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Knights Templar
Lundy was elected as E . C . for the ensuing year ; after w ^ iich Companions John Thorley and T . L . Bold were duly installed ih ^ William Roberts , of Bochdale .
Scotland
SCOTLAND
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . Tuesday , November 30 th , being ^ St . Andrew's day , the Masonic body celebrated the anniversary with the customary festivities . The Grand Lodge met as usual , and nominated its office ^ arers for the ensuing year . Among those elected were -: *^ His ^
Grand Master ; LbrdLoughborbu ^ Grand Wardeii ; and was one of peculiar interest ^ as . the you ^ was for the first time ihtroduceol to the Lod g es by his noble father ; Le having that morning been initiated , into t ^ the
After thei tr ^ s ^ cjbibn of necessary busmess , the Grand Lodge met ime deputations of tfe Lodges at a supper in the Cafe Royal , the most WorshipfuL ^ the Duke of Aihol ^ presiding . ' After the removal of i ^ e elo Masonic * patriotic , and loyal toasts were given , aijd were received with unrestrained enthusiam . General Swinburne ^ who replied for the army , warmly eulogised the conduct of our troops in India , and expressed his conviction that the war was virtually over , and thM Queen Victoria would soon be acknowledged undisputed sovereign of that vast dependency .
The healths of the Earl of Zetland and the Grand Lodgeof England , and of the Duk $ of Leinster and the Grand Lodge of Ireland , were duly honoured ; after which , the acting Senior Grand Warden , Dr . M'Cowan , Master of the Lodge of Edinburgh , No , 1 , rose and proposed the health of the Most Worsnipful Grand Master , the Duke < rf Athole . Dr . M 0 owan , enlarged upon the progress which Masonry had made in the kingdom during the time that his Grace had held the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , and congratulated the Craft on his Grace ' s re-election that day to his former high office .
The Duke of Athole expressed his pleasure at being again chosen to fill the office he then held , and expressed his anxiety to do all in his power to forward the interests of the Craft . The healths of the visiting Lodge were then drunk in this following order :- — Lodge of Edinburgh , Mary ' s Chapel ( No . 1 ) , for which the Worshipful Master ,
Dr . R . Cowan , replied in a most able and effective speech ; the Canoiigate Kilwinning , responded to by Bro . Dryburgh , R . W . M . ; the Glasgow Kilwinning , hy Bro . J . S . Houston ; St . David ^ ijy Bro . Downie , R . W . M . ; St . Luke ' s , by Bro . Wilson ; St . James ' , by Bro . Bryce , R . W . M . ; St . Stephen ' s , by Bro . Mitchell ; Roman Eagle , by Bro . Coghill ; Celtic , by Bro . Georgiades , P . M . ; St . Clair , by Bro , Mann , P . M .
At the conclusion of this series of toasts , General Swinburne rose , and in a general and animated speech proposed " The health of the most noble the Marquis of Tullibardine . " The toast was drunk with Masonic honours . The noble Marquis made a tasteful reply , and expressing the utmost gratification at being admitted into the fraternity . r The healths of the Depute Grand Master , Bro . J . Why te Melville ; of the Substitute Grand Master , Lord Loughborough ; of the Duchess of Athole , and of the Grand Wardens , followed , and were e ^ ch duly honoured-\ The proceedings were enlivened by the strains of a band placed in an ante-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Knights Templar
Lundy was elected as E . C . for the ensuing year ; after w ^ iich Companions John Thorley and T . L . Bold were duly installed ih ^ William Roberts , of Bochdale .
Scotland
SCOTLAND
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . Tuesday , November 30 th , being ^ St . Andrew's day , the Masonic body celebrated the anniversary with the customary festivities . The Grand Lodge met as usual , and nominated its office ^ arers for the ensuing year . Among those elected were -: *^ His ^
Grand Master ; LbrdLoughborbu ^ Grand Wardeii ; and was one of peculiar interest ^ as . the you ^ was for the first time ihtroduceol to the Lod g es by his noble father ; Le having that morning been initiated , into t ^ the
After thei tr ^ s ^ cjbibn of necessary busmess , the Grand Lodge met ime deputations of tfe Lodges at a supper in the Cafe Royal , the most WorshipfuL ^ the Duke of Aihol ^ presiding . ' After the removal of i ^ e elo Masonic * patriotic , and loyal toasts were given , aijd were received with unrestrained enthusiam . General Swinburne ^ who replied for the army , warmly eulogised the conduct of our troops in India , and expressed his conviction that the war was virtually over , and thM Queen Victoria would soon be acknowledged undisputed sovereign of that vast dependency .
The healths of the Earl of Zetland and the Grand Lodgeof England , and of the Duk $ of Leinster and the Grand Lodge of Ireland , were duly honoured ; after which , the acting Senior Grand Warden , Dr . M'Cowan , Master of the Lodge of Edinburgh , No , 1 , rose and proposed the health of the Most Worsnipful Grand Master , the Duke < rf Athole . Dr . M 0 owan , enlarged upon the progress which Masonry had made in the kingdom during the time that his Grace had held the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , and congratulated the Craft on his Grace ' s re-election that day to his former high office .
The Duke of Athole expressed his pleasure at being again chosen to fill the office he then held , and expressed his anxiety to do all in his power to forward the interests of the Craft . The healths of the visiting Lodge were then drunk in this following order :- — Lodge of Edinburgh , Mary ' s Chapel ( No . 1 ) , for which the Worshipful Master ,
Dr . R . Cowan , replied in a most able and effective speech ; the Canoiigate Kilwinning , responded to by Bro . Dryburgh , R . W . M . ; the Glasgow Kilwinning , hy Bro . J . S . Houston ; St . David ^ ijy Bro . Downie , R . W . M . ; St . Luke ' s , by Bro . Wilson ; St . James ' , by Bro . Bryce , R . W . M . ; St . Stephen ' s , by Bro . Mitchell ; Roman Eagle , by Bro . Coghill ; Celtic , by Bro . Georgiades , P . M . ; St . Clair , by Bro , Mann , P . M .
At the conclusion of this series of toasts , General Swinburne rose , and in a general and animated speech proposed " The health of the most noble the Marquis of Tullibardine . " The toast was drunk with Masonic honours . The noble Marquis made a tasteful reply , and expressing the utmost gratification at being admitted into the fraternity . r The healths of the Depute Grand Master , Bro . J . Why te Melville ; of the Substitute Grand Master , Lord Loughborough ; of the Duchess of Athole , and of the Grand Wardens , followed , and were e ^ ch duly honoured-\ The proceedings were enlivened by the strains of a band placed in an ante-