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particular , Bro . B . Thomas , P . M . and P . G . D . C , rose and said he proposed , in pursuance of the notice given by him at the last meeting , that the salary of the Secretary be fixed at £ 20 per annum for the future , and to eommence with the beginning of the present year . Bro . Thomas spoke of the kindness always shown by the Secretary , Bro . AVilliam Williams—of the very extraordinary amount of work he always performed—of his readiness at all
times and at any hour tc attend to the duties of his office—to his having served as Secretary for nineteen or twenty yearsto the number of members now on the books compared to what they were when Bro . Williams was first appointed , and to the inadequate pay which that worthy brother received . The proposition was very ably seconded by Bro . R . B . Evans , P . M ., P . Prov . G . D . C , who bore testimony to Bro . Williams ' s
sterling good qualities as a man and a Mason . Bro . Griffiths , P . M ., and P . G . Supt . of AVorks ,, endorsed all the preceding speakers had said in praise of Bro . Williams , and added—if many lodges knew of the many excellent qualities of that brother as a Secretaiy , they would readily give h ' nn a large salary to attend and act for them . The W . M ., Bro . Oliver , also bore testimony to the readiness always evinced by Bro . Williams , and of the arduous duties he
had to perform . The lodge now numbering nearly a hundred and fifty members . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Bro . AVilliam AVilliams feelingly responded for the kindness
thus and at all times shown him , and said he should for the future endeavour to redouble his exertions for the brethren of the Silurian lodge . Two petitions to the Board of Benevolence were then read by the Secretary—one from Mrs . Westell , of SO , Peaseoedstreet , AVindsor , whose husband was initiated in 471 ; and the other from Mrs . Jane Maria Evans , wife of Captain AVilliam Evans , of the Brig lag , of Newport , who died suddenly last
October , in Trinidad de Cuba , leaving his wife in great distress . Both these petitions were backed iu the usual manner hy the brethren present , and the Secretary was ordered to forward them to the G . Sec . as soon as possible . The Sec . then read an application for relief from a Mrs . Williams , of Newport , whose husband is now unfortunately confined in the asylum at Abergavenny , when it was resolved that £ 1 Is . be presented to Mrs . Williams out of the funds of
this lodge . We may add that this grant seems small—but Mrs . AA'illiams has once before been relieved by the brethren of 471—and her husband was not a member of this lodge , but was iuitiated iu Bute Lodge , Cardiff . The brethren then agreed to subscribe the following annual sums to the undermentioned charities , viz .: The Fund of Benevolence , £ 2 2 s . ; the Boys' School , £ 2 2 s . ; the Girls '
School , & 2 2 s . ; the Newport Infirmary , £ 1 la . ; the Newport Ragged Schools , £ 1 Is . Three candidates for Masonry , and one joining member were then proposed , and the lodge was closed in harmony at 9 . 55 p . m .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYRSHIRE . AKNIA ' EESAKI' NEPTUNE KILWINNING , ARDEOSSAV , NO . 442 . The third anniversary of this hitherto prosperous lodge was celebrated on the 30 th ult . by one of the most interesting and successful Masonic communications that have this season been held in Ayrshire . At seven o'clock the brethren , to the number
of forty-five , met in the new hall which they have recently acquired , and thence proceeded to the town-hall—the route of the procession , which was headed by the old Kilwinning band and accompanied by a considerable crowd of townspeople , having been made to embrace the principal street of the burgh , the column that adorns the south on festive occasions having been upreared under the direction of the Junior Warden . The angular approaches to the Orient were successively traversed by deputations from Mother Kilwinning , headed hy its substitute Master , Bros . P . Burns ; Black , Secretary , Troon Navigation , 86 ; AVilson , Stevenston Thistle and Rose , 169 ; R . AV . Dr .
Scotland.
Sloan , Dairy Blair , 298 ; R . AA . Bro : AValker , Kilbirnie Royal Blues , 499 ; and by several visiting brethren . The level half concealed by a cornucopia ; indicated the presence in the east of Bro . D . Murray Lyon , one of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and Prov . G . S . W . of Ayrshire ; Bro . Jones , trowel in hand , represented Ayr Operative ; the cross of St . Andrew ( of Irvine ) was the contribution of Bro . Brown ; while the-Royal Arch in the low west , composed of thirteen well-wrought
ashlars , the gift of the independent members of 320 , foreshadowed the speedy eradication of the petty jealousy which , to the disgust of every unprejudiced onlooker , characterises Saltcoats and Ardrossan St . John in its relations toward the
Ardrossan Lodge . Bro . Mearns was . the key-stone of this arch ,, and the ovation which on their admission he and the worthy brethren by whom he was accompanied received at the hand of Neptune and his guests must have been peculiarly grateful to them as indicative of the thorough appreciation of the spiritthe true spirit of Masonry—in which they had come to fraternise with their nearest Masonic neighbour . The disposition of the officebearers of the lodge was similar to that observed on
former festivals . Grouped around the base of the Corinthian column were the Hon . Bros . Hugh Boyd , P . M . ; David Goodwin , D . AL ; Robert Dinwoodie , S . M . ; Frank Goodwin , Treas . ; John Robertson , Sec . ; and AA'illiam Wylie , Chap . The Doric column was under the guardianship of the W . Bro . AVilliam Ross , the W . S . being represented by the W . Bro . John Macdonald . The DeaconsJ . Norris and C . Adairand the StewardsJCraiand
, , , , g R . Ritchie , were unceasingly engaged in their respective spheres ; while the privacy of the lodge was vigilantly preserved by the Inner and Outer Guards , H . Hamilton and Jamas M'Kay . AA'hen all were seated the hall presented a gay aspect—itsdecoration being both chaste and effective , while there was a profuse and very tasteful display of fruits aud confections
temptingly arranged by Mrs . Hugh Boyd , whose ministrations in this department elicited the wannest thanks of the brethren , as did also the services of Bro . Graham , who supplied the wines ' and liquors . The floral devices and drapery of flags , & c , wasthe handiwork of Messrs . D . Harper , John M'Innes ( gardeners ) , and Phillips . Immediately after the formal reception of the guests , the R . W . Bro . James Robertson addressed the communication as follows : —
R . W . Sirs and brethren—Permit me , before proceeding to the formal celebration of the third anniversary of this lodge , to offer you the fraternal welcome of the members of Neptune Kilwinning . Cheered by your presence here this evening , we shall enter upon our fourth year ' s existence with renewed vigour in the work for which the Ardrossan Lodge has been constituted , viz ., the practice aud extension of Freemasonry . By your attendance here to-niht you give proof of the interest feel
g you in the extension of the fraternal circle , independent of any considerations of a personal character : you rejoice in the Masonic birth of neutrals , irrespective of where such events take place ,. whether under the shade of the venerable Abbey of Kilwinning ,, or in the bosom of the hist constituted lodge . There is an honourable emulation which is patent to every lodge in itsendeavours to widen the sphere of its membership . But there
is also a counterfeit of this emulation , to discourage which should be the object of every lodge wishful of having the Orderpurged of euvyings and jealousies , with their kindred accompaniments . In the several visits Neptune Kilwinning has this season paid to the sister lodges in this , province , we have been alike gratified with the cordiality of our reception and thetokens that were presented to us of the prosperity that continues to crown the mystic labours of the fraternity in the cradle land
of Scottish Masonry . Brethren , of the aggregate number of gentlemen who have iu the past year been admitted into the Craft , eighty-two were raised under the charter of Neptune Kilwinning . Young in years as the Ardrossan Lodge is , its members are to be met with in every quarter of the globe j while its resident sons are steadily increasing in number , and becoming more and more attached to the principles of Freemasonry . In the name then of the lodof which I have the
ge honour to be the Master , I accord to you the most fraternal welcome which it is in the power of any lodge to give to another . The applause with which these remarks were greeted having subsided , Bro . Robertson gave in succession the toasts usual on such occasions , the deputations , & c , being duly pledged amid a profusion of mystic honours .
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Provincial.
particular , Bro . B . Thomas , P . M . and P . G . D . C , rose and said he proposed , in pursuance of the notice given by him at the last meeting , that the salary of the Secretary be fixed at £ 20 per annum for the future , and to eommence with the beginning of the present year . Bro . Thomas spoke of the kindness always shown by the Secretary , Bro . AVilliam Williams—of the very extraordinary amount of work he always performed—of his readiness at all
times and at any hour tc attend to the duties of his office—to his having served as Secretary for nineteen or twenty yearsto the number of members now on the books compared to what they were when Bro . Williams was first appointed , and to the inadequate pay which that worthy brother received . The proposition was very ably seconded by Bro . R . B . Evans , P . M ., P . Prov . G . D . C , who bore testimony to Bro . Williams ' s
sterling good qualities as a man and a Mason . Bro . Griffiths , P . M ., and P . G . Supt . of AVorks ,, endorsed all the preceding speakers had said in praise of Bro . Williams , and added—if many lodges knew of the many excellent qualities of that brother as a Secretaiy , they would readily give h ' nn a large salary to attend and act for them . The W . M ., Bro . Oliver , also bore testimony to the readiness always evinced by Bro . Williams , and of the arduous duties he
had to perform . The lodge now numbering nearly a hundred and fifty members . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Bro . AVilliam AVilliams feelingly responded for the kindness
thus and at all times shown him , and said he should for the future endeavour to redouble his exertions for the brethren of the Silurian lodge . Two petitions to the Board of Benevolence were then read by the Secretary—one from Mrs . Westell , of SO , Peaseoedstreet , AVindsor , whose husband was initiated in 471 ; and the other from Mrs . Jane Maria Evans , wife of Captain AVilliam Evans , of the Brig lag , of Newport , who died suddenly last
October , in Trinidad de Cuba , leaving his wife in great distress . Both these petitions were backed iu the usual manner hy the brethren present , and the Secretary was ordered to forward them to the G . Sec . as soon as possible . The Sec . then read an application for relief from a Mrs . Williams , of Newport , whose husband is now unfortunately confined in the asylum at Abergavenny , when it was resolved that £ 1 Is . be presented to Mrs . Williams out of the funds of
this lodge . We may add that this grant seems small—but Mrs . AA'illiams has once before been relieved by the brethren of 471—and her husband was not a member of this lodge , but was iuitiated iu Bute Lodge , Cardiff . The brethren then agreed to subscribe the following annual sums to the undermentioned charities , viz .: The Fund of Benevolence , £ 2 2 s . ; the Boys' School , £ 2 2 s . ; the Girls '
School , & 2 2 s . ; the Newport Infirmary , £ 1 la . ; the Newport Ragged Schools , £ 1 Is . Three candidates for Masonry , and one joining member were then proposed , and the lodge was closed in harmony at 9 . 55 p . m .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYRSHIRE . AKNIA ' EESAKI' NEPTUNE KILWINNING , ARDEOSSAV , NO . 442 . The third anniversary of this hitherto prosperous lodge was celebrated on the 30 th ult . by one of the most interesting and successful Masonic communications that have this season been held in Ayrshire . At seven o'clock the brethren , to the number
of forty-five , met in the new hall which they have recently acquired , and thence proceeded to the town-hall—the route of the procession , which was headed by the old Kilwinning band and accompanied by a considerable crowd of townspeople , having been made to embrace the principal street of the burgh , the column that adorns the south on festive occasions having been upreared under the direction of the Junior Warden . The angular approaches to the Orient were successively traversed by deputations from Mother Kilwinning , headed hy its substitute Master , Bros . P . Burns ; Black , Secretary , Troon Navigation , 86 ; AVilson , Stevenston Thistle and Rose , 169 ; R . AV . Dr .
Scotland.
Sloan , Dairy Blair , 298 ; R . AA . Bro : AValker , Kilbirnie Royal Blues , 499 ; and by several visiting brethren . The level half concealed by a cornucopia ; indicated the presence in the east of Bro . D . Murray Lyon , one of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and Prov . G . S . W . of Ayrshire ; Bro . Jones , trowel in hand , represented Ayr Operative ; the cross of St . Andrew ( of Irvine ) was the contribution of Bro . Brown ; while the-Royal Arch in the low west , composed of thirteen well-wrought
ashlars , the gift of the independent members of 320 , foreshadowed the speedy eradication of the petty jealousy which , to the disgust of every unprejudiced onlooker , characterises Saltcoats and Ardrossan St . John in its relations toward the
Ardrossan Lodge . Bro . Mearns was . the key-stone of this arch ,, and the ovation which on their admission he and the worthy brethren by whom he was accompanied received at the hand of Neptune and his guests must have been peculiarly grateful to them as indicative of the thorough appreciation of the spiritthe true spirit of Masonry—in which they had come to fraternise with their nearest Masonic neighbour . The disposition of the officebearers of the lodge was similar to that observed on
former festivals . Grouped around the base of the Corinthian column were the Hon . Bros . Hugh Boyd , P . M . ; David Goodwin , D . AL ; Robert Dinwoodie , S . M . ; Frank Goodwin , Treas . ; John Robertson , Sec . ; and AA'illiam Wylie , Chap . The Doric column was under the guardianship of the W . Bro . AVilliam Ross , the W . S . being represented by the W . Bro . John Macdonald . The DeaconsJ . Norris and C . Adairand the StewardsJCraiand
, , , , g R . Ritchie , were unceasingly engaged in their respective spheres ; while the privacy of the lodge was vigilantly preserved by the Inner and Outer Guards , H . Hamilton and Jamas M'Kay . AA'hen all were seated the hall presented a gay aspect—itsdecoration being both chaste and effective , while there was a profuse and very tasteful display of fruits aud confections
temptingly arranged by Mrs . Hugh Boyd , whose ministrations in this department elicited the wannest thanks of the brethren , as did also the services of Bro . Graham , who supplied the wines ' and liquors . The floral devices and drapery of flags , & c , wasthe handiwork of Messrs . D . Harper , John M'Innes ( gardeners ) , and Phillips . Immediately after the formal reception of the guests , the R . W . Bro . James Robertson addressed the communication as follows : —
R . W . Sirs and brethren—Permit me , before proceeding to the formal celebration of the third anniversary of this lodge , to offer you the fraternal welcome of the members of Neptune Kilwinning . Cheered by your presence here this evening , we shall enter upon our fourth year ' s existence with renewed vigour in the work for which the Ardrossan Lodge has been constituted , viz ., the practice aud extension of Freemasonry . By your attendance here to-niht you give proof of the interest feel
g you in the extension of the fraternal circle , independent of any considerations of a personal character : you rejoice in the Masonic birth of neutrals , irrespective of where such events take place ,. whether under the shade of the venerable Abbey of Kilwinning ,, or in the bosom of the hist constituted lodge . There is an honourable emulation which is patent to every lodge in itsendeavours to widen the sphere of its membership . But there
is also a counterfeit of this emulation , to discourage which should be the object of every lodge wishful of having the Orderpurged of euvyings and jealousies , with their kindred accompaniments . In the several visits Neptune Kilwinning has this season paid to the sister lodges in this , province , we have been alike gratified with the cordiality of our reception and thetokens that were presented to us of the prosperity that continues to crown the mystic labours of the fraternity in the cradle land
of Scottish Masonry . Brethren , of the aggregate number of gentlemen who have iu the past year been admitted into the Craft , eighty-two were raised under the charter of Neptune Kilwinning . Young in years as the Ardrossan Lodge is , its members are to be met with in every quarter of the globe j while its resident sons are steadily increasing in number , and becoming more and more attached to the principles of Freemasonry . In the name then of the lodof which I have the
ge honour to be the Master , I accord to you the most fraternal welcome which it is in the power of any lodge to give to another . The applause with which these remarks were greeted having subsided , Bro . Robertson gave in succession the toasts usual on such occasions , the deputations , & c , being duly pledged amid a profusion of mystic honours .