Music And The Masonic Ritual.—No. I.

God therewith ; and the voyce of man is chiefl y to be employed to that ende . " Onmis spiritus Jautlet Dominuni , Since singing is so good a thing , I wish all men ivould learn to sing , "

In our next paper wo shall have something to say of melody , and rhythm , ancl their effects among the ancients . Wo shall also sketch the character of the music that has been used in the various forms of religious worship , from the earliest times ; and in the secret rites and mysteries of the ancients .

A Scottish Masonic Hall.

A SCOTTISH MASONIC HALL .

[ Communicated by Bro . Wm , Hunter , R . W . M . of tho Lodge of Journeymen , No , S . ] AT present the Masonic province of Edinburgh contains fifteen Lodges in active operation ; six of them meet in hotels , viz ., the Locke of Edinburgh , Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 , at the Ship Hotel , East Register-street ; St . Luke , No . 4-1 , in the Hotel Francnis , Princes-street ; St . Andrew , No . 48 , in the Regent Hotel , Waterloo-place ; fit Stephen , No . 145 , in the Cafe ' West isterstreetCeltic

. Royal , Reg - ; , Edinburgh , and Leith , No . 291 , in the Turf Hotel , Princes-street ; and Trafalgar , No . — , in the Ship Hotel , Shore , Leith . One or two of these , we believe , intend to rent a portion ol ' the Grand Lodge premises in George-street , ivhich have been expressly fitted up for the accommodation of those subordinate Lod ges ivhich have no hulls of their own . The other nine Lodges meet in halls apart from hotels ; but in only four instances are these halls their own property . The Lodges

which have the good fortune to possess halls are the Canongate Kilwinniiv , No . 2 , in St . John-street . Canongate ; the Journeymen , No . 8 , in Totlclerick's-AA'ynd , High-street ' ; St . David , No . .. G , in Hyndfbrd ' s-close , Highstreet ; and St . James , No . 97 , in Writer ' s-comi , High-street . All of these halls have been in use for a considerable period . They arc associated with reminiscences of many distinguished men , who have met within their walls , with the hopes and fears of many an aspirant to the li ght and privileges of the Masonic order

, with many a joyous festivity , ancl with many warmly cherished friendships , there formed and cemented ' . They arc fitted up with a considerable degree of taste and elegance , hut with the exception of the hall of the Journeymen , which was cleaned and repainted a few years ago , they stand very much in need of renovation . We propose to give a short account and descri ption of the hall of the Journeymenas one of the oldest Masonic halls in the city of Edinburgh

, . The Lodge Journeymen ivas constituted in the year J 707 , aud ivas composed exclusively of operative Masons connected with the Lod ge and incorporation of Masons commonly known by the name of Mary ' s Chapel . For upwards of forty years they had no hall of their own , but held their meetings in various taverns and public buildings belonging to other parties . From JJ . fl to 1752 their principal meetings took place iu . one of the wards of the Roy ; i )