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Scotland.
good to some ; but what we mean to say is , that in order that it may not be looked on as a stalking-horse for private interests , it must follow considerate improvements in the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and the successful result of scholastic education for the children of Masonry . There is one point in the division of profits , that strikes us as requiring fuller explanation , viz . as to the 1-1 Oth of profits to be " at the disposal of the Grand Lodge for the general purposes of the Masonic
Body . " This is too vague . Who are really the working members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and what are their duties ? Unless some stringent declaration is made as to what the meaning of "General Purposes" really is , we are sceptical as to the practical utility of the one-tenth of the profits . For the present we content ourselves with the foregoing remarks , and leave them and the subject with which they are connected to the coirsklerate attention of the Craft .
ST . ANDREW ' DAY , Nov . 2 . —The GrahdLbdge ^ according ancien t usage , assembled on Monday to elect their bfnce bearers ; when the following noblemen and gentlemen ivere unanimously elected ;—The Right Hon . George , Lord Glenlyon , Most , Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland ; the Rt . Hon . Lord F , Fitzclarcnce , G . C . II , Past Grand Master ; John Whyte Melville , of Mount Melville , Esq ., R . W . Substitute Grand Master ; Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity ,
Bart ., Senior Grand Warden ; William Baillie , Esq . / of Polkemtnet , J . ( x . Warden ; the Union Banking Com . of Scotland , Grand Treasurers ; Wm . Alex . Lawrie , Esq . W . S ., Grand Secretary ; John Maitland , Esq ., Grand Clerk ; the Hon . the Master of Strathallan ,: Senior Grand Deacon ; Colonel Kinloch of Kelvie , Junior Grand Deacon ; the Rev . Alex . Stewart , and the Rev . John Boyle ,. Grand Chaplains ; Wm . Burn , Esq ! and David Bryce , Esql , Architects ;¦ Ifm ! Anderson , ' Esq ., Grand
Director of Ceremonies ; CharlesMackay , Esq ., Grand Jeweller ; Robert Gilfillan , Esq ., Grand , Bard '; John Dick , Esq ., Grand' Siyord Bearer ; Mr . John Lorimer , Grand Bible Bearer ; A . Merizies and J . Tinsley , Grand Marshals ; Donald Ross and Win . Pbtrie , ' Grand 'Tylers ; Mr . Wm . Donaldson , Albion ; Cloth Company , Clothier tofhe'Grand Lodge . At six o ' clock a very numerous party sat down to dinner in the "Waterloo HotelLordGlenlyon in the chairsupported bthe Earl of
, . , y Strathmore , Mr . Whyte Melville , Mr . Trotter , Mr . Gordon , the Hon . the Master of Strathallan , the Hon . Captain Jocelyri , the Hon . Henry Walpole , Sir John Murray M'Gregor , Bart ., Mr . Bprthwick , Mr . Small Kerr , Mr . Stirling , Captain Ormsby , 92 nd Highlanders ; Captain Miller , ditto ; Captain Harvey , S ^ th regiment ; . Captain M'Lee , ditto ; Captain Willington , ditto ; Captain J ' ouricy , ditto ; Captain Boswell , R . N . ; Major Anderson ; Captain Sinclair , JJ . JV ., & c .
At half-past eight the Grand Lodge was opened in the great Waterloo Room , where a large assemblage of the Brethren were met , and celebrated the festival of St . Andrew . The meeting passed off with the greatest eclat . The band of the Greys attended both at the dinner and the festival , and enlivened the evening with some of the beautiful compositions of Beilini , & c . .- . ¦ ¦ >¦ . EuiUTioN OF ARCHITECT TO THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . — Nov . 18 . Tho election of this office-bearer of the ancient fraternity of
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Scotland.
good to some ; but what we mean to say is , that in order that it may not be looked on as a stalking-horse for private interests , it must follow considerate improvements in the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and the successful result of scholastic education for the children of Masonry . There is one point in the division of profits , that strikes us as requiring fuller explanation , viz . as to the 1-1 Oth of profits to be " at the disposal of the Grand Lodge for the general purposes of the Masonic
Body . " This is too vague . Who are really the working members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and what are their duties ? Unless some stringent declaration is made as to what the meaning of "General Purposes" really is , we are sceptical as to the practical utility of the one-tenth of the profits . For the present we content ourselves with the foregoing remarks , and leave them and the subject with which they are connected to the coirsklerate attention of the Craft .
ST . ANDREW ' DAY , Nov . 2 . —The GrahdLbdge ^ according ancien t usage , assembled on Monday to elect their bfnce bearers ; when the following noblemen and gentlemen ivere unanimously elected ;—The Right Hon . George , Lord Glenlyon , Most , Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland ; the Rt . Hon . Lord F , Fitzclarcnce , G . C . II , Past Grand Master ; John Whyte Melville , of Mount Melville , Esq ., R . W . Substitute Grand Master ; Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity ,
Bart ., Senior Grand Warden ; William Baillie , Esq . / of Polkemtnet , J . ( x . Warden ; the Union Banking Com . of Scotland , Grand Treasurers ; Wm . Alex . Lawrie , Esq . W . S ., Grand Secretary ; John Maitland , Esq ., Grand Clerk ; the Hon . the Master of Strathallan ,: Senior Grand Deacon ; Colonel Kinloch of Kelvie , Junior Grand Deacon ; the Rev . Alex . Stewart , and the Rev . John Boyle ,. Grand Chaplains ; Wm . Burn , Esq ! and David Bryce , Esql , Architects ;¦ Ifm ! Anderson , ' Esq ., Grand
Director of Ceremonies ; CharlesMackay , Esq ., Grand Jeweller ; Robert Gilfillan , Esq ., Grand , Bard '; John Dick , Esq ., Grand' Siyord Bearer ; Mr . John Lorimer , Grand Bible Bearer ; A . Merizies and J . Tinsley , Grand Marshals ; Donald Ross and Win . Pbtrie , ' Grand 'Tylers ; Mr . Wm . Donaldson , Albion ; Cloth Company , Clothier tofhe'Grand Lodge . At six o ' clock a very numerous party sat down to dinner in the "Waterloo HotelLordGlenlyon in the chairsupported bthe Earl of
, . , y Strathmore , Mr . Whyte Melville , Mr . Trotter , Mr . Gordon , the Hon . the Master of Strathallan , the Hon . Captain Jocelyri , the Hon . Henry Walpole , Sir John Murray M'Gregor , Bart ., Mr . Bprthwick , Mr . Small Kerr , Mr . Stirling , Captain Ormsby , 92 nd Highlanders ; Captain Miller , ditto ; Captain Harvey , S ^ th regiment ; . Captain M'Lee , ditto ; Captain Willington , ditto ; Captain J ' ouricy , ditto ; Captain Boswell , R . N . ; Major Anderson ; Captain Sinclair , JJ . JV ., & c .
At half-past eight the Grand Lodge was opened in the great Waterloo Room , where a large assemblage of the Brethren were met , and celebrated the festival of St . Andrew . The meeting passed off with the greatest eclat . The band of the Greys attended both at the dinner and the festival , and enlivened the evening with some of the beautiful compositions of Beilini , & c . .- . ¦ ¦ >¦ . EuiUTioN OF ARCHITECT TO THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . — Nov . 18 . Tho election of this office-bearer of the ancient fraternity of