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Scotland.
The other Lodges , —Montrose Kilwinning , and Incorporated Kilwinning , had similar meetings ; ancl the three Lodges interchanged deputations in the most friendly and harmonious manner . AVe are glad to find that a reaction is likely to take place in the degrees of JRoyal Arch and Knight Templar in this town . COLDSTREAM , Dec . 28 . —The Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , to the number of forty , dined together in Brother Hownam ' s Commercial Inn ,
to celebrate the Anniversary . After partaking of dinner , the officebearers for the current year were installed . After the business had been concluded , the Right AVorshipful Master , Brother Wallace , called for a bumper , and gave successively from the chair the healths of the Queen , Prince Albert , and the- Princess Royal ; and , subsequently , his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . of England ; Earl of Rothes , and Lord F . Fitzclarence , G . M . and D . G . M . of Scotland ; the Grand Master of Ireland , ancl several other toasts belonging to the Craft ,
which in their order were enthusiastically received , and drunk with all Masonic honours . Brother Cunningham , in a most luminous and energetic speech , adverted to the celebrity and cordial estimation in which the works of Burns were unanimously held , and proposed to dedicate a bumper to the memory of Burns ; and the appropriate tribute paid to his genius produced so imposing an effect throughout the Brethren as we never previously saw manifested ; it proved how his memory was cherished by " the dear Brethren of the mystic tie . " The Lodge broke
up about eleven o ' clock , and during the evening the most cordial sentiment pervaded the meeting , such as peculiarly characterises true Masonry , and which those belonging to the Craft only have experienced . Within a month , nineteen members have been added to St . John ' s Lodge , Coldstream . Masonic meetings have not lacked their assailants ; but when conducted in the true spirit and principles of the Order , they may defy all attacks ; and under the able direction and example of the Right AVorshipful Master of this Ladge , all is " freedom , harmony , and love . "
PEEBLES , Jan . 13 . —AVilliam Forbes M'Kenzie , Esq ., of Portmore , M . P ., and Provincial Grand Master for Peebles and Selkirkshire , held a Masonic Levee in the Old Lodge , Peebles , for the purpose of reading his commission and receiving deputations from the sister Lodges in the province . A very numerous meeting of the Brethren assembled in the Lodge under the RAV Master Brother Donaldson , when , after arranging themselves in Masonic order , they proceeded through the guid auld toun with torch-liht . On arriving at Brother Cameron ' s Hotel
g , the Provincial Grand Master joined the procession , and was escorted b y the Brethren again to the Lodge , wliich he opened in due form . Deputations from the Lodge Galashiels , headed by the R . AA ' . M . Brother Weir ; also the Celtic Lodge of Edinburgh and Leith , under the R . W . M . Brother W . Donaldson , in their national costume , were received in the most courteous and Brotherly manner . The harmony of the evening was much enlivened by the presence of Brothers Donaldson and
Shrivall , of the Celtic , and several amateur singers . AVith glee and chorus , toast ancl jest , the time passed till high twelve , when the Brethren parted to join the ladies at the ball in the Tontine large room . Upwards of a hundred now joined the dance , which was led off by Lady M'Kenzie , and was kept up with great spirit to the " soul-inspiring strains of Charlie Tail—eacli lady with her sash and apron . The dancing was kept up with great spirit till the auld bell in the modern
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Scotland.
The other Lodges , —Montrose Kilwinning , and Incorporated Kilwinning , had similar meetings ; ancl the three Lodges interchanged deputations in the most friendly and harmonious manner . AVe are glad to find that a reaction is likely to take place in the degrees of JRoyal Arch and Knight Templar in this town . COLDSTREAM , Dec . 28 . —The Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , to the number of forty , dined together in Brother Hownam ' s Commercial Inn ,
to celebrate the Anniversary . After partaking of dinner , the officebearers for the current year were installed . After the business had been concluded , the Right AVorshipful Master , Brother Wallace , called for a bumper , and gave successively from the chair the healths of the Queen , Prince Albert , and the- Princess Royal ; and , subsequently , his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . of England ; Earl of Rothes , and Lord F . Fitzclarence , G . M . and D . G . M . of Scotland ; the Grand Master of Ireland , ancl several other toasts belonging to the Craft ,
which in their order were enthusiastically received , and drunk with all Masonic honours . Brother Cunningham , in a most luminous and energetic speech , adverted to the celebrity and cordial estimation in which the works of Burns were unanimously held , and proposed to dedicate a bumper to the memory of Burns ; and the appropriate tribute paid to his genius produced so imposing an effect throughout the Brethren as we never previously saw manifested ; it proved how his memory was cherished by " the dear Brethren of the mystic tie . " The Lodge broke
up about eleven o ' clock , and during the evening the most cordial sentiment pervaded the meeting , such as peculiarly characterises true Masonry , and which those belonging to the Craft only have experienced . Within a month , nineteen members have been added to St . John ' s Lodge , Coldstream . Masonic meetings have not lacked their assailants ; but when conducted in the true spirit and principles of the Order , they may defy all attacks ; and under the able direction and example of the Right AVorshipful Master of this Ladge , all is " freedom , harmony , and love . "
PEEBLES , Jan . 13 . —AVilliam Forbes M'Kenzie , Esq ., of Portmore , M . P ., and Provincial Grand Master for Peebles and Selkirkshire , held a Masonic Levee in the Old Lodge , Peebles , for the purpose of reading his commission and receiving deputations from the sister Lodges in the province . A very numerous meeting of the Brethren assembled in the Lodge under the RAV Master Brother Donaldson , when , after arranging themselves in Masonic order , they proceeded through the guid auld toun with torch-liht . On arriving at Brother Cameron ' s Hotel
g , the Provincial Grand Master joined the procession , and was escorted b y the Brethren again to the Lodge , wliich he opened in due form . Deputations from the Lodge Galashiels , headed by the R . AA ' . M . Brother Weir ; also the Celtic Lodge of Edinburgh and Leith , under the R . W . M . Brother W . Donaldson , in their national costume , were received in the most courteous and Brotherly manner . The harmony of the evening was much enlivened by the presence of Brothers Donaldson and
Shrivall , of the Celtic , and several amateur singers . AVith glee and chorus , toast ancl jest , the time passed till high twelve , when the Brethren parted to join the ladies at the ball in the Tontine large room . Upwards of a hundred now joined the dance , which was led off by Lady M'Kenzie , and was kept up with great spirit to the " soul-inspiring strains of Charlie Tail—eacli lady with her sash and apron . The dancing was kept up with great spirit till the auld bell in the modern