The Lord Mayor In Scotland.

Bro . CHRICHTON replied for Scotland , and Bro . MARTIN for Ireland . I might point out that the Scotch method of drinking toasts differs from ours . The fire is g iven as we do , but three times over interspersed with three short but ringing cheers , " ' ray , ' ray , ' ray , " with the sign of the First Degree .

In giving " The Lord Mayor , " the W . M . expressed his pleasure at being the vehicle of the lodge's will in conferring upon his lordship the highest honour in their power to bestow . They all hoped his visit to Edinburgh had been as gratifying as his reception had been enthusiastic .

The toast was received with resounding applause , the company rising to their feet , and cheering again and again as the organ and band struck up "The fine old English gentleman . " The LORD MAYOR said he was also an old Mason , and appreciated the Order more and more every year . Before all

wealth and distinction was the approbation of good men , and he knew no means of securing that approbation better than rigidly adhering to the tenets of Masonry , The Craft never stood higher with the general public , a fact largely to be attributed to the care with which candidates were admitted to lodges . He

had the unique experience when leaving his first chair many years ago of installing his brother and initiating his father on the same night . "I need not tell you , " said his lordship , "that I gave my father admirable advice as to his future conduct , and pointed out the necessity of prompt obedience to his seniors in

the Order . " Fraternity and feeling found its exercise in the great virtue of Charity" When smiling fortune sheds her golden ray , All crowd around to flatter and obey ; But when she thunders from an angry sky ,

Our friends , our flatterers , and our lovers fly . " It was not so in Masonry . In his mother lodge he had been instrumental in forming a Benevolent Fund , which now amounted to several thousand pounds . One of its strongest advocates and most liberal benefactors was actually the very first man to

enjoy its benefits . Complaints were sometimes made of undue Masonic refreshments . Such a feast as theirs was a model , and he had derived great Masonic refreshment from their kind and fraternal reception that afternoon , which was in keeping with the kindness he had received in Edinburgh .

The W . M . next gave " The Two Last Links of Mary ' s Chapel "—Bro . John Monckton and Bro . Sheriff Harris—pointing out that these at least were strong links in their Masonic chain .

Bro . Sheriff WALTER H . HARRIS replied , saying that , though he had entered that lodge as an inferior officer to his distinguished brethren , the brethren had raised him to an equality , for he was at least their equal in Scotch Masonry .

Bro . OFFICER proposed " Our Visiting Brethren , " pointing out the antiquity of their lodge , and the gratification it gave the premier lodge of Scotland to welcome so many distinguished guests . This was responded to by Bro . TRENDELL , C . M . G ., P . G . S .,

in suitable terms . The LORD MAYOR , in proposing the Master , congratulated him on his concise but pregnant speeches—pithy and full of matter . " Words are but leaves , and where they most abound Much fruit of sense is very rarely found . "

As for Bro . Sheriff Harris ' s boast of equality , he must remember he was affiliated some minutes subsequently to himself , and there were no doubt many lawyers and doctors present who could tell them how much good or harm could be done in a few minutes . He would ever have grateful recollection of his Masonic brethren in Edinburgh .

The W . M . suitably replied , and after "The Wardens" had been given by Bro . ALD . EVANS , the party was escorted out of the lodge , which was subsequently " called on " and closed in the usual solemn form . Such a Masonic meeting has not been held in Edinburgh since the Prince of Wales was affiliated some 15 years ago .

Old Atholl Warrants.

OLD ATHOLL WARRANTS .

No . 217 , SHEFFIELD , Constituted as a Provincial Grand Lodge for the Counties of York , Chester and Lancaster . Atholl , GRAND MASTER Jas . Jones , S . G . W . Wm . Dickey , D . G . M . James Read , J . G . W . To all whom it may Concern .

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We , tbe Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons ( according to the old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness , Prince Edwin , at York , Anno Domini Nine hundred Twenty and Six ) in ample form assembled , viz .: The

Right Worshipful and Most Noble Prince , John the Third , Duke , Marquis and Earl of Athol , Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine , Earl of Strathay and Strathardle , Viscount of Balquider , Glenalmond and Glenlyon , Lord Murray , Belveny and Gask , Heretable Captain and Constable of the Castle and Constabulary of Kincleaven ,

Old Atholl Warrants.

Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Falkland , one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland , and in that part of Great Britain called England , and Masonical Jurisdiction thereunto belonging , GRAND MASTER OF MASONS ; the Right Worshipful William Dickey , Esquire , DEPUTY GRAND MASTER ; the Right Worshipful James Jones , Esquire , Senior Grand Warden ; and the Right Worshipful James Read , Esquire ,

Junior Grand Warden ; with the Approbation and Consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster ; do , by these Presents , authorise and impower our trusty and Well-beloved Brethren , Free and Accepted Ancient Masons , who at the Time of this present Writing are or hereafter shall become Inhabitants of the Counties of York , Chester and Lancaster to

congregate , form and hold a Provincial Grand Lodge in the Town of Sheffield and County of York aforesaid , independent of any former Dispensation , Warrant or Constitution , ordered , given or granted by Us , or any of Our Predecessors , Grand Masters of England , to any Mason or Masons residing within the Masonical Jurisdiction aforesaid ; such Provincial Grand Lodge , when duly constituted , to be held Annuall y , Half-yearly ,

H'lO . 217 . Quarterly , Monthly , or at any seaso ' nable Time or Times as Occasion shall require . And We do hereby nominate , constitute and appoint Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Brother Hugh Cheney of the Town of Sheffield aforesaid Esquire to be Our Provincial GRAND MASTER ; Our Ri ght Trusty and Well-beloved Brother Daniel Plowman of Sheffield gent " , to be Our Provincial Senior Grand Warden ; and our

Right Trusty and Well-beloved Brother William Trickitt of Sheffield , Guttler to be our Provincial Junior Grand Warden , within the Masonical Jurisdiction aforesaid ; who , together with the aforesaid Provincial Grand Master , and his Deputy , when appointed and installed , and Provincial Grand Wardens , shall be addressed b y the Stile and Title of The Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Grand Wardens ,

& c . And We do hereby further authorise and impower our said Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Hugh Cheney , Esq' : his Deputy and Grand Wardens Daniel Plowman and William Trickitt with the Approbation and Advice of their Grand Lodge , to grant Dispensations , Warrants and Constitutions , for the congregating and making Free and Accepted Masons , forming and holding of Lodges within the

Jurisdiction aforesaid , according to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft , in all Ages and Nations throughout the known World . And We do , by these Presents , further authorise and impower our said Trusty and Right Worshipful Brethren , the Provincial Grand Master , Grand Wardens , and their legal Successors , when in regular Grand Lodge formed , to hear , adjust , and impartially

determine all and singular Matters of Complaint , Dispute , Debate or Controversy , relative to the Craft within the Jurisdiction aforesaid ; strictl y requiring all and every of our Worthy and Loving Brethren within the Jurisdiction aforesaid to be conformable to all and every of the good Rules , Orders , Issues and Decrees , which shall from Time to Time be ordered , issued or decreed by the said Right Worshipful Provincial

Grand Lodge ; herein reserving to ourselves our antient Prerogative of hearing Appeals , and Administration of such Things as shall ( bona fide ) appear absolutely necessary for the Honour and Benefit of the Craft in General . And lastly , We do hereby authorise and impower our said Trusty and Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master and Grand Wardens , together with their lawful Associates , being the

installed Masters , Wardens and Past Masters of the Regular Lodges within the Jurisdiction aforesaid , in Grand Lodge assembled to nominate , chuse and install their Successors , to whom they shall deliver this Warrant , and invest them with their particular Jewels , and Masonical Powers and Dignities as Provincial Grand Officers & c . & c . & c . And such Successors shall in like Manner nominate , chuse , and install & c .

their Successors & c . & c . such Installation to be upon or near every SAINT J ' S Day , the Twenty-fourth of June , during the continuance of the said Provincial Grand Lodge for ever . Providing the said Ri ght Worshipful Hugh Cheney , Daniel Plowman , William Trickitt and all the Successors , Grand Officers of the said Provincial Grand Lodge , do continually pay due Respect to the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted

Masons , by whom this Warrant is granted , otherwise this Warrant and Constitution to be of no Force nor Virtue . Given under our Hands and Seal of the Grand Lodge in London , the Fifth Day of September in the Year of our Lord , One Thousand Seven Hundred Ei ghty and One in the Year of Masonry , Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ei ghty and One and in the seventh Year of the Grand Mastership of His Grace the Duke of Atholl , & c . & c . & c .

I 1 I J Chas . Bearblock , GRAND SECRETARY NOTE . — This Warrant is registered I J in the Grand Lodge Vol . X / X Letter II . / G * L * SeaI \ KIRK I V in wax . J I I

The italics indicate the written portion—all the rest is printed like the earlier Athol Warrants , but without a border , this being a document adapted to its special purpose . The orthography is preserved , but not the old style printing " / " for " s ; " both for printer ' s convenience and utility , the modern style is given . I know

not whether such another Warrant maybe in existence , but think it very unlikely . I have desired to give this interesting document in the Freemason for many years past , but until last week have been unable to verify a rough copy made in 1876 , and which on comparison with the ori g inal vvas found to be ( as I expected ) not sufficiently exact for publication .

The Warrant is in the possession of the Britannia Lodge , No . 139 , Sheffield , and I am indebted to the kind courtesy of the present worthy W . Master , Bro . Edward Tozer , Prov . S . G . W . of West Yorkshire , for the opportunity of examining this and other valuable possessions belonging to the lodge . Notwithstanding

that the W . M . happened unfortunately to be confined to his bed by illness , lie deputed a well-known enthusiast ( formerly a Bradfordian ) , Bro . II . J . Garnett , P . M ., P . Prov . G . S . B . W . Yorkshire , in whose genial society I spent an hour most agreeably . It gives me very great pleasure to publicly acknowledge their fraternal kindness .

No . 217 was given to an Atholl Lodge , Square and Compass , Masons' Arms , Whitehaven , in 1813 ; it is doubtful if the functions of a Provincial Grand Lodge were ever exercised at Sheffield under this Warrant . It appears to have been instituted more as a sort of challenge to the " Moderns " Prov . G . Lodges , and the

Britannia ( always a strong lodge ) in particular . At the date of this Warrant the Britannia was known as " Tontine , " a name it may be stated vvhich the members gave it after the Warrant of 1765 was signed . The Britannia has had a most active life from the very first and a Masonic career as distinguished as it has been loyal and honourable . J , RAMSDEN RILEY .