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Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Glasgow . —St Mark's Lodge ( No . 102 ) . —Nov . 5 . —At this meeting D . M . Bro \ Donald Campbell occupied the chair . Bro . Robert Mitchell acted as S . W ., and Bro . Robert Thomson , jun ., as J . W . Present , also , P . M . Bro . James Miller ., other Office Bearers , and a very large attendance of members of this and sister Lodg es , The Minutes of previous" meeting were read and approved of . An application for admission , recommended by Bros , Sir Thomas George Hesketh , Bart ., and J . A . Manning , was presented by Mr . William Hargreaves Manifold , surgeon , Duke of Lancaster ' s rifle regiment ; the candidate was found eligible , and was initiated . The Instructors appointed to Bro . Manifold were Bros . Manning and Captain Littledale .
P . M . Bro . James Miller read a paper which he had compiled from a French work , giving an outline of the biographies of Count Cagliostro and his wife , and of the many impositions which the worthy couple had practised , especially his imposition of having pretended to have discovered the ancient mysteries of Isis and Osiris , which he called Egyptian Masonry . The Count ' s career was , however ,
cut short suddenly , as he was seized in Rome , and condemned to death for being a Freemason . This severe sentence was commuted to perpetual imprisonment , and the Count ended his days in a dungeon of the Seven-hilled City . A vote of thanks was given to Bro . Miller for his interesting essay . Bros . Captain Thomas Littledale and Captain James Thomas Bourne , on motions regularly made and carried , were affiliated .
November 19 . —Present : Bro . D . Campbell in the chair ; the S . W . and J . W ., Bros . James Home and Robert Thomson , jun ., and other Brethren . The Minutes of preceding meeting were read and approved of ; and Bros . Dr . Manifold , David Haire , John Ellison Cowan , and Charles Hamilton were passed . Bro . J . T . Nicholson gave an eloquent and tasteful reading of the Trial Scene , in Shakespear ' s " Merchant of Venice ; " and it was moved that a vote of thanks be recorded in the Minutes to Bro . Nicholson . A motion that Bro . James Pollock
receive from the Lodge funds the sum of five guineas , was duly seconded , and carried unanimously . December 3 .- —On this date the Lodge convened for the nomination of officebearers , & c . Bro . Campbell officiated as R . W . M . ; Bros . James Home , S . W ., and Robert Thomson , jun ., J . W ., stood in the S . and W . ; present , also , other Office Bearers , and a numerous attendance of the Craft . The Secretary read the Minutes of the previous meeting , which were found correct . Fellow crafts Dr . Manifold and John E . Cowan were found qualified , and were accordingly raised to
the Sublime Degree of M . M . Bro . Campbell read from the chair applications from Messrs . Alexander Paterson and Thomas Henderson , merchants , Glasgow , and Francis Goold , surgeon , Dublin . These applicants were found well recommended , and , being duly prepared , were initiated , and had Instructors appointed to them in the usual form . The R . W . M . read the names of forty-four Brethren who had lately been recorded in the Grand Lodge roll , and stated that sixty-eight candidates had already been initiated this season ; and that upwards of two thousand Brethren had during the same period been present at the meetings . He also intimated that at the festival of the Grand Lodge , Bro . Arnott Walker
Arnott , LL . D ., had represented this Lodge , and that the deputation had been warmly received . —The nomination of the following Brethren , as office-bearers for next year , then took place : —Bros . W . . !> . Huggins , R . W . M . ; Donald Campbell , D . M . ; James Home , S . M . ; John Reid , S . W . ; Robert Thomson , jun ., J . W . ; John M . Rowan , Treasurer ; David Houstoim , Dep . Treas . ; Robert Mitchell , Secretary ; J . N . Sutherland , S . D . ; W . F . Buckie , J . D . ; Robert Young , W . A . G . MLeod , P . M . Han nay , J . K . Donald , Stewards ; J . T . Rochead , Architect ; Henry Johnston , I . G . ; Alex . Macdonahl , Jeweller ; Alfred Maclure , Dir . of Music ; Robert S . Thomson , Master of Cers . ; John Aird , Clothier ; James Pollock , Tyler ; John Deuchar , of Morningsidc , Proxy Master .
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Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Glasgow . —St Mark's Lodge ( No . 102 ) . —Nov . 5 . —At this meeting D . M . Bro \ Donald Campbell occupied the chair . Bro . Robert Mitchell acted as S . W ., and Bro . Robert Thomson , jun ., as J . W . Present , also , P . M . Bro . James Miller ., other Office Bearers , and a very large attendance of members of this and sister Lodg es , The Minutes of previous" meeting were read and approved of . An application for admission , recommended by Bros , Sir Thomas George Hesketh , Bart ., and J . A . Manning , was presented by Mr . William Hargreaves Manifold , surgeon , Duke of Lancaster ' s rifle regiment ; the candidate was found eligible , and was initiated . The Instructors appointed to Bro . Manifold were Bros . Manning and Captain Littledale .
P . M . Bro . James Miller read a paper which he had compiled from a French work , giving an outline of the biographies of Count Cagliostro and his wife , and of the many impositions which the worthy couple had practised , especially his imposition of having pretended to have discovered the ancient mysteries of Isis and Osiris , which he called Egyptian Masonry . The Count ' s career was , however ,
cut short suddenly , as he was seized in Rome , and condemned to death for being a Freemason . This severe sentence was commuted to perpetual imprisonment , and the Count ended his days in a dungeon of the Seven-hilled City . A vote of thanks was given to Bro . Miller for his interesting essay . Bros . Captain Thomas Littledale and Captain James Thomas Bourne , on motions regularly made and carried , were affiliated .
November 19 . —Present : Bro . D . Campbell in the chair ; the S . W . and J . W ., Bros . James Home and Robert Thomson , jun ., and other Brethren . The Minutes of preceding meeting were read and approved of ; and Bros . Dr . Manifold , David Haire , John Ellison Cowan , and Charles Hamilton were passed . Bro . J . T . Nicholson gave an eloquent and tasteful reading of the Trial Scene , in Shakespear ' s " Merchant of Venice ; " and it was moved that a vote of thanks be recorded in the Minutes to Bro . Nicholson . A motion that Bro . James Pollock
receive from the Lodge funds the sum of five guineas , was duly seconded , and carried unanimously . December 3 .- —On this date the Lodge convened for the nomination of officebearers , & c . Bro . Campbell officiated as R . W . M . ; Bros . James Home , S . W ., and Robert Thomson , jun ., J . W ., stood in the S . and W . ; present , also , other Office Bearers , and a numerous attendance of the Craft . The Secretary read the Minutes of the previous meeting , which were found correct . Fellow crafts Dr . Manifold and John E . Cowan were found qualified , and were accordingly raised to
the Sublime Degree of M . M . Bro . Campbell read from the chair applications from Messrs . Alexander Paterson and Thomas Henderson , merchants , Glasgow , and Francis Goold , surgeon , Dublin . These applicants were found well recommended , and , being duly prepared , were initiated , and had Instructors appointed to them in the usual form . The R . W . M . read the names of forty-four Brethren who had lately been recorded in the Grand Lodge roll , and stated that sixty-eight candidates had already been initiated this season ; and that upwards of two thousand Brethren had during the same period been present at the meetings . He also intimated that at the festival of the Grand Lodge , Bro . Arnott Walker
Arnott , LL . D ., had represented this Lodge , and that the deputation had been warmly received . —The nomination of the following Brethren , as office-bearers for next year , then took place : —Bros . W . . !> . Huggins , R . W . M . ; Donald Campbell , D . M . ; James Home , S . M . ; John Reid , S . W . ; Robert Thomson , jun ., J . W . ; John M . Rowan , Treasurer ; David Houstoim , Dep . Treas . ; Robert Mitchell , Secretary ; J . N . Sutherland , S . D . ; W . F . Buckie , J . D . ; Robert Young , W . A . G . MLeod , P . M . Han nay , J . K . Donald , Stewards ; J . T . Rochead , Architect ; Henry Johnston , I . G . ; Alex . Macdonahl , Jeweller ; Alfred Maclure , Dir . of Music ; Robert S . Thomson , Master of Cers . ; John Aird , Clothier ; James Pollock , Tyler ; John Deuchar , of Morningsidc , Proxy Master .