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Provincial.
floAvers , & c , and the tables , laid out with a display of vases , flowers , & c , in addition to the first rarities of the season , gave evidence of the application of taste and refinement of no common occurrence on such occasions . The reception given by the Clive Lodge to the assembled Craft , could not fail to have been duly appreciated by the Brethren . After the cloth Avas removed , many admirable Masonic speeches Avere uttered , ancl a more important clay in the AVorcestershire annals of Freemasonry has rarely been celebrated .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
ROYAL ARCH-MASONRY .- —On Monday , March 22 nd , the Annual Meeting of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch-Chapter of Scotland took place in the Waterloo Hotel , Edinburgh , for the election of office-bearers for the ensuing year , Avhen the following Companions were unanimously elected , ancl installed into their different offices , viz .: J . AVhyte Melville , of Mount Melville , G . P . Z . ; His Grace the Duke of AthollP . G . P . Z . ; G . A . AV . Arnottof ArlaryD . G . P . Z . ;
, , , J . Graham , of LeitchtoAvn , G . P . H . ; Sir J . AV . Drummond , Bart ,, of Hawthornden , G . P . J . ; R . Ramage , G . S . E . ; W . Gaylor , G . S . N . ; D , Robertson , G . T . ; Sir W . Miller , of Glenlee , G . C .: E . Main , D . G . C . ; T . Boog , G . R . ; T . B . Douglas , G . S . B . ; Dr . AV . D . Mac-Ritchie , 1 st G . S . ; Lieut . P . Deuchar , 2 nd G . S . ; T . Coates , 3 rd G . S . ; C . Jockell , J . Brown , G . S . Bs . ; D . Bryce , G . A . ; J . Law , G . Jewr . ; W . Donaldson , G . C . ; J . M'Lean , G . J .
After AA'hich the Companions adjourned to an adjoining room , to dine together in celebration of the Festival of the Vernal Equinox , J . W . Melville , Esq ., 1 st G . P . in the chair , supported on the right by J . Graham , 2 nd G . P ., and on the left by Dr . Arnott , D . G . P . Z ., Lieut . Deuchar , 2 nd G . S . officiating as croupier . The number of Companions present on the occasion exceeded that of former years , ancl the urbanity of their excellent Chairman , combined Avith the
intimate knowledge displayed by him and the Companions , by Avhom he was supported , of the principles and practice of the Order , tended to render the meeting both a happy and interesting one . Toast , sentiment , ancl song succeeded each other till about ten o ' clock , Avhen the Companions separated , highly delighted Avith the evening ' s proceedings . The dinner and Avines , supplied by Mr . Rampling , gave every satisfaction .
GLASGOW KILWINNING LODGE , NO . 4 . —Masonic Festival . —This old and respectable Lodge held a Festival in the Merchants' Hall , GlasgoAv , on the evening of Tuesday , the 13 th of April , to commemorate its hundred and seventeenth Anniversary , From two hundred to three hundred Brethren assembled on the occasion . The hall Avas beautifully decorated Avith Masonic devices , and other furniture belonging to the Lodge ; and Avhen the different Masonic bodies had
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
floAvers , & c , and the tables , laid out with a display of vases , flowers , & c , in addition to the first rarities of the season , gave evidence of the application of taste and refinement of no common occurrence on such occasions . The reception given by the Clive Lodge to the assembled Craft , could not fail to have been duly appreciated by the Brethren . After the cloth Avas removed , many admirable Masonic speeches Avere uttered , ancl a more important clay in the AVorcestershire annals of Freemasonry has rarely been celebrated .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
ROYAL ARCH-MASONRY .- —On Monday , March 22 nd , the Annual Meeting of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch-Chapter of Scotland took place in the Waterloo Hotel , Edinburgh , for the election of office-bearers for the ensuing year , Avhen the following Companions were unanimously elected , ancl installed into their different offices , viz .: J . AVhyte Melville , of Mount Melville , G . P . Z . ; His Grace the Duke of AthollP . G . P . Z . ; G . A . AV . Arnottof ArlaryD . G . P . Z . ;
, , , J . Graham , of LeitchtoAvn , G . P . H . ; Sir J . AV . Drummond , Bart ,, of Hawthornden , G . P . J . ; R . Ramage , G . S . E . ; W . Gaylor , G . S . N . ; D , Robertson , G . T . ; Sir W . Miller , of Glenlee , G . C .: E . Main , D . G . C . ; T . Boog , G . R . ; T . B . Douglas , G . S . B . ; Dr . AV . D . Mac-Ritchie , 1 st G . S . ; Lieut . P . Deuchar , 2 nd G . S . ; T . Coates , 3 rd G . S . ; C . Jockell , J . Brown , G . S . Bs . ; D . Bryce , G . A . ; J . Law , G . Jewr . ; W . Donaldson , G . C . ; J . M'Lean , G . J .
After AA'hich the Companions adjourned to an adjoining room , to dine together in celebration of the Festival of the Vernal Equinox , J . W . Melville , Esq ., 1 st G . P . in the chair , supported on the right by J . Graham , 2 nd G . P ., and on the left by Dr . Arnott , D . G . P . Z ., Lieut . Deuchar , 2 nd G . S . officiating as croupier . The number of Companions present on the occasion exceeded that of former years , ancl the urbanity of their excellent Chairman , combined Avith the
intimate knowledge displayed by him and the Companions , by Avhom he was supported , of the principles and practice of the Order , tended to render the meeting both a happy and interesting one . Toast , sentiment , ancl song succeeded each other till about ten o ' clock , Avhen the Companions separated , highly delighted Avith the evening ' s proceedings . The dinner and Avines , supplied by Mr . Rampling , gave every satisfaction .
GLASGOW KILWINNING LODGE , NO . 4 . —Masonic Festival . —This old and respectable Lodge held a Festival in the Merchants' Hall , GlasgoAv , on the evening of Tuesday , the 13 th of April , to commemorate its hundred and seventeenth Anniversary , From two hundred to three hundred Brethren assembled on the occasion . The hall Avas beautifully decorated Avith Masonic devices , and other furniture belonging to the Lodge ; and Avhen the different Masonic bodies had