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Scotland.
OFFICERS OP THE GRAND LODGE OP SCOTLAND . His Majesty King William IV ., Patron of the Ancient Order of St . John ' s Masonry in Scotland . Right Hon . Lord Ramsay , Grand Master Mason . Right Hon . Lord Viscount Stormont , Grand Master Depute . Right Hon . the Earl of Dunmove , Past Grand Master .
Sir J . Hay of Hayston , Bart . M . P . Substitute Grand Master . William M'Kenzie of Portmore , Esq . Senior Grand Warden . Sir Patrick Walker , Junior Grand Warden . Sir William Forbes and Co ., Bankers , Treasurers . William Alexander Lawrie , W . S . Secretary . James Bartram , Clerk . J . Maitland , Assistant Clerk . Sir Donald Campbell , Bart . Senior Grand Deacon . Sir George Ballingall , Junior Grand Deacon .
Rev . Alexander Stewart of Douglas , Chaplain . Robert Gilfillan , Poet-Laureate . W . Burn , Architect . W . Cunningham , Jeweller . John Lorimer , Bible-Bearer . J . Moffat , Grand Marshal . George Buchanan and D . Ross , Grand Tylers . Sir David Milne was also elected Provincial Grand Master for Berwickshireand James BurnesEsqMDProvincial Grand Master foi
, , ., .., the Western Provinces of India . The election being concluded , Dr . Brown submitted to the Grand Lod ge the verses composed on the occasion by Brother Gilfillan , and , with the approbation of the Grand Master , proposed that the honorary distinction of Poet-Laureate should be conferred on that Brother , which was carried b y acclamation . In the Lod ge we noticed Sir Walter Scott , and many other distinguished individuals .
. GRAND LODGE , Nov . 11 . —The nomination of Grand Ofnce-Bearers for the ensuing year took place this day at two o ' clock , in Freemasons ' Hall , when the Ri ght Hon . James , Lord Ramsay was unanimousl y elected to be Grand Master , and other eminent Masons were chosen to fill the prominent posts of the Grand Lodge . The Grand Master Elect , on taking the chair , entered into a succinct but important statement of his views relative to the Order . " Muchindeedmiht be gathered from
, , g the few but emphatic expressions which escaped from his Lordship on this merely formal occasion , the full elucidation and application of which he reserves for the proper opportunity . The real and unaffected friends of Freemasonry , have reason deeply to congratulate themselves and the Craft on the choice of one who , from his high station , can so gracefully descend to those details , the right ordering of which keeps the wheels of state in motion .
A Provincial Grand Master for Western India was appointed on the above occasion , in the person of that ardent and indefatigable Brother , Dr . James Burnes , who , ere long , will be on his way to Bombay , to enter upon the active duties of his important charge . The unconcentrated and languishing state of Masonry in that division of British India , rendered this appointment of the hi ghest consequence ; and there could be but one opinion as to who was fittest to fill it . Brother Burnes had the rare honour of receiving his investiture at the hands of the Grand Master in person . In our notice of the proceedings of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge ,
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Scotland.
OFFICERS OP THE GRAND LODGE OP SCOTLAND . His Majesty King William IV ., Patron of the Ancient Order of St . John ' s Masonry in Scotland . Right Hon . Lord Ramsay , Grand Master Mason . Right Hon . Lord Viscount Stormont , Grand Master Depute . Right Hon . the Earl of Dunmove , Past Grand Master .
Sir J . Hay of Hayston , Bart . M . P . Substitute Grand Master . William M'Kenzie of Portmore , Esq . Senior Grand Warden . Sir Patrick Walker , Junior Grand Warden . Sir William Forbes and Co ., Bankers , Treasurers . William Alexander Lawrie , W . S . Secretary . James Bartram , Clerk . J . Maitland , Assistant Clerk . Sir Donald Campbell , Bart . Senior Grand Deacon . Sir George Ballingall , Junior Grand Deacon .
Rev . Alexander Stewart of Douglas , Chaplain . Robert Gilfillan , Poet-Laureate . W . Burn , Architect . W . Cunningham , Jeweller . John Lorimer , Bible-Bearer . J . Moffat , Grand Marshal . George Buchanan and D . Ross , Grand Tylers . Sir David Milne was also elected Provincial Grand Master for Berwickshireand James BurnesEsqMDProvincial Grand Master foi
, , ., .., the Western Provinces of India . The election being concluded , Dr . Brown submitted to the Grand Lod ge the verses composed on the occasion by Brother Gilfillan , and , with the approbation of the Grand Master , proposed that the honorary distinction of Poet-Laureate should be conferred on that Brother , which was carried b y acclamation . In the Lod ge we noticed Sir Walter Scott , and many other distinguished individuals .
. GRAND LODGE , Nov . 11 . —The nomination of Grand Ofnce-Bearers for the ensuing year took place this day at two o ' clock , in Freemasons ' Hall , when the Ri ght Hon . James , Lord Ramsay was unanimousl y elected to be Grand Master , and other eminent Masons were chosen to fill the prominent posts of the Grand Lodge . The Grand Master Elect , on taking the chair , entered into a succinct but important statement of his views relative to the Order . " Muchindeedmiht be gathered from
, , g the few but emphatic expressions which escaped from his Lordship on this merely formal occasion , the full elucidation and application of which he reserves for the proper opportunity . The real and unaffected friends of Freemasonry , have reason deeply to congratulate themselves and the Craft on the choice of one who , from his high station , can so gracefully descend to those details , the right ordering of which keeps the wheels of state in motion .
A Provincial Grand Master for Western India was appointed on the above occasion , in the person of that ardent and indefatigable Brother , Dr . James Burnes , who , ere long , will be on his way to Bombay , to enter upon the active duties of his important charge . The unconcentrated and languishing state of Masonry in that division of British India , rendered this appointment of the hi ghest consequence ; and there could be but one opinion as to who was fittest to fill it . Brother Burnes had the rare honour of receiving his investiture at the hands of the Grand Master in person . In our notice of the proceedings of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge ,