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stood by the multitude , but practically illustrated by the life and conduct of every individual who wears the ancient and honourable badge of a Free and Accepted Mason .

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—?—DEUCHAR CHARTERS . Our friend and brother , Wm . J . Hughan , of Truro , has been made the medium of conveying , through THE FREEMASON , the information " that there are several Deuchar warrants still in

existence in Scotland , and which are still used to authorise the working of the degree by certain Encampments in that country . " It is right that the Craft should also know that persons dubbed under any such authority are not recognised as K . T . ' s by the Grand Priory of Scotland .

These warrants were designated " Deuchar Charters , on account of Bro . Alexander Deuchar having been the chief promoter of the Grand Conclave and its first Grand Master . To his exertions , also , the Supreme Grand Royal Arch

Chapter of Scotland may be said to have owed its origin . Bro . Deuchar , who was a distinguished member of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , appears to have become acquainted with Knight Templary early in the present

century through brethren who had been dubbed under a warrant emanating from Dublin and which was held by Fratres serving in the Shropshire Militia . This corps were quartered in Edinburgh in 1708 : and in all probability it was

through their instrumentality that the first Grand Assembly of Knights Templar was first set up in Edinburgh . Subsequently this gave place to the Grand Assembly of High | Knights Templar in Edinburgh , working under a charter , No . 31 , of the Early Grand Encampment of Ireland , ot

which 111 1807 Bro . Deuchar was Grand Master . The Deuchar Charters authorised Encampments to instal " Knights Templars and Knights of St . John of Jerusalem , "—one condition on which these warrants were held being " that no communion or intercourse shall be maintained with

any Chapter or Encampment , or body assuming that name , holding meetings of Knights Templars under a Master Mason ' s Charter . " In 1837 the most of these warrants were forfeited , and the Encampments erased from the roll of the Grand Conclave , on account of not making the required

returns . May the reported working under these cancelled Charters not be connected with the unauthorised and unrecognised Mason-making that is being carried on within the Province of Glasgow and other places in the West of Scotland ? D . MURRAV LYON .

EXTRACTS FROM WORKS SHOWING THE 1717 THEORY ABSURD . " The Grand Lodge of Freemasons at York was founded in 926 . Freemasonry was interdicted in England in 1424 , but it afterwards rose into great repute . " —Mayon ' s Book of Dates .

" lhe Masons existed as a corporation 111 Glasgow so early as the year 1057 , having been incorporated by Malcolm the Third , under Royal Charter ' given at our court at Fordie , 5 th October , 1057 , ' by which his Majesty , upon

the recital of a petition by the ' Operative Masons of the city of Glasgow , ' setting forth that ' the inhabitants of the city have been imposed upon by a number of unskilled and insufficient workmen that have come to work at our

cathedral , ordained and granted to our petitioners to incorporate themselves together in one incorporation . The original charter , an old musty paper , was , it is said , discovered about the commencement of the 19 th century in the charter chest of the Glasgow Freemen Operative

Saint John's Lodge , and translated ; and under it , this lodge claims precedence of all the lodges in Scotland , except the Grand Lodge . "—From A Sketch of t / te Rise and Progress of the Trades House of Glasgoiv , by George Crawford . 1858 , pp . 27 , 28 . Bro . W . G . Doric says : — " The communica-

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tions of Bros . Yarker and Paton , in your paper for 4 th June , might have led your readers to suppose that the 1717 theory originated with Bro . Buchan . " I am not aware of ever giving an opinion that would lead the Fraternity to believe that Bro . W . P . Buchan was the originator

of the 1717 theory . The extract quoted at page 295 shows that he was not . A Frenchman , about seven years ago , declared to me that it was Desaguliers to whom we owed Speculative Freemasonry : and it was France that could

boast of doing so much good in uniting men of all nations and creeds . Of this I did not take much notice ; so that it appears others , as well as Bro . W . C . Buchan , have had a wrong impression . . CHALMERS I . PATON .

I send you the following extract from a work entitled " Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the City and County of Lincoln , " communicated to the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Iieland , held at Lincoln , July , 184 S . Printers ,

Messrs . Bradbury and Evans , Whitefriars : — " He seems to have been singularly partial to forming societies for scientific objects in 1710 , when practising physic at Boston . On his first return from London lie records that he ' erected a Botanic Club , ' and , resuming his life of study and

curiosity in the metropolis in 1717 , he took an active interest in founding the Antiquarian Society . Of his habits at that time he notes the following particulars : —In 1718 , Mr . Roger , and Sam Gale , and I , took a journey , through my eager desire , to view Abuvy on antiquity , altogether unknown , but

of which I had conceived an high notion . Then we went to Stonhenge , which surpris'd me beyond measure . We visited Wilton , and that laid the foundation for the great intimacy my Lord Pembroke ( Thomas ) honor'd me with . I was the first person made a Freemason in London . For many

years we had great difficulty to find members enough to perform the ceremony . Immediately upon that it took a run , and ran itself out of breath through the folly of the members . I began a vertuoso meeting in Ave Mary-lane . I began another in Orange-street . We had old Mr . Johnson ' s

picture hung up in the room . We paid for painting it by Highmore . My old friend , the ingenious Councellor James Hill , pronoune'd a discourse there —memento about the Druids . In the memorable South Sea year , 1720 , I traded in the Ally and used

to get 30 or 40 pound in the morning . This increased my distaste to business . "—Notice of the Stukcley Collection . How does this agree with the 1717 theory ? G . BACON , Sec . 297 .

I 3 RO . W . J . HUGHAN , Bro . W . J . Hughan has ( at page 283 ) a highly noble duty on hand , and for which every honest thinking member of the Fraternity should accord him their best wishes . I personally do so , and have to ask a favour from him . I intend , in the

course of about a month , to send to THE FREEMASON a few articles on " The Origin of Freemasonry—the 1717 Theory Exploded . " If he would kindly withhold his answer till my articles appear , and if , perchance , I should fall into any mistakes , he might then correct them . CHALMERS IZISTT PATON .

BRO . MATTHEW GREATHEAD , THE CENTENARIAN . This venerable member of the Craft , whose portrait was recently given by our contemporary the Illustrated London News , was initiated in the Lennox Lodge , No . 123 , at Richmond , Yorkshire , on St . John ' s Day , 27 th December ,

1797 , and in this lodge he served every office , including that of W . Master . Bro . Greathead is also , we are informed , a Royal Arch Mason of many year ' s standing . He was an assiduous worker and teacher in Masonry for a considerable period , and earned the respect of the

brethren , and his townsmen generally , by his upright and quiet deportment . A carpenter by trade , he succeeded in bringing up his family in a most creditable manner , and during a part of his career he held the post of Apparitor in the

Consistonal Court of the Province of York . Compelled at length to appeal to his Masonic friends for aid , we are happy to say that he was admitted to the benefits of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , from which he has enjoyed an annuity of £ 10 since the 20 th May ,

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1859 . Such facts as these , when forcibly brought to our notice , say more than sermons , for the good effected by this noble institution , by whose means our centenarian brother has been

sustained and comforted in his great age . We shall from time to time direct attention to the claims of the Annuity Fund , by quoting similar cases to that of good old Matthew Greathead . ED . F .

There existed at Paris , about 1758 , a Chapter which took the title of Council of the Emperors of the East and West , Sovereign Prince Masons . This Chapter , in which were found many persons of distinction , granted Chapters for the high

grades , created Inspectors-General , and deputy inspectors , for the purpose of propagating Masonry of perfection in Europe and beyond the seas . It erected many councils , particularly

in the interior of France , and it was this which established at Bordeaux the Council of Princes of the Royal Secret which existed in 1762 . In 1766 a schism of malcontents of this lodge was styled Knights of the East .

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the GRAND ORIENT of FRANCE .

From the Chainc d' Union we learn that the Grand Orient commenced its sittings on the 6 th inst ., tinder the presidency of Bro . Alfred Blanche , Grand Master adjoint . Upon taking his seat , Bro . Blanche announced that the Grand Master , General Mellinet , had determined to resign his high office , in consequence of his great age and the precarious state of his health .

Notwithstanding this statement , Gen . Mellinet was again proposed for the Grand Mastership , and on the following day the votes were taken , 308 brethren participating in the election : 173 voted for Bro . Mellinet , 118 for Bro . Carnot , 12

for Bro . Massol , one each for Bros . Guepin and Blanche , and there were three blank papers . Bro . Colfavrti , a strenuous supporter of Bro . Carnot , gave in his resignation as a member of the Council . On the 8 th inst . the President communicated

the resolve of Gen . Mellinet not to accept the Grand Mastership , and expressed the General ' s profound sense of the many proofs of fraternal sympathy which he had ever received from the Grand Orient . Bro . Blanche then vacated the chair , which was taken by Bro . De Saint-Jean

President of the Council of the Order , and a stormy debate ensued as to the propriety af electing a Grand Master during the present session . The discussion was eventually postponed by a majority of 131 to 123 . On the 9 th June , Bro . Babaud-Laribiere was

nominated for the Grand Mastership for the ensuing year , and on the 10 th the election took place , with the following result : —For Bro . Babaud-Laribiere , 167 ; Carnot , 109 ; Massol 10 ; De Saint-Jean , i . Bro . Drouet then proclaimed the first-named brother Grand Master for the

year . The following brethren were then reelected members of the council : —Bros . Bremond , Garrisson , Roche , Hermitte , Oppert and Cauchois , and the Committe of Finance having presented their report , the sitting closed . On the nth June the work was resumed . Bro . Babaud Laribicre was presented and installed as Grand

Master , and addressed the assembly in a speech replete with dignity and tact . He paid an honourable tribute to the services of his predecessor , and traced in vigorous language the role which Freemasonry was expected to fulfil in the amelioration of society . This oration was loudly applauded , as was also that delivered by the Grand Orator , Bro . Poulle .

The remaining elections for the council were th . m held ; Bros . Tordeaux , Josias , and Portallier were re-elected—Bros . Dr . Montanier , Rolland and Lagache replacing the Grand Master , Bros . Colfavri and de Lawaurincc . By acclamation it was resolved to devote the sum usually voted

for the banquet , to the relief of the sufferers by the great fire at Constantinople . Before the Orient was closed , the principle of general gratuitousandobligatory instruction was solemnly affirmed by the entire assembly . This was the last act of the general assembly of French Masons for 1870 .