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GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . A Quarterly Communication of thc Grand Lodge of Scotland was held in Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Thursday , the 3 rd inst . Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , Bart , Grand Master , on the throne . Bro . R . F . Shaw Stewart , Senior Grand Warden , was in his place , and Bro . Crombie , Aberdeen , Junior Grand Deacon , acted as Junior Grand Warden . Among thc other brethren present were Bros .

the Earl of Mar . and Kellie , Depute Grand Alaster ; D . Alurray Lyon , G . Sec ; David Kinnear , G . Cashier ; A . Kerr , G . Architect ; J . S . Alatheson , G . Jeweller ; George Fisher , G . Bible Bearer ; Alajor Hills , G . Dir . of Cer . ; H . Y . D . Copland , G . Swd . Br . ; James Turner , President of the Board of Grand Stewards ; W . Al . Bryce , G . Tyler ; Alexander Hay , Proxy Provincial Grand Alaster of Jamaica and Gfeytown ; William Mann , Proxy District Grand

Alaster of India ; Dr . John Falconer , Proxy Provincial Grand Alaster of New South Wales . The following representatives of foreign Grand Lodges were also present : Bros . VV . H . Bickerton , Haiti , Prov . Grand Secretary Glasgow ( Freemason ) ; VV . Hay , Nova Scotia ; VV . Officer , Pennsylvania and Esrypt ; E . W . Nightingale , New York ; R . Nisbet , Utah ; " F . A . Barrow , Iowa ; W . D . Chambers , Arkansas . The folllowing Grand Lodges were

also represented : England , Sweden , Grand Orient of the Netherlands , Grand National Mother Lodge of the Three Globes , Prussia , New Brunswick , West Virginia , Wyoming , Nebraska , and Florida . There were also present Bros . Thorns , Sheriff of Caithness and Orkney ; Colonel J . Todd Stewart , Glasgow ; Albert Apthorpe , Past Grand A'larshal ; and nearly three hundred of the brethren from all parts of Scotland . Bro . F . A . Barrow , Glasgow , presented his

commission as Proxy Provincial Grand Alaster of Bermuda , and was congratulated from the throne . Apologies for absence were submitted from Bros . W . Pearce , Prov . G . Master of Glasgow ; Mackintosh Balfour , Grand Master of India ; James Crichton , Vice-President of the Board of Grand Stewards ; Rev . \ V . W . Tulloch , and Captain G . F . R . Colt , Gartsherrie , Past Grand Sword Bearer . Grand Lodce havinc been nronerlv constituted , the

GRAND MASTER made a suitable reference to the loss which Grand Lodge had sustained through the decease of Bro . the Rev . W . C . E . Jamieson , one of the Joint Grand Chaplains . Alany of thc brethren were , he said , better acquainted than he was with their departed Chaplain , but he had always understood that he was a very estimable and rising minister of the Church of Scotland . At any rate he knew , and most of the brethren knew , that

Bro . Jamieson was kind , courteous , pleasant , and gentlemanl y ; and he little thought , when he had the pleasure of meeting him at last St . Andrew's Festival , that that kind and genial young man would no more be among them . He was sure thc brethren all regretted his loss , not for his own sake , but for those he had left behind him ; and he moved that Grand Lodge , through their Grand Secretary , should send to the bereaved widow an expression of their sincere

sympathy and condolence . 1 his was at once agreed to by Grand Lodge . A statement was submitted of the accounts of thc Grand Lodge for thc year ending 30 th November last , which showed an incomeof JJ . 3 GS 5 , and expenditure amounting' to £ ' 2285 . The funds and estate amounted to , £ 1 8 , 105 , as compared with , £ 16 , 705 last year , showing an increase during the year of X 1400 . During the period under report

there had been 37 ( 13 intrants and affiliations . A state of the accounts of the Alasonic Benevolence Fund for the same period . showed that about £ . \ oo had been distributed by the Committee in votes and casual charity in the course of . the year , and that the fund now stood at £ 5712 , as compared wilh ., £ 54 ( 10 last year . During last quarter the grants had amounted to nearly £ 140 . A vidimus ofthe income and expenditure of Grand Lodge for

last quarter showed that thc income had been ^ . 1291 , and the expenditure £ 723 , leaving an excess of income to thc extent of £ 568 . There had been R 55 intrants to the Craft during that period . It was reported that Bro . the Earl of Fife , acceding to the wishes of the brethren in Banffshire , had agreed to allow himself to be nominated for appointment to the Provincial Grand Mastership ' of Banffshire ; and Grand Lodge

unanimously agreed to issue a commission in his lordship s favour . On the recommendation ofthe Grand Lodge of Hamburg , Bro . Dr . II . Gpldstucker was appointed representative to that body , in room of Bro . Dr . Dela Camp , deceased . It was agreed to accept the resignation of Bro . T . M . Reid of his office of Prov . Grand Master of Trinidad , and to thank him ' for bis long-continued and highl y valuable services . In forwarding his resicnation , whicli

was owing to pressure of business , Bro . Reid stated that Alasonry in that colony was at present carried on more satisfactorily than he had known it for many years , lt was resolved to exchange representatives with the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island , U . S ., and to appoint Bro . James Hutchinson , P . G . AL , as representative to that body . Bro . Dunas Filgueira was appointed Prov . G . AL of Peru . On thc petition of the Prov . Grand Lodge of the West India

Islands and others , Bro . W . M' . Call , T ' rov . Grand Senior Warden , was unanimously appointed Prov . Grand Master , in room of Bro . the Hon . J . KimjWatlley , deceased . Grand Lodge ordered that .-charier . ' ! , be isTiied in favour of Lodges : " St . Clairi " Kilwinning , . Lyttelton , N . Z . ; " Breadalb ' ane , " Aberfeldy ; and " Rawcliffe , " Rothesay . A report was submitted from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Peebles and Selkirk for the year 1 SS 0 , which showed that

the lodges within the province had been officially visited during the year and found to bc in good working order , and that otherwise the Provincial Grand Lodge was in a healthy condition . Satisfactory reports were also submitted from Sir Archibald C Campbell of Blythswood , and Captain Clayhill Henderson of Invergowrie , Prov . Grand Alasters of Renfrewshire ( East ) and Forfarshire , as to the condition of the lodges in their respective provinces . Grand Lodge approved the minutes of committee in

reference to complaints against the action of the officebearers of the lodge the "Gael , " Glasgow , and other brethren , for having issued nnd recommended a petition or " '' egging circul : r , " which bad been issued to lodges both in and ' out of Scotland and the Scotch Constitution , lt had been stated in the Glasgow Provincial Grand Lodge in defence of the ' •Gaul , " -whicli l . nl ^ e > va : i founded for the express purpose , f rendering the mysteries of Firi-masonry in the " native Caelic tom / ue . " that the liabilities , of-the

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lodge , which necessitated the circular , were about £ 100 . The Provincial Grand Lodge had expressed their strong disapproval of the conduct of the office-bearers and other signatories of the letter , an expressed an opinion that a stop should be put to lodges or brethren issuing begging letters or circulars , which were excessively derogatory to the Order . Thc Grand Committee had approved of this report , and rcccrdcd a vote of censure expressive of their

reprehension of the course which had been adopted with reference to the petition ; and their procedure was confirmed by Grand Lodge . A report from the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India showed also that the Craft was prospering in that important region . The special Committee on the designations of the Provinces of Berwick and Roxbtirghshiresand Peebles and Selkirk shires reported that thc Grand Secretary had issued circulars to all the

lodges m these provinces , but that onl y seven had replied ; and , looking to thc diversity of the views entertained , the Committee recommended that , seeing Grand Lodge had had this matter under consideration so very recently , and that the views of the lodges in thc above provinces were not sufficiently matured , the last resolution should not in the meantime bc altered . This was approved of . Grand Committee reported that they had on their table a report

from the Hall Committee on a scheme for additional accommodation in Grand Lodge premises , which proposed an expenditure of about £ 300 , in order to afford more perfect scope for the working of the several Masonic Degrees , and greater accommodation for lodge property and stores , the want of which had from time to time been subject of much general complaint . The meeting then proceeded to the election of fifteen

brethren to serve on the Grand Committee , in place of twelve who retired by rotation and three interim members . There were twenty-four brethren nominated , and thc following were elected , with the undernoted votes : Bros . R . F . Shaw Stewart , 234 ; William Alaclean , 200 ; Wm . Mann , 181 ; Wm . Hay , 17 S ; Alex . Hay , 176 ; Dr . Jas .

Carmichael , iCS ; John Wilson , 149 ; Jas . Craig , 149 ; Jas . T . S . Elliot , yr , of Wolfelee , 142 ; Jas . Berry , 140 ; H . Alunro , 137 ; W . Niven , 125 ; Alexander Henry , 121 ; Colonel J . T . Stewart , 120 ; and J . D . Duncan , in . After disposing of some other business , Grand Lodge was closed in ample form after about two hours of a sederunt .

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STEPHEN MORIN—PART THE THIRD AND LAST . Before gaying anything about Alorin ' s American activity , it will , I think , conduce to z . settlement of this question , so ably discussed by the several writers who have mentioned him , to quote in thc original French the exact words used by llro . Thory , in the Acra Liitomorum , Vol . I , p . 7 S . He says : " Le Conseil des Empcreurs d'Oricnt et d'Occident , Souverains Princes Macons , dorme a un juif nomine

Stephen Morin une patentc de depute Grand Inspecteur , avee pouvoir de propager la Alaconnerie dc Perfection audcla des mers . Cc Gonseil constituc , a Paris ct dans la France , des logos et des chapitres , coricurrcmcnt' avec les deux Grand Logos . " It is clear , therefore , that Thory admits and enforces the fact that in 17 G 1 there were two Grand Lodges in France , but we are likewise not to lose sight of the fact that the Emperors of the East and West—like the

rest of the High Bodies—was actually a self-constituted body , the powers of which were self-defined and supported by no other authority than its inherent vitality . But this body unquestionably first assembled together the twentylive Degrees of the Rite of Perfection , the first three of which— " Symbolic Alasonry "—they declined to administer . If we can clearly cut away these Degrees from the subsequent supposititious eight attributed to Frederick of

Prussia , we shall narrow one held of difference . 'Plus Imperial Council , at any rate , claimed supremacy over these Degrees —no doubt raked up from documents then extant , and greatly extended or modified by the adaptor . It is , however , impossible to resist , the conclusion that even the Emperors entirely surrendered the Symbolic Degrees to the previously existing and lawful authorities . No . High Grade system of any kind could endure for a week of serious

thought without the policy of a substratum of Craft Alasonry . No High Degree Mason would be in order for five minutes without the previously acquired position of Alaster Alason ; and the idea of any High Degree body assuming to itself the right of conferring the E . A . P ., F . C , and AI . AL is preposterous , nor , in fact , is it anywhere actually done . It is contrary to common sense , upon which international law and respect are founded . For that reason all

Grand Lodges have a right indefeasible to the Three Degrees . On the other hand , the High Degrees are purely voluntaiy ; they are not imposed as a necessary qualification to Alasonic eminence , nor does their possession infer any superiority towards their possessors . In short , a Sovereign Princo Mason , according to Craft law , is a Alaster Alason , and nothing more . It may be urged that he has learnt certain further applications of Alasonic science , and is entitled

to the respect of those who have not proceeded to these Degrees , but his rank and station entirely depend upon character , assiduity , and a faithful performance of Craft obligations . 1 am . obliged to mention this obvious truism because there exist many who apparently think that great impuititnee accrues In the recipients of the High Degrees from lhe f : icl . ot their possessing lliein , and Ihere is a tendency to speak wilh " batedibrealh" . of High

Degree Alasons . Let it be- understood -that the Alaster Alason ' s Degree is . emphatically the last—that it is inherent in the bolder of it , so long as good character and a disposition to fulfil its solemn duties remain , and we further abridge one trouble in deciding these questions . To return however to Stephen Morin and his patent . He proceeded to America and there imported his High Degrees according as his abilities and opportunities permitted him to

do . But there does not anywhere appear that he was in any way communicative with the authorities whence he derived his powers , and hence thc suspension and substitution of another brother . At ' any rate , we read in the Protocol Book or Alinute Book of the Grand Lodge of France , the following statement : "Session of the . 17 th August , 17 OG . Tlie

Gavel holding brethren—Aloi . t , President ; Gcrhm , Senior Warden ; Lettn , Junior Warden ; Baron do Tschoudy , Alaster of the Lodge Saint Eticnnc _ . it Aletz ; Callart , Alaster of lhe I ^ odge Saint Julien in the village of Argeiital ; . Mailin , Leroy , L'Excoiiiharl , Lidain , Le Lorrain , Duple , is , Lii ' geois , Jouhert de la * Bpurdiniere , Builkt l ) iihou : V . oy , Baud .-, on , Kobc-neau , Poupart , Borel ,

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and Richard being present . The Worshipful Alaster , Bro . Martin , in reference to his immediate departure for America , read a tracing , addressed to the Grand Lodge of France , in which he signified his thanks for the position of Secretary in Paris , then " conferred upon him . " It was resolved to verify the written copies of the several Degrees , which were ordered to bc signed , sealed , and stamped , and handed to the Alaster , Brother Alartin .

It was further resolved—That in recognition of the zeal of the Worshipful Alaster , Brother Alartin , in the different offices he has held in our Grand Lodge , that a Patent ( Brevet ) as Inspector of the lodges of America should be prepared for him , in which it should be assigned that in consequence of the very indifferent care exhibited by Alaster Brother Alorin , formerly nominated their Inspector , and especially in consequence of the variations the latter

had made in the Royal Art , the Brevet to the said Bro . Alorin , as Inspector , is annulled by this Grand Lodge , and further it is held fitting for the advantage of the Royal Art to substitute for the said Bro . Alorin the Worshipful Brother Alartin , Alaster of the Lodge Saint Frederick , and that the Letters of Constitutions for America of the latter should be ratified . " And this was done . It would seem that Bro . Morin

afterwards returned to France , according to Rebold , and died in obscurity . Before we , however , bury him , we had better review what it is stated he actually did . I am now referring to Rebold ( p . ' 452 ) . After reciting the grant of the patent as before , but with this variation , that Rebold dates it the 27 th August , probably a slip of the pen , Rebold proceeds as follows : " Arrived at St . Domingo , the Bro . Stephen Alorin nominated , by virtue of his patent , one of his ¦ co-religionists , Bro . Al . M . Hayes , Deputy

Inspector for North America . He immediately afterwards conferred the same dignity on Bro . Franklin for Jamaica and the English Windward Isles , and on Bro . Colonel ¦ Provost for the English Leeward Isles and the British Army ! Bro . Franklin , some time after , transmitted his powers to Bro . Moses Hayes , Grand Master at Boston . In his turn Bro . Hayes nominated another of his co-religionists , Bro . Isaac DaCosta , Inspector-General of South . Carolina , who established , in J 7 S 3 , a Sublime Grand Lodge of Perfection at Charlestown . To this brother there

succeeded , after his death , to the same dignity another Israelite , Bro . Joseph Myers . And thus there were created these self-called Grand Inspectors-General for the different States of America . Bro . Bush was nominated for Pennsylvania , and Bro . Barend Al . Spitzer for Georgia . On the 15 th Alay , 17 S 1 , these brethren convoked in council at Philadelphia the several Inspectors of these States , and b y this council thc Degree of Inspector-General for Jamaica

was conferred on Bro . Moses Cohen , who nominated for this dignity Bro . Isaac Long ; ' this last worthy conferred it on Bros , dc la Hogue , Croze , Alagnan , Saint Paul , Petet , and Marie , all united at Charlestown , to propagate the Rite in the different regions of America . " It will be seen that up to this time nothing but the Twenty-live Degrees of Perfection _ were Invented or

assembled ; we are not nearly up to the so-called ^ barter of . Frederick the . Second of .. Prussia ... That document ought to be fully criticised ,- but if is perhaps better to leave it to more skilful hands . Rebold is of opinion ( p . 4 . 19 ) , according to the evidence in his possession , that there was no system of Thirty-three Degrees before 1802 . P have , however , myself , dismissed the whole subject , and shall write . nothing more with my present information . . ' KENNETH R . H . MACKENZIE ,-IX .

COLE'S CONSTITUTIONS . From a "note" by "A . F . A . VV . " in last week ' s Freemason , there would appear to be some doubt as to the edition of the above of which a copy was recently sold by John Wilson . As the purchaser of that copy it occurs to me that some description of it may be of interest . Itisin i 2 mo ! , and has a frontispiece ( " B . Cole , Sculp . '') with a building in course of erection , displaying prominently the three

columns in thc background . In the foreground 3 figures , the one in the centre bearing the emblem of the Master , the others on his right and left those of the S . and J . Wardens respectively ; the central figure only wears an apron . The title page , in letter-press , is as follows : " Thc Antient Constitutions' of the Free and Accepted Masons neatly engraved on copper plates , with a Speech delivered at the Grand Lodge at York , also a' Speech of -Edwaril

Oakley , Architect , A 1 . A 1 , late S . G . Warden in Carrrarthen , South Wales . Likewise a Prologue spoken by Air . Mills , and an Epilogue spoken by a Alason ' s wife at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , on Friday , thc 27 th day of December , 172 S , when was acted thc Second Part of King Henry IV . To which is added a curious collection of the most celebrated Songs in honour of Alasonry , as they are sung at all the regular lodges of the Antient and HonourableEraternity of

FYce and Accepted Alasons in Great Britain , and Principality oS Wales , & c . ' Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes , Emollit mores , nee sinit esse feros . '—Ovid . The second edition . London , printed for B . Creake , at the Red Bible , in Avc-Alary Lane , Ludgate-strcet , near St . Paul ' s ; and B . Cole , engraver , tlie corner of King ' s Head Court , near Fetterlane , Holbourn , MDCCXXXI . " Then follows , engraved , a dedication to Lord Lovel , Grand Alaster , & c , by

Benjamin Cole , an engraved-title page , A Book of the Antient Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Alasons . " Then follow such Constitutions in fifty-one engraved pages ( pp . 1-51 . ) The remainder Is in letter-press , first after the engraved portion being a title , page " A Curious Collection of the most celebrated Songs in honour of Alasonry , " Sec , with an imprint identical with that on the first title page , and followed by an advertisment signed

" B . Creake , and B . Cole , " and songs pp . 1-17 , then three pages of a list of " Books printed for B . Creake . " Next in a fresh pagination ( i-47 ) , comes "A Second Collection " ( of songs ) , " an Epilogue by Air . Rawlins , spoken by Airs . Horton at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , " and an " Epilogue for the-Freemasons , spoken by Airs . Younger at the Theatre in Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , April 27 th , 1 7 ^ 2 " ( sic ) , followed by another page of advertisements . Then begins another pagination , of which , 1-24 is , as specified in •' '

title page , " A Speech Delivered to the Worshipful and Ancient Society of Free and Accepted Alasons , or at Grand Lodge , held at Merchant's Hall , in the City of York , on St . John's Day , December 17 th , 172 G . The Right Worship ful Charles Bathurst Esq , Grand Mastcr . The Second Edition by the Junior Grand Warden , " with an imprint identical with that on the first title page , except the date " 1734 . " The same pagination continues to the end , and comprises , commencing p . 25 , " A Speech Delivered to the