, 1866. 
 
 G. L. Allen, Esq., \f^ ,(i<wim mX :>^r^^ k^^V '^hy^Sk^v^A 
 
 ,■ _„■.( Orand Secretary, .^ni!0'n;i'vt;\/fto-:» ;('.*^i:^^ .;r!;^.•!v?'^fT 
 
 Sir and Bbotheu, — At a Special Meeting of the Grand Lodgti, 
 working under Brother John Flanagan, Grand Master, held at Kings- 
 ton, on Thursday, the 5th June, inst., for the purpose of devising 
 measures calculated to heal the division which now unhappily exists 
 among the Orangemen of Canada, the undersigned were appointed! 
 Delegates to confer with the Grand Lodge, working under Brother 
 Ogle R. Gowan. In carrying out this important object, we request that 
 
 NoTB. — There -was much more of the Graud Master's Opening Speech, ai 
 well at the coramensemont as towards its close, which the Grand Secretary 
 was unabl« to take dowa or procure. 
 
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 a Committee of your Grand Lodge bo »p|)oiiitod m soon2»fl posaiblo, in 
 order to decide and report upon such measures at will carry out the 
 object all good Orangemen rnuai havu in view. 
 
 Wo are, Sir and Brotli«'r, 
 Yours, in the Bonds, 
 
 J. MACKINNON. 
 GEO. C. WARD. 
 TIIOS. LAN(}RELI.. 
 R. C. YOUNG. 
 
 Moved by liro. G. B. Rossoaux, Jr. Dy. G. M., and seconded by 
 Bro. S. B. Campbell, G. D. C, and it was 
 
 Resolved^ That Brothers Charles Ryan, Co. M., Elgin ; John 
 Wm. Petrie, W. M. 634 ; Dr. Allen, Co. M., Stormount ; David 
 Parish, M. G. C, 257 ; and James McClure, Co. M., York, do com- 
 pose the Conjmi»*«)e on Finance. 
 
 Moved by Bro. G. B. Rosseaux, Jr. D. G. M., secondei^l Bro. Alfio 
 Degrassi, Grand Tyler, and it was 
 
 Beaoived, That Bros. John Lindsay, Co. M., Quebec; William 
 Henderson, Co. M., Durham ; John Hethtrington, Proxy, 343 ; J^r. 
 Irons, Co. M., Victoria ; and Rev. J. Gilbert Armstrong, Dy. Grand 
 Chaplain, do compose the Committee on Correspondence. 
 
 On Motion of S. B. Campbell, G. D. C, seconded by Bro. William 
 Mack, W. M. 404, it was . " ' 
 
 Resolved, Tliat Bros. John Wilson, M., 396, Toronto; Michael 
 Crawford, Prest. G. Com. ; John Cummins, M. G, C, 654 ; Rev. Dr. 
 Lett, Grand Chaplain ; and William M. Button,M. 548 do compoao 
 the Committee on the Annual Password. .4*^-. 
 
 Moved by Bro. George L. A i.>n. Grand Secretary, and seconded by 
 Bro. Dr. Irons, Co. M. Victcria, 
 
 ■ That whereas, at the Grand Annual Meeting, held at Kingston, in 
 month of June, 1853, certain members of the Institution thought fit 
 to withdraw themselves from connection with the Grand Orango 
 Lodge of B. N. A., and have since continued outside the pale of that 
 Loyal Body ; and whereas, many of tlie said members have since 
 
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 ; David 
 
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 William 
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 William 
 
 Michael 
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 lought fit 
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 lave since 
 
 cipreaaed their sorrow for what th«)n took place, and their anxioiw 
 dosire now to return into t\jl| connexion with the Orange Ho^ly, hf 
 it thtrtfore 
 
 • Resolved, That the Orniid f/od^*, cordially rociprocatincf erery 
 kind and friendly overture that ban been, or that may be, offered, 
 for a more friendl J and intimate union, do hereby appoint tho U. W. 
 the O. M., the Senior Dy. G. M., and the President of the Grand 
 Cpminittce, a Special Committee to meet and confer with such 
 Bretltren, or with any Committee or Delegation they may appoint, 
 the number not to exceed three, for the purpose of arranoing the 
 termi upon which such union may be effected, and fhe said Urethrea 
 re8torf;d to fUll fellowship wjth ttiQ Brotherhood, throu<>;hout th« 
 Kmpire. * . 
 
 Bro. S, B. Campbell, G. D. C, gave notice that ho would, on to- 
 morrow, move : .'.....-• 
 
 That no member shall be allowed to speak longer tlian tt)n minuten 
 at a time, and not mor« than once, (imlowi in reply or explanation) ; 
 the xaid motion to be the first item on the order of the day for to 
 f nor row, 
 
 The Uight Worshipful the Grand I<odge then adjournetJ, tom»atat 
 t,h(? h;>tir of eight o'clock, on to-morrow, at the same plaot». 
 
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 ' ' Wednesday, Juno 18, 1856. « 
 
 The Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge mat, pursuant to adjouni- 
 uient, and at eight o'clock, A. M., the Right Wor8hipf\il the Grand 
 Master and Sovereign entered, aaoendcd the platform, and assumed 
 the Chair. 
 
 The Brethren leincr called to order, in accordance with notice to 
 that effect given yesterday, it was, on motion of Bro. S. B, Campb«^l> 
 G. D. 0., seconded by Bro. Richard Ballard, W. M, No. I, nn^l 
 
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 Hesolved, That no metuber be allowed to speak longer than t«n 
 minutes at a time, and not raoro than once, on the same question, 
 unles* in reply or in explanation. . , - ■ .%T(;f^is^n!t ^,' 
 
 The Grand Master, ou behalf of the Conmiittceof Conference, 
 appointed yesterday, by resolution, to meet certain Delegates from 
 those who had separated fronj the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Lodge of B. N. A., rose and made the following Report: ----- 
 
 We beg le:ive respectfully to report, that immediately after Our 
 appointment, we addressed a letter in tbo following terms to the gen- 
 tlemen who ha I solicted the conference. 
 
 , BuociviLLB, /««<?! 7, 185^. 
 
 Gkstl«mkn :— In mfply to your letter of this day's dalo, I «m 
 instructed to inforni you, that the Ti, W. the Grand Master, the 
 Senior Deputy Grand Master, and the, I^resident of the Grand Com- 
 mittee, have been appointed a Special Committee to meet and confer 
 with you upon the subject of its contents ; and I am desired further 
 to inform you, that those gentlemen will bo happy to meet you at 
 Wilson's Hotel, thi^ evening, at 6 o'clock. 
 
 I remain, 
 
 Gentlemen, i 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 GEO. L. ALLKW. 
 John McKinnou, Esq., and others. G. S. 
 
 Being assembled at the hour appointed, we retjuestod the gentle- 
 men to furnish un with their views in writing, when they handed to 
 ur the following paper : 
 
 " It was proposed by Tlios. Langrell, on the part of the Delegates, 
 that in order to the best intftresta of the Orange Association of 
 British North America, it is jl^sirable that no Brother, who lian 
 already filled the office of Grand Maaler, be again placed in nomina- 
 tion for the office of Grand Master; but that some other Brother of 
 the Order be nauiod, by the present Grand LotJge of Bro. Ogle R 
 Gowan, to l)e aelec'ed as a candidate, in whose favor the Delegates 
 pledg« themselves, imd the brethren they represent^ to unite in elect 
 ing such person in preference to all others." ;<! b'^b-. 
 
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 delegates 
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 Not b«ing able to concur in the MiggeHtionf>ct»iitairiKl in ibis proposal, 
 and deeming it not only contrary to the GonatitutiuT),arid iupultingto 
 those who stoo<l highest in the conliden<« of the Order, vre offered no 
 other reply than a counter proposition, which was couches! in the fol- 
 lowing terms, which we respectfully submit was both as liberal and as 
 conciliatory as any true friend of our tim«>honored Institution could 
 'dceire. ■,.:-' ..'.^' ' ■■■-" ■' ' ■^- '' " ,'" 
 
 *1. That all Lodg«iB'shairi>e allowed to renew their Warratits free 
 
 ofallccsti. ,.,...,;„. ^. :,..,-„,,. ., ,.,.^:. .,;_,: . 
 
 2. That the Mastery of all such Lodges at the time of such renewals 
 receive the Annual Password, and be entitled to all the right*, pri^ 
 vileges and immunities of all other Menibers of the JnKtitution ; to sit 
 and vote in tl»e Grand Lodge, and to act fully with ur in all matters 
 appertaining to the Order. , ^ _^ 
 
 3. That they be allowed to sit and vote in the Grand Lodge, at the 
 election of Grand Officers for the present and all sutx-eeding years, 
 
 4. That in the election of Grand Officers hereafter to le held, we 
 recommend that one half of the Grand Officers, or at all events^ a 
 respectable proportion of tlieni, be taken from each section of the 
 Order. 
 
 On motion of Bro. John HoUantl, Proxy 551 ; seconder! by Bro. 
 S. B. Oam[>bell, G. D. C, it was 
 
 Resolotd^ That the Report of the Committee appointed to confer 
 with the Delegation from the adverse Brethren, now pre.^ented by 
 the Right Worshipful the Grand Master, be received and adopted, 
 and t].e Committee be discharged. ""*^ ^'^4^i^'*^^^^ n^i •?:ft m im^tnh 
 
 The Committee on Correspondence reported that iu consequence 
 <»f the absence of one j>f the members of said Coauuittee they were 
 unable to report, whereupon — .; ' • ; - 
 
 On motion of Bro. the Rev. Nassau C. Gowan, Dy. Grand Clia]^ 
 lain, seconded by Bro. George L. Allen, Grand Secretary, it was 
 
 Resolved^ That the name of Bro. Dr. T. M, Morton, Co. M., Leeds, 
 l>e placed on the Committee on Correspondence, in place of that 
 of Bro. Rev. J. Gilbert Armstrong, Dy. Grand Chaplain — who ^a» 
 unable to attend. *'-''' -.y-^i • ^.■ v * , 
 
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 Th« Grand MaKer now announced that the hour for proceeding to 
 l>ivine Service had arrived, upon which the Knights Companions 
 and Brethren retired to the Court House Square, and formed in 
 Procession, preceded ^J "the Toronto Orange Brans i?a/»f/," and 
 proceeded to St. Peter's Church, where the following most eloquent 
 and truly Orange Sermon was delivered bj Brother the Eev. J. Gil- 
 bert Armstrong, A.B., Incumbent of Woodbridge, Vaughan, Senior 
 Deputy Grand Chaplain, and a collection amounting to £1 2 10b. taker 
 iip for the Proteetant Orphan's Home. . ' ' „ , 
 
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 ^ffe >i*^^kv-ri'iS*.'?*V ■ ' ■ 'U's^f ^:T!iJ Jitfr ?C^ ' 
 
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 «•? . » • 
 
 •' COlfB Olt'f Ot lUSB MY IBOPLIS THAT VS UB HOT rATlTABfeU.* 0> WU *!1KK 
 AlS THAT TB KBCBJTB «or OF HER VLAGVtBj* 
 
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 Jn addieesing for the first time, from the pulpil, the (Jiand Orange 
 
 Lodge of British North America — the highest Ofticers and ReprcBonta- 
 tivfs of, perhaps, the largest organization, Politirn) a» well as Weligiou^" 
 to be found in this immense and important country — I cannot but 
 vengibly feel that I occupy a position of high honor and ol deep re- 
 sponsibility. So many points at once present themselves to the consi- 
 deration of the Preacher upon such an occasion, that I candidly confess 
 I have felt some degree of dilliculty in confining myself within the 
 compass to which a dlHConrie, at such a time, might be rcauonably 
 expected to extend. ■y.i.r'^im y 
 
 The passage which 1 have at lengtli, after much reflection, selected, 
 while it forcibly reminds us of the errors of that religion, against 
 which we, as a body, are arrayed, will, I trust, nevertheless, be found a 
 fertile and instructive subject of meditation to the individual memberf< 
 of our glorious *' Order ;" as well as to others now here in this beautili.1 
 House of God assembled. -«^?t" ..in'^hxa^J mL .k> fei^tiu 
 
 • In ihe beginning of the Chapter, in which our test is found, the 
 A joule aihwles to Unt fall of BahyUm. The Angel, he saye, cric't 
 
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 mightily to hira with a fitfoni; voice saying, "Babylon the great is 
 fallen and is become the h»bitution of devils, and the hold of every 
 Ion] spirit.-*' 
 
 And in ihe 4ih verse he saye, "And I heard another voice from 
 iicaven saying, Come out of her my people, (i. e. come o\U of 
 Babylon,) that ye be not partakers of her sing, and that ye receive 
 not of her plagues.^* And here we may remark, before we enter 
 upon a discussion of our subject, that there is a manifest connection 
 between many of the prophecies of the Old Testament and the dcscnp- 
 lions there given of Bmbyion, and the account of her destiny contained 
 In ihe New Testament. "H^'iS v. -vt ,*->•/ -«***<:('vcvi, 4*! 'ff •!-■'.: ■' '■;« '"v'»«ii« ;.',•: 
 
 In iniuiy instances we fmd the precise expreskious employed. Not 
 to go beyond our text, the words are " Come out of juer ray people :" 
 and Isaiah tays ** Go ye forth of Babylon, flee from the Chaldean* :'^ 
 and Jeremiah says " My people go out of the midst of her :'* and 
 again in the subsequent verse the .\ngei'8 voice says " In the cup 
 which Bh»had filled, fill to her double ;" and Isaiah's words are, " For 
 yoMT shame she shall have double." A f^Ai hih ii^^n ,w' imi'iia^. IW^i 
 
 Now, my Brethren, the more carefully we examine and compare all 
 that is said of the history of this notorious city, and of her inhabitants^ 
 in the scriptures, the more thoroughly must we be convinced that 
 Uahylon represents Apostate Rome, and that the inhabitants of Baby- 
 lon are typical of the professors of the Romish heresy. 
 
 I. In order to prove thii I «hall, in the tirst place, briefly examine 
 Uie doctrines and pra4;tices of the Papal Church, which manifest her 
 idfuiity with the Babylon spoken of, when the Apostle says — ^ ^, . ^.,^-^, 
 
 '♦ Cottie out of her viy ^:^^ple that ye be not partakers of her sinif^ 
 (itui that ye receive Tvot of her plagues.'^ wa" m 
 
 II. Secondly, in my concluding remarks 1 shall brielly show thai the 
 «* drihnge Institution*^ w«k organized to aid in opjwsiiig tliose prin* 
 cipies ; so that its memberi) jaight not be partakers of iho iuius of 
 
 v-vrie, and that they might not receive of her plagues. ■--■- -*•* v*' -^ 
 
 i vVe shall then, firstly, proceed to point out tiie criovs peculi?».i to 
 iiuitie sm, and which mark her identity with Babylon. ■ > W^ 
 
 1. .-ir-' we may at the very outset observe that ibr seveniy years the 
 .Uwish people were under Babylonif^li captivity. Tji«j words of th« 
 Almighty, through the propliet Jeremiah, art?, " 1 will take from ttiem 
 Uie voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the sound of the mill- 
 <»tones and the light of the candle, and th« wliole land shall be a deao- 
 faiicn and an astoniehment." And aft Ihxp wa# .^, puuiishment iuflicled 
 
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 by the Almighty, becaueo his jMjoplo did not inclino ihcir car or 
 iiearken to the Instruction of the pioplict ; no were we punished as a 
 phurch by the doininaiicy of lionie — sto were we in captivity to PapaJ 
 Tide. 
 
 ' England in th« eleventh century,* (during the time of Gregory tlie 
 ?th :) and Ireland and Scotland in the twelfth, pubmited to Papal 
 jurisdiction. And as the .Tows were without the light of the candle and 
 an •* astonishment" at the word of God expressed their situation ; kg 
 were we a« a Church and People, well nigh lost, (at least lo human 
 vision) in <he gloomy cloud that overshadowed us. Tlien were we 
 Jiudeed an ** astonishment" — yen, my brethren, an astonishment it wa»j 
 that a Churchy haviiig so pure, so scriptural, a creed, shoijid have 
 •lumbered beneath the iron hand of Papal domination — should have 
 yielded to a "tyraniy most oppressive and degrading-— a tyranny 
 which seemed lobe gradually treading out every sparjc of generou» 
 ieeling and fitting tbe human race only to be slares." But, after years 
 «f bondage 'i ^^ again saw the light as did the Jews. The hand of 
 God restored u , i Jid the Jews of old, from the hemisphere which 
 «a» darkened by . clouds of righteous; retribution, to that which b«f 
 j;an lo glow with the forecast light of approaching day. ?u -=> k^ mi 
 • 9^ In the second place, we may observe, that another graat erK»r of 
 the Romish Charchj which we oppose, is her claim to univcreioi 
 4f>miniou or euprmiaqf. And in tiiia claim there is a strong retwro' 
 i>lance between Koine and ancient Babylon* 
 
 *<The woman whicli ihou «iwe»t in that great fity which rcignetb 
 ever the kings of the earth," are the words ol the Revelaiio.i referring 
 ^0 Babylon. And that this do<Jtrine is held by the Chui-ch of JKome is 
 ♦bundantly shown tliroughout her history. And yet, ttrange i* say, her 
 •Jairn to mprciaacy — with all the arguments to attempt to prove that 
 J'oter was given eupreine authority b^* our blessed Lord — was neverthe- 
 less not reijognised until the 4th I.ateran Council in the year VXib.\ 
 U\ tJio Sth canon of that Ouncil, the Bornan ('hurch is «iid lo hav* 
 ^ principality of power over all others, as the Mother and Mistress of 
 all Christian believers-. "But the validity of the power of the Pope,"' 
 6ays % polemical writer,! "altogether tlepends on being the undoubted 
 cesdor of St. Peter." Who then, we would ask, is the lireat Ue;u> 
 
 * PaluMr'i Bccletiaitical Hittorr, (eomp. «d.) pagtii iOP^ JO?, luna )fX\. 
 ) Dr. Hook'i Char«h Die. p. 607. 
 I Yeaag*! Cofttrov««K) L«et«ne, p. 
 
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R E r O ET. 
 
 43 
 
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 vi ihe R(irni«h Cliurcb ? Js il the Successor of tlitti heretic John 2*2n(l,:t 
 who denied the immoitality of the* soul ; of John 23d, and Gregory 
 I'ithy and Benedict 13th, wlio were ail Popes at once, and all cashiered 
 hy tite General Council of Constance for being illegitimate *, of Pope 
 Kugenius, whom the Council of Basil convicted both of schism and 
 ijeresy ; of Pope ^larcellinus, who had sacrificed to Idols ; of Silrester 
 2nd, who had sacrificed to the devil — a successor of the •* Alexanders,§ 
 the Hildebrandi>, the Gregories, the Bonifaces, whose lewd and flagitiouf) 
 lives are hardly to be paralleled in history." We deny the authority 
 of Buch Successor!*, and challenge Rome to prove even Peter's supre- 
 macy. 
 
 Peter enjoyed, a» we hold, a priority of order not a prioriti/ o/' 
 power or pre-eminence ofjuri'idiction.[\ He was equal with the other 
 Ajx>stles. Tiiis the Bible proves, and this is corroborated by the early 
 fathers of our Cliurch. We, therefore, are opposed to this point oX heresy, 
 «.» one of those sins of the apostacy which we &re to avoid And as the 
 woman (or Babylon,) in the quotations which we have already niade, 
 was said to be that great city which reigneth over the Kings of the 
 Karth ; so has Rome exercised this imscriptural authority. Yes, in th« 
 l*2ih century, *6he exercised it over the monarch, John, of England ; again 
 fche exe-wised it over tlie bloody Queen Mary ; not to mention the nu.- 
 merous other examples in more ancient, as well as more modems 
 periodifi, not merely in the history of Englaiid but alsQ jm thai ofl^fiji^idf 
 universe. ^ ,_.",,.^. ..!?■. •.. . ,.:j, _.;^ ..^.; t i... ^i,.. ,,;**.. ^'.... .,,.. ...., ,^;^^ ' 
 
 Ik But w© pass on to anothej point of identity, which we axe le 
 ftvoid— %m«'« Idolatry. .:,.,, n-um^^^ 
 
 It ie to be deplored that a Church laying clairn io wincliiy and 
 tniiquity — to the suc^cession of authority from Peter~a Church which 
 p/oftisses to adore the Saviour of mankind, should be guilty of an act 
 «iii> contrary to all revelation as that of Idolatry fi And yet for thie 
 Doctrine (though couched in other words) she cannot claim the authority 
 of anti(n)iiy any more than for that of the supremacy oi the Voxii'dU 
 Tlicro appears lo have been little or no use of images in the Chrihtiae 
 <ytuirclv for the fir^^t three or four hundred years, as is evittei^|rom lh« 
 tilojjce of all aucicui author.^, and of the heathens lliememiw!, who 
 uotor ie-crimiual«il, or charged tlifli uso of Images ou tli« primiliv* 
 QnJstianN.' '■- — - -, — v. -v^.. 
 
 1 Hintor/ of Popwr, p. &. 
 
 ^ Balur'e HhU Leet«re», p. 25 . ., >; ,; .„^,^r */> ,; %j;;>f i 
 
 ll Profwfior i;r»w«e of OansbrWg« '»» flit .'i9 vtit^j P- S0^. f,*t „«f:> ■' j 
 

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 B K J» O B T . 
 
 In the 4th century the (Council of Elliheris rf (eun. 36.) says "it 
 pleases us to have no pictures in c^iurrlies, lest that which is wonshiiv 
 ed shouhlbe painted npon the -walls." The {^n«l controversy of ihe8tb 
 century, Palmer tells us, was on a point of Christian morality — the 
 worship of images.* 
 
 The Roraish Council of Trent decrees that " due iwrship should he^ 
 given to images." Bellarmlno and other prominent authorities of the 
 Romish church prove the lawfulness of even the images of the Deiti/ 
 .tor the general practice of devotion in that Church.t 
 
 The Council of l^ent moreover decrees that the honor which is paid 
 to images is referred to their prototypes ; so that by means of ilie imagee 
 which we kiss and bow down before, we adore Christ and reverence the 
 Saints whose likeness they bear." «*r ' ^"* ^'j *v»*t-w^- '»^ 3- a^ ^ y' 'y^>^T' 
 
 The following quotation Irom the learned Dr. CHalloher will alsopr^^ 
 •ent the authority on which we charge the Romish Church with the tin 
 of adoring creatures instead of worshipping the inniiite Creator — 
 
 " St. JMicheal pray for us : St. Gabriel pray for us. All ye holy 
 angels and arch-angels pray for us. All ye holy ordera of blessed 
 ipiritt pray for us. St. Jolui the Baptist, St. Joseph, all yo holy 
 patriarchs and prophets, pray for us. All ye holy disciples of our Lord, 
 all ye holy Innocents, pray for us: fit, Stephen, St. Lawrence &c., &c. : 
 all ye holy monks and hermits: all ye holy virgins and widows: all ye. 
 men, women, saints of God, make intercession for us."i 
 
 Again on another authority of high standing} (Palrner) wo have the 
 following mentioned its some oi the idolatries which are practiced in 
 the Romish church, viz., <• having images of Chffst, of the 'ft-inity, of 
 God the Father ; relics of the blood, Uush, hair, and nail of Christ 5 
 relics of the true cross, relics of the nails, spear, sponge, scourge, reed, 
 pillar, linen cloth, napkin of Veronica, seamless coat, purple robe, in- 
 ceription on the cross and other instruments of the passion : images of 
 the Cross, of the Bible, the Blessed Virgin : all which images and relics 
 ought, according to the doctrines taught commonly and without censure 
 in the Romish communion, to receive (ht very worship paid to God." 
 
 On this subject of idolatry then, do we n<?t also see another jjroof of 
 what we liavo already so far s-ubf^tantiatod, vi/.., that Babylon ie typicrJ 
 Rome ! 
 
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 H Bifhop BarodH on the 30 artielac, p. 2 78. 
 
 • Ie«let. Hiitory, p. 78. i -V^^'^ ' 
 
 t Bcllarm, de Imag. f. iJ. c. 8. ^~- -^ ,«fT r, nJ V^Hr-*^u:-i 
 
 t " OardM of th« tool'» fJilbl. ^^^^'i lo -s* *«.. I ^rt^wr^* 
 
 k Qttolftd by Dr.. Hook (»j. 308) or thteBubjeck, " "^ '*- *»*^' '^ 
 
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B E P B T . 
 
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 lys "it 
 
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 ty— the 
 
 ould be 
 
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 ie paid 
 ; imagcB 
 jnce the 
 
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 ye holy 
 blessed 
 ye holy 
 )ur Lord, 
 lic, &c. : 
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 have ihe 
 ticed JD 
 rinity, ci; 
 Christ J 
 ge, reed, 
 robe, \n- 
 nages ol 
 nd relics 
 censure 
 God.'' 
 proof oJ 
 ? typiccJ 
 
 Were not the Babylonians guilty of ■worshiping idok t To prove 
 this fact we need only instance the command of Nebuchadnezzar to 
 every one of his subjects, to worship the golden statue which he had 
 erected from the spoil of war — and thatj too, on pain of being cast into 
 the fiery furnace ; in like manner as were the anathemas pronounced 
 by the Romish councils against those who would not stoop to this most 
 abject species of idolatry. 
 
 Would to God, my Orange brethren, that the conviction of the -sin o^ 
 idolatry, which caused the monarch just named to give glory to the God 
 of the Hebrews, would seize the professors of a creed, so contrary to that 
 Divine law which says — ** Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven 
 image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the 
 earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not bow to 
 them nor worship them." Then would the words of the Psalmist burst 
 forth with force and beauty on the mind of the faithful worshipper, who 
 with David would exclaim — " Thou compassest ray path and my lying 
 down, and art acquainted with all my ways — whither shall I go from 
 thy spirit, and whither shall I flee from thy presence ?" *<:iM iM'iiiii*/^ 
 
 4. The fourth and last of the errors of Rome, which tirnc will permit 
 ine to notice, and which also identifies her with Babylon, is her per^ 
 sccution. 
 
 This is a doctrine of the Papacy, you must bt^ar in mind, and not a 
 mere accidental event in her history. One of her great writers and 
 authorities already named (Bellarmine) tells us that the '* church (i. e. 
 the Romish church) persecutes heretics from a zeal for the salvation of 
 houls."* -This doctrine is further unfolded in the Rhemish notes,! and 
 laid down in the <}ecrees of the Council of Trent as a («pecia] article of 
 belief 
 
 In the history of Babylon the very act of consigning Daniel's three 
 (■ompanions into the llery furnace, because they would not bow to the 
 golden image, was an instance of persecution. And again, the casting 
 <»f Daniel himself into the lions' den because he would not worship any 
 other (Jod than the " one living and true," furnishes an additional .ex- 
 ample of that spirit of persecution which forms a leading dogma of the 
 <;hurch of Rome. 
 
 This doctrine of persecution must be doubtlessly looked upon as the 
 K'sult of the erroneous principle of the Popt^s supremacy ^ which we 
 
 * BeUaribJne, printed at Jlomt under the Patronage of Tope Gregory 
 
 XVI— 1853. 
 
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 f Rshmiab notes, printed in 1818, at»d*r the patronage of Dr. Mnrmy 
 JioiBi»h ArcbbJebop of DubliD., ^ 
 
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 iiave already noticed. 'Hie argutnenl of the Papist being that Peter 
 bad supreme authority given him by our Lord ; i)iat the Popes of Rome 
 are his successors ; and that consequently it is necessary to salvation, 
 that the Papal mandate should be fully and submissively obeyed ! 
 
 But wltat are those doctrinei$ Avhich are attempted to be thus enforced 
 by t>«e Papal power ? Are they those which were taught by our Lord 
 and his Apostles? If they are, then the crime of persecution would be 
 somewhat extenuated. But they are not the doctrines of Christ, but 
 those which Rome has herself added thereto. Thus, melancholy to 
 relate, millions have been plunged into etemity by this awful discipline 
 of the church of .the apostacy ! Think of the noble army of martyrs who 
 have been tortured by the most cruel and inhuman deaths, because they 
 Wfused to bend the knee to Rome's idolatrous and super««titious ritee. 
 Are there any who deny her power to forgive sins ; are there any who 
 exclaim against the sacrince of the mass; against the invocation of 
 (Mints ; against the celibacy of the clergy ; against the immaculate 
 conception ; against the supremacy of the Pontiff, or the miracles of a 
 winking Madonna ; are there any who alledge that grac« is not conferred 
 in the annointing of the sick, or that the Scriptures contain all things 
 ueccHsary for salvation independently of all oral tradition ? SuiOi person** 
 wherever found, whether within the gates of the holy city or in the re- 
 motest corner of the Pope's assumed dominion, are at once pronounced 
 accursed, and deserving of, and consigned to, *' persecution.'^ 'w »; ., 
 
 We shall spare ourselves the recital of those awful massacres whic)» 
 have rendered bloody llie pages of Rome's history. We shall not now 
 quote the history of the plot.s formed against the good Queen Elizabeth, 
 or the murders inflicted under the detestable Mary — hyr predecessor. 
 Nor shall we detail the sufferings of the Waklenses and Albigenses, who 
 because thoy were opposed to Roniisli heresy were thought and made fit 
 ftubjects of persecution. Did time permit us, we might jwint to Spain's 
 dreadful inquisition — to liie massacres at Belgium and Paris ; and then 
 we might judge of Rome's persecuting doctrine by the delight manifest- 
 ed by Popes and Popish sovereigns at the wholesale carnage there com- 
 mitted : but time warns me that I must hasten to the concluding jx)rtion 
 of my discourse. 
 
 So iar I have jtointed out Babylon as typical of Rome. 1 have shown 
 that as the Untelites were in captivity in Babylon, so were our Protestant 
 forefathers under R>;me — that as Babylon was guilty of gross idolatry, so 
 was Ronje — that as Babylon laid claim to universal supremacy, so did 
 Rome — that as persecution was cruelly practised by Babylon, so wap it 
 by Rome—thus cstablithing the iiknlHy between Babykm and Rome, 
 
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K K f O K r 
 
 m 
 
 I Peter 
 f Rom© 
 IvatioD, 
 
 1! 
 rtiforced 
 
 ur Lord 
 
 rould be 
 
 rist, but 
 choly to 
 iscipline 
 tyrs who 
 luse they 
 lus riteo. 
 my who 
 ;ation of 
 maculate 
 cles of a 
 conferred 
 ill thin{i;s 
 li por.on** 
 
 II the re- 
 xjvjoiinccd 
 
 es whic)) 
 Inot now 
 Elizabeth, 
 decesBor. 
 usee, who 
 d made fit 
 to Spain's 
 and theu 
 manifefrl- 
 here core* 
 ng jx)rlion 
 
 ave tihown 
 Prnteslau! 
 dolalry, eo 
 ■:.y, so did 
 , so wap it 
 nd Rome, 
 
 and showing that the exiiortation of our text - r4)me out. nf ISabyltm,** in * 
 as applicable to us of tlio pro.sent day, and in the same mcnso, as it was 
 to the poopic of (lod when the acriptureg were written. 
 
 II. Ami this loads nie, in the second place, to show that the Oramur 
 Institution was organized to aid in opposing those principles; so th»t 
 its m»;mbers might not be partakers of the sins of Rome and that they 
 might not receive of her plagues. 1} j. .u."?'. » • ,■ '>ii;<.';r ^i?;} ^<-i. <'?>.?! n* 
 
 Passing over, for want of time, a great many interesting eronts in the 
 history of Orangeism, we shall introduce the sultjoct, however abruptly, 
 by observing that the Reformation, whicdi had been elsewhere so 
 sucessfuUy carried on, was imperfectly conducted in Ireland, 
 
 The reason assigned for this want of success was, that the native* 
 spoke a language peculiar to themselves which was hard to be under- 
 stood ; and the masses, as is the case in all countries, without exception, 
 where Romanism prevails, having btujn, through the policy of their 
 leaders, kept in ignorance, worn more easily led on, by a blind zeal for 
 their religion, and with tin; assurance of absolution from their priests, to 
 propagate the most extrav;igaut dogmas of their faith by the arm of the 
 most treaclierous and l)rutal persecution. ""^■■'" -'"■ vw^*-=iR »«-•«?« • 
 
 Thus robberies, arsons, murders, and rebellions, the most daring, and 
 almost unexampled, were perpetrated by thcvso too willing and sub- 
 missive serfs of Popish .iway and arrogancy. 
 
 At a time when such a state of things existed in Ireland, the '•'Oriinge 
 iMtitution — a healthy oflshoot of which now flourishes in this country 
 — was at the first organized in that *'«merald isle of the ocean." The 
 descendants of those who fled from other lands to shun the burning 
 horrors of the stake, or who had barely escaped the mortal wound — 
 fighting by th\. sides of their own beloved aires and grandsires — were in 
 spireed with a national and enthusiastic zeal for their " altars and theif 
 homes," and with becoming courage and determination worthy of the 
 good Protestant Cause, and of the country of their nativity — moved by no 
 malicious rancor or unholy pride — resolved for their own mutual pro- 
 tection from ravages and incursions so repealed and murderous — to seek 
 for some organization, by which they might be enabled to recognise 
 each other, as good and loyal subjects ; and as the wyiinching and un- 
 compromising supjwrters of the sound principles of our holy Catholic and 
 Apostolic Church, as restored and bequeathed us at the Reformation^ 
 This briefly was the origin of the ^'Orange Institution^* — a large 
 number of whose members I now have the privilege of addressing — 
 and whose principles I trust sliall, from year to year, more widely and 
 deeply be felt and fostered. 
 
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 And horo Iftt it bo distinctly underistood, and especially by RoiniitusH 
 lhomselvofl~if thorc are any present— that the " Orange Institution''' 
 never at any »iino entertained the idea of peraeculion. It is not th^* 
 leaching of the Church to which it in strongly attached, nor has it ever 
 been the practice of its members. If it is opposed to Rome in Rome'* 
 present fallen and apostate condition, it in because the Bible is opposed 
 to Rome, and because the Orange Institution, is, as it over has been, a 
 Strong confederation — a mighty phalanx, agamst Poperj*. 
 
 \Vc, my brethren, as members of that truly noble and illustrious In- 
 •titutiou, desire it to be understood, that the warfare which he would 
 zealously and faithfully carry on is the warfare of our Church, and 
 therefore not against the persona of Romanisis, but against tlio prin- 
 ciples of Romanism. Our " Order " did not spring into existence as 
 an aggressive but as a defensive Order. 
 
 . Had the advocates of Romanism laid aside their cruel implements ol 
 i)er3ecntion from the beginning — had they contented themselves to sup- 
 port their doctrines by a candid appeal to the plain book of Clod as the 
 ONLY authority — had they done this, I affirm now, as I have done on 
 other public occasions, that the Orange Institution would never hav* 
 §een the light of day. 
 
 But when reason and argument— when free public discussion, were 
 contemptuously «et aside ; and when physical force waa substituted, 
 and Romanism, like Mahomedanism and Paganism, was attempted to 
 be propagated by the sword, it was not the part, of our Protestant fore- 
 fathers to stand tamely by and see their houses burned from over their 
 he{i,d« — to witness their darling wives and beloved little ones destroyed 
 intlio conflagration, and their relatives and neighbors shot down, not in 
 the dead of the night, but worse anu more audacious still, in the broad 
 light of day 1 It was not their duty to themselves, to their families, to 
 their neighbors, or to the country which they bo dearly loved to look 
 silently and inactively on. No, my brethren, they rose as one man, io 
 •elf-defence, as rose the Israelites of old, againit the sons of Goliath of 
 Gath. The nature o' the circumstances in which they were placed, 
 detitCf^.-ted such an action ; and they would stand culpaWe in the face of 
 right and duty, did they not do as they have done. In these sad timed 
 they were, for tie reasons, I hare BtaXed, forced—forced I say, tmphati- 
 calif, to fonn themselves into one great confederation. 
 
 Nor need it be said, (as wo sometimes hear it, by those who are no^ 
 in our ranks) that we have nofff no need of such an Institution. *Tis true 
 W(3 bAve not such calamitous scenes now an we had then ; 'tis true peac« 
 
 M-^ 
 
 men 
 Mast 
 the 
 
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 that 
 
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 37 
 
 exproasod their 3orrow for what, thun took plnee, aud their aojciotw 
 desire now to roturn into full oonnoxion with the Orange Uo4ly, be. 
 if. thtrt/ore 
 
 Renolved, That the Grand liodj^o, cordially rociprocating erery 
 kind and friendly overture that h/w been, or that may be, otVer«»d, 
 for a more friendly and intimate union, do hereby appoint the U. W. 
 the G. M., the Senior Dy. G. M., and the President of the Grand 
 Coinuutt(3e, a Spocinl Committee to meet aud confer with such 
 Brethren, or with any Committee or Delegation they may appoint* 
 the number not to eiceo<l three, for the purpose of arranging the 
 tt^rms upon which such union may be effected, and the said Brethren 
 restored to Aill feJIowship with the Brothirhooii, throughout the 
 Empire , , . 
 
 Bro. S. B. Campbell, O. I). C, gare notice that he would, on to- 
 morrow, move ; *" „ . 
 
 That no meml>er shall be allowed to speak longer than ton miuuteii 
 at a time, and not mor« than onco, (uulosa in reply or explanation) ; 
 the said motion to be the first item on th« order of the day for to- 
 morrow, 
 
 The Right Worshipful tiie Grand Lodge then adjourned, tom^ettt 
 tha hour of eight o'clock, on to-morrow, at the »«me plao». 
 
 
 ■'Mi 
 
 
 Couar flousa, Brocivili.b, 
 
 
 .h)?iifj4«M.«tl ;«^1^^*f rri^*»»v:i-' 
 '^:- : •. . 'r Wednesday, June 18, 1856. 
 
 The Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge met, pursuant to adjourm- 
 ment, and at eight o'clock, A. M., the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Master and Sovoreign eatered, aic<ondod the. platform, aud a^sunied 
 tlie Chair. .-,--• ;■■:-■,-, ,-:^ .,^ '■ .-.." './,*,'^::^» 
 
 The Brethren being called to order, in acoordance with notic* to 
 that effect given yesterday, it was, on motion of Bro, S. B. CampWJ, 
 G. D. C, seconded by Bro. Richard Ballard, W^ M, No. 1, 
 
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 38 
 
 B B r B 1 
 
 » Hftolved, That no inetnbor l)« allowed to speak longer thao ten 
 minutes at a time, and not more than onco, on the iiamo qncslion, 
 uu1<^8t in reply or in oxplanation. '^ * ' ■ 
 
 !( The (4r»nd Master, vu behalf of »,he Ooinnillteeof Conference, 
 appointed yesterday, by resoluliou, to meet certain Dologatea from 
 those who ba(i separated from the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Lodge of U. N. A.., rose and made the following Report: - ••- --' 
 ;= Wo be;^ leave retipectfiilly to rejiort, that immodiately after our 
 appointment w<. a«ldrcs««d u letter in the following terms to the gen 
 
 tlomen who had ioHcted the confei-»>nce. ' - 
 
 . . . .»,/.. 1^. , ,,. j.„. 
 
 TJuocKviLLn, June 17, 18i)rt. 
 ft.:' • 
 
 Obntlkmkn : — In reply to your letter of tint day's dat^, I am 
 
 instructed to inform you, that the R. W, the (irand Mjwter, the 
 
 Senior Deputy Grand Master, and th<; President of the (J rand Oom- 
 
 mitt«e, have been appointed a Special Commitlce to meet and confer 
 
 with you upon the subject of its contonts ; and I am desired further 
 
 to inform you, that ihoso gentlemen will bo happy to ine«t you at 
 
 Wilson's Hotel, tbi^ evcniiifj, nt 6 o'clock. 
 
 ■ *»4**«i<w .'miiruiiilum r^^«»|i» t*>t remain, .,'^ j|'>«ji(if»oW4ii.gf^r*«fp;s 
 .'^•*irj wnk «ii» Gentlemen^ »%ivWtijj4j4 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 GKO. L. ALLBK. 
 John McKinuon, Esq., and others. G. S. 
 
 Being assembled at the hour appointed, we requested the gentle- 
 men to furnish us with their views in writirg, when they hande«i tt> 
 us the following paper: 
 
 " It was p'-oposed by Thos. Tangrell, on the part, of the Delegates, 
 that in ordt. to the best interests of the Orange Association of 
 British North America, it is desirable that no Brother, who has 
 'already filled the oflRce of Grand Master, be again placed in nomina- 
 tion for the ofRce of Grand Master; but that some other Brother of 
 the Order be named, by the present Grand Lodge of Bro. Ogle F, 
 **Gowan, to be selected as a candidate, in whose faror the Delegates 
 •'^pledge themselves, and the brethren they represen.% to unite in elect- 
 ing such person in preference to all otl)er»." , 
 
 ^^. 
 
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 elegatet, 
 ation of 
 who has 
 nomina- 
 rother of 
 
 OgteE. 
 )elegate» 
 
 in elect- 
 
 Not U!in|»ubleto<»oiicurin theinjg{jeHtioijKi'<»ntniiit<] in ibispropoKiI, 
 HTtd (Jleeming it not onlj conlraiv to the Omttitutiui^and inpuUing to 
 ihoeewho 8too<I highent in the con(i<Jon<ii ol thu Or<]«r, wo olfered no 
 oUier rtplj than % counter proposition, which \n «» ctmchwi in th«fol- 
 16wing terms, which we respectfully submit was both a^ liberal and m 
 conciliatory as any tnio friend of our tiin4:-honor«<i institution could 
 desire. ":^^'-4»-**' ,9%nn>iii<i>ih^ lo jmawf^dj ,M..Jk f'Sfttoti^frnJi h^l ' 
 
 1. 'Fliat all I^odgeft shall be Allowed to renew their Wan'a«i« fre« 
 
 of all COfitJ . ♦"^••iii <« 'Ji*i>t,^^»..i .irt»U*'jw«.»: i ■I'rt* iwr xfv^ 
 
 2. That the Masters of all such Lodges at the time of^uch renewals 
 receive the Annual I^assword, and be entitle^! to all the rights, pri- 
 tiieges and immunities of all other Members of the Institution ; to sit 
 and vote in the Grand Lodge, and to act fully with us in all matters 
 appertaining to the Order. ;_^ ^ ^ 
 
 3. That they be allowed to sit and vote in the Grand Ijodge, at the 
 election of Grand OfRcerR for the preeent and all succeeding years. 
 
 4. That in the election of Grand Oflicers hereafter to le held, we 
 recommend that one half of the Grand OfRceri*, or at all events, a 
 respectable proportion of them, be taken froii f-aoh section of the 
 Order. 
 
 On motion of Bro. John HollaniT, Proxy !)51 ; seconded by Bro. 
 S. B. Campbell, G. D. C, it was . 
 
 Jiesolvtd, That the Report of the Committee appointed to confer 
 witli the Delegation frOm the advers* Brethren, now presented by 
 tlie Right Worshipful the Grand Master, be received and adopted, 
 and the Committee bo discharged. : « - , '; ; 
 
 The Committee on Correspondence reported th'at'iti c6nsequ^ticb 
 of the absence of one of the members of said OorrDiiittee they were 
 unable to report, whereupon — . . . . : 
 
 On motion of Bro. the Rev. Nassau C. Gowan, Dy. Grand Ohap> 
 lain, seconded by Bro. George L. Allen, Gr^nd Secretary, it was 
 
 Resolved^ That the name of Bro. Dr. T. M. Morton, Co. M., Leeds, 
 lie placed on the Committee on (yorrespondeuce, in place of that 
 of Bro. Eev. J. Gill)ert Armstrong, Dy. Grand Chaplain — who wa* 
 unable to attend. . - ^ • ,. i„ , -. .. „ ;i..^..,*.. 
 
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 'J'he Grand Mast«r now announcod that the hour for proceeding to 
 Divine Service had arrived, upon which the Knights Companionfi 
 and Brethren retired to the Court House Square, and formed i» 
 Procession, preceded hj " the Toronto Orange Brass J5aw^," and 
 proceeded to St. Peter's (!?hurch, where the following most eloquent 
 and trulj Orange Sermon was delivered hy Brother the fiev. J. Gil- 
 bert Armstrong, A.B., Incumbent of Woodbridg3, Vaughan, Senior 
 Deputy Qran4 Ohapiain, and a collection amounting to £12 lOs. tAkcr 
 MP for llie Protestant Orpban*B Home. , , , . - 
 
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 In addiessing lor the lirst lime, from llic pulpit, the Grand Orange 
 Lodge of British North America — the highest Ofiicers and Representa- 
 tives of, perhaps, the largest organization, Political as well as Religiou!', 
 to be found in this immense and important countr)' — 1 cannot but 
 iensibly feel that I occupy a position of high honor and of deep re- 
 sponsibility. So many jwints at once present themselves lo the consi- 
 deration oi the Preacher upon f^uch an occasion, that I candidly confess 
 I have felt some degree of difficulty in confining myself within the 
 compass to which a discouTse, at such .•». time, might be reasonably 
 expected to extend. . ^^ . ^ " • ? ■ - j?_;^^ . 
 
 'Die passage which I have at lengtli, after much reflection, selected, 
 while it forcibly reminds us of tlw errors of that religion, against 
 which we, as a body, are arrayed, will, 1 trust, nevertheless, be found a 
 fertile and instructive subject of meditation to the individual memberft 
 of our glorious " Order ;" a« well as to others now here in this bcjtutiii;! 
 House of God assembled. -' ^ * . - ^.' j^^ .. : .;,j:^;| >.. 
 
 In the beginning of the Chapter, in whK'h'our text is found,- the 
 Apostle alludes to tlie f'a\( rf Bahuloit. Tlie Angel, he sayt, crifcil 
 
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 mightily to him with a strong voice saying, "Babylon the great is 
 fallen and ie become the habitation of de b, and the hold of every 
 Und spirit." 
 
 And in the 4iU verse ho says, " And I heard another voice irom 
 iieuven saying, Come out of her my people, (i. e. come ovrt of 
 Babylon.) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and thai ye receive 
 not of her plagues.-* And here we may remark, belore we enter 
 upon a discussion of our subject, that there is a manifest cormeclioo 
 between many of the prophecies of the Old Testament and the descrip- 
 tions there given of Babylon, and tlie account of her destiny contained 
 iji the ]*few Testament. 
 
 , In many instances we fmd the precise expressions employed. Not 
 to go beyond our text, the words are " Come out of her ray people :" 
 and Isaiah says ** Go ye forth of Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans :'' 
 and Jeremiah says *< My people go out of the midst of her :" and 
 iigain in the subsequent verse the Angel's voice says " In the cup 
 wliich she had filled, fill to her double :" and isa|fihr(i\^pols^ajre, **JPiljf 
 your shame she shall have double." 
 
 Now, my Brethren, the more carefully we examine and comi«re all 
 that is said of the history of this notorious city, and of her inhabitantSy 
 in llie scriptures, the more thoroughly must we be convinced that 
 Bahylon represents Apostate Rome, and that the inhabitants of Baby- 
 ion are typical of the professors of the Romish heresy. 
 
 I. In order to prove this I shall, in the first place, briefiy examine 
 Uie doctrines and practices of the Papa! Clmrch, which manifest her 
 kleniity with the Babylon sj^okeu of, when the Apostle says — 
 
 ^* Come out of ker my people that ye be not partakers of he*' siiiSf 
 *in4t?uU ye receive not of her plagues." , ~ / , ' - 
 
 II. Secondly, in my concluding remarks I shall briefly show t)»al the 
 <• Orange Institution** was orgunizoil to aid In opposing those prin- 
 ciples ; so that its members might not bo partakers of iho sins of 
 Homf,', and that they might not receive of her plagues. 
 
 1. Wo shall then, firstly, proceed to point out the eut.rs peculiar to 
 Romanism, and which mark her identity witli Bal)yjon. 
 
 1. And we may at the very outset observe that for seveniy years ih« 
 .lewieh people were under Babylonish captivity. The words of the 
 Almighty, through the prophet Jeremiah, are, " 1 will take from them 
 the voice of mirth and the voice of gladuesfj, the sound of the mill- 
 stones and the light of the can<lle, and the whoie land shall be a desu- 
 jtaiion aod au astonishment." And as this was a punishiihent inflicted 
 
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 by ihe Almighty, because his people did ool incline their ear ox 
 iiearken to the inieitructioQ of the prophet;. so were we punished &a a 
 Church by the doininancy of Rome—so were we in captivity to Papsil 
 jule. 
 
 England in the eleventh centnry>* (dnring the lime of Gregory tiie 
 ?th5) and Ireland and Scotlan<l in the twelfth, gnbmited to Papal 
 jurisdiction. "And as the Jews were without the light of the candle and 
 ta *' astonishment'* as the word of God expressed their situation ; so 
 were we as a Church and People, well nigh lost, (at least to huinan 
 vision) in the gloomy cloud that overshadowed us. Tlien were we 
 indeed an " astonishment" — yes, my brethren, an astonishment it wa^, 
 ihat a Churchy having so pure, so scriptural, a creed, should have 
 •hunbered beneath the iron hand of Papal domination — should have 
 yielded to a "tyraniy most oppressive and degrading— a tyranny 
 nrhich seemed to be gradually treading out every spark of generouR 
 feeling and fitting the human race only to be slares.*' But, after years 
 «f bondage we again saw tite light as did the Jews. The hand of 
 4jrod restored us, as it did the Jews of old, from the hemisphere which 
 •was darkened by the clouds of righteous retribution, to that which \m>^ 
 jpM to glow with the forecast light of approaching day. - *"' i*«i*w,«" im^ 
 
 *' ^ In the second place, we may observe, that another great enxir oi 
 ihe Romish Church, which we op;x)se, is her claim /o universal 
 •ifymiimon or mprmuicy. And in this claim there is a strong resem*^ 
 ^)Unce between Rome and ancient Babylon. 
 
 "The woman which thou sawest in that gfeateity #h{cH Vc ij^hetiv 
 ever the kings of the earthy" are the words of the Revclatloa referring; 
 tQ Babylon. And that this doctrine is held by the Church of Rome is 
 abundantly shown throughout her history. And yet, strange te say, ho 
 •lalm to«^rc/'/w/:y — with all the arguments to attempt to prove that 
 Peter was given sttprefiie authority byouir blessed Lord — was neverthe*^ 
 less not recogniswl until the 4th I.ateran Council in the year I'ilS.t 
 lo itio 5th canon of thai Covnicil, lh# Roman Church is said to have 
 i^ principality of power over all other*, as the Mother and Miftre-^s of 
 all Christian believers "But the validity of the power of the Pope,'* 
 iays ^ polemical writer,! " altogether depends on being the undoubted 
 MCce6iSor of iSu Peter," Who then, we would ask, is the j^reat JJead 
 
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 * Palmer's BcclM'uuitical Histoty, (eoi»p.4Kl.) pag«« )&8, }C7, and IPO. 
 * t Dr. Hook'i Churali Dia. p. 607. 
 
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 of the Romish Chunth ? Is it the Successor of that heretic John 22nd,i 
 who denied the immoilality of the soul ; of John 23d, and Gregory 
 12th, and Benedict I3th, who vrerc ail Popes at once, and all cashiered 
 by the (seneral Council of Constance for being illegitimate ; ol Pope 
 Eugonius, whom the Council of Basil convicted both of s6hism and 
 h.resy ; of Pope Marcellinus, who had sacrificed to Idols ; of Silvester 
 i^id, who had sacrificed to the devil—a successor of the " Alexanders,^ 
 Uie Hildebrands, the Gregories, the Bonifaces, whose lewd and flagitiouD 
 lives are hardly to be paralleled in history." We deny the authority 
 of such Successors, and challenge Rome to prove even Peter's bupre*' 
 
 Peter enjoyed, as we liold,„a priority of order not a priority q/' 
 fiower or prt-tminetict of jun9dic4ion.\\ He was equal with the other 
 A]:»08tles. Tiiis the Bible proves, and this is corroborated by the early 
 fathers of our Church. We, therefore, are opposed to this point of heresy, 
 as one of those sins of the apostacy which we are to avoid And as the 
 woman (or Babylon,) in the quotations which we have already made, 
 was said to be that great city which reigneth over the Kings of Uie 
 Earth j so has Rome exercised this unscriptural authority. Yes, in the 
 i2ih century* she exercised it over the monarch, John, of England j agaia 
 she exercised it oyer the bloody Queen Mary ; not to mention the nu- 
 merous other examples in more ancient, as well as more modem, 
 periods, not merely iufho Ui^toiiy of £^i^l|i^id bilX fi^so in Ibf^t ofUte wiii^* 
 
 universe. ■ ^-j™;'-'^ • '■':■ ;t-r- >:i^- /^',' ' ^u -f^i"- •fi'ri - -' :-.:? ■' •■ "::■-.,*• 
 3. But we pass ou to another jwint of idectity, wliich we are t* 
 
 avoid— /toiii*'* Idolatry^ . >^,^*t ■^iu-'imi y «,a?! ;^tiid:*^ ;i*fVfv*il '>\ii 
 It is to be deplored that a Church laying claim to ixanctity and 
 antiquity — to the succession of authority from Peter— a Church which 
 professes to adore the Saviour of mankind, uld t»e guilty of an ac4. 
 wcontmry to all revelation as that of Jdotatry// And yet for this 
 Doctrine (though couched in other words) slie cannot clsnn the authority 
 of antiquity any more than for that of the supremacy oi the Pontit/. 
 'Hiere appears to have been little or no use of images in the Ciirisliafc 
 Church for the Jirsi lliree or four hundred years, as is evident from the 
 silence of all ancient authors, and of tho heathens themselves, who 
 never re-crirainated, or cliarged t)ie us© of Images oij liie prii^.iivn 
 (^I'istians.* V '•■ ■- ■ ■■ •• ■■■■ " ■■'• ■ ■ "'■* --t- -„...■., ^..^ 
 
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 \ In the 4xh century the Council of ElJiberis .1 (can. 36.) nays "it 
 pleaseB us to have no pictures in churches, lest that wltich is worship* 
 ed siiouh] be painted upon the wallR." The grand controversy of the 8th 
 century, }'almer tells us, was on a point of Cliristiau morality — the 
 worship of images.* 
 
 V The Romish Council of Trent decrees that **due worahip sliould be 
 given to images." Beilarmine and other prominent authorities of the 
 •Romish church prove the lawfulness of even the images of the Deity 
 for the genera! practice of devotion in that Church, t 
 
 The Council of Trent moreover decrees that the honor which it paid 
 to images is referred to their prototypes ; so that by means of the Images 
 which we kiss and bow down before, we adore Christ and reverence the 
 Saints whose likeness they bear." ' ;w»Kiwn«»i"f^% iv'^ ri>*«tti 
 
 ^ The following quotation from the le»med Dr. Challoner will alsopre^ 
 ^nt the authority on which we charge the Romish Church with the sio 
 of adoring creatures instead of worshipping the infinite Creator — 
 
 "St. Mioheal pray for us: St. Gabriel pray for us. All ye holy 
 %ogel8 and arch-angels pray for us. All ye holy orders of blessed 
 ipirits pray for us. St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph, all ye holy 
 patriarchs and prophets, pray for us All ye holy disciples of our l^ord, 
 all ye holy Innocents, pray for us: St. Stephen, St. Lawrence &c., &c,i 
 all ye holy monks and hermits: all ye holy virgins and widows; ail y-e 
 toen, women, saints of God, make intercession for U8."J 
 
 Again on another authority of high siHiidingS (Palmer) wo have the 
 following mentioned as some of the idolatries which are practiced in 
 the Romish church, viz., •' having images of Christ, of the Trinity, of 
 God tile Father ; relics of the blood, flesh, hair, and nail of Christ ; 
 relics of the true crossi, relics of the nails, spear, fij)onge, scourge, reed, 
 pillar, linen cloth, napkin of Veronica, seamless coat, purple robe, In* 
 Mcription on the cross and other instruments of the passion : images of 
 the Cross, of the Bible, the Blessed Virgin : all which images and relics 
 <»ught, according to the doctrines tauglit commonly and without censure 
 in the Romish communion, to receive tht very tcorshippaid to God.^' 
 
 On thi.« subject of idolatry then, (' > we not also s<!e another proof of 
 what we liave already so fai t-ubsiaiaiated, vi/., that Babylon i!t> lypicAl 
 of Rome ! 
 
 H ffishop Barnett on the 3d artielM, p. 'ilB. ,,./.!'. .. 
 
 • lc«lei. HIitory, p. 78. '-'^''^y' .-*!^^#H i 
 
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B E P O BT. 
 
 Were noi the Babylonians gwilty of worshiping idols? To prove 
 this fact we need only instance the command of Nebuchadnezzar to 
 every one of his subjects, to worship the golden statue which he had 
 erected from the spoil of war — and that, too, on pain of being cast into 
 the fiery furnace ; in like manner as were the anathemas pronounced 
 by the Romish councils against those who would not stoop to this luwt 
 abject species of idolatry, i^ iwtl .*»^u ,ia(»icd«4» .^ii y*»»ii*<. i^u 
 
 Would to God, my Orange brethren, that the conviction of the sin o^ 
 idolatry, which caused the monarch just named to give glory to ihe^k^l 
 of the Hebrews, would seize the professors of a creed, so contrary to that 
 Divine law which says—*' Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven 
 image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the 
 earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not bow to 
 ihem nor worship them." Then would the words of the Psalmist burst 
 forth with force and beauty on the mind of the faithful worshipper, who 
 with David would exclaiijn — " Thou compassest my path and my lying 
 down, and art acquainted with all my ways — whither shall I go from 
 thy spirit, and whither shall I flee from thy presence ?" -^ ;^^ t^ '<?v-^ 
 
 4. The fourth and last of the errors of Rome, which time will permit 
 me to notice, and which also identifies her with Babylon, is her per*^ 
 ucution. ,>,«*«. 
 
 This is a doctrine of the Papacy, you must bear in mind, and not a 
 mere accidental event in her history. One of her great writers and 
 authorities already named (Bellarmine) tells us that the ♦* church (i. e. 
 the Homigfi church) persecutes heretics from a zeal for the salvation of 
 souls."' This doctrine is further unfolded in the Rhemish notes,! and 
 laid down in the decrees of the Council of Trent as a special article of 
 i'Ciief. 
 
 In the history of Babylon the very act of consigning Daniel's three 
 companions in^e the fiery furnace, because they would not bow to the 
 golden image, was an instance of persecution. And again, the casting 
 <il Daniel liimself into the lions' den because he would not worship any 
 other Ciod than the " one living and true," furnishes an additional ex*- 
 arnple of that spirit of persecution which forms a leading dogma of the 
 church of Rome. 
 
 This doctrijje of persecution must be doubtlessly looked \i\x}n as the 
 result of tlie erroneous principle of the Papers supremacy, which we 
 
 • Bellarmine, pKnted at Rom* under the Patronage of Pope (Jregory 
 XVI— 18f.3. 
 
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 Komi*b j^rcbbisbop of Dublin. ,, , , :, ■ 
 
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 have already noticeci. The ar^^ment of the Papiel being that Peter 
 had •upreme authority given hiin by oar I^rd ; that the Po|)es oi Rome 
 are liis successors ; and that coasequentiy it is necessary to salvation, 
 that the Papa) mandate should be fully and flubmissively obeyed ! 
 
 But what are those doctrines which are attempted to be thus enforced 
 by the Papal power? Are they those which were taught by our Lord 
 and his Apostles? If thoy are, then the crime of pcrHeciuion would be 
 somewhat extenuated. But they are not the doctrines of Christ, but 
 those which Rome has &«rse// added thereto. Thus, melancholy to 
 relate, millions have been plunged into eternity by this awful discipline 
 of the church of the apostacy I Think of the noble army of martyrs who 
 have been tortured by the most cruel and inhunian deaths, be(rau8« they 
 refused to bend the knee to Rome's idolatrous and superstitious rites. 
 Are there any who deny her power to forgive sins ; are there any who 
 exclaim against the sacrifice of the mass ; against the invocation of 
 saints ; against the celibacy of the clergy ; against the immaculate 
 conception ; against the supremacy of the Pontiff, or the miracles of a 
 winking Madonna ; are there any who alledge that grace is not conferred 
 in the annointing of the sick, or that the St^riptures contain all things 
 necessary for salvation independently of all oral tradition t Such persons 
 wherever found- whether within the 'j^atcp of the holy city or in the re- 
 motest corner of the Poj^e's assumed ilominion, are at once pi-onoimccd 
 accursedf and deserving of, and consigned to, ** pcrstculion.'' 
 
 We shall spare ourselves the recital of those awful massacres which 
 have rendered bloody the pages of Rome's history. We shall not now 
 quote the history of the plots fonned against the good Queen Elizabeth, 
 or tne murders inflicted under the detestable Mary — her prodecessor. 
 Nor bliall we detail the sufferings of the Waldenses and Albigenses, who 
 because they were opposed to Romish lien»sy were thought and made fit 
 subjects of persecution. Did lime ])ermit us, we might point to Spain's 
 dreadful inquisition — to the massacres at Belgium and Paris ; and then 
 we might judge of Rome's persecuting doctrine by the delight manifest- 
 ed by Pojies and Popish sovereigns at the wholesale carnage there corn> 
 milted : but time warns me that 1 inusl hasten to the concluding })ortion 
 of my diecourse. 
 
 So far I have pointed out Babylon, as typical of Rontt. I iiave shown 
 that as ilie Israelites were in captivity in Babylon, so were our Protestant 
 Ibrefathers under Rome — lhata« Babylon was giiiity of gross idolatry, so 
 was Rome — t}»«it as Babylon laid claim to universal supremacy, so did 
 Rome — that as persecution was cruelly practised by Babylon, so was it 
 l>y Rome— tJiiUB cstablii^hLug the idintity between Babylon and Rome, 
 
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 and showing that the exhortation of our text " come otit of liabylan,^* in 
 08 applicablo to us of tlie present day, and in tlio same sense, as it wjw 
 to the people of (iod when the scriptures were written. 
 
 H. And this leads me, in the second place, to show that the Oranuk 
 iNSTiTUTioM was organized to aid in opposing those principles ; so that 
 its members might not be partakers of the sins of Rome and that they 
 might not receive of her plagues. 
 
 Passing over, for Want of time, a great many hiteresting events in the 
 history of Orangeism, we shall introduce the subject, however abruptly, 
 by observing that the Reformation, wliich had been elsewhere so 
 sucessfuUy carried on, was imperfectly conducted in Ireland. 
 
 The reason assigned for this want of success was, that the natives 
 apoke a languiigo peculiar to thojuselvos which was hard to be under- 
 stood ; and the masses, as is the case in all countries, without exception, 
 where Romanism prevails, having been, through the policy of their 
 leaders, kept in ignorance, were more easily led on, by a blind zeal for 
 their religion, and with tlie assurance of absolution from their prio3tS)t() 
 propagate the most extravagant dogmas of their faith by the arm of the 
 most trcjicherous and brutal persecution. 
 
 lliHs robberies, arsons, murders, and rebellions, the most daring, and 
 almost unexampled, were perpetrated by these tw wilUng and sub- 
 missive serf;} of Popish sway and arrogancy. 
 
 At a timo when such a state of things existed in Ireland, the ^^Oranga 
 Institution — a healthy offshoot of which now flourishes in this country 
 — was at the first organized in that " emerald isle of the ocean.*' The 
 descendants of those who fled from other lands to shun the burning 
 horrors of the stake, or who hid barely escaj)ed the mnrtal wound — • 
 fighting by the sides of their own beloved sires and grandsires — were in 
 spireed with a national and enthusiastic /.eal for their *• altars antl their 
 homes," and with becoming courage and determination worthy of the 
 good Protestant Cause, and of the country of their nativhy — moved by no 
 malicious rancor or unholy pride — resolved for their own mutual pro- 
 tection from ravages and incursions ao repeated and murderous — to seek 
 for some organization, by which they might bo enabled to recognisy 
 each other, as good and loyal subjects ; and as the vnflinching and «n- 
 compromising supporters of the sound principles of our holy Catholic and 
 Apostolic Church, as restored and bequeathed us at the Reformation, 
 This briefly wa.s the origin of the " Orange Institution'^ — a large 
 number of whoso members I now have the privilege of addressing— 
 and wliose principles I trust shall, from year to year, more widely and 
 deeply bo felt and fostered. 
 
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 And herd Irtt it be dialinctly understood, and especially by Komaniat« 
 themselves— if there are any present — that the " Orange InstiUiion" 
 never at any time entertained the idea of persecution. It is not the 
 teaching of the Church to which it is strongly attached, nor has it ever 
 been the practice of its members. If it is opjiosed to Rome in Rome's 
 present fallen and apostate condition, it is because the Bible is opposefl 
 to Rome, and because the Orange Institution, is, as it ever has boon, » 
 strong confederation — a mighty phalanx, agamsl Popery. 
 
 We, my brethren, as members of that truly noble and illustrious fn- 
 •titutiori, desire it to be understood, that the warfare which he would 
 zealously and faithfully carry on is the warfare of our Church, and 
 therefore not against the persons of Romanists, but against the prin- 
 ciples of Romanism. Our " Order " did not spring into existence «.i 
 an aggressive but as a defensive Order. 
 
 Had the advocates of Romanism laid aside their cruel iinpleuionts oi 
 persecution from the beginning— had they contented themselves to sup- 
 port their doctrines by a candid appeal to the plain book of Go<l r.r, iho 
 ORLV authority — had they done this, I affirm now, as I have done on 
 other public occasions, that the Orange, Institution would never hav# 
 seen the light of day. 
 
 But when reason and argument— when free public discussion, were 
 contemptuously set aside ; and when physical force was substituted, 
 and Romanism, like Mahomedanism and Paganism, was attempted lu 
 bo propagated by the sword, it was not the part of our Protestant fore- 
 fathers to stand tamely by and see their houses burned from over their 
 head* — to witness their darling wives and beloved little ones de8troye<l 
 in the conflagration, and their relatives and neighbors shot down, not in 
 the dead of the night, but worse and mora audacious still, in the broad 
 light of day ! It was not their duty to themselves, to their families, to 
 their neighbors, or, to the country which they so dearly loved to look 
 silently and inactively on. No, my brethren, they rose as one man, ia 
 •elf-defence, as rose the Israelites of old, against the sons of Goliath of 
 Gath. The nature of the circumstances in which they were placed, 
 demanded such an action ; and they would stand culpable in the face ol 
 right and duty, did they not do as they have done. In these sad time.i 
 they were, for the reasons, I have stated, /orced— /breed I say, emphati- 
 ■ caUy, fo form themselves into one great confederation. 
 
 Nor need it be said, (as we sometimes hear it, by those who are no' 
 in our ranks) that we have t^ow no need of such an Institution. *Ti8 trun 
 wa have hot such calamitous scenes lum as we had then ; His true peact* 
 
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 and tranquility prdvaii to a great extent now amongst iui< But wari 
 there tto 9uch Society in txintence now, can we venture, with th* 
 Hlightost degree of certainty, or even probability, to affirm, that su^h » 
 bliwsihg wouhJ bo, by us, enjoyed ? ■■•■•■'■ j. .,„ ,,>(.' 
 
 Is it, I would ask, because we have ivst the horror of war beibre oar 
 eyes, that we are to disband our naval and military forces ? Is it be- 
 cause some few in the world are disposed to be religious and God-fearing 
 people, that, therefore, we are to close the doors of our churches and 
 discharge our clei^y ? .-••- . h'- tii <-<iNiirM, i dk ,fn\\,'j^:H\-n , •« >nflrU'. 
 
 We must always bear in mind, that whilst Protestantu arc unfottu* 
 nately split amongst themselves on many points of doctrine and dis- 
 cipline, the church of Rome is (vney and that " unity is strength" — that 
 her teaching m still the same, as when she fell into her apostacy: and 
 that did Jin opportunity offer, we might expect, according to h^r teach- 
 ing, to suffer as did our memorable forefathers. "^ • "" "'^^'^ '-< ''j-j-j' rtr 
 
 But it will bo stated, on the other hand, that the Romish priesthood 
 are now a different class of men, and that Romanism is n<^ nearly M 
 bad as it has been ? Whatever others may think — and I respect any 
 man's opinion, if I believe that he speaks honestly and from convic- 
 tion — I cannot but firmly believe (and I do not wish to judge any 
 harahly or unfairly) that they are and must he — so long as their creed 
 stands, unaltered — the aame. Is it to be supposed, that they are really^ 
 at this day, better disposed to live in subjection to our English and Pro- 
 testant Queen and Government in worse circumstances than their fore- 
 fathers were when in better ? May they not make use of the same 
 pretences to form any new design to recover their lost power and pos- 
 sessions ? And will not the same false and bloody principles of th» 
 Romish religion which they still profess, at all times encourage and 
 justify the execution of a design for the overthrow of Protestants, par- 
 ticularly when theircreed teaches them that no Protestant Sovereign hae 
 a right to the crown and a title to their allegiance ? Their principles 
 may m outward aspect, brethren, lead some of us to suppose that thert 
 is a change for the better ; but this is only a deceptive step to accom- 
 modate to some prevailing appetite — it is but another development of 
 their system to catch some now proselyte. Their priesthood may now 
 find it their gain to appear with different complexions — to assume 
 more friendly dispositions — to open their mass-houaes to Protestants to 
 oonviace them of the purity, beauty, and grandeur of the Romish 
 faith (!) but believe me, my brethren, they are not to be trusted, they 
 »re but " wolves in sheep^s clothing ;" for while in one breath, they 
 
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 call on Protestanta to ombrace the mlij^ioii ba^od on Petor, in the next 
 they assail tham, to quote tiw wordu of one of thoir Jesuits of the pee- 
 sent day, as a <' bjdy of fanatics, fools, and knaves >" and all this, 
 too, accompanied by scriptural quotations to prove their deep Chrittian 
 sympathy and strong brotherly affection ! I / I know tou muchi 
 brethren, of Jesuitical history— too much of their sophistry ai\d tortuous 
 evasion — too much of their deep religious and politieal o unning, to be 
 easily blinded with such assertions. It often happens that apparent 
 calmness, friendship, and perhaps indifference, are most manifested 
 when there is a deep laid scheme for a bold and daring onslaught ap- 
 pmaching its maturity. I ask you not to be guided by my own experi- 
 ence, or my own assurances in this matter, but by the revelations of 
 history. Go to the time of the ** gunpowder treason," that period of 
 history with which a Grand Vicar of the Romish church* would try to 
 persuade us that he and his college alone are profoundly acquainttxl. 
 Go to tliat period and you will iind the falsehood, hypocrisy, and 
 oalumnies employed by the Jesuits for the subversion of Protestant truth. 
 At that Lime when the Jesuits had done all that was possible to hinder 
 the king's luT.ession, they seemed to be quite contented with it f The 
 very Jesuit {Father Parsons) who had been the most industrious to 
 exclude the monarch, was the most forward to profess loyalty to him.t. 
 Father G^ruet. whenhe thought the plot safe and sure of success, was 
 pleased to talk much of bulls and mandates from his Holiness to charge 
 all the priests and their flocks in England to carry themselves with pro- 
 found peace and quiet. Sa began the show of passive obedience to 
 prepare for active rebellion § But previous to this we find that Popish 
 artifice was the same. Just before the conspiracy of Babington againit 
 tjie life of Queen Elizabeth and for setting up a Popish-pretender by 
 force of arms ; the Papists to hide the matter and deceive the Govern- 
 ment, published a book to the effect " that good Catholics (i. e. Romans) 
 yrereto- employ no other arms against their Prince, but the anns of 
 primitive Christians — tears and daily prayers / And so, again, upon 
 forming the Popish plot against King Charles II., a noble Lord of that 
 party drew up a fine apology in behalf of the Papists — " my lords and 
 
 
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 ' 't Proceeding against the Traitors, p. 84. '^■■■-^mH^'t''^.i\ 
 
 X See Dr. Gee's introduction to P. Parson's memorial, p. S4, 
 10 Protestanta 5th Nov., 1712, p. 22. 
 
 \ \ S^peech 0? Sir Edward Coko at the trial of the trajtora. ii\\^sf 
 
 Aitd memoHal 
 
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 ^geniiemen the armB which Chriutians can use agalnHt lawfnl pow«;iR in 
 their severity are only prayers and tears." * 
 
 But not to go for modern evidences beyond tlie bounds of our own 
 country, havii we been afTorded no instance in the pastoral letter of the 
 Romish bishop, De Charbonnel ; in wliich he consigns to the pains of 
 hell those who would send their children to the Common school where 
 there is a Homish separate sclioql, pr those who would contract mar- 
 riages with ProttatantB ? Have we hot had further examples at the 
 Garazzi riots ? Turn next to the Corrigan murder case and learn of 
 that ? Then again cannot you learn something ifrom the attemjpt ^o 
 force a body of Irish Papists from the adjoining States into this Protest- 
 ant country of our adoption ? Will any one say that these are not 
 attempts, and vigorous attempts, to urge upon a Protestant country the 
 practices and doctrines of Babel Rome ? Are not the Jesuits ever on 
 the alert by some stroke of their ingenuity — some logical subtilty— to 
 hold the minds of their people in darkness as to the trutlis of Protestant- 
 ism ? Would they not keep us from doing anything which would at 
 all throw light on theiT religious opinions ? Can we assemble on any 
 public occasion in support of our religion and freedom, and are we not 
 followed in the next number of their journal with some abusive tirade 
 putting forth statements as false as they are insulting ; and then wind- 
 ing up, in strong consistency, with a homily ou C'liri^tian love. And 
 charity! i ■,_,■,„ >, ,;i „ ,;i, •.,,.'! -• '.-iJ-TrM! y:.i;M .u'i 'o :■,. ,!?•,, •f..>T)i',' -^lij 
 
 Believe me, my brethren, our very existence, as a body, is of im- 
 mense benefit to the cause of Protestantism*. If we were only faithful 
 in carrying out our principles — if we were only zealous for the good 
 which our Order contemplates and was established to promote, we 
 •should be the means of accomplishing much for the advancement of 
 peace, love, order, and unity, , ..,^. - : ^ • ■.'••.■■>•■■■(•<-,-, .r^? 7 ,.,i ,<; 
 
 Let me exhort you then, as Grand Othcers of this Institution, to im- 
 press upon the hundreds, and thousands, and tens of thousands, under 
 your control, the great and urgent necessity of following out this course 
 of steadily labouring for the progress of sound Christianity, and there- 
 fore of the fundamental truths of genuine Orangcism. Never forget 
 the Qualifications of the members of your Order ; then will you vener- 
 ate your Maker, entertain a firm and steadfast faitli in the Saviour of 
 the world — then will you cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kindness 
 and charity — then will your disposition be gentle and compassionate^ 
 
 • See apologv in bebalf of th»» Papist?, London 4to., 1617, antwered in be- 
 half of tht Royalitt*. :> 
 
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 jrou will loYo the souiety of the good uiid avoid the company of lh« 
 bad — then while you love, uphold, and defend the ProtoHtanl Keiigion, 
 and Bincurely endeavor to propagate its doctrines and its precept* ; 
 while you etrenuously oppose and protust against the errors and danger- 
 ous doctrines of the church of Rome, and by all la\vful means resist 
 the ascendancy of tlxat church, its encroachments, and the extension of 
 Us power— you will still abstain from all uncharitable words, actions, 
 or fselings towards your Roman Catholic brethren : and the glory of 
 God, the love of man, the honor of your Sovereign, .and the good of your 
 (i-omUry, will be Uie motives of your exertion*. ,, , ,^^^ „^,„ i v ,«.t, 
 
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 'I'he iollowinji; challenge to Priest Bruyero, of Toronto Jesuits Col- 
 lege, and Grand Vicar, &c., &c.. and the Editor's reply, will explain 
 the introduction of the terms marked "fanatics, fools, and knaves, &c., 
 tic, on page *iO. as well aw other alluKioiit* regarding the " Gunpowder 
 Plot," &c., &o. :— 
 
 Sir, — Your pajier of the 15lh inst., has just been placed in my 
 hands, anrl my attention directed to an article signed " J. M. IJruyere.*' 
 In this article, the writer, by mentioning my name, has been pleased 
 in no very coiupliinentary or gentlemanly terms to animadvert on my 
 'conduct, for attending a meeting of " fanatics, fools and knaves,'* one 
 devoid of respectability, held in the St. Lawrence Hall, on the 6th 
 inst., to celebrate the ha])py deliverance of our religion and the thrcg 
 "estates of the realm from the evil machinations of Popery to subvert 
 ■ luid destroy the same. Passing over the uiicourteous tone in which the 
 "letter is couched I find the writer admits the existence of the " plan, 
 the most atrocious and sanguinary that ever was harbored in the mind 
 "of any human being ;" he also admits "that the reckless actors were 
 nominally Catholic;.'*." (Roman) : but with all the ingenuity of the 
 Jesuit, he endeavors, in two and a half columns of your paper, to dis- 
 connect this conspimcy from that religion to sustain wlu'ch it wai 
 
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 clu$Hiu verbia;^e) every tint of Ru^pected guilt from the great body of 
 the Catholics," (Roman.) i^,,' ,iiti-ArtAS]£. "tjv 'ji\ «» .^(uma f>ium 
 i have now no time to enter into a newspaper war, witich generally 
 is inconcluuive and uusatiafactory. Nor would I dare to enter the liet." 
 iu such B, tournament with the writer of the letter in your paper ; the 
 coarse language in which he indulges in this specimen of his com- 
 position, proves to me thai 1 would be no match for him in Bcurrility or 
 abuse. But as the Rev. gentleman is so anxious that 1, " a would-be. 
 divine., one too old to lea*n, too stupid to comprehend," would ♦' favor 
 him again with sciae oJ" my brilliant elucidations on the gunpowder 
 plot," I make him this proposal. Let us both meet in the St. Lawrencfc 
 Hall, or (if he has faith in the old adage, <• Every cock," tc.,) in his 
 own Mass House iu Church-»lreet, tickets of admission to be issued 
 by us both in equal numbers, each of us to apiioint a respective chair- 
 man to JJ^eside and preserve decorum and order. 1 will there maintain 
 the following proposition : — Tliat the Church of Rome is a persecuting 
 church ; and that the event in English history known as tl^ (sunpowdet 
 Treason is chargeable to that Church. " ' "•'^*** ""-iy 
 
 Thus I offer the Rev. gentleman not only what he asks, but I grant 
 him morie, I afford him the opportunity of publicly discussing the ques- 
 tion and enlightening a large audience, amongst whom, most probably 
 there will be many "bigots" with those stores of history and divinity 
 with which I doubt not, his mind is well furnished, and he can " wipe 
 away," even as if it were with a pocket-handkerchief, from a dirty 
 face, the foul stain which rests on his church, and which is but one of 
 the many facts from the page of history which poial hi-r out beyond all 
 mistake, as the woman upon whose " forehead was a name written 
 MystUrv, Babylon tiik Gheat, thk Mothkr of Hahlots ano Abomi- 
 nation or THE Earth, thk Woman prukkkk wjth thk bi.ood pr the 
 
 ISuKTS, ANIi THK MA«TV«S OF .IkSUS." ''' '''^•'''•* 
 
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 In reply to a communication which appeared iii yesterday's issue oJ 
 the Globe, under the head of the " Gunpowder Treason — A Challenge," 
 we are authorised to inform the Rev. J. G. Armstrong, that the Rev. J. 
 M; Bruyero does not recognize the propriety of discussing religious 
 matters in the way proposed by the speaker on the Gunpowder' Pl6t. 
 
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 ff the Rev. Gentlemen thinks himself wronged in the letter over the 
 signature of J. M. Bhuyrrk, he is at liberty to vindicate himself in the 
 same manner as he was attacked, that is — through ■ e Press. The 
 charges against the Catholics at large, of being concerned in the Gun- 
 powder Plot, is a very serious one, slanderous, and, consequently, un- 
 worthy of one who styles himself a Minister of the Godpel of Truth. On 
 hiiti devolves the necessity of proving it (since history has failed to do 
 so,) and nobody will grant that he has proved it in his lecture in the 
 •St. Laverence Hall on th6 5th inst. When he has done so it will he 
 ■?ime enough for him to thunder forth his terrible chaWenge.— Catholic 
 Citixeit. 
 
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 AfUit Divine Service, tlie Grand Lodge again assembled in the 
 Court House, shortly after which a recem of an hour was tukeo. " ' 
 
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 'Afternoon .Session — ^fconb §n. 
 
 
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 2^ o'clocl, p. M^ Wednemiatj, June 18 th 1866. 
 
 'On it* r6-»»«*emblage the Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge pr-)- 
 eoeded to the Election of OJrand Officers for the current year. 
 
 Tlie Right Worshipful the Grand Master and Sovereign Ijaving 
 previously addressed the assembled KnightK Oonipanions auti 
 Brethren on the importanc*'. of the occasion which had called them 
 together, his eloquent and soul-stirring reniarks being rcceive<l with 
 the strongest marks of approbation by the Grnnd Jjodge, vacated tht^ 
 Chair, and called Bro. Alderm?n Richard DempHej, the Right Wor- 
 shipful Senior Deputy Grand Master, thereto: 
 
 On motion ofBro. Dr. William Cox Allen, Deputy Grand Treasurer 
 B.N. A., and County Master of Stormont, seconded by Bro. the Rev. 
 Stephen Lett, L. L. D., Tncum'oent of St. George's, Toront/», (Jrand 
 Chaplain, B. N. A.: : ^ 
 
 Brother Oolk RoBiR'r t5d#AK, feq., Was, by acclarjiatioh, re- 
 ielccted Right Wori^hipful Grand Mafttev and Sover«jgn of Briivl 
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 Tlie propouer and seconder then conducted the Right Worshipftil 
 the Grand Master elect to the Chair, which he had been bo unani- 
 mously chosen to fill, and upon ascending it, he was received with 
 tremendous applause by the Companions and Brethren, all standing. 
 After the bursts of cheering and applause had subsided, the Grand 
 Master, tisably affected, addressed the Brethren present, peremptorily 
 and steadfastly refusing to servo for the present year. He, at the 
 same time, thanked them for the renewed and oft repeated exprt^ 
 sion of their esteem for, and confidence in, him; and he assured thero 
 that in his fidelity to the CauM, and his zeal to promote it, they might 
 continue to repose the same, confidence they had hitherto bestowed. 
 
 On motion of Bro. I^ey. Dr. Ijett, Grand Chaplain, seconded by 
 Bro. Dr. T. M. Morton^ County Master of Leeds, it was unanimously: 
 
 Resolved^ That the Grand Lodge takes this the earliest, opportuni- 
 ty to record it* de^p sense of gratitude to the late Right Worshipfu! 
 Grand Master and Sovereign, Brother Ogle R. Gowan, Esq.^ for the lid- 
 rairable and adfantagaous manner in wliich be discharged thedutie*; of 
 that important Office, and administered all the aff'sirs of the Institu- 
 tion during the past three years, and that a Committee to consist of 
 the Grand Officers, with power t-o add to their number, be now ap- 
 pointed to take measures to present Brother Gowan with a piece pf 
 Plate, or some other Testimonial, in acknowledgment of his manifold 
 wr?ice8, his great sacritice,s, and his long proved fid*'lity. ^^ 
 
 On motion of Bro. the Rev. Nassau C. Gowan, Deputy Grand 
 OliAplain, B. N. A., seconde*! by Bro. Haiconrt P. Gowf«n, M. G. C. 
 328, it wa.s unanimously .. , , 
 
 JHennltmf, Tliat whereas the Right Worshipful the Grand Master 
 hfw resigned his ollice, to which, by the unanimous vote of th« Right 
 Wor*hipful the Grand Lodge, h«^ has been elected, Brother GEORGE 
 LYITLETON ALLEN, KHQuiitu, from his long and faitliful services 
 a>! Grand Se<'roti»ry, be elected the Right WoKsiiipyuL Grand Mabter 
 AKD iSovaRKios OF Britiih Amskica for the current Orange year. 
 
 The above nomination wa? received by the Companions aiti 
 Brethren with loud cheere, repeatedly given. Bro. Allen was elet^ted 
 by acclamat'on, and conJucted to the Grand Moet^rV Cbair, by tint 
 
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 proposer aud seconder, amidst the greatetit applause. After the 
 . oheering had subsided the Right Worshipful tlie Grand Master and 
 , 'Sovereign f.rose, and in a most eloquent speech, full of the voal spirit 
 of OfMigeism, thanked the Brethren for the very high honor they 
 had conferred upon him, in unanimously, and with such un- 
 bounded applause, placing him in so high and honorable a position 
 as they had now done. The Right Worshipful Grand Master and 
 • Sovereign was then duly installed by the Past Grand Master, who 
 lieartilj eongratuUted him on his elevation. . : .i:i.;^?;j - ..u a - ^m'^^ 
 
 -On piotion of Bro. Dr. Irons, Co. M. Victoria, seconded:! by Bfo. 
 Thomas Griffith, W.M. 828, it was unanimously ,i .. ;. 
 
 Misolved, That Bro. Aldennan Richard Dempaey be re-elected 
 
 ■ Right Worshipful Senior Deput} Grand Master of British Ametica, 
 
 '. for the current year^ He was then duly installed by Uio Right Wot- 
 
 sbipful the Grand Master, and again took his seat amidst gre^t 
 
 .,i^plau6#. 
 
 On motion of Bro. R«v. J. Gilbert Armstrong, A. B., Senior 
 Deputy Grand Chaplain, 8eer>nded by Bro. S. B. Oampbell, (?. D.C, 
 it was unanirnotisly -;,)<•}.«<»*-=!•?>*; 
 
 "'** JReolved^ That Bro. George Brock Rousseaux, Esq., be re-<5lected 
 Junior Deputy Grand Master, li. N. A,, for the current year. He waf 
 also duly inst&lkvl, and took his <4«jat amidst great applause. " "'*'"' " 
 
 Move<l by Bro. S. B. Campbell, G. D. 0., secc*ud<'d by ]jro. Thonm^ 
 Armstrong, Grand Tre.ssurer, That Bro. Chiulcs K. Bedwell, Ksq,, b^ 
 
 •reelected Deputy Grand Master for Canada Eastj for the current 
 year. > 
 
 ^■'^''In' amendment, it was moved by Bro. Robert Cook, Ditiirict Masi<>i 
 of Montreal, seconded by Bro. Thom.'us C. Kno\sles, M, G. C. 5:55, 
 
 'That the nn?))eof Bro. Maxwell M. Vaughan, be substitiited for tlifit 
 
 'of Bro. Bed well. -..*.----- .^^-;- .:.'.,„.-„ ^..•: .n; 
 
 After some discussion and the. re;idiug of a document by Bru. 
 Cook, signed by ]^ro. -fames li Clitford, W.M. 364, and .scaled witL 
 the Lodgt.' Seal, it was, upon motion of Bro. Ogle R, Gowau, L'lsi 
 "Past Grand Mitsier and W. M. 1.37, «y'<>nde<l by Bro. Robert Cool* 
 Diftlrict M:wtiPr of Montvcal, 
 
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 i^Mo^wflf, That tlie appointment of D»p' .7 Grand Maaber for 
 Canada Eant be postponed until a more full «i.^.<;«sion of the opinioi) 
 and wishes of the Brethren of Lower Canada may be had, 
 
 On motion of Bro. Ogle R. Gowan, Last Past Grand Maat«r» 
 seconded by Bro. Dr, W. C, Allanj, D^pu^y (Jirnpd Jrj^a^ur^.r, jt was 
 
 vinanimouslv ' » ■ ^ ^ ^^^. .,,,.,,. 
 
 Retolved, That Bro. Samuel H. Gilbert, Esq. M. P., of the City of 
 Oagetown, N, B., be re-elected Deputy Grand Master for the Pre* 
 vinco of New Brunswick, for the current year. . -- ,'•*- ^sri 
 
 On motion of* Bro. Rev. N. 0. Gowan, Deputy Grand Chaplain, 
 B.N. A., seconded by Bro. Charles Ryan, County Master of Elgin, it 
 
 was unanimously v^fH ; r.?- «;.-i- -' . t ;.-,..;f,^ (,i,,. ,,. .^k^j 
 
 Retolved, That Bro. William Meickb, Esq., of Charlottetown, 
 P. E. L, be re-elecUid Deputy Qrand Master for Princ« Edward*! 
 
 Island., ,1, !x o .,., ^. ..,.,.. T 'f.^,.,-- 1 — ,. ,. r -;i;^ .h<! -.yr »-,i 
 
 On motion of Bro. Edward F. Weeks, Grand T^ecturer East, seoop'led 
 by Bro. John Rennie, Pro.xy 651, it was unanimously -•:'i>vi\'i'jm 
 
 Resolved^ That Bro. Rev. Stephen Lett, L. L. D., be re-elected 
 Grand Chaplain of B. N. A., for the current year. (The Rev. Bro. 
 J. Gilbert Armstrong, Deputy Grand Chnplain, was proposed fot" the 
 Baiue office, but declined the honor, stating that he would rather see 
 Dr. Lett re-elected.) "-^'-^ '"^ ^>:rtoin ■rv.^ k- > • -m: ^a^u^ i^-^w^ 
 
 On motion of Bro, Dr. W. C. Allen, Deputy Grand Treasurer, 
 iie<;onded by Bro. Thomas Griffith, W. M. 328, it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved^ That Bro. Thomas Armstrong, Esq., be r<^<?lected 
 Grand Tieasurer, B. N. A., for the current year. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Dr. Thomas M. Morton, County Master, Ijecdp, 
 (wconded by Bro, James McClure, County Ma.ster, York, it was, by 
 vote of 128 to 25 
 
 Rtsolvcd, That Bro. llarcourt Potter Gowan. be elected Grand 
 Secretary for the current year. 
 
 Oil motion of IflR). Rev. J. Gilbert Armstrong, B. A., Senior Dy, 
 G. C, seconded by Bro. Jamep McOlure, Oo. M. York, it wa* 
 unanimously 
 
 
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 •*^* Jteeohed^ ThatBro. Michael Crawford, Ewq., be w-eleclcd Prefiident 
 of theOrRnd Committee of B. N. A. .mtUn^-mmq^'^ i^ad iS»m} 
 
 Some discussion now arose rtlative to the abrogation of Ui« office 
 of Grand Lecturers, whereupon, ' A ^hp -^tf Vo poiJ^uu .>< > : 
 
 *^' On motion of Bro. Johii Rennie, Proxy 651, seconded by Bio. 
 William Dinwoodie, W. U. 212, it wns r^ cw>Mtu,mn. 
 
 ** 'Retolved, That the election of Grand Lecturers be postponed antil 
 
 to-morrow, or whatever other day the Grand Lodge, in its wisdom 
 may adjourn to. ' '•*«-' m'^^^>^ t»o, tot .%jiHP,Ai,v\ « -: .^> --^w 
 
 :'*"Bro. John Rennie, Proxy 651, then gave notice that hft would, on 
 to-inorrow, or such other day as the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Lodge would adjourn to, move that the office of Grand Ivectun'r 
 becispehsed with. ..»M. .' !i'»"f)t/i fiujiiirV/ .''-tti };;»V! ,>>*■; wtyVv. 
 
 **^ Bro. John Hetherington, Projty 343, Quebec, moved, secondetl 
 by Bro. pr. Allen, Deputy Grand Treasurer, B. N. A., That thip 
 
 , Right Worshipful Grand Lodge do now adjourn until to-morrow 
 morning. — LosU/u^j-mmm^ mv •■% \m ■i/-.'''i pu;;!'>>! • "' '■ ."sti \- 
 
 V,. On motion of Bro. James McClure, Go. M. York, seconded by Bro. 
 
 William M. Button, W. M. 548, it ws.s, aniidKt great applauBf, 
 ;.ttIlBnimously o.// ,<'i<ii(i<:'V ♦ i'fM>i>» vl-.j-^' ;,".;«■;. mm; » a r.MJsi>' •■■ 
 *rr- JResolvedy That Bro. Stedmaii Baldwin Campbell, Esquire, be n^ 
 
 elected Grand Director of Ceremonies for the current year. ... ., . 
 
 .^,^, On motion of Bro. Richard Dero}>sey, Senior Dy. G. M., B. N. A., 
 •econded by Bro. Francis H. Medcalf, District Mnsu^r of Toronto, it 
 was unauimnusly 
 
 lietolved, That the following l^rothcrs bo elected Deputy Grftini 
 Chaplain. s, B. N. A. : 
 
 •Rer. J. Gjlbkut Arms'ikokg, A. B., lncun«beMt of Wotv^brid^t 
 and Tullamore, Woodbridge. 
 
 §ReT. David Aui.n, Manvois. ' ' ''' ' 
 
 hv • " W. Bi.EABDKT,!,, M. A. Trenton. ^' 
 Mahk liooMKH, A. B., Gab. 
 
 TUOMAB CAMi'nELL. 
 
 ^^ John Cakrom-, Gaiianoque. 
 
 R. A. Oahdyk, City of Quf^lx-f. 
 
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 Toronto, it 
 
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 i^oc-.^ bridge 
 
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 8t. Gkorob Caulfibld, A. B., St, Thomai Vf^fs^nit vtir 
 E. L. EtvrooD, A. M., Qodetich. !y>;-n<,.-, h^u inq »*.» ov,,i.H,r!» 
 David Evans, KiU^...:,.v,, ,^ ^^, ^, , ^.^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 Nassau Chktwood Gowak, P«ff,irUv. „,„,,,i,,,,ij ,,,^^{-7/ 
 GaoRoa Hill, Unionvillo. ,. ., . ^ ,, „, , , .. 
 M. KiKR, A. B., Osnabruclt. , ^ , ^, , 
 
 Wii.uAM King, A. B., St. Sjlrcater, 0. H, ., , * " , " 
 • " John S. Laud«», A. B.. C»rlton P1rc«. i' * ., 
 
 Tmouas Liach, Brampton. . . .., 
 
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 ViNcaKT P. MaYEaiiortaR, Whitby. 
 
 EBBKKzau Morris, Merrickville. 
 
 A. 11. R. MuLHOLLAND, Ovren Sound. "' ^' ■' ^'^' " '"*' 
 
 1). C. McDowell, Perth. 
 
 RofiBRT J. MgGborob, Streetsdllfl. ^ '*•'' '■^'^^ .^'v '.r-^a 
 
 ♦ " HaK|iT Bath 08l«r, Lloydtown. '^'^^^ < •<' ^^>J/ mH o^ 
 
 • " Waltok pRBSToa, Elginfield. '- H .oui io noiCMa ??0 
 
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 On motion of Bro. Dr. Irons, Co. M. Victorin, <ieconddd by BtCt 
 ^ohn Lindsay, Co. M. Quebec, it was unanimously}; •>: mv^j ciLi ic.7 
 
 Resolved, That Brothdr William Cox Allan, Esq., M. D., Cor».- 
 wall, be r'^-elocted Deputy Grand Treasurer for the current year. *- 
 
 Bro. S. B. Campbell, G. D. C, moved, seconded by Br6; G. B, 
 Housseaux, Jr. Dy. G. M., That Bro. Thomas Robinson, Kingstod, 
 be re-elected. Deputy Grand Secretary for the current year. <-:^ »'••'• 
 
 In amendment, Bro. Thomas Keyes, Proxy 549, moved, seconded 
 by Bro. Richard Hanna, Proxy 633, That the name of Bro. Joha 
 Loan, Proxy 535, past Co. U. Frontenac, b© substituted for that of 
 ro. Robinson. . ... 
 
 Bro. Thomas Griffith, W. M. 328, Toronto, was also proposed 
 tor tlie sani« office, but as he requested the mover lo withdraw t*h» 
 Rt-solution, consent was given hy the Grand Lodge, and it woBkcy 
 cordiBgly Withdrawn. ' 
 
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 Tltose marked thus* nro -Ministers of the United Church of England 
 and Ireland ; § Ministers of the Methodic Church, and Miuistani of 
 {he Churoh of Scoiland, 
 
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 & It P O B T . 
 
 Th«) Hmendhient wfM thtn put and losit, after which the onginxl 
 motion wns put and carried bj a coniiderable majority. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Thomas Griffith, W. M. 328, aecondeij by Bro. 
 William Henderson, Oo*. M. I)Urha'm, it w»s unahimousl} ' 
 
 Resolved. That Bro. Alfio DeGrasw, Esq.. Toronto, be re-elected 
 Grand Tyler for the current year. 
 
 Bro. John Hethrington, Pracy 343, gave notice that he would, at 
 the next adjourned meeting move that it is expedient to elect a 
 plurality of Assistant Deputy, Grand Secretairies, and aldo a plurality 
 of Deputy Grand Tyleri. " 1^.^:1./^,',!.^^ * ■ . !? a * 
 
 On motion of Bro. S. B. Cam^pbell,.G.D.C., seconded, by Bro. 
 John Cummins, M. G. C. 554, it was unanimously^ ,^ r . ^^r *» « 
 
 Resolved^ That the sum £2 10s» be paid by the Grand Treawurer 
 to Bro. Alfio DeQrasai for extra services, ^tji wy^f? -«••-»»* H ' * 
 
 On motion of Bro. Harcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary B. N. A., 
 Mconded by Bro. John Lindsay, Co. M. Quebec, it was unanimously 
 
 *^Re9Qlvedy That the Grand Officers of Great Britain and Ireland 
 for the time being, shall be considered honorary members of this 
 B^ghi Worshipful Grand I^ge, and each one of them shall be 
 •ntitjed to all the rights and privileges thereunto belonging,., ,.^,| j|^ .. 
 
 rOa motion of Bro. S. B. Campbell, G. D. C, seconded by Bro. 
 Dr. Allan, Dy. G, Treasurer, it was unanimously „a .t ,.„v^,.j^.vt 
 Resolved^ That the Grand Secretary be directed to apply tc th« 
 St. Thomas Lodge, (No. 257) for the Certificate of Rev. Bro. 
 Nassau C. Gowan — said Lodge being hereby ordered to furnish him 
 with the same. . « w r^ ■ .,., a 
 
 On motion of Bro. Harcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary seconded 
 by Bro. John WiUon, Co. M. Lincoln and Welland, it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved^ That the thanks of the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Lodge are most justly duo, ^nd the same are hereby tendered to th« 
 Past Grand Master of England, Bro. Thomas Gideon Ousley, Esq., 
 the worthy Editor and Proprietor of the Liverpool Herald^ and Bro. 
 Hiomas Gibson, Esq., of Chowbent, near Manchester, (father of the 
 Paat Grand Secretary of England,) for the documents and papers re- 
 otived from tiiem. 
 
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 ong 
 
 by Bro. 
 
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 )-el«cted 
 
 rould, at 
 I elect ft 
 plurality 
 
 by Bro. 
 
 rrea»urer 
 
 B.N. A., 
 mimously 
 
 id Ireland 
 
 r» of tliia 
 
 shall, U 
 
 i by Bro. 
 
 >ly to th<» 
 er. Bro. 
 rnish bint 
 
 «eiconded 
 lanimously 
 
 the Grand 
 Ired to tbe 
 Isley, Eaq.j 
 ], and Bro. 
 Iher of tha 
 papers r«- 
 
 Oq motion of Bro. Richur-l Doinpsoy, Senior Dy. G. M. B. N. A., 
 Heeonded by Bro. Michael Crawford, Prest. (JranJ Com. B.N. A. 
 it was unanimously 
 
 Remlvfd, Tli.it tlio earnest th.iTilcs of tlie Right WorRliipful the 
 (4rand Lo^lge aro due, and tho same nro hereby wnnnly iind specially 
 tendered to brother the Rev. J. (rilbert Armstrong, A. B., Senior 
 ])y. (t. C, B. N. a , for the very eloquent, admirable and appropriate 
 sormoii delivered by him in St. J'eter's Church, to this Risrht Wor- 
 nliipful liody, when attending Dirino Service, and that this Resolu- 
 tion be recorded prominently iii the Journals of the Institution, and 
 ii co'porated in the Annual Report. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Rev. Dr. Lett, G. C, B. N. A., seconded by 
 Bro. Rev. J. G. Armstrong, Sr. Dy. G. C, B. N. A., it was unani- 
 
 ifiouslv. 
 
 Resolved^ That the thanks of the Grand Lodge be given to th© 
 Choir of St. Peter's Church. Bro(,-kville, for their mo.st efficient ser- 
 vices this day, and that tha liev. Dr. Lewis be sent the sum of £lO 
 K;r Parochial purposes. - ' ' '.'• . ■ =• 
 
 On motion of Bro. James E. McMillan, W. M. 640, seconded by 
 Bro. William Henderson, Co. M. l>urhani, it was ' 
 
 RsGivedy That the Religious Denomination to which our Grand 
 4nd Deputy Grand Chaplains, respectively, belong, bo appended to 
 the name c-f each, and bo appear in the printed Report. "* 
 
 On motion of Bro. William Mack, W. M, 404, seconded by Bro 
 William Dinwoodio, W. M. 212, it was unanijuouslj- 
 
 Resolved^ That Bro. Rev. J. Gilbert Armstrong, Senior Dy. G. C, 
 b« requested to furnish the Grand Secretary with a copy of the very 
 ;iblo Sermon, which we had the pleasure and benefit of having heard 
 delivered this day in St. Peter's Church, in order that it may be in- 
 ix>rporated with, and printed as part of, the Proceedings of thin 
 Sepsiou of the Right Worshipful (xrand Lodge. 
 
 On motion of Bro. 'I'homas Armstrong, G. Treas,, .seconded by 
 Bro. Michael Crawford, Prcst, G. Com., it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved^ That th« tlmnkt of the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 lodge are justly due, and aro hereby tendered to Bro. S. B. Camp- 
 
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 REPORT. 
 
 boll, Esq., Grand Director of Ceremonies, B. N. A., for the able, 
 untiring and satisfactory manner in whicli he has discharged the 
 onerous duties of his oflice. " ' ■' * -'^ ■ ■■■ '■ ■ 
 
 On motion ofBro. G. B. Roussoaux, Esq., Jr. L''y. G. M., seconded 
 by Bro. John Neil McLean, Esq., M. G. C. 342, it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved, That the marked thanks of the Orangemen of British 
 America bo presented to His Honor the Warden, and to the Reeves 
 and Deputy Reeves, now in Council assembled, for their considera- 
 tion and liberality in granting the use of their splendid Court House 
 to the Grand Lodge during its present Session, and adjourning the 
 meeting of their own Council to the Magistrates' Room, in order to 
 aocommodato the Brethren of the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Loilge, now assembled from all parts of British America, and that 
 the Grand Secretary be requested to communicate a copy of this 
 Resolution to His Honor the Warden. , , 
 
 On motion of Bro. Harcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, seconded 
 by Bro. Slodnmn B. Campbell, G. D. C, it was unaimously 
 
 R(solreJ, Thai the special thanks of this Right Worshipful Grand 
 Lodge are duo to Brother Edward Rogers, Esq., one of the Assist- 
 ant Deputy (Jrand Secretaries of Ireland, and County Secretary of 
 Armagh, for his brotherly kindness in forwarding to the then IJ. W. 
 Grand Master of B. N. A., i^ series of the Grand Lodge Keports of 
 Ireland. 
 
 Bro. John Wilson, W. M. 396, gave notice that he would, on 
 to-movrow, move. That in future no Brother shall represent any 
 County, District, or Private Lodge by Proxy, unless he is a member 
 of the Lodcre for which he intends to act as Proxv. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Ker. Dr. Lett, Grand Chaplain B. N. A., 
 seconded by Bro. Rov. J. Gilbert Armstrong, Senior Deputy Grand 
 Chaplain, B, N. A., it was 
 
 liesoli'ed, That this Right Worshipful Grand Lo'.lge do now ad- 
 journ uniil the hour of half-past eight o'clock to-morrow morning. 
 
 men. 
 
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) able, 
 red tlie 
 
 conded 
 mously 
 
 British 
 Reeves 
 nsidera- 
 b House 
 ing the 
 order to 
 I Grand 
 and that 
 y of thii 
 
 seconded 
 
 ful Grand 
 le Assist- 
 prctary of 
 enll.W. 
 eports of 
 
 could, on 
 jsent any 
 member 
 
 ^ N. A., 
 ity Grand 
 
 now ad- 
 boruing. 
 
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 C^iri gaji. 
 
 •Tofq ,f.Ha .>f . '" ' Court House, Buockville, ' ' T"** 
 « ' ' .?.' 8^ oWoc^, yl. M. Thursday, June 19, 1856. j" " 
 
 Pursuant to Resolution, the Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge 
 resumed its Session at half-past eight o'clock this morning. The 
 Right Worshi;>ful the Grand Master and Sovereign, — the otlier 
 Grand OflScers being in their proper stations, — declared the Grand 
 Lodge ready for the first order of business. t r- , !"■ . . .^-^a a\ 
 
 On motion of Bro. John Rennie, Proxy 651, seconded by Bro. 
 William Stevenson, C. M. Ontario, it was unanimously .... ■ 
 
 Resolved, That each Private Lodge shall have the power and priv- 
 ilege of appointing a Proxy to represent it in the Grand Lodge when 
 the W. M. ot such Lodge shall be present in another capacity, or 
 should he be absent. 
 
 Three of the Special Deputation from Petorboro', sent to center 
 with the Grand Lodge, Bros. McKinnon, Young and Langrel, now 
 entered, and were received by the Brethren standing, amidst very 
 loud cheers and thunders of applaus*. Immediately on their enter- 
 ing, th§ Right Worshipful Grand Master and Sovereign arose and very 
 warmly walcomed them, and gave directions to the Grand Director 
 of Ceremonies to conduct them to the seats of honor specially pro- 
 Tided for them. After the cheering — which lasted sevfrnl minutes, 
 — subsided, Bro. Ogle R. Gowan, Last Past Grand Mast«r, arose and 
 proposed "one cheer jnore for the three 13iother.s just entered," 
 which was responded to with right hearty gooi] will, in a most en- 
 thusiastic manner. 
 
 TheDelecrates returned thanks in a manner becominf;' true Orangre- 
 men, and took their seats. 
 
 On motion of Bro. O, K. Gowan, l^ast Past (jrand Master, and 
 
 W. M. 137, seconded by Bro. Rev. N. C. Gowan, Deputy Grand 
 
 Chaplain, it was unanimously 
 Resolved, That Bro, Gabriel Baltbur, of Branttbrd, Esquire, be 
 
 re-elected Grand I>ecturer West. 'i,.,.* 
 
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 On motion of Hro. James Donaldson, 0. M, Wellington, seco?)(lo.l 
 by Bro llarcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, it wan 
 
 Resolved, That Bro. Rlward F. Woekes, of Soutli Rlinsley. 
 Esquire, be re-elected Grand L«<*-turer East, 
 
 Some discussion here arose relative to the abrogation of the oHice 
 of Grand Lecturer, and Bro. James E. McMillan, W . M. G-JO, proposed 
 Bro. William Henderson, C. M. Durham, for the office, but after- 
 ward withdrew his motion, and the original motion passed unani- 
 mously. H>m i«i Jl if. .<: -ill's:: ,'.i*V.v i" iCj'-IU*.'* If- ;V».?.^-i«fcfi;i I'l'lUlivi 
 
 ■ On motion of Bro. E. F. Weokt's. Grand I.octurer East, seconded 
 by Bro. K. II. Whitmarsh, M. G. C. 33, it was unanimously '*^»' 
 
 Rctolvedy That Bro. John Lindsay, Ks(juir«A, (.'. M. Quebec, bw 
 elected Grand Lecturer for Canada East, 
 
 On motion of Bro. Thomas C. Knowles, M. G. G. sn.*), 8ocon<le'l 
 by Bro. Francis Hardy, M. G. C, 031, it was 
 
 Resolved, That all memliers of the Grand Lodge now present ])•' 
 permitted to receive the Aimual I'assword for the curient year, with 
 tills injunction, that it is not to be imparted to any Officer or Mem- 
 ber not present, except a County Mjister. ■■'" • ■ ''•■•' 
 
 In accordance with notice to that ■ '^oct, ;:;iven yesterdayj Bro, 
 J«hn Wilson, W. M. 390, moved, soe.. .Jed by Bro. Thomas John 
 son, C. M. Grenville, — and it was carried by vote of 98 to 25, — 
 
 That, in future, no Brother, shall represent any Coimly, Dislrici, 
 or Private Lodge by Proxy, unless ho is a member uf the Lodge to; 
 whit'Ji ho intends to act as IVoxy. >'. mm..,;. > ". 
 
 A lengthy discussion took place on this Resolution, — and an 
 •mendiuent put and lost — in Avhich Bros. McKinnon, Langrel, U. ]', 
 Gowan, \V. M. Button, J. W. I'etrie, the mover aiul sk'condcr, ami 
 several other Brethren took part. 
 
 In accordance with liotice to that cll'ect, given yenterJay, l>y Bro. 
 William Hopkins, VV. M. 301, it was by him moved, seconded by 
 Bro. William Dinwoodie, W. M. 212, and carried unanimously, 
 
 That the seventy-first liule of The Constitution and Laws — undti 
 the heading of *'I)istrii^t Lodges," — be amended so as to permit 
 Members of the Grand Committee to vole at,all Meetings ol' llie Dis- 
 trict Lodge, of which the I'rivate Lodge to which they .belong furma 
 |»art ■ ■-' ■'*' ■ ■■' •■ 
 
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 Qo 
 
 Lhe otlii(;e 
 proposed 
 ut after- 
 d unawi- 
 
 secotuled 
 
 socondc" 1 
 
 (resent Ix' 
 ,oar, with 
 • or Mem 
 
 JiiVi Bro. 
 lias J oil 11 
 ) 25,— 
 ■, Dislrici, 
 .0(.1;j;« lb:' 
 
 — and fill 
 rro,l,UJ'. 
 ider, iuiii 
 
 ■, l.y Bro. 
 
 onded by 
 
 ously, 
 - undo I 
 
 to permit 
 ■ llie Dis- 
 »ng f-rina 
 
 On motion ot' Bro. John Holland, Proxy 5i>l, seconded by l?ro, 
 John IV.dl.'intyuc, iJistnct Mnster ot' DeiTT AVcst, it was nuani. 
 iiiously 
 
 Ilesolval, TliaL tho liiglit Wurshipt'ul the iJrand Lodge doeply 
 liyrapatliize.H with the Widow and Orphans of the lato Robert 
 Oorrigan in their ufHiction, and as a Blight expression of tliut sym- 
 pathy, the sum of FiTi Pounds be transuiittod tLoin by tlie Grand 
 Treasurer. .... . . . ... ' ■ ;• ■ 
 
 On motion of Bro. John Uennie, Proxy Gul, seeonded by Bro. 
 Michael Crawford, IVest. G. C. and C. M. Pod, it was ^ •, ' 
 
 li«solved, That the order for opening uuil transacting butiiiws in 
 the difibrent Lodnes of the Oranire Institution shall be as follows: — 
 The Right Worshipful the Giand Lodge, uu the Illustrious Order of 
 the Royal Scarlet; County Lodgoi on the Royal Arch Purple Mark 
 Degree; and District Ixxlges on the l^oyal I'luo IVgree; — except in 
 oftse-s of oxtroiHC uoccs.sitv. 
 
 On niolion of Bro. William Ilt>i>kiii-, W. ^>r. 001, r>evouded by 
 Hro. William ])iuwoodie. W. ^L '2 12, it Mua unanimously 
 
 liesolred, Tiiat no Member of the Orange Institution aliali be at 
 liberty to print oi- publish, or be privv lo the printing or publishing, 
 tho proceedings of any Private, District, or County Lodge, or of tb.e 
 Ilight Wori>]iipful the Grand Lodge, without lir.<t having obtiiincd 
 tho sanction of tho aforesaid Lodije.'; ; and in no case can aiiv Brother 
 infringe linle No. 21, of The CyndiiuCwtk and Laies under a'l its 
 pains and penaltie.^. 
 
 On motion of Bro, John Lind.<uy, (J. M. Qut'bce, seconded by 
 !>ro. Thoma.i Johnson, C. M. Grenville, it was unanimously 
 
 Btsolvedj That after the communication of the "Annual," the 
 Right Worshipful the Graiui Lodge do adjourn, to meet again in 
 the City of Toronto, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a, M.,on Wednesday, 
 the 25th day of tho present mouth. 
 
 On motion of Bro. John Uethringlon, Pjoxy 343, seconded by 
 Bro. J. T. Neudell, M. G. C. 328, it tras 
 
 Resolved^ Tliat, in future, the amount to be appropriated for the 
 purpose of defraying the expenses wliich shall be incurred in procur- 
 ing a Band of Music for the Grand Lo*.lge, shall not exceed the sum 
 
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 of Ten PoumU, Currency, and that Bro. 8. B. Carapboll, G. I). C, 
 bo nuthoriHed to procure the Baud. 
 
 On motion of Bro. 0. R. Gowan, Last I'ast K. W. Orand Master, 
 and seconded by Bro. Jolm Wilson, I'roxy 588, it M-ns unanimously 
 
 Jiesolvtd, Tliat the .«overal sums of ntoney from time to time col- 
 lected irom various bodies of Orangemen, be paid over to tJie Riglit 
 Worshipful the Gran<l Master and Sovereign, to bo by him trans- 
 mitted to the Widovr of the late Robert Corrigan, a» a slight testi- 
 mony of the sympathy of the whole Orange Body of Upper Cahada, 
 in the sufferings of Mrs. Corrigan, and the heartless deprivation of 
 the Widow and Orphans of our decoasetl Brother. 
 
 On motion of Bro. John Lindsay C. M. Quebec, seconded by Bro 
 James McClure, C. M. York, it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved, That the Right Worshii»ful the (.Jrand Lodge do now 
 take into considoratiou the locality where the next Giand Annual 
 Session shall be hel 1. 
 
 The following places wore th<»n proposed : 
 
 Barrie — By Bro. John Rennic, Proxy, 00], seconded by Bru. 
 James McClure, C. ^f. York. 
 
 Boumanville — By Bro. J. K. McMillan, W, M. Pi\{\ swonde^l bv 
 Bro. John Kerr, District Master of Clarke, 
 
 Oudi)h~V>yWTO.i. W. Potrio, W. M. n:]l, seconded ly Fwo. 
 /ames Donaldson, 0. M. Wellington. 
 
 Kingston — J3y Bro. B. Rosamond, C. M, ivtmark, .seconded by 
 P.ro. W. C. Read' Proxy 31. 
 
 London — By Bro. G. B. Rous^oaux, .'r. \)\. G. M., seconded by 
 Bro. Chas Ryun, C. M. Elgin. ' * ' 
 
 Montreal — By ]iro, Robert Cook, District Mas((?r of Moutre;il. 
 Ae«onded by Bro. John Holland, Proxy 551. 
 
 iV^/oy«m/a//«— By Bro. W. M. Button, W. M. 518, 5econd<'.l 
 by Ero. Nevin McConncll, W. M. 157. 
 
 OrHJia—lW Bro. L. P.. O'Brien, W. M. 290, seconded ly liro. 
 Thomas Griffith, AV. M. 328. 
 
 Ottawa — By Bro. Thomas Johnson, C. M. Grenville, stecondcd 
 by Bro. John Fennerty, W. M. 247. 
 
 iiinnjr 
 
B K P O RT. 
 
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 luster, 
 
 lously 
 
 le col- 
 Riglit 
 trans- 
 t tosti- 
 la^iada, 
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 Jo now 
 
 Anuuul 
 
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 V.Y Bio. 
 
 « 
 
 Queb c '^Hy Bi'o, John Uctlirington, Proxy 343, necouOed hj 
 Bio. John Lindsay, C. M. Quebec. ,^'» i < *i ;•. :-^>i| 
 
 St, John^ New Brunswick — \^y ]h*>. II. P. Oowan, Grand Sec- 
 rotary, so conded by liro. 0. R. Jobnson, Proxy f<,)r District Master of 
 Flalifax, Nora Scotia. 
 
 Toronto — Dy 13ro. William llonkina, VV. M. i^Ol, Heconded by 
 Hro. Thomas Armstrong, Grand Treasurer. 
 
 Whitby — By Bro. ThomHs Moodie, Proxy 130, leconded by liro. 
 William Stevoason, C. M. Ontario. 
 
 Many other places wore n»med, including |Brantford ; Carletcn 
 l^luce ; Drummoudyillo West; Hamilton; Halifax; Nova Scotia; 
 I'arth ; St. Sylvester, Canada East ; St. Thomas West; &c. - ■ 
 
 Each place being voted for separately, Quebec and (iiuolph receiytvl 
 tho greatest, and an equal number of votes. The Riglit Worshipful 
 the Clrand .Ntastjr and Sovereign tlien permitted the vote to be again 
 iakcn, to see whether Guclph or Quebec — there being an equal 
 number of votes for eacli placo — was the choice of the Companions 
 Htid Brethren, when there appeared for the latter place G4 votes, and 
 lor the former place but 53. Quebec was therefore declared to bo the 
 {ihico wlicro the Grand Annual Session of the Right Worsliipful tlie 
 1 1 rand Lotlgo of B. N. A. should be held for the year 1867. 
 
 The Comniiltoo on Correspondence asked and obtained leave to 
 !>icient the following Report: 
 
 lleport of Committee on Corre^pii&eiue, 
 
 To the Hiffht Worshipful the Grand Master and Grand Lodtje <j 
 Onllsh North Amtrica^ now in Session assembled. 
 
 Your Committee beg leave to Report that the immense amount 
 »f Correspondence which has necessarily accmnulated in consequence 
 >f the unparalleled increase of Orangeism in British North America 
 luring the last twelve months, has received the most careful exami- 
 iiation of your Committee. 
 
 Your Committee report they regret that a large portion of the 
 opening Address of the late Right Worshipful Grand Master liaving 
 been delivered extempore, they are unable to lay before their Brethren 
 
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 REPORT. 
 
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 that important Megsnge in full. They have, liowevor, procured some 
 portions tliercof, which your Coniiniltce fe«l pleasure in recommend- 
 ing to your R. W. Lodge to have printed in the Annual Report, 
 for the information and instruction of the Members of the Institu- 
 tion at largo, and which your Committee believe, if ad'^pted, will 
 have the most beneficial eft'ect. • ■'• ' ■'• ^ "• ' •<^'^- 
 
 Your Counnitteo have to complain that much of the Correi«i>ond- 
 enc6 which camo under their notice ha» unnecessarily occupied their 
 time, such Correspondence being proi>erly under the cognizance of 
 District and County liOdges. • ' .^.■<:'i ..>,,■- -i-i^ 
 
 Witu regard tc Correspondence from Brethren in Quebec, your 
 Committee recominoml that the said Correspondence be referred fo 
 the County Lodge of Quebec for its cont^ideratioii. 
 
 Your Conuiiittee bog leave to recommend the follo\vi:ig Eljcpul^ions 
 .nnd Suspensions : 
 
 William BruuESf:, Soi.r,, Lodge No. yi, Expelled. 
 
 John Wii.loughbv, , 
 
 ClIRISTOPHBR SwirzKu, 
 
 Colin Cav.i'Ukl', 
 
 DUNLOP KliE, 
 
 John Halfpenxv, 
 
 Jame-! Bvrnc. 
 
 Richard J'V.kiman,. 
 
 William Atciieson, 
 
 Matthew McKe.szii:, 
 
 James CAMrnEi.r., ............. 
 
 Charles Makcer, .. . . , 
 
 Edward Ikuikk, 
 
 Edward Ahajis, ...,., 
 
 Al.EXAKDET. pATTEKSOir, 
 
 John Cami-dell, . > . . . . 
 
 John Morton, 
 
 ROBKRT GwiNX,. 
 
 John Cillksi'ie, 
 
 Samuel Cinmn.';ham, 
 
 ThOMAB DeVKRALL, ... .. it 
 
 4 « » • 
 
 • • • • » 
 
 yi, Expelled. 
 155, Expelled. 
 ■389, Suspended. 
 184, Expelled. 
 2i1, Expelled. 
 3-42, Expelhx). 
 
 78, Expelled. 
 
 . . SinpM 5 years. 
 MB, Expelled." 
 •244, Si'.tp'd 3 year.-:. 
 4>1d, Expelled. 
 
 Gl, Expelled. 
 188, Expelled. 
 188; Expelled , 
 188, Expelled. 
 188, Expelled. 
 IGV, Expelled. 
 1G7, Expelled. 
 167, Expelled. 
 167, Expelled. 
 
 t' 
 
 8, U- 
 
 i'^' 
 
red some 
 ►ramend- 
 Report, 
 ) Inslitu- 
 )ted, will 
 
 rreft^>i>ud- 
 pied tlieir 
 iiizancc of 
 
 sbec, your 
 eferrcd to 
 
 £:icpubio!v-« 
 
 oiled, 
 ellcd. 
 itilcd. 
 pended. 
 lelled . 
 )ellcd. 
 )q\\(\] . 
 •elled. 
 )\1 5 Ytavn. 
 
 V 
 
 )e!!ed. 
 p'd 3 yeav.-:. 
 lellcd. 
 rolled. 
 
 elled. 
 rolled, 
 lellod. 
 nellcd, 
 
 lellecl. 
 
 )elled. 
 
 died. 
 
 peUe*i. 
 
 R B r R T . ^ 
 
 J. C. Stbhlisg,. .....,,.. Lodge No. 167, Expelled. *' 
 
 RonERT Bell, 
 
 CHKiBioi'iini Aci|ES(>N, -. '*• 167, Expelled. 
 
 Samuel Tjiomah, ''- 167, ExpcUeu. 
 
 Nicholas ORMinoD, '' 167, Expelled. 
 
 William Oahemknt, " 547, Expelled. ., 
 
 RoHKRT Srv.i'HENsoN, " 10, Expellcd. 
 
 John MiNDAY, *' 157, Expelled. 
 
 Vour Corainittoe recomniond tliat Bro. John G. Vcrnor, Expelled 
 from Lodge, No. 404, be restored in pursuance of the petition of 
 ihnt Lodge. " ' ? ^. ■- ■ •- - •. 
 
 That in the case of Henry Bradley, Expellcd from '• Charleston 
 fjv)dge," your Coinniittee reconimeud he be restored. 
 
 In conclusion, your Comniitteo, though compelled to recomni*;nd 
 
 tlie long array of Expulsions and Susperst^ions submitted above, yet 
 
 regard suoh Expulsions as a mosk satisfactory evidence of the healthy 
 
 condition of the Institution, and atTording abundont proof that our 
 
 ftlorious As.-oeiation mdinUins its character for Virtue and Purity. 
 
 John Lindsay, Chairman. 
 
 Thomas M. Morton, M. D. 
 
 William Henobksox. 
 
 Jons IlBTnHINGXON. 
 
 John Tro:ts, M, D, 
 Which having hoen road, was, on motion of Bro. S. B. Campbell, H 
 [). C, seconded by Bro. R. Denipsey, SeniorD. G. M., unanimously 
 received and adopted. 
 
 The Comniiike on Finaucf, then asked r>)id obtained kavo to 
 present their Report, as follows : 
 
 " Tlie Cnintnittee on Finance^ appointed by this Right Worship- 
 ful Grand Lodge, beg leave to report that they have most carefully 
 oxiimined thr' ( Jrand Treajmrer's accounts for the past year, and 
 titid them perfectly correct and kept in a very satisfactory manner — 
 leaving, however, the small balance in hi« hands of £2 15s. S|d. 
 Vour Committee, however, cannot close their report without «:x- 
 pressij^g their strong and decided disap|irobation and dissent at the 
 kvholc?ale <.'Xpenditure of the Grand Lodge Funds, evinced in the 
 
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 instance of the Band brought from Toronto, at an expense of more 
 
 than two hundred and fifty dollars, which, your Comfuittee tiijnk, 
 
 an expense unwarranted and inexcusable. «u t 'Mr f^jr! ! 
 
 All of which is most respectfully submitted. "• ',• 
 
 7 M ;\,, .,„, WM. COX ALLAN, M.D., Chairman. 
 
 Committee Rooms, ) ,.^. ,, ,^ , ..AfuV/ 
 
 Brockville, l&th June, 1856. f •••'•*- 
 
 The above report Jiaving been read by the Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee was, on motion of Bro. John Holland, Proxy 551, seconded 
 by Bro, Uev. Nassau C. (lowan, Deputy Grand Chaplain, received 
 and adopted unanimously. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Thomas Roberts Ferguson, W.M. G94 ; se- 
 conded by Bro. James McClure, CM,, York, the following was, 
 by the unanimous desire and the strongest feelings of approbation of 
 the Right Worshipful tlio (J rand Lodge, added to the Ropovt of the 
 Committee on Finance : 
 
 '* That your Connnittee would consider it a direlcction of duty 
 were they to alluw the present o})portunity to pass witliout expres- 
 sing their high apprct.-iation of the ceaseless and unwearied exertions 
 of Bro. Thomas Annstron;;, E^q , the worthy, efticiont, and highly 
 esteemed (irand Treasurer, in tlie advancement of our good cause, 
 and also for the very correct juid satisfactory manner in which he 
 has disohargcvl the or.erous ami arduous duties of his responsible 
 office, in the Right Worshipful (irand Lodge, from the time of bis 
 ap])ointmt'nt thereto, up to the present period." ,,• "< 
 
 On motion of l^ro. William Hopkins, WM. 301 ; seGOuded by 
 Bro. Samuel McC lain. M.(r.C,, 301, it was unanimously ,i; 
 
 Resolved^ That Lodge No, .301, be authorized to admit Mr. 
 James Gordon a member of said Lodge — in terms of the request now 
 made — he being represented as a person likely to make a *' good 
 member." ;• . ' ,' ' 
 
 On motion of Bro, James MoClure, CM,, York ; seconded by 
 Bro. J. W. Petrie, W.M. 634, it wjis unanimously 
 
 • Resolved. That this Riglit Worshipful (irand Lodge do now ad- 
 journ, and Btand adjourne<J until the hour of ten of the clock, in the 
 forenoon of Wednesday the 25th dav of the present month, then to 
 
REPORT. 
 
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 of more 
 ee think, 
 
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 lie Com- 
 
 secondtd 
 
 receiveti 
 
 694 ; se- 
 ing was, 
 ibation of 
 ovt <>f the 
 
 1 of (.iuL)' 
 
 ut expros- 
 exertions 
 nd liighly 
 3od cause, 
 wliich lie 
 spont^iblc 
 rnc of \ih 
 
 .onde:] by 
 
 dinit Mr. 
 [uest now 
 :\ *' good 
 
 .'oridcd by 
 
 now ad- 
 •k, in the 
 . then to 
 
 meet in the Yongo Street Orang.j Hall, in the City of Toronto — for 
 the transaction of the now unfinished, and such othorbusines?, at 
 niaj be brought forward. 
 
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 y^^-'^^' ''-, 
 
 lonrth iciD. ■ 
 
 • • /.v ::.: 1 v. YoN'GE Strekv Okaitob Hall, Toronto, 
 
 '♦,., 1.0 oWock^ A.M.^ Wednesday^ June 25, 1856. 
 
 In^terma of tlie last resolution pulsed on the 19th day of the pre- 
 sent month, while the Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge wai in 
 session in tr.o Court House, in Brockville, tlie brethren assembled 
 in the Yonge Street Orange Hall, City of Toronto, this day at 10 
 o'clock, AiM. 
 
 The Right Worshipful the Grand Master and Sorereign iu the 
 Chair, and the other Grand OfHeers in their proper places. 
 
 Immediately on the Right Worsliipful the Grand Master and 
 Sovereign deolarmg that the Grand Loi.lge was ready to proceed with 
 business, Bro. Andrew Fleming, for and on behalf of Lodge No. 
 507, Toronto, (holding warrant under authority of Bro. White- 
 head's Grand Lodge,) arose and prosente^l, amidst loud demonstra- 
 tions of the satisfaction of the brethren, a large Bouquet of Orange 
 Lilie-s, tied with Orange, Purplo, Blue and Scarkit Ribbons, to th« 
 Right Worshipful the Grand Master and Sovereign as " a peace 
 
 oflcring." 
 
 The GraU'l Master was very Irippy to recoire, in tlie name of the 
 
 brotherhood, this taken of reconciliatioji and brotherly love — em* 
 
 blematic, as it is, the Lilies of th;; Orangemen, and the Ribbons of 
 
 the iame principles, rules and obligations, wliioh now happily binds 
 
 the whole brotherhood in one joyous fraternity (;f lA)ve. 
 
 Bro. Harcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, (as County Secre- 
 tary of York,) hand'jd in the. Annual Returns from the Districts of 
 King and Toronto; '"- iho County of York. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Wm. Strachan, M.G.O. 375 ; seconded by 
 Bro. Harcourt P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, it was unanimously 
 
 Retohed, That Bro. John McKinnon, Esq., of Ottawa, be elected 
 a Deputy Grand Master of B.N.A, — for Canada East. 
 
73 
 
 REPORT, 
 
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 In accordauco with lu ".je to that oftect given on the second dav 
 of tho session, l)y Bro. John Hethrington, M.G.C. 343, it was, on 
 motion of Bro. Richard Denipsey, Right Worshipful Senior Depulj 
 G.Nf., seconded by Bro. J. W. Petrie, W.M. 634, unanimously 
 
 Resolved, That a plurality of Assistant Deputy Grand Secretaries, 
 and Assistant Deputy Grand Tylers, be elected by tin; Right Worship- 
 fttl tho Grand Lodge. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Ogle R. Oowan, Last Past Grand Master, t>€- 
 conded by Bro. Arthur Burnside, M.G.C. 163, it was unauiniousiv 
 
 Reftolved^ That tho following Brothers be elected .\'<^is(Hnt Deputr 
 Grand Secretarie? for the current year : — ^ 
 
 Thomah Guifith, Esq., Toronto. 
 William McMabter, Junior, Esq., Toronto. *^' 
 RicHAiiD Ballaru, Esq., Brockville. 
 CmusTOPHKU Flktchkk, Esq., Brockville. 
 A. L. Gravkly, Esq., Quebec. 
 Francis Lundy, Esq., Derry West. 
 y Kauquuar E. McBain, Esq., Brarnpton. 
 
 D'Arcy Bollton", Esq., Barrie. 
 JoHK HoLLAJfu, Esq., Toronto. 
 Gkorub W. Morgan, Esq., St. Thoinu^ West. 
 Dawson Kerr, Esq., Ottawa City. 
 CiiARLKs F, Hill, Esq., Montreal. 
 Jon.v Wm Pktrik, Esq., Guelph. 
 Edward Jukes Boswkll. Esq., Morrisbi:rg 
 Wm. Hy, Dalton- Esq., M.D., Dundas. 
 Wm. Wkllikuton Fox, Esq., Toronto. 
 
 On motion of Bro. S. B. Campbell, G.D.C, seconded by Bro. 
 Wra. Hopkins, W.M. 301, it was unaniinou.sIy 
 
 Resolved, That Bro. John Cummins, of No. 554, flamilton, be 
 elected Deputy Grand Tyler, and Bro. John Carkeek, of No. 301, 
 Toronto, Assistant Deputy Grand Tyler. 
 
 On motion of Bro. H. P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, seconded by 
 Bro. Arthur Burnside, MGC. 163, it was un.animously 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 L«.xige, arc very justly due, and the same arc hereby unanimously 
 
 »4 
 
ded by 
 
 R E I' O E T . 
 
 
 teudereJ to Bi'o. Robert McVeety, Esq., tho cstconied and most ef- 
 ficient, Last Past Deputy Grand Master for tbo IVovincc of Nova 
 Scotia, for his able and praiseworthy exertions in promoting tho 
 progress and prosperity of our beloved Institution, in that Province. 
 Further, that iu passing this approval of the Deputy Grand !>fas- 
 ter's ofliciul conduct, on his retirement from the office, the Eight Vv^or- 
 shipful the Grand Lodge, also desires to express its thanks to those 
 truo-hearted brethren, who Jiavo so willingly and ably assisted th.e 
 said Deputy Grand IVLaster for Nova Scotia, in tlio performance, of 
 liis arduous duties, 
 
 On motion of Bro. H. P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, seconded by 
 Bro. Thos. Armstrong, Garnd Treasurer, it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved^ That in future all dues, whether for the Grand, County, 
 District or subordinate Lodges, shall be paid in advance, where 
 such can possibly be done. 
 
 On motion of Ogle R. Gowan, Es(|. Last Past Grand Master, 
 seconded by Alderman William Strachan, M. G. C. Svo, it was 
 
 Revived, That whereas George Benjamin, Esq., at one iimc 
 'rrand Master of this Order, v.as expelled from its ranks by his own 
 acts, aud John Flanagan, p]sq., also at one time an officer of +li(! 
 ' )rdcr, was expelled by resolution of the Grand Lodge, and wh- roas 
 it is desirable in view of the happy union that has been consum- 
 mated amongst all sections of the Brotherhood at the present Ses- 
 sion of the Grand Lodge, to render that union as •■xlensive, as 
 gra<ieful and as liberal as principle will permit, be it therefoio re- 
 solved, that tho said George Benjamin, Esq., and the said .loim 
 I'lanagau, Es<]., bo re-admittcd into full fellowship and conimunMiii 
 with tJiis Loyal an .1 I'rotcstant Brotherhood. It beii;g understood 
 that tiio pro]:ierty now held by them, aud belonging to tb.is (iravid 
 L'>jgc, be at once restored to the Right Worshipful rhe (.iruud .\l:is- 
 '"W asitiS leojitimate Head. 
 
 CD 
 
 111 OiTering this Resolution Bro. Gowan made some very iVeiii:'./ 
 1:1 1 b n.herly remarks upoTi the present happy stnte of th( Insti- 
 tution. 
 
 ' >n inoiion of IJrothor (>. R. (iowun, Last Fa^t Grand Master, 
 Hvonded bv F'Tother John Rocrers. W.M. 13(>, it was unanim<«H>iv 
 
T* E E P K T . 
 
 Tieii<AvcJ-, Tiiat tlio suspension of Angua Botliuiie, E&i, bo 
 removeii and that he be restored to full connexion in tho Order, 
 upon restoring to tho Institution, tlirough the Right Worshipful 
 (irand Msisi^-'r and Sovereign, such property as may have coma into 
 hispossevssion. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Win. Hopkins, "W.M. 301, seoonded by 
 Bro. John Holland, Proxy 551, it was 
 
 Eesolveji, Tliat all tho No.'s from 471 to 499, both ISTo/a iailns- 
 ive, 1)0 appropriatftd to tlio incoming Lodges, and tliat tlio remain- 
 der take order after the last Warrant issued by tliis Right Worshipful 
 
 Grand Lo^lge. 
 
 On n^otiou of Bro. William Hopkins, W.M. 30l, seconded, by 
 Bro. William Strachan, M.G.C. 375, it was " 
 
 Bjimlimh That at least two thousand copies of the Proceedings c£ 
 tills Grand Annual Session, bo printed with as litdo delay 83 pos- 
 sible. 
 
 On motion of Bro. Oglo R. Gowan, Last Past Grand Master, 
 seconded by Bro. John Holland, Proxy 551, it was unanimously 
 
 Jf/'nolned, Ihat a Select Committee of seven members be now ap- 
 poiuteti for the purpose of preparing a common " Platform^^ or 
 *' Standard,''' upon which all Orangemen, and all true Protestants 
 can unite, and tliat such Gomraitteo report to tlie Right Worshipful 
 llie Grand Master and Sovereign, and his Council of Atlvico, for 
 their approval. * 
 
 The following Brothers were then appointed to compose said Com- 
 mittee : Oglo R. Gowan, John Holland, William Strachan, Wil- 
 liam Dinwotxlie, AVilliam Hopkins, Andrew Fleming and Tlir.tmaft 
 Griffith, Es'iuiro-*. 
 
 On motion of Bro. H. P. Gowan, Grand Secretary, secondo«i by 
 Bro. John Liu'lsay, Co. M. Quebec, it was unanimously 
 
 K^sohtd, That an Address from this Right Worshipful Granil 
 Lodge to the bretliren of Great Britain and Ireland upon the present 
 position of tho Institution in these Colonies, bo forwarded to said 
 bretbrau. 
 
 On motion of Bro. S. B. Campbell, G.D.C., seconde<.l by Bro. 
 .lohn Wilson, Co. M. Uncoln., it was 
 
^ 
 
 Granti 
 present 
 to sai'l 
 
 R E r E T . 
 
 75 
 
 Jicsrivai That ih« resolution passed at tlie last session of ibis 
 liight "Wtirshipful Grand Lodge, authorising the payment of monev 
 towards the Brantford Dinner, out of the Grand Lodge Funds, be 
 and the same is heix^by rescinded. 
 
 On motion of Bro. John AVm. rctrio, W.M.,634, seconded *by 
 Bro. Ogle K CJowan, Last Past B.W.G.M. and S., and W*M. 
 13'7, it was unanimously 
 
 J^QSolved^ That the labors of 4hi8 Grand Annual Session -of the 
 Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution 
 of British America, do now terminate, aiul the brethren be relieverl 
 from th£ir attendance and be permitted to return to their respective 
 Ivomee. 
 
 The Gi'aiid Lodge was accordingly closed with solemn prayer, ac- 
 cording to the proper forms of tlie Instituiion, to meet again in the 
 City of Quebec, Canada East, on the Third Tuesdiiyin June, ISoV. 
 Three right loyal and hearty Orange cheers were then given foi- 
 the Qu^n, three for the present Grand Master, and three* more lor 
 the Last Past Grand Master, and the brethren separated highly 
 pleased witli the entire ))roceodings. 
 
 God Save tiih Queen, 
 [l.s.] GEORGE LYTTLEION ALLEN, 
 
 Oram! 3fos(a' O'id Sovcreiffn. 
 HARCornT Potter Gowan, 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 
 bv Bro. 
 
n 
 
 K E P O R r 
 
 
 
 ' s 
 
 MEMBEES or GRIND COMMITTEE, 13. N. A. 
 
 Those marked thus * have paid to June 1857. 
 
 LoDot: No. 1. 
 rraucis, Tliomas 
 <;i:le.s])io, John 
 I fuzl(nvood, Edward 
 Loach Luke 
 Coole, William 
 kSimpson, John 
 Stewart, James 
 ►Slewail, John 
 Sicwcirl,, Joseph 
 AVil.'^ou.. Ja^j Kochford 
 White, Jauies 
 
 LoDCE No. 2. 
 C.ivaua, IJeimet 
 ('ornett. iiobert 
 Dauhv, John 
 Ihuuiitou, David 
 .)uhn?tan, J. F. 
 4. lice, James 
 L 'eel;, James 
 -Morrow, William 
 T^lurphy, David 
 Fipri'i\ Francis 
 
 i.oni.F, No. 4. 
 Hums, Joliu 
 Urov.u, Jolui 
 ' 'lark. J()h:i 
 *Fi)\. Jainos 
 iiibiioy, Johnston 
 McKnij^-hi, Robert 
 ►"^aiith, Jxobert 
 Sloneham, William 
 
 Lnr>i.K X,i. 5, 
 Arnrstrunir, John 
 Hi'll, John 
 (ivahani, James 
 (Tfaham, 'J'homas 
 Morrison, IMartin 
 
 LooGi: No. 8, 
 lievnolds, (reorjie 
 
 Lodge No. 10. 
 Ballantyne, John 
 Lundy, Francis 
 Moore, James 
 Moore, Younge 
 Wright, Joseph 
 
 Lodge No. 13. 
 Connor, Jolui 
 Green, Samuel 
 Johnston, George 
 Johnston, Henry 
 Johnson, Jonilhan 
 Ken'Irick, Peter 
 Miller, James 
 Shellield, Tiiomas 
 Stallord, Cleveland 
 
 Lodge No. M. 
 CardilF, John 
 Cavin, Joseph 
 Davis, W. 
 Dixie, Robert 
 Gallingor, Matthew 
 Kerr, Riehard 
 Moles, George 
 Pepper, John 
 Scott, Stephen 
 
 Lodge No. 20. 
 Boyd, Roliert 
 Foxton, William 
 Gilroy, John 
 Godkin, John 
 Green, Michael 
 Niblock, C. A. 
 Scott, Thomas 
 Storey, Samuel 
 Wood, Edward 
 
 Lod{;e No. 23. 
 Hem, Huu-h 
 McKee, Adam 
 Sherin. Alex. 
 
 Lodge No. 25. 
 
 Bushe, Wm. 
 Cairns, James 
 Delany, James 
 McGill, James 
 Wood, Wm. S. 
 
 Lodge No. 2G. 
 
 Gowan, Robt. Win, 
 Greer, James 
 Lake, John 
 McNielioll, .lohn 
 Shepherd, John 
 
 Lodge No. 27. 
 
 Auston, Robert 
 Brown, Wm. 
 Calhoun, Jame.'? 
 Craio', Wm. 
 Graham, (iefjrge 
 Hawos, Peter 
 Mai lory, Calvin 
 Mallory, INTilo 
 Simpson, John 
 Storey, 'Miotnas 
 Thompson, Benjamin 
 
 Lodge No. 2.S. 
 
 Bridges, Thomas 
 Cavana, Wm. 
 Forbes, Wm, 
 Fowley, J. 
 (lonld, James 
 McFarland, J. 
 Grr, John 
 Whitely, Jauies 
 Wright, John 
 
 Lodge No. 31. 
 Campbell, Joseph ^ 
 Lee, .lohn 
 Robinson, Jonathan 
 Stewart. Charles 
 
B EPORT. 
 
 77 
 
 irimin 
 '2.S. 
 
 LoDGK No. 32. 
 Black, Robert 
 Copeland, John 
 Pogue, Joseph 
 Wright, Elcuaid 
 
 LouoE No- 33. 
 Borritt, Hamilton 
 Crozier, Robert 
 Finlay, W, 
 McGibbou, Robert 
 Mclntyre, John 
 Read, Wia. C. 
 Read, Robert 
 Welton, Wm. P. 
 Whittemore, Wm. 
 Whitmarsh, Eliazer 
 
 II 
 
 31. 
 
 >ph 
 
 .llirin 
 
 Lodge No. 37. 
 I>anybuaugh, Timothy 
 Kerr, Henry 
 Petipice, Gccrge 
 Reaii, Jfjkn 
 
 Lodge No, 42. 
 Coartney, James 
 (.nraminji, Jam.e8 
 EllioU, Tiiomas 
 
 Lodge No. 51. 
 Cliif, Daniel 
 Flurst, Andrew 
 liichardsou, George 
 llodgersj llolmes"' 
 
 Lodge No. 62 
 Orr, Jose^jh 
 Kent, Francis 
 Switzer, Samuel 
 
 Lodge No. 64. 
 Cunincham, M. .S. 
 Griffin; P. 
 
 Lodge No. G8. 
 Thompson, Wm, 
 
 Lodge No. 72. 
 Janes Wm. 
 Johnston, Wm. 
 Magee, Archibald 
 McClelland, Wm. J. 
 Todd. Richard 
 
 Lodge, No. 74, 
 Virtue, Archibald 
 
 Lodge No. 78. 
 Beatey, William 
 McKinney, Thomas 
 Snyder, John 
 
 LoDCPE No. 77, 
 Jackson, Edwar<l 
 Murray, IX J. 
 
 Lodge No. 81. 
 
 Foster William 
 Fraser, John 
 
 Lc-aE No. 89. 
 *Sproule, Robert 
 
 Lodge No. iXk 
 Smith, John 
 Weekes, Alex. 
 Williamson, John 
 
 Lodge No. '9L 
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 ?*IR,---T liave On,' honor herewith t<> cncloso you tho copy of a 
 
 Kosolntiou iinaniinou.sly passed at the Twenty-sixtli General Grand 
 
 Annual Session ot" Iho Right YvorsLipful tlie (irand < hvnii^'e Lodt:o 
 
 (jf liritisli N<-.rth Amerievi. 
 
 I have, (tc, 
 
 \ [L.S.] harooi:kt totter gowan, 
 
 Grand SccreUiry, L.O T. D.^i.A. 
 
 To ilh Honor the Warden of the CouMies of 
 
 Leeds and GrcnvilU\ dr., dr., Mcrrick.viU:\ C. W. 
 
 To the above letter Ilis Honor the Warden for\var.!<.'d tlu fulhnv- 
 
 iii'X ''*-'ply ; — 
 
 MerricJcvillc^ 2()ih October, l§oC. 
 My Deai! Sih, — 
 
 1 beg to acknowle^go ibe receipt of yoiins of the Is: JuK. 
 
 enclosinp; tho copy of a Resolution ]>asseJ in the CJrand <.)rnn<rf 
 
 Ltidire in session at I'wockville. 
 
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 Allow mc on the part of mjBelf and brother offlcciB to thank you 
 f>>r the courtesy you havo shown us. 
 
 1 have been a uioniber of your noble Order for upwards of a quar 
 tor of a century. T fool a great prldo in its growth, and sincerely 
 hopo that tho time is near at hanJ when all Canadian Protestants 
 will be united under its banner. 
 
 I have the honour to bo, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 E. il. WHITMAUSH, 
 
 Warden of Leeds and Grcnvillf. 
 H. P. GOWAN, Esq, 
 
 Orand Secretary, L.O.I. B.N.A., Toronto. 
 
 he Warden 
 f the Reso- 
 
 dge, on the 
 t tJu Court 
 
 |. N. A. 
 1st, 1850. 
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 10 Is; Jul_\. 
 11(1 <.>ran<;c 
 
 LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION, BRITISH NORTH 
 
 AMEKIOA. ^ Etu 
 
 The Grand Lodge of tlio Loyal Orange Institution of British 
 North America, conceiving that in the present crisis of affairs it is 
 most desirable that a known and understood " Platform" should be 
 erected, upon which every Orangeman and every true Briton can 
 stand, in one common array in defence of Civil and Religious Lib- 
 erty, did, at the last Regular Annual Session of the Right Wor- 
 shipful tho Grand Lodge, unanimously agree to set up the follow- 
 ing Orange Standard, around which they call upon all the brethren 
 in every Riding, County, City and Town, to rally and unite. 
 
 And they entreat them by the love they bear to their Queen and 
 to tBeir Country, and to the Order, that their whole strength bo put 
 forth in the support of such Candidates, and such only, as will 
 conscientiously and honestly <'i<]hore to the Orange Standard, wiili 
 out warer and compromise. 
 
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66 
 
 REPORT. 
 
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 THE ORANGE STANDARD. 
 
 FiusT. — All other things being equal, a Candidate who is an 
 Orangeman in good Rtauding ia to ho supported in preference to all 
 otliers, because, being equal in all things else, his Qiioon and 
 Country have the additional guarantee of his pledge — fidelity to 
 Protestantism, Order ami the Constitution. 
 
 Second. — No candidate, whether Orange or not, is to be feup- 
 portcd, unless distinctly adhering to, and determined upon all fitting 
 occasions, whether in or out of Parliament, to carry out repre- 
 sentation based upon population and territory, and without re- 
 ference to the Provincial distinctions formerly existing, and also to 
 secure the free and unfettered use of God's lloly AVord, without 
 note or comment in all Common Schools established by Law and 
 endowed by the State. 
 
 Third. — "VVherb two or more Candidates, adhering to the Orange 
 Standard, present themsel'es for the sufiVages of the same Constitu- 
 ency, reference may bo had to the Right Worshipful the Grand 
 Master and Sovereign, who, with the aid of hi j Council of Advice, 
 and the Select Special Committee of the Grand Lodge^ will devise 
 fair and honorable means for an equitable adjustment of conflicting 
 interests. 
 
 GEORGE L. ALLEN, 
 
 Grand Master. 
 HARCOURT P. GOWAN, 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 
 Office of Grand Lodge, ) 
 Toronto, Sept. 20, 185C. | 
 
 'i 
 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 In order to classify and properly arrange his Correspondence, the 
 undersigned requests that his Orange Brethren, when addressing 
 him in his official capacity, will have the goodness, in all casos, 
 to state, after the signature, the ofiice or oiBces, (present, or 
 
k'lio is an 
 ice to all 
 loen and 
 dolity to 
 
 be bup- 
 all fitting 
 lit ropro- 
 tliout ro- 
 ad also to 
 ., without 
 Law and 
 
 REPOIiT, . 87 
 
 last past,) which they hold in the Tnstitution, whether in the Grand 
 LodfTft, a County Lodge, District Lodge, or Private Lodge. It will 
 not bo sufficient to say " County Master," " District Master," or 
 " Master," as the case may bo ; the name of the County or Dictrict 
 must accompany the Ofice, together with the No. of the Lodge, 
 and where it sits, as also the brother's post office address. The im- 
 mense correspondence with the Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge, 
 from all parts of America, renders compliance with the above Rules 
 ndispensable. All communications must bo pre-paid. 
 / " ■ By Order of the R. W. the G. M. & S. 
 
 EARCOURT POTTER GOWAN, 
 
 Grand Secretary L. 0. I. British North America. 
 Toronto, Jrly 7, 1856. 
 
 be Orange 
 5 Con sti tu- 
 be Grand 
 )f Advice, 
 ;vill devise 
 conflicting 
 
 iter. 
 
 AN, 
 jcrctary. 
 
 idence, the 
 
 addressing 
 
 I all cases, 
 
 ^resent or 
 
88 
 
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 11 
 
 ■iH 
 
 Thomas Aimstrong, Grand Treasurer, in account 
 with the Grand Lodge, B. N. A. 
 
 Cw. 
 
 1855. ... £ s. (1. 
 
 June '21. Paid V. P. MoynrliolTer for services as G. C 12 10 
 
 W. Steers, for refreshments to Mill Croek band 2 18 
 
 '< 0.1. A. T. Jones, for services as Inside Guard. . . 1 10 
 
 Wni. Verc Hunt, on account, for Printing;. ... 7 10 
 
 A. Detrrassie, for Fcrvicos as Grand Tyler. . . 2 5 
 
 Dr Lett, as per vote (J. L. to Orphans' J (omo. 4 10 
 
 Tv.-ocdy. for cleanini;- St. r>u\virnco Ifall. . . . 1 10 
 
 John Ellis, for parchment &priiitiiiy-\varran49. 23 8 9 
 
 August. \Vm. V; Hunt 1 5 
 
 Dec. Ditto 110 
 
 Ditto 6 
 
 1856. 
 
 Janu;iry. Tliomas Ilill, for stitchin,^ Reprts 3 3 9 
 
 rebniaty 1, A. Wanless, for stitchinj^ liitiials 7 3 3 
 
 - ay. Wm. V. Hunt, for printing Annual Reports, 
 
 Rituals, &c 59 3 fi 
 
 Thos. Ellis, for parchments & printing warrants 10 
 
 For Meals for Ijand on JJoat from Toronto. ... 3. 3 9 
 
 John ]\TcMnllen, for printing 500 posters 1 10 
 
 Ditto, for Stationery 10 
 
 DittO; Printing, &c., per bill 2 3 9 
 
 Ditto, Advertising, &.c 1 7 fi 
 
 Grand Tyler for services 4 15 
 
 lk)nnl and refreshments for Hand 15 10 
 
 r. If. M(Hlcali, for use of St. Lawrence Hall 
 
 in 1855 3 L5 
 
 J. K. McMillan, for A.lvwMiisiim- [3 9 
 
 I'an.l from 'J'oronto to nttcud (irand Loilgo 
 
 Meelinir at Ikockville 42 10 
 
 Sexton of St. Peter's Church, Brockville, for 
 
 services : 15 
 
 R)v. Dr. Lewis, Donation of Lodge for J'ar- 
 
 orhial pnrpo.s('s .5 
 
 Grand (•'ecr^'tary, for services 25 
 
 Do, for StMtioncry, &c 2 18 3 
 
 .i:254 9 3 
 
 To B;i!nni'e in 1 ;nid.'< fif 'I'loa.suicr 2 15 8.j 
 
account 
 
 £ s. 
 
 (1. 
 
 12 10 
 
 
 
 2 18 
 
 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 
 7 10 
 
 
 
 2 5 
 
 
 
 4 10 
 
 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 
 23 8 
 
 9 
 
 1 5 
 
 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 
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 3 3 
 
 9 
 
 7 3 
 
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 59 3 
 
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 9 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 
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 9 
 
 1 7 
 
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 4 15 
 
 
 
 15 10 
 
 
 
 3 15 
 
 
 
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 9 
 
 42 10 
 
 
 
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 254 9 
 
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 Thomas Armstrong, Grand Treasurer, in accomit with 
 the Grand Lodge, B. N. A. 
 
 Dj?. 
 
 1855. jC ». (1. 
 
 Juno 21. Ralanco remaining- in (Jmnd Trcasirer's hands. . . 59 9 1 li 
 M. (I. C. Thomas KadclilF, 91, 5s., Newbury Button, 
 
 548,59 10 
 
 Francis Button, .548, 5s., \Vm. Steers, 137, 6s 10 
 
 Wm. LiMinox, 375, 58., llobevt Britton, 137, 5s 10 
 
 Thos. Wm. Ryves, 137, 5s , VV. Stevenson, 454, .5s. 10 
 
 llobert McKui^lit, for 1850 5 
 
 .Johnson (Jibney, 5s., Wm. W. Fox, 1856, .5s 10 
 
 Wm, Lynd, 554, .John Cummins, 554 10 
 
 John Carkeek, 301 5 
 
 June f5. G. L. dues from No. 190 for 1853, 150, 522 for 1854, 
 
 County of Lanark 1 10 
 
 July 5. G. L. duos from Nos. 66, 200, 432, 218, 154, 9, 60, 
 86, 125, 354, 355, 589 (154 for 1854, 10s.)County 
 
 of Simcoe " 6 10 
 
 475,234 1 
 
 .Sept. 22, To G. Com. dues Jos. Twell, 5s, John KelJy, 5s. . 10 
 
 « « David Gallagher 5 
 
 " " E. Brouse, 5s., James Ilolden, 5s., 10 
 
 " " And. Burnside, 6s., Js. Grier, 5s., 10 
 
 Oct. 30, To G. C. dues Nos. 192, 293, 576, 605. 95 2 10 
 
 Dec. .5, « « 514 10 
 
 20, To G. Com R. Grozier, 5s., Thomas C. Knovvles, .5s, 10 
 
 " " Jas. Kennedy, 6s., Chas. Knowles, 6s. 10 
 
 31, « « Andrew T. Jones, 215 5 
 
 18.o6. 
 
 Jan. 5. €,. Lodpo dues, 394 10 
 
 9. G Com Jolui Mclntyro, .5s., Wm. Findlay, 5s 10 
 
 " Wm. Whitman, .5s., No. 335, 10s 15 
 
 Feb. 2. « IJ. P. (^iowan, .5s., J. T. Nudell, .5.s., R. ) 
 
 Wicldns,.5s.,W.McMii,'-ter, 5s.,Thos.^ 1 5 
 Hornibrook, .5s., all of 328. ) 
 4. G. C. dnos, 219, 415, 590, 101, 611, 612, 613, 607, 
 
 610,581,493 5 10 
 
 (!. li. dues, GeorjiO Walsh, 5s., John fSmith, ,5s., 
 
 D. Brethours, 5s 15 
 
 << " (Jeo. Ilait, .5s,, G. L. duos, 67, 112 10 
 
 IVIaridi G. f- dues, 74, 82, 1,3,3, 20.5, 311,38.5,40,3,405, 
 
 109, 422, 532. 616, 640 6 10 
 
 April '< '> 23, 369, 4.30, 179, 540, 67, 112 3 10 
 
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 iMiiy " •' f.>;{I.'.>r)?, '257, 307, 117, 5-2I, .W3, filS. I (» 
 
 ■t '^ '* 4(5, ll!)('-i VPiir,^), 2iiS, 435, 460, -IDS.. 3 10 
 June ^ '* " 1:29. 130, 1ti7. inn, 17fi, i>U, 50-,>, fiOO, 
 5r.7, 5il8, 5(50, 510, 571, 572, 583, 5S:>, iul, 
 
 Ku-iul; Mills lOs 9 
 
 " a. L. Wtmant,', GL'r),C'27, 028,630, G3 1, (J3-2, (533, 7 
 
 631, 635. 636, 637, 638, 63!>, G 10, 7 
 
 641, 64-2, 613, 611, 615, 616, 617. 7 
 
 G 18, 619, 650, 651, 65-2; 653, 651, 7 
 
 655, 656, 657, (J ".8, (i5f), OfJO, 661, 7 
 
 "■ -^K 662, 663 661, ()65, 666, 6(i7, 61)8, 7 
 
 G69, 670, 671, 6/-.>, 673, 674, 675, 7 
 
 677, 678, 679, 6S() 681,682, 683, 7 
 
 684, 685, 686, 687, 689, 690, 691, 7 
 
 G92, 693, 691, 695, 696 5 
 
 *' 17 llonrv Sloanf>, Siinooo G. L. duos, Nus. 89, 101, 209, 
 
 "350, 149, 553, Es.^a Distiiii 3 
 
 Do., 518 MniKliani, 193, 195, 586, 651 2 10 
 
 16, 456, 533, Burrio District.. 110 
 
 (iraiul Com., Wm Lennox, .5s., .Ino. Watkin,?, 5s. . 10 
 C uuiitv T,nii:iik, 31 (3 y..Mi>), 92, 1.55 (2 years', 190, 
 
 19 1, 389 (2 years) CZ.i, 641 6 
 
 Perth, No. 7 10 
 
 (i. Com., J. W. Tweedle, .5s., Jolm Roomer, 5s ... . 10 
 G. L. duos for Nos. 535, 560, 561, 578, 663, 297, 
 
 Quebec 3 
 
 Toronto, Nos. 501, 137, &178, IVIill Creek 1 10 
 ]VI<G. Commiltee, (leorge W. Morgan, .53., .lames 
 .'-■>■ Kerr, Ss., Alex. Kerr, 5s., George Kerr, 5s., "\Vm. 
 
 Crawford, 5s., William Adainson, .5s '1 10 
 
 ' G. L. dues from Nos. .5, 10, 62, 76, 81, 105, 142, 211, 
 
 249, 263, .5.57, 646, 114, 41, and Dr. Irons 7 
 
 136, 396, Toronto, and 61, Peel 1 10 
 
 343, 319, 361, 275 2 
 
 G. Com., Geo. Simpson, .5s., John V. IVicClain, 5s. 10 
 (t. L. ^]ncs, Perth, 381, 4S6, 518, 592, 602(2 years), 
 
 7i)l, 5.54, 660, 527 5 
 
 From six Lodges, County Halton, T. 
 
 Evans, CM 3 
 
 New Warrant, No. 624 1 
 
 G. L. dues fiom 206, 90, 4 1 10 
 
 G. Com., Francis Linidv, Francis Hardy, 3.34 10 
 
 Cr. L. dues 653, 139, .525, 239, 333, 5.50, 524, 580, 
 
 651, County Dundas 4 10 
 
 (i. Com. .John Deriby 5s., Fucharia Perciv.il .5s . . 10 
 I'm. L. dues County (Jrenville, Nos. 33, 37, 72, 106, 
 
 * ' 143, 2-17, 33 1, 342, 406, .504, 3-17 5 10 
 
 " " Nos. 404, 512 (2 years) 110 
 ••' " No. 4G8, 109. 516. 17.5, 571. 487, Couniy 
 
 J'rince IMwanl '. .'j 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
REPORT. 01 
 
 Jiinu 18, (J. L. ilucfi No. 301, 375, 13, 140 2 
 
 , ^ No. 316, 519, H36, GTI FtonUm-.w '2 
 
 No. 'i5, 458 (•, voars)(i-23, Co. JStonnnnt. '2 
 G. Com. John Loan, ba., )lohcTt TomkiiiP, I'n, Aii- 
 
 giistiis Brown, 5s '. 15 
 
 Jamos Sutwinoy 5s, Thos. Keys S.-i, John 
 
 IIiill5.s 15 
 
 G. L. du'?s G. Com. No. 588, John Kelly 5s, Martin 
 
 MfMa-^liau 5.s Q 10 o 
 
 • ^ Robert hittle 5a, Samuel Wcstman 5s, 
 
 , ^ John Cornell 5.s, 15 
 
 Ardbnckle Jordan 5s 5 
 
 •' '< No. 506, 269, 634, 345, 2 0— recev'd 
 
 for new Warrant 1 3 
 
 » <' Nos. 186, 582, 620, 670 Co. Quhite, No. 
 
 . ^ 163 lor 18.57 2 10 
 
 G. Com. ^Stephen Crawford 5s. Arthur Burnside 5s, 
 
 (for 1857-) ; . . . . 10 
 
 ** »' Caah fornevv Warrant, Bonnet Rosamond 10 
 Grand L. Dues No. 328 10 
 
 ^#*V*» -^256 14 11^ 
 
 ■it, m> - 
 
 AMOUNT RKCEIVED SINCE AUDIT. 
 
 M. G. Com., David Parish 5 
 
 G. L.'dues, 152,156,173, 188,230, 248,298, 303, 
 
 ^ 412, 554, 637, 310, 517, 575, Co. of Middlesex. .700 
 
 212 10 
 
 24, M. G. Cora., Thomas RadelifT 5s. Joseph Bird 5s,. 10 
 
 James Br> an 5s o 5 
 
 G. L. dues for No. 164 10 o 
 
 f : •"'■;, <jS;;#; ■- 
 
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