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A New Masonic History.*
1827 upon the shore of Goat Island , in Annapolis Basm , and which ptone had also rudely cut upon ifc , and " much worn by timo and weather , " tho Masonic emblems of square and compass . The laud on whioh this " finding " was made is stated to have been tho firsfc piece of ground
cleared for cultivation iu Nova Scotia by the French , and the inscription ban been cut on tho natural surface of the stone . There is , however , to our raiud , nothing iu the particulars given which can connect this rolio with Speculative Freemasonry , the earliest data that appears
reliable as accounting for the introduction of which into America being A . D . 1621 , when Sir William Alexander , of Menstrie , " received charters for tho whole of Nova Scotia . " From whom these charters were received is not stated .
Bro . Nickerson traces the progress of the Order from that date with tho assistance of records whioh are extant , and naively guarding himself against possible errors in some of those records quotes : —
" I cannot tell how the troth may be ; ^ I say the tale as 'twas said to me . " " A very proper reservation , and a most useful one in the midst pf the present controversy on tho antiquity of our speculative wock . We havo road this portion of the
" history " with much gratification , and admiration for the moderation displayed in assertions and argument . And we quite agree with its author that " the manufacture of documentary evidence to supply missing links in Masonic history is a department of belles leltres in which it soems * especially dangerous to venture . "
Wo pause here to express regret that the publishers of thia important work should have utilised an old illustration , which has done duty on many former occasions , as representing Freemasons' Hall , London , England . It is not tho Temple of the pasfc few years and present date . It
is a reproduction , with slight alterations in panels and lighting arrangements , of Bartalozzi ' s drawing , A . D . 1786 , and introduces a custom , long since very properly abandoned , of passing the pupils of one or other of our Educational Masonic Institutions in review before the
brethren assembled at High Festival . In view of the grandeur and importance of the Egyptian Room in the Masonic Templo at Philadelphia , to which we have already referred , our English brethren would have been better satisfied if some attempt had been made to portray the
present glories of the Masonic Temple of the Mother Grand Loclgo of the World . This illustration fronts page 457 ; that of Bartalozzi ' s " Genius of Masonry , " " used as a frontispiece to tije Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge ) of England , A . D . 1784 , " ( it wonld appear by this
that the engraving was mado two vear .- ? before tho work itself was produced !!) will ba found opposite page 686 . These errors , ono of judgment , tho other of chronology , should bo rectified in f nturo editions of tho " History" if general credence is to be placed in its contents .
Under the heading of " British America" we have , in Division IX ., a chapter of 15 pages , an Onfclioe History of the Grand Lodgo of Canada , in the Province of Ontario , by Bro . J . Ross Eobinson G . M ., author of several Masonic works on " Tbe Cryptic Rite , " " Tho Knights Templars of
Canada , " & c . Bro . Robinson considers the Craft history of Uppar Canada iu seven divisions or eras , and prefaces his essay by tho observation " that if in the search for truth , concerning our brethren of the olden time , error should creep in , " the fault should not be on tbe writer , bat
on those who " so illy preserved" their records . We cannot better inform our readers of the nature of our brother ' s work than by describing , in a condensed form , the periods which mark tho divisions he refer . * to . The firsfc period is from about 1780 to 1792 , when a few Lodges
in different parts of the Province worked without a local governing head ; the second from 1792 to 1817 , dnring whicb time the Provincial Grand Lodge , warranted by the Athol Grand Lodge , struggled for an existence at York ( Toronto ) ; the third ftom lb ! 7 to 1822 , when Craffc
Work was revived and kept well in band ; the fourth from 1822 to 1830 , during which timo tbe second Provincial Grand Lodge , warranted by the United Grand Lodge of England , was organised and flourished ; the fifth from 1830 to 1845 , when tho Provincial Grand Lodgo became
dormant , and tho Lodges led rather quiet lives ; the sixth from 1845 to 1855 , when the Provincial Grand Lodgo of Upper Canada was revived ; and the seventh , which includes the formation of the Grand Lodgo cf Canada in 1855 , the dissolution iu 1857 ofthe Provincial Grand Lodgo of Canada
A New Masonic History.*
under England , the creation in the samo year of tha Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada and the union of both the organisations under the style and title of the Grand Lodge of Canada . Each of thus © periods , aud the last more fully and particularly , receives attention at the hands of Bro . Robinson , whose narrative will doubtless meet with
high appreciation and acknowledgment «<¦) a meritorious result of his personal labours in "journeying over tbis vast Dominion to make up the history of the Masonio lives of our by-gone brethren . " He who reads will readily realise not only what Craft life was , but what Craffc life is . In the
last paragraph of this Essay we find a sentiment with which all true Freemasons must concur : "Many mav assert that our brethren of long ago needed nofc the guide-posts which marked the pathway , and that the pioneers who , in the early days , carried the Craffc flag , made many
mistakes . Yet all must admit—and especially we who have a direct knowledge of their work—that in their mission they were earnest and sincere and did tbe right as God gave them to see the right . " Thab we may profit by
their errors and make tbe present an example for the rising generation of Freemasons is the finally expressed hope of Bro . Robinson . To this we respond , with " tho Mason's grand Amen : So mote it be !" ( To be continued . )
Grand Encampment Of The Temple And Malta, In Scotland.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE TEMPLE AND MALTA , IN SCOTLAND .
THE annnal communication of the Grand Encampment of the Temple and Malta , in Scotland , was held on Saturday , fche 19 th ult ., in the Star Lodge Hall , 12 Trongate , Glasgow , afc whioh there was a very large attendance of representatives . In absence of the M . E . Grand Master , Colonel John Crombie , the throne was occupied by Sir Knight M . M'B . Thomson , Grand Representative . The ibilowing Sir Knights were duly elected Grand Officers for the ensuing ;
year : —Sir Knights Major Peter Spence M . E . Grand Master , Colonel John Crombie P . G . M . and Premier Grand Cross j Matthew M * B . Thomson Grand Representative , Samuel Boss Depute Grand Master , Thomas Young Leifcoh Grand Marshal , Adam Nish Captain General , John Hunter Central Captain , Eobert M'Kelrie Grand Recorder , William Young Grand Treasurer , Alexander H . Martin
Prelate , John Hinds Captain of the Blue , Charles M'Andrew Captain of Red , John Gould Captain of Black ; Jobn Gibson Grand Sword Bearer , James Douglas Bearer of the Vexillium Belli , Andrew M'Clelland Grand Standard Bearer , Charles M'Farlane Conductor , William Kay Receiver , Philip Mnrray and George R . Jarvie Ushers , Archibald Irvine Herald , Jam" ** Andrew
Grand Jeweller , John Menzies Sentinel . The Grand Officers-elect having been accorded the customary honours , Gniud Eoc « mpmi > n 6 took under consideration fche application of certain Sir Knights in Hnrlford for a Charter of Erection , they beint » ad pre-jsnt working nnder dispensation from tbe M . E . Grand Master . Tbe application was unanimously sustained , and Grand Recorder ordered to prepare
said Charter , under the style and title of Hurl lord Encampment , No . 17 . A petition was th » n read from sixteen Fir Knights of fcHe Aberdeen Military Encampment , No . 7 ou the registry of Dauohar ' s self-craated Grand Conclave , for a Charter of healing and confirmation . The M . E . G . M . had much pleasure in rpoommending that tbis petition bo granted , which was unanimously as / reed to ,
under the style and title of Aberdeen Military Encampment , No . 5 J . In connection with the above a protest was read from the Saint Gaovge Abeyne Encampment , Aberdeen ( Deuohar ) , against tho granting of a charter of healing and confirmation to the Military Encampment . The protest was refused consideration , aud tho protestors recommended to profit by the example of the Military
Encampment . The financial report was received and adopted , showing an increase in money and property of £ 1-19 3 s lOd over the previous year . In view of the phenomenal revival of Templar Masonry within the last ievr years , it was resolved to divide the labour heretofore performed by tbe Grand Encampment by the erection of four Snb-Grand Priories , the districts to be appropriated and priors installed at the next meeting of Grand Encampment . In
recognition of his services to Templar Masonry , Sir Knighfc F . N . Coulson , of Grand Rapids , Michigan , "U . S . America , was elected an honorary member of Grand Encampment , with the rank of Knighfc Grand Cross , whioh grado was also conferred upon Sir Kni ghfc J . Brown , Hnrlford . The Grand Encampment having been closed in ample form , the Sir Knights spent an agreeable time ia social intercourse and refreshment .
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A New Masonic History.*
1827 upon the shore of Goat Island , in Annapolis Basm , and which ptone had also rudely cut upon ifc , and " much worn by timo and weather , " tho Masonic emblems of square and compass . The laud on whioh this " finding " was made is stated to have been tho firsfc piece of ground
cleared for cultivation iu Nova Scotia by the French , and the inscription ban been cut on tho natural surface of the stone . There is , however , to our raiud , nothing iu the particulars given which can connect this rolio with Speculative Freemasonry , the earliest data that appears
reliable as accounting for the introduction of which into America being A . D . 1621 , when Sir William Alexander , of Menstrie , " received charters for tho whole of Nova Scotia . " From whom these charters were received is not stated .
Bro . Nickerson traces the progress of the Order from that date with tho assistance of records whioh are extant , and naively guarding himself against possible errors in some of those records quotes : —
" I cannot tell how the troth may be ; ^ I say the tale as 'twas said to me . " " A very proper reservation , and a most useful one in the midst pf the present controversy on tho antiquity of our speculative wock . We havo road this portion of the
" history " with much gratification , and admiration for the moderation displayed in assertions and argument . And we quite agree with its author that " the manufacture of documentary evidence to supply missing links in Masonic history is a department of belles leltres in which it soems * especially dangerous to venture . "
Wo pause here to express regret that the publishers of thia important work should have utilised an old illustration , which has done duty on many former occasions , as representing Freemasons' Hall , London , England . It is not tho Temple of the pasfc few years and present date . It
is a reproduction , with slight alterations in panels and lighting arrangements , of Bartalozzi ' s drawing , A . D . 1786 , and introduces a custom , long since very properly abandoned , of passing the pupils of one or other of our Educational Masonic Institutions in review before the
brethren assembled at High Festival . In view of the grandeur and importance of the Egyptian Room in the Masonic Templo at Philadelphia , to which we have already referred , our English brethren would have been better satisfied if some attempt had been made to portray the
present glories of the Masonic Temple of the Mother Grand Loclgo of the World . This illustration fronts page 457 ; that of Bartalozzi ' s " Genius of Masonry , " " used as a frontispiece to tije Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge ) of England , A . D . 1784 , " ( it wonld appear by this
that the engraving was mado two vear .- ? before tho work itself was produced !!) will ba found opposite page 686 . These errors , ono of judgment , tho other of chronology , should bo rectified in f nturo editions of tho " History" if general credence is to be placed in its contents .
Under the heading of " British America" we have , in Division IX ., a chapter of 15 pages , an Onfclioe History of the Grand Lodgo of Canada , in the Province of Ontario , by Bro . J . Ross Eobinson G . M ., author of several Masonic works on " Tbe Cryptic Rite , " " Tho Knights Templars of
Canada , " & c . Bro . Robinson considers the Craft history of Uppar Canada iu seven divisions or eras , and prefaces his essay by tho observation " that if in the search for truth , concerning our brethren of the olden time , error should creep in , " the fault should not be on tbe writer , bat
on those who " so illy preserved" their records . We cannot better inform our readers of the nature of our brother ' s work than by describing , in a condensed form , the periods which mark tho divisions he refer . * to . The firsfc period is from about 1780 to 1792 , when a few Lodges
in different parts of the Province worked without a local governing head ; the second from 1792 to 1817 , dnring whicb time the Provincial Grand Lodge , warranted by the Athol Grand Lodge , struggled for an existence at York ( Toronto ) ; the third ftom lb ! 7 to 1822 , when Craffc
Work was revived and kept well in band ; the fourth from 1822 to 1830 , during which timo tbe second Provincial Grand Lodge , warranted by the United Grand Lodge of England , was organised and flourished ; the fifth from 1830 to 1845 , when tho Provincial Grand Lodgo became
dormant , and tho Lodges led rather quiet lives ; the sixth from 1845 to 1855 , when the Provincial Grand Lodgo of Upper Canada was revived ; and the seventh , which includes the formation of the Grand Lodgo cf Canada in 1855 , the dissolution iu 1857 ofthe Provincial Grand Lodgo of Canada
A New Masonic History.*
under England , the creation in the samo year of tha Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada and the union of both the organisations under the style and title of the Grand Lodge of Canada . Each of thus © periods , aud the last more fully and particularly , receives attention at the hands of Bro . Robinson , whose narrative will doubtless meet with
high appreciation and acknowledgment «<¦) a meritorious result of his personal labours in "journeying over tbis vast Dominion to make up the history of the Masonio lives of our by-gone brethren . " He who reads will readily realise not only what Craft life was , but what Craffc life is . In the
last paragraph of this Essay we find a sentiment with which all true Freemasons must concur : "Many mav assert that our brethren of long ago needed nofc the guide-posts which marked the pathway , and that the pioneers who , in the early days , carried the Craffc flag , made many
mistakes . Yet all must admit—and especially we who have a direct knowledge of their work—that in their mission they were earnest and sincere and did tbe right as God gave them to see the right . " Thab we may profit by
their errors and make tbe present an example for the rising generation of Freemasons is the finally expressed hope of Bro . Robinson . To this we respond , with " tho Mason's grand Amen : So mote it be !" ( To be continued . )
Grand Encampment Of The Temple And Malta, In Scotland.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE TEMPLE AND MALTA , IN SCOTLAND .
THE annnal communication of the Grand Encampment of the Temple and Malta , in Scotland , was held on Saturday , fche 19 th ult ., in the Star Lodge Hall , 12 Trongate , Glasgow , afc whioh there was a very large attendance of representatives . In absence of the M . E . Grand Master , Colonel John Crombie , the throne was occupied by Sir Knight M . M'B . Thomson , Grand Representative . The ibilowing Sir Knights were duly elected Grand Officers for the ensuing ;
year : —Sir Knights Major Peter Spence M . E . Grand Master , Colonel John Crombie P . G . M . and Premier Grand Cross j Matthew M * B . Thomson Grand Representative , Samuel Boss Depute Grand Master , Thomas Young Leifcoh Grand Marshal , Adam Nish Captain General , John Hunter Central Captain , Eobert M'Kelrie Grand Recorder , William Young Grand Treasurer , Alexander H . Martin
Prelate , John Hinds Captain of the Blue , Charles M'Andrew Captain of Red , John Gould Captain of Black ; Jobn Gibson Grand Sword Bearer , James Douglas Bearer of the Vexillium Belli , Andrew M'Clelland Grand Standard Bearer , Charles M'Farlane Conductor , William Kay Receiver , Philip Mnrray and George R . Jarvie Ushers , Archibald Irvine Herald , Jam" ** Andrew
Grand Jeweller , John Menzies Sentinel . The Grand Officers-elect having been accorded the customary honours , Gniud Eoc « mpmi > n 6 took under consideration fche application of certain Sir Knights in Hnrlford for a Charter of Erection , they beint » ad pre-jsnt working nnder dispensation from tbe M . E . Grand Master . Tbe application was unanimously sustained , and Grand Recorder ordered to prepare
said Charter , under the style and title of Hurl lord Encampment , No . 17 . A petition was th » n read from sixteen Fir Knights of fcHe Aberdeen Military Encampment , No . 7 ou the registry of Dauohar ' s self-craated Grand Conclave , for a Charter of healing and confirmation . The M . E . G . M . had much pleasure in rpoommending that tbis petition bo granted , which was unanimously as / reed to ,
under the style and title of Aberdeen Military Encampment , No . 5 J . In connection with the above a protest was read from the Saint Gaovge Abeyne Encampment , Aberdeen ( Deuohar ) , against tho granting of a charter of healing and confirmation to the Military Encampment . The protest was refused consideration , aud tho protestors recommended to profit by the example of the Military
Encampment . The financial report was received and adopted , showing an increase in money and property of £ 1-19 3 s lOd over the previous year . In view of the phenomenal revival of Templar Masonry within the last ievr years , it was resolved to divide the labour heretofore performed by tbe Grand Encampment by the erection of four Snb-Grand Priories , the districts to be appropriated and priors installed at the next meeting of Grand Encampment . In
recognition of his services to Templar Masonry , Sir Knighfc F . N . Coulson , of Grand Rapids , Michigan , "U . S . America , was elected an honorary member of Grand Encampment , with the rank of Knighfc Grand Cross , whioh grado was also conferred upon Sir Kni ghfc J . Brown , Hnrlford . The Grand Encampment having been closed in ample form , the Sir Knights spent an agreeable time ia social intercourse and refreshment .
HOMOWAT ' S OISIMBNT AND Puts . — Chest and Stomach Complaints . —Tha source and centre of almost every ailment is impurity of the blood ; dislodge this poison , and disease departs . HoIIoway ' s Pills exercise the inestimable power of thoroughly cleansing each component part of the blood , nnd rendering this fluid fit to perform its important functions . They cope mo-it
successfully with chest disoBses , stomach complaints , liver disorders , and many other maladies , which wore once the besetting dangers of mankind at criain seasons in town and country . The directions for use enable every one to regulate the operation of these Pills with the greatest nicety . Chronic invalids , nervous sufferers , and all whom other treatment has failed to relieve , are respectfully invited to try HoIIoway ' s celebrated medicine , which will strenj ^ neBtm'i cwQ tiiem , ¦