Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.

" May the Almi g hty Creator protect this favourite Island against the banefull effects of adopting such Diabolical Atheistical opinions , should be the prayer of every worthy Btother . Directed to the Brethren of Peebles , Kilwinning . " At this meeting James KerBarberand Robert Smith refused to pay the

, , Quarter Dues conform to the new Regulations , and therefore are to be considered as having no right to the benefit of the Society , in so far as connected with the Friendly institution present under consideration . Also the Right Worshipful Master laid before the meeting a letter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , with respect to erecting a Hall for the Masons of Scotland .

The meeting- resolve that the subject be taken into consideration in regard to contribuing , both as Individuals and as a body . In the meantime recommend to the Secretary to send an answer to above letter , that the subject suggested has been talked of at St . John ' s Day meeting , and a Definite answer may be expected in the course of a month or two .

Carthage.

CARTHAGE .

A paper read before the annual meeting of the members of the York College of ' llosiamcians at York , 26 f / t February , 1881 . BY R . W . ERA . A . M . BR 0 ADLKY , VIII .

EW . Chief Adept and Fratres , —I very much regret that my manifold occupations concerning the Carthage of the present have curtailed the few words I desired to say about the Carthage of the past . Our greatest bard has exclaimed , speaking oi the country I have designated the Carthage of the present , " This Tunissirwas Carthage . " How powerful the interest and

, , how rich the associations concentrated in these few words ! The general features of the history of the ancient Mistress of the South are doubtless known to you , and I , therefore , only need remind you that both Carthage and Tyre , as well as the Great Temple of Jerusalem , had a common ori gin . They sprang one and all , from the operative labours of the most ancient , and at the same time the most skilful of the old-world Masonsthe fellow countrymen of

, H . A . The immediate descendants of the artificers of the Temple almost lived to see the walls of Carthage rise on the slopes of the African hills in the centre of the long coast-line of the Mediterranean . Never was site of cit y better chosen ; overlooking a wide spreading bay , skirted with purple mountains , and bathed by the waves of a sea which vied for richness of colour with the azure African sky overhead , the site of Carthage was perhaps without an equal . It

was here , amidst the palm trees , which became the emblem of their state , the Tyrian workmen built "Ancient Carthage . " It was on the same site there rose in succession Roman and Byzantine cities , each on the ruins of its predecessor . The Phcenecian remains , which are covered b y the debris of the edifices of succeeding populations , are surpassingly interesting . They bear nearly all the emblems and signs familiar to the Masonic brotherhood , and present to the