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Scotland.
Almighty Architect ! Counsel , uphold , direct , AA'illiam our King . Round him thy covering spread , O ' er him thy Spirit shed—Take his anointed head Under thy Wing .
The doors of the theatre were literally besieged with anxious crowds , but a vast number were unavoidably disappointed in gaining admittance . —Caledonian Mercury . ABERDEEN . —On Jlonday , the 28 th of December , the following Brethren were duly chosen Managers and Office-bearers of the Aberdeen Mason Lodge for the ensuing year , viz . —Alex . Low , Esq . unanimously re-elected R . AA' . Master ; Lewis CrombieEsq . Deputy Master ; George
, Smith , mason , Senior AA ' arden ; Ninian Kynoch , merchant , Junior AVarden ; Alexander Martin , merchant , Secretary ; Alexander Rust , merchant , Treasurer ; Rev . James Leslie , Chaplain ; Charles Winchester , Clerk ; David Chalmers , Esq , Alexander Cromar , Esq ., George Silver , Jun . Esq . Francis Gordon , Esq ., Alexander Brown , Esq ., John Angus , Esq ., Assistants ; James Smith , John Smith , and George Smith , Jun ., Stewards ; James Reid , Tyler and Officer to the Lodge .
ST . MA CHAR ' LODGE . —Lewis Crombie , Esq ., R . AA ' . JIaster ; AA'm . Philip , Esq ., Deputy JIaster ; Dr . Cromar , Senior AA'arden ; William Knox , Esq ., Junior AA ' arden ; Alex . M'Donald , Esq ., Secretary ; Ninian Kynoch , Esq ., Treasurer ; Jlr . John Hay , Chaplain ; AA'illiam Gray , Esq ., Grand Steward ; George Cruikshank , Esq ., Senior Steward ; John AA'alker , Esq ., Junior Steward ; Alex . Roy , Jun ., Hugh Jlacswein , AVilliam Fraser , Jas . AVestland , J . I . Massie , Alexander Rust , Committee ; Alexander Keard , Clerk .
PETERHEAD , December 30 . —On Jlonday last , St . John ' s day , Provost Arbuthnot was unanimously elected Right AA'orshipful JIaster of the Keith Lodge for the ensuing year . This gentleman , although he has only been a short time before the public , is already very popular . GLASGOW ST . PATRICK LODGE met in their Lodge room , Lyceum , Nelson Street , on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , p . m ., to celebrate the anniversary of their Tutelar Saint , when the Brethren of that Lodge , and the Craft in general attended under the auspices of the R . M . Master , and exchanged their mystical and fraternal relations .
Last St . John s eve , while the Brethren of the Lodge at Jlethven , Perthshire , were celebrating the festive occasion , a loaded gun was discharged by some miscreant outside , which shattered the windows of the hall , and considerably alarmed the Brethren within . Fortunately , the shot was spent in its progress through the window shutters , so that no injury was sustained by those sitting opposite . A reward has been offered for the discovery of the delinquent . The Festival of St . John being a very general day of election of office
bearers of Lodges , in Scotland , most of the Lodges in Edinburgh met for that purpose , on Monday , the 28 th of December , and in the evening congratulated one another on their choice of officers , hy reciprocal deputations . On the same occasion the Lodge , St . John ' s , Jedburgh , paraded by torch-light through the streets of that ancient border burgh , and celebrated , as usual , by convivial honours , the eve of the Evangelist .
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Scotland.
Almighty Architect ! Counsel , uphold , direct , AA'illiam our King . Round him thy covering spread , O ' er him thy Spirit shed—Take his anointed head Under thy Wing .
The doors of the theatre were literally besieged with anxious crowds , but a vast number were unavoidably disappointed in gaining admittance . —Caledonian Mercury . ABERDEEN . —On Jlonday , the 28 th of December , the following Brethren were duly chosen Managers and Office-bearers of the Aberdeen Mason Lodge for the ensuing year , viz . —Alex . Low , Esq . unanimously re-elected R . AA' . Master ; Lewis CrombieEsq . Deputy Master ; George
, Smith , mason , Senior AA ' arden ; Ninian Kynoch , merchant , Junior AVarden ; Alexander Martin , merchant , Secretary ; Alexander Rust , merchant , Treasurer ; Rev . James Leslie , Chaplain ; Charles Winchester , Clerk ; David Chalmers , Esq , Alexander Cromar , Esq ., George Silver , Jun . Esq . Francis Gordon , Esq ., Alexander Brown , Esq ., John Angus , Esq ., Assistants ; James Smith , John Smith , and George Smith , Jun ., Stewards ; James Reid , Tyler and Officer to the Lodge .
ST . MA CHAR ' LODGE . —Lewis Crombie , Esq ., R . AA ' . JIaster ; AA'm . Philip , Esq ., Deputy JIaster ; Dr . Cromar , Senior AA'arden ; William Knox , Esq ., Junior AA ' arden ; Alex . M'Donald , Esq ., Secretary ; Ninian Kynoch , Esq ., Treasurer ; Jlr . John Hay , Chaplain ; AA'illiam Gray , Esq ., Grand Steward ; George Cruikshank , Esq ., Senior Steward ; John AA'alker , Esq ., Junior Steward ; Alex . Roy , Jun ., Hugh Jlacswein , AVilliam Fraser , Jas . AVestland , J . I . Massie , Alexander Rust , Committee ; Alexander Keard , Clerk .
PETERHEAD , December 30 . —On Jlonday last , St . John ' s day , Provost Arbuthnot was unanimously elected Right AA'orshipful JIaster of the Keith Lodge for the ensuing year . This gentleman , although he has only been a short time before the public , is already very popular . GLASGOW ST . PATRICK LODGE met in their Lodge room , Lyceum , Nelson Street , on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , p . m ., to celebrate the anniversary of their Tutelar Saint , when the Brethren of that Lodge , and the Craft in general attended under the auspices of the R . M . Master , and exchanged their mystical and fraternal relations .
Last St . John s eve , while the Brethren of the Lodge at Jlethven , Perthshire , were celebrating the festive occasion , a loaded gun was discharged by some miscreant outside , which shattered the windows of the hall , and considerably alarmed the Brethren within . Fortunately , the shot was spent in its progress through the window shutters , so that no injury was sustained by those sitting opposite . A reward has been offered for the discovery of the delinquent . The Festival of St . John being a very general day of election of office
bearers of Lodges , in Scotland , most of the Lodges in Edinburgh met for that purpose , on Monday , the 28 th of December , and in the evening congratulated one another on their choice of officers , hy reciprocal deputations . On the same occasion the Lodge , St . John ' s , Jedburgh , paraded by torch-light through the streets of that ancient border burgh , and celebrated , as usual , by convivial honours , the eve of the Evangelist .