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Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Lerwick . —Morton Lodge ( No . 89 ) . —On the anniversary of St . Andrew , the tutelary saint of the Order in Scotland , the Freemasons of Morton Lodge , according to their usual custom , assembled in their Hall for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year . The result of the appointments was as follows : —Bros . G . H . B . Hay , W . M . ; R . Hicks , W . D . M . ; S . D . Hunter , S . W . ; W . A . Grant , J . W . ; A . J . Hay , S . D . ; J . Goudie , J . D . ; Rev . Zach . M . Hamilton , Chap . ; Thos . Gilbertson , Treas . ; N . Jamieson , Sec . ; P . S . Colvin , Steward ; R . Davidson , I . G . : W . Isbister , Tyler ; Henry Cheyne , Edinburgh , Proxy
Master at Grand Lodge of Scotland . The elections being over , and the other business of the Lodge concluded , the Brethren enjoyed a relaxation from labour , and spent the rest of the evening in social harmony . The anniversary of the festival of St . John the Evangelist having fallen on Sunday , it was celebrated by the Brethren on Monday , the 28 th Dec .-- { The Brethren met in their Hall at 11 a . m ., and , soonr after the opening of the Lodge and the installation of the newly-elected Office-bearers , formed in order of procession , and marched to the parish church , where their worthy Bro ., the Rev . Z . M . Hamilton , minister of
Bressay , preached , at their request , a most able and impressive sermon , haying for its subject that charity which should ever form a distinguishing characteristic of every good Mason . At the conclusion of the service a collection was taken up in behalf of the widows and orphans left destitute in Shetland by the loss of so many fishermen during the past season , to which the Lodge funds and the Brethren individually liberally contributed . In addition to the Brethren present ,
the church also contained a highly respectable audience of the uninitiated , to whom the services gave the highest satisfaction . The Brethren then returned to the Hall in proper order , when some other charitable donations were bestowed on the widows of deceased Masons . At 5 p . m . the Brethren again met in the Hall and partook of an excellent dinner ; and the remainder of the evening was spent in that harmony and sociality which are seldom to be found without the walls of a Masonic temple .
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BENGAL . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . A special communication was held on the 20 th October , for the purpose of considering emendations proposed by two committees to be made in the Prov . Grand Lodge By-laws . The committee specially appointed to revise the By-laws met on the 20 th November , 1856 . Another committee was appointed and met on the 29 th April , 1857 , to report on the propositions of W . Bro . Wray : —
« 1 . To increase the resources of the District Fund of Benevolence , and decrease the contributions of the District Grand Officers : to devote to the District Fund of Benevolence ( instead of banqueting ) the fees paid for warrants of Grand Officers , and to require every one who partakes of the dinner to pay for his share of it : —and < c 2 . To open the banquets to all Masons , who may choose to provide themselves with tickets . " The Committee made the following suggestion : — " In respect to the second and third suggestion made by Bro . Wray , it was re-
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Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Lerwick . —Morton Lodge ( No . 89 ) . —On the anniversary of St . Andrew , the tutelary saint of the Order in Scotland , the Freemasons of Morton Lodge , according to their usual custom , assembled in their Hall for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year . The result of the appointments was as follows : —Bros . G . H . B . Hay , W . M . ; R . Hicks , W . D . M . ; S . D . Hunter , S . W . ; W . A . Grant , J . W . ; A . J . Hay , S . D . ; J . Goudie , J . D . ; Rev . Zach . M . Hamilton , Chap . ; Thos . Gilbertson , Treas . ; N . Jamieson , Sec . ; P . S . Colvin , Steward ; R . Davidson , I . G . : W . Isbister , Tyler ; Henry Cheyne , Edinburgh , Proxy
Master at Grand Lodge of Scotland . The elections being over , and the other business of the Lodge concluded , the Brethren enjoyed a relaxation from labour , and spent the rest of the evening in social harmony . The anniversary of the festival of St . John the Evangelist having fallen on Sunday , it was celebrated by the Brethren on Monday , the 28 th Dec .-- { The Brethren met in their Hall at 11 a . m ., and , soonr after the opening of the Lodge and the installation of the newly-elected Office-bearers , formed in order of procession , and marched to the parish church , where their worthy Bro ., the Rev . Z . M . Hamilton , minister of
Bressay , preached , at their request , a most able and impressive sermon , haying for its subject that charity which should ever form a distinguishing characteristic of every good Mason . At the conclusion of the service a collection was taken up in behalf of the widows and orphans left destitute in Shetland by the loss of so many fishermen during the past season , to which the Lodge funds and the Brethren individually liberally contributed . In addition to the Brethren present ,
the church also contained a highly respectable audience of the uninitiated , to whom the services gave the highest satisfaction . The Brethren then returned to the Hall in proper order , when some other charitable donations were bestowed on the widows of deceased Masons . At 5 p . m . the Brethren again met in the Hall and partook of an excellent dinner ; and the remainder of the evening was spent in that harmony and sociality which are seldom to be found without the walls of a Masonic temple .
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BENGAL . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . A special communication was held on the 20 th October , for the purpose of considering emendations proposed by two committees to be made in the Prov . Grand Lodge By-laws . The committee specially appointed to revise the By-laws met on the 20 th November , 1856 . Another committee was appointed and met on the 29 th April , 1857 , to report on the propositions of W . Bro . Wray : —
« 1 . To increase the resources of the District Fund of Benevolence , and decrease the contributions of the District Grand Officers : to devote to the District Fund of Benevolence ( instead of banqueting ) the fees paid for warrants of Grand Officers , and to require every one who partakes of the dinner to pay for his share of it : —and < c 2 . To open the banquets to all Masons , who may choose to provide themselves with tickets . " The Committee made the following suggestion : — " In respect to the second and third suggestion made by Bro . Wray , it was re-