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Scotland.
Robert Walker , 69 Alexander Watson , 1 st Soj . 18 James Bryden , 50 William Turner , 2 nd Soj . 18 John Ball , Treas . 78 Arch . Eae , 18 John McLean , 67 David Dunlop , 18 gobert Morton , Jan ., 79 James Mann , 18 Daniel McKay , 50 J . S . McMurtrie , 18 Thomas Paton , 69 John H ., 18 James Aitkin , 67 John Kelly , 18
Irving Ferguson , J . 50 Quin H . Pollock , 18 William Hill , 50 John Watson , 18 Charles Brown , Scribe E . 50 John Inglis , 3 rd Soj . 18 George Cranston , 67 Archibald Guthrie , 80 Peter Agnew , 50 Neil Pollock , jun . 18 David Jack , 79 William Alexander , 18 Thomas Coward , Scribe E . 69 David J . McHutcbeson , lf . D . 18 WiBian David Henderson , 50 Jos . Erskine , 18
William Eichmond , 67 Hugh Henry , 18 James D . Porteous , 50 Dougall M'Neil , 69 L . Leffman , 50 ' James O . Park , 17 Q . A . Stevenonson , 73 Alexander J . Walker , 69 W . H . Dingley , 50 William Foulds , 69 Eobert Fleming , 69 J . B . Wig-htman , 69 J . P . Harkness , 50 Thomas Gordon , 69 David Eamsay 69 Allan Paterson 67
, , E . W . Morrison , 69 James Turnbull , 76 J . L . Duncan , 69 Robert Decker , 76 Gordon Smith , 50 J . W . Foubister , 50 Peter McKinnon , H . 78 Daniel Keith , 50 William G . Hickson , 69 Charles Boss , 50 Eobert McCallum , 69 Nicholas Black , 50 Thomas CamerondPast H . 69 Thomas TorranceZ 78
, , . Mitchell Allen , P . P . Z . 67 Alexander Bizzett , P . Z . 78 James Thomson , 69 Thomas Clark , 78 John Craig , 50 Robert Davidson , 78 William Bremner , 73 John Cross , 2 nd Soj . 78 James SIcGilvray , 73 John Spence , 78 James Campbell , P . Z . 67 James Duff , 78 James Leith , 67 Charles Burns , P . H . 78
H . D . Willock , 67 James Taylor , 1 st Soj . James Scott , 73 James Forbes , S . B . Peter Fulton , 50 Alexander W . Baxter 67 John Buchanan , 69 John Gumming , 79 James Lindsay , 69 John Cairns , 69 Wm . Pollock , P . Z . 18 AVilliam Crawford , 67 James Telfer , P . H . 18 Walker M'Leod , 69 Andrew Hunter , P . Z . 18 F . M'Rae 50
James Wallace , Scribe E . 18 E . Claasen , 50 David Bigham , Scribe N . 18 Hugh Muir , 69 R . B . Hill , Treas . 18 J . H . Hewitt , 50 In order to p lace themselves in what they consider a legal position under the Secret Societies Act , the above-signed companions deputed some of their number to before a Justice of the Peace
appear , and they have since issued the following certificate . We , the undersigned , the Pirst and Third Grand Principals , the Grand Scribe N , and the Treasurer Provisional ) of the General Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons for Scotland and the Colonies , compeared this day , before meDavid TuileEsquire
, , , one of Her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace for the County of Lanark , and did certify on oath that the said General Grand Chapter for Scotland and the Colonies , with her subordinate or daughter Chapters , are held solely for the purposes of Preemasonry , in conformit y Avith the exemptions to the Acts 27
George III ., c . 123 and 39 George III ., c , 79 . This we do upon the thirty-first day of December , Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two years . ( Signed ) Donald Campbell , 1 st G . Principal Z . Neil B . Dalveen , 3 rd G . Principal J . James Muir , G . Scribe N . Hutcheson Campbell , G . Treasurer .
Compeared before me , one of Her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace , Donald Campbell , Neil B . Dalveen , James Muir , and Hutcheson Campbell , who being solemnly sworn , declare the above to be true . ( Signed ) - DAVID YUILE , J . P . for Lanarkshire .
On The Arch And Arcades.
ON THE ARCH AND ARCADES .
A EGCTURE DELIA EHED BY PHOEESSOK SMIRKE AT THE EOYAL ACADEMl * . I think ifc may fairly be said thafc most of man ' s greatest discoveries have been the result , humanly speaking , of accident . The manufacture of glass , and gunpowder , the discovery of the magnetic needle , and of
the steam engine , are striking , although perhaps somewhat trite , illustrations of this truth . Indeed , the history of science is full of examples of what may be , in some sense , regarded as the fortuitous origin , not only of the great inventions of human ingenuity , but of many of the subordinate improvements and accessories in art and
science . It is not my purpose , however , on the present occasion , to expatiate on this wide field of inquiry , or to consider with what propriety the process of the human mind by which it observes , and applies , and appropriates the suggestions offered by external objects , can be termed accidental .
My only reason for adverting to it , is , to introduce to your notice a very early and important discovery in the art of construction ; a discovery , indeed , which led the way to some of the most important revolutions which have ever influenced the practice of architectural art . I refer to the discovery of the arch . I believe that this
discovery may really , Avith great probability , be attributed to accident . This idea forcibly struck me when examining the remains of Pelasgic art in Efcruria . " We see no traces of the use of the arch , ib is true , but we see in the peculiar masonry of that early period , what I cannot but believe to have been the germ of the arch , namely , that fortuitous fitting together of several stones which
would admit of the removal of some op them without causing the disturbance of the rest . The pains-taking masons of that period could not have been long without perceiving the convenience resulting from this peculiar collocation to which I refer , and which is the special characteristic of the masonry of the Pelasgi , who are assumed to be the earliest civilized inhabitants of Italy .
I may add in corroboration of this conjecture , that in one of the early vestiges of ancient Rome , namely , the Emmissario at the Lago d'Albano , is a flat arch , such as is technically called a skeme arch , which is just the kind of arch that AVOUM naturally suggest itself as one of the first applications of the principle . I must not , however , detain you many minutes on this subject ; it is too
archseological to be suitable for our consideration here . In thus suggesting the possibility that the arch may have its origin among the Etruscan masons , on observing the facilities occasionally offered by the collocation of stones in their opus incertum , I fear that I cannot claim for them the exclusive merit of the discovery , for there is no fact more certain than that arches were used
by builders so Avidely separated from them and from each other , both by time and space , that Ave cannot reasonably suppose that one borrowed from the other , or that there was any interchange of knoAvledge . Sir Gardner "Wilkinson tells us of arches in Egyptian masonry , to which he considers himself justified in attributing the early date of 1200 B . C . "We have , too ,
brought under our OAVII eyes , in the British Museum , bas-reliefs carved with beautiful precision , and in perfect preservation , the representations of walled cities , in which arch-headed doorways repeatedly occur . The date attributable to these examples , is , according to our best authorities , the seventh or ei ghth century B . C . I am informed that quite recently certain excavations made by one of the religious societies , in a vineyard on the Aventine hill , in Eome , have brought to light well-preserved portions of the ramparts attributed " to the regal
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Scotland.
Robert Walker , 69 Alexander Watson , 1 st Soj . 18 James Bryden , 50 William Turner , 2 nd Soj . 18 John Ball , Treas . 78 Arch . Eae , 18 John McLean , 67 David Dunlop , 18 gobert Morton , Jan ., 79 James Mann , 18 Daniel McKay , 50 J . S . McMurtrie , 18 Thomas Paton , 69 John H ., 18 James Aitkin , 67 John Kelly , 18
Irving Ferguson , J . 50 Quin H . Pollock , 18 William Hill , 50 John Watson , 18 Charles Brown , Scribe E . 50 John Inglis , 3 rd Soj . 18 George Cranston , 67 Archibald Guthrie , 80 Peter Agnew , 50 Neil Pollock , jun . 18 David Jack , 79 William Alexander , 18 Thomas Coward , Scribe E . 69 David J . McHutcbeson , lf . D . 18 WiBian David Henderson , 50 Jos . Erskine , 18
William Eichmond , 67 Hugh Henry , 18 James D . Porteous , 50 Dougall M'Neil , 69 L . Leffman , 50 ' James O . Park , 17 Q . A . Stevenonson , 73 Alexander J . Walker , 69 W . H . Dingley , 50 William Foulds , 69 Eobert Fleming , 69 J . B . Wig-htman , 69 J . P . Harkness , 50 Thomas Gordon , 69 David Eamsay 69 Allan Paterson 67
, , E . W . Morrison , 69 James Turnbull , 76 J . L . Duncan , 69 Robert Decker , 76 Gordon Smith , 50 J . W . Foubister , 50 Peter McKinnon , H . 78 Daniel Keith , 50 William G . Hickson , 69 Charles Boss , 50 Eobert McCallum , 69 Nicholas Black , 50 Thomas CamerondPast H . 69 Thomas TorranceZ 78
, , . Mitchell Allen , P . P . Z . 67 Alexander Bizzett , P . Z . 78 James Thomson , 69 Thomas Clark , 78 John Craig , 50 Robert Davidson , 78 William Bremner , 73 John Cross , 2 nd Soj . 78 James SIcGilvray , 73 John Spence , 78 James Campbell , P . Z . 67 James Duff , 78 James Leith , 67 Charles Burns , P . H . 78
H . D . Willock , 67 James Taylor , 1 st Soj . James Scott , 73 James Forbes , S . B . Peter Fulton , 50 Alexander W . Baxter 67 John Buchanan , 69 John Gumming , 79 James Lindsay , 69 John Cairns , 69 Wm . Pollock , P . Z . 18 AVilliam Crawford , 67 James Telfer , P . H . 18 Walker M'Leod , 69 Andrew Hunter , P . Z . 18 F . M'Rae 50
James Wallace , Scribe E . 18 E . Claasen , 50 David Bigham , Scribe N . 18 Hugh Muir , 69 R . B . Hill , Treas . 18 J . H . Hewitt , 50 In order to p lace themselves in what they consider a legal position under the Secret Societies Act , the above-signed companions deputed some of their number to before a Justice of the Peace
appear , and they have since issued the following certificate . We , the undersigned , the Pirst and Third Grand Principals , the Grand Scribe N , and the Treasurer Provisional ) of the General Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons for Scotland and the Colonies , compeared this day , before meDavid TuileEsquire
, , , one of Her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace for the County of Lanark , and did certify on oath that the said General Grand Chapter for Scotland and the Colonies , with her subordinate or daughter Chapters , are held solely for the purposes of Preemasonry , in conformit y Avith the exemptions to the Acts 27
George III ., c . 123 and 39 George III ., c , 79 . This we do upon the thirty-first day of December , Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two years . ( Signed ) Donald Campbell , 1 st G . Principal Z . Neil B . Dalveen , 3 rd G . Principal J . James Muir , G . Scribe N . Hutcheson Campbell , G . Treasurer .
Compeared before me , one of Her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace , Donald Campbell , Neil B . Dalveen , James Muir , and Hutcheson Campbell , who being solemnly sworn , declare the above to be true . ( Signed ) - DAVID YUILE , J . P . for Lanarkshire .
On The Arch And Arcades.
ON THE ARCH AND ARCADES .
A EGCTURE DELIA EHED BY PHOEESSOK SMIRKE AT THE EOYAL ACADEMl * . I think ifc may fairly be said thafc most of man ' s greatest discoveries have been the result , humanly speaking , of accident . The manufacture of glass , and gunpowder , the discovery of the magnetic needle , and of
the steam engine , are striking , although perhaps somewhat trite , illustrations of this truth . Indeed , the history of science is full of examples of what may be , in some sense , regarded as the fortuitous origin , not only of the great inventions of human ingenuity , but of many of the subordinate improvements and accessories in art and
science . It is not my purpose , however , on the present occasion , to expatiate on this wide field of inquiry , or to consider with what propriety the process of the human mind by which it observes , and applies , and appropriates the suggestions offered by external objects , can be termed accidental .
My only reason for adverting to it , is , to introduce to your notice a very early and important discovery in the art of construction ; a discovery , indeed , which led the way to some of the most important revolutions which have ever influenced the practice of architectural art . I refer to the discovery of the arch . I believe that this
discovery may really , Avith great probability , be attributed to accident . This idea forcibly struck me when examining the remains of Pelasgic art in Efcruria . " We see no traces of the use of the arch , ib is true , but we see in the peculiar masonry of that early period , what I cannot but believe to have been the germ of the arch , namely , that fortuitous fitting together of several stones which
would admit of the removal of some op them without causing the disturbance of the rest . The pains-taking masons of that period could not have been long without perceiving the convenience resulting from this peculiar collocation to which I refer , and which is the special characteristic of the masonry of the Pelasgi , who are assumed to be the earliest civilized inhabitants of Italy .
I may add in corroboration of this conjecture , that in one of the early vestiges of ancient Rome , namely , the Emmissario at the Lago d'Albano , is a flat arch , such as is technically called a skeme arch , which is just the kind of arch that AVOUM naturally suggest itself as one of the first applications of the principle . I must not , however , detain you many minutes on this subject ; it is too
archseological to be suitable for our consideration here . In thus suggesting the possibility that the arch may have its origin among the Etruscan masons , on observing the facilities occasionally offered by the collocation of stones in their opus incertum , I fear that I cannot claim for them the exclusive merit of the discovery , for there is no fact more certain than that arches were used
by builders so Avidely separated from them and from each other , both by time and space , that Ave cannot reasonably suppose that one borrowed from the other , or that there was any interchange of knoAvledge . Sir Gardner "Wilkinson tells us of arches in Egyptian masonry , to which he considers himself justified in attributing the early date of 1200 B . C . "We have , too ,
brought under our OAVII eyes , in the British Museum , bas-reliefs carved with beautiful precision , and in perfect preservation , the representations of walled cities , in which arch-headed doorways repeatedly occur . The date attributable to these examples , is , according to our best authorities , the seventh or ei ghth century B . C . I am informed that quite recently certain excavations made by one of the religious societies , in a vineyard on the Aventine hill , in Eome , have brought to light well-preserved portions of the ramparts attributed " to the regal