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the season , including turtle and the choicest wines . The Em . Com . was supported by the officers and Brethren , whose names are given above , and also by the following visitors and members : —the Prov . G . C . for Worcester , H . Vernon ; the P . G- / Prior of Bengal , Col . Burlton ; Sir Knt . Com . T . H . Hall , of the Encampment of Observance , P . O . Reg . ; Sir Knt . Com . Masson , Grand
Treas . ; Sir Knts ., the Rev . J . G . Wood , F . L . S . ; the Kev . J . S . Sidebotham , New Coll ; Francis Terry , Madrid Encampment , Bath ; Fredrick Symonds ; Com . Thompson ; Edward Ellis , Ex . Col ., and many others . A most happy and social evening was passed , and an intimation was given that on the next annual festival , in 1857 , occasion will be taken to celebrate the septenary of the birth of Richard the First , CoeurdeLion , which took place in Oxford . A . D . 1157 .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
DUNDEE . Caledonian Lodge ( No . 254 ) . —On the evening of April 9 , the Caledonian Lodge held a special meeting in the hall of the ancient Lodge , the use of which was kindly granted for the occasion . After ceremonies , the Junior Warden called from labour to refreshment , when about forty of the members and visiting Brethren
took their places , the R . W . M . Bro . Charles D . Chalmers in the chair . The excellent band belonging to the Lodge performed appropriate airs ; . and the proceedings of the evening were much enlivened by the inimitable singing of Brother James Vango , the celebrated comic vocalist , who was on a professional visit to Dundee .
GLASGOW . St . MarFs Lodge ( No . 102 ) . —This Lodge met on the 7 th April , when D . M . Bro . D . Campbell , as R . W . M ., and the Wardens , Bros . John Reid and Robert Thomson , jun ., performed their respective duties in passing Bros . J . F . Armour , William Whyte , jun ., James Somerville , and James Easton ; and in initiating Messrs . Hugh Macdonald , Morrison Kyle , and Malcolm Campbell . The petition of the Commercial , and Renfrew County Kilwinning Lodges , for the use of the
Apprentice Tracing-Board , was granted ; and a vote of thanks passed to Bro . J . T . Nicholson for his superior reading of extracts from Shakspeare ' s Henry IV . and the Apothecary scene in Romeo and Juliet . The request of two necessitous Bros , to receive some small interim charity was complied with , and a motion for affiliation at next meeting was made . Before closing , Bro . Campbell informed the Brethren who had not been present , of the particulars of the assembly on the 28 th , which he said had been a most happy and successful reunion , and that the Brethren and
their fair partners had harmonized in the dance and sweet music of an excellent band . On 11 th April , Bros . Campbell and Reid , as R . W . M . and S . W ., Bro . John Davidson , R . W . M . of the Commercial Lodge , as J . W ., with the assistance of other office-bearers and Brethren , initiated William Camming and Robert Findlay Pearce . In accordance with a motion made at last meeting , Bro . Egmont Feldtmann , of the " Commercial" was affiliated , and on account of Bro . Camming having to commence a distant voyage , Bro . M . Campbell to sail for America , and Bro . J . F . Armour to proceed in a few days hence to England , as was certified by
some of the members , and on separate motions , regularly carried as prescribed by the Grand Lodge Laws , Bros . Cumming and Campbell were passed , and along with Bros . J . F . Armour , R . S . Boyd , Patrick Fleming , and J . G . Galbraith , were raised to the Sublime Degree . On the 15 th , Bro . D . Campbell and the Wardens initiated Mr . Robert Tarbet on an occasion of emergency ; and on the following day Bros . Campbell , John Reid , and Robert Mitchell , as Master and Wardens , initiated at an emergency meeting Messrs . Henry Allan , Allan C . Gow , and Leonard Gow . On the 17 th there was another emergency meeting , when Bros .
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the season , including turtle and the choicest wines . The Em . Com . was supported by the officers and Brethren , whose names are given above , and also by the following visitors and members : —the Prov . G . C . for Worcester , H . Vernon ; the P . G- / Prior of Bengal , Col . Burlton ; Sir Knt . Com . T . H . Hall , of the Encampment of Observance , P . O . Reg . ; Sir Knt . Com . Masson , Grand
Treas . ; Sir Knts ., the Rev . J . G . Wood , F . L . S . ; the Kev . J . S . Sidebotham , New Coll ; Francis Terry , Madrid Encampment , Bath ; Fredrick Symonds ; Com . Thompson ; Edward Ellis , Ex . Col ., and many others . A most happy and social evening was passed , and an intimation was given that on the next annual festival , in 1857 , occasion will be taken to celebrate the septenary of the birth of Richard the First , CoeurdeLion , which took place in Oxford . A . D . 1157 .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
DUNDEE . Caledonian Lodge ( No . 254 ) . —On the evening of April 9 , the Caledonian Lodge held a special meeting in the hall of the ancient Lodge , the use of which was kindly granted for the occasion . After ceremonies , the Junior Warden called from labour to refreshment , when about forty of the members and visiting Brethren
took their places , the R . W . M . Bro . Charles D . Chalmers in the chair . The excellent band belonging to the Lodge performed appropriate airs ; . and the proceedings of the evening were much enlivened by the inimitable singing of Brother James Vango , the celebrated comic vocalist , who was on a professional visit to Dundee .
GLASGOW . St . MarFs Lodge ( No . 102 ) . —This Lodge met on the 7 th April , when D . M . Bro . D . Campbell , as R . W . M ., and the Wardens , Bros . John Reid and Robert Thomson , jun ., performed their respective duties in passing Bros . J . F . Armour , William Whyte , jun ., James Somerville , and James Easton ; and in initiating Messrs . Hugh Macdonald , Morrison Kyle , and Malcolm Campbell . The petition of the Commercial , and Renfrew County Kilwinning Lodges , for the use of the
Apprentice Tracing-Board , was granted ; and a vote of thanks passed to Bro . J . T . Nicholson for his superior reading of extracts from Shakspeare ' s Henry IV . and the Apothecary scene in Romeo and Juliet . The request of two necessitous Bros , to receive some small interim charity was complied with , and a motion for affiliation at next meeting was made . Before closing , Bro . Campbell informed the Brethren who had not been present , of the particulars of the assembly on the 28 th , which he said had been a most happy and successful reunion , and that the Brethren and
their fair partners had harmonized in the dance and sweet music of an excellent band . On 11 th April , Bros . Campbell and Reid , as R . W . M . and S . W ., Bro . John Davidson , R . W . M . of the Commercial Lodge , as J . W ., with the assistance of other office-bearers and Brethren , initiated William Camming and Robert Findlay Pearce . In accordance with a motion made at last meeting , Bro . Egmont Feldtmann , of the " Commercial" was affiliated , and on account of Bro . Camming having to commence a distant voyage , Bro . M . Campbell to sail for America , and Bro . J . F . Armour to proceed in a few days hence to England , as was certified by
some of the members , and on separate motions , regularly carried as prescribed by the Grand Lodge Laws , Bros . Cumming and Campbell were passed , and along with Bros . J . F . Armour , R . S . Boyd , Patrick Fleming , and J . G . Galbraith , were raised to the Sublime Degree . On the 15 th , Bro . D . Campbell and the Wardens initiated Mr . Robert Tarbet on an occasion of emergency ; and on the following day Bros . Campbell , John Reid , and Robert Mitchell , as Master and Wardens , initiated at an emergency meeting Messrs . Henry Allan , Allan C . Gow , and Leonard Gow . On the 17 th there was another emergency meeting , when Bros .