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as first Principal * of Chapter No . 70 , I would beg shortly to state the facts connected with the origin and history of that Lodge . Upon the 11 th September , 1851 , a petition from sis members ( all residing in London ) , of the Bon-accord M . M . Lodge , holding of the Chapter No . 70 , was presented to that Chapter , praying for a Warrant to enable them to establish a Mark M . Lodge in London , under the title of the " London Bon-accord Mark

Master Lodge ; " as they were anxious "to promote and diffuse the genuine principle of Mark Masonry . " The Chapter granted a Warrant to those Brethren ; in consequence of the Sup . G . B-. A . Chapter of Scotland , having on March 12 th , 1848 , denuded themselves of the right of granting Mark Lodge Warrants , and as the resolution bears , " that the power of granting these degrees " ( Mark and Past Master ) " shall be vested in chapters only , as formerly declared by a resolution of the Supreme Chapter , dated 16 th September , 1846 . " Also because the granting of the Warrant did not interfere with any of those degrees which flourish under

the guardianship of the G-. L . or the Sup . G . Chapter of England . Had either of the two last bodies taken cognizance of the Mark Degree , most assuredly the members of Chapter No . 70 would never have granted such a Warrant . It was solely for the extension and promotion of a knowledge of one of the most beautiful and perfect of the Masonic Degrees . How it has succeeded in effecting that object , may be judged from the Mark B , oll of the Bonaccord Chapter , on which are recorded the names of some of the most accomplished Masons that England can boast of .

Twill copy the different regulations of the Supreme Chapter , to show that the Bon-accord Chapter has acted in accordance with the spirit of their obligations , in order to promote and advance a knowledge of Masonry . The members would not have granted the Warrant had it been contrary to the laws , or spirit of the laws , of the Supreme Chapter , and I for one would never have sanctioned such a step , as I never have countenanced , either in my private or public capacity in the Craft , a departure from the rules or regulations of any order to which I belong .

In the laws of the Supreme G-. B . A . of Scotland , published 1845 , chap . iv . par . 35 , will be found : —¦ < e As the G-. L . of Scotland does not at present permit its daughter Lodges to confer the degrees of Mark and P . M ., and as therefore these degrees cannot be legally obtained in a Lodge of St , John's Masonry in Scotland , the Supreme Chapter issues Warrants constituting Lodges for these degrees only . " This was the

law in 1845 . In the year 1848 the above law was abrogated by the Supreme Chapter . Upon March 12 th , inter alia , it was resolved to abrogate the law , chapter iv . par . 35 , by which the Supreme Chapter agrees to issue Warrants constituting Lodges to confer the degree of Mark and P . M ., and to enact and declare " that the power of these decrees shall be vested in Chapters only , as formerly declared by a resolution of the Supreme Chapter , dated 16 th September ,

1846 . " This is shortly the history of the London Bon-accord Mark Master Lodge . —I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , James Kittie , Aberdeen , May 4 , 1855 . First Principal , Bon-accord Chapter , No . 70 .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE . Sm , — "Will you permit me to draw the attention of your readers to a Book of Danish proverbs , printed in 1761 , at Copenhagen ? Few persons know anything about the Danes , and one sure way of learning the character of a nation is by studying its proverbs . As these proverbs are faithfully translated into French upon every page , there are very few who may not understand and derive great pleasure from the perusal of them . How true is it that " He who will make new gold loses often his old lead . " [ Den der vil gibre nyt Quid , mister fit gamle Blye . ] This is in the embodiment of the fable of the dog and its shadow , a lesson which the ambitious spirit is slow to learn . Nor is it less true , that "If a wife must