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Provincial.
Yorkshire , in the course of the evening , presented on behalf of eighty brethren of that lodge a handsome jewel , with full dress suit of Provincial Grand clothing to the I . P . M ., Bro . AVilliam Day Keyworth , P . G . Supt . of Works , for the province of North and East Yorkshire , as a mark of respect and esteem , and as a small acknowledgment of the efficient services rendered by him to the lodge on many occasions . At the same time Bro . Ke } --
worth was also presented with a beautiful P . M . 's jewel , set with brilliants , from the Masters , Past Masters , and brethren of the Minerva Lodge , 250 ; the Kingston Loelge , 1 , 010 ; tbe Pelham Pillar Lodge , 792 ; to mark their appreciation of bis services in promoting the best interests of Freemasonry . Bro . Keyworth acknowledged iu suitable terms , the great compliment paid to him by so many brethren of the Humber and sister Lodges , Minerva , Kingston , and Pelham Pillar .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYR . THE MASONIC FESTIVAL OE ST . JOHX This festival was celebrated by the Ayr lodges on the 27 th of December with the ceremonies usual on such occasions . The custom of visiting sister lodges throughout this province having to a considerable extent been given up by the brethren in Ayr , the attendance of deputations from a distance was on the
present occasion confined to tbe lodges of Irvine and Dalmellington , headed by Bros . Dr . Grey and John Bain respectively ; but this was more than compensated for by the unusually great strength in which the eldest as well as the youngest lodge turned out at this year ' s celebration . The lodges , during the evening , exchanged visits with each other—the deputations from 124 being led by the D . M . and Sec ; that from 138 by the Sec . ; 165 by the D . M ; those from 204 bthe the P . M . Secand
, y , , Decorator . The Grand Lodge and tbe Provincial Grand Lodge were rspresented in Nos . 124 , 138 , and 204 by the P . G . Senior Warden . Ayr Kilwinning ( 124 ) began the St . John ' s Day festivities by sitting down to one of those relishable fish suppers for which the George Hotel ( Bro . Findlay ' s ) is becoming so justly famedthe R . AV . Bro . Ferguson presiding , aided as croupier by Bro
James Reid , S . W . Supper over , tbe brethren , numbering about forty , adjourned to their lodge-room , which , besides being most chastely decorated with floral devices and pictures—a largesized photograph of P . M . James Mills ( now of New Zealand ) in full costume as Master of "Otago Kilwinning , " holding an honoured place—was filled to overflowing by one of the most numerous and most fraternal assemblages that has at any period since its rescuscitation in 1850 graced the lodge of Ayr
Kilwinning . Bro . Ferguson conducted tbe evening s ceremonial in his usually happy style ; and among those by whom he was supported on the present occasion were—Bros , Higbett and Gnthrie , P . M . 's ; Russell , Treas . ; J . S M'lhvraitb , Captains Boyd and Kidd , Quarter-master-Sergeant D . C . AVallace , Col .-S ' ergt . Lumsden , John Stewart , J . W ., Andrew Fullarton , J . Mitchell , George Aitken , & c . An excellent quadrille band occupied tbe orchestra .
The Operative ( No . 138 ) , met in the Blue Bell Inn , and tbe Royal Arch ( No . 165 ) , in the Kings Anns . —In St . Paul ' s ( No . 204 ) , the brethren to the number of thirty , dined together in tbe Whip Inn , doing ample justice to a dinner that was quite in keeping with the satisfactory style in which dinners are served by Bro . M'Council , and thereafter retired to the Assembl y Roomswherereceiving a very large accession to their number
, , , they held high festival under circumstances the most propitious of any in which St . John's Day has been kept by the lodge since the retirement of Bro . Glass from tbe chair twelve years ago . At dinner , and also at the subsequent meeting , the R . AV . Bro . Chambers presided in the most unpretending yet effective manner , supported right and left by Bros . James Hutcheson , and A . Glass , P . M . 's ; and among the sons of St . Paul ' s present
were ; Bros . D . Murray Lyon , one of tbeGiand Stewards in tho Grand Lodge of Scotland , and P . G . S . AV . of Ayrshire ; James Houston , H . Wood , J . Guthrie , IV . Morton , Hugh Ramsay , D . Forgie , & c . Bro John Shearer was the croupier , having for supporters Bros . R . Lawrie , Deputy Alaster , A . Martin , D . Alexander , J . and N . Murcbie , AA . Shearer , J . T . Shaw , A . Martin jun . Chief of the engravings of Masonic subjects that adorned the walls of the lodge room was a rare portrait of Lord Moira ( afterwards Marquis of Hastings ) as Grand Master Mason
Scotland.
of Scotland . At the evening communication , tbe Town Hall presented a gay appearance , the disposition of the lodge regalia being peculiarly effective , while the proceedings were greatly enriched by Bro . Norton ' s services as pianist to his mother lodge-Bro . R , H . Smith of Mother Kilwinning , in proposing "Bro . Norton's Health , " gave expression to the feelings of delight with which he in common with the other visitors had listened to the
captivating and really brilliant musical treat given by Bro-Norton , whose permanent settlement in Ayr he regarded as an invaluable acquisition to the musical talent of the town In addition to the office-bearers and tbe brethren already named , Bros . Livingston , P . M ., Archcl . Buchanan , R . Wood , Capt . Gretrig , G . Attfield , D . B . Young , Sergt . AVebster , Bugle-Major Miller , J . Cooper ( whose cornet accompaniments to Bro . Norton , were much admired ) , and other members of St . Paul ' s attended ,
the evening meeting , as did also Bros . A . Guthrie , John Muat , Nisbet , Js . Grey , and others . The office-bearers of St . Paul for the ensuing year are as follows : —Bros . Wm . D . Chambers , Master ; Andrew Glass , Acting I . P . M . ; R . Lawrie , D . M . ; Jas . Jones , S . M . ; J . Leveson Douglas , Stewart of Nateby Hall , Lancaster , Proxy Master ; John Shearer , S . AV .: D . Alexander ,. J . AV . ; Robert Winter , Treas . ; James Houston , Sec . ; A . Tait , and AVm . Morton , Deacons ; N . Murcbie , Bard ; H . AVood , Decorator ; T . M'Coimell and H . Ramsay , Stewards ; S . Buchanan , B . B . ; AA . Armour , S . B . ; AV . Shearer , I . G . ; Andrew Martin , T-
GLASGOAV . GLASGOW . —Lodge St . Maries ( No . 102 ) . —Bro . Major Barbor , the popular R . W . M . of this influential lodge , has been reelected to the chair of K . S . as a token of the esteem in which , be is held by tbe brethren , and in recognition of tbe ability with : which he has hitherto discharged the onerous duties of R . W . M . of a lodge of the hih standing attained bSt . Marks' ( No .
g y 102 ) . The following are the other office-bearers elected , viz ,, Bros . J . Barradale , D . M .: J . M . Allan , S . M , ; T . Halket , S . AV . ; - AA . Haddow , J . AA . ; AV . A . Baillie , Treas . ; R . L . M'Taggart , Sec ; J . Wbyte , Jeweller ; Rev . G . K . Flindt , Chan . ; A . David , son , S . D . ; AV . Muir , J . D . ; D . H . Miller , D . C . { T . Renison ,. V . S . to the Provincial Grand Lodge ; T . Brownlie , S . S . ; and J . Pollock , Tyler .
GLASGOW . —Lodge Clyde ( No . 408 ) . —At the annual meeting of this lodgo for the election of officebearers for the ensuing year , Bro . R . M'Kendrick was elected as the successor to the retiring R . AA . M ., Bro . Thos . M . Campbell . The other officebearers are—Bros . G . Angus , S . M . ; J . Buchanan , S . AA . ; B . A . Langlands , J . W . ; J . Logan , Treasurer ; J . Lament , Sec ; R . B » Thomson , Chap . ; T . Craven , S . D . ; W . Ralston , J . D . ; C . Campbell , Architect ; J . Harkness , Jeweller ; J . Thomson , B . B . ; AVBrown , S . B . ; J . Perrie , P . G . S . ; Peter Paul , S . S . ; J . Roberts , J . S . ; R . F . Robertson , I . G . ; T . Mullens , Tyler .
LANARKSHIRE ( MIDDLE WARD ) . CAMEUSLANG . —Royal Areh Lodge ( No . 114 ) . —The brethren of this lodge held their annual meeting on AA ednesday forenoon , the 1 st inst ., for the celebration of St . John's-day , and also for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year . Tha following is the result of the election : —John Glen , jun ., R . W . M . ; John Glen , sen ., D . M . ; Francis Gibb , S . W . ; AA m . Jarvie , J . AA . ; Henry Aitchison , B . B . ; Robert Clark , Treasurer ; James Jarvie , Secretary ; John Jarvie , G . S . ; John M'Kinzie , S . S . ; Robert Campbell , J . S . ; Win . Nisbet , I . G . ; Robert Arbuckle , Tyler .
PEEBLES AND SELKIRKSHIRE . JEDBURGH . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 104 ) . —The brethren of this lodge , numbering over sixty , and several visiting brethren , held their annual meeting in the Lodge-room , Black Bull Hotel , on the 27 th ult ., at four p . m . The various offices having been filled , tbe names of those elected to the vacancies are : — Bro . Blackie , R . AV . M . ( re-elected ); Robert Hogg , S . AV . ; Adam . T
Scott , J . W . ; AVilliam Johnstone , D . M . ; AAalter Easton , Sec . ( re-elected ); J . S . Turnbull , Treasurer ; Andrew Aitken , S . D . ; George Aitken , J . D . ; James Bell , S . M . ; Graham Halliburton , J . D . G . ; Andrew Kerr , B . B . ( re-elected ); AVilliam Turnbull , S . B . ( re-elected ); AVilliam Aitken , Tyler ( re-elected ) . Stewarc ' g . were also chosen to act as occasions may require : —Bros . W . Laidlaw , Alexander Crosbie , AVm . Thomson , and George Turnbull . After disposing of other business , a torchlight procession
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Provincial.
Yorkshire , in the course of the evening , presented on behalf of eighty brethren of that lodge a handsome jewel , with full dress suit of Provincial Grand clothing to the I . P . M ., Bro . AVilliam Day Keyworth , P . G . Supt . of Works , for the province of North and East Yorkshire , as a mark of respect and esteem , and as a small acknowledgment of the efficient services rendered by him to the lodge on many occasions . At the same time Bro . Ke } --
worth was also presented with a beautiful P . M . 's jewel , set with brilliants , from the Masters , Past Masters , and brethren of the Minerva Lodge , 250 ; the Kingston Loelge , 1 , 010 ; tbe Pelham Pillar Lodge , 792 ; to mark their appreciation of bis services in promoting the best interests of Freemasonry . Bro . Keyworth acknowledged iu suitable terms , the great compliment paid to him by so many brethren of the Humber and sister Lodges , Minerva , Kingston , and Pelham Pillar .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYR . THE MASONIC FESTIVAL OE ST . JOHX This festival was celebrated by the Ayr lodges on the 27 th of December with the ceremonies usual on such occasions . The custom of visiting sister lodges throughout this province having to a considerable extent been given up by the brethren in Ayr , the attendance of deputations from a distance was on the
present occasion confined to tbe lodges of Irvine and Dalmellington , headed by Bros . Dr . Grey and John Bain respectively ; but this was more than compensated for by the unusually great strength in which the eldest as well as the youngest lodge turned out at this year ' s celebration . The lodges , during the evening , exchanged visits with each other—the deputations from 124 being led by the D . M . and Sec ; that from 138 by the Sec . ; 165 by the D . M ; those from 204 bthe the P . M . Secand
, y , , Decorator . The Grand Lodge and tbe Provincial Grand Lodge were rspresented in Nos . 124 , 138 , and 204 by the P . G . Senior Warden . Ayr Kilwinning ( 124 ) began the St . John ' s Day festivities by sitting down to one of those relishable fish suppers for which the George Hotel ( Bro . Findlay ' s ) is becoming so justly famedthe R . AV . Bro . Ferguson presiding , aided as croupier by Bro
James Reid , S . W . Supper over , tbe brethren , numbering about forty , adjourned to their lodge-room , which , besides being most chastely decorated with floral devices and pictures—a largesized photograph of P . M . James Mills ( now of New Zealand ) in full costume as Master of "Otago Kilwinning , " holding an honoured place—was filled to overflowing by one of the most numerous and most fraternal assemblages that has at any period since its rescuscitation in 1850 graced the lodge of Ayr
Kilwinning . Bro . Ferguson conducted tbe evening s ceremonial in his usually happy style ; and among those by whom he was supported on the present occasion were—Bros , Higbett and Gnthrie , P . M . 's ; Russell , Treas . ; J . S M'lhvraitb , Captains Boyd and Kidd , Quarter-master-Sergeant D . C . AVallace , Col .-S ' ergt . Lumsden , John Stewart , J . W ., Andrew Fullarton , J . Mitchell , George Aitken , & c . An excellent quadrille band occupied tbe orchestra .
The Operative ( No . 138 ) , met in the Blue Bell Inn , and tbe Royal Arch ( No . 165 ) , in the Kings Anns . —In St . Paul ' s ( No . 204 ) , the brethren to the number of thirty , dined together in tbe Whip Inn , doing ample justice to a dinner that was quite in keeping with the satisfactory style in which dinners are served by Bro . M'Council , and thereafter retired to the Assembl y Roomswherereceiving a very large accession to their number
, , , they held high festival under circumstances the most propitious of any in which St . John's Day has been kept by the lodge since the retirement of Bro . Glass from tbe chair twelve years ago . At dinner , and also at the subsequent meeting , the R . AV . Bro . Chambers presided in the most unpretending yet effective manner , supported right and left by Bros . James Hutcheson , and A . Glass , P . M . 's ; and among the sons of St . Paul ' s present
were ; Bros . D . Murray Lyon , one of tbeGiand Stewards in tho Grand Lodge of Scotland , and P . G . S . AV . of Ayrshire ; James Houston , H . Wood , J . Guthrie , IV . Morton , Hugh Ramsay , D . Forgie , & c . Bro John Shearer was the croupier , having for supporters Bros . R . Lawrie , Deputy Alaster , A . Martin , D . Alexander , J . and N . Murcbie , AA . Shearer , J . T . Shaw , A . Martin jun . Chief of the engravings of Masonic subjects that adorned the walls of the lodge room was a rare portrait of Lord Moira ( afterwards Marquis of Hastings ) as Grand Master Mason
Scotland.
of Scotland . At the evening communication , tbe Town Hall presented a gay appearance , the disposition of the lodge regalia being peculiarly effective , while the proceedings were greatly enriched by Bro . Norton ' s services as pianist to his mother lodge-Bro . R , H . Smith of Mother Kilwinning , in proposing "Bro . Norton's Health , " gave expression to the feelings of delight with which he in common with the other visitors had listened to the
captivating and really brilliant musical treat given by Bro-Norton , whose permanent settlement in Ayr he regarded as an invaluable acquisition to the musical talent of the town In addition to the office-bearers and tbe brethren already named , Bros . Livingston , P . M ., Archcl . Buchanan , R . Wood , Capt . Gretrig , G . Attfield , D . B . Young , Sergt . AVebster , Bugle-Major Miller , J . Cooper ( whose cornet accompaniments to Bro . Norton , were much admired ) , and other members of St . Paul ' s attended ,
the evening meeting , as did also Bros . A . Guthrie , John Muat , Nisbet , Js . Grey , and others . The office-bearers of St . Paul for the ensuing year are as follows : —Bros . Wm . D . Chambers , Master ; Andrew Glass , Acting I . P . M . ; R . Lawrie , D . M . ; Jas . Jones , S . M . ; J . Leveson Douglas , Stewart of Nateby Hall , Lancaster , Proxy Master ; John Shearer , S . AV .: D . Alexander ,. J . AV . ; Robert Winter , Treas . ; James Houston , Sec . ; A . Tait , and AVm . Morton , Deacons ; N . Murcbie , Bard ; H . AVood , Decorator ; T . M'Coimell and H . Ramsay , Stewards ; S . Buchanan , B . B . ; AA . Armour , S . B . ; AV . Shearer , I . G . ; Andrew Martin , T-
GLASGOAV . GLASGOW . —Lodge St . Maries ( No . 102 ) . —Bro . Major Barbor , the popular R . W . M . of this influential lodge , has been reelected to the chair of K . S . as a token of the esteem in which , be is held by tbe brethren , and in recognition of tbe ability with : which he has hitherto discharged the onerous duties of R . W . M . of a lodge of the hih standing attained bSt . Marks' ( No .
g y 102 ) . The following are the other office-bearers elected , viz ,, Bros . J . Barradale , D . M .: J . M . Allan , S . M , ; T . Halket , S . AV . ; - AA . Haddow , J . AA . ; AV . A . Baillie , Treas . ; R . L . M'Taggart , Sec ; J . Wbyte , Jeweller ; Rev . G . K . Flindt , Chan . ; A . David , son , S . D . ; AV . Muir , J . D . ; D . H . Miller , D . C . { T . Renison ,. V . S . to the Provincial Grand Lodge ; T . Brownlie , S . S . ; and J . Pollock , Tyler .
GLASGOW . —Lodge Clyde ( No . 408 ) . —At the annual meeting of this lodgo for the election of officebearers for the ensuing year , Bro . R . M'Kendrick was elected as the successor to the retiring R . AA . M ., Bro . Thos . M . Campbell . The other officebearers are—Bros . G . Angus , S . M . ; J . Buchanan , S . AA . ; B . A . Langlands , J . W . ; J . Logan , Treasurer ; J . Lament , Sec ; R . B » Thomson , Chap . ; T . Craven , S . D . ; W . Ralston , J . D . ; C . Campbell , Architect ; J . Harkness , Jeweller ; J . Thomson , B . B . ; AVBrown , S . B . ; J . Perrie , P . G . S . ; Peter Paul , S . S . ; J . Roberts , J . S . ; R . F . Robertson , I . G . ; T . Mullens , Tyler .
LANARKSHIRE ( MIDDLE WARD ) . CAMEUSLANG . —Royal Areh Lodge ( No . 114 ) . —The brethren of this lodge held their annual meeting on AA ednesday forenoon , the 1 st inst ., for the celebration of St . John's-day , and also for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year . Tha following is the result of the election : —John Glen , jun ., R . W . M . ; John Glen , sen ., D . M . ; Francis Gibb , S . W . ; AA m . Jarvie , J . AA . ; Henry Aitchison , B . B . ; Robert Clark , Treasurer ; James Jarvie , Secretary ; John Jarvie , G . S . ; John M'Kinzie , S . S . ; Robert Campbell , J . S . ; Win . Nisbet , I . G . ; Robert Arbuckle , Tyler .
PEEBLES AND SELKIRKSHIRE . JEDBURGH . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 104 ) . —The brethren of this lodge , numbering over sixty , and several visiting brethren , held their annual meeting in the Lodge-room , Black Bull Hotel , on the 27 th ult ., at four p . m . The various offices having been filled , tbe names of those elected to the vacancies are : — Bro . Blackie , R . AV . M . ( re-elected ); Robert Hogg , S . AV . ; Adam . T
Scott , J . W . ; AVilliam Johnstone , D . M . ; AAalter Easton , Sec . ( re-elected ); J . S . Turnbull , Treasurer ; Andrew Aitken , S . D . ; George Aitken , J . D . ; James Bell , S . M . ; Graham Halliburton , J . D . G . ; Andrew Kerr , B . B . ( re-elected ); AVilliam Turnbull , S . B . ( re-elected ); AVilliam Aitken , Tyler ( re-elected ) . Stewarc ' g . were also chosen to act as occasions may require : —Bros . W . Laidlaw , Alexander Crosbie , AVm . Thomson , and George Turnbull . After disposing of other business , a torchlight procession