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Grand Secretary to learn the necessary steps to be taken to appoint a Provincial Grand Master for Devon and Exeter . " From the minutes of a meeting , held a few days later , we gather that Bro . C . W . Bampfylde was elected Provincial Grand Master ,
and accepted the office . This minute is as follows : — " 1774 , December 27 th . —This Lodge , in conjunction with the Lodges held at tho Valiant Soldier and the Bear , elected Bro . Charles Warwick Bampfylde Provincial Grand Master , who accepted the office . "
These statements are confirmed by the following extracts from the Secretary's Book of St . George ' s Lodge , now No . 112 , and then held at the Bear Inn : — ( 1 . ) " 1774 , December 27 th . —An application was made from the Union Lodge , inviting the members of this Lodge to join in a petition to the Grand Lodge to appoint Brother Charles Warwick Bampfylde , Provincial Grand Master . "
[ This petition , it seems , was signed February 23 rd 1775 . ] ( 2 . ) " Brother Charles Warwick Bampfylde having been appointed Provincial Grand Master of Devon and Exeter , by the Grand Master of England , was duly installed by Codrington , Master of the Union Lodge , on tho 19 th December , 1775 . " Thus Bro . C . W ., afterwards Sir C . W ., Bampfylde , was the first
Provincial Grand Master of Devon , and held office for 44 years , till 1819 , when he resigned . Any minutes of the Provincial G . Lodges held under his administration mast , we regret to hear , have been lost , as none remain , tho only evidence we have of his Prov . G . Master . ship being the minutes already quoted . Sir C . W . Bampfylde was succeeded , on his resignation , 1819 , by Viscount Ebrington , afterwards
Earl Fortescae . On his death , iu 1861 , tho Eev . John Huyshe governed the Province as D . P . G . M . till the 24 th May 1866 , on which day , in accordance with Lord Zetland ' s patent of appointment already mentioned , he was installed P . G . M . by Bro . iEneas Mclntyre Q . C . Grand Registrar . The order of procession on this auspicious occasion is then given , and then lists of the P . G . Officers for 1875-6 , and
of the Past Prov . G . Officers of all grades . Appended is a list of the various meetings of Prov . G . Lodge during the administrations of the late Earl Fortescue , and , thus far , of the Eer . J . Huyshe , with notes of any events of importance which distinguished them . Then are given two lists of the Devon Lodges , the first being arranged in numerical order , with the days of meeting , the towns in which they are
held , and the numbers they held originally , to 1863 , and since ; the other alphabetically , according to the towns in which they are held . Last of all comes a list of the P . M . ' s of the Province , arranged under the Lodges they severally belonged to , and with a description of the Past Provincial Grand Bank ( if any ) which they have held . As to this last list of all . we note the absence from it of the names of Earl
Fortescue , Lord Poltimore and others , who figure in the register of Past Provincial Grand Officers . We mention this , as we do not see how , according to the Constitutions , unless they aro contributing members , they can be Provincial or Past Provincial Grand Officers , and we presume , unless P . M . ' s , they wonld hardly have been appointed . We must remark also , that in the footnote , at p . 35 , to the
List of Lodges alphabetically arranged according to towns , the date of the warrant of the G . Masters' Lodge is set down for 13 th August 1739 . No " Ancient , " or , as they were subsequently called , " Athol " Lodges , were warranted anterior to 1750 . This has been stated authoritatively by Bro . Hughan , who is more conversant with these important matters than any other English Craftsman of whoso researches we have any knowledge . The date is almost certain to be
1759 . We advise a correction of this in future issues . We have thus sketched at some length the contents of this useful guide-book to the Province of Devon . We are vastly pleased with it , and ifc only remains to add , that its general appearance and typography are eminently respectable . We trust the day is not far distant when every Province and District under the jurisdiction of our English Grand Lodge will be in a position to boast of a similar compilation .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Docks At Ayr.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW DOCKS AT AYR .
IT having been announced that the G . M . Mason of Scotland would perform the interesting ceremony , there was a large muster of the Ayrshire brethren , as well as a good contingent from Edinburgh and Glasgow , a special train running from the last-named city for their accommodation . About 1 , 000 Masons put in an appearance . The Grand Lodge met in the County Building , at 1 o'clock .
Unfortunately , illness prevented Sir M . R . S . Stewart from being present , and he had deputed Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., P . P . G . M . of Ayrshire , as his deputy , who ably fulfilled the duties of the day . He was assisted by Bros . C . Dalrymplo M . P . as D . G . M ., Wm . Mann S . G . M ., Wm . Hay S . G . W ., D . Kinnaird J . G . W ., E . J . Inglis , Chaplain of Mother Kilwinning , as the G . Chaplain , J . Laurie G . Secretary , R .
Wyhe P . P . G . M . of Ayrshire , as G . Treasurer , R . Montgomerie M . P . as G . S . D ., R . W . Cochrane Partrick as G . J . D ., Capt . G . F . Colt G . S . B ., C . W . M'Muller G . D . of M ., D . Murray Lyon P . P . G . M ., J . T . Middleton G . A ., D . Davidson G . O . A . T ., Arthorp G . M ., E . Morrison P . of Stewards , and the Grand Stewards were R . J . Brown , E . S . Law , H . W . Findlay and J . Taylor ; W . M . Brice G . Tyler . The working tools were carried by some of the Bairns of Mother
Kilwinning , No . 0 , Bros . J . Fergerson , J . Tweed , R . Corner , Robert Burns , Thompson , J . McCronea and others . The Lodges represented were Mother Kilwinning 0 , Canongate 5 , Journeymen , Edinburgh , 8 , Dumbarton 18 , St . John Kilmarnock , 22 , St . Mango , Glasgow , 27 , London 52 , Doric , Port Glasgow , 68 , Thistle and Rose , Glasgow , 73 Troon 86 , Kilwinning , Ayr , 124 , a large muster ; as well as St . John Newton 125 , Kilmarnock , St . Andrew , 126 , St , Mirrens , Paisley , 127 ,
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Docks At Ayr.
Tarbolton 133 , Ayr Operatives 138 , Irvine 149 , Kilbnscan 156 , Eoyal Arch , Ayr , 163 , Thistle and Rose , Steventus , 169 , Sootia , Glasgow , 178 , Maypole 198 , St . Paul , Ayr , 204 , Old Cumnock 230 , Hustin 242 , Dnnfermliue 250 , Dairy 290 , New Cumnock 334 , Ardrossan 442 , Catrine 497 , Burns St . Mary 505 , Stranrea 519 , Bonnie Doon Patria 565—this , though one of the youngest Lodges ,
was third in numerical strength , and was preceded by 566—Fergusson St . James and Dailly , named after the Acting Grand Master of the day . The route chosen for the procession was rather lengthy , in order to allow all the inhabitants to see the Masonio display , ib being 104 years since the Grand Lodge had assembled before in Ayr . All the Masonic processions in the county since—and
there have been a great many—were conducted by the Provincial Grand Lodge , headed by the Mother Lodge . On arriving at tho site , the stone was laid with full Masonic ceremonies , and the fact ; of the ceremony having been completed was heralded by the firing of a number of shots from the big guns situated on the shore . The loud cheering which prevailed having ceased ,
Sir James Fergusson said : Right Worshipful Officers of the Grand Lodge , Brethren , the Provost of Ayr , Ladies and Gentlemen , —Having completed the appropriate ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this grand work , I have now , in words of my own , in the first place , to express the gratification which I feel in being privileged to perform this interesting ceremony . I must allude , in the first place ,
to one to whom I bear much respect and regard—the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , deeply regretting that he is prevented by severe illness , from performing his duty to-day ; but I am not the less highly honoured by being privileged to do his duty . I would congratulate the Provost and Magistrates of this ancient burgh , the trustees of the harbour , and all concerned , in the work on this event
which is not only the laying of the fonndation-stone , but the placing , as I may say , of the chief corner-stone of the great dock of Ayr . ( Cheers . ) For this block of granite , brought from the most distant part of the kingdom—the mines of Cornwall—is destined to bear the great gates of the dock through which we trust commerce in abundance in future years may pass . ( Loud cheers . ) Let me say one
word npon the ceremony which has jnst been performed . The Grand Lodge , on the invitation of the Harbour Trustees , have come here to lend to this opening ceremony all the importance which ib is in their power to confer . It is for them to bring to the practical part of the work their contribution of symbolical ceremony ; which , let me tell you , is no idle form , for if the ministration of justice in the
kingdom is surrounded with certain features of majesty , so ought the great industrial triumphs of peace to bo surrounded by fit ceremonies of respect . ( Applause . ) Oar friends are hero engaged in a work which has called forth tho highest enterprise , that could not have been undertaken without acts of public muni , ficence and great enterprise , and it was fitting that the Grand
Lodge of Scotland should come here to wish success to the work , and to lend all the importance their presence can confer . I regret this day that one is not by our side who , through his life , did so much for the encouragement of works of valne to his fellow citizens . ( Applause . ) But for James Baird ' s public spirit we could not have hoped that the great work could have been
undertaken . ( Applause . ) Although we may hopo that in the future the commerce of Ayr will be amply sufficient to pay for the construction of works of even larger grandeur than the present undertaking , still , at this moment , it would have been difficult and onerous to tho town to have found the funds , had it not been that the great man who has passed from amongst us came forward with his open and
generous hand . Not to all is it given to see in his lifetime tho success aud completion of works of usefulness , and though it is an example for those who can do something in their lifetime for the permanent advantage of their fellow countrymen so to do , and though the author of the work has passed away , he has secured to his fellow citizens , for the future , the means of completing it , and in
this , as in many other works , his monument stands , and will stand for ages , as an example to Scotchmen , if they succeed in life , to dedicate the good things of this world that came to them not only to founding a family , which , I trust , will long endure , but to works of usefulness which will be for the good of their children ' s children in ages to come . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , Sir James wished an
abundant measure of success to this grand work , so honourable to those who had undertaken it , and , he would add , to the country afc large . ( Cheers . ) A large and influential company gathered in the Assembly Booms afc four o'clock . After an elegant and rdcherchd dinner had been partaken of , Provost Goudie , who presided , gave tho usual loyal and patriotic toasts .
Tho latest example of absurd credulity on the part of the natives of India is tho belief , now prevalent at Dinapore , Patna , and tho vicinity , that British " soldiers have orders to decapitate any native abroad after sunset , or found in seclnded places . " Tho heads are deposited in the Masonic Lodges , and thenco distributed over foreign
countries , aud by their means the Sicar is able to gain intelligence in all political intrigues . So implicitly is all this nonsense believed that no native servant will stir abroad after dark , and oven " respectable men of business" are said to givo it credit . —Naval and Military Gazette .
HoLio-WAit ' s Fit / La— GOOJ > Dmisnos . —With the weather alarmingly change ? able , aud foul miasmas penetrating to the very sources of life , the akin wil become inactive , aud the digestion , impaired , unless corrected by suitable means . Holloway ' s Pills are universally acknowledged to be the safest , speediest , and best corrective of impurity . Loss of appetite , acidity , flatulency . uul nausea , are a few of the inconveniences which aro remediedwith case by
, f . heso purifying Pills , 'i'liey strike at the root of all abdominal ailments ; they excite in the stomach a proper secretion of gastric juice , ancl regulate the action jf the liver , promoting in that organ a copious supply of pure , wholesome bile , absolutely necessary for digestion . These Pills remove nil distension and obstruction .
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Grand Secretary to learn the necessary steps to be taken to appoint a Provincial Grand Master for Devon and Exeter . " From the minutes of a meeting , held a few days later , we gather that Bro . C . W . Bampfylde was elected Provincial Grand Master ,
and accepted the office . This minute is as follows : — " 1774 , December 27 th . —This Lodge , in conjunction with the Lodges held at tho Valiant Soldier and the Bear , elected Bro . Charles Warwick Bampfylde Provincial Grand Master , who accepted the office . "
These statements are confirmed by the following extracts from the Secretary's Book of St . George ' s Lodge , now No . 112 , and then held at the Bear Inn : — ( 1 . ) " 1774 , December 27 th . —An application was made from the Union Lodge , inviting the members of this Lodge to join in a petition to the Grand Lodge to appoint Brother Charles Warwick Bampfylde , Provincial Grand Master . "
[ This petition , it seems , was signed February 23 rd 1775 . ] ( 2 . ) " Brother Charles Warwick Bampfylde having been appointed Provincial Grand Master of Devon and Exeter , by the Grand Master of England , was duly installed by Codrington , Master of the Union Lodge , on tho 19 th December , 1775 . " Thus Bro . C . W ., afterwards Sir C . W ., Bampfylde , was the first
Provincial Grand Master of Devon , and held office for 44 years , till 1819 , when he resigned . Any minutes of the Provincial G . Lodges held under his administration mast , we regret to hear , have been lost , as none remain , tho only evidence we have of his Prov . G . Master . ship being the minutes already quoted . Sir C . W . Bampfylde was succeeded , on his resignation , 1819 , by Viscount Ebrington , afterwards
Earl Fortescae . On his death , iu 1861 , tho Eev . John Huyshe governed the Province as D . P . G . M . till the 24 th May 1866 , on which day , in accordance with Lord Zetland ' s patent of appointment already mentioned , he was installed P . G . M . by Bro . iEneas Mclntyre Q . C . Grand Registrar . The order of procession on this auspicious occasion is then given , and then lists of the P . G . Officers for 1875-6 , and
of the Past Prov . G . Officers of all grades . Appended is a list of the various meetings of Prov . G . Lodge during the administrations of the late Earl Fortescue , and , thus far , of the Eer . J . Huyshe , with notes of any events of importance which distinguished them . Then are given two lists of the Devon Lodges , the first being arranged in numerical order , with the days of meeting , the towns in which they are
held , and the numbers they held originally , to 1863 , and since ; the other alphabetically , according to the towns in which they are held . Last of all comes a list of the P . M . ' s of the Province , arranged under the Lodges they severally belonged to , and with a description of the Past Provincial Grand Bank ( if any ) which they have held . As to this last list of all . we note the absence from it of the names of Earl
Fortescue , Lord Poltimore and others , who figure in the register of Past Provincial Grand Officers . We mention this , as we do not see how , according to the Constitutions , unless they aro contributing members , they can be Provincial or Past Provincial Grand Officers , and we presume , unless P . M . ' s , they wonld hardly have been appointed . We must remark also , that in the footnote , at p . 35 , to the
List of Lodges alphabetically arranged according to towns , the date of the warrant of the G . Masters' Lodge is set down for 13 th August 1739 . No " Ancient , " or , as they were subsequently called , " Athol " Lodges , were warranted anterior to 1750 . This has been stated authoritatively by Bro . Hughan , who is more conversant with these important matters than any other English Craftsman of whoso researches we have any knowledge . The date is almost certain to be
1759 . We advise a correction of this in future issues . We have thus sketched at some length the contents of this useful guide-book to the Province of Devon . We are vastly pleased with it , and ifc only remains to add , that its general appearance and typography are eminently respectable . We trust the day is not far distant when every Province and District under the jurisdiction of our English Grand Lodge will be in a position to boast of a similar compilation .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Docks At Ayr.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW DOCKS AT AYR .
IT having been announced that the G . M . Mason of Scotland would perform the interesting ceremony , there was a large muster of the Ayrshire brethren , as well as a good contingent from Edinburgh and Glasgow , a special train running from the last-named city for their accommodation . About 1 , 000 Masons put in an appearance . The Grand Lodge met in the County Building , at 1 o'clock .
Unfortunately , illness prevented Sir M . R . S . Stewart from being present , and he had deputed Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., P . P . G . M . of Ayrshire , as his deputy , who ably fulfilled the duties of the day . He was assisted by Bros . C . Dalrymplo M . P . as D . G . M ., Wm . Mann S . G . M ., Wm . Hay S . G . W ., D . Kinnaird J . G . W ., E . J . Inglis , Chaplain of Mother Kilwinning , as the G . Chaplain , J . Laurie G . Secretary , R .
Wyhe P . P . G . M . of Ayrshire , as G . Treasurer , R . Montgomerie M . P . as G . S . D ., R . W . Cochrane Partrick as G . J . D ., Capt . G . F . Colt G . S . B ., C . W . M'Muller G . D . of M ., D . Murray Lyon P . P . G . M ., J . T . Middleton G . A ., D . Davidson G . O . A . T ., Arthorp G . M ., E . Morrison P . of Stewards , and the Grand Stewards were R . J . Brown , E . S . Law , H . W . Findlay and J . Taylor ; W . M . Brice G . Tyler . The working tools were carried by some of the Bairns of Mother
Kilwinning , No . 0 , Bros . J . Fergerson , J . Tweed , R . Corner , Robert Burns , Thompson , J . McCronea and others . The Lodges represented were Mother Kilwinning 0 , Canongate 5 , Journeymen , Edinburgh , 8 , Dumbarton 18 , St . John Kilmarnock , 22 , St . Mango , Glasgow , 27 , London 52 , Doric , Port Glasgow , 68 , Thistle and Rose , Glasgow , 73 Troon 86 , Kilwinning , Ayr , 124 , a large muster ; as well as St . John Newton 125 , Kilmarnock , St . Andrew , 126 , St , Mirrens , Paisley , 127 ,
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Docks At Ayr.
Tarbolton 133 , Ayr Operatives 138 , Irvine 149 , Kilbnscan 156 , Eoyal Arch , Ayr , 163 , Thistle and Rose , Steventus , 169 , Sootia , Glasgow , 178 , Maypole 198 , St . Paul , Ayr , 204 , Old Cumnock 230 , Hustin 242 , Dnnfermliue 250 , Dairy 290 , New Cumnock 334 , Ardrossan 442 , Catrine 497 , Burns St . Mary 505 , Stranrea 519 , Bonnie Doon Patria 565—this , though one of the youngest Lodges ,
was third in numerical strength , and was preceded by 566—Fergusson St . James and Dailly , named after the Acting Grand Master of the day . The route chosen for the procession was rather lengthy , in order to allow all the inhabitants to see the Masonio display , ib being 104 years since the Grand Lodge had assembled before in Ayr . All the Masonic processions in the county since—and
there have been a great many—were conducted by the Provincial Grand Lodge , headed by the Mother Lodge . On arriving at tho site , the stone was laid with full Masonic ceremonies , and the fact ; of the ceremony having been completed was heralded by the firing of a number of shots from the big guns situated on the shore . The loud cheering which prevailed having ceased ,
Sir James Fergusson said : Right Worshipful Officers of the Grand Lodge , Brethren , the Provost of Ayr , Ladies and Gentlemen , —Having completed the appropriate ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this grand work , I have now , in words of my own , in the first place , to express the gratification which I feel in being privileged to perform this interesting ceremony . I must allude , in the first place ,
to one to whom I bear much respect and regard—the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , deeply regretting that he is prevented by severe illness , from performing his duty to-day ; but I am not the less highly honoured by being privileged to do his duty . I would congratulate the Provost and Magistrates of this ancient burgh , the trustees of the harbour , and all concerned , in the work on this event
which is not only the laying of the fonndation-stone , but the placing , as I may say , of the chief corner-stone of the great dock of Ayr . ( Cheers . ) For this block of granite , brought from the most distant part of the kingdom—the mines of Cornwall—is destined to bear the great gates of the dock through which we trust commerce in abundance in future years may pass . ( Loud cheers . ) Let me say one
word npon the ceremony which has jnst been performed . The Grand Lodge , on the invitation of the Harbour Trustees , have come here to lend to this opening ceremony all the importance which ib is in their power to confer . It is for them to bring to the practical part of the work their contribution of symbolical ceremony ; which , let me tell you , is no idle form , for if the ministration of justice in the
kingdom is surrounded with certain features of majesty , so ought the great industrial triumphs of peace to bo surrounded by fit ceremonies of respect . ( Applause . ) Oar friends are hero engaged in a work which has called forth tho highest enterprise , that could not have been undertaken without acts of public muni , ficence and great enterprise , and it was fitting that the Grand
Lodge of Scotland should come here to wish success to the work , and to lend all the importance their presence can confer . I regret this day that one is not by our side who , through his life , did so much for the encouragement of works of valne to his fellow citizens . ( Applause . ) But for James Baird ' s public spirit we could not have hoped that the great work could have been
undertaken . ( Applause . ) Although we may hopo that in the future the commerce of Ayr will be amply sufficient to pay for the construction of works of even larger grandeur than the present undertaking , still , at this moment , it would have been difficult and onerous to tho town to have found the funds , had it not been that the great man who has passed from amongst us came forward with his open and
generous hand . Not to all is it given to see in his lifetime tho success aud completion of works of usefulness , and though it is an example for those who can do something in their lifetime for the permanent advantage of their fellow countrymen so to do , and though the author of the work has passed away , he has secured to his fellow citizens , for the future , the means of completing it , and in
this , as in many other works , his monument stands , and will stand for ages , as an example to Scotchmen , if they succeed in life , to dedicate the good things of this world that came to them not only to founding a family , which , I trust , will long endure , but to works of usefulness which will be for the good of their children ' s children in ages to come . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , Sir James wished an
abundant measure of success to this grand work , so honourable to those who had undertaken it , and , he would add , to the country afc large . ( Cheers . ) A large and influential company gathered in the Assembly Booms afc four o'clock . After an elegant and rdcherchd dinner had been partaken of , Provost Goudie , who presided , gave tho usual loyal and patriotic toasts .
Tho latest example of absurd credulity on the part of the natives of India is tho belief , now prevalent at Dinapore , Patna , and tho vicinity , that British " soldiers have orders to decapitate any native abroad after sunset , or found in seclnded places . " Tho heads are deposited in the Masonic Lodges , and thenco distributed over foreign
countries , aud by their means the Sicar is able to gain intelligence in all political intrigues . So implicitly is all this nonsense believed that no native servant will stir abroad after dark , and oven " respectable men of business" are said to givo it credit . —Naval and Military Gazette .
HoLio-WAit ' s Fit / La— GOOJ > Dmisnos . —With the weather alarmingly change ? able , aud foul miasmas penetrating to the very sources of life , the akin wil become inactive , aud the digestion , impaired , unless corrected by suitable means . Holloway ' s Pills are universally acknowledged to be the safest , speediest , and best corrective of impurity . Loss of appetite , acidity , flatulency . uul nausea , are a few of the inconveniences which aro remediedwith case by
, f . heso purifying Pills , 'i'liey strike at the root of all abdominal ailments ; they excite in the stomach a proper secretion of gastric juice , ancl regulate the action jf the liver , promoting in that organ a copious supply of pure , wholesome bile , absolutely necessary for digestion . These Pills remove nil distension and obstruction .