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Scotland.
A Funeral Lodgo is not common , and it may easily be supposed , that on suchan occasion as the death of one of the greatest ornaments of the Mystic Tie , a more than usual interest should have been thrown over it . Never did we see a more respectable meeting within Freemasons' Hall , nor did we ever see one conducted with greater good taste or feeling , as every one present seemed to be animated with one desire—that of showing how much they respected and lamented their late Master and
Brother , Sir Patrick AValker . The late Sir Patrick AValker was one of the steadiest attenders to Masonic business among the Craft , although engaged in many important avocations , public and private . An old member of the Order , he continued , through good or bad report , to do active Masonic duty to the last ; excepting that , till very recently , he long declined to take any part in the proceedings of Grand Lod it is understood on account of a
ge , decree once jiassed by that body , prohibiting all who were official members of the higher Orders of Masonry from being members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . That law , however , ivas ' abrogated a few years since , and Sir Patrick last year accepted the office of Junior Grand AVarden , in ivhich situation he has died . He was , at the same time , Master of tbe Lodge of St . David , Edinburgh , tbe Chair of ivhich he had before filled . He was also a zealous Royal Arch Mason and
Templar , in both of which Orders he had long held high offices . Perhaps the last occasion in which his name appeared before the public associated with Masonry , was at the presentation of the Address of Grand Lodge to the Queen , in July last . He was indeed a Brother who practised the fealty he professed . Many will feel that with this eminent Alason a chief link that connected them with times past has been severed . In token of their regret and regard for their deceased Master , the Brethren of St . David ' s Lodge convoked a Funeral Lodge in solemn honour to his memory .
November 11 ..- —The ancient Lodge , St . Mary ' s Chapel , held festival in opening the season . Brother Laurie , Grand Secretary , was made an honorary member ; and in jn-oof of their lively benevolence , the Lodge voted the sum of lot . to the intended Orphan Charity School , The R . AV . M . further subscribed two guineas for himself , and a general collection was recommended among the members . It was moreover stated that a ladies' subscription was in progress among the fair friends of the
Brethren . The toast of " Success to the Edinburgh Freemasons ' Female School , " was drunk during the evening for the first time in jiublic , all of which fraternal acts and favours could not but have been gratifying to the Honorary Secretary to the new institution . Verily the St . Mary ' s Chapel Masons are men of metal . It is to be hoped their spirited conduct will stimulate others in the good woik .
Grand Visitation . —After the Funeral Lodge , held to hallow the memory of Sir Patrick Walker , and the election of a new Blaster , the Grand Master of Scotland did the St . David ' s Lodge the honour of a formal visitation . The M . W . G . M . of course occupied the Chair , the Grand Wardens also taking their official places . The Grand Master was attended by a cortiye of Grand Stewards . Various toasts were given from the Chair , the first of which was , to the " Memory of the
lamented Master of St . David ' s Lodge , Sir Patrick Walker . " The noble Master then said that he could not get over the old custom of uniting with the Brotherhood the sovereign of these realms ; he would VOL . IV . 3 Y
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Scotland.
A Funeral Lodgo is not common , and it may easily be supposed , that on suchan occasion as the death of one of the greatest ornaments of the Mystic Tie , a more than usual interest should have been thrown over it . Never did we see a more respectable meeting within Freemasons' Hall , nor did we ever see one conducted with greater good taste or feeling , as every one present seemed to be animated with one desire—that of showing how much they respected and lamented their late Master and
Brother , Sir Patrick AValker . The late Sir Patrick AValker was one of the steadiest attenders to Masonic business among the Craft , although engaged in many important avocations , public and private . An old member of the Order , he continued , through good or bad report , to do active Masonic duty to the last ; excepting that , till very recently , he long declined to take any part in the proceedings of Grand Lod it is understood on account of a
ge , decree once jiassed by that body , prohibiting all who were official members of the higher Orders of Masonry from being members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . That law , however , ivas ' abrogated a few years since , and Sir Patrick last year accepted the office of Junior Grand AVarden , in ivhich situation he has died . He was , at the same time , Master of tbe Lodge of St . David , Edinburgh , tbe Chair of ivhich he had before filled . He was also a zealous Royal Arch Mason and
Templar , in both of which Orders he had long held high offices . Perhaps the last occasion in which his name appeared before the public associated with Masonry , was at the presentation of the Address of Grand Lodge to the Queen , in July last . He was indeed a Brother who practised the fealty he professed . Many will feel that with this eminent Alason a chief link that connected them with times past has been severed . In token of their regret and regard for their deceased Master , the Brethren of St . David ' s Lodge convoked a Funeral Lodge in solemn honour to his memory .
November 11 ..- —The ancient Lodge , St . Mary ' s Chapel , held festival in opening the season . Brother Laurie , Grand Secretary , was made an honorary member ; and in jn-oof of their lively benevolence , the Lodge voted the sum of lot . to the intended Orphan Charity School , The R . AV . M . further subscribed two guineas for himself , and a general collection was recommended among the members . It was moreover stated that a ladies' subscription was in progress among the fair friends of the
Brethren . The toast of " Success to the Edinburgh Freemasons ' Female School , " was drunk during the evening for the first time in jiublic , all of which fraternal acts and favours could not but have been gratifying to the Honorary Secretary to the new institution . Verily the St . Mary ' s Chapel Masons are men of metal . It is to be hoped their spirited conduct will stimulate others in the good woik .
Grand Visitation . —After the Funeral Lodge , held to hallow the memory of Sir Patrick Walker , and the election of a new Blaster , the Grand Master of Scotland did the St . David ' s Lodge the honour of a formal visitation . The M . W . G . M . of course occupied the Chair , the Grand Wardens also taking their official places . The Grand Master was attended by a cortiye of Grand Stewards . Various toasts were given from the Chair , the first of which was , to the " Memory of the
lamented Master of St . David ' s Lodge , Sir Patrick Walker . " The noble Master then said that he could not get over the old custom of uniting with the Brotherhood the sovereign of these realms ; he would VOL . IV . 3 Y