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and sublime Masons , when the 111 . P . Samuel Richard Parr Shilton was installed tho Most Perfect Master thereof . After closing the Grand Chapter , and there being no further business before the Grand Lodge of Perfection , the same was closed in due form , according to ancient custom . P . M . AV . S . S . R . P . Shilton then opened a Council of the Princes of Jerusalem in due form , according to ancient custom , after which he duly opened a Council ot the Knihts of the East and of the Sword
g , and duly installed the 111 . p . Thomas William Robinson to be the Sovereign thereof ; after closing the council he then proceeded fco open a Grand Council of the Princes of Jerusalem , " and duly installed the 111 . P . John Comyn to be the Most Equitable Prince thereof . After closing the Grand Council , and there being no further business before the Council of the Princes of Jerusalem , the same-was closed in due form , according to
ancient custom . He then opened a Grand Council of the Knights of the East and West in due form , according to ancient custom , when tho 111 . P . Samuel Richard Parr Shilton was installed the Most Puissant thereof ; and there being no further business before the Grand Council , the same was closed in due form , according to ancient custom . It was then unanimously resolved to commence immediately the working of the 4-th degree , and so work all the degrees upwards to the ISth .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
INAUGURATION OF THE EGLINTON MEMORIAL AT AYR . A statue of the late Earl of Eglinton and AA'intoun , by Bro Matthew Noble , of London , erected by public subscription in Ayi , was on Saturday last inaugurated hy the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire , in presence of about one thousand Freemasons and several thousand other spectators . Hugh Conn , Esq ., occupied the Provincial Grand Eastsupported bBro .
, y Sir James Fergusson , Hart ., M . P ., P . Prov . G . M . of Ayrshire Bro . J . Steven and Dr . Campbell , Acting P . G . W . ' s ; Robert Wylie , P . G . Sec ; R . Shedden Patrick , Past Proxy Master ; and D . Murrray Lyon , the latter brother marshalling the procession and conducting the ceremony . Thirty-two lodges sent deputations to take part in tho proceedings , and there were also present representatives of several Irish lod
ges , among whom we observed Bro . R . M'Calmout , R . W . M . of No . 272 ; and M'llveon , R . W . M . ; and Mintell , J . AV . of No . SS , Irish Constitution . The Ayrshire Artillery and Rifle Atilunteer Corps also attended , as did also the magistrates and councils of the several towns in the county of Ayr . Soon after the death of the late Earl of Eglinton , a general opinion was expressed that some memorial should be erected in
commemoration of his lordship's talents as a statesman and an orator , of his affability as a country gentleman , and of his generosity and kindliness as a landlord . Accordingly , subscription lists were opened , and in little more than six months after the Earl ' s decease £ 7 , 000 was collected . At a meeting of the
subscribers to the memorial fund , held in Ayr in June , 1862 , ifc was resolved to employ a certain portion of the money subscribed in presenting the towns of Ayr , Irvine , Kilmarnock , and Avdrossan , with full-length portraits of the late Earl , and the following committee was appointed to decide what shape the memorial was to take , and how the remainder of the fund was to bo disposed of : —The Marquis ofAilsa ; Sir James Fergusson , Mart ., Jlf . P . ; Mr . Alexander Oswald of AuchencruiveMr
; . A ndrew Campbell of Bly thswood ; the Right Hon . Lord Colville ; and the Right Hon . Christopher Nisbet Hamilton . After careful deliberations it was resolved to employ tbe greater part of tho memorial fund— £ 1 , 500—in founding fellowships in Glasgow University , of which venerable institution the late Earl of Eglinton hacl been Lord Rector . The fellowships are to be named "The E glinton Fellowships . " With the rest
ofthe money at the command of the committee , it was determined to erect a bronze statue of his lordship , to be placed in the county town of that shire of which he had been Lord-Lieutenant for nearly twenty years . The committee intrusted the execution of the statue to Mr . . Matthew Noble , of London . The statue inaugurated on Saturday stands 12 ft . high , and is placed a pedestal abou 16 ftiu heiht—iving total
upon ; . g g a height to the monument of 28 ft . The Earl is represented in his uniform of Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Ayr , with the orders of the Thistle and St . Patrick ; and his Peer's robe thrown loosely across the shoulders supplies the needed drapery . The posture represents the late Earl addressing an assemblage
—the right leg thrown forward to the knee and then bent , the weight of tho body resting on tlie left leg , with the left armthrown across fche chest , holding a scroll in his hand . Tho likeness is most faithful , and the expression caught hy Mr . Noble is very happy . The details of the figure have also been brought out with great care . The statue was cast by Messrs . Robinson and Cottaiv , founders , Battersea , London . The pedestal on which the statue is erected is composed of a base
of three tiers ot Aberdeen grey granite , the lowest of which is 13 ft . Gin . square ; and three courses of red Peterhead granitethe first of which forms a truss base to the inscription block . The panels between tbe tiusses are circular , with ogee mouldings . The block is octagonal in form , with no ornamentation whatever , and the keeper is a polished stone of about a foot in depth . The pedestal was designed bMr . Fieldof Messrs
y , Alexander , M'Donald , Field , & Co ., Granite AVorks , Aberdeen . The statue is erected afc the west side of Wellington-square , iu line with General Neil ' s Monument , and faces the portico of the County Buildings . The statue is four tons and a half in weight ,., and the pedestal upwards of forty tons . On the pedestal is the .-following inscription , from the pen of the Earl of Derby : —
In Memory of ARCHIBALD WILLIAM , EARL OE EGLINTON AND WINTOUN , P . G ., K . T ., K . P ., Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire , 1843-61 , Lord Rector of Glasgow University , 1852-3 , and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , 1852 and 1858-9 ,
Born 29 th September 1812 . Died 4 th October 1861 . This Statue was Erected by a Public Subscription Of all Ranks and Classes
, in Testimony Of Admiration for his Public Character , Of Affectionate Remembrance of his Private Virtues ' . and of Universal Regret for tlie Loss Occasioned to His Friends and to His Country By His too early Death . The procession , on arriving at AVellington-square , entered
the enclosed green at the east gate , and drew up in lino to the right and left of the monument about to be inaugurated ; the Masonic lodges forming a circle round the pedestal of the statue . Lord COLVILLE of Culross advanced to the front of the speaker's platform and said—As one of the committee , to whom subscribers entrusted the management of the funds which were
collected for the memorial , I have been deputed by my colleagues to hand over the statue of the late lamented Lord E glinton tothe ex- officio trustees . I wisli most sincerely that this duty had devolved upon one more competent to perform it , and one more closely connected with the county than I can claim to have . The
total sum available for the purpose of the memorial , after deducting expenses , and including interest on capital invested , amounted to £ 7 , 640 . Perhaps it may be interesting to you that I should give some statistics as to the mode in which this subscription has been raised . In the county of Ayr £ 3 , 865 were subscribed ; the city of Glasgow raised £ 1 , 373 ; London , Edinburgh , and other places contributed £ 2 , 018 . The amount has been contributed by about 2000 individualswhose names are
, , entered on the subscription sheets , besides many others included under general names , such as bowlers and curlers of certain clubs from various places throughout the country . The subscriptions vary from £ 1 to £ 100 . It appeared to the committee that the sum which they had to dispose of was far too large to be applied simply to the erection of a monument or a statue . Thoy therefore unanimously agreed to invest the sum of £ 1 , 500 , for the
purpose of a fellowship or fellowships in the University of Glasgow , bearing the name of the E glinton Fellowships ; for you must remember that Lord Eglinton was at one period the rector of that University . ( Cheers . ) Four copies of the full length portrait of the late Lord E glinton in his uniform as Lord Lieutenant of this county have been distributed to the four towns cf Ayr , Kilmarnock , Irvine , and Ardrossan ; and the committee appropriated the sum of £ 2 , 200 for the purpose of erecting the noble statue , which will shortly be inaugurated , which will keep in yoiu- recollection that noble avid familiar
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Ancien And Accepted Rite .
and sublime Masons , when the 111 . P . Samuel Richard Parr Shilton was installed tho Most Perfect Master thereof . After closing the Grand Chapter , and there being no further business before the Grand Lodge of Perfection , the same was closed in due form , according to ancient custom . P . M . AV . S . S . R . P . Shilton then opened a Council of the Princes of Jerusalem in due form , according to ancient custom , after which he duly opened a Council ot the Knihts of the East and of the Sword
g , and duly installed the 111 . p . Thomas William Robinson to be the Sovereign thereof ; after closing the council he then proceeded fco open a Grand Council of the Princes of Jerusalem , " and duly installed the 111 . P . John Comyn to be the Most Equitable Prince thereof . After closing the Grand Council , and there being no further business before the Council of the Princes of Jerusalem , the same-was closed in due form , according to
ancient custom . He then opened a Grand Council of the Knights of the East and West in due form , according to ancient custom , when tho 111 . P . Samuel Richard Parr Shilton was installed the Most Puissant thereof ; and there being no further business before the Grand Council , the same was closed in due form , according to ancient custom . It was then unanimously resolved to commence immediately the working of the 4-th degree , and so work all the degrees upwards to the ISth .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
INAUGURATION OF THE EGLINTON MEMORIAL AT AYR . A statue of the late Earl of Eglinton and AA'intoun , by Bro Matthew Noble , of London , erected by public subscription in Ayi , was on Saturday last inaugurated hy the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire , in presence of about one thousand Freemasons and several thousand other spectators . Hugh Conn , Esq ., occupied the Provincial Grand Eastsupported bBro .
, y Sir James Fergusson , Hart ., M . P ., P . Prov . G . M . of Ayrshire Bro . J . Steven and Dr . Campbell , Acting P . G . W . ' s ; Robert Wylie , P . G . Sec ; R . Shedden Patrick , Past Proxy Master ; and D . Murrray Lyon , the latter brother marshalling the procession and conducting the ceremony . Thirty-two lodges sent deputations to take part in tho proceedings , and there were also present representatives of several Irish lod
ges , among whom we observed Bro . R . M'Calmout , R . W . M . of No . 272 ; and M'llveon , R . W . M . ; and Mintell , J . AV . of No . SS , Irish Constitution . The Ayrshire Artillery and Rifle Atilunteer Corps also attended , as did also the magistrates and councils of the several towns in the county of Ayr . Soon after the death of the late Earl of Eglinton , a general opinion was expressed that some memorial should be erected in
commemoration of his lordship's talents as a statesman and an orator , of his affability as a country gentleman , and of his generosity and kindliness as a landlord . Accordingly , subscription lists were opened , and in little more than six months after the Earl ' s decease £ 7 , 000 was collected . At a meeting of the
subscribers to the memorial fund , held in Ayr in June , 1862 , ifc was resolved to employ a certain portion of the money subscribed in presenting the towns of Ayr , Irvine , Kilmarnock , and Avdrossan , with full-length portraits of the late Earl , and the following committee was appointed to decide what shape the memorial was to take , and how the remainder of the fund was to bo disposed of : —The Marquis ofAilsa ; Sir James Fergusson , Mart ., Jlf . P . ; Mr . Alexander Oswald of AuchencruiveMr
; . A ndrew Campbell of Bly thswood ; the Right Hon . Lord Colville ; and the Right Hon . Christopher Nisbet Hamilton . After careful deliberations it was resolved to employ tbe greater part of tho memorial fund— £ 1 , 500—in founding fellowships in Glasgow University , of which venerable institution the late Earl of Eglinton hacl been Lord Rector . The fellowships are to be named "The E glinton Fellowships . " With the rest
ofthe money at the command of the committee , it was determined to erect a bronze statue of his lordship , to be placed in the county town of that shire of which he had been Lord-Lieutenant for nearly twenty years . The committee intrusted the execution of the statue to Mr . . Matthew Noble , of London . The statue inaugurated on Saturday stands 12 ft . high , and is placed a pedestal abou 16 ftiu heiht—iving total
upon ; . g g a height to the monument of 28 ft . The Earl is represented in his uniform of Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Ayr , with the orders of the Thistle and St . Patrick ; and his Peer's robe thrown loosely across the shoulders supplies the needed drapery . The posture represents the late Earl addressing an assemblage
—the right leg thrown forward to the knee and then bent , the weight of tho body resting on tlie left leg , with the left armthrown across fche chest , holding a scroll in his hand . Tho likeness is most faithful , and the expression caught hy Mr . Noble is very happy . The details of the figure have also been brought out with great care . The statue was cast by Messrs . Robinson and Cottaiv , founders , Battersea , London . The pedestal on which the statue is erected is composed of a base
of three tiers ot Aberdeen grey granite , the lowest of which is 13 ft . Gin . square ; and three courses of red Peterhead granitethe first of which forms a truss base to the inscription block . The panels between tbe tiusses are circular , with ogee mouldings . The block is octagonal in form , with no ornamentation whatever , and the keeper is a polished stone of about a foot in depth . The pedestal was designed bMr . Fieldof Messrs
y , Alexander , M'Donald , Field , & Co ., Granite AVorks , Aberdeen . The statue is erected afc the west side of Wellington-square , iu line with General Neil ' s Monument , and faces the portico of the County Buildings . The statue is four tons and a half in weight ,., and the pedestal upwards of forty tons . On the pedestal is the .-following inscription , from the pen of the Earl of Derby : —
In Memory of ARCHIBALD WILLIAM , EARL OE EGLINTON AND WINTOUN , P . G ., K . T ., K . P ., Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire , 1843-61 , Lord Rector of Glasgow University , 1852-3 , and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , 1852 and 1858-9 ,
Born 29 th September 1812 . Died 4 th October 1861 . This Statue was Erected by a Public Subscription Of all Ranks and Classes
, in Testimony Of Admiration for his Public Character , Of Affectionate Remembrance of his Private Virtues ' . and of Universal Regret for tlie Loss Occasioned to His Friends and to His Country By His too early Death . The procession , on arriving at AVellington-square , entered
the enclosed green at the east gate , and drew up in lino to the right and left of the monument about to be inaugurated ; the Masonic lodges forming a circle round the pedestal of the statue . Lord COLVILLE of Culross advanced to the front of the speaker's platform and said—As one of the committee , to whom subscribers entrusted the management of the funds which were
collected for the memorial , I have been deputed by my colleagues to hand over the statue of the late lamented Lord E glinton tothe ex- officio trustees . I wisli most sincerely that this duty had devolved upon one more competent to perform it , and one more closely connected with the county than I can claim to have . The
total sum available for the purpose of the memorial , after deducting expenses , and including interest on capital invested , amounted to £ 7 , 640 . Perhaps it may be interesting to you that I should give some statistics as to the mode in which this subscription has been raised . In the county of Ayr £ 3 , 865 were subscribed ; the city of Glasgow raised £ 1 , 373 ; London , Edinburgh , and other places contributed £ 2 , 018 . The amount has been contributed by about 2000 individualswhose names are
, , entered on the subscription sheets , besides many others included under general names , such as bowlers and curlers of certain clubs from various places throughout the country . The subscriptions vary from £ 1 to £ 100 . It appeared to the committee that the sum which they had to dispose of was far too large to be applied simply to the erection of a monument or a statue . Thoy therefore unanimously agreed to invest the sum of £ 1 , 500 , for the
purpose of a fellowship or fellowships in the University of Glasgow , bearing the name of the E glinton Fellowships ; for you must remember that Lord Eglinton was at one period the rector of that University . ( Cheers . ) Four copies of the full length portrait of the late Lord E glinton in his uniform as Lord Lieutenant of this county have been distributed to the four towns cf Ayr , Kilmarnock , Irvine , and Ardrossan ; and the committee appropriated the sum of £ 2 , 200 for the purpose of erecting the noble statue , which will shortly be inaugurated , which will keep in yoiu- recollection that noble avid familiar