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Provincial.
the meeting separated , it was agreed to invite the Prov . Grand Aiaster and the venerable Grand Secretary to a public breakfast at Alasonic Hall , on the following morning . This was attended by the worshipful guests invited , and a great number of the fraternity . At eleven o ' clock Bro . W . II . White took his leave of thebrethren , proceeded in Bro . Hammond ' s carriage to the pier , and embarked in the Poole steamer . He was escorted from Museum-street to the Victoria Harbour by a select few of the brethren ; and Bro . Miller , as a concluding part of his duty , saw him safely on board the steamer .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Masonry just at present is but a barren field in the " Land o'Oakes : " we are not even careful to look across the border at southern Alasonry with diligence . The papers tell of Lord Dalhousie having laid the foundation stone of a fever hospital at Calcutta , and that he afterwards joined the brethren at refreshment . This was what his lordship used to shine in . Among the new laws of our Grand Lodge the following may not be generally known : — " Chap . xxi . Art . < t . No candidate for initiation
shall be advanced from the degree of Apprentice to that of Fellow-craft , be raised from that of Fellow-craft to the degree of Master Alason at a shorter interval than that of two weeks between each degree , unless that it shall be certified by two brethren of the lodge in which the canelidate is to be passed or raised that he is about to remove from Scotland within the interval here prescribed ; or in any particular case of emergency , to be allowed by the master of the lodge , by the same being certified ancl
proven to the satisfaction of himself and his wardens . " Thus there is loop-hole enough for rapid elevation , which of course can be equally taken advantage of by the colonies . But what an opportunity for good legislation has the Grand Lodge of England lost by the pitiful compromise of its dignity . It might have led the van-guard in protection of an improved principle , instead of following in the rearguard of degradation . We here are unco-cannie enough to see that ' Scottish masonic power may gain by the fault .
EDINBURGH . —Supreme Grand Chapter . —A charter has been granted to the E . Comp . Townsend ancl others at Bengal to hold a Chapter to be called " Kilwinning in the East , " No . 61 on the roll . St . Andrew ' s Day . —The Grand Lodge of Scotland met in the hall , AVaterloo Rooms , for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year , when the following were unanimously chosen . - —His Grace the Duke of AtholM . W . Grand Aiaster Mason of Scotland ;
, the Right Hon . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., Past Grand AIaster : Bros . John AVhyte Melville , of Bennochy , Depute Grand Aiaster ; Col . Kinloch , of Kilrie , K . S . F ., Substitute Grand Master ; Sir P . M . Thriepland , Senior Grand Warden ; Sir Wm . Miller , Junior Grand Warden ; Samuel Hay , Grand Treasurer ; W . A . Laurie , Grand Secretary ; James Linning Woodman , Grand Clerk ; Colonel
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Provincial.
the meeting separated , it was agreed to invite the Prov . Grand Aiaster and the venerable Grand Secretary to a public breakfast at Alasonic Hall , on the following morning . This was attended by the worshipful guests invited , and a great number of the fraternity . At eleven o ' clock Bro . W . II . White took his leave of thebrethren , proceeded in Bro . Hammond ' s carriage to the pier , and embarked in the Poole steamer . He was escorted from Museum-street to the Victoria Harbour by a select few of the brethren ; and Bro . Miller , as a concluding part of his duty , saw him safely on board the steamer .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Masonry just at present is but a barren field in the " Land o'Oakes : " we are not even careful to look across the border at southern Alasonry with diligence . The papers tell of Lord Dalhousie having laid the foundation stone of a fever hospital at Calcutta , and that he afterwards joined the brethren at refreshment . This was what his lordship used to shine in . Among the new laws of our Grand Lodge the following may not be generally known : — " Chap . xxi . Art . < t . No candidate for initiation
shall be advanced from the degree of Apprentice to that of Fellow-craft , be raised from that of Fellow-craft to the degree of Master Alason at a shorter interval than that of two weeks between each degree , unless that it shall be certified by two brethren of the lodge in which the canelidate is to be passed or raised that he is about to remove from Scotland within the interval here prescribed ; or in any particular case of emergency , to be allowed by the master of the lodge , by the same being certified ancl
proven to the satisfaction of himself and his wardens . " Thus there is loop-hole enough for rapid elevation , which of course can be equally taken advantage of by the colonies . But what an opportunity for good legislation has the Grand Lodge of England lost by the pitiful compromise of its dignity . It might have led the van-guard in protection of an improved principle , instead of following in the rearguard of degradation . We here are unco-cannie enough to see that ' Scottish masonic power may gain by the fault .
EDINBURGH . —Supreme Grand Chapter . —A charter has been granted to the E . Comp . Townsend ancl others at Bengal to hold a Chapter to be called " Kilwinning in the East , " No . 61 on the roll . St . Andrew ' s Day . —The Grand Lodge of Scotland met in the hall , AVaterloo Rooms , for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year , when the following were unanimously chosen . - —His Grace the Duke of AtholM . W . Grand Aiaster Mason of Scotland ;
, the Right Hon . Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., Past Grand AIaster : Bros . John AVhyte Melville , of Bennochy , Depute Grand Aiaster ; Col . Kinloch , of Kilrie , K . S . F ., Substitute Grand Master ; Sir P . M . Thriepland , Senior Grand Warden ; Sir Wm . Miller , Junior Grand Warden ; Samuel Hay , Grand Treasurer ; W . A . Laurie , Grand Secretary ; James Linning Woodman , Grand Clerk ; Colonel