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as Prov . G . J . W . ; Forrest . R . W . M . 20 ( Lesmahagow ) , as Prov . G . S . D . ; Nimmo , Prov . G . Architect ; Clugston , Prov . G- Steward ; Robert Burns Thompson ( a grandson of Scotia ' s Bard ) Prov . G . Bible Bearei-. Representatives hailing from sister Grand Lodges : Bro- Stonier Leigh , P . Sec . 531 , Hartlepool , & c-, and Bro . James Stevenson , of the FREEHASONS' MAGAZINE , London

and Glasgow . Deputations from daughter lodges of the Glasgow Province , No . 3 bis . St . John ' s ; 4 , Kihvinning ; 27 , St . Mungo ; 73 , Thistle and Rose ( the deputation from this , fche mother lodge ofthe deceased , was a very strong one ); 102 , Sfc . Mark ; 103 , Union and Crown : 117 , St . Mary , Partiok ; 128 , St . John , Shettleston ; 178 , Scotia ;

219 , Star ; 275 , Shamrock and Thistle ; 332 , Union ; 333 , St . George ; 354 , Caledonian Railway ; 362 , St . Clair ; 408 , Clyde ; 413 , Athole ; 419 , Neptune ; 437 , Govandale ; 440 , Robert Burns , Bailliestcn ; 441 , Glasgow ; 465 , Sfc . Andrew . Deputations from lodges of sister provinces , as under Nos . 88 , and 166 , Airdrie ; 135 , Tarbolton ; and 458 , Busby .

Despite the heavy rain which fell up to the time of the starting of the procession there could not have been less than some four hundred brethren in the ranks , and ifc is due to the Airdrie brethren to say that they turued out in very respectable numbers , animated by a ¦ desire to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of the eminent deceased brother whom it will be

remembered was upon his appointment as a Sheriff-Substitute first stationed at Airdrie , —where he is warmly remembered , not merely amongst the Craft , but by the inhabitants ofthe locality generally , as an earnest , industrious and painstaking local judge . As the funeral coi-teye approached the Drill Hall , the Masonic bodformed in the order above statedmarched

y , out from the hall , and , wheeling round fco the right , ¦ formed the van of the procession until reaching the north-eastern corner o the Necropolis , when the brethren formed open ranks , between which the funeral cortege passed . The pall-bearers were two sons and two brofchei's of the deceased ; Mr . Pemi , his brother-in-law , and Messrs . Crawford and Howatfc .

DEATH OF BRO . JAMES THOMSON , or KILBANK , LANARK . The death of this brother , a Freemason of seventy-five years standing , on the 13 th ult ., in the ninety-seventh year of his age , severs one of the few remaining links between this and a bygone generation . Born in the old

house of Kilbank , beside " Wallace's Tower , " on the banks of the Clyde , a couple of miles below Lanark , a district rich in natural beauty and in historical associations , he lived there almost a century , and died in the more modern house within a few yards of the spot where & e was born . He was fche youngest and longest-lived of a family of nine children remarkable for longevitytheir

, united ages amounting to 720 years , being an average of eighty years to each life . An elder of the Parish church of Lesmahagow during the greater part of his lifetime , he was in his younger days a leading man in parochial and other local affairs , and as a sturdy Liberal in politics , when Liberalism was not so popular as it has since become , he was famous in

some ofthe long bygone election contests . Retaining all his faculties to the last , his conversation was a great treat . A man of mature years during the stormy period of the French Revolution of 1789 93 , a contemporary of Burns , and in his youth intimate wifch many themselves then of great age—his clear and vigorous memory recalled scenes and events of his own timeas well as those of

, still remoter days which he had from eye-witnesses , and which to the present and even to a previous generation are as a page of history . As a Freemason of seventy-five years' standing , we should presume that through a wide district he must

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have been the father of the Craffc . He remembered having seen many surrounding estates sold for hundreds which he has since seen sold for as many thousands . Up till quite recently Bro . Thompson , in good old patriarchal fashion , personally conducted the unfailing morning and evening devotions at which old aud young of every degree within the bounds of his authority had

to appear . Hospitable and charitable to a degree , it may be truly said of him , as of the " good old country gentleman , " " That whilo bo foastocl all tho great Ho no ' or forgot tho small . " He was remarkable for his good nature , aud for a

serenity of temper which nothing could disturb . After an ailment of three di > ys' duration , this good old- man departed this life without a struggle , respected and beloved to the last by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance . Kilbank , the name of his estate , a name by which he was much better known than by his own , is now , it is understood , to be

sold-WILTSHIRE . DEATH OF BRO . I . H . SHEPPARD , OF SWINDON . This worthy and highly respected brother , one of the oldest inhabitants of Swindon—and probably the oldest Freemason in the province of Wilts ,--died on the 18 th ult ., full of years and honour .

Bro . Sheppard was born in the year 1777 . and was consequently in his ninety-first year . For fche last fifty years he had been the leading man in the town , being associated with every undertaking of benefit to the inhabitants , whether public or private . He especially interested himself in the building of the new church , ancl was a staunch supporter of Swindon market .

Bro . Sheppard was initiated ac Devizes on fche third of May , 1817 , becoming a member of the Devizes Lodge . He did not remain in the Devizes Lodge long , before he applied , in company with several other brethren , for a warrant to open a lodge afc Swindon , which was consecrated on the first of May , 1818 . The whole of those brethren who had applied for fche warrant have passed

away , and latterly the only remaining two were Bro . R . Withers , of Morclen , and the deceased gentleman . He was also one of those who accompanied the late Duke of Sussex , on his Royal Hi g hness attending to consecrate the then new Masonic Hall , in the city of Bath , on the 23 d of September , 1819 . After filling several important offices iu connection with the Craft , the

brethren , as a mark of tbeir high esteem for him , elected him on the 27 th October , 1827 , as Provincial Grand Treasurer for Wilts , which office he continued to hold till 1864 , when increasing age and infirmities obliged him to relinquish ifc , and he was succeeded by the present Provincial Grand Treasurer , Bro . S . Wittey , of Devizes , P . Prov . S . G . W . for Wilts . A numerous body of brethren followed the deceased to his last resting-place .

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REVIEWS .

The Freemasons' Calendar for the Province of London ' derrij and JJomii / atfor the yearlSSS . London , Bro . R . SPENCER , 26 , Great Queen-screen . We havo received from the compiler a copy of the above-named calendar , which tho brethren of the two provinces—to which it specially refers—cannot fail to find exceedingly useful to them .

With the exception of three instances , all the officers of every lodge , chapter , and encampment , are given also place and time of meeting and address of Secretary- The fees to bo paid for initiation , affiliation , and the amount of annual subscription are also stated .