Events And Things To Be Remembered.

EVENTS AND THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED .

fHB Supreme Grand Council of the 33 ° for England , AA ' ales , and the dependencies of the British Crown , will hold its regular quarterly meeting at the London Coffee House , Ludgate Hill , on Tuesday the 9 th of January , 1866 . Under the Supreme Grand Council of the 33 ° , for Turkey , the folloAving appointments have been made . Tho delegate of tho Sup . G . Con . for Egypt is the M . 111 . Bro . Verdi , S . G . I . G . 33 ° , Turkey and Italy , residing at Alexandria

and Cairo . The delegate for European Turkey is the M . 111 . Bro . the Honorable , J . P . Brown , 33 ° , Turkey . The M . 111 . Bro . Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer , Bart ., left Turkey shortly after his installation as a S . G . I . G . 33 ° . The NCAV Grand Master of France issued the folloAving proclamation on assuming office : — "BELOVSD BitETnuEN , —Having been elected Grand Master b y the free A-otes of your representatives , I am thankful for the high honour you luiA'e conferred

upon mo ; and inspired by gratitude , my tried Masonic heart prompts me to the fulfilment of the duties devolving upon me , and to a deep and incessant devotion to our beloved Order . The example of my illustrious and cvor-to-bo-lumented predecessor I hold as a legacy , and it Avill be my best and safest monitor to maintain the independence and prosperity of our Order . HoAvever arduous tho important task may be that I have assumed , I shall bo assisted in its discharge by the good sense that prevails in our Lodges , by tho enlightened concurrence of the

Council'of the Order , and by the most fraternal co-operation of my tAVO Deputy Grand Masters , Brs . Alfred Blanche and Lcnglc . A time-honoured affection connects me with the former , while the latter is one a man need not knoAV very long to permanently secure as a friend , and the vote of your late General Convention have shoAvn to Avhat extent both of them are possessed of your confidence . Under these circumstances , beloved Brethren , though I take possession of tho place you have allotted to me , with tho strongest emotions of my heartI do soin the

, , hope of complying , to the best of my ability , Avith your free choice . Kely on me , as I rely on you , and under the protection of our Constitution , that looking up to the Great Architect of the Universe , AVO shall further and promote , by mutual effort , the cause of true light and humanity . " Receive , beloved Brethren , the assurance of my high and affectionate consideration . Signed , " Tho Grand Master of the Order ,

" MEILINET . Countersigned b y the Deputy Grand Master , ''ALJ - BLANCHE , " Grand Orient of France . " We arc informed , on the best authority , that our venerable brother , the Reverend George Oliver , D . D ., 33 ° , & c , & c , has , in the press , preparing for

publication , a pamphlet entitled , " Popish Teachings in Freemasonry : being a Sectificalion of the . Errors and Misrepresentations contained in a recent Allocution promulgated from tlie Secret Consistory , at Home , by Tope Pius ihe IX . " Such a book , coming from one so justly esteemed as a Masonic authority , in all parts of the worlds and so popular a Avriter on Freemasonry , must ensure a large degree of attention both from the craft at large , as Avell as the profane Avorld . We look Avith impatience for the promised work .

The Grand Orient of Italy , at Palermo , has issued a circular , addressed to all brethren of the Order , in Avhich it is asserted that Mastai Ferretti , the present Pope , under the sty le of Pius the IX ., received in his youth , the rite of Masonic Baptism , and SAVorc eternal brotherhood according to the customary oath taken on such occasions . The Grand Orient of Italy deem this statement to be an answer