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Scotland.
gratulated the R . AV . M . upon having the management of such a Lodge entrusted to his care . His lordship having examined the minute books of the Lodge and approved of their accuracy , adverted to the singular fact , that it wanted only a few hours to complete the three score years and ten ivhich had elapsed , since his grandfather , the late Earl of Dalhousie , then G . Master of Scotland , had paid a visit to this ancient chapeland subscribed the books in testimony of his approbation . The
, Grand Master availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the meeting , to which we refer , of impressing upon the assembled Hrethren , the propriety and expediency of practising the Masonry of St . John in their Lodges , with that strictness which had raised Scottish Masonry to so high a pitch , and caused it to be esteemed amongst continental nations , in a manner , such as had scarcely been accorded to Brethren initiated in any other country . The noble Grand Master was supported
by Sir Reginald Macdonald Stewart Seton of Staffa , and Sir —• Touch , Bart , as Depute G . M . ; Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot , Bart , as Sub G . M . the Senior and Junior Grand AVardens already named , George L . Douglass of Tilwhilly , Esq . ; Dr . James Burnes , LL . D . P . G . M . of the
AVestern provinces of India ; VV . A . Lawrie , Esq . W . S . Grand Secretary ; J . Maitland , Esq . Grand Clerk Assistant ; John AVilson , Esq . Advocate as Grand Treasurer ; Brother Gilfillan , Bard of the Grand Lodge , & c . Deputations from the following Lodges visited Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , in the course of the evening ; viz : —Canongate Kilwinning , headed by the R . W . M . Brother Alexander M'Neil , Advocate—St . Davids ' , by Captain Donaldson Boswell of Wardie , R . N . —St . Lukes ,
by the R . AV . M . Brother Richardson , AV . S . —St . Andrew ' s , by R . W . M . Brother M'Gill—St . James ' , by R . AV . M . Brother Mavor—St . Stephens ' , by R . W . M . Brother Monroe—Defensive Band , b y R . AV . M . Brother Paxton—Roman Eagle , by R . AA . M . Brother Bryce-and the Celtic , by R . AV . M . Brother Aitken . The healths of the various individuals above named in connection with the Lodges which they represented were given from the Chair , and a great variety of other toasts purely
Masonic , were introduced by the Grand Master , who , after having performed his duties in a manner most honorable to himself , and gratifying to the Brethren assembled , rose to depart , and was ushered out with the accustomed formalities . The R . W . M . Brother Graham having
resumed his chair , congratulated the Brethren of the Chapel on their auspicious meeting , and in an especial manner , referred to the services which had been rendered to the Lodge , by Brother Pearson , Secretary , —• the AVardens , and other members of the Committee of Management , ivho had attended to carrying into execution all the details attendant on the present assemblage , and concluded by proposing the healths of these Brethren . Thanks having been returned , the It . AV . M . soon afterwards closed the Lodge , aud dismissed the Brethren .
We cannot conclude our notice of this Meeting in Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , without congratulating the Brethren ofthe ancient Lodge upon the regularity ivhich characterised all their proceedings , and the admirable manner in ivhich the most minute details were arranged . The meeting was one , which for respectability , happiness , and harmony , will long be remembered , and tend more than any thing which has occurred in the Masonic circle in Scotland of late years , to raise the high character ofthe Craft in general , and promote in no ordinary degree in particular , the prosperity of that most ancient Lodge , within whose walls so auspicious an event took place .
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Scotland.
gratulated the R . AV . M . upon having the management of such a Lodge entrusted to his care . His lordship having examined the minute books of the Lodge and approved of their accuracy , adverted to the singular fact , that it wanted only a few hours to complete the three score years and ten ivhich had elapsed , since his grandfather , the late Earl of Dalhousie , then G . Master of Scotland , had paid a visit to this ancient chapeland subscribed the books in testimony of his approbation . The
, Grand Master availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the meeting , to which we refer , of impressing upon the assembled Hrethren , the propriety and expediency of practising the Masonry of St . John in their Lodges , with that strictness which had raised Scottish Masonry to so high a pitch , and caused it to be esteemed amongst continental nations , in a manner , such as had scarcely been accorded to Brethren initiated in any other country . The noble Grand Master was supported
by Sir Reginald Macdonald Stewart Seton of Staffa , and Sir —• Touch , Bart , as Depute G . M . ; Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot , Bart , as Sub G . M . the Senior and Junior Grand AVardens already named , George L . Douglass of Tilwhilly , Esq . ; Dr . James Burnes , LL . D . P . G . M . of the
AVestern provinces of India ; VV . A . Lawrie , Esq . W . S . Grand Secretary ; J . Maitland , Esq . Grand Clerk Assistant ; John AVilson , Esq . Advocate as Grand Treasurer ; Brother Gilfillan , Bard of the Grand Lodge , & c . Deputations from the following Lodges visited Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , in the course of the evening ; viz : —Canongate Kilwinning , headed by the R . W . M . Brother Alexander M'Neil , Advocate—St . Davids ' , by Captain Donaldson Boswell of Wardie , R . N . —St . Lukes ,
by the R . AV . M . Brother Richardson , AV . S . —St . Andrew ' s , by R . W . M . Brother M'Gill—St . James ' , by R . AV . M . Brother Mavor—St . Stephens ' , by R . W . M . Brother Monroe—Defensive Band , b y R . AV . M . Brother Paxton—Roman Eagle , by R . AA . M . Brother Bryce-and the Celtic , by R . AV . M . Brother Aitken . The healths of the various individuals above named in connection with the Lodges which they represented were given from the Chair , and a great variety of other toasts purely
Masonic , were introduced by the Grand Master , who , after having performed his duties in a manner most honorable to himself , and gratifying to the Brethren assembled , rose to depart , and was ushered out with the accustomed formalities . The R . W . M . Brother Graham having
resumed his chair , congratulated the Brethren of the Chapel on their auspicious meeting , and in an especial manner , referred to the services which had been rendered to the Lodge , by Brother Pearson , Secretary , —• the AVardens , and other members of the Committee of Management , ivho had attended to carrying into execution all the details attendant on the present assemblage , and concluded by proposing the healths of these Brethren . Thanks having been returned , the It . AV . M . soon afterwards closed the Lodge , aud dismissed the Brethren .
We cannot conclude our notice of this Meeting in Edinburgh Mary ' s Chapel , without congratulating the Brethren ofthe ancient Lodge upon the regularity ivhich characterised all their proceedings , and the admirable manner in ivhich the most minute details were arranged . The meeting was one , which for respectability , happiness , and harmony , will long be remembered , and tend more than any thing which has occurred in the Masonic circle in Scotland of late years , to raise the high character ofthe Craft in general , and promote in no ordinary degree in particular , the prosperity of that most ancient Lodge , within whose walls so auspicious an event took place .