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Scotland.
isting in Scotland , or holding under Scottish authority . Any other Order now starting into being , calling itself the Order of the Temple , and claiming the right of electing a Grancl Master , may do so Masonically , or as a modern chivalric institution , but it will no more be the Ancient Religious and Military Order of the Temple , ivhich has existed for more than seven hundred years , and is now represented by Sir David Milnethan would a society of individuals forming themselves
, into an Order as Knights of the Garter be deemed by the Sovereign or by the world at large the genuine members of that most noble Order . It is preposterous , therefore , to say that the English modern Masonic Knights Templars can form themselves into a Priorv of the ancient Order , and appoint either Grand Blasters or Grand " Priors thereof ; but , as in consequence of past Masonic connexion , every facility would be afforded by the members of the genuine Order for receiving English
ancl Irish Masonic Templars of a certain station in society into the Chivalric Body , so it is conceived that by that union alone can genuine Priories of the ancient Order be established out of Scotland . In forming such a union , articles might be proposed and acceded to , giving nearly as great powers to Grancl Priories as the Grand Encampments or Conclaves of England and Ireland now claim ; but the whole Order would still require to be governed by one set of regulationsone
Con-, clave , ancl one Grand Master . The members of such new Priories would of course have votes on the elections of Grand Masters and other Grand Office Bearers—the qualifications for which elevated positions rest neither upon place of nativity , nor upon the residence of Knights in particular countries . I am , Sir and Brother , Your most obedient servant , FRA JACOBUS , Miles Templi . *
kniNBURGii , July 29 . —The propriety of celebrating , by a grand procession , the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the public baths for the working classes , about to be erected in this city , having been concurred in by the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Council , was promptly recognized by the various bodies whose co-operation was requisite to give full effect to the proceeding , including the trades . The various bodies , with their several bands playing livel j' airs ,
proceeded from the head of the Links to the entrance of the University . At this point the procession received an accession by which its picturesque effect was in a very considerable degree heightened , in the Grand Lodge , headed by the Right Hon . Lord Glenlyon , Grand Master for Scotland . The various office-bearers carried the insignia of the Lodge , and were preceded by the superb band of the Scots Greys , ivhich greatly contributed to the exhilarating effect of the pageant . A party of the same
regiment also escorted the procession , and lined the streets for some distance during the performance of the ceremony . At the bottom of Leith-street , the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Town Council , in their robes , joined the procession , accompanied by the High Constables as a body-guard , the ccnstables of Portsburgb , Easter and Wester , and those of Canongate ancl Carlton were stationed at different points in the progress of the line .
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Scotland.
isting in Scotland , or holding under Scottish authority . Any other Order now starting into being , calling itself the Order of the Temple , and claiming the right of electing a Grancl Master , may do so Masonically , or as a modern chivalric institution , but it will no more be the Ancient Religious and Military Order of the Temple , ivhich has existed for more than seven hundred years , and is now represented by Sir David Milnethan would a society of individuals forming themselves
, into an Order as Knights of the Garter be deemed by the Sovereign or by the world at large the genuine members of that most noble Order . It is preposterous , therefore , to say that the English modern Masonic Knights Templars can form themselves into a Priorv of the ancient Order , and appoint either Grand Blasters or Grand " Priors thereof ; but , as in consequence of past Masonic connexion , every facility would be afforded by the members of the genuine Order for receiving English
ancl Irish Masonic Templars of a certain station in society into the Chivalric Body , so it is conceived that by that union alone can genuine Priories of the ancient Order be established out of Scotland . In forming such a union , articles might be proposed and acceded to , giving nearly as great powers to Grancl Priories as the Grand Encampments or Conclaves of England and Ireland now claim ; but the whole Order would still require to be governed by one set of regulationsone
Con-, clave , ancl one Grand Master . The members of such new Priories would of course have votes on the elections of Grand Masters and other Grand Office Bearers—the qualifications for which elevated positions rest neither upon place of nativity , nor upon the residence of Knights in particular countries . I am , Sir and Brother , Your most obedient servant , FRA JACOBUS , Miles Templi . *
kniNBURGii , July 29 . —The propriety of celebrating , by a grand procession , the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the public baths for the working classes , about to be erected in this city , having been concurred in by the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Council , was promptly recognized by the various bodies whose co-operation was requisite to give full effect to the proceeding , including the trades . The various bodies , with their several bands playing livel j' airs ,
proceeded from the head of the Links to the entrance of the University . At this point the procession received an accession by which its picturesque effect was in a very considerable degree heightened , in the Grand Lodge , headed by the Right Hon . Lord Glenlyon , Grand Master for Scotland . The various office-bearers carried the insignia of the Lodge , and were preceded by the superb band of the Scots Greys , ivhich greatly contributed to the exhilarating effect of the pageant . A party of the same
regiment also escorted the procession , and lined the streets for some distance during the performance of the ceremony . At the bottom of Leith-street , the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Town Council , in their robes , joined the procession , accompanied by the High Constables as a body-guard , the ccnstables of Portsburgb , Easter and Wester , and those of Canongate ancl Carlton were stationed at different points in the progress of the line .