A Veteran Again In Harness.

ing and repassing . It is a gathering place of people of many nations ; and it was here thnt Bmthor Smyth performed a very large amount of Masonic working * . In I 860 the University of Dublin conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinitv .

Leaving India in 1867 , followed by the sincere regrets and good wishes of a vast number who had become endeared , to him , both natives and European * - * , and many

tributes to his worth by the Press , he revisited his native country , and was six months later appointed by Sir Edmund Beckett and his father to the then new living of St . Chad ' s Far Headi . ny-ley , Leeds , which he now holds .

In 1872 the University of Cambridge conferred upon him the degree of LL . D . Since his residence in Leeds , Brother Smyth has passed the chair of Eminent Preceptor in the K . T . Preceptory ,

filled the office of Provincial Grand Mark Chaplain of West Yorkshire , and rendered other valuable services to Craft , Mark and Arch Masonry in that town and elsewhere .

In "November 1884 he became one of tho Founders ancl Senior Warden of Lodge Prudence , 2069 , and is now its Worship ful Master elect , and will be installed this day , 14 th November . He has also been nominated First Principal of the new Chapter which is now in contemplation to be attached to Excelsior Lodsre , 1042 .

Under the auspices of this veteran , now again in harness , there is every prospect of success and prosperity for these new undertakings in Masonry in Leeds . As a worker in manv Masonic degrees , Brother Smyth

has proved himself a master in every sense of the word , and had an experience seldom surpassed or oven equalled in extent . Probably few Masons living have taken an active leading part in so many ceremonies , or initiated so large a number of brethren into the Order .

As a writer on the subject of Freemasonry , more especially with regard to its tenets and principles , Brother Dr , Smyth has been most prolific , and , at the same time , has displayed a high degree of erudition and research , both historical and philosophical .

The magazines of a generation back , aud many subsequent effusions , both in pamphlet and other forms , bear testimony to his skill and ability as an author .

Let us hope ( hat for many years he will live to enjoy the blessings of health and strength , and Io receive the respect : md veneration he has so well earned from the whole Craft .

Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

fjiHE Quarterly Communication of the Givind Lodge of Scotland was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on the 5 th instant . The throne was occupied by the Grand Master , Colonel Sir Archibald C . Campbell of Blythswood , Bart . ; Bro . James Crichton acted as Grand

Senior Warden , and Bro . George Fisher as Grand Junior Warden . There was a large attendance of Grand and Past Grand Officers . A vidimus was submitted by the Grand Cashier , which showed that the income of the

Grand Lodge for the past quarter had been £ 957 , and the expenditure £ 611 , leaving an excess of income to the amount of £ 346 . There had been 1360 entrants to the Craft during the quarter . A statement as to the funds

of the Scottish Masonic Benevolence Trust , for the three months ending 20 th ult ., showed that £ 20 hacl been voted to brethren , or widows of brethren , in distress . The Grand Committee submitted a report of a Special

Committee which they had appointed to confer with the two brethren who had lVuied some publications thai ; were recently under the notice of the Grand Lodge . Certain conditions which hacl been laid down by the Grand

Committee , and which were accepted by one of the brethren in question , were approved , and the case was sent back to the Grand Committee . It was intimated that Bro . John Baird , Glasgow , had resigned his seat on tlio Grand Committee ,

and that the Committee had p k . ced on record their hig h sense of his services to the Grand Lodge during a period of fifteen years . Bro . Robert Nisbet , Glasgow , was unanimously chosen in his stead . A report was submitted from

the Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master of East Renfrewshire , to the effect that the annual visitation of the Lodges within that Province had been completed last month , and they were all found in a satisfactory state ,

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and had received a fair addition to the number of their members during the past vear . It was T * eported by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Peebles and Selkirkshire that they would offer no opposition to the proposed disjunction

of the Lodge Peebles Kilwinning from the Province , and on the recommendation of Grand Committee if was resolved to place it in the Metropolitan Province . It was aho resolved to form the three existing Border Provinces into

two—viz , Haddington and Berwick , composed of Duns ; St . John , Kilwinning ; Haddington ; St . Abb's , Eyemouth ; Dunbar Castle , Dunbar ; St , Luke , Lauder ; St . John , Coldstream ; St . Baldrod , "North Berwick ; and

Tyneside , East Linton . Roxburgh and Selkirk will also consist of eight Lodges—St . John , Selkirk ; Kelso ; St . John , Jedburgh ; Hawick ; St . John , Stow ; Tween , Kelso ; Galashiels ; and St . James , Hawick . A

report was submitted b y a Special Committee appointed to inquire and report to Grand Committee as to the working * of the law anent compulsory part of fees exigible for representation in Grand Lodge . That

Committee was of opinion that it would he impolitic to rigidly enforce the law , and equally inadvisible to expunge it ; and recommended that each Provincial Grand Lodge be

directed to urge the Lodges under its jurisdiction to havo themselves fully represented iu Grand Lodge , and thereby strengthen the hands of Grand Lodce in raisin *? the status

ot Freemasonry and increasing its usefulness as a medium of well-directed benevolence . This was adopted . Grand Lodge then proceeded to nominate brethren for election at St . John ' s to the offices falling vacant this year . It was

unanimously , and with acclamation , resolved to nominate Colonel Sir Archibald C . Campbell of Blythswood , Bart ., again to be Grand Master Mason of Scotland , ancl the following : * were also nominated : —Bros . Frederick G .

Villiers of Closebnrn , Provincial Grand Master of Dumfriesshire , Grand Senior Warden ; James T . S . Elliott jun , of Wolfelee , Grand Junior Warden ; Rev . Pearson M'Adam Muir and the Rev . J . Watt Grand Chaplains , W . M'Lean

jun ., C . A ., Grand Senior Deacon , J . D . Duncan Grand Junior Deacon , Dr . R . R , Anderson Grand Architect , James Inches Graud Jeweller , Captain F . W . Allan Grand Bible Bearer , Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell Grand

Sword Bearer , Provost Brand Grand Director of Ceremonies , Dr . Cranstonn Grand Bird , W . Harrison Grand Director of Music . Major W . Halls Grand Marshal , and David Reid Provincial Grand Secretary of Glasgow Grand

Inner Guard . The Earl of Airlie had been named by the Grand Committeo for nomination as Grand Junior Deacon , in anticipation that his lordship ' s name wonld have b ^ en

returned as an affiliated member of a Scottish Lodge ; but that had not been done , and it became necessary to nominate another for the position , After other business , Grand Lodge was closed .

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution assembled at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , under the presidency of Bro . H . Maudslay P . G . D . The minutes having been confirmed , Bro . James

Terry ( Secretary ) announced that the Marquis of Hertford , Senior Grand Warden of England , had kindly consented to preside at next year ' s Anniversary Festival of the Institution . Bro . Terry urged on the members of the

Committee the necessit y for exerting their influence to secure Stewards to support his lordship , the number of brethren at present on the list of Stewards being much below the average . The death of three male annuitants

was reported , aud four petitions considered ; three of the latter were accepted , ancl the other deferred . One female annuitant , who has recently inherited some property , resigned her annuit y , and the applications of two widows of

deceased annuitant , ; for the moity of their late husband ' s 2 'rants having been considered , the requests were granted . The Warden ' s report having been received , and some other business disposed of , the meeting was brought to a conclusion .

A Musical Jin ter tain men fc was given by Bro . Lott , Grand Organist , at the Girls' School , at Battersea Rise , on Monday , in celebration of the birthday of the Grand

Master . Bro . Lott was assisted by Misses Amy Sargent , Minnie Kirton , Bros . Egbert Roberts , W . E . Glazier , and T . Tremere . A very happy holiday was enjoyed by the children .