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Scotland.
Miller , Major Docberty , Capt . Inglis . A . J . Stewart . Esq ., W . S- Edinburgh ; Sheriff Alison , & c . After the Duke ' s arrival a set of quadrilles was speedily formed , in which his Grace joined , having for his partner Mrs Alison ; his brother Lord James Murray , with Mrs . Houstoun , being their vis-a-vis . The Duke afterwards danced with several other ladies . Waltzes , polkas , country dances , and reels , followed in rapid successionand it was not until three o ' clock that the company began
, to separate . Among the deputations present from other Lodges were the Hamilton , Kilwinning ( No . 7 ) , St . Mark ' s , Glasgow ; St . Mungo ' s , Glasgow ; and the Thistle , Glasgow ; Shettleston , St . John ' s , & c . The Brethren all appeared in full Masonic costume , the office-bearers wearing their insignia .
Kilwinning Lodge ( No . 4)—Reunion . —A very interesting meeting of the members of this Lodge , with their friends , was held on the 12 th March , in Saint Mary ' s Hall , Glasgow . The meeting , which was numerously attended , and presided over by the R . AV . M . was called for the purpose of affording the lady of Brother I . G . Houstoun , the R . AV . M ., an opportunity of presenting the Lodge with a set of banners to be used at the Masonic demonstrationwhich is to take place at
, laying the foundation stone of the Victoria Bridge , on the 9 th April . The banners , which are of silk , of very beautiful workmanship , bear , the one the arms of the Lodge , and the other the Glasgow arms , ancl were presented by Mrs . Houstoun , who delivered a very neat and appropriate address . " R . AV . Sir , and office-bearers of the Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge : — I have much pleasure in presenting for your acceptance a set of colours
for your Lodge . I can assure you 1 have not been an inattentive , although an unseen , witness of your exertions in the cause of Masonry ; and your Lodge in particular , during the last eighteen months ; ancl I am confident that every Mason—aye , and every Mason ' s wife , allow me to add , is happy to find that these exertions have been crowned with success . You have not only raised your Loclge to the high position
which it held in former times , when presided over by the most distinguished men , but you have been enabled to bring it before the world in the gayest and most attractive form , viz ., with all the blandishments and graces ofthe ball room , and that , too , under the highest and noblest patronage . It is because of such achievements , and as an encouragement to renewed exertion , that I should desire to pay you this small compliment ; and , if I am not misinformed , these colours will soon be required in the performance of a most interesting ceremony . May
you long display them unsullied in your own time , and hand them clown to your successors as one ofthe many trophies you have so justly and so deservedly won . " The colours were then received b y the R . W . M ., and handed by him to the J . W . ( the S . W ., Bro . Jolm Binnie , being unavoidably absent ) , who made an appropriate reply . The following toasts , along with otherswere thereafter iven : " His Grace the Duke of AtholGrand
, g , Master Mason of Scotland , " by the R . W . M ., who remarked , " that his Grace was not only distinguished as a Mason , but as a nobleman , from his kind and gentlemanly manners , more especially with reference to his recent visit to Glasgow , and in honouring their ball with his presence ; and he had no doubt that he ivould endear himself m ore and more to the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Scotland.
Miller , Major Docberty , Capt . Inglis . A . J . Stewart . Esq ., W . S- Edinburgh ; Sheriff Alison , & c . After the Duke ' s arrival a set of quadrilles was speedily formed , in which his Grace joined , having for his partner Mrs Alison ; his brother Lord James Murray , with Mrs . Houstoun , being their vis-a-vis . The Duke afterwards danced with several other ladies . Waltzes , polkas , country dances , and reels , followed in rapid successionand it was not until three o ' clock that the company began
, to separate . Among the deputations present from other Lodges were the Hamilton , Kilwinning ( No . 7 ) , St . Mark ' s , Glasgow ; St . Mungo ' s , Glasgow ; and the Thistle , Glasgow ; Shettleston , St . John ' s , & c . The Brethren all appeared in full Masonic costume , the office-bearers wearing their insignia .
Kilwinning Lodge ( No . 4)—Reunion . —A very interesting meeting of the members of this Lodge , with their friends , was held on the 12 th March , in Saint Mary ' s Hall , Glasgow . The meeting , which was numerously attended , and presided over by the R . AV . M . was called for the purpose of affording the lady of Brother I . G . Houstoun , the R . AV . M ., an opportunity of presenting the Lodge with a set of banners to be used at the Masonic demonstrationwhich is to take place at
, laying the foundation stone of the Victoria Bridge , on the 9 th April . The banners , which are of silk , of very beautiful workmanship , bear , the one the arms of the Lodge , and the other the Glasgow arms , ancl were presented by Mrs . Houstoun , who delivered a very neat and appropriate address . " R . AV . Sir , and office-bearers of the Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge : — I have much pleasure in presenting for your acceptance a set of colours
for your Lodge . I can assure you 1 have not been an inattentive , although an unseen , witness of your exertions in the cause of Masonry ; and your Lodge in particular , during the last eighteen months ; ancl I am confident that every Mason—aye , and every Mason ' s wife , allow me to add , is happy to find that these exertions have been crowned with success . You have not only raised your Loclge to the high position
which it held in former times , when presided over by the most distinguished men , but you have been enabled to bring it before the world in the gayest and most attractive form , viz ., with all the blandishments and graces ofthe ball room , and that , too , under the highest and noblest patronage . It is because of such achievements , and as an encouragement to renewed exertion , that I should desire to pay you this small compliment ; and , if I am not misinformed , these colours will soon be required in the performance of a most interesting ceremony . May
you long display them unsullied in your own time , and hand them clown to your successors as one ofthe many trophies you have so justly and so deservedly won . " The colours were then received b y the R . W . M ., and handed by him to the J . W . ( the S . W ., Bro . Jolm Binnie , being unavoidably absent ) , who made an appropriate reply . The following toasts , along with otherswere thereafter iven : " His Grace the Duke of AtholGrand
, g , Master Mason of Scotland , " by the R . W . M ., who remarked , " that his Grace was not only distinguished as a Mason , but as a nobleman , from his kind and gentlemanly manners , more especially with reference to his recent visit to Glasgow , and in honouring their ball with his presence ; and he had no doubt that he ivould endear himself m ore and more to the