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his own again . " But a curse lay upon the Jacobite cause , and success , because undeserved , smiled not upon their arms . One who plays a conspicuous character in the Jacobite drama was John Murray of

Broughton . He was initiated in the Canongate Kilwinning , and took an active part in the proceedings of his mother lodge , and of the Grand Lodge . In 1743 , when James , Earl of Wemyss , was appointed Grand

Master , he was installed Junior Grand Warden . He was a professed adherent of Prince Charles , and was acquainted with all the schemes of the Jacobites . When the Prince raised the standard of the Stewarts

in Scotland , Murray joined him , and was appointed his Secretary . The Prince ' s proclamations were all signed by him , and one would have thought that , not only was he a devoted adherent of the Stewarts , but

one certain , if captured by the Hanoverians , to have merited immediate death . Whilst Lovat , Kilmarnock , and the gallant Balmerino fell victims to the conqueror ' s passion for blood , the sleek and politic

Murray of Broughton , the Prince ' s Secretary— -and of whom he talks in his proclamation dated the 24 th day of September , 1745 , from " our Palace of Holyrood House , " inviting all traitors to come and be forgiven

by presenting themselves within twenty days to " our trusty and beloved Councellor , John Murray of Broughtoun , Esq . "—this same " trusty and well-beloved " received from the Hanoverian government a pardon .

The reason for this is plain . Murray , from the first , was in the pay of the Hanover party , and sold his Prince and his party , just as Menteith sold Wallace . But although thus reaping in reward and

pardon the fruits of his villainy , we find his brethren of the Canongate Kilwinning taking notice of him . In 1 746 , there is a minute bearing that the lodge had been closed for about ei ghteen months , " on

account of the troubles of the times , " and simultaneously with this , Murray ' s name , ¦ wherever it occurs in the records , is ca ; efully penned through , and written against it , " expunged with the unanimous consent

of the brethren of the lodge . " There it stands to this day , and the obliterating ink , as if ashamed of concealing the traitor ' s name , and as if desirous to hold it up to the reprobation of future ages , has faded with

years , while the caitiff ' s name , in darker hues , presents its ill-omened characters to the gaze of the curious reader . And , brethren , these are ail the facts that I have been able to obtain of authentic

information concerning a long-boasted connection between the Freemasons and the Jacobites . However willingly the adherents of the Stewarts would have made a tool of Freemasonry for the advancement of their

schemes , the Brotherhood—even those who were Jacobite themselves—scorned to infringe upon the princi ples of the Order ; and this is another proof of the profound

ignorance and absurdity of Pope and priest , who attempt to prove us to be subverters of lawful authority , and dangerous to morality . { To be continued . )

LODGE or ISRAEL , NO . 205 . —A full report of the Installation of Bro . Michael Emanuel as W . M . of this lodge will appear in our next impression . '' MORE than . 1 year ago one of my children was attacked

with bronchitis , and , after a long illness was given up by all physician as '/ W cure . ' I was then induced to try your Vegetabl e Pain Killer , and from the time I began the use of it the child rapidly got better , and it is now strong and healthy . — J WlNSTANTLEY , 10 , Whittk-St . , L ' Pool , i 860 . —To *> ! - > . & Son . "

Festival Of Lodge Of Perseverance , No. 345, Blackburn.

FESTIVAL OF LODGE OF PERSEVERANCE , No . 345 , BLACKBURN .

The Anniversary Festival of St . John the Evangelist was celebrated by the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 345 , at the Old Bull Hotel , on Thursday , January nth , 1 S 72 . The first business was the installation of Bro . Robert C . J . Duckworth as W . M . of the lodge for the ensuing

year . The ceremony was performed in a most impressive manner by Bro . Franklin Thomas , in the presence of an unusually large assemblage of P . M . 's of that and several neighbouring lodges , and of nearly eighty of the brethren . The following brethren were appointed and invested as officers during the ensuing year : Bros . Denis

Towers , I . P . M . ; George Duerden , S . W . ; Edwin Halliwell , J . W . ; Rev . Charles Hughes , Chap . ; Charles Tiplady , P . M ., Treas . ; Nicholas Gillett , Sec ; Thomas Robinson , PAL , Dir . of Cers . ; Thomas Bramley , S D . ; Hy . Shuttleworth , J . D . ; John Ingham , I . G . ; James Pye and Henry Hindle , Stewards ; Win . Croft , Tyler .

After the ceremony of installation , a procession was formed , and the brethren proceeded to banquet . This was of a most elegant and recherche description , admirably cooked , and served by

a most efficient staff of waiters . At the conclusion of the banquet , the brethren adjourned to the large upper room in the hotel , where their number was augmented by several brethren who had been unable to attend earlier . Bro .

Duckworth , the newly-installed W . M ., presided , and assisted by some of the P . M . ' s , the usual routine of patriotic and Masonic toasts was proposed and duly honoured . Bro . John Procter ,-P . M ., in proposing "The Health of the Past and Present Prov . Grand

Officers of East Lancashire , " said he felt , a peculiar pleasure in doing so , because they had had reason , in past years , to feel that this part of the province had been in a great measure neglected , inasmuch that , for something like twenty years , only two offices had been trusted in this town

and district . He was , however , glad to say now that a fair share of honour had been distributed amongst the three lodges attac h ed to this town during the visit of Prov . Grand Lodge last year . They knew that Freemasonry was a progressive science , and after brethren had distinguished

themselves in serving the various offices in their lodge , it was very gratifying for them to be called to bear office in the Prov . Grand Lodge . They had present that evening the greater number of those brethren who had been so distinguished , and he had very great pleasure in proposing their good healths .

Bro . Clarkson , P . M ., and P . P . G . Dir . of Cers ., in responding , thanked the brethren very heartily for the manner in which they had received the toast . He thought he might say that the Blackbum brethren had faithfull y discharged their duty as Prov . Grand Officers . He himself , and

most of the others , had , he believed , attended every meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge , both the regular and extraordinary meetings ; they had not only done so during their year of office , but were at all times ready to obey the summons of the Prov . Grand Master or his Deputy , whenever

their services might be required . Bro . Robert Hopwood Hutchinson , P . M ., and P . P . S . G . W ., whose rising was greeted with great acclamation , said : I have no doubt that the enthusiastic greeting which you have just given to me is owing to the fact of your knowing that

I am about to introduce the subject of the presentation of a testimonial to Bro . Thomas . I purpose making only a few remarks on the subject , and that I may be quite in order I will introduce a toast which should have appeared upon the programme , but which has been omitted ,

namely , " Hie Health of Bro . Thomas , as Installing Master on this occasion . " You , all of you , have been witnesses of the admirable manner in which he has performed that ceremony , and I therefore , need not dwell upon it , but will

confine my remarks to the subject of the testimonial which is about to be presented to our worthy brother . In cases of this kind there are always two difficulties to be especially guarded against . The one is that the present shall not be so costly as to make the recipient feel a delicacy about

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receiving it , or an overwhelming sense of obligation under it ; and the other is that its value should not be so inconsiderable as to render it unworthy either of the giver or the receiver , nor yet of the services which it is intended to acknowledge . I think that , in the present case ,

the happy medium has been found . The testimonial has assumed a twofold character—one part of it being purely Masonic , the other being of a . nature in which , not only Bro . Thomas , but also his family , can participate . Bro . Thomas has been amongst us now for something like ten

years , and during that time , as you may all know , he has rendered eminent services to the lodge , in sickness and in health , oftentimes , as it must have happened , at his own inconvenience . He has always been ready to help us , bringing to the service of the lodge the talents and the energy

which he has so well devoted to his own business , and which have been attended with so much success in both . Bro . Thomas has shown that it is possible to possess an earnest zeal for Freemasonry , and to give gre . it attention to the duties of thelocLe , without , in any wav , nedecting one ' s

own personal affairs . After some other eulogistic remarks , he said he felt that he could say much more as to Bro . Thomas's conduct in the lodge ; how studious he had been , both by precept and by example , to promote peace and good-will and kindly feeling amongst the brethren , but he knew that it would be more in accordance with the

wishes of the brethren as well as with Bro . Thomas ' s own feelings if he abstained from passing any very high euLgium upon him . He would , therefore , conclude by asking them to drink his good health , long life and successiohim . The toast having been drunk amidst the most enthusiastic cheering ,

Bro . Denis Towers , the retiring W . M ., then rose and said he felt the greatest possible pleasure in presenting on behalf of the lodge the dessert service then before him , consisting of thirty-three pieces , hoping that Bro . Thomas would accept it as a small acknowledgment of

his services to the lodge , and as a testimonial of thehighesteemandregard in which hewas held hy the brethren . He might mention that he had had subscriptions offered to him by brethren of other lodges , and he had no doubt that if the lodges in the immediate neighbourhood had been

solicited a very large sum might have been realized . Tint , however , was not their object , they wished tint the gift should come from their own lodge , and that the subscriptions should be strictly confined to their own members . He was happy to be able to say that the brethren had all

most willingly responded to his request ; the sum required had been raised without difficulty , and he was happy to bear his testimony to the cheerful alacrity which every brother had shown in contributing towards the object they had in view . In conclusion , he begged to present the dessert

service in the name , and coupled with the best wishes , of the brethren of the lodge . Bro . R . C . J . Duckworth , W . M ., next presented to Bro . Thomas a very handsome P . M . ' s jewel , begging him to accept it in the name of the brethren . He placed it on his ( Bro .

Thomas ' s ) breast as a symbol of that brighter and better jewel within , namely the heart of a . true and genuine Freemason . He hoped that Bro . Thomas might live many years to wear that jewel , and to render those services to the Craft in general , and to their own lodge in particular ,

in the future , as he had been always ready and willing to do in the past . Bro . Thomas , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . Kent , P . P . G . Reg . Oxon ., who was greeted with quite an ovation , said he would in the first place thank the brethren for the very enthusiastic manner in

which they had received the toast of his health as Installing Master on that occasion . He need not say with how great pleasure he had always performed the ceremony of installation in their lodge . It had been his happy privilege during the ten years of his connection with them , to

have taken some part , supreme or subordinate , in every installation that had taken place . Jt had always proved a source of pleasure and satisfaction to him , because in evuy case he knew that he had been instrumental in placing in the chair of their lodge a Master " who would reflect honour on their choice , " and he assured