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gow , ' a number of the office-bearers being " cationers . " In 2 nd Oct . 1784 . —It was intimated that their original charter from the Grand Lodge which had been sent to Edinburgh about ten or eleven years

ago and about which they had enquired and been informed " that the Grand Clark knew nothing about it" had been recovered after " a good dale of treble " by " Mr . Lewis Grant , Marchant in Edinburgh and Senior Warden of the St . Steven s

Lodge , who had sent it to them and they had received it all right , the lodge therefore thanked him & c .

In 5 th Nov . 1784 . —Bro . Grant attended their meeting and was made an honorary member and next day he seems to have been invited to dinner when as the minute says they " gave him a very hansom trate . " Old St . Mungo no doubt smiling

benignly all the while upon the fortunate recoverer oi his charter . In 27 th Dec . 1784 . —Deputations received from the Argyle , Union and Crown , St Marks " and from the operatives — which were respectfully

returned from the St . Mungo as their senior lodge . In 13 th Jan . 1785 . — "Bro . Mahomet Edfie * of the kingdom of Algiers , being introduced and vouched for by Bro . Ingram is admitted a member . "

Some hieroghyphics appended to the minute which I take to be Mahomets signature . In Sth Feb . 1785 . — "A great number of brethren being present , the night was spent in a most joviale manner as is usual among brethren ,

& c . " In 1 st June 1785 . —There was a large meeting ¦ when they "finished the night with proper decorum " at this and many former meetings a large number of " honorary " or " honoured "

members were made , independant of initiations , & c . In 6 th July 1785 . — " After passing the evening in the greatest harmony in their new hall the lodge was shut with the usual ceremonie . '' In 14 th December , 1785 . —Lodge met in

" Shaw ' s Tavern . In January 13 th , 1786 . — "Enacted and agreed in all time coming that the Entry of this Lodge should be one guinea , and the money to be paid down before proposition , and it was further enacted

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that by next meeting ; those that had paid their quarter accts . Entg . money , & c , to this Lodge , their names shall be mentioned from the chair ; and those that had not paid , should also be mentioned , and proper means taken for recovery of

same , and further it is agreed that there be an inventory taken of all the articles belonging to the Lodge , and Entd . in this Book accordingly , & c . In 21 st January , 1786 . — "Under their consideration that they should remove from Shaw s Tavern to James Buchanan ' s Saracen Head Inn , " & c .

2 nd March , 86 . —A Joining Apprentice promised "to pay his—dues—in a day or two , " another in 4 th March promised " to pay his dues when called for , ' ' which shows that the regulation of January 13 th was not very strictly adhered to ;

they found it easier to make laws than to walk up to them . ' November 30 th , 1786 . — " Brother James Ross being formerly a clandestine mason was admitted a Regular member of this Lodge and paid twelve

shillings sterling being his entry money , " & c . In 22 nd December , 1786 . —In Black Bull Inn a brother becomes security for the fee ( one guinea ) of a party becoming an apprentice . ( To le continued ?)

Freemasonry In Sweden.

FREEMASONRY IN SWEDEN .

We have received the following from a correspondent in Sweden : — "A closer union between the different Masonic bodies throughout the universe , is , in the interests of humanity , highly to be desired ; and it may not be uninteresting to many of the brethren to learn that a

preliminary step in this , the right direction , was adopted on the 21 st of May at a chapter held at Gothenburg , and by the able and zealous P . G . M ., Comp . Dr . Dickson , assisted by the D . P . G . M ., Comp . Dr . Ewert , and a large array of P . G . officers and companions , in exalting Comp . John Denton , of

Leeds , of the Robert Burns ( No . 25 ) , and Philanthropic Chapters ( No . 304 ) , into the 7 th degree under the Swedish system of Masonry ( this degree being a preliminary one to the Sth ) . Next year , should Comp . Denton desire it , he will no doubt be permitted to be exalted into the Sth , when lie will be able fully to appreciate the superiority of the Swedish system .

"For the information of the Craft at large , it may be stated that the Swedish system of Masonry consists of three divisions , viz .: the first three are called St . John ' s degrees to Craft Masonry ; the three next are termed St . Andrew ' s , and considered equivalent to Royal Arch Masonry in England and Scotland , and the remainder are Knight Templars , & c . " The first three degrees are open to all brethren