Consecration Of The St. Clair Chapter, No. 2074.

the meeting , said they were assembled on that occasion for the purpose of constituting and consecrating the St . Clair Chapter . It was nothing but naturaland not unreasonable that when a lodge succeeded well in carrying out the principles of Freemasonry that they should seek for a chapter to beattached , so that brethren would be able to attain the privilege of Royal Arch Freemasonry . In some cases it . was not advisable to have a chapter , but in the present instance it was quite different , as the St . Clair Lodge had a number of members attached to it , and he

believed they all felt themselves imbued with a spirit of Royal Arch Masonry , and they would do their utmost to carry out the princip le of the chapter . Those brethren belonging to the lodge and to the new chapter will feel that the credit of the chapter should be sustained by them . Those companions already members of the Royal Arch Degree will feel bound to extend their knowledge in the Arts , Sciences , and Mystery cognisant to themselves . He felt that the consecration and constitution under such happy auspices as he saw that day would leave no doubt when he saw the names of the first principals and founders .

The founders having formed in two columns and the companions standing , the P . G . S . E . read the petition , which was signed by 22 companions , and likewise the warrant . The G . Supt . inquired of the companions it they approved of the principals named in the charter to preside over them , and they having signified their approval in proper form , resumed their seats .

The first portion of the dedication prayer was given by the J who also gave a most instructive and interesting oration upon the nature and object of the Royal Arch Degree . The usual ceremonies having been performed , the G . Supt . then constituted the chapter , and the J . gave the patriarchal benediction , and the choir sang an anthem . The P . G . D . C . presented the Principals , who , having been already installedwere inducted into their respective chairs .

, The Principals were Comps . W . H . C . St . Clair , R . N ., P . Z ., Z . ; J . Bnckwood , P . Z ., H . ; and W . Dart , P . Z ., J . The following were balloted for and invested with ' their collar of office , the Z . ably giving the usual address to each recipient : Comps . C . V . Birch , Z . elect 804 , S . E . ; F . H . Woodrovv , Z . elect 1428 , S . N . ; W . C . Webb , H . 903 , Treas . ; H . Silvester , P . S . ; W . Bates , J . 487 , ist A . S . ; G . R . Sherman , 2 nd A . S . ; J . Taylor , P . Z ., D . C ; J . Prior , Org . ; Capt . W . A . Chauncy and Lieut . C . Organ , Stewards ; and J . Exell , Janitor .

The foregoing , and Comps . E . Boorman , H . Williams , T . J . Hill , F . T . Adshead , S . Robbins , A . N . Y . Howell , C E . Little , F . Jerome , and G . Morley comprise the founders . The M . E . Z . said he had a duty to perform to thank Comp . W . W . B . Beach for his kindness in being present that evening . The companions knew his time was much occupied , and especially so now , and they also knew of his many excellences that it would be superfluous for him to eulogise them .

Comp . W . W . B . B EACH , G . Supt ., thanked the M . E . Z . and companions , and assured them it gave him great pleasure to be present , and to see so much happiness in store and prosperity in the future of the St . Clair Chapter . It had started under happy auspices and with such well-known and good Principals , and he had therefore no doubt as to its success . He hoped to attend on some future occasion to see that his anticipations had been realised . The M . E . Z . proposed , and the H . seconded , as honorary members , Comps . W .

W . B . Beach , M . P ., G . Supt . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . H . ; J . Cole , P . G . J . ; E . Goble , P . G . S . E . ; and Col . Crease , C . B ., P . P . G . J . Nine names were proposed for exaltation , and three as joining members . The chapter was then closed . During the ceremony Comp . I . W . D . Pellovv , P . P . G . Organist , played several

selections , and the choir , which was most proficient , consisted of Comps . G . F . Lancaster , P . P . G . J . ; F . Sanders , P . P . G . Org . ; G . Pearman , P . P . G . Org . ; J . Jenkins , H . ; C . W . Bevis , J . ; and G . Sperring . The companions then adjourned to the banqueting room , where ample justice was done to a capital banquet , and the usual loyal arid Masonic toasts were dul y honoured .

Grand Lodge Of Scotland And The Festival Of St. Andrew.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND AND THE FESTIVAL OF ST . ANDREW .

The Grand Lodge of Scotland celebiated the festival of St . Andrew , on the ist inst .. by the usual banquet in the Masonic Hall , George-stveet , Edinburgh . Previous to the dinner , the annual communication of the Grand Lodge was held , when the following office-bearers were elected for the year , and those present were duly installed : —

Bros . Col . Sir Archibald C . Campbell of BIythswood , Bart ., M . P ., Grand Master ; Sir Michael R . Shaw-Stewart of Greenock and Blackhall , Bart ., Past Grand Master ; the Earl of Haddington , Grand Master Depute ; Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes , Bart ., M . P ., Substitute Grand Master ; Lord Saltoun , Senior Grand Warden ; J . Dalrymple Duncan , Junior Grand Warden ; D . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary ; David Reid , Grand Cashier ; Rev . John Glasse and Rev . John Murray , Grand Chaplains ;

Lieut .-Col . John Campbell , Senior Grand Deacon ; Robert Nisbetjunior Grand Deacon ; P . L . Henderson , Grand Architect ; F . D . Rait , Grand Jeweller ; Colin Galletly , Grand Bible Bearer ; George Christie , Grand Director of Ceremonies ; David Pryde , LL . D ., Grand Bard ; Major F . VV . Allan , Grand Sword Bearer ; James A . Moonie , Grand Director of Music ; Robert Davidson , Grand Organist ; George C . H . M'Naught , Grand Marshal ; J . MacGregor Malloch , Grand Inner Guard ; and Andrew Landells , Grand Tyltr .

About 150 brethren were present at the dinner , the Grand Master , Sir Archibald Campbell , M . P ., presiding , and the Grand Wardens acting as croupiers . After dinner , and the lodge having been constituted , the GRAND MASTER gave the toasts of "The Queen and Craft , " and "The Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal family . "

Bro . J AMES BOYD proposed "The Navy , Army , and Reserve Forces , " for wh ' ch Sir James Buchanan , Major Disney Innes , and Major F . W . Allan replied . Lord SALTOUN , in giving "The Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Scotland , " said that of all the Grand Masters who had gone before Sir Archibald Campbell , no one had done so much for Grand Lodge , or had devoted so much time and energy to the Craft

The GRAND MASTER , in responding , said he felt most deeply the confidence reposed in him , a confidence which he entirely reciprocated . In giving a few statistics for the past year , he said thtse augured well for Grand Lodge and for the fi'ture of Scottish Masonry . What they had to do was to bring Masonry as a permanent and fighting force before the people of the country , and in the bazaar of the present week they would do a great deal towards that end . Let

them do what they could to show that they were determined to make Masonry in Scotland what it was in England and elsewhere—a really charitable institutionwhich should embrace all clashes upon that great plane and level of which they were so proud , and in doing so they would add one more great link to the chain which they were forging , and which led up to absolute prosperity . He felt certain that the efforts which the brethren were making on behalf of the benevolent movement would be crowned with success .

Colonel LUMSDEN of Pitcaple gave the toast of " Lad y Campbell , and Success to the Bazaar . " The GRAND MASTER acknowledged the toast . A number of other toasts followed . During the evening a band , under the leadership of Bro . H . Dambmann , discoursed music , and songs were given b y several of the brethren .

Grand Masonic Bazaar In Edinburgh.

GRAND MASONIC BAZAAR IN EDINBURGH .

There was opened in the Waverley Market , Edinburgh , on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., a grand Masonic bazaar , the object of which is to raise a fund to be applied in the relief of necessitous brethren or the widows and orphans of Freemasons . Since 1888 an Annuity Fund has been in existence , under the management of the Committee of Grand Lodge , but its benefits have been uncertain and restricted . Last year , out of 147 deserving applications , the Committee were able to deal only with

45 , a number rightly held to be " totally disproportionate to the distress in so large a body as the Freemasons' holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " In execution of an idea conceived by Sir Archibald Campbell , M . P ., Grand Master of Scotland , Bro . J . Maclntyre Henry , Grand Architect , the Waverley Market was transformed into as close a likeness to the interior of an Egyptian temple as , perhaps , with wood and painted canvas , it is possible to reach . The stalls were

numerous , and the character of the exhibits denoted to some extent the localities from which the work had come . Thus , Glasgow City Stall showed , among other things , a couple of sailing boats , and one of them was more than a model— "fullrigged and ready for the water . " Ayreshire produced many specimens of her needlework , pottery , furniture , and what specially interested all followers of " the rearin' game , " curling stones . An autograph poem of Burns was also on

view . Lanarkshire sent silk handkerchiefs and mufflers woven in the count y , while the work at the Indian and Colonial Stalls need not be more particularly specified . The attendants at each stall had each their own well-defined colours , and the kaleidescopic variety of costumes on view was not one of the least attractive features of the show . The amusements provided included entertainments of various kinds in a neat little theatre , a gipsey tent , a menagerie , a shooting gallery , and Edison ' s phonograph .

The opening ceremony was conducted by Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , and among the large company present

were—Bros . Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , P . G . M . ; Earl of Haddington , D . G . M . ; Sir Charles Dalrymple , Sub . G . M . ; Lord Saltoun , S . G . W . ; J . Dalrymple Duncan , J . G . W . ; D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec . ; Rev . John Glasse , G . Chaplain ; G . C . H . M'Naught , G . Marshal ; Lieut .-Colonel Campbell , S . G . D . ; David Reid , G . Cashier ; Marquis of Breadalbane , P . G . M . Perthshire East ; Lord Glamis ; Sir Alexander Mackenzie ; Major D . Innes , P . G . M . Kincardineshire ; F . E . Villiers of Closeburn , P . G . M .

Dumfriesshire ; John Graham of Broadstone , P . G . M . Glasgow ; J . M . Martin of Auchindennan , P . G . M . Dumbartonshire ; the Hon . T . Cochrane , P . G . M . Ayrshire ; H . R . Wallace , D . P . G . M . Ayrshire ; Col . Lumsden , of Capel , P . G . M . Aberdeenshire West ; J . Berry , P . G . M . Forfarshire ; P . M'Lagan , M . P ., P . G . M . Linlithgowshire ; J . T . S . Elliot of VVolflee , P . G . W . ; Gen . J . J . Boswell , Sub . P . G . M . Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire ; and Provost Brand , D . G . M . Haddingtonshire .

The brethren having assumed their regalia in the theatre , marched thence in procession to a platform in the hall , where Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell was called on to preside . The Grand Chaplain having , opened the proceedings with prayer , and the " Old Hundredth" having been sung ,

Lord SALTOUN said he had come as a spokesman for the Provinces of Aberdeen City and East and West Aberdeen .-hire , in order to present a cheque for the proceeds of the auxiliary bazaar held in Aberdeen last week . His lordship pointed out that it was with considerable difficulty that the permission of Grand Lodge Committee was granted for the holding of this bazaar , and that he then promised that three provinces would be able to raise a sum of X 600 or £ 100 . Since that

time every Mason had done his utmost both in the city and the provinces , and the result was one which must be very gratifying to the Grand Lodge and to everybody interested in the object of this bazaar . The proceeds were made up as follows : From East Aberdeen , 82 guineas ; from West Aberdeen , 150 guineas ; and from the City Province of Aberdeen , ^ 1169 3 s . < cd . Sundries amounted to

£ 139 11 s . 5 d ., and the total to ^ 1541 odd . They would understand that there were many expenses connected with the bazaar , but he had now the honour of handing to the Grand Master a cheque for 1200 guineas , with the assurance that some small sums now being collected would afterwards be made over to the Committee of the Grand Lodge .

Bro . Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL suitably acknowledged the gift , and thanked his brother Masons for the honourable position he had been called upon to fill in that day ' s proceedings . The object they had in view was to raise as large a sum of money as they could , and to invest it , for the purpose of using the income , added to the hall of the free income of Grand bodge , entirely for charitable purposes . The money had previously been devoted to the widows of Masons , to old

Masons , and to the education of children . The Grand Committee looked over every claim , and this year they were giving over ^ 1700 for the purposes he had indicated . He trusted that they might be able to add considerably to that sum . During the past year over 300 applications were made , every one of them being vouched for most particularly by the Masters and Wardens of the lodges to which the applicants belonged , and it was with great difficulty that the Committee were

able to discern between the cases , and with a sore heart that they were obliged from want of funds to decline to give apittance that they were so willing and so anxious to give to many who desired it so much . They felt that something more ought to be done by Scottish Maonry than had been done in the past ; that though it was established on a firm basis , it did not , as it ought , embrace all classes , as Masonry did in England and in Ireland . They felt that the reason of that must be because they were not a sufficiently active force , and that if they could once bring to the

people of Scotland a knowledge of the power they were and might be , their position would be altered , and men of position and of wealth would be added to their ranks . He had to thank all the ladies , and the many kind friends who did not belong to their Order , for the amount of work that they had done , and all those who in distant parts of the country and in all parts of the world—in New Zealand , Canada , Australia , and India—had lent their aid . He trusted that the bazaar would be a success , and would begin a new era in Scottish Masonry by placing them on the foundation they desired to be—that of a Charitable Institution .

Lord HADDINGTON said that in his visits to the various lodges in the extensive province over which he presided , he had met with nothing but a ready response to his appeals , and an earnest endeavour on the part of all to render the special provincial stall of that great bazaar a success . Nor was it from the rich , nor from the middle classes alone , but from the poor that he had received even money contributions . Nothing was more grateful to their senses than to see the gratitude of

the poor for what they received , and nothing more touching in its beauty than the noble , the great-hearted way in which the poor came forward to render assistance to a brother man when called upon to do so . He had to move a vote of thanks to the ladies , who , he said , could not but sympathise with an order whose rock and foundation was reli gion , and whose mainsprings were charity and benevolence . Freemasons owed much to the ladies , but they as women owed much to

Freemasonry . The motion was cordially approved , and another Psalm having been sung the Grand Chaplain asked a blessing , after which the Grand Master declared the bazaar open . The drawings on the first day were as follows : —Stalls , ^ 324 8 ; entertainments , ^ 44 ; admission , £ 144 : making a total of £ 3 616 . The £ 1260 received from the Aberdeen Provinces made the grand total . 64876 .

The bazaar was continued on ~ Wednesday and Thursday with all the success which characterised the opening day , and throughout the afternoon and evening the market was thronged , and an extensive business was done . During the afternoon and evening the theatre at the East-end was turned to good account in the way of special entertainments . The total receipts for the three days was ^ 8503 .