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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 , 1876 .

The Queen's Visit To Edinburgh.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH .

Her Majesty the Queen has again favoured the loyal inhabitants of " Atild Reekie" with a Royal visit and a public ceremonial . The unveiling the statue to the lamented Prince Consort took place amid the most genial weather , aud under the most auspicious circu instances .

Everything went oft well from first to last without a hitch , without a " contretemps , " amid the loyalty of applauding thousands , and the gratification of a contented and industrious population . Edinburgh has received another happy work of art to adorn her classic streets and squaies , and to

point to some of the great characteristics of a remarkable nation , and we would fain hope that another link has been forged in that goodly chain of personal attachment and national devotion which will outlive the fleeting moments of time , and endure in full vigour and pristine sincerity to

many , many generations . As Freemasons we rejoice to note all that tends to the promotion of loyal sympathy and patriotic cohesion , all that serves to extend the influences of good government and civilization , peace and order , law and civic contentment , all that would increase nnd

confirm the real living national depth of personal attachment to the Sovereign of our native land , and bind all classes amongst us , the " most widely contrasted , " in ons firm array of trust and affection , of goodwill and well being . From the historic walls of Holyrood the Queen has sent

through Mr . Cross , the Home Secretary , the following most complimentary letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , a letter which will not only be perused with heartfelt pleasure by the inhabitants ofthe metropolis of North Britain , but by all classes of Her Majesty ' s subjects elsewhere : —

" Holyrood Palace , Aug . 18 , 18 7 6 . " My Lord Provost—I have the Queen ' s commands to express to your Lordship , and through your Lordship to the citizens of Edinburgh , how deeply Her Majesty values the welcome which she has just received in this city , and

how fully she appreciates all the arraugements which have been made for her reception . The loyalty of her Scottish subjects , their affectionate remembrance of the Prince Consort , their love of order , and power of self-government , which have just been so clearly shown , are most

gratifying to Her Majesty , and will , I can assure you , be ever remembered b y her with feelings of the greatest satisfaction . " I have the honour to be , my Lord Provost , your obedient servant , "RICHARD ASSHETON CROSS .

" To the Right Hon . the Lord Provost of Edinburgh . ' ' With this admirable letter we feel thatjittle more remains to be said by us . Years hence . when another generation takes our place , those who come after us may well remember , as they

gaze on such memorials of the great and the good , such artistic souvenirs of all that was highest in rank , most developed in intellect , noblest in service , and pre-eminent in worth , that we of this now ' passing epoch were always loyal and unswervingly attached to the

throne of our country , and the constitution of our forefathers . Let them recognise gladl y that we have bequeathed to them the solemn duty of treasuring , and the unceasing obligation of gallantly defending that priceless inheritance of national greatness and individual

freedom , of legality and order , of toleration and freedom of conscience , which wc received from our forefathers , and have handed on , unsullied and unaltered , nay , strengthened and expanded to them , as well for the honour and glory of Almighty God as for the onward progress of peace and good will , of monarchical institutions , of

incorruptible government , of civil and religious liberty , of peace , progress , and humanity , among the toiling masses of mankind . Still as of old the philosopher and the poet , and the statesman , the patriot , the citizen , and the Freemason may say , in the noble words of two of our historic worthies :

The Queen's Visit To Edinburgh.

Una etinim in mediis gens Libertate proba et justo libramine rerum Securum faustis degit sub legibus oevum .

Antiquosque colit mores et jura parentum Ordinefirmasua . sanoque intacta vigore Servat adhuc hominumque fidein cura rnqu Deorium .

One favoured nation , whose impartial laws Of sober freedom vindicate the cause . Her simple manners midst surrounding crimes Proclaim tiie genuine worth of ancient times .

True to herself unconquerably bold , The rights her valour gained she dares ] uphol d Still with pure faith her promise dares fulfil , Still bows submissive to the Almighty ' s will .

The Prorogation.

THE PROROGATION .

Parliament is prorogued , and our legislators are scattered in all directions . The Palace of Westminster is deserted , and tha Speaker ' s occupation ' s gone . For a few short favouring months legislators and leaders , orators and orations queries and quandaries , interrogations and

interludes , all will be forgotten , and we shall not , when we open the " Times " be either edified by the remarks of the leader of H . M . ' s opposition , or the confidences of the First Lord of H . M . ' s Treasury . We shall deeply miss Mr . Cross ' s good sense and Sir W . Harcourt ' s

Herodian eloquence , we shall not listen to Mr , Gladstone or Mr . Henley , to Mr . Hardy or Mr . Goschen , to Sir Stafford Northcote or to Mr , Dodson , Mr . Lowe ' s last sarcasm , or Mr . Ne-. vdegate ' s last discovery . And then " inter lunas

minores , " we shall be deprived of the ore rotundo of gallant Major O'Gorman , the vivacity of Mr . Dillwyn , the questions of Bro . Captain Pim , and the sagacity of Mr . Pell , the energy of Mr . Butt , and the placidity of Mr . Walpole ,

and then last , not least , we shall miss the irrepressible Whalley . Let laws , and learning , commerce die , But let us keep our own Whalley , We admit that the rhyme is indifferent , but it will do for the occasion . But still the solemn

and serious fact is before us , that our great" talking house " is silent for a season , and that we must now rely for some time to come on stump orators , and M . P . ' s doing the amiable and-the condescending to their constituents . Luckily this deprivation cannot last for ever , and like

men and Britons and Masons , we will resign ourselves to the grave trial . But from another point of view we feel that without treading on the forbidden zone of politics , this prorogation has a special interest for us all . We are not

going to descend into the region of party cries or party considerations , ours is not , never has been , never will be , as a political banner . We know nothing , as Freemasons , happily , within the peaceful enclosures of our lodge rooms , of the shibboleths of faction or the war cries of

contending camps . But every now and then there are certain points in our national history , which have a broader bearing and a wider interest for us all as citizens of our common country , than even the rallying countersigns of political coteries , or the question of particular leaders . There are

some facts which are before us in the great broad beaten pathway of public life , which have a general interest for us all , as citizens , patriots , Englishmen , and Freemasons . For though we know nothing perforce of politics qua politics , we still have all of us the duties of citizens to

perform and the sympathies of citizens to avow , and which we can never properly , or even Masonically , forget or ignore . One of the greatest orators of the House of Commons , on which ever side he mig ht happen to be seated , passes from the assembly which for a quarter of a

century he has so greatly adorned , into the Uppff House . Her Majesty ' s Premier , the chief of her " servants , " the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli , loses that name so well known to all Eng lishmen of all ranks and parties in the State , and will henceforth be hailed amongst us as the Earl

of Beaconsfield . Like another Great Commoner , only let us hope under happier auspices , * leaves now the bustle and angry conflicts of the Commons House of Parliament for the comparative quietude and less stiring . atmosphere of the House of Lords . We need not , as we cannot ,