Provincial.

Tom Chadwiek , Purveyor ; Prank Alced , Tyler . The lodge being opened in this populous suburb of Dewsbury , and from the energy of the brethren already displayed , it promises well for its future prosperity .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . BEABPOBD . —Chapter of Charity ( No . 379 ) . —This chapter held a meeting on Monday evening , December 3 rd , for the purpose of receiving propositions , half-yearly contributions , and to ascertain if any companion would volunteer to act as steward at the next Annual Festival of the Royal Benevolent Institution in January . The meeting was called for seven o'clock , and was opened shortly

afterwards by the M . E . Z ., Henry Smith , P . Z . 513 , assisted by AVilliam Mawson , H ., and Michael Rogerson , P . Z ., as J . There were also present , Comps . J . F . Robinson , Treas . ; Thos . Al ' oodhead , S . E ; James Lumb , as P . Soj . ; Horatio Lutterworth as 1 st As . ; Henry 0 . Mawson as 2 nd As . ; Jonas Hill , Dr . Taylor , Thos . Hill , P . Z . ; J . H . Buckley , P . Z . ; J . 0 . Holmes , and others . Owing to the very unfavourable weather the companions did not muster strong . Resignations were presented and ted from CompsKeildey and

accep . g AA m . Ellison , who have left this country to settle in Australia and New Zealand , and Comp . Geo . Mitchell , who has gone to reside in Leeds . Bro . C . F . Graun . ' of Alfred Lodge ( No . 3 S 1 ) , Leeds , was proposed as a fit and proper person to be exalted in the supreme degree . A companion stated that one or more stewards -would he found to come forward for the Benevolent Festival , in the course of the month . An apology for absence was read from Comp . AA .

Gath , P . Z ., and the chapter closed , when the companions retired to refreshment , provided in the ante-room , and separated after an agreeable hour , enlivened by the vocal powers of several musical companions .

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

OBSEBVANCE ENCAMI > MENT . —The first meeting of the season of this justly distinguished Encampment was held on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., at the Thatched House , St . James's , when the same was opened in solemn form , and deep regret was manifested for the great loss the Order had sustained in the demise of our M . F .. and Supreme G . M . Colonel Tynte , and also the Grand Chancellor Sir Knt . Masson . The banners were dressed in crape . The election of an E . C . for the ensuing year then took place , when the unanimous choice of the f ' rnters fell upon Sir Knt . Dr . Hiuxman , A ' . E . P . G . C . ; Sir Knight Ranger , E C , in the chair .

Turkey.

TURKEY .

CONSTANTINOPLE . —Oriental Lodge of Instruction ( No . 988 ) . —At the weekly meeting on AYednesday , 21 st November , at the Lodae Rooms , Bro . George Laurie , AA . M ., OSS , in the chair , Pro . Hyde , Clarke , AV . M ., No . 110 S , delivered a lecture on the " Connection of the Scriptural , Philosophic , and Craft History of Freemasonry . " Bro . Pulman , AV . M . elect of 9 S 8 , moved a vote of thanks to liro . Clarke .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . THE LATE MAUQUIS OF DALHOPSIE . James Andrew Broun Ramsay , the late Marquis of Dalhousic was born in 1 S 12 , at the Castle ' of Dalhousic , N . B . —After beiim educated at Harrow , Lord Ramsay—for such was his "title of courtesy "—proceeded to Christ Church , Oxford , where he took his degree in 1833 , gaining an honorary fourth class in classics . At the general election following he contested Edinburgh , on Torv princi

ples , against Mr . Abcrcromby , now Lord Dunfermline , and Sir Joini , lion- Lord , Campbell , Lord Chancellor of England , and was unsuccessful . The contest excited considerable interest , and our young brother exhibited a degree of ability which augured well for his future career . His frankness , honesty , and courage , were apparent , and in spite of his political creed , the populace could not help cheering a juvenile patrician , the heir of thirty generations , who

did not shrink from an encounter with the roughest radicals in the Scottish metropolis . The antiquity of his race was a subject to which the heir of Dalhousic alluded with pride when lie first solicited the suffrages of the electors ; and when defeated , he remarked with good humour , that , " they were daft to refuse the Laird o'Cockpen . " In 1837 Lord Ramsay found his way into the House of Commons as member for the county of Haddington , and his stay there was but brief . In 1838 , he succeeded his father as

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tenth Earl of Dalhousic , and took his seat among thepecrs of the United Kingdom . Ere long , his business habits brought him under the notice of the late Duke of AA ellington , and Sir Robert Peel , who , in 181-3 , appointed him Vice-President of the Board of Trade , in succession to the Hon . AA . E . Gladstone . Two years later he was appointed President of that Board , and continued in that office till the accsssion of Lord John Russell to power in 1816 . In this position he made himself thoroughlacquainted with

comy mercial affairs , and showed especial interest in railway matters , in the science of which , as well as engineering , he had considerable skill . In 1847 , when Lord Hardinge was recalled from India , the Governor-Generalship was offered to Earl Dalhousie . The rule over such a country , numbering nearly 120 , 000 , 000 composed of different races distinct iu language , blood , and religion , is a task of no mean weight , but Earl Dalhousic resolved , as lie said , " to sot a stout

heart to a steep brae , " and about the beginning of 1818 , he landed in India . He was the youngest Governor-General ever sent to that country . It is said that he was at once a favourite with the Ministers and the Court of Directors , being selected by the former for his known habits of business and talented energy , and approved by the latter because they believed him willing to ' carry out their plans . Ho succeeded Lord Hardinge , who , before he left India , reduced the b

army y 50 , 000 troops , and departed , declaring his conviction that for seven years not another hostile siiot would be fired within the British-Indian Empire . Earl Dalhousic inaugurated his reign by a sanguinary and avowedly vengeful war with the Sikhs , and the annexation of the Puiijaub . "If these men , " said he , " will have war , they shall have it with a vengeance . " To execute this threat , he marched into tho north-west provinces , and the defeat of the Sikhs showed at once the vigour of his plans . lie followed up his victory by a bold and original step in annexing

the Punjaub , totally indifferent to the opinion that might be formed here , in England , to so decided an act . "But this " was not the limit of bis conquests . Bexar , Pegu , and Nangpore , aud still more recently the rich province of Oude , " successively swelled the area of our dominion and his responsibility . AVhile thus fortunate in war , Earl Dalhousie was far from forgetting that " peace hath her victories . " Under his auspices a vast line of railway was opened , ami the electric telegraph was introducedso as to place Calcutta

, in immediate communication with Madras , Bombay , and Lahore ; Canals were dug ; the benefits of education were greatly extended ; infanticide and religious persecution officially controlled , if not extinguished ; and the legal and civil departments of the administration satisfactorily reformed . Meanwhile our brother ' s health had suffered , and he embarked , on his return to England , in March , 185 G , his administration having extended through rather more than eiht

gyears . In 18 : 19 , Earl Dalhousie was advanced to the Marquisate of the same title , having in the previous year been honoured with the Kni ghthood of the Thistle . In 18 : 19 , he received the thanks of Iioth Houses of Parliament , and of the East India Company , for the zeal and ability which he had displayed in the contest with the Sikhs . In 1852 , on the decease of our Brother the illustrious Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Derby , then Premier , bestowed the of Dalhousie

upon Marquis the AVardeiiship of the Cinque Ports . The Marchioness of Dalhousie , a daughter of the Marquis of Tiveeddale , and sister other Grace the present Duchess of AVelliugton , was married to the late marquis in 1 S 36 , and died , in 1853 , on her voyage home , nearly in sight of the Land ' s End . By her his lordship has left two daughters—the Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay and Edith Christian ' , " married to Sir James Fcrgusson , Bart . The Scottish titles so to our K . AV . D . G . M . Lord Paiimure , who was the Marquis ' s cousin .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

Boxing-day , from time immemorial , has been devoted to holidaymakir . g in - good old England . On Wednesday the custom was not allowed to fall intojibeyance , and , owing to the favourableness of the weather , the parks and streets were crowded , and the various places of amusement thronged throughout the day ; and in the evenin" - the theatres were packed with audiences who went to be , and were " pleased and delighted . HER MAJESTY'S . The lessee of

this theatre produced not only a new onera , but ventured , upon the presentation , for the first time in the history of Her Majesty ' s Theatre , of a pantonine , which is also -original , and in aid of which he has brought into requisition all that talent which has marked his superintendence of some of the most successful public amusements which have been presented to the metropolis . AVith respect to the opera , "Queen Topaze , " which was most favourably received , we shall defer our notice of it to a future occasion . The pantomime was entitled "Harlequin ami Tom Thumb ; or , ' Merlin the . Magician and the Good Fairies of the Court of Kin" -