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The Grand Masters ,
The Royal Cumberland School ( instituted in 1788 by the Chevalier Ruspim ) , and so named after His Royal Highness tbe Duke of Cumberland ( uncle to the present Grand Master ) and Her Royal Highness the Duchess , Patroness . The institution is now denominated the Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children . It may be remarkedthat all the present male branches of
, the lloyal Family ( as well as most of its deceased members ) have been initiated into Freemasonry ; ths . t in former times princes of India became Brethren of the Order ; and that in 1836 , three Persian princes , and the ambassador from tbe Kino ; of Oude , were accepted passed and raised in the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 . The Royal Masonic Institution for Boysfounded in 1798 .
, The Book of Constitutions , as compiled and digested by the late venerated Bro . Wm . Williams , Pro-G . M . for Dorset—now out of print . The establishment of a Master ' s and Past Master ' s Club , whereat tbe various subjects under contemplation b y the Grand Lodge are considered of . The Centenary of the Grand Steward ' s Lodin 1836 which was
ge , celebrated with great splendour and hospitality . The addition of Past Masters to the Boards of General Purposes and Finance ; the consolidation of these two Boards , and many essential improvements in the Secretarial departments ; and , lastly , as an imperishable record of the era of this exalted Mason and illustrious Brother , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and which posterity will the most acclaim as the
crowning feature of his brilliant protectorate of the Order ., is THE ASYLUM FOP . HIE WORTHY AGE !) AND DECAYED FREEMASON . £ While revising this article , we were reminded of one very similar in liia . iy respects which had been some time since transmitted from India by our zealous Brother Major Macdonald ; but which being appended to some private correspondence , had been put aside . On searching we found it , and availed ourselves of some points , which we hope our JBro . Tenison will not disapprove of . This explanation is due to both of our excellent correspondents . !
Legendary-Ana.
LEGENDARY-ANA .
MASON MARKS . —Almost every part of the antique chapel at Roslin exhibits the use made of these by the Mark-Masons of the fifteenth century . Scarcely a stone but is distinctly impressed with Masonic marks of every variety of form and character , sharply engraven aud palpable as when first cut . The celebrated Apprentice ' s Pillar in particular exhibits them . Apropos of . his pillar , may not the well-known tradition told by thc cicerone about the murder of the apprentice by the Master or Fellow-craft , and the mother weeping over his loss ( a story not confined to this , but common to many cathedrals ) be some strange , corjupt , and popular version , somehow obtained and handed down , of a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Masters ,
The Royal Cumberland School ( instituted in 1788 by the Chevalier Ruspim ) , and so named after His Royal Highness tbe Duke of Cumberland ( uncle to the present Grand Master ) and Her Royal Highness the Duchess , Patroness . The institution is now denominated the Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children . It may be remarkedthat all the present male branches of
, the lloyal Family ( as well as most of its deceased members ) have been initiated into Freemasonry ; ths . t in former times princes of India became Brethren of the Order ; and that in 1836 , three Persian princes , and the ambassador from tbe Kino ; of Oude , were accepted passed and raised in the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 . The Royal Masonic Institution for Boysfounded in 1798 .
, The Book of Constitutions , as compiled and digested by the late venerated Bro . Wm . Williams , Pro-G . M . for Dorset—now out of print . The establishment of a Master ' s and Past Master ' s Club , whereat tbe various subjects under contemplation b y the Grand Lodge are considered of . The Centenary of the Grand Steward ' s Lodin 1836 which was
ge , celebrated with great splendour and hospitality . The addition of Past Masters to the Boards of General Purposes and Finance ; the consolidation of these two Boards , and many essential improvements in the Secretarial departments ; and , lastly , as an imperishable record of the era of this exalted Mason and illustrious Brother , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and which posterity will the most acclaim as the
crowning feature of his brilliant protectorate of the Order ., is THE ASYLUM FOP . HIE WORTHY AGE !) AND DECAYED FREEMASON . £ While revising this article , we were reminded of one very similar in liia . iy respects which had been some time since transmitted from India by our zealous Brother Major Macdonald ; but which being appended to some private correspondence , had been put aside . On searching we found it , and availed ourselves of some points , which we hope our JBro . Tenison will not disapprove of . This explanation is due to both of our excellent correspondents . !
Legendary-Ana.
LEGENDARY-ANA .
MASON MARKS . —Almost every part of the antique chapel at Roslin exhibits the use made of these by the Mark-Masons of the fifteenth century . Scarcely a stone but is distinctly impressed with Masonic marks of every variety of form and character , sharply engraven aud palpable as when first cut . The celebrated Apprentice ' s Pillar in particular exhibits them . Apropos of . his pillar , may not the well-known tradition told by thc cicerone about the murder of the apprentice by the Master or Fellow-craft , and the mother weeping over his loss ( a story not confined to this , but common to many cathedrals ) be some strange , corjupt , and popular version , somehow obtained and handed down , of a