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able , and eloquent reply , thanked the brethren for the eulogiums passed upon the Lodge of which he was office bearer , and which he had the honour that evening to head . Br . Patterson , at the request of the Master , raised the hilarity of the meeting by singing a humorous ballad . The health of Br . Sir John Maxwell , as proposed by Br . John Irvine , was honoured with much applause ; and to the toast of "The Wardens of the Renfrew County Kilwinning , " as proposed by Br . Donald Campbell , S . W . Br . Stuart returned thanks .

Brs . D . Campbell ancl AVilliam Alexander were , on motions regularly made and carried , affiliated members , and thereafter the Lodge was closed . In November , 1750 , the Renfrew County Kilwinning Loclge was instituted , and then stood No . 11 upon the roll of the G . L . of Kilwinning , who alone at this period had power to grant charters in Scotland . It continued for many years to be a most flourishing Lodge , probably the most aristocratic in Scotland . The meetings were held oftentimes at the residence of one or other of the membersandin this respect

, , , we understand that some sort of rotation was observed . The Lodge was made by this means pretty exclusive . AVilliam , Earl of Dundonald , became , in the year 1752 , a member of the R . C . K . He was an ancestor of the present Lord Dundonald , whose proposed scheme' for the destruction of Russian power has of late brought him conspicuously before the

population of these islands . William Lord Blantyre , in 1778 , was made a member , ancl he , as the quaint words of the roll-book bear , " made a present of all ye jewels to ye Lodge . " The Ear ! of Glasgow likewise became a member in 1778 . In a minute dated 30 th November , 1798 , the initiation of Lieutenant John Moore of the 15 th Regiment , is recorded . That brother died as Sir John Moore , little more than ten years afterwards , on the field of Corunna . The minute-book of the Loclge is somewhat curious , as from it can be observed that

the state of the country , from 1790 up to 1805 , was somelike what at present prevails , as the names of many officers of the " Fencibles" are during that period noted in the minutes . Indeed , from the great quantity of names of military brethren , it might almost be denominated a military Lodge . The ancestors of the Pl . G . M ., Br . Sir John Maxwell , of Polloc , of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , Colonel M'Dowall , of Gartland , Boyd Alexander , Esq ., of Southbar , Colonel Mure of Caldwell , and of most of the distinguished families of the countyare enrolled in the books . After 1805 to

, , up which time the Loclge had worked , it became dormant ; and now , although it has been virtually resuscitated , still the former office-bearers , by not coming under the G . L . laws , and refusing to acknowledge her supremacy , lost to the succeeding generation of brethren their honourable number 11 in the G . L . Roll . It is to be hoped , however , that at some future day the Lodge may receive its old distinctive mark .

ROYAL ARCH . GLASGOW CHAPTER ( No . 50 ) . —On the 5 th Oct ., the monthly meeting of this Chapter was held in St . Marks Hall . Br . Donald was admitted a member of the " Mark" and " Past" Lodges in connection therewith , preparatory to his exaltation to the Royal Arch . M . E . Comp . Donald Campbell Z . presided as R . W . M . After the Lodges were closed , the companions present , with the newly made Mark and Past Master , retired to partake of a light repast , in the " adjacent , " where the evening was happily spent .

Freemasonry In India.

FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .

The following interesting letter from a gallant officer who was some years since initiated in the John of Gaunt Lodge , No . 766 , Leicester , has recently been received by the Senior Past Master of the Lodge : — Thayetmyo ( Burmah ) , 1 st June , 1855 . Dear Brother * * *—Even at this , to you , unheard-of place , the head quarters of the Frontier Brigade , in our new territories acquired in Burmah , I cannot forget