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Scotland.

A mere bagatelle ! Many English Lodges pay five pounds a-year in the shape of subscription . Were we to make a regulation that five shillings a-year should be subscribed by each member , we should raise 100 ? . instantly ; and this , together with our initiation fees , would give us a fund of 200 / . or 250 / . at once , and would furnish the nucleus of . a Fund of Benevolence such as those wliich are possessed by England and Ireland . I do hope that we shall soon have some such fund as this , and support tho poor sons and daughters of deceased or distressed Freemasons . ( Cheers . ) So much

for St . Mark ' s Lodge . As members of Chapter 50 , Ave are but the tenants of St . Mark's Lodge ; and in this chapter we have members of other Lodges : for we have in Glasgow sixteen Lodges , but only four Chapters . We have as companions in this chapter brethren from five or six different Lodges . When I first joined this Chapter , a few' years ago , we had a fund of only 6 / . Since that time we have spent 70 / . in regalia —( hear , hear)—and we have money in hand yet . ( Hear , and cheers . ) After a brief interval , which ivas occupied by a song ,

lhe M . ni . Z . Campbell said , companions , while in Scotland the Grand Lodge recognizes no degree beyond that of a Master Mason , in England they recognize also the Royal Arch ; but if yon step across the water to Ireland , the Grand Lodge there recognizes all the degrees , including Templarism , up to the 33 rd degree . ( Hear . ) I have now to ask you to join with me in drinking to the prosperity of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , with which I shall ask you to couple the name of a Companion now present , who is now a member with us , but AVho is also a member of a Chapter holding of the

Supreme Grand Chapter of Ireland . I mean Companion Sharman , ivliom we are happy to receive here in the same spirit in which ive ourselves hope to be received undeisimilar circumstances . Our working in Scotland is a little different from the Mark Master Masonry which he may have seen in the Irish Mark Master Masons Lodge to which he belongs ; our working of the Royal Arch degree , also differs from that with which he may he familiar in England . But thelandmarks are the same : ( hear ) and I should greatly rejoice to see the day when our ivorkings in England , Ireland , Scotland , France , and throughout tho world , become as nearly alike as they can possibly be made .

( Hear , hear . ) We have the same deplorable differences in the profession to which I belong ; there is one pharmacopoeia for England , another for Ireland , and a third for Scotland ; so that if an Apothecary here should make up the prescription of an English Physician as it is written , what in England would effect the cure of the patient , would here become a dangerous dose . ( Hear , and laughter . ) I hope , however , that the day is not far distant when we shall not only have uniformity of Masonic ritual , but also a National Pharmacopoeia . ( Hear , hear . ) I shall now ask you to drink " Prosperity to the Grand Chapter of Ireland , anil the health of Companion Sharman , member of a Chapter holding of the same . "

The toast having been drunk with great cordiality , — Comp . Sharman said , M . E . Z . and Comps ., he " felt exceedingly grateful for the lienor conferred upon him in coupling his name with the Grand Chapter of Ireland , to tho prosperity of which they had drunk so cordially . His connexion with Irish Masonry was but slight , though his attachment to it was great . One Saturday evening at tho banquet table of his mother Lodge ( Phoeinx , 202 , London ) , there safr nexttohima brother wearing the exquisitel chaste little jewel wliich belonged to

y the M . M . M . degree . It attracted his attention , and he began to make enquiries of the Brother respecting the degree . The result of the conversation was that he promised to propose"him ( Br . Sharman ) a member of a M . M . M . Lodge with which he was connected . He was greatly pleased at the time , but he had since learned that the Lodge in question had no legitimate authority for acting ; only a warrant from a daughter Chapter , whereas in England they recognized no warrants from anybody but Grand Lod then looked

Supreme ges or Chapters . He forward to his introduction to that Lodge ( known as the Bon Accord M . M . M . Lodge , meeting in London ) , with great pleasure ; but , alas for the uncertaint y of sublunary affairs , the brother who was to introduce him went home apparentl y in full health , and the next day—which was the Sabbath—he suddenly expired ! Some time after this , still desiring to take the M . M . M . degree , ho discovered , whilst on a visit to Jersey , that there was a M . M . M . Lodge held there . He asked to be allowed to take the degree , and the

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UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 11
THE NEW CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FRENCH MASONS. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 21
LONDON LODGES. Article 24
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 42
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 50
SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 53
NOTICES. Article 59
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Scotland.

A mere bagatelle ! Many English Lodges pay five pounds a-year in the shape of subscription . Were we to make a regulation that five shillings a-year should be subscribed by each member , we should raise 100 ? . instantly ; and this , together with our initiation fees , would give us a fund of 200 / . or 250 / . at once , and would furnish the nucleus of . a Fund of Benevolence such as those wliich are possessed by England and Ireland . I do hope that we shall soon have some such fund as this , and support tho poor sons and daughters of deceased or distressed Freemasons . ( Cheers . ) So much

for St . Mark ' s Lodge . As members of Chapter 50 , Ave are but the tenants of St . Mark's Lodge ; and in this chapter we have members of other Lodges : for we have in Glasgow sixteen Lodges , but only four Chapters . We have as companions in this chapter brethren from five or six different Lodges . When I first joined this Chapter , a few' years ago , we had a fund of only 6 / . Since that time we have spent 70 / . in regalia —( hear , hear)—and we have money in hand yet . ( Hear , and cheers . ) After a brief interval , which ivas occupied by a song ,

lhe M . ni . Z . Campbell said , companions , while in Scotland the Grand Lodge recognizes no degree beyond that of a Master Mason , in England they recognize also the Royal Arch ; but if yon step across the water to Ireland , the Grand Lodge there recognizes all the degrees , including Templarism , up to the 33 rd degree . ( Hear . ) I have now to ask you to join with me in drinking to the prosperity of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , with which I shall ask you to couple the name of a Companion now present , who is now a member with us , but AVho is also a member of a Chapter holding of the

Supreme Grand Chapter of Ireland . I mean Companion Sharman , ivliom we are happy to receive here in the same spirit in which ive ourselves hope to be received undeisimilar circumstances . Our working in Scotland is a little different from the Mark Master Masonry which he may have seen in the Irish Mark Master Masons Lodge to which he belongs ; our working of the Royal Arch degree , also differs from that with which he may he familiar in England . But thelandmarks are the same : ( hear ) and I should greatly rejoice to see the day when our ivorkings in England , Ireland , Scotland , France , and throughout tho world , become as nearly alike as they can possibly be made .

( Hear , hear . ) We have the same deplorable differences in the profession to which I belong ; there is one pharmacopoeia for England , another for Ireland , and a third for Scotland ; so that if an Apothecary here should make up the prescription of an English Physician as it is written , what in England would effect the cure of the patient , would here become a dangerous dose . ( Hear , and laughter . ) I hope , however , that the day is not far distant when we shall not only have uniformity of Masonic ritual , but also a National Pharmacopoeia . ( Hear , hear . ) I shall now ask you to drink " Prosperity to the Grand Chapter of Ireland , anil the health of Companion Sharman , member of a Chapter holding of the same . "

The toast having been drunk with great cordiality , — Comp . Sharman said , M . E . Z . and Comps ., he " felt exceedingly grateful for the lienor conferred upon him in coupling his name with the Grand Chapter of Ireland , to tho prosperity of which they had drunk so cordially . His connexion with Irish Masonry was but slight , though his attachment to it was great . One Saturday evening at tho banquet table of his mother Lodge ( Phoeinx , 202 , London ) , there safr nexttohima brother wearing the exquisitel chaste little jewel wliich belonged to

y the M . M . M . degree . It attracted his attention , and he began to make enquiries of the Brother respecting the degree . The result of the conversation was that he promised to propose"him ( Br . Sharman ) a member of a M . M . M . Lodge with which he was connected . He was greatly pleased at the time , but he had since learned that the Lodge in question had no legitimate authority for acting ; only a warrant from a daughter Chapter , whereas in England they recognized no warrants from anybody but Grand Lod then looked

Supreme ges or Chapters . He forward to his introduction to that Lodge ( known as the Bon Accord M . M . M . Lodge , meeting in London ) , with great pleasure ; but , alas for the uncertaint y of sublunary affairs , the brother who was to introduce him went home apparentl y in full health , and the next day—which was the Sabbath—he suddenly expired ! Some time after this , still desiring to take the M . M . M . degree , ho discovered , whilst on a visit to Jersey , that there was a M . M . M . Lodge held there . He asked to be allowed to take the degree , and the

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