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Scotland.
splendid suit of Celtic Blasonic clothing , ancl the jewel of the P . BI ., richly set with brilliants and native stones . The chair was ably filled hy the R . AV . Blaster , Bro . Andrew Blurray , supported on the right by the guest of the evening , Captain Balfour Ogilvie , Bfurdoch Blaclean , Esq ., Sir AVilliam M'Naughten Napier , and the Blaclean chief of the clan Dochairt ; and on the left by Colonel T . R . Swinburne , Farquhar Shand , and J . B . Innes , Esqrs . Bro . Robertson , S . AV ., acted as croupier . The evening was spent with the best Blasonic feeling .
GLASGOW , Jan . 17 . — The St . Blungo ' s Loclge , No . 534 , held their annual festival in the assembly rooms , Ingram-street . The chair was filled by the R . AV . BI ., supported by the Secretary , and the venerable Dr . Ratray , and never was a chair better filled ; in fact , the whole proceeding was supported in a maimer calculated to soften the ills of life , to raise the hopes higher , and to promote peace ancl charity and good will to all mankind . Bro . Deans took the lead and charge of the band , and
highly delighted the Brethren . R . AA . BI . Livingston was unanimously re-elected , ancl the other important offices were ably filled in due order . St . John ' s of Greenock , St . James' of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Kilwinning , No . 4 , St . Blark ' s , and the Thistle Lodges , developed their brotherly feeling , by attending , with the respective R . AV . M . ' s at their head , and experienced that attention which their kindness deserved . There appeared but one feeling , that a more instructive , harmonious , ancl social evening could not be spent .
GREENOCK , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren have hit upon a capital way of turning a part of tlieir ceremonies into a source of attraction and pleasure , not only to their female friends , but to the uninitiated of their own sex , and , in fact , to the whole community . It is already well known that the Lodge has earned for itself golden opinions , for the manner in which it has turned out upon various public occasions at a distance , the last being Burns' Festival , and its appearance on this evening has done
nothing to impair its well merited character . The evening was fine , ancl torches were numerously borne by members of the police establishment , and the procession moved slowly onwards , through crowded streets , to the grave and mystic notes of the " Masons' Anthem , " discoursed by an instrumental band . On reaching the door of the Lodge , the Brethren of the " mystic tye" entered in due Masonic order , the G . M . from the rear passing up the centre of the main bod . The
y interior of the Loclge at this period presented a stirring scene . Parties of ladies and gentlemen promenading up the one passage between the tables ancl down the other , to the enlivening strains of an able orchestra , led by the veteran B'Ir . Daniel BI'Dougall , who , we may mention en passant , although himself deprived of the blessing of seeing , has nevertheless " presided o ' er the sons of light" in this department , for the forty and fourth consecutive annual meeting . A box for most charitable
of all charities , the infirmary , stood upon the table , and which ever and anon sent forth its tinkling indications , that , even amid the merry throng , the cause of the suffering poor coulcl find a corner in the jocund bosom . The hand having sung a sacred piece , it was intimated that the uninitiated should now retire , to give way to the proper business of the evening , ancl G . M . Dow , ancl AVardens Bowie and Longwill , having taken their places , the Lodge was constituted , and the business went on in fine style . Several visiting Brethren were present from sister Lodges , both in England and Ireland ; and lively and interesting toasts , speeches , and
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Scotland.
splendid suit of Celtic Blasonic clothing , ancl the jewel of the P . BI ., richly set with brilliants and native stones . The chair was ably filled hy the R . AV . Blaster , Bro . Andrew Blurray , supported on the right by the guest of the evening , Captain Balfour Ogilvie , Bfurdoch Blaclean , Esq ., Sir AVilliam M'Naughten Napier , and the Blaclean chief of the clan Dochairt ; and on the left by Colonel T . R . Swinburne , Farquhar Shand , and J . B . Innes , Esqrs . Bro . Robertson , S . AV ., acted as croupier . The evening was spent with the best Blasonic feeling .
GLASGOW , Jan . 17 . — The St . Blungo ' s Loclge , No . 534 , held their annual festival in the assembly rooms , Ingram-street . The chair was filled by the R . AV . BI ., supported by the Secretary , and the venerable Dr . Ratray , and never was a chair better filled ; in fact , the whole proceeding was supported in a maimer calculated to soften the ills of life , to raise the hopes higher , and to promote peace ancl charity and good will to all mankind . Bro . Deans took the lead and charge of the band , and
highly delighted the Brethren . R . AA . BI . Livingston was unanimously re-elected , ancl the other important offices were ably filled in due order . St . John ' s of Greenock , St . James' of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Kilwinning , No . 4 , St . Blark ' s , and the Thistle Lodges , developed their brotherly feeling , by attending , with the respective R . AV . M . ' s at their head , and experienced that attention which their kindness deserved . There appeared but one feeling , that a more instructive , harmonious , ancl social evening could not be spent .
GREENOCK , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren have hit upon a capital way of turning a part of tlieir ceremonies into a source of attraction and pleasure , not only to their female friends , but to the uninitiated of their own sex , and , in fact , to the whole community . It is already well known that the Lodge has earned for itself golden opinions , for the manner in which it has turned out upon various public occasions at a distance , the last being Burns' Festival , and its appearance on this evening has done
nothing to impair its well merited character . The evening was fine , ancl torches were numerously borne by members of the police establishment , and the procession moved slowly onwards , through crowded streets , to the grave and mystic notes of the " Masons' Anthem , " discoursed by an instrumental band . On reaching the door of the Lodge , the Brethren of the " mystic tye" entered in due Masonic order , the G . M . from the rear passing up the centre of the main bod . The
y interior of the Loclge at this period presented a stirring scene . Parties of ladies and gentlemen promenading up the one passage between the tables ancl down the other , to the enlivening strains of an able orchestra , led by the veteran B'Ir . Daniel BI'Dougall , who , we may mention en passant , although himself deprived of the blessing of seeing , has nevertheless " presided o ' er the sons of light" in this department , for the forty and fourth consecutive annual meeting . A box for most charitable
of all charities , the infirmary , stood upon the table , and which ever and anon sent forth its tinkling indications , that , even amid the merry throng , the cause of the suffering poor coulcl find a corner in the jocund bosom . The hand having sung a sacred piece , it was intimated that the uninitiated should now retire , to give way to the proper business of the evening , ancl G . M . Dow , ancl AVardens Bowie and Longwill , having taken their places , the Lodge was constituted , and the business went on in fine style . Several visiting Brethren were present from sister Lodges , both in England and Ireland ; and lively and interesting toasts , speeches , and