Funeral Of Bro. Robert Carey, Royal Cumberland Lodge, No. 41.

his exhibitions in connection with the Bath and West of England Society , his stand was always a notable feature of the shows , which he regularly attended . Indeed , at the show at Dorchester he outvied every exhibition of that particular class that has been seen in provincial towns . In his connection with the Hanoverian Band and Floral Fete Committee he was always characterised by the same indefatigable perseverance , and , always urbane and conciliatory , lie

won the respect alike of the exhibitors , the subscribers , and public generally , and amongst his confreres specially , he always had the most profound respect . His funeral took place on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., at St . Michael's Cemetery , Bath , and the estimation in which he was held was manifested by the large attendance , not only of Masonic friends ,

over sixty in number , but the general public , and the solemn rites of burial were the most affecting and heartfelt that have been seen in Bath for many years . The floral gifts from many friends were the most magnificent and tastefully arranged ever seen at such an occasion .

The Royal Order Of Scotland.*

THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . *

BY BRO . D . MURRAY LYON , G . S . G . L . OF SCOTLAND . The Royal Order is composed of two Degrees , viz ., that of " Herodom of Kilwinning , " alleged to have originated in the reign of David I ., King of Scotland , and the " Rosy Cross , " affirmed to have been instituted by Robert the Bruce , which monarch is also represented as bavin" - in nij

revived the former and incorporated it with the latter under the title of The Royal Order of Scotland . The ritual of this Rite embraces what may be termed a spiritualisation of the supposed symbols and ceremonies of the Christian architects and builders of primitive times , and so closely associates the sword with the trowel as to lead to the Second Degree being denominated an Order of Masonic

Knighthood , which its recipients are asked to believe was first conferred on the field of Bannockburn , as a reward for the valour that had been displayed by a body of Templars who aided Bruce in that memorable victory ; and that afterwards a Grand Lodge of the Order was established by the King at Kilwinning , with reservation of the office of Grand Master to him and his successors on the Scottish throne . It is

further asserted that the Royal Order and the Masonic Fraternity of Kilwinning were governed by the same head . As regards the claims to antiquity and a Royal origin that are setupin favourof this Rite , it is proper to say that modern inquirieshaveshownthemtobepurelyfabulous . Thecredence that is given to that part of the legend which associates the Order with the antient Lodge of Kilwinning is based on

the assumed certaint y that that lodge possessed in former times a knowledge of other Degrees of Masonry than those of St . John . But such is not the case . The fraternity of Kilwinning never at any period practised or acknowledged other than the Craft Degrees ; neither does there exist any tradition worthy of the name , local or national , nor has any authentic document yet been discovered that can , in the

remotest degree , be held to identify Robert Bruce with the holding of Masonic courts , or the institution of a secret society , at Kilwinning . The paternity of the Royal Order is now pretty generally attributed to a Jacobite knight named Andrew Ramsay , a devoted follower of the Pretender , and famous as the fabricator of certain rites , inaugurated in France about 1735-40 , and through the propagation of

which it was hoped the fallen fortunes of the Stuarts would be retrieved . The place of Ramsay ' s nativity was within a short distance of Kilwinning , and to this circumstance may be attributed bis knowledge of the traditionary fameot that village as an ancient centre of the Masonic Fraternity , and his subsequent use of its name in the promotion of his cabalistic inventions ; although at the time of his birth , and

even during the period he was engaged in the preparation of what has been termed " the corner stone of the hautcs grades" the Lodge of Kilwinning was a purely operative institution , and its members for the most part were composed of Masons and wrights , whose education was not such as could have fitted them for the study or understanding of those ineffable rites of which they were the alleged

conservators . . It is certain that Ramsay was not a member of Kilwinning Lodge ; nor is it likely that he ever had any communication with it . Certain advocates of the "high antiquity" of the Royal Order assert that its existence long before the first quarter of the eighteenth century can be proved from "documents in possession of the Order , more than two hundred years

old . " The Grand Lod ge of the Royal Order of Scotland , having its seat in Edinburgh , possesses no such documents ; and it is a curious fact that the more ancient of the records which it does possess , and which were inherited from the head of an Anglo-Dutch Provincial Chapter , state that it was instituted in the middle of last century .

Of the existence in Scotland of any branch of the Order prior to 1754 there is not a particle of evidence . In July , 1750 , William Mitchell , a native of Scotland , and a teacher of languages at the Hague , and Jonas Kluck , a merchant there , presented a petition to the Provincial Grand Master in "South Britain , " in which they stated that they and other residents at the Hague were members of the Order ,

and craved power to erect a Provincial Grand Lodge there . In compliance with this petition , the Provincial Grand Master , whose official seat was in London , gave a deliverance that " one brother who has signed the same do attend me at the house of Bro . Lowis , S . N . C . R . T . Y ., on MonfuK' 1 ,. 22 nd J"Iy . 1750 , at four o'clock precisely . " On that date a "Patent" ( intituled within , "Instructions" ) , a loma

dip , and a charter or document of larger size and more tormal shape , but in reality the same in substance as the diploma , were granted to Mr . Mitchell , as head of the M , £ v J Hague ' Thc lar !? er MS-. » 'ke other so-called Masonic documents of the period , contains a somewhat vague and pretentious allusion to the source whence the President derived his iur sdirt ' mn . " n „ ,, ; , »„„ „ fn , „ „ , n , „ .

nt y to me by the Right Honourable and Right Worshipful ? M n R " Su P V . ] ™ d Governor of the Great 5 r & M M' . ? nd Gra ?? ^ aster of th e H . R . D . M . of K . L . W . N . N ., -an ambiguity of expression which , taken in connection with other circumstances narrated in this chapter , justifies the opinion that the Grand Lodge of London was a self-constituted body . The diploma runs

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thus : — " To our truly well beloved and Right Worshipful and right honored brother Sir William R . L . F ., Knight of the R . Y . C . S ., Provincial Grand Master of the Seven United Provinces , Know ye that out of the great esteem and brotherly love I bear to you , and being well assured of your fidelity , I do hereby empower you ( with proper assistance ) to advance to the Order of the R . Y . C . S ., at your Grand Lodge at the Hague , or at any other Grand

Chapter to which you may grant constitution in any part of the Seven United Provinces . And be it further known unto you that-if you are found guilty of acting contrary to my will and pleasure , making breach of any of your constitutional laws , rules , ordinances , and regulations appended for your observance by authority of the Grand Lodge where I preside and govern , you will be rendered for the future incapable of holding any said office or authority in

the H . R . D . M ., and also be liable to be excluded the society for contempt and disobedience . R . L . F ., President . ( Seal ) . Given at London , under my hand and priory seal , this 22 nd day of July , A . D . 1750 , A . M . H . 575 S , and in the ninth year of my authority . " The seal on the diploma has been destroyed . Certification of Mr . Mitchell's installation was made in the following terms : — "London , 22 nd July , A . D . 1750 ,

A . M . H . 573 S . 1 did this day attend at the house of Brother Lowis , S . N . C . W . T . Y ., the sign of the Goldeh Horse Shoe in Cannon-street , Southwark , and did then and there constitute the petitioning brethren residing at the Hague into a regular chapter in full form , and did constitute and appoint our Right Worshipful and highly honored brother , William Mitchell , known and distinguished among the brothers of the Order by the sublime title and characteristic

of F . D . L . T . Y ., and knight of the R . Y . C . S ., to the T . R . S . I ., by delivering the pattent and in due form as usual for the constitution of chapters in foreign parts , and did by virtue of my authority exchange his characteristick and invest him with that of R . L . F . ( Signed ) , R . L . F . " It appears from the record of these proceedings that the condition on which the newly-constituted body was " empowered to act as a Grand Lodge " was that itshould make

" an acknowledgment once a year to the Grand Lodge from whom it derived its title , at a Quarterly Grand Lodge meeting which is held always at London on the fifth Sunday in the months having so many . " It occurs to us here to remark that the fact of constitutional meetings of the Order being held on " Sundays " militates against the idea of its having , as asserted by its first promoters in France , had a Scotch origin , as it is well known that from the time

of the Reformation , the Sunday in Scotland has been carefully guarded against all secular business . The idea that the Royal Order or any other of the "High Degrees " existed prior to the Reformation , may be dismissed from consideration in an article dealing with authentic history . The laws , regulations , constitutional charge , prayers , form of procession at the funeral of a brother ,

characteristics , & c , and list of the lodges or chapters holding of thc Provincial Grand Lodge , and of the names of ten members who had been expelled for divulging its secrets , ridiculing the Order , intemperance , & c , are contained in the book recording the installation of Mr . Mitchell . This MS . is entituled " Record of the Christian and surnames of the brethren of H . R . D . M . belonging to the Hague , Stc , alphabetically digested , together with their

places of abode , degrees of advancement , and house list to which each brother ' s characteristic belongs , and all the petty chapters of the Orders of the Seven . United Provinces . " This title , however , onl y describes an intention , as no such entries were ever made at the Hague—a fact which strengthens the supposition that the chapter had never been opened there . The minute of installation was written into the Record Book which was

delivered to Mr . Mitchell , who was directed to give to all Provincial Grand Lodges he might form " a Book of Records of the Laws and Rules , etc ., the same as delivered herewith ; " and it contains this instruction , "You are not to enter any minutes or other laws or rules in the book herewith delivered , but such as you shall from time to time receive from the Grand Lodge in London . " This book , with the documents above alluded

to , are now in possession of the lodge at Edinburgh , and upon one of the leaves in the middle of the volume it is described as belonging to "The Grand Chapter , termed the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order at Edinburgh , constituted July 22 nd , 1750 . " From the documents we have had the privilege to examine we have been unable to form any estimate of the probable antiquity of the Order . In one of the MSS . the

Grand Master at London sets forth that he had held office since 1741 ; and in July , 1750 , there were in London five Royal Order Chapters , and one at Deptford . Next in order comes the seventh , being the one constituted at the Hague , and which is now represented by the Grand Lodge of the Order at Edinburgh . The senior , or first four , chapters on the list—1 , " The Grand Lodge , at the Thistle and Crown , in Chandos-street ; " 2 , " Grand Chapter , at Thistle and

Crown , as above ; " 3 , "Coach and Horses , in Welbockstreet ; " 4 , " Blue Boar ' s Head , Exeter-street" —are said in the "Records" to have existed from time immemorial , and as having been constituted on a "fifth Sunday . " No reason is assigned for the day of the week being ascertained and the year of constitution unknown . The fifth chapter , the " Golden Horse Shoe , " is stated to have been constituted December nth , 1743 , and that of "The

Griffin , " at Deptford , December 20 th , 1744 . In 1752 a chapter was formed in Virginia , and we find , in July , 17 S 2 , that there were eighteen in the list of chapters contained in the " Records " of the Grand Lodge ( Mitchell's ) of the Hague . The oldest book of records extant contains , in the handwriting of Mr . Mitchell , a list of the "Members of the Royal Chapter at F-dinburgh , " and from this list we find that at Edinburgh one was admitted to the Order in 1754 ,

two in 1755 , one in 17 G 0 , and ten in 1763—all residents there , and several of them members of the Scotch Bar . Of their admission , beyond the enrolment of their names and characteristics , there are no minutes or . other records . The only other name included in the list is that of Mr . Mitchell himself , who is represented as having been

admitted in France in 1749 , and in England in 1750 . From a report , which in 1843 was prepared at the instance of the Grand Lodge of the Order at Edinburgh , we find that Mr . Mitchell sat at various meetings of the chapter there between 1766 and 1777 , hoth years inclusive , and that it is reported as doubtful if he ever returned to Holland after obtaining his patent in 1750 . That he did not do so , and that he settled in Scotland , is also evident from the fact

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that he continued to act as Grand Master until July , 1767 . He was succeeded by James Kerr , a writer in Edinburgh , and in the same year the office of Deputy Grand Master was filled for the first time by the election of William Mason , writer , the brother admitted in 1754 . Mr . Kerr retired in 1776 , and was succeeded by William Baillie , an advocate in Edinburgh , who became one of the Judges of the Supreme Courts of Scotland , under the title of Lord

Polkemmet . In 177 S William Charles Little , of Liberton , advocate , became Grand Master of the Order . General Oughton succeeded Mr . Mason as Deputy Grand Master of the Order in 1770 . Mr . Little held that office in 1777 , in which year Sir William Forbes was admitted ; the Earl of Levenheld it in 177 S , and David Dalrymple , Lord Westhall , fn 17 S 0 . The regularly kept minutes of the Royal Order at

Edinburgh date from October 31 st , 17 G 6 . In the minute dated July 2 Sth , 1769 , a petition to the Town Council of Edinburgh is engrossed , in which the members of the Order set forth that " after much trouble and a great deal of expense they had been able to revive and establish the Ancient Order of Scots Masonry in the metropolis of their native country , which would be attested by several members of the Honourable Council , " that the members of the Order

there had never had any fixed place of meeting ; that they had first met in the room of the Lodge St . Andrew , and afterwards in that of the Lodge St . David , but that' * that lodge was by no means centrical , " and as the petitioners " own funds were yet far from being sufficient to procure a place for themselves to meet in , which they hoped might be the case soon , " and as the Council were proprietors of the place where the Lodge St . Giles met , and which is most

centrical , the petitioners prayed for leave to fit up at their own charges a room on the same flat as that in which the lodge met . This request was acceded to . These facts all tend , we think , to show that from about 1 754 , at least , a lodge of the Order had been located at Edinburgh , and in the absence of any recorded admission of an intrant elsewhere , we conclude that it had not been worked in anyplace in Scotland .

" Knight of the Eagle " and other Orders of "Masonry , " professing to have originated in Scotland , were in vogue in the Netherlands in 1 754 . Bro . Findel states that this formed the subject of inquiries which were addressed to the then Deputy Grand Master of England , T . Manningham , who , in his reply , characterised the so-called "Scotch Masonry " as an "irregularity" and "innovation , " which had been unheard of ten years previously . He quoted authorities in

support of his statement ; amongst others Lord Aberdour , a Past Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , who was represented as being " entirely unacquainted" with any Masonic Degree above that of Master Mason . His lordship ' s acquaintance with thc High Degrees need not be wondered at , seeing that at the period at which he so expressed himself ( 1757 ) the Royal Order was known only

to some half-dozen brethren belonging to the metropolis of the country in which it was alleged to have been instituted . In one of the Edinburgh minutes , written in 176 S , reference is made to the then existence of a Grand Lodge of the Order in Holland . This lodge , however , is not included in the list of lodges and chapters embraced in the Book of Records , which appears to have been . throughout regularly continued . The laws and constitution of the Order

remained as originally given by the Provincial Grand Lodge at London , u « til January 5 th , 1767 , when a fresh code was adopted and approved of . This code is substantially the same as that which now regulates the Royal Order of Scotland , and [ in it , for the first time , appear on the . surface some of the so-called historical statements of this interesting branch of what are known as the High Degrees—a Deputy Grand Master and Governor being recognised , and

reference made to the institution of the Order by King Robert Bruce . Another edition of the laws was issued in 1 S 43 , in which the King of Scotland is declared to be the hereditary and permanent Grand Master ; and in that year the statement is made in the minutes * that the Grand Lodge of the Order had always existed in Scotland . . J The Order may be said to have taken root in Scotland in 1763 , when it was composed of about fourteen members

Between that date and 17 6 G fifty-two members were admitted . The signatures of Mr . Mason ( then Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ) and Mr . Little appear in the charters under which a Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of the Order were in 17 S 0 " erected in France . The minutes of the Order are lost between 1805 and 181 . 3 } and between iSiq and 1 S 39 theOrder fell into abeyance in Scotland . In this latter year Houston Rigg Brown , coach

builder in Edinburgh , and John Osborne Brown , writer tothe Signet there , two distinguished Freemasons , members of the Lodge St . David , held a meeting ; represented themselves as the only members of the Order whose attendance could be procured , and admitted a number of brethren , among whom were George Murray , present Treasurer of the Order , and John Brown Douglass , writer to the Signet , present Secretary . To these brethren the Order , perhaps , owes its present existence .

Dr . Horstmann , in Englische Studien gives the full text of the poem about Thomas a Becket from the MS . in the library of Corpus Christi College , Cambridge . The Electric Railway , respecting which we recentl y heard so much at Berlin , is now to be brought to a test in the United States , where eight miles of the iron road are set apart on the Camden and Amboy Railway , New Jersey , for the proposed experiments . If the railway

should prove a success , it will probably be adopted for the elevated lines in the New York streets , where at present the locomotives cause a great deal of annoyance from the smoke and cinders they emit , as well as from their noise . The electric engine is exceedingly quiet in its action , as the electricity which supplies the motive power is generated at fixed stations , and is communicated to the electric locomot ive by the line of rails itself .

HOLLOWAV ' PILLS . —This cooling medicine has the happiest effeet when the blood is overheated and a tendency to inflammatory action is set up in the system ; one Pill taken shortly before dinner does away with the indigestion , fulness , and flatulency—indication o £ a weak stomach or disordered . A . few Pills taken at

bedtime act as alteratives and aperients ; they not only relieve the bowels , but regulate every organ connected with them , overcome all acrid humours , and encourage a free supply ot all the secretions essential to our well-being . Holloway ' s Pills thoroughly cleanse and perfect the circulation , and beget a feeling of comfort in hot climates and high temperatures , which is most desirable |; for preser ration and health . [ AUVT . ]