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Scotland.
SCOTT MONUMENT . —AVe had hoped ere this to have recordet the Masonic ceremonial of laying a foundation stone to Sir Walter Scott ' s monument ; but ( miserabile dictu ) not even the plan , not to mention the precise site , has yet been published . AA'hat the deciding committee have been so long about remains involved in mystery and mist . It is high time that the mist should dissolve itself into—a-dieu ! \ A e shall be agreeably surprised to see any good come out of all this indecision
and procrastination . In Glasgow too , although the plan and situation have long been settled , yet Sir AValter Scott is still without a monument . Can it be , that in the city of the AA est , the Tyre and Sidon of Scotland , whose merchants are clothed in purple and fine linen , sufficient funds have not been collected ?—Away the invidious thought ! David the First of Scotland founded four great Cathedrals and six magnificent Abbeysivhich contained all the stores of known science
, and learning ; a strong proof that the Masonic Fraternity of the middle ages considered their knowledge of Architecture as one of the most inviolable secrets of the Craft , exists in the fact , that in none of the religious houses of this country , or of the Continent , were there ever discovered any written rules for the practice of Gothic Architecture , notwithstanding it was so extensively practised .
January 24 . —The Lodge Mary ' s Chapel held a private festive meeting , at which the worth y Secretary , and several of the members , expressed their cordial approbation of the Masonic Asylum for Old Brethren , and subscribed to the thrilling song of " the Grey Head . "The Lodge has ordered the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review" from the commencement . NINETY-FOURTH REGIMENT . —The members of the George AVilliam
Lodge , No . 328 , have caused to be presented to Brother Newlands of Portobello , a handsome snuff box as a mark of their approbation of the manner in which he has discharged his duties as their representative in Grand Lodge ; Brother N ., we believe , has lately been returned for the Lodge St . Andrew , 42 nd Highlanders , and Sir Donald Campbell has been appointed proxy for the y 4 th vice Newlands .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTERS . —Something there seems unsubstantial in our Provincial system . A Masonic mirage , we fear , rises delusive around the horizon . Shades and shadows there are , strange and unaccountable , hovering over tbe mountains and glens ofthe Scotcli Masonic Provinces . The spirit of the Brocken has been playing its pranks among them : and imaginary Provincial Grand Masters hold forth like Ossians ' heroes in their " airy halls . " How few indeed of the provinces have
any head , or one at least ivhich exercises the ordinary directing functions of that important part of body ! The paucity , or rather absence of official report to GrandLodge , is a proof of the little hold , or beneficial connexion that subsists between the supreme legislative power and its subordinate constituencies . This is b y no means as it should be , or might be with right effort and resolution . A spirit of regeneration in this department is evidently speaking out among our Brothers of the South ; we feel
persuaded that under our present Masonic Rulers the subject will not escapedue notice in the Council of the Northern Grand Lodge . It is palpably unjust to the country constituencies not to give them the advantage which provincial appointments may hold out : the extent of such advantage depending , of course , upon the actual efficiency of the officers
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Scotland.
SCOTT MONUMENT . —AVe had hoped ere this to have recordet the Masonic ceremonial of laying a foundation stone to Sir Walter Scott ' s monument ; but ( miserabile dictu ) not even the plan , not to mention the precise site , has yet been published . AA'hat the deciding committee have been so long about remains involved in mystery and mist . It is high time that the mist should dissolve itself into—a-dieu ! \ A e shall be agreeably surprised to see any good come out of all this indecision
and procrastination . In Glasgow too , although the plan and situation have long been settled , yet Sir AValter Scott is still without a monument . Can it be , that in the city of the AA est , the Tyre and Sidon of Scotland , whose merchants are clothed in purple and fine linen , sufficient funds have not been collected ?—Away the invidious thought ! David the First of Scotland founded four great Cathedrals and six magnificent Abbeysivhich contained all the stores of known science
, and learning ; a strong proof that the Masonic Fraternity of the middle ages considered their knowledge of Architecture as one of the most inviolable secrets of the Craft , exists in the fact , that in none of the religious houses of this country , or of the Continent , were there ever discovered any written rules for the practice of Gothic Architecture , notwithstanding it was so extensively practised .
January 24 . —The Lodge Mary ' s Chapel held a private festive meeting , at which the worth y Secretary , and several of the members , expressed their cordial approbation of the Masonic Asylum for Old Brethren , and subscribed to the thrilling song of " the Grey Head . "The Lodge has ordered the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review" from the commencement . NINETY-FOURTH REGIMENT . —The members of the George AVilliam
Lodge , No . 328 , have caused to be presented to Brother Newlands of Portobello , a handsome snuff box as a mark of their approbation of the manner in which he has discharged his duties as their representative in Grand Lodge ; Brother N ., we believe , has lately been returned for the Lodge St . Andrew , 42 nd Highlanders , and Sir Donald Campbell has been appointed proxy for the y 4 th vice Newlands .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTERS . —Something there seems unsubstantial in our Provincial system . A Masonic mirage , we fear , rises delusive around the horizon . Shades and shadows there are , strange and unaccountable , hovering over tbe mountains and glens ofthe Scotcli Masonic Provinces . The spirit of the Brocken has been playing its pranks among them : and imaginary Provincial Grand Masters hold forth like Ossians ' heroes in their " airy halls . " How few indeed of the provinces have
any head , or one at least ivhich exercises the ordinary directing functions of that important part of body ! The paucity , or rather absence of official report to GrandLodge , is a proof of the little hold , or beneficial connexion that subsists between the supreme legislative power and its subordinate constituencies . This is b y no means as it should be , or might be with right effort and resolution . A spirit of regeneration in this department is evidently speaking out among our Brothers of the South ; we feel
persuaded that under our present Masonic Rulers the subject will not escapedue notice in the Council of the Northern Grand Lodge . It is palpably unjust to the country constituencies not to give them the advantage which provincial appointments may hold out : the extent of such advantage depending , of course , upon the actual efficiency of the officers