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cordially seconded by Bro . J . T . Dn Jardin , P . M ., ancl sanctioned by a unanimous vote of the Lodge , which , as no other business was brought forward , was at once closed in perfect harmony . In the evening about forty members met at the La Pomme D'Or , to join in the anniversai-y banquet of the Lodge . The number was smaller than usual , many brethren being detained b y unavoidable circumstancescapable of ready explanation . On

, the removal of the cloth , the following toasts were given ancl duly honoured . " The Queen and the Craft , " " The most Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , and the Grand Lodge of England . " "The most Worshipful Earl De Grey and Ripon , Deputy Grand Master , ancl the Grand Officers . " "The Visitors . " "The W . M . of Lodgo La Cesaree . " "The Wardens and officers of the Dodge , &&

c . c . " "Another meeting of the Lodge was held on Thursday may 29 th , about thirty members being present . Tho Lodge was opened by Bro . Baudains , P . M , assisted by Bro . Ph . Le Sueur , S . W . and Bro . Robert , acting as J . W . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . The chair having beeu taken b y Bro . Schmitt , who announced that Bros . Chevalier ancl Hardy , previously initiated , presented themselves

for the degree of F . C ., the usual questions were put , and their proficiency tested to the satisfaction of the brethren . They then retired , and the Lodge was opened in the second degree . The candidates were re-admitted ancl duly subjected to the ordeal of being passed to that degree , at the conclusion of which they had the benefit of an explanation of the second Tracing Board , and of the working toolsThe chair was again resumed bBro

, y . Baudains , who put the questions to Bro Le Brum , who was raised to the sublime rank of M . M ., with the usual solemnities . The business of the evening terminated with the proposition of three gentlemen for initiation at the next meeting . The Lodge was closed in perfect harmony .

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SCOTLAND .

AYR . MASONIC ENTERTAINMENT TO SBEGEAXTS IN THE 76 rir REGIMENT . "' Sevsral sergeants of the 76 th regiment on detachment duty al Ayr , now under orders to proceed to Aldershot , were lately entertained at supper hy the Lodge Ayr Kilwinning ( No . 124 ) , iu the Prince of Wales Tavern . The chair was filled bBro

y . Hugh Girvan , and the I ! , W . Prov . J . G . W . of Ayrshire ( D . Murray Lyon ) discharged the duties of croupier . The chairmam . was supported right ancl left by the guests , viz ., —Bros Sergeants Marsh , Holton , Turpin , and private Furness ; and by the R . W . M . of Ayr and Renfrew Militia St . Paul , the J . W . Secretary , and treasurer of No . 124 , —the Depute , and Past Master , Senior Warden , and other office bearers , supporting the

Croupier . Sergeant Waddler having- Jeffc fy r head-quarters was prevented from attending . On the removal of the cloth " The Queen" inaugurated the list of toasts which the stewards had drawn up ; the "Army ancl Navy" and the "British Volunteers " closely following in the wake of royalty—the former toast being acknowledged by Bro . Sergeant David C . Wallace , -formerly of the 60 th Rifles , now of the Royal Ayrshire Militia —the latter by Bro . Young , of the Ayr Volunteers . The " Red White , and Blue " was at this stasre of the bannne . fc stvupfc nn

the chorus being swelled by the united voices of the patriotic company . "The guests of the evening" were then , in . a style for force and effectiveness peculiar to the jocund occupant of the chair , introduced as about to bid farewell to scenes in the mystic circle never to be effaced from their memory . They were all of them gallant members of a gallant corps , for valour and discipline famous , —as Masons hailing Ayr Kilwhmino- as their mother

lodge , —and as men richly meriting the respec ! of every respectable community . Impressed by a sense of their worth , the senior lodge here had spontaneousl y resolved upon entertaining them previous to their departure for the south—the banquet table had that evening been spread in their honour , and go where they might in the service of their country they could never make more attached friends than those they would

leave behind in auld Ayr . "For gold the merchant ploughs the main , The farmer ploughs the mamor ; But glory is the sodger ' s prize ; The sodger ' s wealth is honour .

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" The brave poor sodger ne ' er despise . Nor count him as a stranger : Remember , he's his country's stay In da } ' and hour of danger . " Most heartily was the toast received , and a reply quite characteristic of the cloth—shortpithand appropriate—given b

, y , y Bro . Sergeant Marsh , on behalf of his brothers in arms , whom he remarked were deeply moved by tbe friendship which had been extented to them by the members of their motner lodge . Among other toasts given were , " Mother Kilwinning and the Provincial Grand Lodge , " " Ayr St . Paul , " ancl the health of " Tho Chairman and Croupier "—thanks to them for their courteous and efficient discharge of the duties to which they

had been called . Neither were overlooked the successful exertions put forth by the chief of the commissariat in his endeavours to please both the eye and palate of his numerous patrons—special thanks being accorded to the obliging hostess , Mrs . Park . It would-be unfair when particularizing the various features of this festive night ' s enjoyment not to mention how greatly the hilarity of the meeting was increased by the contributions of those

endowed with the gift of son " . A specimen from the Green Isle in the shape of " the low-backed car , " given with much humour in the pure , unadulterated brogue ( with impromptu trumpet accompaniment ) , merits special notice , as does also the tasteful manner in which the W . M . of St . Paul rendered Burn ' s beautiful panegyric on his " Jean , " as breathes through every stanza of the song , " 0 ' a ' thairts the win

e ' can blaw . " "A heart-warm fond adieu " wound up the proceedings of the evening , which as a whole were of an interesting and pleasing nature , ancl formed a striking contrast to the way in which the citizens served out the Southerns who garrisoned the town at the burning of the Barns of Ayr , so graphically described by Blind Harry among the other sanguinary events of which the "guid town" of the olden time was too often the sep . ne .

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ROYAL ARCH .

HAMPSHIRE . LXMINGTON . — The ^ New Forest Chapter , ( No . 401 , ) held its first annual meeting on Monday the 2 nd inst . The Bev . Dr . Bradshaw , Z , in the chair , when Comp . Wm . Hickinson H ., and ' Prov . Grand Sec . 7 was unanimously elected Z . Comp . Dr . Bradshaw's severe illness compelling him to decline election , which was proffered Comp . J , Hayward J ., ex Mayor of Lymington was unanimously elected H ., and J . Rankin Stebbing 1025

Z . , and V . P . Board of General Purposes was unanimously elected J ., after which a Board of Installed Principals was held , consisting of the foregoing , ancl Comp . p . Perkins Z . 555 , ancl Mayor of Southampton , and Comp . Chas . Bromley Z 152 . Southampton . Comp . Stebbing having- been installed J ., was invited to take the Chair of Z ., and having done so installed Comp . Hickinson ancl Hayward , afterwards investing the latter as Treasurer , and Comp . Booth as Principal Soajourner . Several new members were proposed , and every prospect appears to exist of great prosperity amongst this new chapter .

SCOTLAND . STORE- GRAND CHAPTER . Grand Scribe E . ( Comp . Lindsay Mnckenzy ) , in congratulating the members of the Order on the increasing prosperity of tho S . G . Chapter , during the ptsa year , states that a ' new chapter have heen established in Melbourne , four dormant chapters has been reopenedand several oth about to

, ers are be so ; two Mark Lodges have been reopened , the Florence Nightingale , Woolwich ( No . 10 ) , and Cheltenham and Keystone , Chatham ( No . 12 ) . A Provincial Grand Chapter has been established in Bengal , and the Supremo Chapter has exchanged representatives with the Grand Chapter of Canada . The returns of Chapters ancl Mark Lodges show a very great increase of entrants from both . From the last published " Reobserve the

porter , we following charges upon last year ' s list of Grand Officers . Comp . Sir John Douglas , K . C . P ., has been appointed Depute Grand Princi pal in room of Comp . Lord Loughborough , who is now Second Grand Principal ; Sir P . Halkett , Part ., is Third Grand Principal , in room of Donald Campbell ; William Mann is Grand Chancellor , in place of J . B . Douglas ; F . A . Barrow , 2 nd Grand Sojourner , vice Sir Arthur Halkett advanced Dr . P . D . McCowan , 3 rd Grand Sojourner ,