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Scotland.
Jersey brethren , with a kindness and cordiality which he should never forget , called a Lodge for that especial purpose . In return , he exerted himself to secure other candidates for the same honor from amongst the Jersey Masons ivho were qualified to take it ; and here again meeting with the same kindness from the Brethren , he presented himself at the door of the Lodge , not a solitary candidate , but with 16 Comps . ( Cheers . ) They took the degree , which ivas substantially the same as that which he had seen worked that evening by their excellent M . E . Z . ; but the ceremonial was
more elaborate , and he thought in some respects preferable , although the charges were not so lucid ancl comprehensive as those in the Scottish Ceremony . Such was his connexion with the G . Chapter of Ireland—for this was in the Irish Lodge of Justice , No . 37—and as there appeared to be no other Irish Mason present , he begged most respectfully and cordially to thank them for their good wishes in respect of the G . Chapter of Ireland , as well as for the kind manner in which the M . E . Z- had been pleased to couple his name ivith so important and interesting a toast . ( Cheers . ) After several other toasts , the brethren separated at an early horn-.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET . The annual meeting of this very flourishing Chapter was held Sept . 24 , at the St . Mark's Hall , Glasgow . The Chapter having been duly opened , the following Companions were appointed , obligated , ancl invested as officers of the Chapter for the ensuing year : —Donald Campbell , Z ; James Home , H ; John M . Rowand , J ; Robert Mitchell , E ; Robert Thomson , jun ., N ; Alexander Mc Donald , Treasurer ; James Noble
Sutherland , 1 st Sojourner ; James B . Murdoch , 2 nd Sojourner ; James P . Stewart , 3 rd Sojourner ; Henry Johnstone , Sup . of Works ; James Pollock , Janitor ; Proxy Principal , Edward Main . At the conclusion of the business , the company adjourned to a very elegant dinner . The M . E . Z . Comp . Donald Campbell presided , and gave " The Queenand the Craft . " The Masons , he said , were a loyal fiody ; they always drank this toast with enthusiasm ,, and never more soin that Chapterthan when as nowHer Most Gracious Majest
, , , y was spending her time amongst her Scottish subjects . The toast was drank with great applause . The M . E . Z , then proposed "The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland , " with which he coupled the name of Companion Dr . Arnott , the D . G . Z . of Scotland . " This toast having been duly honored , Comp . Dr . Arnott , returned thanks . The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland had not been many years in existence . Previous to that period , Arch Masonry in Scotland , was mixed up very much with the Knight
Templars . Somewhere about 1811 , under the auspices of the Duke of Kent , separate , charters ivere issued for the Knight Templars' Encampments , and the consequence was , that for some years Royal . Arch Masonry in Scotland was without anyliead . About 1818 , they got the Chapters to agree to submit to a head in the shape of the Supreme Grand Chapter as it now existed , and since that time Royal Arch Masonry had made very great progress . There were many Chapters at first wliich would not yield obedience , till lately , when he ( Dr . Arnott ) came to Glasgoiv , and then , partly by tha
Companions leaving the irregular Chapters , and applying to the Supreme Chapter for proper charters , and partly from other causes , the irregular Chapters gradually disappeared , and at this moment he believed there was not in Scotland , a Royal Avch Chapter at all in a working state wliich did not hold regularly under the Supreme Grand Chapter . ( Hear and cheers . ) He had held his position as D . G . Z . for a number of years consecutively , except during one year , when it ivas desired to place in his chair a gentleman who had rendered some service to the Edinburgh Masons ; but that gentleman
found the duties of the office too onerous for him , and resigned at the expiration of the first . 12 months . On being applied to again to alloiv himself to be put in nomination for the . office , he ( Dr . Arnott ) consented on this condition , viz ., if he should be elected without a dissensient A'oice ho -would serve , if not , he would not . This condition having being , strictl y fulfilled , he consented to serve the office , and had served accordingly ever since . His post was by no means a sinecure . There were a great many duties connected . Avith it which did not meet the public eye , and wliich would not do exactly even to-
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Scotland.
Jersey brethren , with a kindness and cordiality which he should never forget , called a Lodge for that especial purpose . In return , he exerted himself to secure other candidates for the same honor from amongst the Jersey Masons ivho were qualified to take it ; and here again meeting with the same kindness from the Brethren , he presented himself at the door of the Lodge , not a solitary candidate , but with 16 Comps . ( Cheers . ) They took the degree , which ivas substantially the same as that which he had seen worked that evening by their excellent M . E . Z . ; but the ceremonial was
more elaborate , and he thought in some respects preferable , although the charges were not so lucid ancl comprehensive as those in the Scottish Ceremony . Such was his connexion with the G . Chapter of Ireland—for this was in the Irish Lodge of Justice , No . 37—and as there appeared to be no other Irish Mason present , he begged most respectfully and cordially to thank them for their good wishes in respect of the G . Chapter of Ireland , as well as for the kind manner in which the M . E . Z- had been pleased to couple his name ivith so important and interesting a toast . ( Cheers . ) After several other toasts , the brethren separated at an early horn-.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET . The annual meeting of this very flourishing Chapter was held Sept . 24 , at the St . Mark's Hall , Glasgow . The Chapter having been duly opened , the following Companions were appointed , obligated , ancl invested as officers of the Chapter for the ensuing year : —Donald Campbell , Z ; James Home , H ; John M . Rowand , J ; Robert Mitchell , E ; Robert Thomson , jun ., N ; Alexander Mc Donald , Treasurer ; James Noble
Sutherland , 1 st Sojourner ; James B . Murdoch , 2 nd Sojourner ; James P . Stewart , 3 rd Sojourner ; Henry Johnstone , Sup . of Works ; James Pollock , Janitor ; Proxy Principal , Edward Main . At the conclusion of the business , the company adjourned to a very elegant dinner . The M . E . Z . Comp . Donald Campbell presided , and gave " The Queenand the Craft . " The Masons , he said , were a loyal fiody ; they always drank this toast with enthusiasm ,, and never more soin that Chapterthan when as nowHer Most Gracious Majest
, , , y was spending her time amongst her Scottish subjects . The toast was drank with great applause . The M . E . Z , then proposed "The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland , " with which he coupled the name of Companion Dr . Arnott , the D . G . Z . of Scotland . " This toast having been duly honored , Comp . Dr . Arnott , returned thanks . The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland had not been many years in existence . Previous to that period , Arch Masonry in Scotland , was mixed up very much with the Knight
Templars . Somewhere about 1811 , under the auspices of the Duke of Kent , separate , charters ivere issued for the Knight Templars' Encampments , and the consequence was , that for some years Royal . Arch Masonry in Scotland was without anyliead . About 1818 , they got the Chapters to agree to submit to a head in the shape of the Supreme Grand Chapter as it now existed , and since that time Royal Arch Masonry had made very great progress . There were many Chapters at first wliich would not yield obedience , till lately , when he ( Dr . Arnott ) came to Glasgoiv , and then , partly by tha
Companions leaving the irregular Chapters , and applying to the Supreme Chapter for proper charters , and partly from other causes , the irregular Chapters gradually disappeared , and at this moment he believed there was not in Scotland , a Royal Avch Chapter at all in a working state wliich did not hold regularly under the Supreme Grand Chapter . ( Hear and cheers . ) He had held his position as D . G . Z . for a number of years consecutively , except during one year , when it ivas desired to place in his chair a gentleman who had rendered some service to the Edinburgh Masons ; but that gentleman
found the duties of the office too onerous for him , and resigned at the expiration of the first . 12 months . On being applied to again to alloiv himself to be put in nomination for the . office , he ( Dr . Arnott ) consented on this condition , viz ., if he should be elected without a dissensient A'oice ho -would serve , if not , he would not . This condition having being , strictl y fulfilled , he consented to serve the office , and had served accordingly ever since . His post was by no means a sinecure . There were a great many duties connected . Avith it which did not meet the public eye , and wliich would not do exactly even to-