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Provincial.
before , to their station , where they remained until 2 , p . m ., when the Royal cortege passed the British Hotel , at the top of Broad-street , through Conway-street , to the place of embarkation , amidst the roaring of cannon , and British cheers from the assembled thousands . The Brethren , in the meantime , returned to their place of rendezvous , ancl each having hastily disrobed , hastened to the new harbour—now bearing her name—eager to enjoy another sight of the daughter and niece of a Alason , in the person of their beloved Queen .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
A MASONIC TEMPLAR OF TUB OLD SCHOOL . —The recent intrusive and un-Masonic interference in the 33 rd degree , was altogether unauthorized—we are glad to know this , asit spares us the pain of making some awkward disclosures . Good will eome out of evil , for a wholesome lesson is thus placed hefore the attention of those whose over-zeal had betrayed them into some rather uncannie acts j we say to them—repudiate the past hy legalizing the future ; there is no other mode of regaining an honourable position . — " CAVENDO TUTUS . "
EDINBURGH , Aug . IS . —Saturday being the anniversary of the birth of Scotland ' s unrivalled novelist , Sir Walter Scott , according to previous arrangement , a grand procession , followed by a public dinner , took place on the occasion of the formal dedication of the beautiful monument erected to his memory in Princes-street . A few days previously the colossal marble statue of the great minstrel had been removed from Mr . Steel ' s studio , and placed under the ground arch in the lower part of the monumentand the ceremony of dedication was to consist in
, removing the covering in which it was enveloped , and exposing the statue , for the first time , to public view . The ceremony , it had been resolved , should be performed with every outward demonstration of respect , and accordingly the most anxious preparations had been making for some time before by the civic authorities , and the Masonic bodies of Edinburgh and the neighbourhood . The effect of these washowevermarred to a great extent by the nature
, , of the weather , which was most unpropitious for the successful issue of any thing in the shape of external pageantry . From daylight till the moment of the procession starting , rain fell with little intermission , — frequently in torrents . Notwithstanding this depressing influence , numerous parties were conveyed to town by the Edinburgh ancl
Glasgow , and North British Railways , in addition to other modes of conveyance . The interest pf the proceedings was in some measure lessened by the absence of the surviving friends and associates of Sir AA ' alter Scott , as well as the aristocracy of Edinburgh generally ; but , notwithstanding every adverse circumstance , the ceremony passed off with tolerable eclatThe great bodofthe strangers and tourists at present sojourn ?
. y .-ing itfScotland had bent their steps towards the capital on this occasion ' ; and the trading portion of the citizens of Edinburgh themselyes had resolved to honour the occasion as a holiday . At an early hour iu the forenoon the shops were closed ; the streets became crowded by gay . and .
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Provincial.
before , to their station , where they remained until 2 , p . m ., when the Royal cortege passed the British Hotel , at the top of Broad-street , through Conway-street , to the place of embarkation , amidst the roaring of cannon , and British cheers from the assembled thousands . The Brethren , in the meantime , returned to their place of rendezvous , ancl each having hastily disrobed , hastened to the new harbour—now bearing her name—eager to enjoy another sight of the daughter and niece of a Alason , in the person of their beloved Queen .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
A MASONIC TEMPLAR OF TUB OLD SCHOOL . —The recent intrusive and un-Masonic interference in the 33 rd degree , was altogether unauthorized—we are glad to know this , asit spares us the pain of making some awkward disclosures . Good will eome out of evil , for a wholesome lesson is thus placed hefore the attention of those whose over-zeal had betrayed them into some rather uncannie acts j we say to them—repudiate the past hy legalizing the future ; there is no other mode of regaining an honourable position . — " CAVENDO TUTUS . "
EDINBURGH , Aug . IS . —Saturday being the anniversary of the birth of Scotland ' s unrivalled novelist , Sir Walter Scott , according to previous arrangement , a grand procession , followed by a public dinner , took place on the occasion of the formal dedication of the beautiful monument erected to his memory in Princes-street . A few days previously the colossal marble statue of the great minstrel had been removed from Mr . Steel ' s studio , and placed under the ground arch in the lower part of the monumentand the ceremony of dedication was to consist in
, removing the covering in which it was enveloped , and exposing the statue , for the first time , to public view . The ceremony , it had been resolved , should be performed with every outward demonstration of respect , and accordingly the most anxious preparations had been making for some time before by the civic authorities , and the Masonic bodies of Edinburgh and the neighbourhood . The effect of these washowevermarred to a great extent by the nature
, , of the weather , which was most unpropitious for the successful issue of any thing in the shape of external pageantry . From daylight till the moment of the procession starting , rain fell with little intermission , — frequently in torrents . Notwithstanding this depressing influence , numerous parties were conveyed to town by the Edinburgh ancl
Glasgow , and North British Railways , in addition to other modes of conveyance . The interest pf the proceedings was in some measure lessened by the absence of the surviving friends and associates of Sir AA ' alter Scott , as well as the aristocracy of Edinburgh generally ; but , notwithstanding every adverse circumstance , the ceremony passed off with tolerable eclatThe great bodofthe strangers and tourists at present sojourn ?
. y .-ing itfScotland had bent their steps towards the capital on this occasion ' ; and the trading portion of the citizens of Edinburgh themselyes had resolved to honour the occasion as a holiday . At an early hour iu the forenoon the shops were closed ; the streets became crowded by gay . and .