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Scotland.
The Soiree :- —In the evening a fruit and cake soiree , in honour of the occasion of laying the foundation-stone of the baths , took place in the Music Hall , George-street . Lord Dunfermline was in the chair supported on the right and left by the Lord Provost , Sheriff Spiers , Lord Mackenzie , Professor Christison , Bishop Gillis , Duncan Maclaren , Esq ., Councillors Russell , Miller , Neil , Mr . AVilliam Chambers , & c . & c . The Noble CHAIRMAN the Lord ProvostLord Mackenzieand other
, , , gentlemen severally addressed the meeting . The testimonial to Mr . Simpson , consisting of a massive and elegant ornamental device in silver , representing a fountain , supported by male and female figures , was then presented to that gentleman , in an address by Mr . Andrew Orr , letter-carrier . The testimonial , which was furnished b y Mr . Howden , silversmith , was much admired . Mr . Simpson having replied , the meeting shortly after broke up .
ORDER or THE TEMPLE . —The Grand Council of this Ancient Chivalric Order met 19 th July , when the Registrar , in terms of a letter ivhich he had received from the Grand Master , Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ., presented to the Order , iii name of his Eminence , the massive gold ornaments formerly belonging to and worn by his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , as Grand J ' rior of England . These valuable decorations consist of the Ring of Profession , charged with an
enamelled red cross ; a chain of 178 links , with two crosses attached to a ring , pendant from a chain . All the articles ave of the purest gold . The cordial thanks of the Council were , on the motion of Francis Gordon of Cairnbulg , which was unanimously agreed to , tendered to the Grand Master , for his very handsome donation . It is gratifying to think that these intrinsically valuable articles are now possessed by the successors oi those gallant Knights of the Temple who fought in
Palestine ; and their value is enhanced to their custodiers , not merely by reason of the exalted station of their royal proprietor , whether within or without the pale of the Temple—but still more because of the channel through which they have been conveyed to and become the property of the Order—viz . by the kindness of its present Grand Master , the chivalrous Sir David Milne , Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty ' s Naval Forces at Plymouth . —Edinburgh Paper .
The Lodge Edinburgh St . James' has enrolled the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Zetland a full Member of their Lodge . A deputation from the Lodge has since waited on his Lordship , and presented him with the dipIo . ua of membership . GREENOCK ST . JOHN ' LODGE , No . 176 . —The Brethren assembled in their Hall , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John the Baptist . After the Lodge was constituted in due form by the Right Worshiful Master
p and AVardens , the Brethren , as well as several other Brethren from distant Lodges who were present , enjoyed themselves in " this social feast of mirth and song , " with more than ordinary hilarity , and separated in proper Masonic time . It is possible many of our readers may not be aware that , of tbe many Lodges for disseminating the principle of Freemasonry instituted in Greenock , this is the only one surviving "in good working order ; " for , while others seem sleeping , careless of
existence , she has ever been foremost in lending a helping hand to poor ancl distressed Brethren , and has at this moment on the pension-roll upwards of seventy pensioners who receive an annual payment from the VOL . II . xx
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Scotland.
The Soiree :- —In the evening a fruit and cake soiree , in honour of the occasion of laying the foundation-stone of the baths , took place in the Music Hall , George-street . Lord Dunfermline was in the chair supported on the right and left by the Lord Provost , Sheriff Spiers , Lord Mackenzie , Professor Christison , Bishop Gillis , Duncan Maclaren , Esq ., Councillors Russell , Miller , Neil , Mr . AVilliam Chambers , & c . & c . The Noble CHAIRMAN the Lord ProvostLord Mackenzieand other
, , , gentlemen severally addressed the meeting . The testimonial to Mr . Simpson , consisting of a massive and elegant ornamental device in silver , representing a fountain , supported by male and female figures , was then presented to that gentleman , in an address by Mr . Andrew Orr , letter-carrier . The testimonial , which was furnished b y Mr . Howden , silversmith , was much admired . Mr . Simpson having replied , the meeting shortly after broke up .
ORDER or THE TEMPLE . —The Grand Council of this Ancient Chivalric Order met 19 th July , when the Registrar , in terms of a letter ivhich he had received from the Grand Master , Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ., presented to the Order , iii name of his Eminence , the massive gold ornaments formerly belonging to and worn by his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , as Grand J ' rior of England . These valuable decorations consist of the Ring of Profession , charged with an
enamelled red cross ; a chain of 178 links , with two crosses attached to a ring , pendant from a chain . All the articles ave of the purest gold . The cordial thanks of the Council were , on the motion of Francis Gordon of Cairnbulg , which was unanimously agreed to , tendered to the Grand Master , for his very handsome donation . It is gratifying to think that these intrinsically valuable articles are now possessed by the successors oi those gallant Knights of the Temple who fought in
Palestine ; and their value is enhanced to their custodiers , not merely by reason of the exalted station of their royal proprietor , whether within or without the pale of the Temple—but still more because of the channel through which they have been conveyed to and become the property of the Order—viz . by the kindness of its present Grand Master , the chivalrous Sir David Milne , Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty ' s Naval Forces at Plymouth . —Edinburgh Paper .
The Lodge Edinburgh St . James' has enrolled the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Zetland a full Member of their Lodge . A deputation from the Lodge has since waited on his Lordship , and presented him with the dipIo . ua of membership . GREENOCK ST . JOHN ' LODGE , No . 176 . —The Brethren assembled in their Hall , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John the Baptist . After the Lodge was constituted in due form by the Right Worshiful Master
p and AVardens , the Brethren , as well as several other Brethren from distant Lodges who were present , enjoyed themselves in " this social feast of mirth and song , " with more than ordinary hilarity , and separated in proper Masonic time . It is possible many of our readers may not be aware that , of tbe many Lodges for disseminating the principle of Freemasonry instituted in Greenock , this is the only one surviving "in good working order ; " for , while others seem sleeping , careless of
existence , she has ever been foremost in lending a helping hand to poor ancl distressed Brethren , and has at this moment on the pension-roll upwards of seventy pensioners who receive an annual payment from the VOL . II . xx