Masonic Festivities.

Daniel Taylor 886 ; H . Hawkins , G . L . T ., Bristol ; John Drew , G . L . D ., Bristol ; John Kelway 653 ; J . Hill 81 ; S . W . Tomkins , 652 ; R . D . Cummins , S . G . W ., Somerset , W . M . 61 ; G . Viner 886 ; H . Jacobs 357 ; W . D . White 886 ; George Knowland , Bristol 81 ; Henry Lane , S 86 , J . W . ; J . Broad , T . S 86 : R , E . Peach , 4 S , E . G . W ., Somerset . As soon as the ceremonies of the lod were finished

ge , every Mason seemed bent as any schoolboy upon a holiday . The majority of the party occordingly set off in knots to view whatever of interest there was to be seen . The time being arrived at which dinner was expected to be placed upon the table by mine host brother Bailey , a return was therefore made to the George Inn . The apartment in which the meal was partaken of was very tastefully arranged . At the further

end , and covering one wall , a Masonic device displaying great artistic skill , and on which was pourtrayed in the midst of laurel , " Long life to Bro . Randolph" ( Pilgrim ' s Lodge , No . 1074 ) , attracted great admiration . The brother referred to was P . D . Prov . G . M . On the opposite wall , and behind the president's seat , was tbe word " Queen " worked in laurel leaves , and prettily set off by flowers , while down the tables were ranged exquisite specimens of

floriculture in pots . About the centre of one of the side walls was -painted a mitre with crosiers , and round them the aspiration "Floreat ecclesia Anglicana . " Bro . T . H . Roach , W . M ., presided and was supported by Bros . Randolph , Dr . Pope , H . Shute , and W . ^ A . F . Powell . The usual Masonic speeches were given , after which a procession was formed and the company adjourned to Bro . Dr . Pope ' s residence , where refreshments having been partaken of , ¦ they bade a hearty adieu to their kind entertainer , and the day's proceedings were brought to a termination .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

Mr . TBoroiiTAN CHAT-TEE or SOVEEEIGN PBINCES ROSE CBOIX . — In our last week ' s report of the proceedings of this distinguished chapter the name of the 111 . Bro . Anthony Perrier , 33 ° , was throughout erroneousl y printed " Perriera . " We notice this correction , there being leading brethren of the latter name , connected with the Order , iii Portugal . Bro . Perrier is a veteran Mason of distinction , being an honorary member of the Supreme Council 33 ° of Ireland

, , and a P . Prov . S . G . W . of Munster , as also a member of the Metropolitan Chapter of R . ? £ < , the IB . Council K . H . 30 ° , and Sov . Tribunal , 31 ° of England and Wales . He was elevated to the 33 ° by the Supreme Council Grand Orient of France in 1858 , and ¦ ¦ elected a corresponding member of the Institnt Dogmatiqne , and ah honorary member of the eminent lodaes , St . " Lucien , and Clemente Amitie , of Paris .

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

THE WALLACE MONUMENT . ( Abridged from the Ayr Advertiser . ) For some time past the note of preparation has been heard in rmany of the lodges in this county in anticipation of the groat -national demonstration expected to take place at the laying of tbe foundation-stone of the Wallace Monument at Stirling , on the anniversary of the battle of Bannoekburnwhichin tho Craftsman '

, , s calendar , is also Summer St . John ' s Day . There was but one opinion among Freemasons as to the position Ayrshire should occupy on this great occasion . No Masonic province is more closely associated with the personal history of the "Wallace Wight" than Ayrshire , and in no district is his memory more highly revered than in the cradle-land of Scottish Masonry . After tbe victory of Bannoekburn , which the valour of the lars aided in

Temp no small degree to achieve , Bruce visited Mother Kilwinning , then the chief seat of Masonry in Scotland , and -founded the Royal Order of Herodem ; and Dr . Oliver in his Sistorical Landmarks says , " There is every reason to think that it and St . John ' s Masonry were then governed by the same Grand Lodge . " In Ayrshire , too , was formed the first association of nobles for the support of Brace's claim to the throne : that meeting took lace at

- p Tumberry Castle in 1826 , and the Earls of Gloucester and Ulster are recorded as having been present at that conference ¦ of Bruce ' s adherents—the same noblemen who , in a work published in France many years ago , are reported to have accompanied Brueeon a visit to the Kilwinning Lodge once during the period of their sojourn in " these parts . " Seeing , therefore , that Ayrshire can boast of a Masonic lodge which was in existence anterior to the time when Wallace and Bruce fought for the independence of their country , and of which the hero of Bannoekburn was himself the

Scotland.

Grand Master , it was meet that the Craftsmen of this county should be well represented at the national gathering of the 24 th June , to do honour to the memory of the saviours of their country . On proceeding to the railway station on the morning of the 25 th , we found a goodly number of Craftsmen belonging to the Ayr lodges , with a sprinkling of brethren from Tarbolton and Maybole ; and although the capital of Carrick can boast of two

lodges , and one of these ranking in the county of Ayr next to the Mother lodge , the representation of the Carrick district devolved upon a small deputation from the Maybole Royal Arch . At Troon we received an acquisition of strength in a deputation of stalwart blue jackets from tbe Lodge Navigation . Passing along the line , St . Andrew of Irvine , the venerable Mother Kilwinning , and Beith St . John , contributed a fair quota of representatives ; while at the Junction our numbers were more largelincreased bdeputations

y y from the Lodges Kilmarnock St . John ' s Kilwinning , and St . Andrew ' s . Eleven o'clock being the time fixed for the opening of the Grand Lodge , by the arrangements of the railway companies we were enabled to reach the Castle Rock fully a quarter of an hour before his Grace of Athole summoned tbe Craft " to order as Masons . On reaching the Court house we found that temporary lodge room crowded in every corner , and with no little trouble on the part of

our conductors were wo led to the post of honour , on the right of the chair , accorded to the representatives of ancient , Mother Kilwinning—a distinction which the Ayrshire brethren must ever feel peculiar pleasure in seeing bestowed upon one of their own lodges . Sir James Fergusson , Bart . M . P ., the very popular Pro . Grand Master for Ayrshire , was prevented , by his senatorial duties , from attending with the Mother Lodge . Our deputation received a cordial greeting from Bro . Sir Archibald Alison and other members of the Grand Lodge who were seated immediately in front of the chair .

The following lodges were represented in the procession : — Mother Kilwinning : Kilmarnock St . John Kilwinning ( No 22 ); Navigation Troon ( No . 86 ); Ayr Kilwinning ( No . 124 ); Kilmarnock St . Andrew ( No . 126 ); Stewarton Thistle ( No . 127 ); Tarbolton St . James Kilwinning ( No . 135 ); Ayr Operative ( No . 138 ); Irvine St . Andrew ( No . 149 ); Beith St . John ( No . 157 ); Ayr Royal Arch ( No-165 ); Stevenston Thistle and Rose ( No . 169 ); Mauchline St . Mungo ( No . 179 ); Maybole Royal Arch ( No . 198 ); Riccarton St . Clement

( No . 202 ); Ayr St . Paul ( No . 204 ); At about high twelve the M . W . G . M ., his Grace the Duke I Athole , accompanied by the D . G . M . and other masonic dignitaries , entered the Court Hall and was conducted to his place in the Grand East , amid the prolonged and enthusiastic applause of the brethren , when after the lapse of a few minutes His Grace opened the Grand Lodge in full form . Three or four hundred brethren , in full costume , assisted their M . W . G . M . in the opening ceremony . On

the adjournment of the lodge , the representative Masters and Wardens rejoined their respective lodges , all of which had previously been drawn up in order of procession in the king's Park , waiting the arrival of the Grand Lodge . On the Grand Lodge merging from the Justiciary Hail into the street , the Bannoekburn Rifles , who were drawn up in front of the buildings , presented arms , and as a guard of honour , preceded by the Duke of Athole ' s pipers and flute-hand , accompanied the Grand Lodge to the King's Park .

The procession thence proceded ^ to the Abbey Craig , where the ceremony was performed . We returned to the Court-House and were present at the closing of the Grand Lodge ; and as we were leaving , the G . M . recognising us as belonging to the Mother Lodge , in the most hearty and unaffected style gave us tbe grip fraternal , made a few kind inquiries as to the state of masonry in Ayrshire , and congratulated us on the respectable appearance the old Mother and the other Ayrshire lodges had made on this auspicious and long to be remembered occasion .

India.

INDIA .

BOMBAY . PiiEsic-rTAriox TO BEO . HENBY DUEANCE CABTWEIGHT , P . PEOV . GEAND MASTEE . On tho evening of the 13 th June the brethren of the " mystic tie " in Bombay assembled in the Masonic Hall , Grant Buildings , Colaba , for the purpose of presenting the R . W . P . Prov . G . M . of Western IndiaHenry D . CartwrihtEsqwith a fraternal token

, g , ., of their esteem and regard , on his retirement from the hi gh and honourable office , which he had so long occupied . The ceremonywas both imposing and effective ; and the R . W . P . Prov . G . M ., in acknowledging the receipt of the costly and elegant token of the estimation in which he was held in Masonic circles , appeared fully to appreciate the fraternal feeling which had prompted the-