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Scotland.
Tlie 30 th of November this year will be the centenary of the installation of the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the resignation by AVilliam St . Clair of all his hereditary rights as Grand Master of the Scottish Masons .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —Masonic Festival , Monday , May 2 . —A ball ancl supper was given at the Rotundo Great Rooms , Rutland Square , by the Brethren of Masonic Lodge , No . 50 , to nearly seven hundred persons , including all the hunt ton , and a large proportion of the musical merit , amateur and professional , then in the metropolis . From the first announcement of this fete , " every body that can be called any body" was anxious to obtain a ticketand well indeed was public expectation realized ,
, the toute ensemble being on a scale of richness , ivhich miglit have appeared too gorgeous , had it not been relieved by the elegance of the embellishments , and the suites a dunser presenting " a blaze of beauty , " a galaxy of sparkling eyes , on which even that snow-ball saint , Senanus , could scarcely have gazed without emotion . The entire arrangements were placed under the especial surveillance of Bro . G . I . Baldwin , together with tbe Officers of tbe Loclge , the
Stewards , and a Committee , consisting of Past-Masters Colles , Fitton , Tenison , T . AAf-ight , and Bro . Coppinger , who most zealously and efficiently lent their valuable co-operation . At an early hour , the streets leading from Dublin Castle to Cavendish Row were patroled by troops of the mounted police and seventh dragoon guards , and at half-past eight o ' clock the ball rooms opened , when the officers , & c . were in attendance . The stewards taking charge of the doors and porticos in tlie following order :
Krom haH-na- 't e : < zht o ' clock . Who were relieved at . eleven o clock hy , P . M . Baldwin , P . M . Hazlett , " Fitton , Bro . Harris , " AVelsIi , " R . Jennings , " AVright , " Keck , Bro . Coppinger , " Doyle , " R . C . AValker ; Who wcrf relir * vctl at ten o'clock by . Who were relieve ** . ! * n . twelve o'clouk Uy
, P . M . Colles , P . M . Boyce , ' ' Tenison , Bro . Steele , Bro . AA . Green , " Greene , " Ball , " Nixon , " T . Jennings , " J . C . AValker , « A . K . Ogie , " Swift . On this occasion the members of tlie several degrees of Masonic
Knighthood wore the collars of their respective Orders , and the majority of the Brethren were dressed in the peculiar and pleasing unifonn originally adopted by Lodge ri-- "ry , namely , naval blue coats , lined in the skirts and breasts with light blue tabbinet , and richly gilt buttons cf the Lodge , to which was added white or blue vests , interwoven with gold or silver , over ivhich were appended squares , medals , crosses , & c . The ladies were attired in the richest brocades and silks , and some of them , to do all honour to thc occasion , were adorned with valuable Masonic jewels . Tlie floors of the dancing rooms ivere chalked with , ile-
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Scotland.
Tlie 30 th of November this year will be the centenary of the installation of the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the resignation by AVilliam St . Clair of all his hereditary rights as Grand Master of the Scottish Masons .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —Masonic Festival , Monday , May 2 . —A ball ancl supper was given at the Rotundo Great Rooms , Rutland Square , by the Brethren of Masonic Lodge , No . 50 , to nearly seven hundred persons , including all the hunt ton , and a large proportion of the musical merit , amateur and professional , then in the metropolis . From the first announcement of this fete , " every body that can be called any body" was anxious to obtain a ticketand well indeed was public expectation realized ,
, the toute ensemble being on a scale of richness , ivhich miglit have appeared too gorgeous , had it not been relieved by the elegance of the embellishments , and the suites a dunser presenting " a blaze of beauty , " a galaxy of sparkling eyes , on which even that snow-ball saint , Senanus , could scarcely have gazed without emotion . The entire arrangements were placed under the especial surveillance of Bro . G . I . Baldwin , together with tbe Officers of tbe Loclge , the
Stewards , and a Committee , consisting of Past-Masters Colles , Fitton , Tenison , T . AAf-ight , and Bro . Coppinger , who most zealously and efficiently lent their valuable co-operation . At an early hour , the streets leading from Dublin Castle to Cavendish Row were patroled by troops of the mounted police and seventh dragoon guards , and at half-past eight o ' clock the ball rooms opened , when the officers , & c . were in attendance . The stewards taking charge of the doors and porticos in tlie following order :
Krom haH-na- 't e : < zht o ' clock . Who were relieved at . eleven o clock hy , P . M . Baldwin , P . M . Hazlett , " Fitton , Bro . Harris , " AVelsIi , " R . Jennings , " AVright , " Keck , Bro . Coppinger , " Doyle , " R . C . AValker ; Who wcrf relir * vctl at ten o'clock by . Who were relieve ** . ! * n . twelve o'clouk Uy
, P . M . Colles , P . M . Boyce , ' ' Tenison , Bro . Steele , Bro . AA . Green , " Greene , " Ball , " Nixon , " T . Jennings , " J . C . AValker , « A . K . Ogie , " Swift . On this occasion the members of tlie several degrees of Masonic
Knighthood wore the collars of their respective Orders , and the majority of the Brethren were dressed in the peculiar and pleasing unifonn originally adopted by Lodge ri-- "ry , namely , naval blue coats , lined in the skirts and breasts with light blue tabbinet , and richly gilt buttons cf the Lodge , to which was added white or blue vests , interwoven with gold or silver , over ivhich were appended squares , medals , crosses , & c . The ladies were attired in the richest brocades and silks , and some of them , to do all honour to thc occasion , were adorned with valuable Masonic jewels . Tlie floors of the dancing rooms ivere chalked with , ile-