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Scotland.
sent to me on or before the 20 th instant , specifying the articles required . The lowest prices of these are as under : —¦ " For Knights Grand Crosses . —Cap 4 s . ; mantle 13 s . ; sword and sword-belt 1 / . 14 s . 6 d . ; badge and cordon 21 . " For Knights Commanders . —Cap 3 s . 6 d . ; mantle 10 s . Gd . ; sword and sword-belt ll . lis . 6 d . ; badge and ribbon ll . 10 s . "For Knights . — Cap 2 s . ; mantle 10 s . Gd . sword and sword-belt
; \ l . 13 s . ; badge and ribbon li . "That proper arrangements may be made for the Knights attending , it is desirable that those who are to be present on the evening of the 29 th November , should notify their intention to me by Saturday the 25 th instant , at latest . " It is particularly requested that the heads of Priories forthwith apprize the Knights under them of the approaching reception , to enable
all registered Members of the Order , appearing in the costume recognized by the Statutes , Chap . VII . to have an opportunity of witnessing the interesting and imposing Ceremonial of Reception in the first Provisional Priory of the Order in Edinburgh .
"By Command ofthe M . E . and R . The Grand Master , " J . LINNING WOODMAN , G . Sec . and Registrar . " "Edinburgh , 14 th November , 181-3 . " 27 , India Street . " ORDER OP THE TEMPLE . —On AVednesday , the 29 th of November , in consequence of authority from the Grand Master , ( Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B . & c . & c . ) a Provisional Priory of the Grand
, Council of this religious and military Order was held at Edinburgh , for the express purpose of receiving within its pale Lord Glenlyon , ihe Master of Strathallan , Sir David Dundas , and John AVhyte Melville , Esq . of Bemiochy and Strathkinness . The Red Cross Knights , attired as of old , in the white costume conferred upon them by St . Bernard , assembled to the number of nearly sixty , and were arranged in stalls , according to their respective ranks in the Order . The Grand Master ' s
throne was unoccupied , his Eminence being at present absent from Scotland , in command of her Majesty ' s naval forces at Plymouth . The Chapter-house was decorated with drapery , representing tents . Over these tents were placed escutcheons , containing the armorial bearings of the Knights , and the glorious beauseant and other banners of chivalric
fame were hung around the apartment . I he Preceptor and Grand Prior of Scotland , AValker Arnott of Arlary , presided , and a commission from the Grand Council , appointing Fra . W . E . Aytoun to conduct the reception , having been read , the beautiful and interesting ceremonial was thereafter proceeded with by him . On its termination , the irrevocable vow of profession was administered to the newly created Knights . The ceremony of AVednesday derived considerable interest from the fact , that the noble Lord Glenlyon ' s ancestor , the Marquis of Tullibardine ,
commonly styled Duke of Atholl , demitted his high office of Regent of the Order , on the election of Prince Charles Edward Stuart to the Grand Mastership , on 24 th September , 1745 . The Provisional Priory was closed immediately after the ceremonial of reception had ended . * '
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Scotland.
sent to me on or before the 20 th instant , specifying the articles required . The lowest prices of these are as under : —¦ " For Knights Grand Crosses . —Cap 4 s . ; mantle 13 s . ; sword and sword-belt 1 / . 14 s . 6 d . ; badge and cordon 21 . " For Knights Commanders . —Cap 3 s . 6 d . ; mantle 10 s . Gd . ; sword and sword-belt ll . lis . 6 d . ; badge and ribbon ll . 10 s . "For Knights . — Cap 2 s . ; mantle 10 s . Gd . sword and sword-belt
; \ l . 13 s . ; badge and ribbon li . "That proper arrangements may be made for the Knights attending , it is desirable that those who are to be present on the evening of the 29 th November , should notify their intention to me by Saturday the 25 th instant , at latest . " It is particularly requested that the heads of Priories forthwith apprize the Knights under them of the approaching reception , to enable
all registered Members of the Order , appearing in the costume recognized by the Statutes , Chap . VII . to have an opportunity of witnessing the interesting and imposing Ceremonial of Reception in the first Provisional Priory of the Order in Edinburgh .
"By Command ofthe M . E . and R . The Grand Master , " J . LINNING WOODMAN , G . Sec . and Registrar . " "Edinburgh , 14 th November , 181-3 . " 27 , India Street . " ORDER OP THE TEMPLE . —On AVednesday , the 29 th of November , in consequence of authority from the Grand Master , ( Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B . & c . & c . ) a Provisional Priory of the Grand
, Council of this religious and military Order was held at Edinburgh , for the express purpose of receiving within its pale Lord Glenlyon , ihe Master of Strathallan , Sir David Dundas , and John AVhyte Melville , Esq . of Bemiochy and Strathkinness . The Red Cross Knights , attired as of old , in the white costume conferred upon them by St . Bernard , assembled to the number of nearly sixty , and were arranged in stalls , according to their respective ranks in the Order . The Grand Master ' s
throne was unoccupied , his Eminence being at present absent from Scotland , in command of her Majesty ' s naval forces at Plymouth . The Chapter-house was decorated with drapery , representing tents . Over these tents were placed escutcheons , containing the armorial bearings of the Knights , and the glorious beauseant and other banners of chivalric
fame were hung around the apartment . I he Preceptor and Grand Prior of Scotland , AValker Arnott of Arlary , presided , and a commission from the Grand Council , appointing Fra . W . E . Aytoun to conduct the reception , having been read , the beautiful and interesting ceremonial was thereafter proceeded with by him . On its termination , the irrevocable vow of profession was administered to the newly created Knights . The ceremony of AVednesday derived considerable interest from the fact , that the noble Lord Glenlyon ' s ancestor , the Marquis of Tullibardine ,
commonly styled Duke of Atholl , demitted his high office of Regent of the Order , on the election of Prince Charles Edward Stuart to the Grand Mastership , on 24 th September , 1745 . The Provisional Priory was closed immediately after the ceremonial of reception had ended . * '