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HISTORY of the LODGE of EDINBURGH Death of Bro CONTENTS. trying nature ; and we trust that if other meetings of a like PAGE LKAOEfS - . character are held under the same hospitable roof they may Mason ry at the Mansion House ... ... ... ... 613 History of the Lod ge of Edinburgh (Mary 's Chapel , No. 1) ... ... 613 prove at least as successful as that of the Alfred Newton Lodge Masoni c J urisprud ence ... ... ... ... ••• , — 614 on the 13th day of the present month of October in the closing Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... ••• "' 5 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... GiO year of the 19th century. The Playgoers ' Club ... ... ... ... ... ... 010 Cra ft Mason ry ... ... ... ... ••• •¦• 6l 7 M ASO NIC NOTES — HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH Death of Bro. A. Stewart Brown , P.G.D. .;. ... ... 621 Recent Mas onic Meeting at the Mansion Hjuse ... ... ... 621 {MARY'S CHAPEL), No. 1* Visiting Worshipful Masters ... ... ... ... ... 621 Appointm ent of the Earl of Radnor as Provincial Gr and Maste r of The first edition of this Wiltshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 621 History, which was published in Annu al Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicester and Rutland 621 18 73, was so elaborately written ; so much care was taken in its The Kell y Memorial Fund ... ... ... ... ••• 621 Death of Bro. K. Thorpe , P.G. Std . Br. ... ... ... 621 compilation to distinguish between historical fact and the fiction Cor respondence ... ... ... ... ¦•• ••• 622 which so many Masonic writers had seen fit to palm off upon fi 22 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... - their uninstructed readers as Royal Arch ... ... ... ... .. - - .624 fact ; and ii* the course of the Instructio n .. ... ... ... ... ••• ••• "24 author's investigations he had succeeded in bringing to li ght such M O NIT O R — S E C RHT a mass of authentic information as to the earl history of the Conclave of Mourning in Memory of the late Dr. I. Zach arie , P.G.S.R... C26 y Craft in Scotland , that at first si Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... f>26 ght there would appear to have Obituary ... ... - •¦• •¦• ••• - r' 26 been no special reason for the issue of a second and equall Provincial Priory of Somerset and Monmouth... ... ... ... <> '7 y Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of South Wales ... ... ... G27 elaborate work. But the 27 years that have elapsed since Bro. The Cra ft Abroa d ... ... ... ... ... ... 627 LYON established himself as Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... — faS , par excellence, the historian of Scottish Freemasonry, constitutes the period of closest and most searching inquiry into the origin and development of our MASONRY AT THE MANSION HO US E. Society, both generally and in particular countries. Not only are It was in the last degree improbable that so prominent a the fables which once passed current as Masonic history now Mason as Bro. Alderman Sir A. N EW TON , Bart., would allow his laughed to scorn , but there is even a tendency noticeable in year of office as Lord Mayor of London to pass without dispensing some of our most approved authorities , in their determination I he hospitality of the Mansion House to a representative body to accept only what is capable of absolute proof , to reject of the Craft with which he has been honourabl y connected for so those moral certainties which are only one degree less worthy many years. Hence the meeting, by dispensation , of the lod ge of acceptance than lega l certainties. We do not complain which bears his name , of which he was the princi pal founder of this tendency. On the contrary, we are of op inion that and lirst W. Master , and his son , Bro. II. K. NEWTON , is the it has a salutary effect in restraining people from adopting present Master. The meeting was a stated one and differed in no loo readily and without due inquiry on their own part the respect save one from other meetings of a similar character. theories which writers who preceded them have seen fit to The business on the A genda included the initiation of three promulgate. At all events, since Bro. LYON 'S History was candidates for the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , and published in 1873 there has been a complete revolution in al .1 later stage in the proceedings Bro. II. K. NEWTON , W.M., Masonic history. A generation of writers has arisen who have was heartil y congratulated on the able and impressive manner had the courage to think , search, and resolve for themselves, in which he performed the ceremony-. These congratulations and Freemasonry is no longer open to the reproach that its must have been the more welcome as the meeting, though it was, historians are mere writers of fable. In England we have our as we have remarked , a regular meeting, differed greatly from G OULD and Hue.HAN ; Ireland boasts of its C IIETWODE must other such meetings in the matter of attendance. The CRAWLEY ; while the sp lendid examp le set by MURRAY LYON rulers of the Craft—the Present and Past Grand Officers of has been followed with great advantage by " quite a number of Failed Grand Lodge—were present in force , among them being Masonic students," who, as the author remarks in his Preface, many of the greater luminaries of the Society in England , whose " have in book form given the result of their researches amono- names are familiar to Craftsmen in every country in which the records of the most famous of our old Scottish Lodges," I' i'eeniasonry has established itself. It was the presence of prominent among these students being Bros. ALEXANDER R.OSS, I") these worthies , coup led with the fact of the lod ge being held in A LLAN M ACKENZIE , . CRAWFORD S MITH , J AMES S MITH , the official residence of the Chief Magistrate of the metropolis W ILLIAM H UNTER , and T HOMAS J OHNSTONE . Under these °l Ihe British Emp ire , that gave especial vela I to the gathering. circumstances it is not surprising that Bro. LYON , in his very Moreover , as Bro. Sir JOHN B. M.ONCKTON , P.G.W., in natural desire to make his History of Lod ge No. 1 as complete l(,spondin g for the Grand Officers, was pleased to remark, " This as possible, should have comp lied with the request of its ls an age of records," and it is certainl y an event without Master and. office-bearers for a new edition , while the Ter- precedent in the annals of English Freemasonry that a lodge centenary celebration in the summer of 1S99 furnished the hearing the honoured name of London's Chief Magistrate, and opportunity for its publication. Of the result of his labours we presided over by his son , should have met in his official home have already said it is impossible to speak too highly, and so we 'lll (l fulfil led its duties in the presence of such a brilliant muster must content ourselves with remarking that the new edition is "f the magnates of the Craft . We heartil y congratulate the worthy in every way of the lodge at whose request it has been ' ¦°rd Mayor on the success which attended him as host on this * '* H ISTORY oi' TUB L ODOE oi' E DINBURGH (M ARY ' S C IIAPHI .), No. i." — particular occasion , and his lordshi p's son on the manner in Embracing an account of the Rise and Pro gress of Freemasonry in Scotland . By w hich David Murray Lyon, Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Correspond ing he performed the duties of presiding officer both in lodge Member of the Society of Anti quaries of Scotland , M.M., Ayr St. Paul , P.M. Ayr St. 'Hid at James. " Tercentenar y Edition. " The Gresham Publishin g Company. London ; 2%, the festive board , under circumstances of a peculiarly Far rin gdort-avenue ; Glasgow and Dublin , irpo. written, and of the event in its history of which it is the memorial in his high office and held it until his death in August, 1637, and record, as well as of the distinguished brother who, in spite of was succeeded in it by his brother IiENRIE ALEXAND ER. " his weight of years, has still further strengthened his claims Other documents bearing upon the subject which we are told upon our respect and admiration. " came to hand too late for insertion in the text " will be found Passing to the History itself , we feel sorely tempted to enter as an addendum towards the end of the volume and should be points read into a more or leas detailed consideration of its chief , together with King C HARLES'S letter as above, quoted. \ n but we assume that most of our readers are acquainted with the our op inion , this new evidence full y justifies Bro. LYON 'S op inion ht necessary to —which be it remarked 1873 edition , and whatever Bro. LYON then thoug , he arrived at before the discovery of introduce in tracing the career of No. 1, and whatever else he these letters, &c.—that the whole story is too myth-like to be may have looked upon as of special interest or importance to accepted as historical fact. the general body of the Craft, is carefully reproduced in these The further comments we. are desirous of offering will be pages. Here will be found the Schaw Statutes of 1598 and set forth in a second article. 1 599. Here is a facsimile reproduction of the earliest extant minute of the lod ge, bearing date " Vltimo, Julij, 1599." Here, MASONIC JURISPR UD ENCE. too, is the " earliest authentic record of a non-operative being a member of a Mason lodge," the 8th June, 1600, being the date [ COMMUNICATED.! of the record—a facsimile of which faces page 52—while the CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.
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