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Scotland.
wishes upon that head , —Lodges would once more raise their heads , and resume their labours with alacrity . Trusting I may be the humble instrument in removing this evil , I am respectfully , Sir and Brother , ' Yours fraternally , A Master of a working Military Lodge , Under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , AND A SUBSCRIBER TO THE REVIEW .
We make no other comment upon the above letter than to express , in conjunction with the writer , a hope that those in authority may be induced to examine into the soundness of those principles which have been embraced by the heroes of Trafalgar and Waterloo . THE RIGHT PION . SIR JAMES FORREST OF COMISTON , BART ., LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH , AND GRAND MASTER MASON OF SCOTLAND . — This highlrespected Brother is the fifth individual whosince the year
y , 1736 , has had the distinguished honour conferred upon him by his fellow-citizens and the Masonic Craft , of being elected to fill the civic and the Masonic chair in the northern metropolis . Of him , in his civic capacity , it is not for us to treat in this place , though we may be allowed to say , that no chief magistrate has excelled him in a warm interest for the welfare and comfort of the citizens , and an indefatigable zeal for the improvement of the city , and for which he has justly merited the praises
of the community . But it is as the Grand Master Mason of Scotland that brings him more especially under our notice , and it is with unfeigned pleasure we are enabled to state , that no Brother who previously filled that high station , ever entered upon the duties of his office with a greater anxiety to do his duty to the Craft , and also , at " buckling on his harness , " professed less , and yet has done more than he has , for the best interests of the
Fraternity . This has been evinced in no ordinary degree by the M . W . the Grand Master having , since the annual festival in November , notwithstanding his other and numerous engagements , visited , accompanied by his Grand Officers , four Lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , viz ., the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , Brother Woodman ; St . Andrew ' s , Brother Notmau ; St . Stephen ' s , Brother Reid ; and Portobello , Brother Captain Steele .
Since 1809 , when the Hon . William Maule , now Lord Panmure , was Grand Master , no other individual holding that office , has in one year made so many Masonic visits to the subordinate Lodges ; and we trust that so good a work , thus commenced with so much zeal and alacrity , may be continued next year , as it must be productive of much good to the Craft , having a distinguished Brother to take such an immediate interest in their welfare , and whose very polite and affable , though dignified deportment , cannot fail to secure the love and affection of all around him .
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . —The following notices are extracted from the Grand Lodge annual circular , recently promulgated : — Nov . 12 , 1838 . —The Prov . Grand Master of the West India Islands , having communicated the desire of a number of his Brethren to obtain a dispensation to work in the Degree of Mark-Master Mason , the Grand Lodge , referring to chap . 19 , sect . 1 , of the laws , declined to sanction the dispensation solicited . May 6 , 1839 . —St , Mark ' s Lodge , Glasgow , and the Lower Lodge ,
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Scotland.
wishes upon that head , —Lodges would once more raise their heads , and resume their labours with alacrity . Trusting I may be the humble instrument in removing this evil , I am respectfully , Sir and Brother , ' Yours fraternally , A Master of a working Military Lodge , Under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , AND A SUBSCRIBER TO THE REVIEW .
We make no other comment upon the above letter than to express , in conjunction with the writer , a hope that those in authority may be induced to examine into the soundness of those principles which have been embraced by the heroes of Trafalgar and Waterloo . THE RIGHT PION . SIR JAMES FORREST OF COMISTON , BART ., LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH , AND GRAND MASTER MASON OF SCOTLAND . — This highlrespected Brother is the fifth individual whosince the year
y , 1736 , has had the distinguished honour conferred upon him by his fellow-citizens and the Masonic Craft , of being elected to fill the civic and the Masonic chair in the northern metropolis . Of him , in his civic capacity , it is not for us to treat in this place , though we may be allowed to say , that no chief magistrate has excelled him in a warm interest for the welfare and comfort of the citizens , and an indefatigable zeal for the improvement of the city , and for which he has justly merited the praises
of the community . But it is as the Grand Master Mason of Scotland that brings him more especially under our notice , and it is with unfeigned pleasure we are enabled to state , that no Brother who previously filled that high station , ever entered upon the duties of his office with a greater anxiety to do his duty to the Craft , and also , at " buckling on his harness , " professed less , and yet has done more than he has , for the best interests of the
Fraternity . This has been evinced in no ordinary degree by the M . W . the Grand Master having , since the annual festival in November , notwithstanding his other and numerous engagements , visited , accompanied by his Grand Officers , four Lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , viz ., the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , Brother Woodman ; St . Andrew ' s , Brother Notmau ; St . Stephen ' s , Brother Reid ; and Portobello , Brother Captain Steele .
Since 1809 , when the Hon . William Maule , now Lord Panmure , was Grand Master , no other individual holding that office , has in one year made so many Masonic visits to the subordinate Lodges ; and we trust that so good a work , thus commenced with so much zeal and alacrity , may be continued next year , as it must be productive of much good to the Craft , having a distinguished Brother to take such an immediate interest in their welfare , and whose very polite and affable , though dignified deportment , cannot fail to secure the love and affection of all around him .
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . —The following notices are extracted from the Grand Lodge annual circular , recently promulgated : — Nov . 12 , 1838 . —The Prov . Grand Master of the West India Islands , having communicated the desire of a number of his Brethren to obtain a dispensation to work in the Degree of Mark-Master Mason , the Grand Lodge , referring to chap . 19 , sect . 1 , of the laws , declined to sanction the dispensation solicited . May 6 , 1839 . —St , Mark ' s Lodge , Glasgow , and the Lower Lodge ,