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never missed a meeting , ancl the other officers tried their best . — Sir Knt . W . SMITH , C . E ., on behalf of the other officers and himself , tendered his thanks , and said if there were any circumstances that afforded him particular pleasure , it was to see Sir Knt . Figg installed as E . C . that day . He hacl introduced him ( Sir Knt . Smith ) into that beautiful Order two years since , and he had never missed a meeting . This lie did not boast of in one sense , because it was a duty to execute which he hacl , on more occasions

than one , travelled above a hundred miles to fulfil . It was also a great pleasure to see Sir Knt . Col . Tulloh , his esteemed friend , installed as a worthy follower of such good members as Col . Clerk and Dr . Hinxman . The circumstances which connected them as high JIasons were not understood by Craft JIasons ; they could not estimate them , and it was only by the admission of such brethren as Col . Tulloh that the ban could be removed . He then begged the E . C . to accept the thanks ofthe officers for the toast , ancl he believed he might say it was the intention of every one of them to do his duty . The Sir Knts . then parted . -

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . SHETFIELII . —De Furnival Encampment . —A Provincial Grand Conclave of AA'est Yorkshire was opened on Friday , the 3 rd inst . at 2 p . m ., in the JIusic Hall , Sheffield , by Sir Knt . Nelson , Grand Hospitaller , and D . Prov . G . Comr ., when the Prov . G . Officers , appointed last year , were all re-appointed , and a committee was electedto prepare theprovincialby-laws . TheDe Furnival

Encampment was then duly consecrated , according to ancient and solemn form , and the Prov . G . Conclave having been closed , the De Furjiival Encampment was declared opened . Sir Knt . AVilliam AVhite , jun ., Prov . G . Herald , was presented by Sir Knt . Nelson , D . Prov . G-. Comr ., as the E . C elect , and the imposing and solemn ceremony of installation was ably performed by Sir Knt . Roberts , Prov . G . Capt ., after which the E . C . appointed ancl invested the following

Sir Knts . to offices in the encampment for the ensuing year : — Rev . Joseph Senior , DL . D ., Past Grand Almoner , and Prov . G . Prelate , as Prelate ; Henry Webster , 1 st Capt . ; Graham Stuart , 2 nd Capt . ; Elisor JDrury , Regr . ; Joseph Rodgers Exp . ; E . A . Ifeeley , Capt . of Lines , ~ & c . Comp . H . J . Garnett , of the Chapter of Paradise , having been balloted for and unanimously elected , was introduced and duly installed a Knight Companion of the Order .

The encampment was then closed in solemn form with prayer , and the Sir Knts . adjourned to the banquet table , congratulating themselves on the very auspicious manner in which the De Furnival Encampment had been commenced , ancl hoping that it would loug continue to flourish , and diffuse the Christian principles of Freemasonry in tho " metropolis of steel . "

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

ROYAL ARCH . MATBOEE . —At a large ancl influential meeting of the Lodge JMaybole Royal x \ rch , No . 198 , held in the Town Hall on the evening of AVednesday the 3 rd of April , Bro . Thomas Jack , R . AV . JI ., in the chair , it was unanimously resolved to confer the degree of honorary member of that lodge on Bro . D . Murray Lyon of Ayr , J . AV . of Jlother Kilwinningfor the unwearied attention he has paid

, to Jlasonry , and in giving its proceedings due publicity , through the columns of the press . Several members spoke warml y in favour of the motion—declaring that as society is interwoven with the principles of the Craft , and as all classes , numbering among them many JIasonie brethren , take a lively interest iu the regular and periodical reports given by properly qualified brethren , it is of the highest importance that the newspaper press be encouragedand

, those who so kindly attend to JIasonie details rewarded with such honorary distinctions as are in the gift of JIasonie bodies . The secretary , Bro . AVest , was accordingly instructed to intimate this unanimous desire of the Royal Arch to our Ayr brother , who in more than one JIasonie capacity has rendered valuable services to the Craft , as an expression of their satisfaction in his helping the cause . —[ We learn from Secretaries AAllliauison and Blackthatin a

, , spirit somewhat similar to that influencing the Jlaybole Royal Arch , the Lodge Ayr Kilwinning , No . 124 , on the oth ' instant , " and the Lodge Navigation Troon , No . 86 , on the 8 th inst ., unanimously agreed to receive Bro . Lyon as an honorary member of their respective lodges . ]—Ayr Advertiser .

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . PEIOBV OP Aim ( No . 4 ) . —About the beginning of this century not fewer than half-a-dozen Encampments were established in Ayr , all of which , for some years prior to 1856 , having become dormant , were erased from the roll of the Grand Priory , and their charters declared cancelled , null , and void ; and for twenty years , from the

date at which the last of the dormant Encampments ( Wallace Tower Encampment , No . 13 ) was cut off , Knight Templary in Ayr was almost extinguished . After several ineffectual attempts on the part of remnant members of No . 13 to get that encampment restored , the Grand Priory were at length , through the exertions chiefly of Sir Kt . Glass , induced to grant a new charter to No . 13 , under the designation of the Priory of AyrNo . 4 . Although b

, y this arrangement , authority to practice Knight Templary was secured to K . T . 's in the town of Ayr , the order met with little favour from the JIasonie body generally , and to the zeal of a few Craftsmen alone is the encampment indebted for its preservation from a fate similar to that which hacl overtaken it in 1837 . By the spirited aud persevering efforts , however , of Major Charles Edmund Thornton , Member of the Duke of Athol ' s Grancl Council of Knights

Templar of the Chapter-General at Edinburgh , a reaction has been brought about , and under his management the Priory of Ayr bids fair , at no very distant period , to take its place by the side of the most flourishing Encampments in the United Kingdom , both in point of paraphernalia , costume , and correctness of ancient ritual . In terms of express permission from the Chapter-General , the members of the Priory met in the Tain o' Shanter Hall , on Friday , March 22 ndand elected the following Sir Knights as office bearers

, for the current year : — Prior— -J f C E . Thornton , of Lodge Universal , England , and St . Andrew in the East Royal Arch Chapter , India , K . C . T ., R . > £ < H . R . D . JL 30 ° . Sub-Prior—Andrew Glass , of Ayr St . Paul , and Ayr R . A . C . No . 18 . Jlareschal—James Jonesdo . do .

, Hospitaller—Donald Jl'Donald , do . do . . Chancellor—Robert Lawrie , do . do . Treasurer—David C . AYallace , of No . 555 , Ireland , and R . A . C , No . 32 , Ir . Secretary—David Jim-ray Lyon , . LAY . of Jlother Kilwinning , and Prin . J . of Ayr Kilwinning R . A . C . No . 80 . Instructor—John MJ'C . Williamson , Sec . of Ayr Kilwinning ,

and CA . K . R . A . C No . SO . Bauceimifer—John Boyd , of St . Paul and R . A . C No . IS . Bearer of A ex . Bell . —William Young , S . AV . of Ayr Kilwinning ancl 1 S . of A . K . R . A . C No . SO . Chamberlain— . William Livingston , of St . Paul ancl R . A . C No . 18 . Sentinel—Robert Lymond , T . of Ayr Kilwinning , and Jr . R . A . C . SO .

In retiring from the office of Prior , in favour of Major Thornton , Sir Knight Glass said that he did so under the conviction that the talent , energy , and high JIasonie attainments of the newlyelected Prior fitted him , in an eminent degree , successfully to revivify and sustain in active existence the Encampment in the prosperity of which he had already manifested such a lively interest . Frater Glass concluded by assuring Sir Kniht Thornton that

g in the execution of the office of Prior he should have the heart y support of the members . Jlajor Thornton having been conducted to his place at the apex of the delta , the Secretary unfurled the Prior ' s banner and erected it over the stall occupied by the gallant Jlajor . The banner , which is made of rich ivhite silk , bound with thick gold cord , tassels gold , exhibits on a shield of Jlajor Thornton's arms ( Argent , a chevron , gules , between three

thorn trees vert ) the Cross ofthe Order in Chief , with two white ostrich feathers on the helmet : the Collar of Beads encircling the shiold . sivith the badge of the grade suspended from it . The heraldic figures have been beautifully emblazoned on the banner by Bro . Sharpe , painter and decorator , Ayr , iu the most artistic style , from designs supplied by the Jlajor . —The A ' enerable the Prior haying produced his patent as Kniht Commander from the Grand

g JIaster of the Order , His Grace the Duke of Athole thanked the Sir Knights for their unanimous election of him as head of the Priory of Ayr ; and having expressed his sentiments relative to the assistance he had received from the Sub-Prior , Sir Knight Glass , the Jlareschal , Sir Knt . Jones , and the Hospitaller , Sir Knt . Capt . Jl'Donald , in raising the Priory from an almost dormant state to a flourishing condition , said— " I have yet a pleasing duty to

perform in drawing your particular attention to the important services ofa Sir Knt . now present , to whom I feel most deeply indebted for the valuable aid he has rendered me since I affiliated with this Priory . I refer to our worthy Secretary , Sir Knt . Lyon . His endeavours to render the working of the Priory complete are deserving of our deepest obligations ; the zeal and activity which he has displayed are worthy of all commendation ; and without his

ever ready assistance I doubt much whether I should have been able to resuscitate the Encampment . I beg , therefore , to propose a vote of thanks to our Secretary , by the Sir Knts ., for the services he has rendered to the Priory , and that the same be entered in the minute-book of the Priory accordingly . " S . bonded by the Eminent