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Scotland.
The Earl of Bochan , Acting Deputy-Grand Master , in the absence of Lord Glenlycn ; Patrick M . Stewart , Esq ., M . P ., Acting Substitute-Master ; J . AVhyte Melville ,, Esq ., of Mount Melville , Senior Grand Warden ; Sir David Kinloch , Bart ., Acting Junior Grand AVarden ; AV . A . . Laurie , Esq ., Grand Secretary ; John Maitland , Esq ., Grand Clerk ; T Graham Dundas , Esq ., Senior Deacon ; VV . Baillie , Esq ., youngerof PolkemmetJunior Deacon ; Rev . Alexander Stewartof
, , , Douglas , Grand Chaplain ; J . Gillespie Graham , Esq ., of Orchil ] , Acting Architect ; AVm . Cunningham , Esq ., Grand Jeweller ; Robert Gilfillan , Esq ., Grand Bard , & c . His lordship , besides the Grand Lodge , was accompanied by about three hundred of the Brethren , composed of many deputations from Lodges in the provinces . The Queen , as she passed to and from the Castle , noticed in an especial manner the Grand Master , by repeatedly
. bowing to him , and waving her hand ; The ceremony within the great tower of the hall , though short , was most solemn , and the addresses of the Grand Master and the Grand Chaplain were couched in terms at once elegant and impressive , in the course of which allusion
was made to the auspicious occasion of heT Most Gracious Majesty ' s visit . The Grand Master , on his return to the hall of the Hi gh School , returned thanks for the Support he had received from the assembled Brethren , in a speech replete with good feeling and good taste . A gallery was fitted up for the accommodation of the fair sex , among whom we noticed the Countess of Glasgow , Lady Augustus Fitzclarence , and a nun . ercus assemblage of beauty and fashion . The following is the inscription of the plate deposited in the stone : —
"To the glory of God , in honour of the Queen , on the 3 rd day of September , in the year of our Lord MDI . CCCCXI . II ., the day of our Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria visiting the City of Edinburgh , the Right Hon . Sir James Forrest , otComiston , Bart ., Lord Provost , the Kev . David Welsh , 1 ) . P > ., Moderator -of the Assembly , the foundation-stone of this superb structure , to be railed Victoria Hall , lor the use of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , was laid by the Right Hon . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., & c . Grand Master Mason of Scotland ,
in presence of the Grand Lodge and other Masonic Lodges . —James Gillespie Graham , Esq ., of Orchill , Architect . John Lind , masterbuilder of the Hall . Length of building from east to west , 111 feet , Height of spire over the entrance , 241 feet . "
There were also deposited in the cavity of the stone , inclosed in a glass jar , an Edinburgh Almanack , the newspapers of the day , a plan of the city , and a beautiful engraving of the building , with coins of the present reign . The occasion of performing this ceremony was most judicously chosen , and great praise is due to the Craft for the manner in which it was executed . The urbanity and grace of the Most Worshipful Grand
Master will long be remembered by the Brethren , and will form one of their most pleasing recollections associated with the Royal visit . INITIATION OP LORD ADOI . T-HVS FITZCLARENCE . —On Tuesday the 13 th September , there was holden by the very ancient Lodge of Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 , an Especial Ledge of Emergency , for the express purpose of initiating Lord Adoiphus Fitzclarence into the mysteries of the Craft . His lordship was accompanied by his brother , Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , GranddVfaster for Scotland ; Sir James Forrest , Bart , of Comiston , Past- €% ftd Master ; Sir Thomas
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Scotland.
The Earl of Bochan , Acting Deputy-Grand Master , in the absence of Lord Glenlycn ; Patrick M . Stewart , Esq ., M . P ., Acting Substitute-Master ; J . AVhyte Melville ,, Esq ., of Mount Melville , Senior Grand Warden ; Sir David Kinloch , Bart ., Acting Junior Grand AVarden ; AV . A . . Laurie , Esq ., Grand Secretary ; John Maitland , Esq ., Grand Clerk ; T Graham Dundas , Esq ., Senior Deacon ; VV . Baillie , Esq ., youngerof PolkemmetJunior Deacon ; Rev . Alexander Stewartof
, , , Douglas , Grand Chaplain ; J . Gillespie Graham , Esq ., of Orchil ] , Acting Architect ; AVm . Cunningham , Esq ., Grand Jeweller ; Robert Gilfillan , Esq ., Grand Bard , & c . His lordship , besides the Grand Lodge , was accompanied by about three hundred of the Brethren , composed of many deputations from Lodges in the provinces . The Queen , as she passed to and from the Castle , noticed in an especial manner the Grand Master , by repeatedly
. bowing to him , and waving her hand ; The ceremony within the great tower of the hall , though short , was most solemn , and the addresses of the Grand Master and the Grand Chaplain were couched in terms at once elegant and impressive , in the course of which allusion
was made to the auspicious occasion of heT Most Gracious Majesty ' s visit . The Grand Master , on his return to the hall of the Hi gh School , returned thanks for the Support he had received from the assembled Brethren , in a speech replete with good feeling and good taste . A gallery was fitted up for the accommodation of the fair sex , among whom we noticed the Countess of Glasgow , Lady Augustus Fitzclarence , and a nun . ercus assemblage of beauty and fashion . The following is the inscription of the plate deposited in the stone : —
"To the glory of God , in honour of the Queen , on the 3 rd day of September , in the year of our Lord MDI . CCCCXI . II ., the day of our Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria visiting the City of Edinburgh , the Right Hon . Sir James Forrest , otComiston , Bart ., Lord Provost , the Kev . David Welsh , 1 ) . P > ., Moderator -of the Assembly , the foundation-stone of this superb structure , to be railed Victoria Hall , lor the use of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , was laid by the Right Hon . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., & c . Grand Master Mason of Scotland ,
in presence of the Grand Lodge and other Masonic Lodges . —James Gillespie Graham , Esq ., of Orchill , Architect . John Lind , masterbuilder of the Hall . Length of building from east to west , 111 feet , Height of spire over the entrance , 241 feet . "
There were also deposited in the cavity of the stone , inclosed in a glass jar , an Edinburgh Almanack , the newspapers of the day , a plan of the city , and a beautiful engraving of the building , with coins of the present reign . The occasion of performing this ceremony was most judicously chosen , and great praise is due to the Craft for the manner in which it was executed . The urbanity and grace of the Most Worshipful Grand
Master will long be remembered by the Brethren , and will form one of their most pleasing recollections associated with the Royal visit . INITIATION OP LORD ADOI . T-HVS FITZCLARENCE . —On Tuesday the 13 th September , there was holden by the very ancient Lodge of Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 , an Especial Ledge of Emergency , for the express purpose of initiating Lord Adoiphus Fitzclarence into the mysteries of the Craft . His lordship was accompanied by his brother , Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , GranddVfaster for Scotland ; Sir James Forrest , Bart , of Comiston , Past- €% ftd Master ; Sir Thomas