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Frederic Hay % Swinfen , of the 5 th Dragoon Guards . The working of this Lodge is jodost excellent tinder the present R . W . M . Bro . Skene , advocate . At a late meeting of this Lodge , Bro . Capt . Robert Cathcart Dairymple Bruce , HP . 82 nd Jfcegt ., Bro . W . Downing Bruce , Proxy Master of the Alloa St . John ' s , and Bro . Trousdell , of the 5 th Dragoon Guards ^ were elected honorary members without payment of the usual fees , in consideration of the services these gentlemen had rendered to the ancient Craft . The members afterwards adjourned :-to a banquet , provided by Bro , Greliche in his usual liberal style .
ROYAL ARCH . ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .
The Council of the R . S . Y . C . S met in their Grand Lodge , St . David ' s Hall , on Monday , the 6 th April , when the following gentlemen were received as Knights of the Royal Order of H . R . D . M . of Kilwinning ; viz . Comps . Captain George Jeffrey , Zierrogle , Lurton , Blackie , and Mitchell . The ceremony was ably performed by Sir Knight George Walker Arnott , M . E . G . Z ,, Depute Governor of the Order , assisted by Sir Knight Archibald Douglas , S . T . G . T . H ., and Sir Knight Donald Campbell , B . T . Y .
Chapter Cannongate Kilwinning ( No . 56 ) . — -A meeting of this Chapter was held in St . John ' s Chapel , on Eriday , the 8 th May , when Bro . Hugh Chetham Lyle , R . A ., received the Degrees of Mark and Past Master . In the absence of Comp . Thomas Drybrough , M . E . Z , the ceremony was conducted in a very able manner by Comp . Henry Macviter , M . D ., the 2 nd Principal .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . The Sovereign Princes Rose Croix , by command of the S . G . I . G . of the 33 rd Degree , held a chapter on the 7 th May , for the purpose of affiliating the Illust . Bro . James Burnes , M . D ., Knight of the Guelphs , Chevalier R . t % 4 of the Trinitaries of Paris , holding of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree for Erance , who , after passing the intermediate Degrees , was in a consistory of the 32 nd exalted to the rank of Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret .
On the 5 th of May , his Grace the Duke of Athole presided at a Chapter of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree , in Scotland , when the illustrious Bro . Lord James Murray , S . P . R . S ., representative from the Grand Lodge of Scotland to the Grand Lodge of England , was unanimously elected to the 33 rd Degree , in the room of the illustrious Bro . Donaldson , resigned . His place in the 32 nd being conferred on the R . W . Bro . James Burnes , K . H . ( G . M . of Scottish Freemasons in India ) , who happened to be at Edinburgh on a visit . In the evening a select
party of the members of the Rite assembled to dinner at the Turf Hotel , where the Duke of Athole was supported by Lord James Murray , Bro . Burnes , Bros . Colonel Swinburne , Dr . Somerville , W . A . Lawrie , A . J . Stewart , and others ; an admirable dinner being provided by Bro . Murray , a member of the Council . The meeting partook more of the character of a private party , than of a public reunion ; but some remarks made by Bro . Burnes excited much interest . On being complimented on having added five Lodges to the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in India , he said that he looked back to his Masonic career in that
country with unmitigated pleasure . "It was in a country like India , where innumerable nations are congregated together , where society is divided into castes of men altogether discordant , and into sects of religion diametrically opposed to each other , and where amongst our own countrymen the marked distinctions inseparable from military discipline produce a chilling coldness between classes , that Masonry can best produce its beneficent influence , and form a common ground , where , apart from religious strife , political controversy , and the rigid routine of duty , men otherwise so conflicting in their feelings could meet together to show
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Frederic Hay % Swinfen , of the 5 th Dragoon Guards . The working of this Lodge is jodost excellent tinder the present R . W . M . Bro . Skene , advocate . At a late meeting of this Lodge , Bro . Capt . Robert Cathcart Dairymple Bruce , HP . 82 nd Jfcegt ., Bro . W . Downing Bruce , Proxy Master of the Alloa St . John ' s , and Bro . Trousdell , of the 5 th Dragoon Guards ^ were elected honorary members without payment of the usual fees , in consideration of the services these gentlemen had rendered to the ancient Craft . The members afterwards adjourned :-to a banquet , provided by Bro , Greliche in his usual liberal style .
ROYAL ARCH . ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .
The Council of the R . S . Y . C . S met in their Grand Lodge , St . David ' s Hall , on Monday , the 6 th April , when the following gentlemen were received as Knights of the Royal Order of H . R . D . M . of Kilwinning ; viz . Comps . Captain George Jeffrey , Zierrogle , Lurton , Blackie , and Mitchell . The ceremony was ably performed by Sir Knight George Walker Arnott , M . E . G . Z ,, Depute Governor of the Order , assisted by Sir Knight Archibald Douglas , S . T . G . T . H ., and Sir Knight Donald Campbell , B . T . Y .
Chapter Cannongate Kilwinning ( No . 56 ) . — -A meeting of this Chapter was held in St . John ' s Chapel , on Eriday , the 8 th May , when Bro . Hugh Chetham Lyle , R . A ., received the Degrees of Mark and Past Master . In the absence of Comp . Thomas Drybrough , M . E . Z , the ceremony was conducted in a very able manner by Comp . Henry Macviter , M . D ., the 2 nd Principal .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . The Sovereign Princes Rose Croix , by command of the S . G . I . G . of the 33 rd Degree , held a chapter on the 7 th May , for the purpose of affiliating the Illust . Bro . James Burnes , M . D ., Knight of the Guelphs , Chevalier R . t % 4 of the Trinitaries of Paris , holding of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree for Erance , who , after passing the intermediate Degrees , was in a consistory of the 32 nd exalted to the rank of Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret .
On the 5 th of May , his Grace the Duke of Athole presided at a Chapter of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree , in Scotland , when the illustrious Bro . Lord James Murray , S . P . R . S ., representative from the Grand Lodge of Scotland to the Grand Lodge of England , was unanimously elected to the 33 rd Degree , in the room of the illustrious Bro . Donaldson , resigned . His place in the 32 nd being conferred on the R . W . Bro . James Burnes , K . H . ( G . M . of Scottish Freemasons in India ) , who happened to be at Edinburgh on a visit . In the evening a select
party of the members of the Rite assembled to dinner at the Turf Hotel , where the Duke of Athole was supported by Lord James Murray , Bro . Burnes , Bros . Colonel Swinburne , Dr . Somerville , W . A . Lawrie , A . J . Stewart , and others ; an admirable dinner being provided by Bro . Murray , a member of the Council . The meeting partook more of the character of a private party , than of a public reunion ; but some remarks made by Bro . Burnes excited much interest . On being complimented on having added five Lodges to the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in India , he said that he looked back to his Masonic career in that
country with unmitigated pleasure . "It was in a country like India , where innumerable nations are congregated together , where society is divided into castes of men altogether discordant , and into sects of religion diametrically opposed to each other , and where amongst our own countrymen the marked distinctions inseparable from military discipline produce a chilling coldness between classes , that Masonry can best produce its beneficent influence , and form a common ground , where , apart from religious strife , political controversy , and the rigid routine of duty , men otherwise so conflicting in their feelings could meet together to show