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Masonic Intelligence.

MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .

WE intimated , p . 140 . ofthe present volume , that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had , upon the application of the Freemasons in the 2 d Battalion of the Argyleshire Fencibles , granted a Charter for a Lodge to " be held in that Regiment under the title of THE MILITARY ST . JOHN . They were on Tuesday , August 26 th , instituted in their Charter at Ayr . Upon that occasion , four Lodges met in the Town Hall ; Provost Campbell , Master of the Senior Lodge , took the chair , when , after a few proper questions put , and advices given , to the Office-bearers of the New Military Lodgethe Chaplain of the senior Lod

, ga closed the ceremony with a suitable prayer . The Magistrates , and many Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood , to the amount of about two hundred ( all brethren ) , countenanced by their presence thi * affecting , solemn , and most pleasing scene . The Master of the NewLodge then took the chair , and the Evening was spent with that conviviality , decorum , and social glee , for . which the Meetings of the CRAFT have ever been remarkable . S .

DIED , At Portsmouth , Tuo . DUNCKERLY , Esq . of Hampton Court , Provincial Grand Master of Masons for Dorset , Essex , Gloucester , Hereford , Somerset , Southampton , Bristol , and the Isle of "Wight . [ See his PORTRAIT and MEMOIRS ofhimin our FIRST VOLUME . ] At Edinburgh , Sept . 26 th , William Mason , Esq . writer there , many years Grand Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He lived esteemed and died Vol

justly regretted . See . I . p . 607 , 60 S . III . p . 257 , 435 I ' On Wednesday , Nov . 11 , one of those Brotherly Greetings which would do honour to the Craft in proportion to their frequency , took place at Freemason's Tavern . It was a Vint in due form paid by the JERUSALEM LODGE to the F 6 u _ i-BATION-LODCE . On this occasion a very numerous Company of Visiting Brethren attended also in an individual capacity to add splendour to the ceremony .- Tha whole company consisted , we believe , of 150 person ' s . The Rites of the Order most abl bthe two Lod

were y performed y ges in union ; and at the earnest and unanimous intreaty of the Brethren assembled , Brother WILLIAM PRESTON , who was discovered among the Visitors on this occasion , delivered a long and impressive discourse on the True Nature and important Duties ofthe Masonic Character which he addressed with peculiar force and a happy application to two newly-initiated Brethren . The profound attention with which the respectable instructor was . heard gives us reason to ttiink that the influence of his discourse will b y ho mean ' s be confined to those to whom it was more peculiarly addressed . A verv

elegantsupper ( and well served , the largeness ofthe company considered ) concluded the evening ' s festivity , and the Brethren parted in ' true harmony one with the other . Particuar praise was due to the two R . W . M . 's for their effectual exertions to preserve the order and to promote the laudable purposes of the Meeting . With one circumstance we were particularly pleased . During the Ceremony of Initiation , the R . W . M . of the FOUNDATION LODGE took an opportunity to recommend in very strong terms to the protection and support ofthe newly-made Brethren in particular , and of the company in general , -The Royal Cumberland Schooland

Freemasons' ; , on enquiry , we found it to be his invariable custom so to do on like occasions ; a custom which with all our hearts we recommend for general practice . The Right Hon . the EARL OF MOIRA has accepted the Office ' of a Trustee of the CUMBERLAND SCHOOL . On the 12 th of November two children wer , e admitted into the above Charity in augmentation ., ! the former number . VOL . V . X ;

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LONDON : Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
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PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
THE MAN OF PLEASURE. Article 4
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY BEADING A TREATISE ON THE "ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE." Article 6
TO THE EDITOR. Article 8
ON SEDUCTION. Article 9
MASONIC EXTRACT FROM A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. Article 10
TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
FUNERAL ORATION Article 11
ANECDOTE Article 14
TO THE EDITOR. Article 16
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE GRAND MASTERS OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS Article 17
UNCOMMON SENTENCE: Article 19
OLD LAWS. Article 20
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL MOUNT EDGECUMBE. Article 20
DETACHED SENTIMENTS.No. III. Article 21
ANECDOTES OF THE VERY ANCIENT LODGE OF KILWINNING. Article 22
INSCRIPTIONS Article 23
SLAVE COUNTRIES. Article 24
A CURE FOR A SORE THROAT. Article 28
CEREMONY OF A GENTOO WOMAN Article 29
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 31
THE STAGE. Article 36
A LEAP YEAR LOST. Article 37
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 38
RELIEVING THE POOR. Article 39
CHARACTER OF A GENTLEMAN. Article 40
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 42
TO THE EDITOR. Article 43
REAL PHILOSOPHER, Article 44
A CHINESE TALE. Article 46
TO THE EDITOR. Article 48
Untitled Article 48
AN EASY METHOD OF DESTROYING BUGS. Article 48
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 49
INSTANCE OF DELICACY AND PRESENCE OF MIND. Article 49
Untitled Article 49
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 50
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 51
POETRY. Article 54
MASONIC ODE. Article 54
ON THE EPICUREAN, STOIC, AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY. Article 55
ATHEISM Article 55
IRREGULAR ODE TO EVENING. Article 56
ELEGIAC STANZAS. Article 56
SONNET TO DELIA. Article 57
PETER PINDAR TO DR. SAYERS, Article 58
ON FORTITUDE. Article 60
SONG. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 61
PROMOTIONS. Article 71
Untitled Article 72
Untitled Article 72
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Masonic Intelligence.

MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .

WE intimated , p . 140 . ofthe present volume , that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had , upon the application of the Freemasons in the 2 d Battalion of the Argyleshire Fencibles , granted a Charter for a Lodge to " be held in that Regiment under the title of THE MILITARY ST . JOHN . They were on Tuesday , August 26 th , instituted in their Charter at Ayr . Upon that occasion , four Lodges met in the Town Hall ; Provost Campbell , Master of the Senior Lodge , took the chair , when , after a few proper questions put , and advices given , to the Office-bearers of the New Military Lodgethe Chaplain of the senior Lod

, ga closed the ceremony with a suitable prayer . The Magistrates , and many Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood , to the amount of about two hundred ( all brethren ) , countenanced by their presence thi * affecting , solemn , and most pleasing scene . The Master of the NewLodge then took the chair , and the Evening was spent with that conviviality , decorum , and social glee , for . which the Meetings of the CRAFT have ever been remarkable . S .

DIED , At Portsmouth , Tuo . DUNCKERLY , Esq . of Hampton Court , Provincial Grand Master of Masons for Dorset , Essex , Gloucester , Hereford , Somerset , Southampton , Bristol , and the Isle of "Wight . [ See his PORTRAIT and MEMOIRS ofhimin our FIRST VOLUME . ] At Edinburgh , Sept . 26 th , William Mason , Esq . writer there , many years Grand Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He lived esteemed and died Vol

justly regretted . See . I . p . 607 , 60 S . III . p . 257 , 435 I ' On Wednesday , Nov . 11 , one of those Brotherly Greetings which would do honour to the Craft in proportion to their frequency , took place at Freemason's Tavern . It was a Vint in due form paid by the JERUSALEM LODGE to the F 6 u _ i-BATION-LODCE . On this occasion a very numerous Company of Visiting Brethren attended also in an individual capacity to add splendour to the ceremony .- Tha whole company consisted , we believe , of 150 person ' s . The Rites of the Order most abl bthe two Lod

were y performed y ges in union ; and at the earnest and unanimous intreaty of the Brethren assembled , Brother WILLIAM PRESTON , who was discovered among the Visitors on this occasion , delivered a long and impressive discourse on the True Nature and important Duties ofthe Masonic Character which he addressed with peculiar force and a happy application to two newly-initiated Brethren . The profound attention with which the respectable instructor was . heard gives us reason to ttiink that the influence of his discourse will b y ho mean ' s be confined to those to whom it was more peculiarly addressed . A verv

elegantsupper ( and well served , the largeness ofthe company considered ) concluded the evening ' s festivity , and the Brethren parted in ' true harmony one with the other . Particuar praise was due to the two R . W . M . 's for their effectual exertions to preserve the order and to promote the laudable purposes of the Meeting . With one circumstance we were particularly pleased . During the Ceremony of Initiation , the R . W . M . of the FOUNDATION LODGE took an opportunity to recommend in very strong terms to the protection and support ofthe newly-made Brethren in particular , and of the company in general , -The Royal Cumberland Schooland

Freemasons' ; , on enquiry , we found it to be his invariable custom so to do on like occasions ; a custom which with all our hearts we recommend for general practice . The Right Hon . the EARL OF MOIRA has accepted the Office ' of a Trustee of the CUMBERLAND SCHOOL . On the 12 th of November two children wer , e admitted into the above Charity in augmentation ., ! the former number . VOL . V . X ;

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