Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

The quarterly communication of this body was held in , 1 e Freemasons'Hall , on Monday , the 1 st inst . In the ^ avoidable absence of the M . W . G . M ., Sir Michael R . ci , iw Stewart , Bart ., the throne was occupied by Bro . lis of wdio bthe fol

Henry Ing Torsonce , was supported y - lowing brethren : —Bros . W . Mann , P . G . W ., acting Q S . W . ; F . A . Barrow , S . G . D ., acting J . G . W . ; Rev . A . Thomson Grant , G . C . ; J . Laurie , G . S . ; Wm . Hay , J . G . D . ; John Coghill , G . D . C . ; Captain Colt , Gartsherrie , G . S . B . ; Convener Robertson , G . B . B , ; and Murdock Mackenzie ,

C . G . M . There was a large attendance of members , among those oresent being Bros . Sir Geo . Clerk , of Penicuik , R . W . M . 420 \ Roger Montgomerie , M . P ., and Charles Dalrymple , M . P . Grand Lodge having been opened in due form , apologies were read from Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , the Earl oi Rosslyn , Captain J . T . Oswald , of Dunnikier ; Major

Hamilton Ramsay of Garion ; W . Officer , F . S . Melville , and others . 'The usual preliminary business being over , charters for the erection of new lodges were granted in the following cases : — " La Vallee de France , " Lima ; " Indcpendencia , ' , Callao : " Virtud y Union Rcgenerade , " Lima ; " Constancia y Concordia , " Tacna ; " Salem , " Ahmctlabad ; " The Bonnie Doon , " Patna ; "Star of the West , " Parkes ,

N . S . W . ; " The Lodge of Polynesia , " Fiji . A petition for a charter to a new lodge at Dailly , Aryshire , to be called "The Ferguson St . James , " was remitted to Grand Committee , with powers to grand a charter if found in order . On the recommendation of Grand Committee , Bro . J . M . Reid was appointed Provincial Grantl Master for Trinidad , and Sir John Ogilvy , Bart ., P . G . M . for

Forfarshire . A communication was read from the Grand Lotige oi England , stating that it would be pleasing to His Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales , Grand Master elect , if the appointment of representative at that Grand Lodge , in room of the late Lord James C . P . Murray , were conferred on the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . The appointment was

unanimously made , in accordance with the recommendation . The credentials of the Earl of Dunmore , as representative in Scotland of the Grand Lodge of Hungary , were presented , and his lordship confirmed in the appointment . Letters of condolence on the decease of the late Earl of Dalhousie , from the Grand Orient of France , and Lodge

Dalhousic , Massachusetts , U . S ., were intimated , and it was remitted to the Grand Committee to prepare ami transmit appropriate replies thereto . Notice of motion , having for its object the constitution of Immediate Past Mastersas members of Provincial Grand Lodges , was tabled for discussion at next meeting , and thereafter Grand Lodge was closed in due form .

Royal Scottish Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL SCOTTISH MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The following brethren have consented to receive names , donations and subscriptions : — J . Laurie , Esq ., Grand Secretary of Scotland , Interim Secretary of proposed Benevolent Institution . Geo . R . Harriott , Esq ., Provincial G . M . Wigtown and

Kircudbright , Kilhemore Lodge , Kirkcowan , Wigtownshire , and No . 4 , I lowartl-place , St . Andrew's , Fife . W . Spencer , Esq ., F . R . G . S ., Masonic Depot , 26 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Kielils , London . J . McMuldrow , Esq ., Prov . Grand Sec . Wigtown anil Kircudbright , St . Cuthhert-strcet , Kircudbright . Capt . G . Shanks , R . M . L . I ., Recruiting Service

Greenock . A . J . Douglas , Esq ., Lockerbie House , Lockerbie , Dumfriesshire . J . D . Porteous , Esq ., Hampden Place , Mount Florida , Glasgow , P . D . G . M ., Royal Order of Scotland , Hon . Corres . Mem . of Masonic Union . G . H . Pagan , Esq ., Writer , Cupar , Fife . A . E . Grantfclt , Esq ., 26 , Marmichal-street , Aberdeen ;

R . W . M . No . 93 . Major Wm . Macdonald , 12 th K . I . G . Bengal Native Infantry ; P . M . No . 9 88 E . C . ; M . M . No . 542 , Union of St . Andrew ' s . George Kenning ( Proprietor of the Freemason ) , 10 , 8 , Fleet-street , London , and 145 , Argylc-strcet , Glasgow . Names only , with amounts of donations or annual subscri ptions , to be received till the Institution seems in a fair way of being started .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The General Committee of Subscribers to this School ? ° !\ Thursday last in the Library , Freemasons' Hall , oro . Griffiths Smith presided . The cither brethren present were : Thos . Francis Peacock , II . W . Hcmsworth , A . II . fattershall , Walter Wellsman , Magnus Ohren , II . oiowsc

- , W . Stephens , H . A . Dubois , II . Dubosc , W . F . C . ftloutrie , J . A . Rucker , W . Paas , Thos . W . White , John •If * "' Massey ( Freemason ) , and R . W . Little , Secretary . 1 lie business before the Committee was very slack . With lelercnce to the Trusteeships of the Institution rendered vacant b y the resignation of the Marquis of Ripon and the uuitn

•ot ^ o . Benj . Bond Cabbell , a letter had been reeiyed from Lord Carnarvon ' s Secretary , in reply to Bro . :. utile s enquiry whether his Lordship would fill one of the , ^ oincies , stating that at present the Pro Grand Master a £ unable to attend to business . Lord Skelmersdale , in ' wr'TTi ' simi ,: lr application as to the other vacancy , "Tr ' ut llc would be happy to undertake the office of .. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings .

Poetry.

Poetry .

EARTH TO EARTH . WRITTEN roil THE "FREEMASON * . " Alas ! how vain is earthly life ! How soon it fades away ; 'Mid scenes of weal , strife , or care ,

Swift ebbs its littler day . The fairest hopes have ended In the mournfulness of tears , And gentlest forms have left us In the march of troubled years .

The home of mirth and cheerfulness Is sad and silent now ; Still is the voice of joyousness—Pain-laden every brow . And where but yesterday was bliss Beneath love ' s radiant skies ,

To-day are downcast sorrow , Deep grief , and tear-dimm'd eyes . Strange is this mystery of life , Which ends so often here ; The grace of glowing tenderness ,

In the mourning and the tear , Which throws around our pathway Those dreary clouds of gloom , Which hover ever in mid-air Above affection's tomb .

We give our friends to the silent earth , Those whom we mourn to-day ; We miss them from our happy home , Tho' we would bid them stay . We part from them ami they from us In the freshness of their grace , And wc grieve for the fadetl flower , We mourn the clear , dear face .

Strange ending of our tenderness—Of all our anxious fear ; Of all those joys of heart and home We ever hold so dear . In the very midst of life and strength , When all with us is peace , Our tenderest links are broken , Our brightest hours cease .

1 et faith looks 011 undoubtmg , Amid each mournful scene ; Hope points to a higher life than this , Like the Acacia ever green .

When in that land of love and light , Ours is a radiant greeting , When in affection's faultless flow , Ours is an eternal meeting . A . V . A . W

Funeral Of Lady Carnarvon.

FUNERAL OF LADY CARNARVON .

On Saturday afternoon , the 30 th ult ., Lady Carnarvon was buried , in the presence of a large and sorrowing assemblage of all classes , and amid manifold tokens of the deepest respect , in the cemetery in Highclere Park , some five miles from the town of Newbury . During the greater part of Friday , and until midday on Saturday , the

body of the Countess lay in state in the library , which was hung with black cloth . The inscription on the coffinplate ran thus * . — " Evelyn Gcorgina Katherine , wife of Henry Howard Molyncux Herbert , fourth Earl of Carnarvon , only daughter of the sixth Earl of Chesterfield , born 3 rd November , 1834 ; died 25 th January , 1875 . "

The late Countess was wholly averse from anything like ostentation , and it was her desire to be laid in the open cemetery , beside the graves of those who had been devoted and faithful in the service of the family . Her last wishes were lovingly obeyed , and her remains rest in a plain brick grave near those of the nurse of the present Earl , and of the housekeeper , Mrs . Laverick , one of the

victims of the Shipton accident , who was buried little more than a month ago . At twenty minutes to two o ' clock , the funeral procession emerged from the Castle , and movetl slowly along the winding road to the cemetery in the following order : —

I he Earl's Newbury tradesmen , the Mayor of Newbury ( Mr . Atley ) , the ex-Mayor ( Mr . Hickman ) , and other members of the Town Council ; the principal tenantry , agents , and stewards of Lord Carnarvon ; the officiating clergymen , the Rev . E . T . Waters , rector of Highclere ; and the Rev . G . Raymond Portal , chaplain to Lord

Carnarvon . The pall-bearers were the rector of Newbury ( Rev . James Leslie Randall ) , the Rev . N . G . Ridley , the Rev . F . C . Gosling , the Rev . L . Owen , the Rev . C . Young , ami the Rev . D . Moore . The mourners were the Earl of Carnarvon , the Hon . Alan Herbert , the Hon Aubcron Herbert , Lady Gwendolen I Icrbcrt , the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth , Miss

Ogilvy , the Hon and Rev . Canon Forester , Colonel the I Ion . II . Forester , Viscount Lymington , General the Hon . Robert Curzon , Lord Newport , the Earl of Ducie , Earl Beauchamp , the Earl of Donoughniore , Lord Lontlesborough , Lord John Manners , Sir Robert Peel , M . P ., Hon . J . Howard . Mr . William Chatteris , Mr . W . Kingsmill , Mr . W . Fox , Mr . W . B . Beach , M . P ., and others . The servants of the household followed .

Arrived at the gates of the cemetery , the tradesmen and tenantry formed a close line on each side of the roadway , ami the body was borne into the mortuary chapel , followed by the mourners . From the chapel to the grave was but a few steps , and here Lord Carnarvon deposited upon the

Funeral Of Lady Carnarvon.

coffin a wreath of camellias sent by the Countess of Chesterfield , who had been in close attendance upon her daughter throughout her illness . His lordship also placed upon the coffin other floral designs from friends of the late Countess . The bells of the Newbury churches tolled , and the

tradesmen partly closed their places of business in the afternoon . Yesterday morning , at the Chapel Royal , Savoy , the Rev . Henry White , the chaplain , in the course of his sermon , made special reference to the iate Lady Carnarvon , who for many years hail been a member of the congregation .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

The Right Hon . Lord Dunboyne , Provincial Grand Master of North Munster , was presented with a piece of plate , by the brethren of that province , as a mark of their respect for him . He was afterwards entertained at a breakfast , presided over by Bro . James Spaight , Deputy Provincial Grantl Master . The Marquis of Harrington , Prov . Grand Master for Derbyshire , was at the meeting , on Wednesday , the 3 rd

inst ., unanimously chosen as Leader of the Liberal Party . The Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , Past Grand Master , has been appointed representative from the Grantl Lodge of Scotland to the Grand Lodge of England in the room of the late Lord James C . Plantagenet Murray . The appointment was made in accordance with a wish expressed by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master elect .

Bro . the Viscount Holmesdale , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Kent , has given his numerous tenants in the neighbourhood of Cranbrook the right of destroying till game and rabbits on their respective occupations . A Dublin correspondent informs us that Bro . the Hon . Davitl R . Plunkett , M . P ., Junior Grantl Deacon , was , on Friday last , sworn in as Solicitor-General for Ireland .

We regret to learn that Bro . Mercier met with a very serious accident on Friday , the 29 th ult ., at the Mansion House Station of the Metropolitan District Railway . Capt . Mercier ' s foot slipped while descending the stairs leading to the platform , and he fell from the top to the bottom , sustaining severe injuries . He was conveyed home under the care of his friend , Bro . Dr . Ambler .

Bro . John Symonds , P . G . A . D . C , was on Monday , the 1 st inst ., unanimously elected Chairman of the Library Committee of the City Corporation . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in Wellington Lodge of Instruction ( No . $ 4 $ ) , held at the White Swan Tavern , High-street , Deptford , on Monday , the 15 th

inst ., by Bro . John Shaw , S . W . 79 . The lodge will be opened at half-past seven precisely . On Friday , Jan . 29 th , the Consecration of the Duke of Connaught Lodge ( 1524 ) , took ' place at Pownall-road , Haggerston . The Consecrating ami Installing Officers were Bros . R . W . Little , J . Brett , J . Boyd , and H . G . Buss .

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

GLEANED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES . BY BRO . GEORGE MAHKIIAM TWEUDEI . I .. During the year 1874 , there were 11 , 917 new books and new editions of books published in France , exclusive of periodicals and reviews . There were also 2 , 190 maps anil engravings , and 3 , 841 pieces of music , published among

our French neighbours during the same period . Miss Thompson ' s popular picture , of " The Roll Call , " after being visited by hundreds of thousands of admirers in the principal towns of her native north of England , is now being exhibited in Edinburgh . The Academy informs us that " From his examination of the spectra of stars Professor d'Arrest has come to the

conclusion that colour cannot be taken as a certain indication of the nature of the spectrum , and that the connection between colour and temperature , though not improbable , has not been satisfactorily established ; while the assertion that the red stars are older than the yellow , and the yellow than the white , is , according to M . d'Arrest , entirely without foundation . The spectroscopic examination of stars

which M . d'Arrest has made at Copenhagen has resulted in increasing the number of stars of Secchi ' s third type threefold . These stars are distinguished by channelled spectra , indicating that their temperature is so low that combination of the elements in their atmosphere has taken

place . " "The MAOEIE . "—This is the title of a new high-class weekly journal , the contents of which is to be comprised of ordinary interesting news , with careful and critical comments , and choice beauties of Original Literature , in addition to Scientific , Artistic , and Comic Articles anil Essays .

The Annual Dinner of the Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry took place at the Wheatshcaf Tavern , Shepherd ' s Bush , on Friday , the 29 th ult ., under the presidency of A . Blackburn , Estp , the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given and responded to . The proceedings were carried out with great eclat .

IIOU . OWAY ' S OIXTMF . XT AND PIM . S . —These ptieiT . . inec and soothing remedies demand Ihe earnest attention of all persons liable to rheumatism , gout , sciatica , or other painful altections of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The ointment should be applied after the all ' ectctl parts have been patiently fomented with warm water , when the unguent should be diligently rubbed upon the adjacent

skin , unless the friction should eausepam . Holltnvay s IMlsshonld be simultaneously taken to reduce Inllainmalion and to purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence ami lessens the frequency , ' of gout , rheumatism , and all spasmodic diseases which spring from her ' ulitary predisposition , or from any accidental weak * ness of constitution . ' The ointment cheeks the local malady ; the pills preserve ilie vit . il power . —ABVT .