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Consecration Of The Hammersmith Lodge, No. 2090.
Watson , P . M . 834 , D . C . ; H . G . Penney , A . D . C . ; R . Wimpey , W . S . ; and R . H . Williams , A . W . S . The ceremonies of consecration and installation were never better performed by Bro . Col . Clerke , who rendered the beautiful ritual in a most impressive manner . Too high praise cannot be given to the W . M ., Bro . Room , who was no sooner master of the gavel than he proved himself , by thc fluency and skill with which he addressed his officers and invested them ,
a thorough master of his work . It is most unusual to see a brother who has never belore occupied the position of Master do his work so perfectly . At the conclusion of the ceremony , he said he wished to take the earliest opportunity of expressing his gratitude to the Grand Secretary and the Grand Officers who had assisted him , for the services they had performed . He should have to refer to the subject more fully at a later period ; but in the meantime he proposed that a vote of thanks to the Grand Officers present be entered on the minutes .
This vote having been seconded by the I . P . M . and passed , and the GRAND SECRETARY having acknowledged the compliment , Bro . TIPPER , S . W ., proposed that those Grand Officers be made honorary members of the lodge . This was seconded by the J . W ., and Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , in returning thanks , said that it would g ive him and the other Grand Officers included in the vote much pleasure to come from time to time to witness the progress they expected the Iodge to make .
Eight initiates and joining members were proposed by various officers , after which the Iodge was closed in due form , and the company adjourned to the Windsor Castle , where an excellent banquet provided by Bro . Gilbert , the host , awaited them . The banquet was admirably served , musical selections being performed by a siring band in an ante room during the repast .
Subsequently the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed by the WORSHIPFUL MASTER , who in proposing " The Health of the Grand Master " remarked , in reference to the recent introduction of his eldest son into the Order , that it came upon the Craft with satisfaction not unmixed with surprise to find that H . R . H . had had time amongst his manifold engagements to master the ritual so as to be able himself to perform the ceremoii } ' of initiation . He also referred to the patriotic duty which he was now performing in his visit to Ireland , and included in the toast a wish that he might have a safe return to his native country .
With the toast to "The Health of the Grand Officers , " the WORSHIPFUL MASTER coupled the name of the V . W . Bro . the Rev . AMBROSE HALL , who replied , not only as a Grand Officer , but as a neighbour , and made reference to various lodges in the district with which he was more or less connected .
The WORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed "The health of the Consecrating Officer , " which he designated the toast of the evening , and expressed his admiration of the manner in which they had performed their work , and the obligation which he felt himself under to them for having undertaken it .
To this toast the GRAND SECRETARY replied , and said that the services he had rendered would have been of little avail but for the able manner in which he was assisted by the other Grand Officers who were associated with him in this toast . He then said that , notwithstanding what the W . M . had said , the brethren would agree with him that the toast which he was about to propose was the toast of the evening , for that toast was "The Health of the W . M . " Bro . Boom was not an old Mason but he was a very industrious
one , and they owed the formation of this lodge very much to Bro . Room ' s energy . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER replied . The toast of " The Visitors " was responded to by Bros . PURDUE , CUBITT , KEEBLE , BRYCE , BIRD , J UBAL WEBB , TRUMAN , WOOD , and others ; after which the toast to " The Officers of the Lodge , " and the Tyler's toast brought the proceedings to a close .
The following brethren were among the visitors present : — Bro . R . S . Lewis , P . M . S 34 ; H . Purdue , W . M . S 34 ;„ J . H . Lewis , S 34 ; Edw . Terry , P . M ., P . Z ., 1319 ; Danl . S . Long , 1275 ; H . Breitbart , 122 S ; J . H . Taylor , P . M . 1762 ; B . Wright , J . W . Barker , P . M . 1767 ; Alfred Bird , F . J . Oliver , P . M . S 34 ; W . J . Coplestone , John C . Morgan , VV . A . Cubitt ; W . M . 193 ; Wm . Mann , P . M . 1 S 6 S ; J . E . Cooney , S 34 ; Rich . Daxe , T . H . W . Fry , 1692 : Lewis Ascott , P . M . 733 ; Wm . Williams , S . W . 1 S 28 ; F . Walden , 975 ; Geo . . . Gardner , S . W . 2012 ; Thos . T . Frauce , 207 : W . C . Williams , Fredk . Keeble , 1426 : J . G . Doncaster , 834 ; H . B .
Wheatley , 1159 ; C . Chauffourin , I . G . 1201 j G . P . Wood , 1201 ; F . Pedler , 1201 ; Philip Perry , 1891 ; Lewis Bryett , 1 S 2 S and 1302 ; C . J . Foakes , I . P . M . 1 S 21 ; C . W . Fletcher , 2029 ; Alfred C . Bean , P . M . 834 ; Edwin Gilbert , 1326 ; J . A . Wright , 176 7 ; Geo . VV . Harris , 204 s ; Wm . Game , 511 j Edwd . Bird , 14 ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; A . Ramsay Stuart , 926 ; F . E . Pocock , M . D ., W . M . 1 S 91 ; F . Bevan , W . B . Fendick , P . M . 1321 ; Scbn . VV . Myer , H . W . Smith , J . Brown , D . C . 2012 ; Edwin Lucas , T . C . Allingham , S . D . 858 ; J . Webb , W . M . 55 ; Cordingly , P . M . 45 ; H . T . Wood , P . G . S ., W . M . 99 ; Pearce , and E . C . Massey . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
The Royal Order Of Scotland.
THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .
More than the usual amount of pomp and circumstance appears to have attended the installation and investiture of the Earl of Rosslyn , Past G . Master Mason of Scotland , as Deputy Grand Master and Governor of that distinguished body , the Royal Order of Scotland , whose re-establishment is attributed to Robert the Bruce and assigned to the eventful year 1314 . I he event took place in Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Monday , the 6 th
inst ., when there were gathered together in honour of the occasion a very full muster of the most distinguished members of the Masonic Order in Scotland . Among those present , in addition to the Earl of Rosslyn , the karl of Mar and Kellie , the Earl of Kintore , and the Earl of Haddington , were the following office bearers of the Grand Lodge , Royal Order , namely : gros . Alexander Hay , G . S . W . and Deputy T . R . S . T . A . ; W . Hay ,
" J . W . ; Rev . T . N . Wannop , G . Chap . ; D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec ; ^ - Dickson , M . D ., G . Treas . ; A . Mitchell , D . G . Marshal ; R . S . Brown , «• Introductor and Examiner ; W . Edwards , G . Constableof theT . W . R . ; " J . Shields , G . Guarde ; W . N . Fraser , of Tornaveen , ] . E . Webster , A . C . S ., and F . E . Villiers , of Cloxburn , G . Stwds . ; W . Nl . Bryce , D . G . "uarde ; and others .
I he preliminary proceedings included the reception into the Order of the j ' -arl of Haddington and eight other brethren , after which Bro . W . Mann , uepute Governor and T . R . S . T . A ., took the chair . Grand Lodge was opened , and the ceremony of the day was carried out in a most impressive manner and on a scale of grandeur rarely , if ever , witnessed before . The members having been assigned their proper stations by the Grand Marshal , "ie Harl of Kintore , Bro . MANN declared the object of the meeting to be
The Royal Order Of Scotland.
the installation and investiture of the Earl of Rosslyn as Deputy G . Mastcr and Governor in succession to the late Bro . Whyte-Melville , and a deputation , consisting of the G . Wardens and other G . Officers , was at once formed for the purpose of ushering in his lordship . The GRAND SECRETARY having read the minute of election and the DEPUTY GOVERNOR having offered a fewremarks suitable to the occasion , the oath of fidelity was administered , and Lord Rosslyn was formally placed on the throne of Grand Lodge and invested with the insignia of his office .
The event having been duly proclaimed , the D . G . MASTER returned his thanks for the honour conferred upon him , and Grand Lodge was closed with the usual formalities .
A banquet followed in the Great Hall , the chair being occupied by the Earl of Rosslyn , who was supported right and left by the " Earls of Kintore , Maraud Kellie , and Haddington , and the Grand Office Bearers , while the croupiers' chairs were filled by Bros . W . Mann and Alexander . There were also present Bros . R . F . Shaw-Stewart , F . A . Barrow , Glasgow ; Dr . Winchester Balfour
, J . H . , W . S . ; J . Dalrymple Duncan , Glasgow ; Captain F . W . Allan , Glasgow ; W . Officer , S . S . C ; James Crichton , Edinburgh ; W . Maclean , jun ., Glasgow ; E . Armitage , Dr . Lilburne , R . N . ; Dr . Levies , London ; G . P . Brockbank , Bolton ; David Kinnear , Ebinburgh ; Dr . James Carmichael , Dr . John Falconer , ex-Provost Christie , Stirling ; Lindsay Mackersy , W . S . ; and others .
Apologies for absence were read from Bros , the Earl of Breadalbanc , Sir Michael R . Shaw-Stewart , Bart . ; Sir A . C . Campbell , Bart . ; J . T . S . Elliot , jur ., of Wolfelee , Grand Banner Bearer ; Captain Russell Colt of Gartsherrie , Sir Molyneux Nepean , Bart . ; Captain Charles Hunter , North Wales , and others .
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been honoured , that of " The Memory of Robert Bruce , the Hero of Bannockbum , and Restorer of the Royal Order , " was drunk in solemn silence . The Earl of MAR and KELLIE proposed "The Health of the Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , Deputy Grand Master and Governor , " and tho toast was very heartily received .
The nobb CHAIRMAN , in reply , thanked the companions for the great honour they had conferred on him by electing him to his high office . The fact that this Order was a purely Scottish Order had , he said , something in it which to him brought something of the old ring of , he might almost say , clanship , and bore with it a token that the Scotsman who accepted that purely Scottish office was likely , as he hoped to be , to do his duty in it . He
was not only inspired by national feelings , but he was also inspired by a deep love and regard for that good man who was his predecessor . For many years Bro . Whyte-Melville was almost as a father to him . They lived in the same county . He had known Bro . Whyte-Melville for fully 40 years , and during all that time he mi ght say he looked on him as his adopted Masonic child . From the earliest days of his Masonic initiation—just 35
years ago—when he presented and initialed him , he looked forward with their favour to the fact of his being able some day to succeed him in those honours which he bore so well and so bravely . By their favour he had succeeded to some of them , and if he was successful in doing his duty as well as their late Grand Master did he should , he hoped , satisfy them . Somo of the pleasantest moments of his life had been spent in Scottish Masonic
company . His lordship looked forward to spending more happy days in their society . During the time he was Grand Master Mason he had to contend with difficulties which perhaps were unknown to those who came after him ; but he was glad to say that now they had gallantly surmounted those . He would further say in the presence of his noble friend on the right ( the Earl of Mar and Kellie ) , who had succeeded one who was
an honour to the Craft , that they had raised Scottish Masonry to a more flourishing condition than he had ever hoped it would be in . It was an institution socially or financially unexampled in the annals of the country , and for that thanks were due not only to the heads of the Order , but to the working officers who had come in since his time . And that success was shared by all those Orders of which Grand Lodge might be said to be the head . ( Applause . )
The toast of "The Prov . G . Lodges" having been acknowledged by Bros . F . A . BARROW , Glasgow , and G . P . BROCKBANK , Lancashire , and that of " The Youngest Members of Grand Lodge " by Bro . ex .-Provost CHRISTIE , of Stirling , The Earl of KINTORE gave "The Health of the Countess of Rosslyn . "
The CHAIRMAN , inreplying , said the Countess look an interest not less than that of any lady in Scotland in Masonry as one of the most charitable and philanthropic institutions in the world , and had a sincere sympathy with those who practised it . She had done the honours at Roslin on the occasion of a Masonic visit , and her proudest hope was that at no distant date she might welcome the Masons at Roslin again . ( Applause . )
The Earl of MAR and KELLIE , in replying for " The Grand Lodge of Scotland , " proposed by Bro . J . H . BALFOUR , W . S ., mentioned that it was during the reign of Lord Rosslyn that light began to dawn on Grand Lodge affairs , and that if there had been a Grand Secretary then such as there was now the remedy would have come sooner . It was his Lordship also who first suggested the extension of the fund of Masonic benevolence , and he
congratulated the brethren on the near consummation of his Lordship ' s hopes in that direction . ( Applause . ) The Earl of ROSSLYN having acknowledged the toast of " The Supreme Council , " proposed by Bro . VILLIERS , and the Deputy-Governor , Bro . MANN , having been toasted and expressed his thanks for the compliment , Bro . Captain F . W . ALLAN proposed " The Supreme Grand Roval Arch
Chapter of Scotland , ' and said that the Earl of Kintore was doing great work in that chapter , and expressed the hope that it would be continued . ( Applause . ) The Earl of KINTORE , in replying , said that the companions in the East osved much to those in the West of Scotland for what was being done in thc chapter .
The toast of " The Companions " having been proposed and honoured , the CHAIRMAN , in proposing that of " The Memory of Bro . John Whyte-Melville , " said that , so far as he knew , this was the " first time this toast had been proposed in an influential meeting of that body , which their late brother in his life loved so well and served so faithfully . They felt that on such an occasion as the present there was a blank among them , and a void
which it was difficult indeed to fill . The long and honoured life of their dear departed friend had not been vainly spent when it had enshrined itself in the hearts of all true Scottish Masons , and had formed a memorial in their bosoms which would never be allowed to perish ; and he thought that so long as Masonry existed and flourished in Scotland this melancholy but just tribute to departed worth would always bc paid . The toast , which was drunk in solemn silence , closed the proceedings .
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Consecration Of The Hammersmith Lodge, No. 2090.
Watson , P . M . 834 , D . C . ; H . G . Penney , A . D . C . ; R . Wimpey , W . S . ; and R . H . Williams , A . W . S . The ceremonies of consecration and installation were never better performed by Bro . Col . Clerke , who rendered the beautiful ritual in a most impressive manner . Too high praise cannot be given to the W . M ., Bro . Room , who was no sooner master of the gavel than he proved himself , by thc fluency and skill with which he addressed his officers and invested them ,
a thorough master of his work . It is most unusual to see a brother who has never belore occupied the position of Master do his work so perfectly . At the conclusion of the ceremony , he said he wished to take the earliest opportunity of expressing his gratitude to the Grand Secretary and the Grand Officers who had assisted him , for the services they had performed . He should have to refer to the subject more fully at a later period ; but in the meantime he proposed that a vote of thanks to the Grand Officers present be entered on the minutes .
This vote having been seconded by the I . P . M . and passed , and the GRAND SECRETARY having acknowledged the compliment , Bro . TIPPER , S . W ., proposed that those Grand Officers be made honorary members of the lodge . This was seconded by the J . W ., and Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , in returning thanks , said that it would g ive him and the other Grand Officers included in the vote much pleasure to come from time to time to witness the progress they expected the Iodge to make .
Eight initiates and joining members were proposed by various officers , after which the Iodge was closed in due form , and the company adjourned to the Windsor Castle , where an excellent banquet provided by Bro . Gilbert , the host , awaited them . The banquet was admirably served , musical selections being performed by a siring band in an ante room during the repast .
Subsequently the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed by the WORSHIPFUL MASTER , who in proposing " The Health of the Grand Master " remarked , in reference to the recent introduction of his eldest son into the Order , that it came upon the Craft with satisfaction not unmixed with surprise to find that H . R . H . had had time amongst his manifold engagements to master the ritual so as to be able himself to perform the ceremoii } ' of initiation . He also referred to the patriotic duty which he was now performing in his visit to Ireland , and included in the toast a wish that he might have a safe return to his native country .
With the toast to "The Health of the Grand Officers , " the WORSHIPFUL MASTER coupled the name of the V . W . Bro . the Rev . AMBROSE HALL , who replied , not only as a Grand Officer , but as a neighbour , and made reference to various lodges in the district with which he was more or less connected .
The WORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed "The health of the Consecrating Officer , " which he designated the toast of the evening , and expressed his admiration of the manner in which they had performed their work , and the obligation which he felt himself under to them for having undertaken it .
To this toast the GRAND SECRETARY replied , and said that the services he had rendered would have been of little avail but for the able manner in which he was assisted by the other Grand Officers who were associated with him in this toast . He then said that , notwithstanding what the W . M . had said , the brethren would agree with him that the toast which he was about to propose was the toast of the evening , for that toast was "The Health of the W . M . " Bro . Boom was not an old Mason but he was a very industrious
one , and they owed the formation of this lodge very much to Bro . Room ' s energy . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER replied . The toast of " The Visitors " was responded to by Bros . PURDUE , CUBITT , KEEBLE , BRYCE , BIRD , J UBAL WEBB , TRUMAN , WOOD , and others ; after which the toast to " The Officers of the Lodge , " and the Tyler's toast brought the proceedings to a close .
The following brethren were among the visitors present : — Bro . R . S . Lewis , P . M . S 34 ; H . Purdue , W . M . S 34 ;„ J . H . Lewis , S 34 ; Edw . Terry , P . M ., P . Z ., 1319 ; Danl . S . Long , 1275 ; H . Breitbart , 122 S ; J . H . Taylor , P . M . 1762 ; B . Wright , J . W . Barker , P . M . 1767 ; Alfred Bird , F . J . Oliver , P . M . S 34 ; W . J . Coplestone , John C . Morgan , VV . A . Cubitt ; W . M . 193 ; Wm . Mann , P . M . 1 S 6 S ; J . E . Cooney , S 34 ; Rich . Daxe , T . H . W . Fry , 1692 : Lewis Ascott , P . M . 733 ; Wm . Williams , S . W . 1 S 28 ; F . Walden , 975 ; Geo . . . Gardner , S . W . 2012 ; Thos . T . Frauce , 207 : W . C . Williams , Fredk . Keeble , 1426 : J . G . Doncaster , 834 ; H . B .
Wheatley , 1159 ; C . Chauffourin , I . G . 1201 j G . P . Wood , 1201 ; F . Pedler , 1201 ; Philip Perry , 1891 ; Lewis Bryett , 1 S 2 S and 1302 ; C . J . Foakes , I . P . M . 1 S 21 ; C . W . Fletcher , 2029 ; Alfred C . Bean , P . M . 834 ; Edwin Gilbert , 1326 ; J . A . Wright , 176 7 ; Geo . VV . Harris , 204 s ; Wm . Game , 511 j Edwd . Bird , 14 ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; A . Ramsay Stuart , 926 ; F . E . Pocock , M . D ., W . M . 1 S 91 ; F . Bevan , W . B . Fendick , P . M . 1321 ; Scbn . VV . Myer , H . W . Smith , J . Brown , D . C . 2012 ; Edwin Lucas , T . C . Allingham , S . D . 858 ; J . Webb , W . M . 55 ; Cordingly , P . M . 45 ; H . T . Wood , P . G . S ., W . M . 99 ; Pearce , and E . C . Massey . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
The Royal Order Of Scotland.
THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .
More than the usual amount of pomp and circumstance appears to have attended the installation and investiture of the Earl of Rosslyn , Past G . Master Mason of Scotland , as Deputy Grand Master and Governor of that distinguished body , the Royal Order of Scotland , whose re-establishment is attributed to Robert the Bruce and assigned to the eventful year 1314 . I he event took place in Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Monday , the 6 th
inst ., when there were gathered together in honour of the occasion a very full muster of the most distinguished members of the Masonic Order in Scotland . Among those present , in addition to the Earl of Rosslyn , the karl of Mar and Kellie , the Earl of Kintore , and the Earl of Haddington , were the following office bearers of the Grand Lodge , Royal Order , namely : gros . Alexander Hay , G . S . W . and Deputy T . R . S . T . A . ; W . Hay ,
" J . W . ; Rev . T . N . Wannop , G . Chap . ; D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec ; ^ - Dickson , M . D ., G . Treas . ; A . Mitchell , D . G . Marshal ; R . S . Brown , «• Introductor and Examiner ; W . Edwards , G . Constableof theT . W . R . ; " J . Shields , G . Guarde ; W . N . Fraser , of Tornaveen , ] . E . Webster , A . C . S ., and F . E . Villiers , of Cloxburn , G . Stwds . ; W . Nl . Bryce , D . G . "uarde ; and others .
I he preliminary proceedings included the reception into the Order of the j ' -arl of Haddington and eight other brethren , after which Bro . W . Mann , uepute Governor and T . R . S . T . A ., took the chair . Grand Lodge was opened , and the ceremony of the day was carried out in a most impressive manner and on a scale of grandeur rarely , if ever , witnessed before . The members having been assigned their proper stations by the Grand Marshal , "ie Harl of Kintore , Bro . MANN declared the object of the meeting to be
The Royal Order Of Scotland.
the installation and investiture of the Earl of Rosslyn as Deputy G . Mastcr and Governor in succession to the late Bro . Whyte-Melville , and a deputation , consisting of the G . Wardens and other G . Officers , was at once formed for the purpose of ushering in his lordship . The GRAND SECRETARY having read the minute of election and the DEPUTY GOVERNOR having offered a fewremarks suitable to the occasion , the oath of fidelity was administered , and Lord Rosslyn was formally placed on the throne of Grand Lodge and invested with the insignia of his office .
The event having been duly proclaimed , the D . G . MASTER returned his thanks for the honour conferred upon him , and Grand Lodge was closed with the usual formalities .
A banquet followed in the Great Hall , the chair being occupied by the Earl of Rosslyn , who was supported right and left by the " Earls of Kintore , Maraud Kellie , and Haddington , and the Grand Office Bearers , while the croupiers' chairs were filled by Bros . W . Mann and Alexander . There were also present Bros . R . F . Shaw-Stewart , F . A . Barrow , Glasgow ; Dr . Winchester Balfour
, J . H . , W . S . ; J . Dalrymple Duncan , Glasgow ; Captain F . W . Allan , Glasgow ; W . Officer , S . S . C ; James Crichton , Edinburgh ; W . Maclean , jun ., Glasgow ; E . Armitage , Dr . Lilburne , R . N . ; Dr . Levies , London ; G . P . Brockbank , Bolton ; David Kinnear , Ebinburgh ; Dr . James Carmichael , Dr . John Falconer , ex-Provost Christie , Stirling ; Lindsay Mackersy , W . S . ; and others .
Apologies for absence were read from Bros , the Earl of Breadalbanc , Sir Michael R . Shaw-Stewart , Bart . ; Sir A . C . Campbell , Bart . ; J . T . S . Elliot , jur ., of Wolfelee , Grand Banner Bearer ; Captain Russell Colt of Gartsherrie , Sir Molyneux Nepean , Bart . ; Captain Charles Hunter , North Wales , and others .
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been honoured , that of " The Memory of Robert Bruce , the Hero of Bannockbum , and Restorer of the Royal Order , " was drunk in solemn silence . The Earl of MAR and KELLIE proposed "The Health of the Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , Deputy Grand Master and Governor , " and tho toast was very heartily received .
The nobb CHAIRMAN , in reply , thanked the companions for the great honour they had conferred on him by electing him to his high office . The fact that this Order was a purely Scottish Order had , he said , something in it which to him brought something of the old ring of , he might almost say , clanship , and bore with it a token that the Scotsman who accepted that purely Scottish office was likely , as he hoped to be , to do his duty in it . He
was not only inspired by national feelings , but he was also inspired by a deep love and regard for that good man who was his predecessor . For many years Bro . Whyte-Melville was almost as a father to him . They lived in the same county . He had known Bro . Whyte-Melville for fully 40 years , and during all that time he mi ght say he looked on him as his adopted Masonic child . From the earliest days of his Masonic initiation—just 35
years ago—when he presented and initialed him , he looked forward with their favour to the fact of his being able some day to succeed him in those honours which he bore so well and so bravely . By their favour he had succeeded to some of them , and if he was successful in doing his duty as well as their late Grand Master did he should , he hoped , satisfy them . Somo of the pleasantest moments of his life had been spent in Scottish Masonic
company . His lordship looked forward to spending more happy days in their society . During the time he was Grand Master Mason he had to contend with difficulties which perhaps were unknown to those who came after him ; but he was glad to say that now they had gallantly surmounted those . He would further say in the presence of his noble friend on the right ( the Earl of Mar and Kellie ) , who had succeeded one who was
an honour to the Craft , that they had raised Scottish Masonry to a more flourishing condition than he had ever hoped it would be in . It was an institution socially or financially unexampled in the annals of the country , and for that thanks were due not only to the heads of the Order , but to the working officers who had come in since his time . And that success was shared by all those Orders of which Grand Lodge might be said to be the head . ( Applause . )
The toast of "The Prov . G . Lodges" having been acknowledged by Bros . F . A . BARROW , Glasgow , and G . P . BROCKBANK , Lancashire , and that of " The Youngest Members of Grand Lodge " by Bro . ex .-Provost CHRISTIE , of Stirling , The Earl of KINTORE gave "The Health of the Countess of Rosslyn . "
The CHAIRMAN , inreplying , said the Countess look an interest not less than that of any lady in Scotland in Masonry as one of the most charitable and philanthropic institutions in the world , and had a sincere sympathy with those who practised it . She had done the honours at Roslin on the occasion of a Masonic visit , and her proudest hope was that at no distant date she might welcome the Masons at Roslin again . ( Applause . )
The Earl of MAR and KELLIE , in replying for " The Grand Lodge of Scotland , " proposed by Bro . J . H . BALFOUR , W . S ., mentioned that it was during the reign of Lord Rosslyn that light began to dawn on Grand Lodge affairs , and that if there had been a Grand Secretary then such as there was now the remedy would have come sooner . It was his Lordship also who first suggested the extension of the fund of Masonic benevolence , and he
congratulated the brethren on the near consummation of his Lordship ' s hopes in that direction . ( Applause . ) The Earl of ROSSLYN having acknowledged the toast of " The Supreme Council , " proposed by Bro . VILLIERS , and the Deputy-Governor , Bro . MANN , having been toasted and expressed his thanks for the compliment , Bro . Captain F . W . ALLAN proposed " The Supreme Grand Roval Arch
Chapter of Scotland , ' and said that the Earl of Kintore was doing great work in that chapter , and expressed the hope that it would be continued . ( Applause . ) The Earl of KINTORE , in replying , said that the companions in the East osved much to those in the West of Scotland for what was being done in thc chapter .
The toast of " The Companions " having been proposed and honoured , the CHAIRMAN , in proposing that of " The Memory of Bro . John Whyte-Melville , " said that , so far as he knew , this was the " first time this toast had been proposed in an influential meeting of that body , which their late brother in his life loved so well and served so faithfully . They felt that on such an occasion as the present there was a blank among them , and a void
which it was difficult indeed to fill . The long and honoured life of their dear departed friend had not been vainly spent when it had enshrined itself in the hearts of all true Scottish Masons , and had formed a memorial in their bosoms which would never be allowed to perish ; and he thought that so long as Masonry existed and flourished in Scotland this melancholy but just tribute to departed worth would always bc paid . The toast , which was drunk in solemn silence , closed the proceedings .