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CONTENTS . PAGE L EADERSUnited Grand Lodge of New South Wales ... ... ... 6 45 History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 ) ... ... 645 Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Quarterly Convocation ) ... ... 646 Provincial Grand Lodge of . West Yorkshire ... ... ... ... 646 Consecration of the Alston Lodge , No . 2794 ... ... ... 648

IN M EMORIAM— ^ Bro . Chas . Henry Driver ... ... ... ... ... 648 Craft Masonry ... ¦•••••— ••••••6 4 M ASONIC NOTESQuarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... 653 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge ot Somersetshire ... 653 South African Masonic Relief Fund ... ... ... ... 653 Annual Meeting of the Great Priory of the Order of the Temple in Canada ... ... ... ... ... - 653

Correspondence ... ... •¦•... ... ... 654 Reviews ... •••¦••••••••••••••6 55 I RELANDLurgan Masonic Hall ... ... ... ... ... ... 655 The City and the Craft ... ... ... ... ... ... 656

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 57 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 6 57 Consecration of the Devonian Lodge , No . 2 S 3 4 ... ... ... 65 S Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... ( 160 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 661

United Grand Lodge Of New South Wales.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES .

It does not often happen that a proposal by a Grand Lodge to vote a sum of money in aid of some benevolent object unconnected with the Craft , but still well deserving of its

generous support , is threatened with serious opposition from any prominent Mason . But in the Freemasons' Chronicle of Australasia for the 31 st of August last will be found the report

of a special Communication of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , which was held in Sydney on the 8 th of that month , for the purpose of dealing with "a recommendation" of the Board of General Purposes for a vote in aid of the Indian

Famine Relief Fund . Before , however , thc acting Grand Master called upon thc President of thc Board to submit his proposition , hc read certain correspondence which had passed on the subject between Bro . Sir J OSEPH ABBOTT , Past M . W . G . M .,

and thc Grand Master . From this it appears that on thc day preceding the special meeting thc G . M . received a private note from his immediate predecessor in office , in whicii the latter expressed a most decided objection to thc proposal on thc

ground of its illegality , and announced his intention of opposing it by every means in his power . To this the G . Master replied that there were numerous precedents in its favour . However , as Bro . Sir J OSEPH ABBOTT

heldlo his opinion the Grand Master referred to two precedents which had occurred during his Grand Mastership , namely , on December , 18 9 6 , when a sum of 50 guineas was voted to the Stockton Relief Fund , and the other in September , 18 97 , when

Bro . Sir JOSEPH ABBOTT delivered a written ruling on thc subject of a proposed grant of £ 500 to the Consumptive Hospital , in which hc admitted that , though he himself was opposed to it , the recommendation was " one for Grand Lodge to deal

with . " Grand Lodge then proceeded to discuss the Board ' s recommendation for a grant—which was altered from £ 50 to £ 52 IOS ., in order that it might be again brought forward before

Grand Lodge for confirmation—but an amendment that the sum should be 100 guineas was carried almost unanimously , and was afterwards accepted as a substantive motion . After this we hope to read that the vote has passed without further challenge .

History Of The Lodge Of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel), No. 1.*

HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH ( MARY'S CHAPEL ) , No . 1 . *

The particulars given last week relate to the lodge itself , with the exception of those concerning the service in St . Giles e s Cathedral , of which the Grand Lodge was a patron , and in which

Masonry generally throughout Scotland may be said to have borne a part . But there is much else in the new matter relating to the Grand Lodge and especially to those who have successively occupied the chair of Grand Master . In Chapter

XLVIIL , for instance , there is an elaborate account of the constitution of Grand Lodge , together with statistics as to the number of lodges on thc roll , and of the Provincial Grand Lodges both at home and abroad , which exercise jurisdiction over the

lodges located within their respective limits , and a table from 1800 onwards showing the number of intrants—initiatesregistered year by year , the highest number reached being in 18 99 , when there were registered upwards of 7500 intrants . A

few particulars are likewise furnished as to the Fund of Scottish Masonic Benevolence , " which was founded b y Grand Lodge in 1846 , " though , as we arc told , it was in 1837 L " " funds were raised , chiefly in Edinburgh , for educating thc daughters of

deceased and indigent Freemasons , " the scheme being afterwards merged in the Fund of Benevolence just mentioned . Reference is also made to the Annuity Fund , which was also established by Grand Lodge in November , 188 S , and which is at

present expending upwards of £ 1200 in annuities to C 7 members of lodges , 45 widows , and 25 orphans . There is also recorded the union of the old lodge at Melrose , which remained aloof from thc Grand Lodge until 18 91 , when , after thc

necessary pourparlers , it arranged to place itself on the roll of Grand Lodge , thc place assigned it being next in point of seniority to the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 . As for the Grand Masters who have held office since the issue ofthe former edition of this History ,

they are Sir MICHAEL R . SHAW-STEWART , Bart . ( 1873-S 1 ); the late Earl of MAR and KELLIE ( 1882-84 ) , who died in 1 S 88 ; Sir ARCHIBALD C . CAMPBELL , Bart ., now Lord BLYTHSWOOD ( 1 S 85-91 ); the Earl of HADDINGTON ( 1892-93 ); Sir C

DALRYMPLE , of Newhailes , Bart ., M . P . ( 18 94-9 6 ); Lord SALTOUN ( 18 97-99 ) ; and the Hon . J AMES HOZIER , M . P ., who was elected in 1 S 99 , and is still in office . In each case a brief record is given of thc services rendered by these distinguished

Masons , there being , in addition , a full-page portrait of each of them , which , as far as wc arc able to judge , appears to us as excellent a presentation of the original as it is , from an artistic point of view , most admirable in tone and finish , and

thc other essentials of a good portrait . In addition well-nHi innumerable illustrations of distinguished members of the Scottish Fraternity , as well as of Past and Present Masters and office-bearers of Lodge No . 1 and of other brethren are

conveniently interspersed throughout the volume , and it is almost needless to say materially enhance the appreciation with which the new issue will undoubtedly be received . Among the

members of the Iodge thus portrayed arc Sir Paterick Hume , of Polw ' arth , afterwards Earl of Marchmont ; and Alexander Hamilton , General of Artillery , 1 G 40 , who were among the earliest of the gentlemen Masons who werc received into

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