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The Prov . Grand Lodgo having been opened in duo form , commissions were laid on the table , signed and sealed by the Prov . G . M ., appointing Bros . E . W . Duff , of Petteresso , M . P . for the county , D . Prov . G . M . ; Thomas Adam , S . Prov . G . M . ; Alexander Souter , Prov . S . G . W . ; Win . Barclay , Prov . J . G . W . ; George dimming , Prov . G . Sec , and the following office-bearers were unanimously chosen by the suffrages of their brethren , viz . Brosthe Eev . James DavidsonProv . G- Chap . ; James

, , , Mackay , Prov . G . Treas . ; Garden Milne Hossack , Prov . G . C ; Liew . Jones , Prov . G . S . D . ; G . W . Murray , Prov . G . J . D . ; Stenhouse Bairnsfather , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; John McEwen , Prov . G . B . B . ; E . Shepherd , Prov . G . S . B . ; James Grant , Prov . G . Tyler , and the following Grand Stewards , viz ., Bros . Hutchison , Mitchell , Simpson , Black , Law , Mearns , Chalmers , Watson , MarshallKnightMcCulloch , Wrightly , Graham , Desson , and

, , Stevenson . At the conclusion of the business of the Prov . Grand Lodge , the brethren sat down to a banquet served up in Bro . Hutchison's best style , the Sub . Prov . G . M . presiding , when a very pleasant evening was spoilt .

GLASGOW . GLASGOW . —Athole Lodge ( No . 413 ) . —The usual fortnightly meeting of this lodge was held in the Masonic Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , on the evening of Tuesday last . The first business of the evening was the nomination of office-bearers for the ensuing year , and a list of nominees was submitted accordingly for election at the next meeting . Three applications for

admission to the Order were then received—one of them from Mr . Francis Poole , the celebrated geologist and engineer whose daring in navigating our western coast from Liverpool to the Clyde in an Indian canoe created so much public interest a few weeks ago . Mr . Poole was introduced by Bro . J . D . Porteous , 1 S ° , Prov . G . Sec . of the Royal Order of Scotland , who , together with Bro . P . T . Hendry , E . W . M . of the Athole , acted as his Masonic sponsor . The candidates having been duly balloted for ,

were admitted and initiated to the first degree , the beautiful ceremony being conducted by Bro . Hendry in his usual impressive manner . The lodge was then called to refreshment , during which , among the usual toasts , was given , "The healths of the ' new links '"; proposed by the E . W . M . in felicitous terms , and replied to by Bro . Poole in a speech evincing an apt appreciation of the spirit of Masonry . On being called from refreshment to labour , the sum of six guineas was voted from the funds for benevolent purposes , and , there being no further business , the lodge was closed in due form .

OPENING or A NEW HALE- FOR THE GLASGOW LODGE ( NO . 4-11 . ) On Tuesday evening , the 15 th inst ., a new ball was opened , with the accustomed Masonic formalities , for the future meetings of Glasgow Lodge . No . 441 , which , although oneof the youngest in the province whose name it boars , its rapidly increasing numbers and respectability have necessitated the selection of a suitable place of meeting more convenient to the east end of the

city , where the majority of its members reside . A new hall , situated at 2 , Antigua-place , Nelson-street , Trongate , was selected for the purpose , and the brethren may be congratulated on having secured for their use such a commodious and elegantly appointed place of meeting . The chair was occupied by Bro . Wm . Taylor , R . W . M . ; supported by Eros . Revie , S . W .: Arehd . M'FarlaneJ . W . ; GlenD . M . ; BlaneS-M . IverrTrens .

, , , ; . ; Kennedy , See . ; and the other office-bearers of the lodge . Amongst others upon the platform were Bros . M'Taggart , M . A .. , Convener of the Provincial Grand Committee : Jas . Thomson , Treas ., Benevolent Committee ; Jas . Wallace , G . S . ; Bros . Stonier Leigh , from Hartlepool ; J . Anderson , E . W . M St . Clair , 362 ; and Bro . Jas . Stevenson , of the FBEEMASOXS' MAGAZIXE , London and Glasgow . Deputations from the following Glasgow

Lodges were also present , viz ., Thistle Lodge , 87 , headed by Bro . Thos . Patou , E . W . M . ; Scotia , 178 , Bro . Singleton , E . W . M . ; Shamrock and Thistle , 275 , headed by Bro . Clark ; Clyde , 408 , headed by Bro . Ferguson ; Athole , 413 , headed by Bro . M'Leod . The members of 441 mustered in full strength , the hall being taxed to its uttermost to accommodate the large and important gathering . The lodge having been dulopenedtwo candidates

y , were initiated into Freemasonry . The charge was most impressively delivered by Bro . Wallace , G . S ., after which , the lodge having adjourned to refreshment , the inaugural festive proceedings in commemoration of the opening niglit of No . 441 in her new abode were ushered in , and maintained for a few

hours amidst that love and harmony so characteristic of the meetings of the Free and Accepted . Due honour having been done to the customary loyal and Masonic toasts , Bro- McTaggart , M . A ., Convener of tho Provincial Grand Committee , in responding to the toast of the Prov . G . Lodge and Committee , expressed tho great pleasure it afforded him upon this the first occasion of his meeting the brethren of No . 441 in their new hall , to congratulate them upon their having obtained through their

spirited exertions such a handsome and commodious place or meeting , perfect in all its appointments and accessories ; and it reflected great credit upon the R . W . M ., the officers , and members generally of the Lodge Glasgow ( No . 441 ) , one of the junior lodges in the province , that they were now enablod to have for their sole use such a suitable Masonic Hall—one which it would afford him much pleasure to report to Provincial

Grand Lodge as in every way suited for the purposes of Masonic meetings ; and , as the result of his examination of its capabilities , he had to express on behalf of the Provincial Grand Committee entire satisfaction . Bro . McTaggart proceeded to express the great gratification it afforded him to address on this inaugural night such a numerous assemblage of the Craft ; indeed , he believed the most numerous he had

seen in the province on a similar occasion , and when it was remembered that a considerable proportion of those present had attended as visiting brethren from sister lodges in the province , it augured well for the popularity and prosperity of this lodge , as one of the very youngest in the province , to find that she stood so well in the estimation of her " elder sisters " as to have secured such a strong muster upon this

inauguraloccasion . It was highly gratifying to find the Masonic treeflourishing so vigorously in the province , as particularly exemplified in this , one of her youngest branches , and , if there was any one lodge in the province that more than another seemed intent upon , and entitled to , go on and flourish , he would sayit is the Lodgo Glasgow ( So . 441 ) . Bro . McTaggart concluded his speech by making an appropriate allusion to the Masonic

educational scheme now before the Provincial Grand Committee , and he believed the time was now come , judging by the increased amount of interest taken by Scots Masons in all appertaining to the welfare of Freemasonry in Scotland , when the

Craft in Scotland generally , and this province in particular , would do something towards bringing up the benevolent features of Freemasonry in Scotland , so as to form a characteristic element of the Order in Scotland , as at present , unfortunately , to the discredit of Scots Masonry , these features stand lower , he believed , than in any other country where Freemasonry was tolerated . Bro . McTaggart was heartily applauded on resuming his seat .

Bro . James Thomson , Treasurer of the Benevolent Committee , made a forcible speech in connection with the charitable features of Freemasonry in the province . He alluded to the circumstance that some 17 years since , when he was first made a Mason , he found the charitable element of Masonry in the province to literally have no existence , it was nil ; he had thought that something could he done to remedy this wantthis glaring

de-, ficiency ; he had , in conjunction with others , worked at the development of a Benevolent Fund for the province , which he had been spared to see get into complete working order ; and though it was very far from effecting all that could be desired , still , it had done much good , as many a poor brother who had received assistance from it when he stood upon tho black spot of the Mosaic pavement , could testify . Bro . Thomson proceeded at

considerable length , and in very expressive terms , to expatiate upon tho importance of the development of the benevolent features of Freemasonry in Scotland generally , and more especially in the Glasgow province ; and he urged upon thebrethren the importance of every lodge having its own benevolent fund ; he would propose that the members of every lodge should pay each , say 4 s . 4 d . per annum , being only Id . per week ; and

he argued that every lodge then , by carefully husbanding and : judiciously expending , their sum of money thus gathered would , gradually accumulate the nucleus of a benevolent fund of its own ,, to which additional elasticity might occasionally be given by contributions of greater amount when volunteered . Bro . James Stevenson , of the FKEEMASOXS' MAGAZIXE , in . proposing the health of Bro . Wm . Taylor , W . M . of the Glasgow-Lodge , 441 , complimonted him upon his having to preside over

such a numerous and respectable body of brethren as composed the members of this lodge . Upon the present occasion , when there were so many visiting brethren present , representing somany different lodges , an opportunity which seldom occurs was-