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Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
A GRAND and impressive ceremonial came off in the Freemasons' Hall , George Street , Edinburgh , on Thursday of last week ( St . Andrew ' s Day ) the occasion being the installation of Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., M . P ., to the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in room of the Earl of Haddington , who has resigned after two years '
occupancy of the throne . The event , as might naturally he expected , was regarded with a pleasurable interest by the brethren of Rothesay Sfc . John ' s ( Sir Charles' Mother Lodge ) ,
and indeed of all the Lodges in Argyll and Bute , the now Grand Master having held the office of Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles with great credit to himself and benefit to the Craft generally since 1875 .
Grand Lodge was constituted by the Earl of Haddington , the retiring Grand Master , who , in the course of the proceedings formally proposed the election of Sir Charles Dalrymple , of Newhailes , Bart ., to be Grand Master Mason of Scotland . This was unanimously adopted , and a deputation "was sent to intimate the election to Sir Charles . On
the return of tho deputation escorting the Grand Master their approach was announced by trumpeters , and a very hearty greeting was given the new Grand Master . The retiring Grard Master intimated the election , congratulated Sir Charles on its unanimity , and said he did
not anticipate he would have the difficulties which their predecessors had to face , for the Grand Lodge was now in a peaceful condition , Scottish Masonry was in a flourishing state , and he would have the sympathy and support of the office-bearers and of all Scottish Masons .
The new Grand Master having been duly installed , announced that he appointed Lord Saltoun to be Grand Master-Depute , and Brother John Graham of Broadstone ( Provincial Grand Master of Scotland ) Substitute Grand Master . The other office-bearers were then elected and
installed , and on the motion of the Grand Master a hearty vote of thanks was awarded to the Past Grand Master . In connection with this tbe Grand Master read a resolution to be inscribed on the minutes . At the conclnsion of the business of Grand Lodge , the
brethren dined together in the large hall in celebration of St . Andrew ' s Day , and they were joined by deputations from daughter Lodges , the company numbering nearly two hundred . The Grand Master presided , and he was
supported right and left by Past Grand Master the Earl of Haddington , the Depute Grand Master , the Substitute Grand Master , the Lord Justice-General , and Bros . R . F . Shaw Stewart , A . Graham Murray , Major H . C . F . Newall , Provost Milloy , & c .
After dinner , and before the toast list was entered upon , the Lord Justice-General , on behalf of tho Province of Argyll and tho Isles , introduced a deputation for the purpose of tendering their most hearty congratulations to the Grand Master and the whole Craft of Scotland on his
accession to the Masonio throne . It is now , his Lordship said , about eighteen years since the Province of Argyll and the Isles had the advantage of the Grand Master ' s presidency , and during that time there had been marked progress in Freemasonry , which had been extended into regions
where it was not previously known , and had been revived where it had lain dormant . Many of the deputation were not unknown to the Grand Master , and the welcome which they offered sprang from a feeling of personal devotion as well as of attachment to the Craffc , of which he was now the chief representative .
The Grand Master , in welcoming the deputation , said he bad been placed most unexpectedly in that high office , to which he had never aspired , and for which he was altogether unworthy . He had had personal relations with many of the deputation in a variety of ways in former years ,
but speaking only in a Masonic sense it was gratifying to him that , at great personal inconvenience , so numerous a deputation , numbering upwards of thirty , should have attended that night to pay him such a high compliment . Ho thanked them most heartily for their kindness , and said
that it was nofc the least gratifying circumstance of the occasion that their spokesman should be their distinguished Brother , the Lord Justice-General , whose mother Lodge was also his , Rothesay St . John ' s , No . 292 , and who filled the
office of Substitute Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles . A marble bust of Lord Blythswood , Past Grand Master , was as this time unveiled , and , in formally inaugurating it
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Sir Charles Dalrymple said it would he an addition to the memorials of successive chiefs of the Craft which adorned the hall . It was a replica of the bust which waa presented
last week to Lady Blythawood at the hands of the Earl of Haddington , and it was a striking likeness of their former Grand Master , which reflected the utmost credit on the skill of the sculptor , Mr . W . G . Stevenson , A . R . S . A .
The usual complimentary toasts having been honoured , the Earl of Haddington , on rising to propose the Grand Master Mason and the Grand Lodge of Scotland , was most cordially greeted . Sir Charles Dalrymple was , he said , Masonically known to all for the active part he had taken
in the management of fche affairs of the Craft , and for his successful conduct of the Province of Argyll and the Isles . If proof of that were wanted they had it in the presence of the large deputation that nig ht . He was sure thafc in the reign of the new Grand Master Grand Lodgo would lose none of its prestige .
Tbe Grand Master , in responding to the toast , said he did not profess to be as expert in Masonic law as many of his brethren , but the longer he had held the office of Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles the greater had been his interest in the work of Masonry . As to the
position of Grand Lodge itself , ifc had , like other institutions , suffered from depression during the past year , and there had been a falling off in the number of entrants , but that was only to be expected . The gross'income in 1892 was £ 5 , 885 14 s 8 d , this year it had been £ 5 , 33519 s 2 d .
Grand Lodge possessed heritable property of the value of £ 2 , 300 , and movable property of the value of £ 1 , 800 . They had money invested in first-class securities for £ 7 , 000 , and on deposit receipt and cash £ 2 , 200—making a total of £ 34 , 000 . They had spent on benevolence during
the year £ 637 , and on annuities £ 1 , 150 . Eleven new Lodges had been erected , and they had started tbe new Masonic year by granting charters to three Lodges in the colonies . It was the duty of all Masons to keep Grand Lodge up to the high level which it had reached , and to
maintain its present tone . He had undertaken the arduous and responsible , but at the same time highly honourable duties of the office of Grand Master in the hope that he
shonld have the support of all Masons , and with the earnest desire that in the coming year nothing would happen which would cause Grand Lodge to fall from the high position to which it had attained .
The Grand Master next gave the Scottish Bench , and in doing so said they were fortunate in having among the members of Grand Lodge many who were connected with the Scottish Bar . They had also on their roll more than one Scottish Judge , and be was nofc sure thafc they were
aware of the number of eminent Scottish Judges who had belonged to Grand Lodge in former years . During the last century thoy had Lord Justice-General Campbell , Lords Drummore , Westhall , Monfcboddo , Lord Jnstice-Clerk Hope , Lords Meadowbank , Henderland , and Eskgrove as
members of the Scottish Lodges . David Dalrymple , Lord Westhall was Grand Master Mason in 1774-75 , and the Craffc pointed with pride to the fact that the Lord Justice-General of the present day was an honoured member , while two Lord Chancellors of England—the first Earl of Rosslyn
and Lord Brougham were Scottish-holding Masons . When a few days ago the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master of England , opened a Bar Lodge , an ex-Lord Chancellor acted as Senior Warden and a very prominent Queen ' s Counsel was the Inner Guard . Tho identification of the
Bar with the Craft was of great interest to them and they were honoured not only with the presence of fche head of the Scottish Bench , but with the late Solicitor-General for Scotland . Freemasonry knew no distinction of class or profession , but it was none the less interesting that these
great professions were identified with the Craft , and that on an occasion like the present they had among th « m distinguished representatives of the Bench and the Bar . It was especially gratifying to him to be able to couple the toast with the name of the Lord Justice-General of
Scotland . The Lord Justice-General , in responding to the toast , said he was glad to learn that the Masonic body was on snch good terms and on such o'd-fashiotu d tcrni-t of amity with the Scottish Bench . He was nofc aware that in coming
there that night he was so well founded in precedent , and it was a mosfc gratifying circumstance thafc the precedent should have been found by a distinguished layman instead of a lawyer . But he imagined that any-one filling even the position which he held , if he followed his own perception
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Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
A GRAND and impressive ceremonial came off in the Freemasons' Hall , George Street , Edinburgh , on Thursday of last week ( St . Andrew ' s Day ) the occasion being the installation of Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., M . P ., to the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in room of the Earl of Haddington , who has resigned after two years '
occupancy of the throne . The event , as might naturally he expected , was regarded with a pleasurable interest by the brethren of Rothesay Sfc . John ' s ( Sir Charles' Mother Lodge ) ,
and indeed of all the Lodges in Argyll and Bute , the now Grand Master having held the office of Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles with great credit to himself and benefit to the Craft generally since 1875 .
Grand Lodge was constituted by the Earl of Haddington , the retiring Grand Master , who , in the course of the proceedings formally proposed the election of Sir Charles Dalrymple , of Newhailes , Bart ., to be Grand Master Mason of Scotland . This was unanimously adopted , and a deputation "was sent to intimate the election to Sir Charles . On
the return of tho deputation escorting the Grand Master their approach was announced by trumpeters , and a very hearty greeting was given the new Grand Master . The retiring Grard Master intimated the election , congratulated Sir Charles on its unanimity , and said he did
not anticipate he would have the difficulties which their predecessors had to face , for the Grand Lodge was now in a peaceful condition , Scottish Masonry was in a flourishing state , and he would have the sympathy and support of the office-bearers and of all Scottish Masons .
The new Grand Master having been duly installed , announced that he appointed Lord Saltoun to be Grand Master-Depute , and Brother John Graham of Broadstone ( Provincial Grand Master of Scotland ) Substitute Grand Master . The other office-bearers were then elected and
installed , and on the motion of the Grand Master a hearty vote of thanks was awarded to the Past Grand Master . In connection with this tbe Grand Master read a resolution to be inscribed on the minutes . At the conclnsion of the business of Grand Lodge , the
brethren dined together in the large hall in celebration of St . Andrew ' s Day , and they were joined by deputations from daughter Lodges , the company numbering nearly two hundred . The Grand Master presided , and he was
supported right and left by Past Grand Master the Earl of Haddington , the Depute Grand Master , the Substitute Grand Master , the Lord Justice-General , and Bros . R . F . Shaw Stewart , A . Graham Murray , Major H . C . F . Newall , Provost Milloy , & c .
After dinner , and before the toast list was entered upon , the Lord Justice-General , on behalf of tho Province of Argyll and tho Isles , introduced a deputation for the purpose of tendering their most hearty congratulations to the Grand Master and the whole Craft of Scotland on his
accession to the Masonio throne . It is now , his Lordship said , about eighteen years since the Province of Argyll and the Isles had the advantage of the Grand Master ' s presidency , and during that time there had been marked progress in Freemasonry , which had been extended into regions
where it was not previously known , and had been revived where it had lain dormant . Many of the deputation were not unknown to the Grand Master , and the welcome which they offered sprang from a feeling of personal devotion as well as of attachment to the Craffc , of which he was now the chief representative .
The Grand Master , in welcoming the deputation , said he bad been placed most unexpectedly in that high office , to which he had never aspired , and for which he was altogether unworthy . He had had personal relations with many of the deputation in a variety of ways in former years ,
but speaking only in a Masonic sense it was gratifying to him that , at great personal inconvenience , so numerous a deputation , numbering upwards of thirty , should have attended that night to pay him such a high compliment . Ho thanked them most heartily for their kindness , and said
that it was nofc the least gratifying circumstance of the occasion that their spokesman should be their distinguished Brother , the Lord Justice-General , whose mother Lodge was also his , Rothesay St . John ' s , No . 292 , and who filled the
office of Substitute Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles . A marble bust of Lord Blythswood , Past Grand Master , was as this time unveiled , and , in formally inaugurating it
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Sir Charles Dalrymple said it would he an addition to the memorials of successive chiefs of the Craft which adorned the hall . It was a replica of the bust which waa presented
last week to Lady Blythawood at the hands of the Earl of Haddington , and it was a striking likeness of their former Grand Master , which reflected the utmost credit on the skill of the sculptor , Mr . W . G . Stevenson , A . R . S . A .
The usual complimentary toasts having been honoured , the Earl of Haddington , on rising to propose the Grand Master Mason and the Grand Lodge of Scotland , was most cordially greeted . Sir Charles Dalrymple was , he said , Masonically known to all for the active part he had taken
in the management of fche affairs of the Craft , and for his successful conduct of the Province of Argyll and the Isles . If proof of that were wanted they had it in the presence of the large deputation that nig ht . He was sure thafc in the reign of the new Grand Master Grand Lodgo would lose none of its prestige .
Tbe Grand Master , in responding to the toast , said he did not profess to be as expert in Masonic law as many of his brethren , but the longer he had held the office of Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles the greater had been his interest in the work of Masonry . As to the
position of Grand Lodge itself , ifc had , like other institutions , suffered from depression during the past year , and there had been a falling off in the number of entrants , but that was only to be expected . The gross'income in 1892 was £ 5 , 885 14 s 8 d , this year it had been £ 5 , 33519 s 2 d .
Grand Lodge possessed heritable property of the value of £ 2 , 300 , and movable property of the value of £ 1 , 800 . They had money invested in first-class securities for £ 7 , 000 , and on deposit receipt and cash £ 2 , 200—making a total of £ 34 , 000 . They had spent on benevolence during
the year £ 637 , and on annuities £ 1 , 150 . Eleven new Lodges had been erected , and they had started tbe new Masonic year by granting charters to three Lodges in the colonies . It was the duty of all Masons to keep Grand Lodge up to the high level which it had reached , and to
maintain its present tone . He had undertaken the arduous and responsible , but at the same time highly honourable duties of the office of Grand Master in the hope that he
shonld have the support of all Masons , and with the earnest desire that in the coming year nothing would happen which would cause Grand Lodge to fall from the high position to which it had attained .
The Grand Master next gave the Scottish Bench , and in doing so said they were fortunate in having among the members of Grand Lodge many who were connected with the Scottish Bar . They had also on their roll more than one Scottish Judge , and be was nofc sure thafc they were
aware of the number of eminent Scottish Judges who had belonged to Grand Lodge in former years . During the last century thoy had Lord Justice-General Campbell , Lords Drummore , Westhall , Monfcboddo , Lord Jnstice-Clerk Hope , Lords Meadowbank , Henderland , and Eskgrove as
members of the Scottish Lodges . David Dalrymple , Lord Westhall was Grand Master Mason in 1774-75 , and the Craffc pointed with pride to the fact that the Lord Justice-General of the present day was an honoured member , while two Lord Chancellors of England—the first Earl of Rosslyn
and Lord Brougham were Scottish-holding Masons . When a few days ago the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master of England , opened a Bar Lodge , an ex-Lord Chancellor acted as Senior Warden and a very prominent Queen ' s Counsel was the Inner Guard . Tho identification of the
Bar with the Craft was of great interest to them and they were honoured not only with the presence of fche head of the Scottish Bench , but with the late Solicitor-General for Scotland . Freemasonry knew no distinction of class or profession , but it was none the less interesting that these
great professions were identified with the Craft , and that on an occasion like the present they had among th « m distinguished representatives of the Bench and the Bar . It was especially gratifying to him to be able to couple the toast with the name of the Lord Justice-General of
Scotland . The Lord Justice-General , in responding to the toast , said he was glad to learn that the Masonic body was on snch good terms and on such o'd-fashiotu d tcrni-t of amity with the Scottish Bench . He was nofc aware that in coming
there that night he was so well founded in precedent , and it was a mosfc gratifying circumstance thafc the precedent should have been found by a distinguished layman instead of a lawyer . But he imagined that any-one filling even the position which he held , if he followed his own perception