Scotland.

stone . Before the figure a priestly scribe is presenting incense in honour of the person it represents ; and at the top of the p icture are several companies of men marching in an opposite direction , they are probably the relief for dragging the statue . Beyond are men slaying an ox , and bringing the joints of meat before the door of the building , to which the statue was conveyed , ancl below this the person of the tomb is seated under a canopy . Boats and other subjects are figured under the

compartments of the colossus and on the opposite wall arc an agricultural scene , potters , a garden with a vineyard ancl women working thread . The last subject is remarkable for a kind of loom and the mode of reeling off thread from balls turning in a ease . The tombs of the kings near Thebes was then dwelt upon by the lecturer , and many relics obtained there by himself were exhibited to the meeting , aud some bearing

especially on the Masonic symbols explained , leaving no doubt of the connection of Freemasonry as far hack as Rameses II , or 3173 years ago . The lecturer was frequently interrupted by applause , and terminated amid general acclamation , having occupied an hour and a half in delivery , being extemporaneous , lucid , ancl learned , aud illustrated with excellent drawings . The elegant hall of St . Mark was well filled , and many eminent brethren from a distance , as well as the numerous lodges in the province of the AA estern District of Scotland , assembled on the occasion .

Ireland.

IRELAND .

TESTIMONIAL TO BRO . AV . S . TRACY , P . M ., D . PROV , G . M . BELFAST AND NORTH DOAVN .

On Tuesday evening last a Masonic banquet and testimonial were given to AV . S . Tracy , Esq ., P . M ., the R . AV . D . Prov . G . M ., on the occasion of his leaving Belfast . At half-past five o'clock a large concourse of the leading brethren of the mystic tie in Belfast and the province assembled in the Ulster Hall , at . which an address was presented to Mr . Tracy . Among those present we noticed : —The Ven . Archdeacon Maut , P . G ., R . S ., K . H .,

P . Prov . G . M . in Belfast , & c ; Charles Lanyon ( Mayor of Belfast ); Richard Davison , Dickev , Hush Mercer , Lodge 134 , Lurgan ; W . C . Cunningham , 155 AVilliam Emerson , 40 , P . M ., P . G . R . C . ; AV . G . Barre , 154 ; J . A . Henderson , 154 ; Jasper Macaulay , 10 ; AVilliam Grimshaw , P . M ., 10 ; Charles J . Kinahan , 10 ; C . Duffin , 10 ; AVilliam J . Johnston , P . G . R . C , P . M ., 154 ; Dr . Strange , IS ; James M'Cracken , 609 ; James Hamilton , 40 ; AVilliam MacounP . M . 134 LurganCouvtenay Newton 9

, , , ; , ; Thomas Cnnninsham , 51 ; James Robertson , AA . M ., 10 ; M . L . Coates , P . M ., 10 ; G . A . AVliitla , P . M ., 10 ; F . M'Cance , 10 ; H . H . Bottomley , 10 ; Robert Kelly , 675 , Donaghaclee ; M . Baldwin Mulligan , 40 ; A . Talbot , 4 , Dublin ; AY . R . Kamcke , P . M ., 40 ; J . M . Pirrie , M . D ., 10 and 40 ; J . Loewenthal , 40 ; Martin Jaffa , 40 ; Henry Murney , P . M ., The Prince of AA ales' Own , 154 ; Henry Seeds , 154 ; AV . H . Cooke , 154 ; E . AA . Lee , P . M ., 154 , Belfast ; Francis D . AVard , P . M .,

154 ; James Girdwood , P . M ., 154 ; Gustavus Hcyn , P . M ., 40 ; George M . AVethered , 111 ; John Finlay , P ., 40 ; Ross Saulter , 154 ; John O'Neill Higginson , P . Prov . G . M . North Antrim , 431 , Ballymena ; Plato Oulton , 154 ; James Henry , P . M ., 154 ; John Bell , 513 ; T . B . Johnson , 40 ; John Oulton , 154 ; William Seeds , ' 88 ; John Taylor , 609 ; Robert Macaulay , 10 ; Charles Murend , S 3 ; Frederick Kinahan , X . ; AVilliam M'Gee , M . D ., 10 ; W . Edward Kinahan 1-13 j Andrew Lle 10 JGSmith

, y , ; .. , 10 ; Major Makonzie , 10 ; John . W . Higginson , X . ; George A . Carruthers , P . M ., 40 ; F . Broughton , 341 , England ; William Girdwood , 154 ; Jonathan Cordukes , Prince of Wales , 154 ; Samuel Black , 19 ancl 154 ; Frederick Ogle , P . M ., 154 ; II . Ii . Hannay , 40 ; Thomas C . Hamilton , 40 ; Richard Conway , P . G . B . X ., P . Prov . D . G . M ., Belfast and North Down P . M ., Lodges 10 ancl 40 & cAVilliam Parr 46 ComberJames

, ; , , ; Macartney , 609 ; James Hughes , 609 ; Hugh Park , 609 ; Robert Atkinson , AA ^ . M ., 150 ; David Sloan , 609 ; Samuel Teirney , St . Patrick , 195 ; Alexander Hobson , J . AV . ; James Rutherford , 51 ; John Johnston , 51 , originally 154 ; S . Bankin , 46 ; William Gibson , 97 ; Andrews , 46 ; Matthew Harloe , 111 ; Alexander Johnston , 97 ; Thomas Bell , 97 ; Joseph H . M'Creedy , 97 ; Alexander IC . Burk , 97 ; J . E . Richards , 111 ; W . B . M'Master ,

97 ; Thomas Craig , 97 ; Edward Smyth , 97 ; AVilliam Saunderson , 447 ; John Smyth , 989 , Rligo ; William Nelson , 195 ; John Henderson , 195 ; James King , 272 ; Henry Boyd , G . M . L . ; James S . Boyd , X ; Robert Russell , 46 ; William Napier , 46 ;

Robert Braithwaite , 46 ; James Hyndnian , 46 ; AV . Carson , 40 ; C . K . Domville , 40 ; G . Gerald Bingham , 40 ; Henry Campbell ; John Young , P . M . 431 , Ballymena . AV . A . Pollick , AV . M . 10 ; John Orr , 40 ; James Ritchie , 134 ; John James Dugan , 431 ; AVilliam E . Fleming , P . M . 59 ; AVilliam P . Heyn , 40 , Liverpool ; Robert Leathern , 609 ; Hugh Taylor , 88 ; Edward H . Gaaraway , 10 ; G . M'Cullougb , 106 ; Samuel Vance , P . C . R . 40 ; J . AV . Boyd 10 John Adrian 272 Alexander Faulkner 111 ;

, ; , ; , John Reid , 88 , P . M . 112 and 178 , ancl P . Prov . . G . J . AV . ; John T . M'llveen , SS ; William Dobbin , 10 ; AVilliam Chew , 29 ; John Charley , 40 ; John Emerson , 40 ; Thomas J . Cantrell , 40 ; Robert S . Reddy ; I . Julius AA einberg , 40 ; Thomas M'Cummon , 40 ; A . T . Dickey , Prov . G . M . North Antrim , 431 , Ballymena ; F . A . Mathews , D . Prov . G . M . North Antrim , P . M . 431 , Ballymena ; David Moore , M . L ., 40 ; Thomas Gerrard , St .

John's Lodge , 675 . Bro . S . G . GETTY , P . M ., addressing Bro . Traey , said the manufacturers of the testimonial had not had time to complete the workmanship , so that on that oceassion they were obliged to be content with showing the drawings of it . ( Bro . Getty then exhibited to Bro . Tracy and the assembled brethren a sketch representing three Doric , Ionic , and Corinthian columns , t ing the the three degrees in Masonrywhich are intended

ypy , to be executed in solid silver . They will stand ten inches and a half high , ancl spring from a triangular base , with sub-plinths carrying the working tools ofthe three degrees of blue Masonry in relief . The spaces between the colnmns are intended to be filled in by three steps , and the columns supported by a rich entablature radiating to the centre , corresponding with the triangular base , the whole surmounted hy an epergene . The

designer of this handsome emblem is Bro . W . J . Bane . Bro . Getty added that the testimonial would soon be completed , when it would be handed to Bro . Tracey . Bro . Getty next read the following address .

" To Bro . Wm . S . Tracy , P . G . R . C , K . S ., Sec , D . Prov . G . M . of Belfast and North Down . "RIGHT AVoKsnirrra SIB AJJD BEOTIIEB , —Having heard with deep regret that your personal interests have obliged you to apply for a change of district , we , the members of the Masonic Order in Belfast and North Down—amongst whom you have laboured for a period of nearlfourteen years—cannot allow

y you to leave Belfast without expressing our sorrow at being deprived of the counsel of one whom we have afc all times looked on as a friend and a brother . " AVe have ever found you most ready and willing to aid us with your long experience of our Craft and knowledge of the world , ancl have always recognised in you a genial ancl kindly disposition , ancl that greatest of Christian virtues—charity .

" In addition to the numerous private appeals to your benevolence , which have always met with a generous response , we feel that it specially becomes us to allude to the deep interest you have taken in the Masonic Female Orhpan School , and your hearty ancl successful advocacy of its claims ; indeed , until the rules ancl excellent management of this most valuable institution were brought under our notice by you , many of us were unacquainted with the admirable character of the home provided for the children of our deceased brethren , while some were

scarcely aware or its existence . "Not alone satisfied with the field presented for your labours in the cause of charity among your brethren , we would point to the deep interest you have taken in the prosperity of the Sailors ' Home , the General Hospital , and the recently-established Institutions for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders . " For the past six years you have occupied the position of D . G . M . of this Province , in which exalted office you have

endeared yourself to us by kindness , adherence to the Laws ancl Constitution of our Order , and unwearying assiduity in the cause of truth . "AVe ask your acceptance of the accompanying pieces ofjilate , in testimony of our warm appreciation of your great worth . Representing , as they do , emblems of our Order familiar to all Freemasons , wc trust they will remind you of those brethren with whom you have been so long- associated , and who will look

back on your administration with pride and affection . " In conclusion , we trust that the Great Architect of the universe will grant you long life and happiness to contribute to the comfort of your family ancl the more extended development of the great principles of Masonry—Brotherly Love , Truth , and Charity . " Bro . TEAOY said he had prepared a written reply , which , in