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Scotland.
Comp . Warren then proposed , "The Ladies , and Comp . Lyon , " to which the worthy Companion replied , in a speech which elicited roars of laughter , from the assembled Companions . Comp . Notman gave , " Prosperity to Chapter No . 50 , and the health of the last axalted Companion , Forester , " to which Comp . Forester returned thanks . Comp . McDonald then sang a very beautiful Masonic song , entitled , " The Changes of Life . " Several Other Companions also favoured the Chapter with a little harmony . Comp . Notman proposed , "All Poor and Distressed Masons , " & c . The M . E . Z . then closed the meeting in the usual way .
ROYAL ORDER . A meeting of the members of this order ( of which the King of Scotland—or Great Britain , when there is one , is always the Supreme head , ) was held in St . Mark ' s Hall , Glasgow , on Tuesday last , the 25 th Sept ., when Br . H . G . Warren and Br . AVm . Forester were duly initiated into its mysteries and became knights of the Rosy Cross —a distinct Order from the Rose Croix , to which , however , its members by a recent arrangement , are entitled to be advanced at reduced fees . The ceremonies were ably performed by Br . Dr . Arnott , and Br . Donald Campbell . 4
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
THE MAEK DEGREE . I SUPREME GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF SCOTLAND . 2 b the Editor of the Masonic Mirror . Edinburgh , 21 . / Sept ., 1855 .
SIR AND BROTHER , —I annex , for your information , copy deliverance of this body in reference to the charge made against the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen , in having improperly and illegally issued to certain parties in London a warrant for exercising the Mark Degree there , and remain , Sir and Brother , Your very obedient Servant , WM . GAYLOR , G . S . N .
( Copy referred to . ) Edinburgh , 19 . A Sept ., 1855 . It having been reported to the Supreme Chapter that no communication had been received from . Companion Rettie , First Principal of the Bon Accord Chapter , Aberdeen , in answer to their former deliverance calling upon that Chapter to report that they had withdrawn the Mark warrant -which had been improperly and illegally issued by them for constituting a Mark Master ' s Lodge in London , are unanimously of
opinion that such conduct infers a want of respect towards the Supreme Body , and a refusal to comply with its decisions . They , therefore , as well on account of the irregularity wliich has been committed , as of this act of disobedience , suspend the said Chapter of Bon Accord , Aberdeen , from their privileges as a body of R . A . Masons , and until such time as effect shall have been given to the Order made upon them , and the warrant in question delivered up , in order to its being cancelled . To the Editor of the Masonic Mirror .
Aberdeen , Sept . 21 st , 1855 . SIR , —Having seen a letter in your last number , from Scribe N ,, of the Supreme Chapter of Scotland , Wm . Gaylor , will you permit me to reply to some statements which that letter contains , as they are not consistent with fact . ScribeN . states , "if the Aberdeen Chapter is correct , and has been fulfilling its
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Scotland.
Comp . Warren then proposed , "The Ladies , and Comp . Lyon , " to which the worthy Companion replied , in a speech which elicited roars of laughter , from the assembled Companions . Comp . Notman gave , " Prosperity to Chapter No . 50 , and the health of the last axalted Companion , Forester , " to which Comp . Forester returned thanks . Comp . McDonald then sang a very beautiful Masonic song , entitled , " The Changes of Life . " Several Other Companions also favoured the Chapter with a little harmony . Comp . Notman proposed , "All Poor and Distressed Masons , " & c . The M . E . Z . then closed the meeting in the usual way .
ROYAL ORDER . A meeting of the members of this order ( of which the King of Scotland—or Great Britain , when there is one , is always the Supreme head , ) was held in St . Mark ' s Hall , Glasgow , on Tuesday last , the 25 th Sept ., when Br . H . G . Warren and Br . AVm . Forester were duly initiated into its mysteries and became knights of the Rosy Cross —a distinct Order from the Rose Croix , to which , however , its members by a recent arrangement , are entitled to be advanced at reduced fees . The ceremonies were ably performed by Br . Dr . Arnott , and Br . Donald Campbell . 4
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
THE MAEK DEGREE . I SUPREME GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF SCOTLAND . 2 b the Editor of the Masonic Mirror . Edinburgh , 21 . / Sept ., 1855 .
SIR AND BROTHER , —I annex , for your information , copy deliverance of this body in reference to the charge made against the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen , in having improperly and illegally issued to certain parties in London a warrant for exercising the Mark Degree there , and remain , Sir and Brother , Your very obedient Servant , WM . GAYLOR , G . S . N .
( Copy referred to . ) Edinburgh , 19 . A Sept ., 1855 . It having been reported to the Supreme Chapter that no communication had been received from . Companion Rettie , First Principal of the Bon Accord Chapter , Aberdeen , in answer to their former deliverance calling upon that Chapter to report that they had withdrawn the Mark warrant -which had been improperly and illegally issued by them for constituting a Mark Master ' s Lodge in London , are unanimously of
opinion that such conduct infers a want of respect towards the Supreme Body , and a refusal to comply with its decisions . They , therefore , as well on account of the irregularity wliich has been committed , as of this act of disobedience , suspend the said Chapter of Bon Accord , Aberdeen , from their privileges as a body of R . A . Masons , and until such time as effect shall have been given to the Order made upon them , and the warrant in question delivered up , in order to its being cancelled . To the Editor of the Masonic Mirror .
Aberdeen , Sept . 21 st , 1855 . SIR , —Having seen a letter in your last number , from Scribe N ,, of the Supreme Chapter of Scotland , Wm . Gaylor , will you permit me to reply to some statements which that letter contains , as they are not consistent with fact . ScribeN . states , "if the Aberdeen Chapter is correct , and has been fulfilling its