Glasgow International Exhibition.

was beheaded in 174 6 . His lordship was in the chair of " Mother Kilwinning Lodge " in 1741 , and whilst holding that office was elected Grand iMaster of Scotland 1742 . Lord Kilmarnock was a founder and first R . W . M . of " Kilmarnock Kilwmning , " No . 20 ( warranted A . D . 1734 ) , and also a member of

the " British Coffee House" Lodge ( of I 739 " 45 > I believe ) , and of other lodges . A sword which belonged to the Duke of Perth and was worn b y his Grace at the Battle of Culloden , 174 6 , is numbered 611 The Duke was initiated in thc Lodge Kilwinning , Dundee ( according to Bro . D . Murray Lyon ) ; but as to

this and other curios of the kind , I must leave it to the catalogue to describe . With Bro . Lyon ' s grand " History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' sChapel ) , No . 1 " ( 1900 ) in hand , many of these most interesting items can be duly traced , as respects their connection with the Craft .

The various Collectors' and Deacons' Boxes , Chests , Jugs , & c , of the Trades are very valuable souvenirs of the olden time , and so are the old Banners and Flags of thc Crafts , especiall y a nuTiber of relics lent from Aberdeen . Under the heading of " Masonry " are some 30 Exhibits , thc

first being the " Oldest Minute Book of the senior Lodge of the world , viz ., that of the " Mary ' s Chapel , " No . l . This invaluable Volume contains the "Schaw Statutes of 159 8 , " and the Records begin with the year 1599 , the oldest of the kind extant . It is the only exVibit from No . i , but the distinguished " Lodge

Canongate Kilwinning , " No . 2 ( with Charter of 16 77 ) , sends live contributions to tbe Exhibition , includingthe Deed of Election of William St . Clair , of Rosslyn , as first Grand Master , and the other office-bearers of Grand Lodge of Scotland , 1 736 , and the second Minute Book of 1735-60 .

The famous " Mother Lodge Kilwinning , " No . o ( at the head of the Scottish Roll ) , has lent its oldest Minute Book preserved of 1 ( 142—175 8 , as well as the succeeding Volume of 1758—1 S 07 , and the " Lodge Glasgow St . John , " No . 3 bis , has spared for exhibition the antique Masonic Chest of late 1 7 th century ori g in with lhe inscription thereon :

" God save the King and Mason s Craft , 16 S 4 . " The Grand Lodge of Scotland has lent from its library the two St . Clair Charters of 1600-1 and 1628 ( circa ) , as well as the Minute Book of the " Roman Lodge " ( which met in Rome ) of 1735-37 and the Master ' s mallet and apron of "St . Andrew ' s

Lodge , " Dumfries , used b y Robert Burns . Lodge " Glasgow St Mungo , No . 27 , " is represented b y its Minute Book of 1762-93 . and a Box in use bv the Lodge 1729-62 . The early

Minute Book of the Ayr Squaremen , lent b y Bro . D . Murray Lvon ( the Scottish Masonic Historian ) is a rare exhibit , and the " Masonic Punch Bowl , " from Bro . John Denholm ' s collection , one would like to know more about .

The catalogue is itself a mine of information , but , of course , to read it is not like seeing the ori g inals . W . J . HUGHAN .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The September Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ol England was held on VVednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , VV . C . In the unavoidable absence of the M . W . the Grand Master and the Pro Grand Master and lhe R . W . the Deputy Grand Master , the chair was occupied by R . W . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . John Wimburn Laurie , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for the Western

Division of South Wales ; Bro . Col . Davis , A . D . C , Prov . G . M . Surrey , acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . Rob ; rt Grey . P . G . W ., as J . G . W . Bros , the Hev . Canon J . S . Brownrigg , M . A ., and Sir Borradiile Savory were Grand Chaplains . V . W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . D . G . Reg ., performed the dut es of G . Director of Ceremonies , in which he was assisted by Bro . Fitzroy Tower . Among numerous other Grand and Past Grand Officers who ttended

were—Bros . Horace Brooks Marshall , Grand Treas . ; Samuel Cochrane , Past Grand Treas . ; Harry Manfield , Past Grand Treas . ; George Everett , Past Grand Trias . ; Ex-Sheriff C . W . C . Hutton , P . G . D . ; the Rev . H . A , H . bb , M . A . ; j . E . Le Feuvre , A . C . Spaull , T . J . Railing , W . Russell , W . G . Kentish , Baron rie Ferrieres , Dr . Ralph Gooding , IL D . M . Littler , K . C ., P . Dep . G . Rig ; VV . M . Bywater , Surgeon Lieut .-Col . Kiallnnrk , W . [ . Spratling ,

Major Henty Wright , P . G . S . B . ; the Rev . H . R .. Cooper Smith , C . Kupferschmidt , Asst . G . Sec . for German Correspondence ; James Henry Matthews , President of the Board of Benevoltiice ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; W . Lake , Asst . G . Sec ; R . Loveland Loveland , President of the Board of General Purposes ; John Strachrn , K . C , G . Reg . ; [ ohn V . Vesey Fitzgerald , Dep . G . Reg . ; H . nry Garrod , P . G . Purst . ; W . S . Whitaker , P . G . Purst . ; W . Fisher , P . G . Purst . ; and L . Lizirus , l ' . G . Purst .

Grand Lodge having been opened in form , the Asst . G . Secretary , Bro VV . I . AKii , read the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of June 5 th , iqoi . and of the K'pecial Grand Lodge of July 17 th , iyoi , which were severally put to Grand Lodge and confirmed .

Lieut .-Gen . LAUKII : next said it now became his duty , acting for the Pro Grand Master , who he regretted was not there , to move the resolution of which he ( Kail Amherst ) h id given notice . He particularl y regretted lint the Pro Grand Master was not there , beciuse all the brethren knew hov , in very brief words Earl Amherst made strong paints in his utterance .

United Grand Lodge.

The resolution he ( Gen . Laurie ) would move was " That this United Grand Lodge of England ( including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch ) desires to offer to His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master its most fraternal and sincere condolence and sympathy on the great loss and afflicting bereavement His Royal Highness , together with His Majesty the King ( Protector of the Order ) and the Royal Family , have sustained by

the lamented death of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick of Germany . " He would only say a dozen words . The Princess Royal , as the elder brethren among them knew her , was a woman of far more than ordinary mental gifts which she had cultivated to the highest possible-pitch . If anybody of the King ' s subjects placed her in high esteem it should be Masons . Her desire throughout life was Light—more Light . He moved the resolution which had been handed to him by the Pro Grand Mister .

Col . DAVIS , A . D . C , Prov . G . M . Surrey , said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution proposed by the acting Grand Master . All the brethren rose when General Laurie read to them the resolution he put . Lieut .-General LAURIE said it was hardly necessary to say as all the brethren had risen that it was a unanimous vote .

Bro . Lt .-Gen . LAURIE then said he thought that to supplement this it was very desirable that another resolution should be passed by the Grand Lodge , and he would ask the Grand Registrar to move it . Bro . J STRACHAN , K . C , then said he did not think any member of this Grand Lodge would like Grand Lodge to be closed without also

expressing their heartiest sympathy with one who had been their Grand Master so long , and who was also closely related to the august lady who had recently died , and he therefore moved " That the Most Worshipful Grand Master be respectfully requested to convey to his Majesty the sympathy of the Craft as expressed in the foregoing resolution . ' " Bro . R . D . M . LITTLER , P . Dep . G . Reg ., seconded the motion .

All the brethren rose again as B : o . Gen . LAURIE put the motion , and he declared it carried unanimously . Bro . Lt .-Gen . LAURIE said he had now a message from the Most Worshipful Grand Master to the following effect ;

His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master having received a complaint from the Grand Lodge of Denmark , that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg ( not having any rights in Danish territory ) had warranted a lodge in Copenhagen , contrary to the expressed will of the Masonic authorities of Denmark , has caused enquiries to be made , with the result that the complaint appears

to be well founded . The Grand Lodgeof Denmark having further declared the lodge so warranted to be an illegal and irregular body , and having requested that the Grand Lodge of England should take steps to acquaint English Freemisons with this fact , his Royal Highness desires that the sense of Grand Lodge should be taken on the following resolutions , and he would move :

1 . —That a Body calling itself " Lodge Christian Zum Palmbaum , " or " Lodge Christian til Palmatroeat , " and meeting in Copenhagen , having been declared illegal and irregular by the Grand Lod ge of Denmark , all Masons under the United Grand Lodge of England are hereby warned that they cannot visit such irregular Body , nor can any lodge under this jurisdiction admit as a visitor or joining member any member of such

irregular Body , without respectively incurring the penalty attaching to a grave Masonic offence . Pethaps the Grand Registrar would second the motion . \ Bro . J STRACHAN , K . C , said in seconding this resolution it might be , perhaps , as well that he should intimate to Grand Lodge that the complaint on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Denmark was made at the instance

of the Grand Master of Denmark , the Crown Prince , the brother of our beloved Queen . The Grand Master had caused enquiries to be made at once , and he was sorry to say he found two Grand Lodges on the Continent with which Grand Lodge of England was in perfect amity had had an unfortunate difference . The Grand Lodge of Hamburg was communicated with in order to see what was the explanation of this conduct , and he

believed he might summarise their explanation in the following words : They said that some gentlemen or brethren in Copenhagen had asked to be formed into a lodge at Copenhagen by the Grand Lodge at Hamburg because they themselves—the applicants—did not agree with the Grand Lodge of Denmark in confining their Masonry to Christians . Not one of those applicants professed himself to be other

than Christian , and , therefore , he ( Bro . John Strachan ) did not seethe force of their reasoning . But the Grand Lod ge of Hamburg in spite of the protests of the Grand Lodge of Denmark , warranted and consecrated a lodge in the city of Copenhagen . Protests were made by the Grand Lodge of Denmark , and the Grand Lodge of Sweden passed a resolution similar to that which the Grand Master of Englaud had asked Grand

Lodge of England to pass . Grand Lodges in America had passed similar resolutions , and Grand Lodge of England had now ascertained that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg had not only contravened the Masonic rule in this respect in Denmark , but that they had warranted lodges in the United States , in consequence of which he believed communication had been cut off between some , if not all , Grand Lodges in America and the Grand Lodge

of Hamburg . Itwas not proposed that Grand Lod geof England should proceed to that extremity . All that was suggested b y the M . W . G . Master was that Grand Lodge should deal with the lodge at Copenhagen , which had been declared to be an irregular lodge . The Grand Master had satisfied himself that there was ground for the complaint made , and had asked Grand Lodge to pass this resolution which the acting Grand Mas ' . er had

moved , and he ( Bro . Strachan ) was seconding . The principle on which Grand Lodge of England acted was—that where an outside Masonic body attempted to warrant a lodge within territory which was already covered , and over which the moving body has no jurisdiction whatever ; where such a thing has occurred as a lodge being wananted and consecrated—was to declare it a nullity . It did not follow that no Masonic jurisdiction could

under any circumstances warrant a lodge in another jurisdiction . For instance , it might be that a Grand Lodge—our own Grand Lodge for example—might have certain lodges under its control either in a foreign country or in one of our colonies , and we should have a perfect right to deal with those lodges if other new lodges were formed in that foreign country or that colony . We should still have the right—although it might not be Masonic and proper to use it—to warrant new lodges ; but our

custom was that , when we recognised a Grand Lodge , our Grand Master undertook not to warrant lodges in that jurisdiction . It might be that in the foreign countries in which we have lodges , there might be many things existing which English Masons might not like—they might not care to mix wilh people in that country in the same way as they would with their own countrymen , lie would not define anything , but certainly with people speaking another language—as in the case of Egypt , where there was a Grand