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of the Kings of Scotland to and in favour of the said William and Sir William St . Clair of Roslin , my predecessors ; or in any other manner of way whatsoever , for now and ever ; and I bind and oblige me , and my heirs , to warrancl this present renunciation and discharge at all hands ; and I consent to the registration hereof in the Books of Council and Session , or any other judge ' s books competent , therein to remain for preservation , " & c .
This deed is dated 24-th November , 1 T 36 , and is witnessed by the Masters of the Canongate Kilwinning and Leith Kilwinning Lodges . The Craft met on the 30 th November , ' being St . Andrew ' s day , and unanimously elected as Grand Master Mason , the Brother , who had thus resigned his ancient rights . He continued in office onl y for one year , the Earl of Cromarty having the honour to succeed him . William St . Clair died in January 1778 , at the good old age of seventy-eight , and a Funeral Grand Lodge was assembled to pay fraternal honours to his memory . "
FESTIVAL OF ST . ANDREW ' S DAY , AND CENTENARY OP THE GRAND LODGE . —( From a Correspondent . )—A hundred years being about to elapse since the choice of a Grand Master was placed in the hands of the Craft , it was resolved by the members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , to commemorate the centenary of their present constitution by something more than the customary honours observed at a St . Andrew ' s festival . Accordingly , a select committee was appointed , styled the
" Centenary Committee , " with instructions to consider of the most approved and appropriate mode of celebrating the occasion . A public procession , either by day or by night , to be followed by a convivial festival , was the plan unanimously agreed to , as best calculated to attain the object in view , and most consonant to the usage of the Fraternity . It only remained to decide whether it was to be by daylight or torchlight . The former of thesewith attendance on divine worship
-, , ap peared at first to have the votes of the majority : but upon consulting with the Masters of a number of Lodges , and taking the apparent opinion of their constituents , the latter method of proceeding was recommended , as carrying along with it the popular inclination . The committee , in consequence , reported to the Grand Lodge in favour of an evening precession , and the question having been put , it was carried without a division . A Board of Stewards was thereafter
institutedcon-, sisting , —First , of honorary stewards , among whom were comprehended all Past Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Masters , together with the Right Hon . the Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh , and several other noblemen and gentlemen : Second , of acting stewards , under the title of the " Board of Grand Stewards , " who were to have the active superintendence of the Centenary Festival . The following gentlemen constituted this Board : —
Brothers W . M . Steuart of Glencnniston , President ; Lieut . James Deans , Vice-President ; Capt . Walter Scott , James Blair , James Speid , M . M . DeBartolome , V . Sinclair , J . Jardine , J . W . Ferrier , II . Haggart , E . M'Millan , A . Wilson , G . Trusted , A . Pearson , John Leslie ' ; J . Forbes , A . Dunlop , J . Miller , W . Stanger , W . Pringle . The Grand Secretary of course ex officio member . No sooner was the news known , that the old processions were about to be revived on this particular occasion , than the public papers teemed
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of the Kings of Scotland to and in favour of the said William and Sir William St . Clair of Roslin , my predecessors ; or in any other manner of way whatsoever , for now and ever ; and I bind and oblige me , and my heirs , to warrancl this present renunciation and discharge at all hands ; and I consent to the registration hereof in the Books of Council and Session , or any other judge ' s books competent , therein to remain for preservation , " & c .
This deed is dated 24-th November , 1 T 36 , and is witnessed by the Masters of the Canongate Kilwinning and Leith Kilwinning Lodges . The Craft met on the 30 th November , ' being St . Andrew ' s day , and unanimously elected as Grand Master Mason , the Brother , who had thus resigned his ancient rights . He continued in office onl y for one year , the Earl of Cromarty having the honour to succeed him . William St . Clair died in January 1778 , at the good old age of seventy-eight , and a Funeral Grand Lodge was assembled to pay fraternal honours to his memory . "
FESTIVAL OF ST . ANDREW ' S DAY , AND CENTENARY OP THE GRAND LODGE . —( From a Correspondent . )—A hundred years being about to elapse since the choice of a Grand Master was placed in the hands of the Craft , it was resolved by the members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , to commemorate the centenary of their present constitution by something more than the customary honours observed at a St . Andrew ' s festival . Accordingly , a select committee was appointed , styled the
" Centenary Committee , " with instructions to consider of the most approved and appropriate mode of celebrating the occasion . A public procession , either by day or by night , to be followed by a convivial festival , was the plan unanimously agreed to , as best calculated to attain the object in view , and most consonant to the usage of the Fraternity . It only remained to decide whether it was to be by daylight or torchlight . The former of thesewith attendance on divine worship
-, , ap peared at first to have the votes of the majority : but upon consulting with the Masters of a number of Lodges , and taking the apparent opinion of their constituents , the latter method of proceeding was recommended , as carrying along with it the popular inclination . The committee , in consequence , reported to the Grand Lodge in favour of an evening precession , and the question having been put , it was carried without a division . A Board of Stewards was thereafter
institutedcon-, sisting , —First , of honorary stewards , among whom were comprehended all Past Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Masters , together with the Right Hon . the Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh , and several other noblemen and gentlemen : Second , of acting stewards , under the title of the " Board of Grand Stewards , " who were to have the active superintendence of the Centenary Festival . The following gentlemen constituted this Board : —
Brothers W . M . Steuart of Glencnniston , President ; Lieut . James Deans , Vice-President ; Capt . Walter Scott , James Blair , James Speid , M . M . DeBartolome , V . Sinclair , J . Jardine , J . W . Ferrier , II . Haggart , E . M'Millan , A . Wilson , G . Trusted , A . Pearson , John Leslie ' ; J . Forbes , A . Dunlop , J . Miller , W . Stanger , W . Pringle . The Grand Secretary of course ex officio member . No sooner was the news known , that the old processions were about to be revived on this particular occasion , than the public papers teemed