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charge its duties . To do him the greater honour the W . M . had presented a case of champagne in which he proposed that his health should be drunk . The brethren responded most enthusiastically , and gave him musical and other honours , ending iu three hearty cheers . Bro . Conolly having briefly responded , and the toasts of the W . M ., and "officers past anel present" been drunk , the brethren separatee ! in love and harmony , having first made a collection for the widow of a brother .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

MALTA . MEMTA CHATTER , ( NO 399 ) . —A very full meeting of this Chapter was held on Friday , January 7 th , Comps . Conolly , M . E . Z . ; Haldane , H . ; Gorham , J . ; Doherty , Prin . Soj . ; May , Scribe , E . ; Rosenbusch , N . ; when Bros . Rev . O'Dell , Stevens , Simpson , and Pritchard , were duly exalted . The ceremony being most impressively periormed . Great credit is due for the

manner in which the working of thisChapter has been impressed , anel success has naturally followed . AVe are glad to hear that the proper robes , banners , etc ., are about to be purchased , as without these accessories the ceremony loses much of its impressiveness .

Reviews

REVIEWS

Fverybodys Year Booh A Popular Annual for 1870 . London : Wyman and Sons . Truly everbodys book . It contains Almanack and Oallendar . and amongst other information , list of Bishops , Judges and other salaries . The Prime Ministers and the date ofthe holding office for the last , 150 years . Rate of allowance to witnesses , free Exhibitions and London Theatres . Other portions are thus appropriated : " The Poetry of th e Affections , " " Good Cooking , " " The Home Fernery , " and "A hanful of Anecdotes . "

Professor Anderson And The Freemasons Of Dundee.

PROFESSOR ANDERSON AND THE FREEMASONS OF DUNDEE .

The Wizard of the North concluded a series of entertainments at Dundee on Monday last . The proceedings were under the patronage of the Masonic brethren of tire town , a number of whom were present . Before the entertainment was con eluded . Professor Anderson came forward to tho front of the platform , and said—Ladies and gentlemen , I must this

evening , prior to concluding tho entertainment , call your attention to the very great kindness displayed towards me by the Masoni-- bod y —and I can only say that , as a traveller in every section of the world , I have always found every member of that Craft a friend and a brother . I am sure nothing can be more reflective of friendshi p and brotherhood than to see such a , large number of my brethren

, here assembled this evening , all come to give me their patronage , and to give that which one brother owes to another . Ladies , I am exceedingly sorry that your sex are not permitted to become members of the Craft . But progress is going ahead . Ladies are becoming doctors ; ladies are becoming lawyers ; ladies are becoming the most useful ornaments of societ and I

y ; trust that ere long we shall have a lodge of ladies . There is a great and glorious secret in connection with Freemasonry , and I am convinced that if the ladies were admitted they would ale become members simply that they may be placed on the same level with their husbands and brothers who are Masons . Gentlemen , I understand that there are before me a number of Freemasons

belonging to the lodges iu Dundee , and I assure you that I beg most sincerely to thank them for their great kindness , not only personally but brotherly . And , gentlemen , you who are not Masons , I most sincerely tell you that

Professor Anderson And The Freemasons Of Dundee.

the sooner you become members the better . I say this because it is my conviction that you would become better men ; you would be more liable to look to your wives and to your children , and more liable to look to the Great Father of all . Before I came to Dundee I attended a meeting of Freemasons in Edinburgh with much pleasure . I never spent a happier evening . I had to deliver

a speech , and I need only say that the summum bonum , of it simply was that Masonry in Scotland ought to be represented as it is in England . I am a member of the English body ; and neither my family nor myself ever spent a more glorious day than when 1 invited the children ofthe Boys' and G-irls' School in London to come to St . James ' s Hall to witness my entertainment . And

they did come , and they were delighted . Clean and well educated—and who were they ? They were the sons and daughters of decayed brother Masons , brought up in one of the most magnificent institutions in the world . If the Scotch members are worth anything , let them also follow the example of their English brethren , and found a similar institution , whereby their sons and their

daughters may be educated and taken care of . When in Edinburgh , I put down my name for a subscription with this view , and I have no donbfc , if unanimity exists amongst the members , in a year or two Scotland could also boast of such an institution . Rest assured I shall have great pleasure in lending my assistance to such a movement . I again thank my brother Masons for their

patronage this evening . Now I change the scene . As personal friends , I may say I can address none in Dundee as such , with the exception of those who have come here as my brother Masons . Who knows me personally ? None ; and almost all only by reputation , and as a man who has all his lifetime been connected with the devil . All my fiiends in Dundee are dead , and , with the exception of one or two , I don ' t know with whom I could go and shake hands . It seems almost incredible in me

wnen I tell this audience that I was here forty years ago . That I was ; and this town was the cradle of my existence , the cradle of my fortunes ; and I owe more to Dundee than any other town in the world . My father died in Aberdeen when I was young , aud I was thrown upon the world . I received no education , and how I came to Dundee first I can hardly tell yon . But I did come , and

I f ound myself in a " show" covered with canvas , under a man named Scott . At that time there was no Reformstreet , the rocks had not been blasted ; and in place of that magnificent square there was only a meadow-, where assies gaed and washed their claes . Scott , my master , could neither read nor write , and I was no better , but I had more perseverance . AVhen we camethere was a

, fair . I attracted the attention of one or two gentlemen , who pronounced me clever ; and ultimately a theatre was built at the bottom of Union-street , which I managed for Scott for about five years . I played tragedy and the leading business , and appeared in such characters as " Wandering Steonie , " " Macbeth , " & c , & c . I found that my master was pocketing money

fastal-, though I was iu receipt of only small wages . That man , I believe , about that time was in possession of £ ' 5 , 000 , which was lodged in a bank , and he came to Dundee without a penny . His theatre went into other hands when I left ; and on the Queen's coronation night it was burned clown . I saw Scott in Newcastle some time afterwards , and I never saw such a wreck in all my life .

I assisted him as much as I could , and was only sorry I could not do more than I did . That is my story , ladies and gentlemen . Since that time I have been in every part of the word with this entertainment ; and I am here to-night for the last time , unless the " benefits " are accepted which 1 offered to give on behalf of various objects . Ladies and gentlemen , I again thank you . The Professor was much affected during the latter part of the above , and at times could harldy give utterance .