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Scotland.
D . Milne , Dr . Burnes , KM ., Gen . AVright , Capt . Sinclair , R . N ., Stewart of Glenormiston , free . free . Dr . Burnes , KM . was unanimously appointed M . E . Z . for AVestern India . The first Provincial Grancl Master over the Indies was Colonel J . Young , appointed by the Grancl Lodge of Scotland in 17 b ~ . The Provincial Grand Master for Canada and Nova Scotia , under the Scottish Constitutionvisited this country latelbut have not heard
, y , we that he brought over any favourable reports regarding the state of Masonry in that colony . __ The suburb denominated the Canongate , where the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning was by its last Kilwinning charter constituted to be held , derives its name from an establishment of religious Canons ancientl y existing there , and not from the military term ' Cannon , as some have supposed .
AVardens appear in former times to have fulfilled the functions , and , in fact , constituted the office and dignity of Provincial Grand Masters . Thus , in the appointment of a AAr arden for Aberdeenshire , by James the Sixth , that officer was commissioned to exercise rule over all the subordinate Lod ges in his province .
JEDBURG , March 21 . —PRESENTATION TO PROVOST RUTHERPURD , P . M . OP THE ST . ANDREW ' LODGE . —The workmen in the employ of this gentleman met in the Spread Eagle Assembly Room , and presented him with a handsome silver tankard , in token of their respect and esteem for his private character , on the occasion of his marriage . The piece of plate bore the following inscription , neatly engraved : — "Presented to John Rutherfurd , Esq ., Provost of Jedburg , on his marriage eve , by his workers mark of
, as a theii esteem . March 21 , 1837 . "—Oil the following evening Mr . Rutherfurd gave all the persons employed by him a handsome entertainment in the Spread Eagle Inn , which went off with great glee . DUNSE . —The Dunse Lodge of Freemasons met on Thursday , the loth March , to celebrate the hundred and eleventh anniversary of the Lodge . Before entering on the festivities of the eveningthe Brethre
, n were arranged in order of procession , and perambulated the principal streets of the town . The procession was brilliantly lighted with torches , and a great assembly turned out to see the pageant . Mr . A . Grinlaw ' s brass band played on the occasion .
ELGIN . —The Kilmolymock Lodge of Operative Masons have held several special meetings for the purpose of effecting their final dissolution as a benefit society . AVICK . —The Masonic Lodge of AVick has dissolved the benefit society connected with it , the Brethren continuing their usual operations as Masons . IRVINE . —On Monday week , 8 th . May , the foundation stone of
Fullarton Church , at half-way of Irvine , was laid with Masonic honours , by George Johnston , Esq . of Itedburn , Most AVorshipful Grand Master of the ancient Mother Lodge of Kilwinning , and as such Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , in presence of the Brethren of Mother Kilwinning and of several other Lodges of the county , the Magistrates and Council of Irvine , and a number of gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood . CARNOUSTIE , 3 Jay 9 A-th . —OPENING OF ROYAL VICTORIA RAILWAY . — The opening of this Railway took place under most auspicious circutn-
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Scotland.
D . Milne , Dr . Burnes , KM ., Gen . AVright , Capt . Sinclair , R . N ., Stewart of Glenormiston , free . free . Dr . Burnes , KM . was unanimously appointed M . E . Z . for AVestern India . The first Provincial Grancl Master over the Indies was Colonel J . Young , appointed by the Grancl Lodge of Scotland in 17 b ~ . The Provincial Grand Master for Canada and Nova Scotia , under the Scottish Constitutionvisited this country latelbut have not heard
, y , we that he brought over any favourable reports regarding the state of Masonry in that colony . __ The suburb denominated the Canongate , where the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning was by its last Kilwinning charter constituted to be held , derives its name from an establishment of religious Canons ancientl y existing there , and not from the military term ' Cannon , as some have supposed .
AVardens appear in former times to have fulfilled the functions , and , in fact , constituted the office and dignity of Provincial Grand Masters . Thus , in the appointment of a AAr arden for Aberdeenshire , by James the Sixth , that officer was commissioned to exercise rule over all the subordinate Lod ges in his province .
JEDBURG , March 21 . —PRESENTATION TO PROVOST RUTHERPURD , P . M . OP THE ST . ANDREW ' LODGE . —The workmen in the employ of this gentleman met in the Spread Eagle Assembly Room , and presented him with a handsome silver tankard , in token of their respect and esteem for his private character , on the occasion of his marriage . The piece of plate bore the following inscription , neatly engraved : — "Presented to John Rutherfurd , Esq ., Provost of Jedburg , on his marriage eve , by his workers mark of
, as a theii esteem . March 21 , 1837 . "—Oil the following evening Mr . Rutherfurd gave all the persons employed by him a handsome entertainment in the Spread Eagle Inn , which went off with great glee . DUNSE . —The Dunse Lodge of Freemasons met on Thursday , the loth March , to celebrate the hundred and eleventh anniversary of the Lodge . Before entering on the festivities of the eveningthe Brethre
, n were arranged in order of procession , and perambulated the principal streets of the town . The procession was brilliantly lighted with torches , and a great assembly turned out to see the pageant . Mr . A . Grinlaw ' s brass band played on the occasion .
ELGIN . —The Kilmolymock Lodge of Operative Masons have held several special meetings for the purpose of effecting their final dissolution as a benefit society . AVICK . —The Masonic Lodge of AVick has dissolved the benefit society connected with it , the Brethren continuing their usual operations as Masons . IRVINE . —On Monday week , 8 th . May , the foundation stone of
Fullarton Church , at half-way of Irvine , was laid with Masonic honours , by George Johnston , Esq . of Itedburn , Most AVorshipful Grand Master of the ancient Mother Lodge of Kilwinning , and as such Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , in presence of the Brethren of Mother Kilwinning and of several other Lodges of the county , the Magistrates and Council of Irvine , and a number of gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood . CARNOUSTIE , 3 Jay 9 A-th . —OPENING OF ROYAL VICTORIA RAILWAY . — The opening of this Railway took place under most auspicious circutn-