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Scotland.
friend , at the close of life , that he was regarded in those countries less as a warrior and conqueror than as the benefactor and friend of the people . But more than this , he was eminent as a poet , an historian , an ambassador of peace ; in foreign lands he had represented his sovereign , and successfully concluded treaties , the object of which was to foster the spirit of civilization , and extend the trade and commerce of this country . His name would live equallin the history of foreign
y countries and of these realms : and regarding his career , from the period when in youth he left his native district , well might it be looked on as an example which would invite others to follow it ; and that example would exert a wholesome influence on distant posterity , for " even in our ashes live their wonted fires : " When the traveller observed this monument in after times , and inquired to whose memory it pointed , it should be answered , that it kept alive the remembrance of a great wareminent amDassattor
rior , an nonoureu civilian , an , a tusxinguisneti historian , but , above all , an honest man . This honourable and honest bearing , which had distinguished him through life , must be traced to his early , sound , and religious education , and this he owed to the parish church , and to that established religion of his country , which had been earned by the blood of their forefathers , who in peril had worshipped their God among their glens and hills—an established system of reliion which had been transmitted by their forefathers as the best
inhe-. g ritance which they could leave to posterity . The talents and high qualifications of the deceased could not fall to the lot of every one , but at least all might emulate his virtues . In the evening the gentlemen who had taken part in the procession , and the public generally , assembled for dinner in a booth which had been erected for their temporary accommodation . Colonel Pasley , C . B ., took the chairsupported bSir James MalcolmK . C . B . Sir Pulteney
, y , , Malcolm , G . C . B ., Sir James Graham , Bart ., and a very numerous assemblage of the relatives and friends of the illustrious deceased . A number of speeches were made in the course of the evening , expressive of the respect of his fellow-countrymen for the illustrious individual whose lamented death had brought them together . The whole proceedings of the day must have gratified , in the highest degree , all who are linked by the ties of friendship or kindred with tho departed hero of
Eskdale . [ An esteemed correspondent lias , in a very sensible letter which he has addressed to us , noticed the omission of a compliment so generally preserved in all assemblies where a Masonic character may be considered to be imparted to the proceedings of any meeting—namely , the health of the " Grand Masters of the Order . "—in bonnie Scotland ( and we are pleased to promulgate it ) Brother Sandy never fails to give the Grand Master of England , even before his own ( Jrand Chief , as a mark of respect to the royal family . The omission of the Grand Masters of the " " triple kingdoms" was , in all probability , inadvertent . —ED . ]
PERTH . —The members of the Lodge Si . Andrew of Perth , met in the George Inn to elect office-bearers for the ensuing year . There was a considerable muster of the Brethren , and the following members were elected to the respective offices : — The Rig ht Hon . Viscount Stormont . It . W . Master The Hon . Fox Maule , M . P . . . It . W . Past Master Dr . Halket It . W . Depute Master Patrick Wallace , Esq Senior Warden
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Scotland.
friend , at the close of life , that he was regarded in those countries less as a warrior and conqueror than as the benefactor and friend of the people . But more than this , he was eminent as a poet , an historian , an ambassador of peace ; in foreign lands he had represented his sovereign , and successfully concluded treaties , the object of which was to foster the spirit of civilization , and extend the trade and commerce of this country . His name would live equallin the history of foreign
y countries and of these realms : and regarding his career , from the period when in youth he left his native district , well might it be looked on as an example which would invite others to follow it ; and that example would exert a wholesome influence on distant posterity , for " even in our ashes live their wonted fires : " When the traveller observed this monument in after times , and inquired to whose memory it pointed , it should be answered , that it kept alive the remembrance of a great wareminent amDassattor
rior , an nonoureu civilian , an , a tusxinguisneti historian , but , above all , an honest man . This honourable and honest bearing , which had distinguished him through life , must be traced to his early , sound , and religious education , and this he owed to the parish church , and to that established religion of his country , which had been earned by the blood of their forefathers , who in peril had worshipped their God among their glens and hills—an established system of reliion which had been transmitted by their forefathers as the best
inhe-. g ritance which they could leave to posterity . The talents and high qualifications of the deceased could not fall to the lot of every one , but at least all might emulate his virtues . In the evening the gentlemen who had taken part in the procession , and the public generally , assembled for dinner in a booth which had been erected for their temporary accommodation . Colonel Pasley , C . B ., took the chairsupported bSir James MalcolmK . C . B . Sir Pulteney
, y , , Malcolm , G . C . B ., Sir James Graham , Bart ., and a very numerous assemblage of the relatives and friends of the illustrious deceased . A number of speeches were made in the course of the evening , expressive of the respect of his fellow-countrymen for the illustrious individual whose lamented death had brought them together . The whole proceedings of the day must have gratified , in the highest degree , all who are linked by the ties of friendship or kindred with tho departed hero of
Eskdale . [ An esteemed correspondent lias , in a very sensible letter which he has addressed to us , noticed the omission of a compliment so generally preserved in all assemblies where a Masonic character may be considered to be imparted to the proceedings of any meeting—namely , the health of the " Grand Masters of the Order . "—in bonnie Scotland ( and we are pleased to promulgate it ) Brother Sandy never fails to give the Grand Master of England , even before his own ( Jrand Chief , as a mark of respect to the royal family . The omission of the Grand Masters of the " " triple kingdoms" was , in all probability , inadvertent . —ED . ]
PERTH . —The members of the Lodge Si . Andrew of Perth , met in the George Inn to elect office-bearers for the ensuing year . There was a considerable muster of the Brethren , and the following members were elected to the respective offices : — The Rig ht Hon . Viscount Stormont . It . W . Master The Hon . Fox Maule , M . P . . . It . W . Past Master Dr . Halket It . W . Depute Master Patrick Wallace , Esq Senior Warden