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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
LONDON , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1867 .
By Bro . D . JMOEKAY LYOX , A . M ., Masonic University of ' Kentuchy , U . S . ; Corresponding 2 Icmuer of the Union of Germ-an Freemasons , Lei ' psi ' e ; ono of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ,- author of the " History of Mother Kilv : inning , ' '' $ ' c . VOLUNTEERS AND TIIE CRAFT IN THE PRETENDER '
TIME . In a paper entitled " The Lodge Militant , " which we contributed to the Magazine a few yeavs ago , there occurs the following passage : — ¦ " History records that in 1777 , with America in open
rebellion against her sovereignty , and menaced b y more than one of the continental powers thirsting for her humiliation , Britain called for an extraordinary levy of men wherewith to meet the emergency . Carried away by the patriotism
which filled their bosoms , many lodges seem fairl y to have lost sig ht of their princi ples as members of the Fraternity . They , at the period we speak of , not only devoted their funds to the payment of large sums to volunteers , but offered the rite of
initiation free to all who chose to join the regular army . " When in apprehension of the threatened invasion by Revolutionary Prance ( 1794 ) , the British nation flew to arms , the Craft were not wanting * in their expression of sympathy with the Volunteers—many of the lodges havin g so far acknowledged the patriotism displayed by the
citizen soldiers as to admit , at half-fees , those of them who were inclined to enter , and who were approved . But long anterior to either of the events to which we have adverted , Volunteers were wont to receive special consideration at tho
hands of the Fraternity . It is shown b y the minutes of the Ayr Squareinen Incorporation that when , in 1715 , the Chevalier de St . George attempted to regain for his dynasty the throne , from which their misrule had driven them , the
Fraternity ' s attachment for the House of Hanover developed itself in the facilities to become " ¦ maisters of craft" that were presented to those who volunteered to take up arms wherewith to defend the King and constitution : —
" June 9 , 1720 . . . . John M'Galloch , who was received freeman of the trade and allowed to exercise his imployment , on account of his inlisting himself in the Town ' s Company and serving as Volunteer the time of the late rebellion , in defence of His Majesties person and government , craved to be admitted to the haill privileges of
the trade by voting * in the election of a deacou and in all other matters falling under the trades consideration , which bein g considered b y the trade they hereby admitt the said John to the haill privileges any other member of the Incorporation brinks and enjoys . "
BRIBING A SCOTTISH BTJEGHAL PARLIAMENT . Their honorary admission did not , however , relieve Volunteers from the obligation to provide the " dener " usually exacted b y the Incoporation from ordinary intrants . Nor do we wonder at the
tenacit y with which the Craft clun g to a custom which , apart from the pleasurable emotions ifc would produce in its participants , had among other associations that of antiquity , and the example of their hatters , to recommend it . That
the attractions of the table exercised a potent influence upon the official acts of those civic dignitaries to whom our ancient brethren were subject , and at whose periodical conventions tho affairs of the Scottish bm's * hs were wont to be
regulated , is rendered very apparent from the following minute which , in our researches among * the records of the Royal Burgh of Ayr , we recently brought to light : —¦ " June , 15 S 8 . . . . The qlk day the Couusale
foirsaid thiuked gude and concludifc that gif the remanentt comissionares of burrowis to be couvenit deductis and impairis the extent roll of the burgh to thair auld place , that in that cais the sd Burgh mak thaim ane banket honestlie and friely , as alsua gife
thaim wyno ressonabillie during their remaning , upoim the Town ' s expensses and charges , qlk they conclude to be allowitt ,- —And gif the comissionares of burrowis beis not swa thankefnll swa that the
Toun sail not be impairit nor diminish ; , In that cais concluds na bankett be maid . " The " extent roll" was that by which the imposition of taxes was regulated— -the higher tbe valuation of burgh property the greater the amount of its contributions to the national exchequer ¦ and as " extent rolls " fell to be revised at tbe annual Convention of
Burghs , the magistrates of Ayr are by the foregoing minute shown to have held out the prospect of a public entertainment , besides a " reasonable" allowance of wine during the sitting of the convention , as an inducement to the commissioners to reduce the valuation of the burgh to the required amount ; and from
a subsi'qtienfc entry , recording the reduction of the roll , the Commissioners are exposed to the charge of Inning been more susceptible to the influence of whai ; at another's expense should pass into the stomach , than to the power of argument upon the
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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
LONDON , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1867 .
By Bro . D . JMOEKAY LYOX , A . M ., Masonic University of ' Kentuchy , U . S . ; Corresponding 2 Icmuer of the Union of Germ-an Freemasons , Lei ' psi ' e ; ono of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ,- author of the " History of Mother Kilv : inning , ' '' $ ' c . VOLUNTEERS AND TIIE CRAFT IN THE PRETENDER '
TIME . In a paper entitled " The Lodge Militant , " which we contributed to the Magazine a few yeavs ago , there occurs the following passage : — ¦ " History records that in 1777 , with America in open
rebellion against her sovereignty , and menaced b y more than one of the continental powers thirsting for her humiliation , Britain called for an extraordinary levy of men wherewith to meet the emergency . Carried away by the patriotism
which filled their bosoms , many lodges seem fairl y to have lost sig ht of their princi ples as members of the Fraternity . They , at the period we speak of , not only devoted their funds to the payment of large sums to volunteers , but offered the rite of
initiation free to all who chose to join the regular army . " When in apprehension of the threatened invasion by Revolutionary Prance ( 1794 ) , the British nation flew to arms , the Craft were not wanting * in their expression of sympathy with the Volunteers—many of the lodges havin g so far acknowledged the patriotism displayed by the
citizen soldiers as to admit , at half-fees , those of them who were inclined to enter , and who were approved . But long anterior to either of the events to which we have adverted , Volunteers were wont to receive special consideration at tho
hands of the Fraternity . It is shown b y the minutes of the Ayr Squareinen Incorporation that when , in 1715 , the Chevalier de St . George attempted to regain for his dynasty the throne , from which their misrule had driven them , the
Fraternity ' s attachment for the House of Hanover developed itself in the facilities to become " ¦ maisters of craft" that were presented to those who volunteered to take up arms wherewith to defend the King and constitution : —
" June 9 , 1720 . . . . John M'Galloch , who was received freeman of the trade and allowed to exercise his imployment , on account of his inlisting himself in the Town ' s Company and serving as Volunteer the time of the late rebellion , in defence of His Majesties person and government , craved to be admitted to the haill privileges of
the trade by voting * in the election of a deacou and in all other matters falling under the trades consideration , which bein g considered b y the trade they hereby admitt the said John to the haill privileges any other member of the Incorporation brinks and enjoys . "
BRIBING A SCOTTISH BTJEGHAL PARLIAMENT . Their honorary admission did not , however , relieve Volunteers from the obligation to provide the " dener " usually exacted b y the Incoporation from ordinary intrants . Nor do we wonder at the
tenacit y with which the Craft clun g to a custom which , apart from the pleasurable emotions ifc would produce in its participants , had among other associations that of antiquity , and the example of their hatters , to recommend it . That
the attractions of the table exercised a potent influence upon the official acts of those civic dignitaries to whom our ancient brethren were subject , and at whose periodical conventions tho affairs of the Scottish bm's * hs were wont to be
regulated , is rendered very apparent from the following minute which , in our researches among * the records of the Royal Burgh of Ayr , we recently brought to light : —¦ " June , 15 S 8 . . . . The qlk day the Couusale
foirsaid thiuked gude and concludifc that gif the remanentt comissionares of burrowis to be couvenit deductis and impairis the extent roll of the burgh to thair auld place , that in that cais the sd Burgh mak thaim ane banket honestlie and friely , as alsua gife
thaim wyno ressonabillie during their remaning , upoim the Town ' s expensses and charges , qlk they conclude to be allowitt ,- —And gif the comissionares of burrowis beis not swa thankefnll swa that the
Toun sail not be impairit nor diminish ; , In that cais concluds na bankett be maid . " The " extent roll" was that by which the imposition of taxes was regulated— -the higher tbe valuation of burgh property the greater the amount of its contributions to the national exchequer ¦ and as " extent rolls " fell to be revised at tbe annual Convention of
Burghs , the magistrates of Ayr are by the foregoing minute shown to have held out the prospect of a public entertainment , besides a " reasonable" allowance of wine during the sitting of the convention , as an inducement to the commissioners to reduce the valuation of the burgh to the required amount ; and from
a subsi'qtienfc entry , recording the reduction of the roll , the Commissioners are exposed to the charge of Inning been more susceptible to the influence of whai ; at another's expense should pass into the stomach , than to the power of argument upon the