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Scotland.
The funds of the Order were reported to stand as follows : — £ s . d , In Bank , exclusive of interest . . . 51 13 0 Outstanding dues , payable by Grancl Crosses or Commanders , created since 11 th March , 1844 . 28 7 0 In the hands of the Registrar , applicable to payment of sundry outstanding
accountsamount-, ing to . £ 10 , or thereby 24 1 4 Total . . £ 104 1 4 Then follows a list of additions to the roll of Grand Conclave . I'he Order ofthe Temple . —May 6 . —FraterThe lamented death of
, Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ., Grand Alaster of this Religious and Military Order , renders an immediate meeting of the Grancl Council necessary . You are therefore Jiarticularly requested to attend here to-morrow , AVednesday , at three o ' clock P . M . I am , Frater , your most obedient , 2 , St . Andrew square , Edinburgh . J . LlNNING AVoOD-lIAN , Registrar .
May 8 . —Frater , I am instructed to convene an adjourned meeting of the Grand Council of the Order of the Temple , to be held on Saturday , the 10 th instant , at three o ' clock afternoon , to proceed , in terms of the Statutes recorded in the minutes , with the election of a Regent , until the Grancl Conclave shall elect a Grand Alaster .
( Signed as above . ) May 17 . —Frater , The issue ofthe inclosed circular , dated A'f arch 11 , has been delayed from time to time b y the Grand Council , for reasons wliich it is unnecessary here to explain . I now transmit it , ancl hope that the memorandum of proceedings therein given will be interesting a lid satisfactory . Since that circular was printedthe painful duty of recording the
, demise of the gallant and venerable Grand Master , Admiral Sir JDavid Milne , G . C . B ., has devolved upon me . That distinguished career in the service of his country , which pointed out Sir David as a fit successor to the unforgotten founders and warriors of the Temple , in the sovereignty of this chivalrous Order , added to deservedly esteemed private worth—tried and successful exertions for the prosperity of the institution—renders his loss a matter of sincere
regret to the Order at large . Sir David held the reins of government for rather more than nine years , during which period the gradual advance ancl increased importance of the soldiery of the Temple must have been most gratifying to every one connected with the Brotherhood . The Grand Council met on the 10 th instant , after the death of the Grancl Master had been officially communicatedancl proceededin
, , virtue of the Statutes and of the powers vested in them , to elect a Regent . Captain Burn Callender , of Prestonhall , one of Her Alajesty ' s Deputy Lieutenants for the county of A'lid Lothian , and Senior Grand Cross of the Order , was unanimously appointed to the Regency , and installed in due form .
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Scotland.
The funds of the Order were reported to stand as follows : — £ s . d , In Bank , exclusive of interest . . . 51 13 0 Outstanding dues , payable by Grancl Crosses or Commanders , created since 11 th March , 1844 . 28 7 0 In the hands of the Registrar , applicable to payment of sundry outstanding
accountsamount-, ing to . £ 10 , or thereby 24 1 4 Total . . £ 104 1 4 Then follows a list of additions to the roll of Grand Conclave . I'he Order ofthe Temple . —May 6 . —FraterThe lamented death of
, Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ., Grand Alaster of this Religious and Military Order , renders an immediate meeting of the Grancl Council necessary . You are therefore Jiarticularly requested to attend here to-morrow , AVednesday , at three o ' clock P . M . I am , Frater , your most obedient , 2 , St . Andrew square , Edinburgh . J . LlNNING AVoOD-lIAN , Registrar .
May 8 . —Frater , I am instructed to convene an adjourned meeting of the Grand Council of the Order of the Temple , to be held on Saturday , the 10 th instant , at three o ' clock afternoon , to proceed , in terms of the Statutes recorded in the minutes , with the election of a Regent , until the Grancl Conclave shall elect a Grand Alaster .
( Signed as above . ) May 17 . —Frater , The issue ofthe inclosed circular , dated A'f arch 11 , has been delayed from time to time b y the Grand Council , for reasons wliich it is unnecessary here to explain . I now transmit it , ancl hope that the memorandum of proceedings therein given will be interesting a lid satisfactory . Since that circular was printedthe painful duty of recording the
, demise of the gallant and venerable Grand Master , Admiral Sir JDavid Milne , G . C . B ., has devolved upon me . That distinguished career in the service of his country , which pointed out Sir David as a fit successor to the unforgotten founders and warriors of the Temple , in the sovereignty of this chivalrous Order , added to deservedly esteemed private worth—tried and successful exertions for the prosperity of the institution—renders his loss a matter of sincere
regret to the Order at large . Sir David held the reins of government for rather more than nine years , during which period the gradual advance ancl increased importance of the soldiery of the Temple must have been most gratifying to every one connected with the Brotherhood . The Grand Council met on the 10 th instant , after the death of the Grancl Master had been officially communicatedancl proceededin
, , virtue of the Statutes and of the powers vested in them , to elect a Regent . Captain Burn Callender , of Prestonhall , one of Her Alajesty ' s Deputy Lieutenants for the county of A'lid Lothian , and Senior Grand Cross of the Order , was unanimously appointed to the Regency , and installed in due form .