Monumental Fame.

request , to Fort Niagara , and confined a few days in a disused powder magazine , after which he disappeared . Theso aro the rival versions—that of the " National Christian Association " of America—and that of a respected citizen of the U . S . A ., who is also a Mason . We

will dismiss the latter as being that of a partisan of Masonry , but what shall be said of a Christian (?) Association , which , indirect opposition to the sacred principles of Christianity , has deliberately and in public lent itself to the perpetuation of a lio on behalf of a man , who , when you havo said of

him the utmost in his favour , must and will remain forever as vile a specimen of the perjured liar as ever breathed . It has never been proved that this Morgan was murdered at all , or , if he was , that the deed was clone by a Mason or Masons . Those charged with the murder were acquitted ,

and , according to every known principle of justice , an accusation , which cannot bo established , should not be laid against any man or body of men , whether they happen to be benighted and bloodthirsty "Freemasons " or enlightened and liberal-minded members of a " National Christian Association . " It has never been

proved that Morgan was murdered by the Freemasons , but it is a fact , which even his friends havo never disputed , that Morgan , having voluntarily sought admission into our ranks , and taken the obligation to keep the secrets entrusted to him , did prepare for publication an "Exposition "

of some of those secrets , and was publicly denounced in newspapers for such intended purjury . We repeat , the best that can be said of him is that he was prepared to appear before the public in the character of a perjured

scoundrel . And this is the man whom the " National Christian Association " has delighted to honour , at an outlay of £ 500 , and with as much ceremony as if he had been a man of unblemished character .

Who , after this , will care to be enrolled among the recipients of monumental fame ? To be placed in the same category with such as this William Morgan will be an eternal disgrace , even if it should be clone under the auspices of a Christian Association .

Lodge Mother Kilwinning, Scotland.

LODGE MOTHER KILWINNING , SCOTLAND .

IF Freemasonry in Scotland , in the early days before the Keformation , as well as now , was honoured by tho great , the noble and the illustrious , with their patronage and zeal , it was because Freemasonry commended itself to their honourable notice , and in becoming patrons of the Craft they became also wise Masters , and industrious , zealous and faithful Craftsmen . If they , on the one hand , looked with gracious favour upon , and participated with the

Brotherhood in their good works , then , on tho other hand , the Fraternity reflected honour upon them . Freemasonry honoured her illustrious brethren . The illustrious names upon the roll of Mother Kilwinning , and other ancient Lodges , are haloed with an evergreen memory throughout the Fraternity around the world . The monasteries they founded and endowed

may crumble to ruins , their castles may fall into dust , their chapels may vanish away , and even their estates may decay , and their titles become extinct ; but , enshrined in the memories of Masons , they shall live throughout all time as members of the great Brotherhood , and their example of zeal and devotion to the cause become more and more felt as the years of Masonry go on .

The fraternity of Freemasons in Scotland always owned their King and Sovereign as their Grand Master , and to his authority they submitted all disputes that happened among tho brethren . Accordingly we find King James I ., that patron of learning and art , countenancing the Lodge with his presence as the Eoyal Grand Master , till he settled a yearly revenue of four pounds Scots , to be paid by every

Master Mason in Scotland , to a Grand Master chosen by the Brethren , and approved by the Crown—one nobly born or an eminent clergyman , who had his Deputies in cities and counties ; and every new brother , at entrance , paid him also a fee . His office empowered him to regulate in the Fraternity what should not come under the cognizance of law courts . To him appealed both Mason and lord , or builder and founder when at variance .

William St . Clair , Earl of Orkney and Caithness , Baron of Roslyn , received a grant of the office of Grand Master from King James II . He was a Grand Master indeed . He visited the Lodges , propagated the Boyal Art , and built tho Chapel of Roslyn , a masterpiece of Gothic architecture . Under him Masonry spread its benign influence through the conntry , and many noble and stately buildings were reared by princes and nobles during his time . By another deed of

grant of King ; James II ., the office of Grand Master was made hereditary to William St . Clair , and his heirs and successors in the barony of Roslyn , in which noble family it continued without any interruption until comparatively late years , the Barons of Roslyn supporting with dignity the character and office of Grand Master Mason over all Scotland . The last Grand Master St , Clair , in . 1736 , being the last heir of the

Lodge Mother Kilwinning, Scotland.

barony in the direct male line , represented to the Lodge the benefits which would result to the Fraternity by their election of a Grand Master to govern and protect tho Craft ; and in order to promote so landable a design , he proposed to resign into the hands of the brethren , or whomsoever they should be pleased to elect , all right , or

claim whatever , which he or his successors might have to preside as Graud Master in Scotland . After due deliberation this proposition was acceded to , and tho Lodges being assembled , the Grand Lod ge was constituted and erected on tho 30 th day of November 1736 . The Mother Lodgo Kilwinning , however , did not acquiesce in the

proceedings erecting a Grand Lodge , bnt continued herself to hold an independent Lodge as formerly , and grant charters to new Lodges . It was not till the year 1807 that the differences between Mother Kilwinning and the Grand Lodge were adjusted finally by an agreement , in which Mother Kilwinning recognised the Grand Lodge on

the one hand , while on the other she was honoured with the recog . nition of her supreme claims to be the first Masonio Lodge of Scot , land , aud was recognised by the Grand Lodge , on its roll of Lodges , as the first Lodge , without a number , and to be named Mother Lodge Kilwinning , with this concession also , that the Master of Mother Kil .

winning should be Provincial Grand Master for the District of Ayr . shire . The elegant Chapel of Roslyn , and the old Baronial Castle , will ini . press tho mind of the visitor with the opulence and highly cultivated arfc-taste of the noble family of Roslyn .

At the Reformation Roslyn was spoiled of its revenues . On the 11 th of December 1 C 88 , the splendid ohapel , to which no description of its elegance would do justice , was defaced by a mob ; and during the early part of the last century it was in danger of falling into ruins . It was however , repaired by General St . Clair , and his successors

have contributed much to the preservation of the building . The family vault lies beneath tbe the pavement ot the Chapel . Barons were anciently buried in their armour without any coffin . Hay , writing about the beginning of the eighteenth century , says : " Late Rosline , my gud father , was the first that was buried iu a

coffin , against the sentiments of King James VII ., who was then in Scotland , and several other persons well versed in antiquity , to whom my mother would not hearken , thinking it beggarly to be buried after that manner . The great expense she was at in burying her husband , occasioned the sumptuary acts which were made in the following

Parliament . " A superstitious belief prevailed that the Chapel appeared on fire previous to the death of any of the Roslyn family . Sir Walter Scott , iu his ballad of Rosabella , makes happy use of this belief , and alludes to the nn-coffined mode of sepulture :

O ' er Roslyn all that dreary night A wondrous blaze was seen to gleam ; 'Twas broader than the watch-fire ' s light , And redder than the bright moonbeam .

It glared on Roslyn ' s castled rook , It ruddied all the copsewood glen ; 'Twas seen from Dryden ' s groves of oak , And seen from caverned Hawthornden Seemed all on fire that ohapel proud ,

Where Roslyn ' s Chiefs uncoffined lie—Each Baron , for a sable shroud , Sheathed in his iron panoply . Seemed all on fire within , around , Deep sacristy and altar ' s pale : Shone every pillar , foliage-bound , And glimmer'd all the dead men ' s mail

Blazed battlement and pinnet high , Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair—So still they blaze when fate is nigh The lordly line of high St . Clair .

Bro . Sir Garnet Wolseley , on his return to London , has received a welcome in all respects worthy of his recent great achievements in Egypt . On his arrival at Charing Cross , on Saturday , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Commander-in-Chief , the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , M . P .,

Bro . the Earl of Granville , Foreign Secretary of State , Mr . Childers , H . R . H . Princess Mary of Cambridge , Duchess , and the Duke of Teck , and Col . Clarke , representative of the Prince and Princess of Wales , were awaiting him . He has since had the honour of waiting on Her Majesty at Balmoral .

A new Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees , to be called the Four Kings' Council , No . 7 , will be consecrated by R . W . Bro . Chas . F . Matier D . G . M ., at the Masonic Hall , 8 A Red Lion-square , on Saturday , the 11 th inst ., at three o ' clock p . m . Bro . J . L . Mather is the Worship ful Master designate .

Bro . Kuhe ' s Brighton Musical Festival is arranged to open on Tuesday next , and will last throughout the Test o . the week . There is a prospect of some rare music , to be interpreted by some of our best artists , in store for the Brightonians and their friends and visitors .