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Scotland.
levelled , and laid , according to the rules of Masonry—S . G . AY . Carstairs applying the square ; J G . AY . Makgill the plummet ; Depute-M . Ogilvie ( Sir John ) the level ; and the R . AA ^ . Prov . G . M . concluding the ceremony by his mallet ; and , thereafter , pouring on the stone , corn , wine and oil , with the benediction .
1 he ceremony being completed , the G . M . shortly addressed himself to the Sheriff-Substitute , the Provost , and Magistrates of Cupar ; to which Mr . Sheriff Jameson replied . cv . T 1 «» ° T ° St and Ma S istrates having bowed acquiescence in the bneriil s reply , the usual compliments were exchanged among the officiating parties . Three cheers having been given by the Brethren and crowd , the deputations were then re-marshalled , and returned in procession to the County Hall , whence they separated to their resnective
places of rendezvous at a quarter past three o ' clock . MONTROSE , . Dec . 27—The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge celebrated the festival of St . John ; Bro . James Chalmers , Esq ., R . AV . M ., in the chair . The Lodge exchanged deputations with the other Lodges in town , and the evening passed over in the most harmonious manner Amongst the various toasts the health of our esteemed Bro . Dr . Burnes , ¦ , . ' Bombay , was not forgotten ; and it was our melancholy duty to drink in solemn silence to the memory of our late Bros . Sir Alexander Burnes and Lieut . Charles Burnes .
Feb . 28 . —St . Peter ' s Lodge met for the purpose of entering , passing , and raising several respected individuals ; amongst the rest Dr . Edward Balfour , H . E . / . C . S ., brother of Captain Balfour , consul-general for FRASER LODGE , STRICKEN . —Bro . Charles Dalziel , R . AV . M . BAKTP — Hogmanay falling , this year , on a Saturday , the Brethren ot fcstAndrew Lod
. s ge , Banff , were obli ged to postpone their annual Ball to the evening of Monday the 2 nd instant , when it was given as usual , m the county-rooms , and was most numerously attended Dancing commenced at nine o ' clock , and was kept up , with little intermission , until near five next morning , when the company departed all highly gratified with the arrangements of the stewards , and the kind and judicious attentions of Mrs . Gray , the lady-patroness .
ABERDEEN LODGE —Bro . James Hadden , Esq ., of Persley , R AY M ST . MACHAR ' LODGE . —Bro . William Gray , Esq ., R . AV . M . ST . NICHOLAS' LODGE . —Bro . James Adam , R . AV . M . ST . GEORGIS ' LODGE . —Bro . Alexander Duncan . R . AY . M . ABERDEEN , ROSEHEARTY . —The Forbes Lodge held their ninetysixth anniversary at their Hall , on Friday , Jan . 6 , when the office-bearers enSUlng were electedand invested b Robertson
i ? w Ai r year , y A . F . , 11 . W . Master . The accounts of the Lodge being settled , the Brethren were happy to find that , after paying upwards of £ 80 to sick , superannuated members , and widows , the funds of the society are still in a flourishing condition .
LERWICK , Feb . — " The tardy arrival of the Quarterl y is much to be regretted ; it does not appear until three months after publication Th e bookseller here—who , by the bye , although he is our post-master , is a lover of darkness rather than light—gives the fault to the agent in Edinburgh . Somebod y ' s fault it certainl y is ; and if worth while , 1 would like very well , that the Editor was able to find out whose it is
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Scotland.
levelled , and laid , according to the rules of Masonry—S . G . AY . Carstairs applying the square ; J G . AY . Makgill the plummet ; Depute-M . Ogilvie ( Sir John ) the level ; and the R . AA ^ . Prov . G . M . concluding the ceremony by his mallet ; and , thereafter , pouring on the stone , corn , wine and oil , with the benediction .
1 he ceremony being completed , the G . M . shortly addressed himself to the Sheriff-Substitute , the Provost , and Magistrates of Cupar ; to which Mr . Sheriff Jameson replied . cv . T 1 «» ° T ° St and Ma S istrates having bowed acquiescence in the bneriil s reply , the usual compliments were exchanged among the officiating parties . Three cheers having been given by the Brethren and crowd , the deputations were then re-marshalled , and returned in procession to the County Hall , whence they separated to their resnective
places of rendezvous at a quarter past three o ' clock . MONTROSE , . Dec . 27—The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge celebrated the festival of St . John ; Bro . James Chalmers , Esq ., R . AV . M ., in the chair . The Lodge exchanged deputations with the other Lodges in town , and the evening passed over in the most harmonious manner Amongst the various toasts the health of our esteemed Bro . Dr . Burnes , ¦ , . ' Bombay , was not forgotten ; and it was our melancholy duty to drink in solemn silence to the memory of our late Bros . Sir Alexander Burnes and Lieut . Charles Burnes .
Feb . 28 . —St . Peter ' s Lodge met for the purpose of entering , passing , and raising several respected individuals ; amongst the rest Dr . Edward Balfour , H . E . / . C . S ., brother of Captain Balfour , consul-general for FRASER LODGE , STRICKEN . —Bro . Charles Dalziel , R . AV . M . BAKTP — Hogmanay falling , this year , on a Saturday , the Brethren ot fcstAndrew Lod
. s ge , Banff , were obli ged to postpone their annual Ball to the evening of Monday the 2 nd instant , when it was given as usual , m the county-rooms , and was most numerously attended Dancing commenced at nine o ' clock , and was kept up , with little intermission , until near five next morning , when the company departed all highly gratified with the arrangements of the stewards , and the kind and judicious attentions of Mrs . Gray , the lady-patroness .
ABERDEEN LODGE —Bro . James Hadden , Esq ., of Persley , R AY M ST . MACHAR ' LODGE . —Bro . William Gray , Esq ., R . AV . M . ST . NICHOLAS' LODGE . —Bro . James Adam , R . AV . M . ST . GEORGIS ' LODGE . —Bro . Alexander Duncan . R . AY . M . ABERDEEN , ROSEHEARTY . —The Forbes Lodge held their ninetysixth anniversary at their Hall , on Friday , Jan . 6 , when the office-bearers enSUlng were electedand invested b Robertson
i ? w Ai r year , y A . F . , 11 . W . Master . The accounts of the Lodge being settled , the Brethren were happy to find that , after paying upwards of £ 80 to sick , superannuated members , and widows , the funds of the society are still in a flourishing condition .
LERWICK , Feb . — " The tardy arrival of the Quarterl y is much to be regretted ; it does not appear until three months after publication Th e bookseller here—who , by the bye , although he is our post-master , is a lover of darkness rather than light—gives the fault to the agent in Edinburgh . Somebod y ' s fault it certainl y is ; and if worth while , 1 would like very well , that the Editor was able to find out whose it is