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Scotland.
well accomplished , in rallying and resuscitating from apathy the many . As respects the society of the Templars especially , we may say , that he has called a new Order into existence—for the Knights had been , for some years before , nigh sleeping " the sleep that knows no waking" In the annals of Scottish Templary , the name of Bro . Burnes wifl be blazoned as first and foremost of its chiefs ; and though we are not prone to despond in the present times , yet we truly fear " we ne ' er should
shah look upon his like again . " As an officiating—we say , rather , initiating—Prior , Dr . Burnes cannot possibly he surpassed , if , indeed , he may ever be equalled . But it is not in the masterly conduct of ceremonials alone that the present Prior is pre-eminently distinguished ; to this he superadds a profound and varied knowledge of the history and objects of the Order , such as , perhaps , no other individual possesses . We are happy to hear that Dr . Burnes does not proceed to India so soon as was expected by him , having obtained a few months further leave of absence .
ENOCH R . A . CHAPTER . —A meeting of this Chapter washeld for the first time for several years , oh the occasion of Dr . Burnes ' s visit to Montrose , 9 th January , under the direction of that old and respectable Mason , Br . J . Christie , M . E . II ., when six Companions were admitted members , and no less than nine Brethren were exalted to the R . A . degree . We owe the revival of this old and respectable Chapter—one of ' the most ancient , we believe , in Scotland , to the great exertions of that of
indefatigable and excellent Mason , Brother James Chalmers , P . M . the Lodge St . Peter ' s . The St . Peter ' s Priory of Knights Templars is also now in full action , several highly respectable gentlemen having already joined it . Dr . Burnes , P . G . M . for AVestern India , has intimated his nomination of Sir Robert K . Arbuthnot , Bart ., and Capt . Alexander Burnes , FRSas his Provincial Grand AVardens . Captain Burneswe
un-.. ., , derstand , is now holding a very high political appointment in India , having been commissioned as Ambassador to Cabiil and Candahar . ST . PETER ' PRIORY , Feb . 2 . —Robert Gilfillan , of the C . K . Priory , Edinburgh , ( Grand Poet Laureate ) , was nominated Procurator and Representative from this Priory , before the Grand Conclave of Scotland .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND . —The members of this body , in conjunction with many of the metropolitan Masons , celebrated the festival of their tutelary saint on Tuesday the 27 th of Dec . 1836 , at the Commercial Buildings . At five o ' clock , the Duke of Leinster , G . M ., opened in ample form , when Sir Coghill Coghill was raised to the rank of S . G . AV ., and the Hon . Richard AVestenra was installed as J . G . AV ., and after being laced in S . received a salutation .
p The formula used on such occasions was very adroitly gone through by the Grand Officers , who during the evening were most unremitting in their attentions . The reply of the G . M . of England , to a congratulatory address from the Irish G . L . on the merciful and providential restoration of his Royal Highness ' s sig ht was then read , and received with
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Scotland.
well accomplished , in rallying and resuscitating from apathy the many . As respects the society of the Templars especially , we may say , that he has called a new Order into existence—for the Knights had been , for some years before , nigh sleeping " the sleep that knows no waking" In the annals of Scottish Templary , the name of Bro . Burnes wifl be blazoned as first and foremost of its chiefs ; and though we are not prone to despond in the present times , yet we truly fear " we ne ' er should
shah look upon his like again . " As an officiating—we say , rather , initiating—Prior , Dr . Burnes cannot possibly he surpassed , if , indeed , he may ever be equalled . But it is not in the masterly conduct of ceremonials alone that the present Prior is pre-eminently distinguished ; to this he superadds a profound and varied knowledge of the history and objects of the Order , such as , perhaps , no other individual possesses . We are happy to hear that Dr . Burnes does not proceed to India so soon as was expected by him , having obtained a few months further leave of absence .
ENOCH R . A . CHAPTER . —A meeting of this Chapter washeld for the first time for several years , oh the occasion of Dr . Burnes ' s visit to Montrose , 9 th January , under the direction of that old and respectable Mason , Br . J . Christie , M . E . II ., when six Companions were admitted members , and no less than nine Brethren were exalted to the R . A . degree . We owe the revival of this old and respectable Chapter—one of ' the most ancient , we believe , in Scotland , to the great exertions of that of
indefatigable and excellent Mason , Brother James Chalmers , P . M . the Lodge St . Peter ' s . The St . Peter ' s Priory of Knights Templars is also now in full action , several highly respectable gentlemen having already joined it . Dr . Burnes , P . G . M . for AVestern India , has intimated his nomination of Sir Robert K . Arbuthnot , Bart ., and Capt . Alexander Burnes , FRSas his Provincial Grand AVardens . Captain Burneswe
un-.. ., , derstand , is now holding a very high political appointment in India , having been commissioned as Ambassador to Cabiil and Candahar . ST . PETER ' PRIORY , Feb . 2 . —Robert Gilfillan , of the C . K . Priory , Edinburgh , ( Grand Poet Laureate ) , was nominated Procurator and Representative from this Priory , before the Grand Conclave of Scotland .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND . —The members of this body , in conjunction with many of the metropolitan Masons , celebrated the festival of their tutelary saint on Tuesday the 27 th of Dec . 1836 , at the Commercial Buildings . At five o ' clock , the Duke of Leinster , G . M ., opened in ample form , when Sir Coghill Coghill was raised to the rank of S . G . AV ., and the Hon . Richard AVestenra was installed as J . G . AV ., and after being laced in S . received a salutation .
p The formula used on such occasions was very adroitly gone through by the Grand Officers , who during the evening were most unremitting in their attentions . The reply of the G . M . of England , to a congratulatory address from the Irish G . L . on the merciful and providential restoration of his Royal Highness ' s sig ht was then read , and received with