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Scotland.
Kilwinning Lodge may therefore count two chancellors of England in the roll of its members , —Lord Brougham being an affiliated , if not an orig inal member of the Lodge . Perhaps , indeed , no other community of the Craft in Scotland can boast so many illustrious men and Masons as the above ancient and most distinguished Lodge reckons in the page
of its annals . ¦ The present Right AA orshipful Master of the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning , Henry Jardine , Esq ., has an almost hereditary claim upon the presidency of that body , —his father , Sir Henry Jardine , ancl his great grandfather , Lord Provost Drummond , having been both Masters of the Lodge . His zeal , talents , and character , both as a gentleman and a Freemason , render him worthy of the name and fame of his fathers .
ROMAN EAGLE LODGE was instituted by the celebrated John Brown , M . D ., founder of the Brunonian System of Medicine . ANNIVERSARY OF ST . JOHN , June . —Monday being the anniversary of St . John , the ancient fraternity of Freemasons met in their respective Lodge rooms , and spent the evening in conviviality . The Brethren of the Loclge ( Celtic ) dined in Bro . Robertson ' s , Regent Bridge ; R . W . M . Bro . William Donaldson in the Chair , who , in the name of the Brethren their late
of the Loclge , presented Bro . Aitken , ironmonger , R . AV . M ., with a splendid piece of silver-plate , as a token of respect for the efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office , and the able assistance he hacl rendered to the welfare of the Lodge .
MONTROSE . —At a meeting of the exalted Religious and Military Order of Knights Templars , held at St . Peter ' s Priory , Montrose , on the 2 nd instant , it was agreed , upon the recommendation of Dr . James Burnes , Prov . Grand-Master for Western India , ancl Grand-Constable of the Order of the Temple in Edinburgh , to nominate and appoint Mr . R . Gilfillan , Poet-Laureate to the Grand Loclge of Scotland , to be Procurator or Representative of the Montrose Priory , before the Grand Conclave of Knight Templars of Scotland .
BADENOOH . —The foundation-stone of the Kinrara Monument , to the memory of his Grace the late Duke of Gordon , was , on AVednesday the 14 th August , laid with Masonic honours , in presence of Lords Cosmo and Alexander Russell ; Cluny Macpherson ; Mr . Burn , AV . S . ; Rev . Mr . M'Donald ; Rev . Charles Grant ; Rev . John Mattheson ; Colonel Mitchell , C . B . ; Colonel D . Macpherson , R . H . ; Major John Macpherson ; Captain Lauchlan Macpherson ; Captain iEneas M . Macpherson ; Banker && and
Captain John Cattanach ; Mr . Macpherson , , c . c , a great concourse of people , who gathered from all parts of the country to witness the ceremony . After being properly arranged at Kinrara House , the procession proceeded to the summit of Tor Alvie , on which the monument is to be erected . The master of the ceremonies then deposited in a cavity in the stone , a hermetically-sealed bottle , containing some of the coins of the present rei—a of the Inverness Courier and
gn copy Herald ancl a piece of parchment , bearing an historical inscription . The stone being laid and properly adjusted , the mallet was handed to Cluny Macpherson , who gave three knocks on the stone with it ; and having addressed the company in suitable terms , the Rev . Mr . Macdonald offered up a very impressive ancl appropriate prayer , ancl the ceremony concluded . Plenty of " mountain dew" having been provided for the occasion , Cluny Macpherson then proposed " The Memory ot
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Scotland.
Kilwinning Lodge may therefore count two chancellors of England in the roll of its members , —Lord Brougham being an affiliated , if not an orig inal member of the Lodge . Perhaps , indeed , no other community of the Craft in Scotland can boast so many illustrious men and Masons as the above ancient and most distinguished Lodge reckons in the page
of its annals . ¦ The present Right AA orshipful Master of the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning , Henry Jardine , Esq ., has an almost hereditary claim upon the presidency of that body , —his father , Sir Henry Jardine , ancl his great grandfather , Lord Provost Drummond , having been both Masters of the Lodge . His zeal , talents , and character , both as a gentleman and a Freemason , render him worthy of the name and fame of his fathers .
ROMAN EAGLE LODGE was instituted by the celebrated John Brown , M . D ., founder of the Brunonian System of Medicine . ANNIVERSARY OF ST . JOHN , June . —Monday being the anniversary of St . John , the ancient fraternity of Freemasons met in their respective Lodge rooms , and spent the evening in conviviality . The Brethren of the Loclge ( Celtic ) dined in Bro . Robertson ' s , Regent Bridge ; R . W . M . Bro . William Donaldson in the Chair , who , in the name of the Brethren their late
of the Loclge , presented Bro . Aitken , ironmonger , R . AV . M ., with a splendid piece of silver-plate , as a token of respect for the efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office , and the able assistance he hacl rendered to the welfare of the Lodge .
MONTROSE . —At a meeting of the exalted Religious and Military Order of Knights Templars , held at St . Peter ' s Priory , Montrose , on the 2 nd instant , it was agreed , upon the recommendation of Dr . James Burnes , Prov . Grand-Master for Western India , ancl Grand-Constable of the Order of the Temple in Edinburgh , to nominate and appoint Mr . R . Gilfillan , Poet-Laureate to the Grand Loclge of Scotland , to be Procurator or Representative of the Montrose Priory , before the Grand Conclave of Knight Templars of Scotland .
BADENOOH . —The foundation-stone of the Kinrara Monument , to the memory of his Grace the late Duke of Gordon , was , on AVednesday the 14 th August , laid with Masonic honours , in presence of Lords Cosmo and Alexander Russell ; Cluny Macpherson ; Mr . Burn , AV . S . ; Rev . Mr . M'Donald ; Rev . Charles Grant ; Rev . John Mattheson ; Colonel Mitchell , C . B . ; Colonel D . Macpherson , R . H . ; Major John Macpherson ; Captain Lauchlan Macpherson ; Captain iEneas M . Macpherson ; Banker && and
Captain John Cattanach ; Mr . Macpherson , , c . c , a great concourse of people , who gathered from all parts of the country to witness the ceremony . After being properly arranged at Kinrara House , the procession proceeded to the summit of Tor Alvie , on which the monument is to be erected . The master of the ceremonies then deposited in a cavity in the stone , a hermetically-sealed bottle , containing some of the coins of the present rei—a of the Inverness Courier and
gn copy Herald ancl a piece of parchment , bearing an historical inscription . The stone being laid and properly adjusted , the mallet was handed to Cluny Macpherson , who gave three knocks on the stone with it ; and having addressed the company in suitable terms , the Rev . Mr . Macdonald offered up a very impressive ancl appropriate prayer , ancl the ceremony concluded . Plenty of " mountain dew" having been provided for the occasion , Cluny Macpherson then proposed " The Memory ot