The Right Hon. The Earl Of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B., B.W.P.D.G.M.

setaries of slate for the Home Department from April , 1835 , down to June , 1841 ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade from June to September , 1841 ; Secretary-at-War from July , 1846 , to February , 1852 , Avhen he Avas appointed President of the Board of Control . Before ,

however , he had held this position for more than a few weeks , Lord Derby ' s accession to poAver took place , and he retired from office . On the formation of Lord Aberdeen ' s Cabinet in January , 1853 , Lord Panmure resumed his old post as Secretary-at-War , which he discharged until shortly after the outbreak of the Eussian war .

In July , 1854 , a reconstruction of some of the great offices of state took place , and the duties of Secretary of State for the "War Department were separated from those of the Secretary for the Colonies , and Avere entrusted to the hands of Lord Panmure , upon the withdrawal of the Duke of INfeAVcastle in the

followingmonth of Pebruary , when Lord Panmure , on entering upon the last-named office , bore a most honest and well-merited testimony to the efficiency of the administration of its arduous duties by his predecessor . In discharging the duties of the Secretary of State for the War Department , Lord Panmure found no

comfortable sinecure . At all events , until the conclusion of the Eussian war , his head and his hand were actively and energetically employed . His tenure of office will always be remembered by the country Avith gratitude , as having inaugurated a system of competitive examination for candidates for commissions in the army , under which it

is to be reasonably hoped that a sure and certain stimulus has been already given to the great cause of military education , in whieh we are so lamentably deficient as a nation . It has long been knoAvn that his lordship was anxious

to quit official life on the score of failing health ; and we believe that he has resolved on withdrawing from the cares of State , and on spending the remainder of his days in retirement at his castle of Brechin , in the fair county of Eorfar . We should mention that , besides his official duties in

London , Lord Panmure was elected Lord Eector of the University of Glasgow in JSTovember , 1842 ; ancl that in 1849 he Avas appointed Lord Lieutenant of his native county , and in 1853 Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland . We UOAV come to the Masonic portion of his lordship ' s

life , and Ave can scarcely give him his new and proper title , so intimately are we associated with him in Masonry as Lord Panmure . As the Hon . Pox Maule he was initiated , when serving in Canada , on the 9 th of April , 1828 , in the Quebec Lodge ( No . 68)—then 77 . On his return to England he joined the Lodge of Friendship

( No . 6 ) , and was appointed S . G . W . in the same year . For several years , though a P . M . of IS ~ o . 6 , and a member of the Alpha Lodge , he took no active part in Masonic business . But in 1857 AA as appointed E . W . D . G . M . His lordshi p is a Eoyal-Arch Companion , baying held the chair of Grand H . in Grand Chapter , as

The Right Hon. The Earl Of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B., B.W.P.D.G.M.

Avell as being a Scottish Eoyal Arch Mason . He is also Prov . Grand Master for Forfarshire , under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and representative of the Grand Lodge of England at that Grand Lodge . In public and private life the Earl of Dalhousie is

much respected for his geniality , high sense of honour , and courtesy . In Masonry he is as greatly venerated . It was mainly owing to his clearsig htedness that the policy advocated in this Magazine , towards our Canadian brethren , was at last adopted , and has resulted in

a union instead of a disruption of Masonic ties . In the retirement into private life the Earl of Dalhousie will be followed by but one sentiment from the English Craft—regret at parting with one so popular and esteemed—but it will be chastened by the pleasing hope that his lordship may recruit his health and enjoy ,

for many years , that calm of mind which always accompany those who have done their duty to their country , brethren , and the world at large , in the senate , the council , and the lodge .

Grand Chapter.

GRAND CHAPTER .

It is very rarely that any subject of interest comes before Grand Chapter . Indeed , AA'e believe it would be for the benefit of the Order were it abolished , and the governing bodies of the Craft and the Arch united under Grand Lodge . As , however , there does not appear to be

any likelihood of so desirable a measure being carried out for the present , we must occasionally expect to find something arise of sufficient interest in its proceedings to attract the attention of the Craft ; and such a subject comes before Grand Chapter on Wednesday next . It will be remembered , that as a sequel to the

unfortunate disputes which existed between Grand Lodge and our Canadian brethren , some three or four years since , the M . W . Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of England acknowledged the independence of the Grand Lodge of Canada—the M . W . Grand Master , however , being careful to reserve the rig hts of the brethren still

desirous of retaiuing their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , AA'hich he did in a letter addressed by the Grand Secretary of England , to Colonel Wilson , the then Grand Blaster of Canada , in these words : —

" As , however , there aro some few lodges iu Canada West who have signified their desire to retain their attachment to , and immediate connection with , the Grand Lodge of England , from whom they received their warrants , the Grand Lodge and Grand Master .. feel that they are not at liberty to withdraw that protection from such lodges against

their will , and therefore claim for them , from the Grand Locigo of Canada , recognition of their present position viith all their Masonic privileges , and those of their members respectively . The M . AV . Grand- Master feels that this is simply an act of justice , and based on the same principle as that enunciated in your communication . "

The justice of this reservation was fully acknowledged by Bro . Wilson ; and on this basis it was that amicable