Notices Of Meetings.

G . Tims Secretary , H . Child S . D ., R . T . Kingham J . D ., J . Douglass I . G ., R . Fowler D . C ., also Bros . Rapkin , Scales , Hopton , Stiles Colls , Cheek , Maples , Page , Clarke , Cnvet , . Tones , Cook , Tit ford . Dunmore . & c . The visitors were Bros . Jones , Yeats , Dav , & o . Bros . Rapkin , Stiles and Scales were duly raised to tho thml deorpe . and Bros . Hopton , Jones , Jackson and Conk passed . Mr . Trimmin <» =

( Hnlloway ) , Mr . Tuck ( Metropolitan Board of Works ) , Mr . Brumell ( Surveyor , Kentish Town ) , and Mr . Bnnkill , wore initiated , in nn admirable manner , into the mysteries and privilegps of Anc ' ent Freemasonry . Tho brethren , 39 in nnmher . ndjnnrned to the banquet , and the W . M . proposed the usual toasts . This being a new Lndne . Bro . Tims , Secretary and P . M ., in proposing the toast of the W . M ..

alluded to its prosperous state , both in numbers and financially , HIP furniture having been completed and paid for ( clipers ) , which is highly commendable in a Lodge so short a period in existence . The W . M ., in proposing the toast of tho Initiates , exhorted them , in forcible terms , to perfect themselves . Thev should attend Lodges of Instruction , and brethren who held high offices in the Craft wero

always ready and willing to impart their knowledge for thoir benefit , so that they were able to acknowledge their being members of tho Order withont violating their obligations , and he informed thorn that the veteran Preceptor , Bro . T . Adams P . G . P ., had consented to give them instruction , should they wish to do so . The various toastg

having been responded to , the brethren separated . An harmonious and agreeable evening was passed , and it is to bo hoped that meetings will in future take place within the precincts of places where Freemasonry can be carried out in its entirety , viz ., by perfect working , and in an establishment liko this club , where a social evening can bo enjoyed .

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the circulation is rendered languid and unsteady . Thoy improve the appr-fcito . strengthen the digestion , regulate tho liver , and act as gentle aperients . These Pills are suited to all ages and all habits and thou- inventor's fame has resounded through all tho quarters of tho globe ; wherever sickness exists , this medicine has made its way , to bo everywhere largely approved and justly appreciated .

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

FESTIVAL OF ST JOHN'S DAT .

ACCORDING to use and wont , the bi-ethren of the Masonic Craft met in their respective lodge-rooms on Monday night , 28 th December , to celebrate the time honoured festival of St . John the Evangelist , and to instal their office bearers for the ensuing year . In tho metropolitan district most of the lodge-rooms were suitably decorated for the occasion . The annnal election and installation of office hearers

having been duly accomplished , tho members of tho various lodges dined together in joyous fellowship , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and honoured after the manner of the craft , and the time devoted to social intercourse , agreeably inter , spersed with jest and song . Iu tho course of the evening the

time honoured custom of lodges sending deputations to one another was punctiliously carried out , and many good wishes wero thus sent round and mutual congratulations exchanged among the brethren . The following is a list of the principal office-bearers , of the lodges in Edinburgh and Leith for the year 1875 : —

Mary ' s Chapel , NO . 1 . —R . AV . M ., Bailie Mnirhead ; P . M ., Bro Abbott ; D . M ., Bro . Roy ; S . M ., Bro . Dr . Dickson ; S . W ., Bro . Nightin gale ; J . AV ., Bro . Shires ; Treasurer , Bro . Campbell ; Secretary , Bro Webster ; Chaplain , Bro . W . H . Cave Brown ; S . D ., Bro . Macdonald J . D ., Bro . Crighton ; Bible-bearer , Bro . Jamieson ; Jeweller , Bro . Law Architect , Bro . Councillor Hall .

Canongate Kilwinning , No . 2 . —R . W . M ., Brother Schopp D . M ., Dr . Middleton ; S . W ., Page Cotton ; J . AV ., A . AV . Beda ; Troa surer , Thomas Dryborongh ; Secretary , AVilliam Munro . Canongate and Leith , L . and C , No . 5 . —R . W . M ., Bro Ebenezer Drnmmond ; P . M ., John Laurie ; D . M ., George Hodson

S . M ., David Laird ; S . W ., Edwin Milner ; J . AV ., Robert Stodart ; Treasurer , AVilliam R . Kelly ; Secretary , AVilliam Ross ; Chaplain , Rev . William Graham ; S . D ., Robert Gray ; J . D ., Henry Caron ; Architect , Charles R . Sey ; B . B ., Alexander R . Brown ; Poet Laureate , Peter Gardner .

Journeyman , No . 8 . —R . W . M ., Bro . P . Sinclair ; P . M ., H . R . Hendrie ; S . W ., J . Ronaldson ; J . AV ., James Kerr ; Treasurer , AVilliam Barton ; Secretary , J . Cameron ; S . D ., AV . Stevenson ; J . D ., R . Kerr ; Chaplain , J . Davidson ; S . M ., G . Douglas ; D . M ., H . Munro ; Mark Master , J . M'Pherson .

St . Luke , No . 44 —R . AV . M ., Bro . H . Y . D . Copeland ; D . M ., H . L . Harvey ; S . M ., P . J . Mansfield ; S . AV ., H . E . Gordon ; J . AV ., G . Dnnlop ; Secretary and Treasurer , J . H . Bostock ; Chaplains , Rev . AV . H . Gray , D . D ., and Rev . A . T . Grant ; S . D ., Harry J . Anderson ; J . D ., AV . H . Mackenzie .

St . Andrew , No . 48 . —R . AV . M ., Bro . Dr . AVm . Hammond-, S . M ., Dr . James Carmichael ; D . M ., Dr . W . S . Carmichaol ; S . W ., A . C . Edmunds ; J . AV ., J . C . Pottage ; Secretary , David Knight . St . James , No . 97 . —R . AV . M . Bro . Robert Gordon ; P . M ., Dr . J . R . Turnbull ; D . M ., Samuel Aitken ; S . M ., D . Macdonald ; S . AV ..

John Swan ; J . AV ., H . Macpherson j Treasurer , AVilliam Hannah : Secretary , Thomas Millar ; S . D ., John Hall ; J . D ., AVilliam R . Niven ; Architect , David Small ; Chaplain , James Fowler ; Bible-Bearer , J . Wilson ; Bard , B . Napier .

St . Stephen , No . 145 . —R . W . M ., Bro . R . AVadler ; P . M ., R . S . Brown ; D . M ., J . Walker ; S . M ., D . M . Scott ; S . W ., AV . AV . Mooney ; J . W ., J . Amos ; Treasurer , J . Brown ; Secretary , W . Greig ; Chaplain

Scotland.

A .. Reynolds ; S . D ., J . A . Mooney ; J . D ., W . Young ; Architect , G . W , Heywood ; B . B ., W . C . Linton . Defensive Band , No . 151 . —R . W . M .. Bro . George Botlandt

P . M ., D . Palmer : D . M ., J . Beveridge ; S . M ., Daniel Grant ; S . W ., Thos . Ritchie ; . T . W . . W . D . Cramond ; S . D ., A .. Smith ; J . D ., J . Clarke j Treasurer , S . K . Orr ; Secretary , W . Bissot ; Chaplain , Rev . Porland , M . A . ; Bible-bearer , D . Ross , s ° n . Roman Eyerie , No . 160 . —R . W . M ., Bro . G . Laing ; P . M .,

Dr . Cairns ; D . M ., W . Stevenson , M . A . ; S . M ., J . Mann ; S . W ., B . Miller ; J . AV ., T . Wilmott ; Treasurer , AV . Anderson ; Secretary A .. Scott ; Chaplain , J . Cowan , sen .: S . D ., A . R . Peacock ; J . D , AV . Newsam ; Architect , J . R . M'Call ; B . B ., H . Gray ; Poet Laureate

J . Smith . Trafalgar , No . 223 .-R . W . M , Bro . A . AVallace , S . S . O ., 11 Claremont-pn . rk ; P . M ., R . Scott , 141 Constitntion-street ; D . M ., D . Stalker , 9 Commercial-street ; S . M ., P . Bell , Restalrig-tprrace

S . W ., AV . Barry , 81-Constitution-street ; J . W ., D . Turner , 11 Dockp ' aro ; Treasurer , A . Hov , 7 Janefield-place ; Secretary , J . Johnston , 50 Dnke-stmot ; S . D .. R . Hamilton ; J . D ., J . Hadden ; Architect , G . Kemp ; Chaplain , Rev . A . S . Muir ; B . B ., T . Leslie .

Celtic , No . 291 . —R . W . M ., Bro . J . D . Wormald ; P . M ., David Kinnear ; L . T . P . M ., Christopher Thomson ; D . M ., George M'Lean ; S . M ., Georero Cotton ; S . AV ., George G . Russell ; J . W ., J . Henderson ( Annville ) ; Treasurer , Alexander Hay ; Secretary , James Walker ; Chaplain , David "Nimmo ; S . D ., Donald M'Kay flate Scots Greys ); J . D ., David Nlmmo , jnn . ; Poet Laureate , F . AV . Bridgman .

St . Clair , No . 349 . —R . AV . M ., Bro . G . Dobie ; P . M ., Alexander Henry ; S . M ., John Dawson ; S . W ., James Greenaway ; J . W ., Robert Hogg : Treasurer , A . M . Bruce ; Secretary , John Taylor ; Chaplain 3 James Clark ; S . D ., M . Schnitzler ; J . D ., F . W . Dobie ; B . B ., James Small .

GREENOCK . On Monday night , 28 th December , the anniversary of St . John was celebrated in Greenock by a dinner in the White Hart Hotel , and by a like entertainment in the Chambers . Both were well

attended , and the usual list of speeches was gone through . The Greenock St . John Lodge , No . 175 , opened a lodge at a subsequent stage in the proceedings iu Exchange Buildings , and received deputations from Paisley , Port-Glasgow , and other places .

MELEOSE . The festival was celebrated at Melrose in the nsual manner , on Monday 28 th December . About 120 members of the order formed into a procession , and , preceded by the Hawick brass band , marched

twice along the streets , on the latter occasion carrying blazing torches . The illumination of the Abbey was the chief attraction , and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather , the chancel and aisles wero crowded , while the band played " Scots wha hae " near the spot where the heart of Bruce was deposited .

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Obituary For 1874.

OBITUARY FOR 1874 .

THE following list , from the Times of 31 st nlfc ., of some of the principal deaths that have occurred daring the past year , although containing fewer names than many of its predecessors , must be considered as far from brief . In Royal circles , the following deaths have occurred : —The Archduke Carl Ferdinand , of Austria ; the Countess de Montemolin ,

mother of Don Carlos ; and the King of the Sandwich Islands . Twenty seven deaths , being considerably above the average , have occurred in the Peerage , viz : —The Dnke of Leinster ; the Marquises of Downshire and Clanricado ; the Earls of Dalhousie , Castlestnarfc , Romney , Egmont , Annesley , Charleville , Howth , and the Countess

( in her own right ) of Landoun ; Lords Blayney , Colonsay , De Ros , Fermoy , Forester , Kesteven , Kingsale , Macdonald , Massey , Romilly , Rossmoro , St . John , Sondes , Stuart de Deces , Thurlow , and the Baroness de Clifford . Out of the above-named titles , two are presumed to have become extinct—namely , thoso of Blayney and

Colonsay . The deaths of 37 baronets have to bo recorded , viz : —Sir William K . Ball , Sir Edmund Beckett , Sir T . W . Proctor-Beauchamp , Sir G . Cholmley , Sir George Campbell of Succoth , Sir William Forster , Sir Walter Carew , General Sir James C . Chatterton , Sir William

Fairbairn , Sir Robert C . Dallas , Sir Montague G . Cholmley , Sir Stephen R . Glynno , Sir A . S . Hamond-Grsome , Sir AVilliam Jardine , Sir Thomas J . Kemp , Sir Thomas AV . Holbnrne , Sir Denis Le March ^ nt , Sir John K . James , Sir AVilliam R . Kemp , the Rev . Sir James Walker King , Sir Porcy Nugent , Sir Henry Oglander , Sir Richard Musgrave , Sir E . H . Page-Turner , Sir Coventry Payne , Sir John de la Pole , Sir

F . Montagu Pollock , Sir E . Scudamore-Stanhope , Sir Clande E . ¦^ cott , Sir Alexander Spearman , the Hon . and Rev . Sir Francis Stapleton , Sir Henry AVebb , Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson , Sir John AValsham , Sir Archdalo AVilson of Delhi , Sir William S . Wiseman , and Sir John R . Wolseley . Out of the above titles those of Ball , Chatterton , Holbnrne , Glynne , Oglander and Webb have become extinct .

From the roll of the British Knightage , the following names dis-. ppoar : —Sir John Benson , Sir AVilliam H . Bodkin , Sir AVilliam Boyd , General Sir Sydney Cotton , G . C . B ., Sir AVilliam H . Elliot , Sir Oharles Fox , Sir Charles K . M . Jackson , Sir J . Gaspard Le Marchant , General the Hon , Sir James Lindsay , Sir James Duncan Macpherson