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which he felt at being inaugurated as the Prov . Grand Master , and stated , that as the Prov . Grand Master of Forfarshire had many duties to perform , which could not at present be overtaken , he hoped he would soon havo an opportunity of meeting the brethren again . Bro . Sir P . M . Threipland , Bart ., next gave " Bro . Sir John Ogilvy , the R . AV . D . Prov . G . M ., and the other office bearers of tho Proi ' . Grand Locigo , " aud , iu doing so , took occasion to say that Sir John was not the
tinsel but the life of Masonry , since he had taken upon himself the obligations of a Mason . Bro . Sir John Ogilvy responded . He said he rose not only on his OAVU account , but also on account of the office bearers who had been alluded to , to return thanks for tho very kindly manner in ivhich the meeting had receiveci the toast just proposed . He was sure he expressed tho sentiments of his brother Masons when ho said that they highly esteemed the honour ivhich had been done them by their
brethren . The Prov . Grand Master then proposed the various Lodges present , in their order of seniority . These toasts ivere duly receiveci and honoured by the company , and the respective Masters responded in suitable terms . The Prov . Grand Master next proposed tho health of Bro . the Hon . Arthur Kinnaird , the member for Perth , which ivas received most cordiall y by the brethren . Bro . Kinnaird replied in a very feeling manner , and said that he felt
proud to occupy , as his lordship had said , undisturbed , the scat ivhich AA-as last occupied by his lordship before his elevation to tho upper house , since that time up till UOAV . He felt proud to think that he had helcl the seat undisturbed , seeing that Perth AA'as a constituency , like this city , composed of great and independent electors , AA'hom it Avas at all times . 1 high honour to represent . Ho had not , like his lordship , got high honours from her majesty , and no man got them more deservedly than his lordship had done ; but he felt greatly honoured by the
confidence of his constituency , and he also felt highly honoured by the very flattering manner in which his health had been received by this very large and respectable meeting . He ( Bro . Kinnaird ) then said that his lordship had referred to the visit ho had recently paid to another country , now struggling for its liberty ; and AA'ith reference to that subject , he ( Bro . Kinnaird ) had been much gratified by that visit , as ho found that tho whole people , although thirsting for liberty , sought only to attain it in an orderly and constitutional manner . They had elected
to lead them men of the most unblemished reputation for honour , integrity , and right principle , and they had folloAved their injunction so thoroughly as to prove that they were worthy of real freedom . He was sure that the feeling in this country ivas wholly Avith the Italians , ancl he felt confident that her majesty ' s government would carry out that feeling to the utmost of their poiver . Ho again thanked the meeting for the compliment they had paid to him . Bro . Kinuaird ' s speech was received with rapturous applause . The Lodge was closed about half-past eight o ' clock .
Asia.
ASIA .
SMYRNA . INTERESTING MASONIC CEREMONY . ON the Sth of October the city of Smyrna was the scene of a grand fete , on the occasion of tho Pacha visiting the Ottoman , Smyrna and Aidin RailiA'ay . In the afternoon he proceeded up tlie line to the village of Seidikeni , to lay the first stone of the Seidikeni station . Bro . Hyde Clarke AVIIO is engaged in the management of the workstook advantage
, , of the occasion to invite the co-operation of brethren in affording Afasonic assistance for the ceremony . Besides those brethren AA'ho were officially invited , his colleague anel lumself issued tickets to several of the Smyrna brethren . In the present state of Alasonry in the province , 111 . Bro . Hyde Clarke was requested by the leading brethren to preside over the proceedings of tho day , and in virtue of his authority , convened an occasional Lodge at Seidikeni . On descending from the train , the brethren proceeded to a tentwhich had been provided for themand
, , clothed themselves . Attended by a guard of honour and band of music , they joined the ceremonial in procession , IU . Bro . Hyde Clarke , S . P . R . S ., officiating as AV . M . ; 111 . Bro . Carver , S . P . R . C ., as P . M . ; 111 . Bro . Foust , K . H ., as S . AV . ; Bro . George Meredith ( chief engineer ) , as J . AV . ; and other members of the hig hest rank as officers—these wearing the decorations "f their high degrees presented an . imposing spectacle . Tho brethren then formed in the centre around II . E . Mohamer Pacha , whom they assisted with the working tools ; and gathering on the stone they joined
silentl y in a Masonic prayer for the success of the enterprise , aud the restoration of Masonry in the province . H . E . on being informed by Bro . Hyde Clarke that the brethren had prayed to tho Supreme Being , begged him in Turkish to express his thanks to them . At the dinner the brethren , at their OAVU request , were assembled together , and saluted each other , and Bro . Hyde Clarke , to whom Bro . Carver , LJj . B ., offered a special toast , in his speech took the opportunity of calling the attention of the company to the claims of Masonry . Bro . Hyde Clarke said that at the table AVOI-O assembled men of many nations ; but Masonry had brought him that day in friendly relations with very many wv-mg thorn .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Tho Queen anel Prince Consort , accompanied by Prince and Princess Frederick AVilliam of Prussia ( Princess Royal ) ancl Princess Alice , have been to Frogmore twice this week to visit the Duchess of Kent . The launch of the Victoria , screw liue-of-battle-ship , which has been looked forivard to with unusual interest , was effected at Portsmouth on Saturday , under circumstances of perfect success . Her Majesty , the Prince Consort , tho Prince anel Princess Frederick AVilliam , and other members of the Royal Family were on boardthe ceremony of christeiiiii "
, being performed by the Princess Frederick AVilliam . The Victoria is larger than any line-of-battlo-ship afloat . Among the visitors this Avook we find the names of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary , the Duchess of AYellingtoii , the Marquis of Ailesbury , Earl Spencer , the Portuguese ambassador , Lord John Russell , Lord Sydney , anel Sir George Grey . /
FOREIGN NEWS . —The Moniteur publishes the report of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly qii the fight of the 7 th of September , ivith the Cochin-Chinese , in ivhich the enemy suffered severe loss . The report says— " AVe have put the enemy to flight , and luive destroyed their forts and artillery . Our loss amounts to ten killed and fort y wounded . The French semi-official papers contest that the French despatch to Sardinia did not convey urgent representations , but merely intimated that the emperor would regret the acceptance by Prince Carignan of the offer
made him . AVhatever the message was ifc has thrown the Sardinian government into a state of perturbation . A portion ofthe ministry are for refusing to accede to . the " representations" of tho august ally ; another portion is for trusting to his majesty ' s " sympathies for Italy and relying on the congress , " and the difference is so serious thafc a ministerial crisis is expected at Turin . The Patrie says the congress is to assemble iu Paris , on the 15 th of December , but that the adhesion of Engla-ndhad not yet been received . A provincial the Indcpendant
paper , , del' Quest , has received a warning for hinting that the government is severe against those who defend the rights of the Pope , and veiy lenient , against those ivho attack them . The Moniteur , referring to tho election of Prince Carignan , says it is to bo regretted because such a resolution tends to prejudge questions which must be settled in the congress . Tho Paris correspondent draw's attention to recent facts connected with tho treaty of Zurich aud the affairs of Central Italy , and maintains tho
opinion that the Emperor of tho French has not at heart the independence of Italy . _ The dangerous state of Central Italy is also commented on . The Patrie of Monday announces that a pamphlet by M . Emile cle Girardin , entitled " Napoleon III . et 1 ' Europe , " was seized on Monday , when in type afc the printing office , by a judge ' s order . Leonie Cherean , the girl ivho was charged Avith stealing tho child of M . Hua , has been declared not guilt the trial has excited great interest in Paris
y ; . - The semi-official Const ilutionncl , often more official than the Moniteur itself , states , as a reason for the opposition to Prince Carignan , that it Avould have caused open intervention in Italy , and Sardinia then could not have prevented the entry of the Neapolitan troops into the Roman territory . The departure of the French expedition to China appears to be fixed for about the 15 th of December . The vessels carrying out ivill touch at
troops Goree , the Cape of Good Hope , and Singapore , and orders have been sent to the French consuls at those places to have iu readiness such supplies as are likely to be required . The expedition lA'ill reach China , as already stated , at the time of the year most favourable for military operations . M . Lesseps has gone to Constantinople , and the Marseilles newspapers state that instructions from the French Government were received at Alexandria on the 27 th October to prevent any act that ivould interfere with the privileges of the Suez Canal
Company . The Avorks of the canal continue . The nomination of Prince Carignan was a measure that wounded no susceptibilities , and would be agreeable to the moderate party in Europe , being in itself the indication of a definite line of policy . A telegram from Turin denies certain reports of a ministerial crisis having taken place there on the question of the proposed regency of Prince Carignan . It is stated that a council of ministers heed been heldat which several influential gentlemen of hih standing
, g were present . The Monitore of Bologna publishes an official report from M . Brizzi , provincial administrator of the See of Rimini , stating that the pontifical troops , on the 9 th of June last , profaned fche church of San Gaudeuzio , At that date the pontifical government had not yet been overthrown in Romagna , and the report was addressed to the papal legate , but not published until IIOAV by the present government . The Military Gazette of Vienna speaks of considerable reforms ivhich are iu lation in the Austrian
contemp army , which is to be organized on a new system , both with respect to its armament and distribution in brigades and battalions . Rifled cannon is to be used , but on a different model from that of the French . A correspondent , writing from Pesth , on the ( ith instant , says that the A'iennese cabinet had decided on the selection of a number of Hungarians as " men of confidence " to assemble to discuss a plan of municipal organization for Hungary ; but it
appears that the government has not been able to collect a sufficient number of men in whom they could confide to carry out their scheme An imperial autograph letter has been addressed to the Minister of Finance , Baron von Brack , expressing tho desire of tho emperor to make good the deficit iu the budget of the ynar 18 C 0-0 L In order to carry out tho desire of the emperor a committee will bo appointed whose work is to be terminated at tlie cud of March next , and the result
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Scotland.
which he felt at being inaugurated as the Prov . Grand Master , and stated , that as the Prov . Grand Master of Forfarshire had many duties to perform , which could not at present be overtaken , he hoped he would soon havo an opportunity of meeting the brethren again . Bro . Sir P . M . Threipland , Bart ., next gave " Bro . Sir John Ogilvy , the R . AV . D . Prov . G . M ., and the other office bearers of tho Proi ' . Grand Locigo , " aud , iu doing so , took occasion to say that Sir John was not the
tinsel but the life of Masonry , since he had taken upon himself the obligations of a Mason . Bro . Sir John Ogilvy responded . He said he rose not only on his OAVU account , but also on account of the office bearers who had been alluded to , to return thanks for tho very kindly manner in ivhich the meeting had receiveci the toast just proposed . He was sure he expressed tho sentiments of his brother Masons when ho said that they highly esteemed the honour ivhich had been done them by their
brethren . The Prov . Grand Master then proposed the various Lodges present , in their order of seniority . These toasts ivere duly receiveci and honoured by the company , and the respective Masters responded in suitable terms . The Prov . Grand Master next proposed tho health of Bro . the Hon . Arthur Kinnaird , the member for Perth , which ivas received most cordiall y by the brethren . Bro . Kinnaird replied in a very feeling manner , and said that he felt
proud to occupy , as his lordship had said , undisturbed , the scat ivhich AA-as last occupied by his lordship before his elevation to tho upper house , since that time up till UOAV . He felt proud to think that he had helcl the seat undisturbed , seeing that Perth AA'as a constituency , like this city , composed of great and independent electors , AA'hom it Avas at all times . 1 high honour to represent . Ho had not , like his lordship , got high honours from her majesty , and no man got them more deservedly than his lordship had done ; but he felt greatly honoured by the
confidence of his constituency , and he also felt highly honoured by the very flattering manner in which his health had been received by this very large and respectable meeting . He ( Bro . Kinnaird ) then said that his lordship had referred to the visit ho had recently paid to another country , now struggling for its liberty ; and AA'ith reference to that subject , he ( Bro . Kinnaird ) had been much gratified by that visit , as ho found that tho whole people , although thirsting for liberty , sought only to attain it in an orderly and constitutional manner . They had elected
to lead them men of the most unblemished reputation for honour , integrity , and right principle , and they had folloAved their injunction so thoroughly as to prove that they were worthy of real freedom . He was sure that the feeling in this country ivas wholly Avith the Italians , ancl he felt confident that her majesty ' s government would carry out that feeling to the utmost of their poiver . Ho again thanked the meeting for the compliment they had paid to him . Bro . Kinuaird ' s speech was received with rapturous applause . The Lodge was closed about half-past eight o ' clock .
Asia.
ASIA .
SMYRNA . INTERESTING MASONIC CEREMONY . ON the Sth of October the city of Smyrna was the scene of a grand fete , on the occasion of tho Pacha visiting the Ottoman , Smyrna and Aidin RailiA'ay . In the afternoon he proceeded up tlie line to the village of Seidikeni , to lay the first stone of the Seidikeni station . Bro . Hyde Clarke AVIIO is engaged in the management of the workstook advantage
, , of the occasion to invite the co-operation of brethren in affording Afasonic assistance for the ceremony . Besides those brethren AA'ho were officially invited , his colleague anel lumself issued tickets to several of the Smyrna brethren . In the present state of Alasonry in the province , 111 . Bro . Hyde Clarke was requested by the leading brethren to preside over the proceedings of tho day , and in virtue of his authority , convened an occasional Lodge at Seidikeni . On descending from the train , the brethren proceeded to a tentwhich had been provided for themand
, , clothed themselves . Attended by a guard of honour and band of music , they joined the ceremonial in procession , IU . Bro . Hyde Clarke , S . P . R . S ., officiating as AV . M . ; 111 . Bro . Carver , S . P . R . C ., as P . M . ; 111 . Bro . Foust , K . H ., as S . AV . ; Bro . George Meredith ( chief engineer ) , as J . AV . ; and other members of the hig hest rank as officers—these wearing the decorations "f their high degrees presented an . imposing spectacle . Tho brethren then formed in the centre around II . E . Mohamer Pacha , whom they assisted with the working tools ; and gathering on the stone they joined
silentl y in a Masonic prayer for the success of the enterprise , aud the restoration of Masonry in the province . H . E . on being informed by Bro . Hyde Clarke that the brethren had prayed to tho Supreme Being , begged him in Turkish to express his thanks to them . At the dinner the brethren , at their OAVU request , were assembled together , and saluted each other , and Bro . Hyde Clarke , to whom Bro . Carver , LJj . B ., offered a special toast , in his speech took the opportunity of calling the attention of the company to the claims of Masonry . Bro . Hyde Clarke said that at the table AVOI-O assembled men of many nations ; but Masonry had brought him that day in friendly relations with very many wv-mg thorn .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Tho Queen anel Prince Consort , accompanied by Prince and Princess Frederick AVilliam of Prussia ( Princess Royal ) ancl Princess Alice , have been to Frogmore twice this week to visit the Duchess of Kent . The launch of the Victoria , screw liue-of-battle-ship , which has been looked forivard to with unusual interest , was effected at Portsmouth on Saturday , under circumstances of perfect success . Her Majesty , the Prince Consort , tho Prince anel Princess Frederick AVilliam , and other members of the Royal Family were on boardthe ceremony of christeiiiii "
, being performed by the Princess Frederick AVilliam . The Victoria is larger than any line-of-battlo-ship afloat . Among the visitors this Avook we find the names of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary , the Duchess of AYellingtoii , the Marquis of Ailesbury , Earl Spencer , the Portuguese ambassador , Lord John Russell , Lord Sydney , anel Sir George Grey . /
FOREIGN NEWS . —The Moniteur publishes the report of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly qii the fight of the 7 th of September , ivith the Cochin-Chinese , in ivhich the enemy suffered severe loss . The report says— " AVe have put the enemy to flight , and luive destroyed their forts and artillery . Our loss amounts to ten killed and fort y wounded . The French semi-official papers contest that the French despatch to Sardinia did not convey urgent representations , but merely intimated that the emperor would regret the acceptance by Prince Carignan of the offer
made him . AVhatever the message was ifc has thrown the Sardinian government into a state of perturbation . A portion ofthe ministry are for refusing to accede to . the " representations" of tho august ally ; another portion is for trusting to his majesty ' s " sympathies for Italy and relying on the congress , " and the difference is so serious thafc a ministerial crisis is expected at Turin . The Patrie says the congress is to assemble iu Paris , on the 15 th of December , but that the adhesion of Engla-ndhad not yet been received . A provincial the Indcpendant
paper , , del' Quest , has received a warning for hinting that the government is severe against those who defend the rights of the Pope , and veiy lenient , against those ivho attack them . The Moniteur , referring to tho election of Prince Carignan , says it is to bo regretted because such a resolution tends to prejudge questions which must be settled in the congress . Tho Paris correspondent draw's attention to recent facts connected with tho treaty of Zurich aud the affairs of Central Italy , and maintains tho
opinion that the Emperor of tho French has not at heart the independence of Italy . _ The dangerous state of Central Italy is also commented on . The Patrie of Monday announces that a pamphlet by M . Emile cle Girardin , entitled " Napoleon III . et 1 ' Europe , " was seized on Monday , when in type afc the printing office , by a judge ' s order . Leonie Cherean , the girl ivho was charged Avith stealing tho child of M . Hua , has been declared not guilt the trial has excited great interest in Paris
y ; . - The semi-official Const ilutionncl , often more official than the Moniteur itself , states , as a reason for the opposition to Prince Carignan , that it Avould have caused open intervention in Italy , and Sardinia then could not have prevented the entry of the Neapolitan troops into the Roman territory . The departure of the French expedition to China appears to be fixed for about the 15 th of December . The vessels carrying out ivill touch at
troops Goree , the Cape of Good Hope , and Singapore , and orders have been sent to the French consuls at those places to have iu readiness such supplies as are likely to be required . The expedition lA'ill reach China , as already stated , at the time of the year most favourable for military operations . M . Lesseps has gone to Constantinople , and the Marseilles newspapers state that instructions from the French Government were received at Alexandria on the 27 th October to prevent any act that ivould interfere with the privileges of the Suez Canal
Company . The Avorks of the canal continue . The nomination of Prince Carignan was a measure that wounded no susceptibilities , and would be agreeable to the moderate party in Europe , being in itself the indication of a definite line of policy . A telegram from Turin denies certain reports of a ministerial crisis having taken place there on the question of the proposed regency of Prince Carignan . It is stated that a council of ministers heed been heldat which several influential gentlemen of hih standing
, g were present . The Monitore of Bologna publishes an official report from M . Brizzi , provincial administrator of the See of Rimini , stating that the pontifical troops , on the 9 th of June last , profaned fche church of San Gaudeuzio , At that date the pontifical government had not yet been overthrown in Romagna , and the report was addressed to the papal legate , but not published until IIOAV by the present government . The Military Gazette of Vienna speaks of considerable reforms ivhich are iu lation in the Austrian
contemp army , which is to be organized on a new system , both with respect to its armament and distribution in brigades and battalions . Rifled cannon is to be used , but on a different model from that of the French . A correspondent , writing from Pesth , on the ( ith instant , says that the A'iennese cabinet had decided on the selection of a number of Hungarians as " men of confidence " to assemble to discuss a plan of municipal organization for Hungary ; but it
appears that the government has not been able to collect a sufficient number of men in whom they could confide to carry out their scheme An imperial autograph letter has been addressed to the Minister of Finance , Baron von Brack , expressing tho desire of tho emperor to make good the deficit iu the budget of the ynar 18 C 0-0 L In order to carry out tho desire of the emperor a committee will bo appointed whose work is to be terminated at tlie cud of March next , and the result