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Canada.

close on Friday . The following is a list of the newly elected Grand Officers -. — M . AV . Bro . T . D . Harrington , Grand Master , re-elected . R . AV . Bro . AV . B . Simpson , Deputy Grand Master , re-elected . „ Edwin Heathfield , Senior Grand Warden . ,, AV . A . Osgood , Junior Grand AVarden . „ A incent Clcmenti , Grand Chaplain . „ II . Groff , Grand Treasurer , re-elected .

„ D . Curtis , Grand Registrar . „ T . B . Harris , Grand Secretary , unanimously re-elected . „ J . Morrison , Grand Tyler . The M . AA . G . M . was pleased to confirm the nomination' by lodges of their respective districts , as follows : —R . W . Bros . G . Masson , London ; G . W . Whitehead , AVilson ; M . Irviiitr , Huron ; Dr . Fitch , Hamilton ; AV . G . Storm , Toronto ; AV . H . Weller , Ontario ; G . F . La Serre , Central ; A . A . Campbell , P . Edward ; A . A . Stevenson ,

Montreal ; G . T . Morehouse , Eastern Townships ; no appointment , Quebec . The Grand Lodge resumed at S o ' clock . The Grand Secretary submitted his report on Model Minutes , and on motion he was instructed to have the form printed and circulated among the lodges . Bro ' . SnirsON gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the next meeting of Grand Lodge be held at Montreal .

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence , a very able document of about 200 pages , from the pen of S . D . Fowler , of Kingston , was received and ordered to be printed . The Grand Lodse then adjourned until the next day , when it

resumed at 11 O'clock . R . AV . Bro . Finlay M . King , Grand Master of the State of New York , was announced , and received with the usual honours , and invited to a seat on the dais . 'The M . W . brother delivered a very eloquent oration , thanking the Grand Lodge for the warmth of the reception extended to him . The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet again at 3 o'clock ; and on resuming , an interesting report from R . W . Bro . A . A . Stevenson

for the Montreal district , was read and disposed of . The P . G . M . AVm . M . AVilson presented his credentials , as representative of the Grand Lodge of St . Domingo , and the Grand Lodge appointed the 111 . Bro . Joseph de Castro , Minister of Foreign Affairs , as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Canada at that of St . Domingo . R . AV . Bro . J . A . Henderson , of Kingston , was appointed by the Grand Dodge of New York as its ' representative at this Grand

Lodge . The Committee on the G . M . address reported , and unanimously adopted . A report of the Committee on Constitution and regulations was read , received , and adopted . The Special Committee of Finance and Audit appointed at the last Session of the Grand Lodge , reported , and the report was adopted with an amendment .

The Committee on AVarrants reported , and recommended that warrants should be granted to the following lodges : — Pythagoras Lodge Meuford . Aylmer , Aylmer . Malahide Aylmer .

Tudor Mitchell . Excelsior Morrisbui-g . Friendly Brothers Iroquois . Tecnmseh Stratford . . T . B . Hall Millbi-ook . Prince of AVales Newburgh . Mississippi Almonte . Tho Civil Service Seat of Government .

Erie Port Dover . Hastings Hastings . Tho Grand River Berlin . Tho Grand Lodge then adjourned until 8 p . m ., then to meet for the election of officers . On the reassembling of Grand Lodge , the election of officers commenced . Over 260 brethren were present . M . AV . Bro , T . D . Harrington was re-elected as Grand Master .

BIRTHDAY PRESENTS . —AVhen you would make a birthday present , it is " pretty to observe , " as Pepys would say , what are the particular desires of the one who is to be the happy recipient of 3 'our generosity ; and , having discovered them , try to gratify them . From the want of this delicate attention , it is no uncommon thing for a baby , on its birthday , to have half-a-dozen silver mugs , and an adult half-a-dozen pairs of slippers ; which events render it necessary—for a genuine appreciation of the gifts—that the donees should have fabulous powers of adapting human nature to the exigencies of the case . —Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine .

Poetry.

Poetry .

SONNET ON A PORTRAIT . By MRS . F . B . SCOTT . Here let us pause awhile ! As some calm place , From crowds and tumult far distinct and lone , By moss and simple llow'rets all o ' ergrown , Steals on our sight this sweet and pensive face 1 High attributes the busy mind may trace :

Though sits triumphant on her marble throne , And the curved lips a lofty power own , AVeaving the last rich web of classic grace , Forth from the soft eyes ( 'neath whose steady gaze My heart grows strangely sad ) come mystic gleams , Telling of high resolve and Heaven-sent dreams . 0 haunt me , eyes , throughout the wint ' ry days ! Guide and protect me with your piercing beams , And wrap my spirit in your softening rays ! Tweddell ' s Yorlesldre Miscellany

SONNET , AA'RITTEN IN A LADY'S ALBUM . BY BROTHER GEOEGE MARKHAJI TWEDDELL , Author of " Shaksperc : his Times and Contemporaries , " etc . Lady ! I know not how mine humble pen Can give a lustre to thine album ' s grace ; Say , shall I sing the praise of worthy men ?

Or tell the beauties of thy seraph-face ? I know not , lady , how my rustic lyre May sound unto a well-timed ear like thine ; Or like the flames of some funereal pyre Its tones should rise—an offering , divine 1 AVeet as the gentle murmur of the brook That over gravell'd bed doth wind its way , Should be the stranger written in thy book , — A sylvan sonnet , or a roundelay . Thus , like a sheepish singer , I prolong Time in excuses longer than the song .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Madame Grisi has taken her farewell . It is said that she is bound , by express agreement , to sing no more in public in London ; but as her re-appearance at sundry private concerts has been one ofthe events of the fashionable season , it will not surprise us if , in this form of occupation , Madame Grisi still continues her relations with her English admirers for a while longer . New operas by MM . Semet and Grisar are in preparation for the new Theatre Lyriquein Paris ; alsoa grand ( Biblical ?) operab

, , , y M . Halevy , "Noe , " in which , says the Unioers Musicals , Madame Viardofc will take the principal part . The same auihority announces as forthcoming a version , for the new theatre , of Dr . Marschner's "Templer unci Judinn . " It states , too , that "Les Troyens , " by M . Berlioz , is not , for the present , to be given at the Grand Opera . The ro-appearance there of Madame Viardot in" Le prophete , " has been a great success . It is her opera . In the hands of no one else has the part of Fides ever been effective , or

appeared probable . A taste for part singing appears to have taken wholesome possession of France . There is to be a meeting of Orphionisles at the great fair of Beaucaire this year .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty and family still remain at Osborne , The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia continue on a visit to her Majesty , who is expected to leave for Ireland about the 14 th hist . IMPERIAL PARLIAJIENT . —In the HOUSE OP LORDS on Thursday , the 25 th inst ., the East India High Courts of Judicature Bill and the East India Civil Servants' Bill passed through the Committee .

The University Elections Bill and other bills were also advanced a stage . On Friday , a conversation was raised by the Earl of Derby with reference to the state of public business in both Houses . The noble earl complained that , owing to the number of bills which still awaited consideration by their lordships , it was impossible to deal with them in a satifactory manner , and he recommended that such of them as were not of positive urgency should bo withdrawn .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1861-08-03, Page 18” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 25 May 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_03081861/page/18/.
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MASONIC ADVENTURE. Article 1
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. Article 2
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHÆOLOGY. Article 3
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE. Article 4
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 5
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 6
Fine Arts. Article 7
LITERATURE. Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 8
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
PROVINCIAL. Article 9
ROYAL ARCH. Article 13
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 14
MARK MASONRY. Article 15
IRELAND. Article 15
CANADA. Article 15
Poetry. Article 18
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRSPONDENTS. Article 20
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Canada.

close on Friday . The following is a list of the newly elected Grand Officers -. — M . AV . Bro . T . D . Harrington , Grand Master , re-elected . R . AV . Bro . AV . B . Simpson , Deputy Grand Master , re-elected . „ Edwin Heathfield , Senior Grand Warden . ,, AV . A . Osgood , Junior Grand AVarden . „ A incent Clcmenti , Grand Chaplain . „ II . Groff , Grand Treasurer , re-elected .

„ D . Curtis , Grand Registrar . „ T . B . Harris , Grand Secretary , unanimously re-elected . „ J . Morrison , Grand Tyler . The M . AA . G . M . was pleased to confirm the nomination' by lodges of their respective districts , as follows : —R . W . Bros . G . Masson , London ; G . W . Whitehead , AVilson ; M . Irviiitr , Huron ; Dr . Fitch , Hamilton ; AV . G . Storm , Toronto ; AV . H . Weller , Ontario ; G . F . La Serre , Central ; A . A . Campbell , P . Edward ; A . A . Stevenson ,

Montreal ; G . T . Morehouse , Eastern Townships ; no appointment , Quebec . The Grand Lodge resumed at S o ' clock . The Grand Secretary submitted his report on Model Minutes , and on motion he was instructed to have the form printed and circulated among the lodges . Bro ' . SnirsON gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the next meeting of Grand Lodge be held at Montreal .

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence , a very able document of about 200 pages , from the pen of S . D . Fowler , of Kingston , was received and ordered to be printed . The Grand Lodse then adjourned until the next day , when it

resumed at 11 O'clock . R . AV . Bro . Finlay M . King , Grand Master of the State of New York , was announced , and received with the usual honours , and invited to a seat on the dais . 'The M . W . brother delivered a very eloquent oration , thanking the Grand Lodge for the warmth of the reception extended to him . The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet again at 3 o'clock ; and on resuming , an interesting report from R . W . Bro . A . A . Stevenson

for the Montreal district , was read and disposed of . The P . G . M . AVm . M . AVilson presented his credentials , as representative of the Grand Lodge of St . Domingo , and the Grand Lodge appointed the 111 . Bro . Joseph de Castro , Minister of Foreign Affairs , as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Canada at that of St . Domingo . R . AV . Bro . J . A . Henderson , of Kingston , was appointed by the Grand Dodge of New York as its ' representative at this Grand

Lodge . The Committee on the G . M . address reported , and unanimously adopted . A report of the Committee on Constitution and regulations was read , received , and adopted . The Special Committee of Finance and Audit appointed at the last Session of the Grand Lodge , reported , and the report was adopted with an amendment .

The Committee on AVarrants reported , and recommended that warrants should be granted to the following lodges : — Pythagoras Lodge Meuford . Aylmer , Aylmer . Malahide Aylmer .

Tudor Mitchell . Excelsior Morrisbui-g . Friendly Brothers Iroquois . Tecnmseh Stratford . . T . B . Hall Millbi-ook . Prince of AVales Newburgh . Mississippi Almonte . Tho Civil Service Seat of Government .

Erie Port Dover . Hastings Hastings . Tho Grand River Berlin . Tho Grand Lodge then adjourned until 8 p . m ., then to meet for the election of officers . On the reassembling of Grand Lodge , the election of officers commenced . Over 260 brethren were present . M . AV . Bro , T . D . Harrington was re-elected as Grand Master .

BIRTHDAY PRESENTS . —AVhen you would make a birthday present , it is " pretty to observe , " as Pepys would say , what are the particular desires of the one who is to be the happy recipient of 3 'our generosity ; and , having discovered them , try to gratify them . From the want of this delicate attention , it is no uncommon thing for a baby , on its birthday , to have half-a-dozen silver mugs , and an adult half-a-dozen pairs of slippers ; which events render it necessary—for a genuine appreciation of the gifts—that the donees should have fabulous powers of adapting human nature to the exigencies of the case . —Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine .

Poetry.

Poetry .

SONNET ON A PORTRAIT . By MRS . F . B . SCOTT . Here let us pause awhile ! As some calm place , From crowds and tumult far distinct and lone , By moss and simple llow'rets all o ' ergrown , Steals on our sight this sweet and pensive face 1 High attributes the busy mind may trace :

Though sits triumphant on her marble throne , And the curved lips a lofty power own , AVeaving the last rich web of classic grace , Forth from the soft eyes ( 'neath whose steady gaze My heart grows strangely sad ) come mystic gleams , Telling of high resolve and Heaven-sent dreams . 0 haunt me , eyes , throughout the wint ' ry days ! Guide and protect me with your piercing beams , And wrap my spirit in your softening rays ! Tweddell ' s Yorlesldre Miscellany

SONNET , AA'RITTEN IN A LADY'S ALBUM . BY BROTHER GEOEGE MARKHAJI TWEDDELL , Author of " Shaksperc : his Times and Contemporaries , " etc . Lady ! I know not how mine humble pen Can give a lustre to thine album ' s grace ; Say , shall I sing the praise of worthy men ?

Or tell the beauties of thy seraph-face ? I know not , lady , how my rustic lyre May sound unto a well-timed ear like thine ; Or like the flames of some funereal pyre Its tones should rise—an offering , divine 1 AVeet as the gentle murmur of the brook That over gravell'd bed doth wind its way , Should be the stranger written in thy book , — A sylvan sonnet , or a roundelay . Thus , like a sheepish singer , I prolong Time in excuses longer than the song .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Madame Grisi has taken her farewell . It is said that she is bound , by express agreement , to sing no more in public in London ; but as her re-appearance at sundry private concerts has been one ofthe events of the fashionable season , it will not surprise us if , in this form of occupation , Madame Grisi still continues her relations with her English admirers for a while longer . New operas by MM . Semet and Grisar are in preparation for the new Theatre Lyriquein Paris ; alsoa grand ( Biblical ?) operab

, , , y M . Halevy , "Noe , " in which , says the Unioers Musicals , Madame Viardofc will take the principal part . The same auihority announces as forthcoming a version , for the new theatre , of Dr . Marschner's "Templer unci Judinn . " It states , too , that "Les Troyens , " by M . Berlioz , is not , for the present , to be given at the Grand Opera . The ro-appearance there of Madame Viardot in" Le prophete , " has been a great success . It is her opera . In the hands of no one else has the part of Fides ever been effective , or

appeared probable . A taste for part singing appears to have taken wholesome possession of France . There is to be a meeting of Orphionisles at the great fair of Beaucaire this year .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty and family still remain at Osborne , The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia continue on a visit to her Majesty , who is expected to leave for Ireland about the 14 th hist . IMPERIAL PARLIAJIENT . —In the HOUSE OP LORDS on Thursday , the 25 th inst ., the East India High Courts of Judicature Bill and the East India Civil Servants' Bill passed through the Committee .

The University Elections Bill and other bills were also advanced a stage . On Friday , a conversation was raised by the Earl of Derby with reference to the state of public business in both Houses . The noble earl complained that , owing to the number of bills which still awaited consideration by their lordships , it was impossible to deal with them in a satifactory manner , and he recommended that such of them as were not of positive urgency should bo withdrawn .

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