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Scotland.
Grand Clerk ; Rev . David Arnot , D . D ., Grand Chaplain : Rev . Alexander Bonar , D . D ., Asst . Grand Chaplain ; F . D . Blaeowan , S . G . D . ; Thomas Drybi-otigh , J . G . D . ; David Biyeo , Grand Architect ; Charles Ma okay , Grand Jeweller ; John Deuehar , Bible Bearer ; Captain P . Deuchar , R . N . and Hugh James Rollo , W . S ., G . Dirs . of Cers . ; Sir George Beresford , Bart ., Grand Sword Bearer ; Charles AA ' . BI . Miiller , G . Dir . of Blusic ; John Coghill , Grand Marshal ; James AA ' aters , Deputy Grand Marshal ; AVilliam 31 Grand Tlerand the following Board of Grand
. Bryce , y , Stewards : — John Cunningham , President ; AA' . D . Blacritchie , A'ice President ; AA' . Belfrage , AV . Forrester , John Haig , John D . B . Hay , AVilliam Hunt , F . S . Melville , H . A . Macneil , James Nairno , John Steventon , Colonel Hunter , George Paterson , James Turner , Charles Stuart Law , A . 31 . Clarke , Owen Gough , AA'illiam Blaun , David Bryce , J . Elstou , J . G . Houston , Charles Mackenzie , Lindsay Bfaekersay , Dunbar KirkwoodRobert BlillomAlexander HayHerman Kautfman . After
, , , the installation and other business of Grand Lotlgo had been completed , the BLA \' . Grand Blaster and other office bearers ancl members of Grand Loclge adjourned to the large hall to celebrate tho festival of St . Andrew , when upwards of two hundred brethren dined together . Tho Duke of Athole presided , supported by bis Grand Officers on the dais , the Senior and Junior Grand AVardens acting as Croupiers . After the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " the choristers sang a
Blasonie version of the National Anthem , accompanied by the band and the organ , the whole of the brethren joining in the chorus . In reply to the toast of "Tho Army and the Navy , " Major General Swinboui'iie in alluding to the present volunteer movement , stated that although forty years had expired since he first smelt powder on the field of AA ' aterloo , it afforded him very great pleasure to join as a volunteer in the Blasonie Company of the Edinburgh Rifles . Ho was not sure if he should not have given precedence iu replying to tliis toast to
Captain Laurie ( the Grand See . ) whom he had much pleasure in recognizing as his commanding officer . He felt certain that tlio company , in appointing that brother as their captain , had put the right man In the right plaee , aud he felt convinced that so long as the volunteer regiments were officered by gentlemen like those appointed by his own company , and so long as the members of the several companies paid steady attention to the commands of their officers , that should a foreign power overland an on our shoresthat indomitable courage ivhich in our
army , regulars had overcome the privations of the Crimean AVar and the burning sands of India , would inspire our voluuteersto fight for their homes , their wives , and their children . Among the deputations present , beside those from the Edin Lodges , we observed St . John ' s , Kirkintilloch ; Ancient , Stirling ; Zetland , Grangemouth ; and numerous other country Lodges .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . THE RIGHT HON . H . FITZROY , M . P ., P . G . AV . AA ' regret to announce the death of the Right Hon . Henry Fitzroy . Our deceased brother had been suffering for some weeks at his residence , 3 , Sussex-square , Kemp-town , Brighton , from a combination of fever and ague . Bro . Fitzroy was the second son of the late Lord Southampton , and would have inherited the peerage on the death of his brother , the present lord . At the age of twenty-four he was returned for Great GrimsbLincolnshireand since that time has been constantly immersed
y , , in polities . Iu 1 S 1 C he became a Lord of the Admiralty , and in 1852 Under Secretary for the Home Department . He became Chairman of Committees in the March of the year 1 S 55 , and he held this office up to the time of his death . He died at the house above mentioned , at six o ' clock on Saturday evening , at the age of fifty-two , having been born on the 2 nd of BEay , 1 S 07 . Bro . Fitzroy was initiated in tho Apollo Lodge ( No . 4 fi 0 ) Oxfordancl joined the South Saxon Lodge ( No . 300 ) ,
, , Lewes , iu September , 1 S 35 ; and the Pomfret Lodge ( No . Hi : ' , ) , Northampton , on the 4 th of January , IS 3 S . He was appointed S . G . AV . in 1811 ; and in the same year Assist . Soj . in the Grand Chapter . Bro . Fitzroy was a Governor of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons , & c , and a supporter of the other charities . Though our right hon . brother hacl ceased for many years to tako an active part in the business of the Order , he continued a subscribing member of the South Saxon Lodge to the time of his death .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen and her family are at AVnidsor , and are m good health . The Prince Consort has attended the meetings of the Horticultural Society and of the trustees of the South Kensington Museum ; and with the Prince of AA'ales has been shooting several days this week . The Queen and her daughters ride and walk daily iu the Home Park . Her Blajesty ' s visitors have included the Duke of Blalakoff , tbe Prince of Leinengen , Count de Lavradio , and Sir Charles Eastlake . FOREIGN NEWS . —The important hlet" Le Rape et lo Congres "
pamp , , has produced an immense effect in Paris , affecting the various parties according as their interests are likely to be involved . It will call forth in Catholic Italy the greatest exultation , while the Parti Pre / re will receive it with unbounded rage . Not the slightest doubt is entertained in political circles hi . Paris that 31 . Mocquarcl , the Emperor ' s secretary ,
is the writer . Bl . Louis A ' euillot calls the pamphlet the "Kiss of Judas . " 1 c has produced no small consternation at Rome , for the departure of the first plenipotentiary of tho Pope has been stopped in consequence , and tho Papal Nuuoio at Paris had intimated to Count AA ' alowski that his master could not be represented in the Congress if its rumoured authorship did not receive an official denial . A new play , produced on Friday evening at the Porte St . Blartin Theatre , has caused a great sensation at Paris . 31 . Blocquard is the author " and the subject
, is the abduction of a Jew ' s daughter—injshort , a dramatic version of the Mortara . case . The audience comprised the emperor and empress , officials , senators , and members of the Corps Legislatif , and the appearance of the house was that of a gala night at the opera . The piece is regarded as a political symptom of the most significant kind . Count AValewski has , however , informed the diplomatic corps ia Paris , that as long us he is Foreign Minister " The Pope and the Congress " shall not
be regarded as the programme of the French ministry . BL Veuillot , undeterred by avertisxemeii Is , or the prospect of suspension or suppression , continues to attack " the pamphlet" with great energy . The number of French flag officers is to be increased from 33 to io ; postcaptains from 110 to 1 ( 50 ; commanders from 220 to 300 ; lien tenants from 050 to 725 , and mates from 550 to 050 . According to the Journal di . Havre a bill is about to be' laid before the French Council of'State to regulate the publication of law reports , which has filled the reporters
of the press with the most dismal forebodings . Commander Boncompagni has addressed a proclamation to the people of central Italy , in which he explains the object of his coining among them . In one part of his manifesto he says the powers of Europe are about to assemble iu Congress to deliberate on the affairs of Italy , and repair the evils done by the treaties of ISI 5 . In accordance with the Treaty of Zurich , the Austrian authorities have re-entered tlio Transpadane district of Gonzaga , an act that hacl filled the inhabitants with dismayfor they imagined that
, Austrian occupation was at an end . They had found their mistake , however , by the entry of Austrian troops and officials , aud a demand being made for their arms , and also for a sum of money for the destruction of the forts of Borgsforfce' A . Hungarian memorial has just been published at Leipsie , ivhich may bo regarded as the programme of the national party . This document has been submitted to several official
authorities , among them to the Count de Reehberg . A letter from St . Petersburg !! states that tlie military tribunal , presided over b y General Blouravieff I . appointed to try persons guilty of peculation in the supply of the troops in the south and in the Crimea during the late war , had finished its labours , and had condemned several persons of rank to degradation and other punishments for their offences iu this respect . The Russian embassy at Pekin , we hear , is enjoying perfect safety . From Spain there is a rumour that the blockade of Tangier
had been raised ; he also says the Spanish people never anticipated such a desperate defence as the Bloors have made to their invaders , and they have yet to learn the sacrifices ancl suffering which their unjust aggressions will bring upon them . The Queen of Spain has given hirth to a princess . According to the last telegrams the Spaniards had obtained fresh advantages over tho Bloors , having again repulsed them in an attack , iu which the latter lost forty men . Letters from Constantinople of the llth
instant have reached Marseilles , which state that a resolution had been eome to by the Divan calling on the powers of Europe to settle the Suez Canal question , and that 31 . Tliouvenel ancl the four ambassadors had agreed to that arrangement . The Porte had granted the religious investiture to the Bey of Tunis , but exacts tribute from him . -Tiie Europa has arrived at Queeustown , bringing intelligence from Boton to the llth , and Halifax to the 10 th inst . The American House of
Representatives was still unorganized , and consequently the President ' s message delayed . There was no change in affairs at San Juan . General Blanco had been assassinated by his brother at Bogota , and civil and foreign war was imminent in Peru . The victories of Bliramon is
Mexico are confirmed . The British ships were taking measures to obtain reparation for the imprisonment of the English consul . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Gazette announces that it is Her Blajesty ' s intention to hold a presentation of the A'ictoria Cross , at AVindsor Castle , on the 4 th of January next . The recent cold weather appears to have had a very prejudicial effect on the public health . The deaths in London , which were about 1300 in each of the four previous weeksrose to 15-18 during last week—a number
ex-, ceeding by 27 S the estimated average . The number of births was 17 G 8 . The Queen has commuted the sentence of the sailors of the Princess Royal to one month ' s imprisonment , and they have accordingly been liberated . On Saturday , the commission again assembled at AVakeCeld to inquire into the alleged corrupt practises during the recent election of a member for that borough . Serjeant Pigott presided ; BIr . Gui'iiey , the banker , was present on this occasion , and was examined at considerable
length . A number of bribers and bribed also detailed the particulars of their recei pts and disbursements . The inquiry is now closed at AVakefield but it will , however , be adjourned to London , A correspondence has taken place between the Admiralty aud Admiral Bowles relating to the insubordination on board the Princess Royal . It appears from this that a commission , consisting of Rear Admiral the Hon . George Grey , the Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth
Dockyard ; Capt . R . S . Hewlett , C . B ., of her Blajesty ' s ship Excellent ; and Capt . G . T . Gordon , of her Blajesty ' s ship Asia , reported that after hearing evidence they were of opinion that leave having been granted to one watch of the ship ' s company , Capt . Baillie should at onco have checked the unrea
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Scotland.
Grand Clerk ; Rev . David Arnot , D . D ., Grand Chaplain : Rev . Alexander Bonar , D . D ., Asst . Grand Chaplain ; F . D . Blaeowan , S . G . D . ; Thomas Drybi-otigh , J . G . D . ; David Biyeo , Grand Architect ; Charles Ma okay , Grand Jeweller ; John Deuehar , Bible Bearer ; Captain P . Deuchar , R . N . and Hugh James Rollo , W . S ., G . Dirs . of Cers . ; Sir George Beresford , Bart ., Grand Sword Bearer ; Charles AA ' . BI . Miiller , G . Dir . of Blusic ; John Coghill , Grand Marshal ; James AA ' aters , Deputy Grand Marshal ; AVilliam 31 Grand Tlerand the following Board of Grand
. Bryce , y , Stewards : — John Cunningham , President ; AA' . D . Blacritchie , A'ice President ; AA' . Belfrage , AV . Forrester , John Haig , John D . B . Hay , AVilliam Hunt , F . S . Melville , H . A . Macneil , James Nairno , John Steventon , Colonel Hunter , George Paterson , James Turner , Charles Stuart Law , A . 31 . Clarke , Owen Gough , AA'illiam Blaun , David Bryce , J . Elstou , J . G . Houston , Charles Mackenzie , Lindsay Bfaekersay , Dunbar KirkwoodRobert BlillomAlexander HayHerman Kautfman . After
, , , the installation and other business of Grand Lotlgo had been completed , the BLA \' . Grand Blaster and other office bearers ancl members of Grand Loclge adjourned to the large hall to celebrate tho festival of St . Andrew , when upwards of two hundred brethren dined together . Tho Duke of Athole presided , supported by bis Grand Officers on the dais , the Senior and Junior Grand AVardens acting as Croupiers . After the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " the choristers sang a
Blasonie version of the National Anthem , accompanied by the band and the organ , the whole of the brethren joining in the chorus . In reply to the toast of "Tho Army and the Navy , " Major General Swinboui'iie in alluding to the present volunteer movement , stated that although forty years had expired since he first smelt powder on the field of AA ' aterloo , it afforded him very great pleasure to join as a volunteer in the Blasonie Company of the Edinburgh Rifles . Ho was not sure if he should not have given precedence iu replying to tliis toast to
Captain Laurie ( the Grand See . ) whom he had much pleasure in recognizing as his commanding officer . He felt certain that tlio company , in appointing that brother as their captain , had put the right man In the right plaee , aud he felt convinced that so long as the volunteer regiments were officered by gentlemen like those appointed by his own company , and so long as the members of the several companies paid steady attention to the commands of their officers , that should a foreign power overland an on our shoresthat indomitable courage ivhich in our
army , regulars had overcome the privations of the Crimean AVar and the burning sands of India , would inspire our voluuteersto fight for their homes , their wives , and their children . Among the deputations present , beside those from the Edin Lodges , we observed St . John ' s , Kirkintilloch ; Ancient , Stirling ; Zetland , Grangemouth ; and numerous other country Lodges .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . THE RIGHT HON . H . FITZROY , M . P ., P . G . AV . AA ' regret to announce the death of the Right Hon . Henry Fitzroy . Our deceased brother had been suffering for some weeks at his residence , 3 , Sussex-square , Kemp-town , Brighton , from a combination of fever and ague . Bro . Fitzroy was the second son of the late Lord Southampton , and would have inherited the peerage on the death of his brother , the present lord . At the age of twenty-four he was returned for Great GrimsbLincolnshireand since that time has been constantly immersed
y , , in polities . Iu 1 S 1 C he became a Lord of the Admiralty , and in 1852 Under Secretary for the Home Department . He became Chairman of Committees in the March of the year 1 S 55 , and he held this office up to the time of his death . He died at the house above mentioned , at six o ' clock on Saturday evening , at the age of fifty-two , having been born on the 2 nd of BEay , 1 S 07 . Bro . Fitzroy was initiated in tho Apollo Lodge ( No . 4 fi 0 ) Oxfordancl joined the South Saxon Lodge ( No . 300 ) ,
, , Lewes , iu September , 1 S 35 ; and the Pomfret Lodge ( No . Hi : ' , ) , Northampton , on the 4 th of January , IS 3 S . He was appointed S . G . AV . in 1811 ; and in the same year Assist . Soj . in the Grand Chapter . Bro . Fitzroy was a Governor of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons , & c , and a supporter of the other charities . Though our right hon . brother hacl ceased for many years to tako an active part in the business of the Order , he continued a subscribing member of the South Saxon Lodge to the time of his death .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen and her family are at AVnidsor , and are m good health . The Prince Consort has attended the meetings of the Horticultural Society and of the trustees of the South Kensington Museum ; and with the Prince of AA'ales has been shooting several days this week . The Queen and her daughters ride and walk daily iu the Home Park . Her Blajesty ' s visitors have included the Duke of Blalakoff , tbe Prince of Leinengen , Count de Lavradio , and Sir Charles Eastlake . FOREIGN NEWS . —The important hlet" Le Rape et lo Congres "
pamp , , has produced an immense effect in Paris , affecting the various parties according as their interests are likely to be involved . It will call forth in Catholic Italy the greatest exultation , while the Parti Pre / re will receive it with unbounded rage . Not the slightest doubt is entertained in political circles hi . Paris that 31 . Mocquarcl , the Emperor ' s secretary ,
is the writer . Bl . Louis A ' euillot calls the pamphlet the "Kiss of Judas . " 1 c has produced no small consternation at Rome , for the departure of the first plenipotentiary of tho Pope has been stopped in consequence , and tho Papal Nuuoio at Paris had intimated to Count AA ' alowski that his master could not be represented in the Congress if its rumoured authorship did not receive an official denial . A new play , produced on Friday evening at the Porte St . Blartin Theatre , has caused a great sensation at Paris . 31 . Blocquard is the author " and the subject
, is the abduction of a Jew ' s daughter—injshort , a dramatic version of the Mortara . case . The audience comprised the emperor and empress , officials , senators , and members of the Corps Legislatif , and the appearance of the house was that of a gala night at the opera . The piece is regarded as a political symptom of the most significant kind . Count AValewski has , however , informed the diplomatic corps ia Paris , that as long us he is Foreign Minister " The Pope and the Congress " shall not
be regarded as the programme of the French ministry . BL Veuillot , undeterred by avertisxemeii Is , or the prospect of suspension or suppression , continues to attack " the pamphlet" with great energy . The number of French flag officers is to be increased from 33 to io ; postcaptains from 110 to 1 ( 50 ; commanders from 220 to 300 ; lien tenants from 050 to 725 , and mates from 550 to 050 . According to the Journal di . Havre a bill is about to be' laid before the French Council of'State to regulate the publication of law reports , which has filled the reporters
of the press with the most dismal forebodings . Commander Boncompagni has addressed a proclamation to the people of central Italy , in which he explains the object of his coining among them . In one part of his manifesto he says the powers of Europe are about to assemble iu Congress to deliberate on the affairs of Italy , and repair the evils done by the treaties of ISI 5 . In accordance with the Treaty of Zurich , the Austrian authorities have re-entered tlio Transpadane district of Gonzaga , an act that hacl filled the inhabitants with dismayfor they imagined that
, Austrian occupation was at an end . They had found their mistake , however , by the entry of Austrian troops and officials , aud a demand being made for their arms , and also for a sum of money for the destruction of the forts of Borgsforfce' A . Hungarian memorial has just been published at Leipsie , ivhich may bo regarded as the programme of the national party . This document has been submitted to several official
authorities , among them to the Count de Reehberg . A letter from St . Petersburg !! states that tlie military tribunal , presided over b y General Blouravieff I . appointed to try persons guilty of peculation in the supply of the troops in the south and in the Crimea during the late war , had finished its labours , and had condemned several persons of rank to degradation and other punishments for their offences iu this respect . The Russian embassy at Pekin , we hear , is enjoying perfect safety . From Spain there is a rumour that the blockade of Tangier
had been raised ; he also says the Spanish people never anticipated such a desperate defence as the Bloors have made to their invaders , and they have yet to learn the sacrifices ancl suffering which their unjust aggressions will bring upon them . The Queen of Spain has given hirth to a princess . According to the last telegrams the Spaniards had obtained fresh advantages over tho Bloors , having again repulsed them in an attack , iu which the latter lost forty men . Letters from Constantinople of the llth
instant have reached Marseilles , which state that a resolution had been eome to by the Divan calling on the powers of Europe to settle the Suez Canal question , and that 31 . Tliouvenel ancl the four ambassadors had agreed to that arrangement . The Porte had granted the religious investiture to the Bey of Tunis , but exacts tribute from him . -Tiie Europa has arrived at Queeustown , bringing intelligence from Boton to the llth , and Halifax to the 10 th inst . The American House of
Representatives was still unorganized , and consequently the President ' s message delayed . There was no change in affairs at San Juan . General Blanco had been assassinated by his brother at Bogota , and civil and foreign war was imminent in Peru . The victories of Bliramon is
Mexico are confirmed . The British ships were taking measures to obtain reparation for the imprisonment of the English consul . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Gazette announces that it is Her Blajesty ' s intention to hold a presentation of the A'ictoria Cross , at AVindsor Castle , on the 4 th of January next . The recent cold weather appears to have had a very prejudicial effect on the public health . The deaths in London , which were about 1300 in each of the four previous weeksrose to 15-18 during last week—a number
ex-, ceeding by 27 S the estimated average . The number of births was 17 G 8 . The Queen has commuted the sentence of the sailors of the Princess Royal to one month ' s imprisonment , and they have accordingly been liberated . On Saturday , the commission again assembled at AVakeCeld to inquire into the alleged corrupt practises during the recent election of a member for that borough . Serjeant Pigott presided ; BIr . Gui'iiey , the banker , was present on this occasion , and was examined at considerable
length . A number of bribers and bribed also detailed the particulars of their recei pts and disbursements . The inquiry is now closed at AVakefield but it will , however , be adjourned to London , A correspondence has taken place between the Admiralty aud Admiral Bowles relating to the insubordination on board the Princess Royal . It appears from this that a commission , consisting of Rear Admiral the Hon . George Grey , the Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth
Dockyard ; Capt . R . S . Hewlett , C . B ., of her Blajesty ' s ship Excellent ; and Capt . G . T . Gordon , of her Blajesty ' s ship Asia , reported that after hearing evidence they were of opinion that leave having been granted to one watch of the ship ' s company , Capt . Baillie should at onco have checked the unrea