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Scotland.
Masonic honours . The various Lodges walked in procession on the occasion ; and the Brethren assembled at one o ' clock in the Music Hall , George-street , to the number of five hundred and upwards . Mag 3 . —A Communication from Bro . Em . D . Faure , of the Lodge United Brothers , Trinidad , in relation to the installation of It . W . Masters , having been read and considered , the Grand Lodge pronounced the following deliverance , which was ordered to be communicated : —
" The Grand Lodge of Scotland , since its establishment , has never acknowledged , as connected with Masonry , any degree , or secrets of any degree , but those imparted to every Master Mason , Fellow-Craft , and Entered Apprentice , and reiterates her injunctions to all Provincial Grand Masters not to permit any other to be practised in the Lodges under them in their respective provinces . The Grand Lodge farther considers every Master Mason qualified to be elected toand fill the
, chair as R . AV . M . without receiving any additional degree or secrets whatever , and that it is inconsistent with the Grand Lodge laws to require such . The Grand Lodge farther declares , that the installation of the whole office-bearers , including tbe Master , ought to take place in a just and perfect Lodge , opened in the Apprentice degree , where at least three Masters , two Felldwcrafts , and two Apnrentices must be
present , or , failing Craftsmen and Apprentices , the same number of Masters , who for the time being are held to be only of these degrees . " The Grand Clerk , seconded by the Grand Secretary , having moved at the Quarterly Communication in January last , that the fees on charters should be reduced from 21 / . to 10 / . 10 * ., the motion was , on 3 rd May , ] 847 , unanimously carried , and the dues were reduced accordingly . The thanks of the Grand Lodge were at the same time voted to the Grand Clerk and Grand Secretary for the very handsome and
disinterested manner in which they had brought forward the above motion . The Grand Lodge cordially responded to a suggestion emanating from His Grace the Duke of Athole , M . AV . G . M . M . of Scotland , that the Grand Lodge should take an early opportunity of visiting the city of Glasgow , and remitted to the Grand Committee to make all necessary arrangements consequent on such visit , which it was anticipated would take place towards the end of the present month .
The Grand Secretary read a communication he had received from the Wi Master of the Lodge " Kilwinning in the East , " at Calcutta , transmitting the sum of 34 / . 5 s . towards the mitigation of distress and destitution in the'Highlands and Islands of Scotland . The unanimous thanks of Grand Lodge were voted to the W . Master , Office-bearers , and Mem-: hers of the said Lodge , for their kind and fraternal feelings evinced towards the distressed in the hour of need . *
ANCIENT , MEDALLION . —At the Masonic procession on the 9 th of April , Mr . Robertson of the New Club , Grand Director of Ceremonies , wore a jewel of great value and beauty . Its history is curious . The grandfather of its present possessor , a Newhaven fisherman , was dredging for oysters in the Firth of Forth , something more than a hundred years ago , and upon hauling the dredge found a pocket-book containing , among other articles , a ' Masonic medal composed of gold inlaid with
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Scotland.
Masonic honours . The various Lodges walked in procession on the occasion ; and the Brethren assembled at one o ' clock in the Music Hall , George-street , to the number of five hundred and upwards . Mag 3 . —A Communication from Bro . Em . D . Faure , of the Lodge United Brothers , Trinidad , in relation to the installation of It . W . Masters , having been read and considered , the Grand Lodge pronounced the following deliverance , which was ordered to be communicated : —
" The Grand Lodge of Scotland , since its establishment , has never acknowledged , as connected with Masonry , any degree , or secrets of any degree , but those imparted to every Master Mason , Fellow-Craft , and Entered Apprentice , and reiterates her injunctions to all Provincial Grand Masters not to permit any other to be practised in the Lodges under them in their respective provinces . The Grand Lodge farther considers every Master Mason qualified to be elected toand fill the
, chair as R . AV . M . without receiving any additional degree or secrets whatever , and that it is inconsistent with the Grand Lodge laws to require such . The Grand Lodge farther declares , that the installation of the whole office-bearers , including tbe Master , ought to take place in a just and perfect Lodge , opened in the Apprentice degree , where at least three Masters , two Felldwcrafts , and two Apnrentices must be
present , or , failing Craftsmen and Apprentices , the same number of Masters , who for the time being are held to be only of these degrees . " The Grand Clerk , seconded by the Grand Secretary , having moved at the Quarterly Communication in January last , that the fees on charters should be reduced from 21 / . to 10 / . 10 * ., the motion was , on 3 rd May , ] 847 , unanimously carried , and the dues were reduced accordingly . The thanks of the Grand Lodge were at the same time voted to the Grand Clerk and Grand Secretary for the very handsome and
disinterested manner in which they had brought forward the above motion . The Grand Lodge cordially responded to a suggestion emanating from His Grace the Duke of Athole , M . AV . G . M . M . of Scotland , that the Grand Lodge should take an early opportunity of visiting the city of Glasgow , and remitted to the Grand Committee to make all necessary arrangements consequent on such visit , which it was anticipated would take place towards the end of the present month .
The Grand Secretary read a communication he had received from the Wi Master of the Lodge " Kilwinning in the East , " at Calcutta , transmitting the sum of 34 / . 5 s . towards the mitigation of distress and destitution in the'Highlands and Islands of Scotland . The unanimous thanks of Grand Lodge were voted to the W . Master , Office-bearers , and Mem-: hers of the said Lodge , for their kind and fraternal feelings evinced towards the distressed in the hour of need . *
ANCIENT , MEDALLION . —At the Masonic procession on the 9 th of April , Mr . Robertson of the New Club , Grand Director of Ceremonies , wore a jewel of great value and beauty . Its history is curious . The grandfather of its present possessor , a Newhaven fisherman , was dredging for oysters in the Firth of Forth , something more than a hundred years ago , and upon hauling the dredge found a pocket-book containing , among other articles , a ' Masonic medal composed of gold inlaid with