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workshops and land to till , so that , although you may not at present make the house self-supporting , you have every reason to look in time , I think , for a considerable reduction in your rates . I congratulate you also on the site you have obtained for this building—a site so well adapted to the purpose for which it is intended . I would beg to return to the masters and brethren of the Edinburgh Lodges , as well as to the brethren of the daughter lodges , present , my thanks for tho very large

support they have given on the present occasion . I am proud to state , from a return I have just received , that there are no fewer than fifty-four lodges present , including 5 S 2 members . I think this is highly creditable to the craft of Scotland coining forward in this manner to support such an institution as this . It is seldom , I think , that tho brethren and I have had to walk so far together as AVO have to-daybut I trust that this salubrious air ivill only givo them

, an additional appetite for their dinner . I take this opportunity of intimating to tho JIasters of tho Edinburgh lodges that I have to lay tho foundation stono of a now church at St . AudroAv's ou tho 31 st July , and I can assure you that any deputations that may attend that ceremony will rocoii o a hearty Avolcomo from tho brethren iu Fife , and I uood not say that it will bo most gratifying to myself . I do not know- that I ha \ o any othor remarks to make , and I shall conclude by praying tho Groat

Architect of tho Universe to permit this building to bo brought to a successful issue , without detriment or accident to any man w-ho may bo omploj-od in its erection . Tho Chairman of tho Board replied in a most excellent and appropriate speech , giving all tho particulars relative to tho purposes of tho building , and its future management , & e . Three cheers woro afterwards given for tho Grand JIastor aud tho Queen , and tho proceedings terminated about three o ' clock . The procession then ro-formod and returned in inverted order to tho plaie of meeting , whore tho brethren dispersed .

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JMASSACHUSETS . DEDICATION OP TIIE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE AT BOSTON . On Monday , the 24 th ult ., ceremonies attending the dedication of the New Masonic Temple took place . That was a great day for Boston . Immense crowds of people—Freemasons and others—began to arrive from neighbouring states and counties at an early hour . Every building had its particular striof

p bunting ; and the whole city was practically draped in flags . Arches and scrolls innumerable ornamented the principal avenues ; the housetops were covered , and the balconies and windows filled with Yankees , attired in their "Sunday "garments , and countless thousands of the unwashed blockaded the streets . At half-past nine the dedicatory ceremonies ( which were strictly JIasonie ) began in the principal hall of the Temple . It is sufficient

to say , at this time , that it is constructed of New Hampshire granite , is seven storeys in height , has a frontage of eighty-five feet and a depth of 120 feet ; the architecture , for the most part , is of the Gothic order ; the principal room , however , is called the "Egyptian Hall , " and its character is in keeping with the name ; the building is divided into lodgerooms , dining halls , and the chambers and apartments

necessarily used in conducting the ceremonies of the order of Freemasons . Striking features of the building are two towers , one of which is 120 feet in hei ght . On the whole , the edifice is the best of its kind in the country . At an early stage of the proceedings the President was introduced as a Freemason . He took part in the dedicatory ceremonies . After the necessary addresses the Grand Lodge formed in procession , an examination of the building was madeand pitchers of cornwineand oil

, , , were poured out—the Grand Jlaster dedicating the hall to "Freemasonry , " Virtue , " and "Universal Benevolence "hymns being sung at various points in the proceedings . After the Benediction had been pronounced , the President said : — It is not for the purpose of making au address—or , as we sometimes say , a speech—on this occasion that I now rise , but simply to sincere thanksfirstfor the invitation

express my , , that I have received to be here and witness and participate in the dedication of this building to Freemasonry ,- and in being here I should be doing myself injustice ivere I to conceal the sincere and profound gratitude that I have experienced in being introduced and made the guest of this lodge . This will be one of the events of my life , to be remembered so long as the current that is now flowing from the central stream shall continue to

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flow . The remembrance of this occasion and this event will only expire or terminate with my existence . I am proud , I am gratified that the opportunity lias been afforded me to participate with you on the present occasion , and to be with yon here as a brother . It has been one of the boasts of my life , though not often expressed , that I belonged to an association which , although it was not political , embraced principles that iveve not confined to particular localities or pointsbut were

co-, extensive with the universe and interested the ivhole human , race . One of my boasted expressions has always been that the world was my home , and every man in it my brother . Gentlemen , or brothers , as I should say , please accept my sincere thanks—for they are sincere—for this cordial welcome . The Grand Lodge then broke up . The procession of Freemasons was immediately afterwards formed in the street . At

least 10 , 000 members of the fraternity , attired in the insignia and regalia of their Order , marched through the principal thoroughfares . The president ' s coach ivas drawn by six handsome chestnut horses , and escorted by a guard of Knight Templars . A perpetual shower of bouquets fell upon the Presidential carriage , Irom housetop or ivindow , along the ivhole lino of march . Jlr . Johnson succeeded in catching one of these offeringsbowing to the donor as he did so . Independent

, American mothers insisted upon presenting future presidents to the ruling chief magistrate , and innumerable kisses were extorted by these growing sovereigns from the magisterial lips . The president was escorted to the JIusic Hall , where a long address , devoted to Freemasons and Freemasonry , was delivered by Jlr . Studley , of Ohio . In the evening a banquet took place in the new temple . Covers were laid for 1 , 200 persons . ID

response to the toast , "The President of the United States , " Jlr . Johnson favoured the assemblage with an address of considerable length . He regarded the present as the beginning of a new era in Freemasonry . He had witnessed and participated in many celebrations when the institution of Freemasonry was the object of popular denunciation and ridicule ; but that had been changed . . Notwithstanding the confusion attending the assembling of so great a crowd , he had not heard that dav a

single acrimonious expression—And now , this groat termination being reached , wo must rejoice in tho triumph of tho living , tho indestructible principles which havo pervaded tho Fraternity from its advent till tho present time . I did not rise , my brothers , for tho purpose of making a speech , and I had not intended to say as much as I hai-e . I do this , however , by ivay of opisodo . Thoro are somo , perhaps , who would not bo prepared to concede that I am not loquacious . I

am not , as a general thing , hoivovor , very garrulous or loquacious . Tho little talking I havo done has boon more a matter of necessity than of choice , but when compelled to speak I care not before what audience or tribunal it has been—A \ -hon truth , ivhen principle , when my country , when tho groat cause of the human family was at stake , I havo spoken . I havo done so in times gone by , when tho very existence of my government and my countiy was imperilled . I believe that the groat principles of

Jlasonry are synonymous Avith the great principles of free government , and if my brothers will examine my public career from my advent in political life till tho present time , I think they will find that I havo boon true to both . Although personally __ stranger to JIassaehusotts , I am her intimate friond and acquaintance , and politically it matters not where AVO are—whether in tho East or tho West , or tho North or tho South—when thosa groat principles come up . Jlen that understand them can act in

concert and harmony . I have never failed to defend tho Order , though tho Fraternity have passed through many severe ordeals Avhich havo tried and subjected its votaries to tests of tho most excruciating character . I caro not whether it is religion or politics , or both combined ; iu tho pursuit and in support of a correct principle I have never hesitated to express my vioAvs . I live for principle , I am devoted to principle , and I take fresh courage from tho demonstrations ivhieh havo been mado to-day

by tho people of tho good city of Boston and of tho stato of Jfassachusotts . I thank you for that demonstration—a manifestation ¦ of fooling and an outburst , as it woro , of popular sentiment which , havo rarely boon equalled , and I doubt ivhether ono liko it ever occurred in tho United States or elsewhere . Shortly after the conclusion of this speech tho . President withdrew .

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YORKSHIRE , NORTH AND EAST . SCABBOnouon . — Old Globe Chapter ( No . 200 ) The regular-