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

membership of the Lodge . Among " the others " who are thus honoured are Bros . R . F . Goui . D and W . J . lluoiiAN , who are described as " Masonic Historians , " and of whom Bro . LYON in his Preface speaks as " those giants in British Masonic

Literature ; " Bro . D . CRAWFORD SMITH , historian of the " Scoon and Perth" Lodge ; and Bro . F . J . W . CROWE , " Masonic Author . " Bro . CROWE has done some very useful work of its kind . He has compiled an illustrated catalogue of Masonic

Aprons , Ancient and Modem , and also certain Handbooks to English , Irish , and Scottish Masonry ; but lie can hardly have looked for the distinction of being associated with those " o-iants in British Masonic Literature "—Bros . GOULD and HUGHAN aforesaid—and Bro . CRAWFORD SMITH , of the

"Scoon ancl Perth , and accordingly wc congratulate him most heartily on his unexpected good fortune . 'We feel that wc have , after all , but very inadequately described the contents of this most valuable Historv of the

oldest extant Lodge of Freemasons with continuous records extending back not only into the 17 th , but even to the closing years of the 16 th century . The volume is so rich in Statutes , Charters , Minutes , Rules ; it furnishes such

ample and well-authenticated information concerning not onl y the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , but also other old Scottish lodges ; it tells us so much about the earliest gentlemen Alasons , who were accepted into the membership of this lotlge ; it

sketches out so ably , and at the same time so graphically , the development of Masonry north of the Tweed and its growth from a mere operative organisation into a speculative brotherhood ; moreover , it is so well printed and embellished with

so many and such well-executed portraits and other illustrations , that nothing further remains for us than to commend it to our readers as a work that must be read and most carefull y digested in order that its sreat merits , and above all its immense value as

a trustworthy record , may be properly appreciated . Edinburgh Lod" -e ( Mary's Chapel ) , No . i , must indeed be proud of such a chronicle as is contained in this handsome volume , compiled , as it has been , by such an historian as MURRAY LYON .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall , London . Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Grand H ., Grand Superintendent of Hants and the Isle of Wight , presided as M . E . Z . ; Comp . Lieut .-Col . Robert Townley Caldwell , M . A ., Grand Superintendent of Cambridgeshire , acted as Grand H . ; and Comp . Lieut .-General Charles William Randolph ,

Grand Superintendent of Sussex , as Grand J . Comps . E . Letchworth , Grand Scribe Ii . ; the Rev . Herbert William Turner , M . A ., Grand Scribe N . ; Baron de Ferrieres , as G . P . S . ; Colonel Fitzroy Tower , ist A . G . S . ; and the following companions also attended : Comps . W . Lake , Asst . G . S . E . ; Walter Wellsman , John Williams , P . fl . S . B . ; F . G . Swinden , P . A . G . D . C . ; Henry A . Tobias , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . Boulton ,

P . A . G . D . C ; Rev . Harry Hebb , M . A ., P . A . G . Soj . ; Alfred C . Spaull , P . D . G . D . C . ; W . J . Mason , G . Std . li . ; W . Henry Thomas , G . Org . ; W . F . Fisher , P . A . G . D . C ; T . B . Purchas , P . G . S . B . ; VV . Cleghorn . P . G . Std . Br . ; J . W . Burgee , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Russell , P . G . S . B . ; J . II . Davidson , G . Std . Br . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . S . B . ; George C . Kent , P . G . S . B . ; A . C . Sandbcrg , P . D . G . D . C ; George Cowell , P . A . G . Soj . ; W . A . Scurrah , P . A . G . D . C . ; William

Vincent , P . A . G . D . C ; Charles Pulman , P . A . G . D . C ; F . G . Ivey , P . A . G . S . ; S . V . Abraham , P . A . G . D . C ; Hermann Klein , P . G . Org . ; Lieut .-Col . Henry Kiallmark , P . G . Std . Br . ; Henry Wright , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . Welford , P . G . S . B . ; F . Mead , P . A . G . S . ; T . A . Bullock , P . A . G . D . C . ; C . D . Hoblyn , P . G . Std . Br . ; T . O'Brien , P . G . P . S .: Major T . C . Walls , P . D . G . D . C ; Milnll Slaughter , P . G . S . B . ; W . F . Smithson , P . G . Std . Br . ; Sir Reginald Hanson .

P . G . S . N . ; Ralph Glutton , P . A . G . S . ; Perceval A . Nairne , P . G . Std . Br . ; Lewis Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; Under-Sheriff J . D . Langton , P . G . Std . Br . ; H . A Adams , P . D . G . D . C ; Dr . H . J . Strong , P . G . S . B . ; Malcolm Morris , P . A . G . S . ; T . Lean Wilkinson , P . D . G . Reg . ; Dr . Clement dodson . P . G . S . B . ; Rev . A . W . Axford , P . P . G . S . ; C . F . Matter , P . D . G . D . C ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . Std . Br . Charles Belton , P . A . G . S . ; F . Gordon Brown , P . G . S . B . ; Fred . West , P . A . G . S .

Henry J . P . Dumas , P . ( I . S . B . ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . Std . Br . j Lieut .-Col . Clifford Probyn , P . G . Treas . ; W . G . Kentish , P . G . Std . Br . ; Robert Greslev Hall , P . G . S . I ! . ; Peter de L . Long , P . G . P . S . ; H . Sadler , G . Janitor ; John Songhurst , P . Z . 7 ; M . Spiegel , P . P . G . S . B . Surrey ; Harris Hillman , P . Prov . G . J ., Essex ; W . Kipps , P . ' / .. 79 ; H . Massey , P . Z . O 19 and lyaS ; VV . Avery Jones , M . E . Z . 2 SCG ; Thomas Taylor , P . P . G . Reg . Hants and Isle of Wight ;

Frank Hughes , M . li . Z . 4 S 2 ; James T . Marion , M . E . Z . 726 ; George Elkington , P . Z . 2416 ; F . A . Powell , P . Z . 457 ; H . Bevir , P . Z . 355 ; the Rev . C li . Wright , P . Z . 216 ; Thomas Grummant , P . Z . 1275 ; J . Henry Hoit , P . Z . 1524 ; VV . M . Toye , P . Z . 554 ; and John R . Reep , P . Z . 1260 . After the Grand Scribe E . had read the niinutes of the last Quarterly Conv . cation nf August 1 st , they were put and confirmed .

GRAND . " KiiiK li . then read the following letter from Sir Francis Knollys acknowledging the address from Grand Chapter , on August ist , to H . R . H . the First Grand Principal , on the occasion of the death ol H . R . H . the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha :

Supreme Grand Chapter.

Marlborough House , Pall Mall , S . W ., 19 th Sept . igoo . Sir Francis Knollys is desired by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , to thank the brethren of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England for their address and their kind expressions of sympathy with him on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . E . Letchworth , Esq ., Grand Scribe E .

On the motion of Sir GEORGE DAVID HARRIS . President , seconded by E . Comp FRANK RICHARDSON , G . Registrar , the Report of the Committee of General Purposes , as published in the Freemason last week , was taken as read , aad ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . On Ihe motion of Comp . Sir G . D . HARRIS , seconded by Comp . FRANK RICHARDSON , charters were granted for a chapter to be attached to the

Ambleside Lodee , No . 2745 , to be called the Wansfell Chapter , and to meet at the Queen ' s Hoiel , Ambleside , Westmorland ; for a chaoter to be attached to the Lord Warden Lodge , No . 1096 , to be railed the Granville Chapter , and to meet at the Foresters' Hall , Walmer , Kent ; and for a chanter to be attached to the Earl of Clarendon Lodge , to be called the Clarendon Chapter , and to meat at the Masonic Hall , Watford , Hertfordshire .

On motion similarly made and seconded , permission was given to remove the Royal Preston Chapter , No . 333 , Preston , from the Castle Hotel to the Masonic Ro"rns , Bull Hotel , Preston . Comp . Henry A . Tohias , P . G . Std . Br ., was elected as a membw of the Committee of General Purposes , in the place of the late Cimp . George Graveley , A . G . D . C . Grand Chapter was closed in ancient and solemn form .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .

The half-yeail y mreting cf the above Prov . G . Ledge was held in the Drill Hall , liistjaate . Baniilty , on Friday , the 26 b ult ., under the banner of Friendly Ledge , No . 1513 , when there were present Bros , the Right Hon . William Lawies Jackson , M . P ., P . M . 2 S 9 , Prov . G . Master ; John C . . Malcolm , P . M . 30 S , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M ., as Dep . Prov . G . Master ; linsor Drury , P . M . 296 , P . G . D ., P . P . S . G . W ., as Prov . S . G . W . ; H . Gaskell Blackburn , P . M . 1311 , Prov . T . G . W . ; VVm . Watson , P . M . 401 Hon . Librarian

, P . P . G . W . ; the Rev . G 20 . Ford , P . M . 2558 , Prov . G . Chap . ; the Rev . J . L . Brereton , Chap . 1513 , P . P . G . Chap ., as Prov . G . Chap . ; the Rev . L . S . Calvert , W . M . 208 , and the Rev . T . N . Greenhalgh , S . W . 275 , P . P . G . Chaps . ; Thos , Harrison , P . M . 296 , P . P . G . Treas ., as Prov . G . Treas . ; Major George Bolton , P . M . 154 , C . F . Longden , P . M . 226 S , and Thomas Woods , P . P . G . Ts . ; C . F , Bennett , P . M . 2268 , Prov . G . Reg . ; J . H . Pawson , P . M . 242 , P . P . G . Reg . ; Maj . Herbert G . E . Green , P . M . 1019 , Prov . G . Sec ; Herbert Nixon , P . M . 1239 ,

P . P . S . G . D ., Joseph Jackman , P . M . 139 , P . P . S . G . D ., and Chas . Pawson , P . M . 206 , P . P . S . G . D ., as Prov . S . G . Ds . ; J . W . Foster , P . M . 2 S 9 , and Thos . Mallinson , P . M . 1645 , Frov . J . G . Ds . ; Thos . Hy . Vernon , P . M . 2263 , Wm . Blackburn , J . P ., P . M . 306 , Charles Stokes , P . M . 2558 , John P . Hewitt , P . M . 1239 , and J . P . Browne , P . M . 1648 , P . P . G . Ds . ; John Lane Fox , P . M . 20 S , Prov . G . Supt . of Works ; Reuben Castle , P . M . 750 . and John Barker , P . M . 1102 , P . P . G . Supts . of Works ; Jas . Millington , P . M . 1221 , Prov . G . D . of C . ; Chas Middleton ,

P . M . 2069 , and Joe Sykes , P . M . 1514 , Prov . Asst . G . Ds . of C ; Thos . J . Pickles , P . M . 258 , P . P . Asst . G . D . of C . j Edmund Lord , P . M . 910 , W . Fitton , P . M , 2035 , li . J . Massie , P . M . 1513 , Joseph Hartley , P . M . 495 , Thos . Heaton , P . M 205 , Joseph Best , P . M . 302 , Joseph Wrigglesworth , P . M . 178 3 , J . R . Mellor , P . M . 652 , and J . G . Chennell , P . M . 1513 , P . P . G . Ds . of C . ; John Constable , P . M 2259 , P . P . G . Std . Br ., and W . D . Lazenby , P . M . 1802 , P . P . G . Std . Br ., as Prov . G . Std . Brs . ; Wm . J . Morris , P . M . 1736 , Prov . G . S . B . ; Jeremiah Dunnill

, P . M . 1019 , Prov . G . Org . ; T . W . Hanforth , VV . M . 2491 , P . P . G . Org . ; J . R . Barton , P . M . 306 , P . P . A . G . Sec , as Prov . Asst . G . Sec ; Walter Potts , P . M . 337 , P . P . Asst . G . Sec . E . L . ; VVm . Townsend , P . M . 750 , Prov . G . Purst . ; Will Akeroyd , P . M . 971 , Prov . Asst . G . Purst . ; Edwin Billington , P . M . 14 G 2 , J . A . Heastie , P . M . 652 , and G . M . Marchant , P . M . 1783 , P . P . G . Pursts . ; W . E . Turner , P . M . 1108 , Geo . Williams , P . M . 139 , and J . Holmes Greaves , P . M . 910 , Prov . G . Stwds . ; Thos . Leighton , Tyler 139 , Prov . G . Tyler ; and Thomas Chester , Tyler 910 , Asst . to Piov . G . Tyler . Also W . Masters , Past Masters ,

acting Wardens , and brethren from Lodges Nos . 139 , 154 , 20 S , 242 , 258 , 26 4 , 265 , 275 , 280 , 290 , 29 6 , 302 , 30 C , 307 , 308 , 337 , 3 S 0 , 401 , 408 , 439 , 448 , 45 S , 495 i S- ' i Coo > 652 , 75 ° . « 'o , 837 , 904 , 910 , ( J 71 , 101 9 , , IIO 8 , 1221 , 1239 , 1283 , 1302 , 1311 , 1402 , 1513 , 1514 , 1545 , 1645 , ' 64 S , 173 * 5 , 1779 . ' 783 . 2035 , 20 G 9 , 2259 , 2261 , 2263 , 2208 , 2330 , 2491 , 2558 , 2669 , 2677 , and 2695 . The lodges unrepresented were Nos . 6 i , 149 , 304 , 387 , 603 , 827 , 974 , 1001 , ioiS , 1034 , 10 4 , 1211 , 1214 , 1231 , 1 3 01 , 1 5 , 1542 , 2091 , 2 3 , and 2608 . Bro . W . D . Lazenby , P . M . 1802 , P . P . G . Std . Br . Notts , was a visitor .

The Prov . G . Master , Bro . the Right Hon . William Lawies Jackson , M . P ., the acting Dep . Prov . G . Master , Bro . J . C . Malcolm , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M ., P . P . G . R ., and the Ofiicers of Prov . G . Lodge entered at three o ' clock , and solemn prayer was offered and a portion of Holy Scripture read by the Prov . G . Chap . The Prov . G . Master , the acting Dep . Prov . G . Master , the G . Officers , and thc Prov . G . Ofiicers were then saluted The roll of lodges was called . The roll of Present and Past Grand Officers was called .

Apologies were announced from the following biethren : Bros . Richard Wilson , P . G . D ., Dep . Prov . G . M . ; Henry S . mth , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M . ; Fredk . Cleeves , P . M . 904 , Prov . S . G . W . ; Wm . Hy . Wilson , P . M . 1102 , Prov . G . Treas . ; Lieut .-Colonel ti . S . Tozer , P . M . 2268 , Prov . G . D . ; Richard Hodgson , P . M . 448 , Prov . G . D . ; VV . E . Gray , P . M . 296 , Prov . G . D . ; Sydney Mortimer , P . M . 602 , Prov . D . G . D . C ; S . H . C .

Ashlin , P . M . 2259 , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; Hy . Banks , P . M . 1042 , Prov Asst . G . Sdc . ; Win . Harrison , P . M . 265 , Prov . G . Stwd . ; and 40 VV . Ms . P . Ms ., Wardens , and brethren . The minules of the annual meeting held at Halifax , on Wednesday , April nth , 19 .. 0 , and of the especial meeting held at Leeds , on Wednesday , July 18 th , Kjoj , were present ! d for ccnlirmation .

Proposed ov Bro . ll . SHAW , W . M . 22 ( 11 , seconded by Bro . J . BARKER , P . M . iuu , P . P . G . Supt . of WorKS , and resolved "Tnat the minutes be taken as reatl and conlirmeii . " The PKOV . GRAND MASTER , addressing the brethren , said : Before I proceed to make any remarks upon the general condition of the province , I think 1 ought to read to you a letter which I have received from the Grand Secretary in response to a tesolutioii that we passed at the last Provincial Grand Ledge . It is dated the 25 th of May of this year , and is as follows Dear R . VV . Brother .

I am directed by the Most VVorshipfuI Grand Master to ask you to be so good as to convey 10 the members ot the Prov . G . Lodge of West Yorkshire , his Royal Highii ^' s warmest thanks for their kind and frateinal congratulations on his provid-.-ntial escaps from the recent attempt on his life . — I am , Deir bir and R . W . Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , E . LETCHWORTH .