Scotland.

Another meeting qf Emergency took place on the 5 th November , for the raising of two Brothers from Burntisland , to tbe Sublime Degree of Master Masons , and passing * other two Brethren to the Degree of Fellow Crafts . The monthly meeting took place on Friday the 7 th November , when a gentleman of the 5 th Dragoon Guards was initiated into the Order , in a manner which reflected great credit on

the Past Masters who discharged the duties of the Office . The Lodge was called from labour to refreshment , when many toasts were given during the -evening , and responded to in right hearty good feeling . Having spent a short time in harmony , the Lodge was recalled to labour .

GLASGOW

Si . Marks Lodge ( No . 102 ) , —During the year from 1 st October , 1855 , to same date in 1856 , this Lodge has held forty-eight meetings ; has initiated seventy-two , and affiliated thirteen , persons . Several of the latter number joined as honorary members , and one , Bro . Henry George Warren , of tbe Freemasons ' Magazine , was presented with the Jewel of the Lodge , bearing an appropriate inscription . The avocations of these eighty-five , all of whom have been raised to the Master Mason Degree , were as follow : —The learned professions , 12 ; literary and editorial , 3 ; gentlemen of fortune , 6 : manufactures and merchants , 21 ; accountants , insurance .

-ship , and share brokers , 7 , * engineers , shipbuilders , wrights , and distillers , two of each denomination ; managers , clerks , and , salesmen , 7 ; master mariners and pursers , 11 ; stationers , 3 ; government official , civil engineer , coalmaster , coppersmith , calico-printer , jeweller , and clothier , one of each denomination . Of the total number sixty-six were either permanently resident or had been living in Scotland for some time prior to their joining the Lodge , six were from England , three from Ireland , and the remaining ten from various foreign countries , principally the United States of America , France , and Italv , including one from Russia :

three had passed the age of fifty , four of forty , fourteen of thirty , and the remainder of twenty-one . So far as known , no death has occurred among the eighty-five Brethren . On scientific and literary subiects , and the decrees of tbe Order , six papers were delivered , and two readings given from the plays of Shakespeare . One presentation of the symbolic working-tools in a neat inscribed case , from Bro * Warren , of the Freemasons' Magazine , and another , valued at nearly £ 140 ,

consisting of a beautifully-engraved and framed testimonial , and a chaste service oi silver plate , from the members of St . Mark ' s Lodge and other Brethren , was made to Bro . Donald Campbell , D . M ., who presented an elegant writing-desk to the Secretary . Bro . John Werge made a gift to the Lodge of a faithful and wellfinished photographic portrait of the D . M ., and Bro . Capt . William Miller of a quaintly-enchased Chinese sword . Besides a heavy account paid for 1 k \ 11 decorations , a liberal donation to the Provincial Masonic Fund of Benevolence , and the

2 s . 6 d . now payable to that laudable scheme for every person initiated , the Lodge has bestowed charity to a large amount on many poor deserving Brethren , and in not a few instances on widows or other near relatives whom the deaths or misfortunes of Brethren had reduced to narrow circumstances . At the first of the regular monthly meetings for the winter session , on the

( 3 tn October last , D . M ! . Bros . Donald Campbell officiated as R . W . M ., Bobcrt Mitchell as 8 . W ., and Robert Thomson , J ~ mi ., the J . W ., and many other Brethren of this and Sister Lodges were present . The minutes having been confirmed , applications from the lb ] lowing gentlemen , all well recommended , were read from the chair , viz ., —Stirling Mitchell , James Robertson , Andrew Macnair , Henry Campbell JVIcAusland , and Robert Leggat , all of ( Glasgow . These five candidates were found qualified , and after due preparation were initiated in the apprentice

degree , when instructors were chosen for them . The D . 'M ., Bro . Campbell , read an instructive and interesting paper on the Third or Master Mason Degree , for which the Brethren testified the warmest approbation . S . M . Bro . James Home , for himself and on behalf of the assembled members , returned to Bro . Campbell sincere thanks for his excellent production . On the 20 th October , the D . M . as K . W . M ., S . W . Bro . John Reid , and acting J . W . Bro . John Werge carried on tiro business with the assistance of oilier officebearers and countenanced by the presence of a full attendance of the Craft ,