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Scotland.
England ; Mr . and Mrs . Haig , Cantray ; Mr . Macpherson , Drummond ; Mr . Bankes , of Letterewe ; Mr . Lang , Forres ; Mr . Allan Maclean , Burnside , & c . A considerable number of tourists were present ; and every neighbouring strath sent forth its representatives . The banners of the procession were seen approaching at a few minutes past two , and shortly afterwards , as the bands played a well-known masonic air , the lodges assembled round the spot where the stone was to be laid .
The Rev . Bro . Campbell , of Croy , Chaplain to the Kilwinning Lodge , of Inverness , then offered up an impressive and suitable prayer , and a parchment containing the following was read by the Secretary : — "The foundation-stone of the Culloden Monument—a monument raised by public subscription , and dedicated to the memory of the brave Highlanders who fell at Culloden , on the 16 th April , 1746 , fighting gallantly for a cause which they conscientiously believed to be a just
one—was laid on the 19 th of September , 1849 , by William Anderson , R . W . M . of the St . John ' s Operative Mason Lodge of Forres , in presence of many public bodies , who marched in procession from Inverness for that purpose . Thomas Mackenzie , Elgin , architect ; John Hendry and John Batchen , Inverness , builders ; Kennedy Macnab , Secretary . " Immediately after the ceremony , the Masons adjourned to a handsome marquee erected close by , where refreshments were provided . Mr . John Ross , convener of the trades , took the chair . A number of
toasts were given before the party separated , including the health of Culloden , Raigmore , and other neighbouring proprietors . The monument will occupy the highest ground on the Moor of Culloden . The spot chosen for the site is that upon which the struggle took place which decided the fate of the day , and where the greatest carnage occurred . It is within the line occupied by the foremost rank of the Highland army , and close by the long trench , still green , where repose the bodies of the brave men who fell in that struggle . This spot
, it will be remembered , is about half-a-mile north-west of the block known as the Duke of Cumberland ' s Stone , and about a mile to the east of the tree pointed out as the position of Prince Charles and his guard . The monument , which is from the design of Mr . Mackenzie , of Elgin ( whose good taste has been shown on not a few occasions ) , is a gigantic cairn or artificial rock , the top of which will be accessible by flights of rustic steps and winding paths . Various spots will be so formed
that tablets and small monuments to particular clans or individuals may at any time be erected ; and in front it is proposed that a group of statuary should be placed . In this respect , however , everything depends upon the public . The subscriptions received will not complete the bare design , and the question of statuary is in the first place a question of money . A lithograph of the proposed monument has been published by Messrs Keith and Gibb , of Aberdeen , a young firm , which has done itself great credit by the beauty of the lithograph and the dispatch with which it was executed .
ABERDEEN . —In this ancient stronghold of Masons and Masonry , the prospects of the Craft are in a much more favourable condition than they have been for a considerable time past . Although there has not been much doing for some months past in the way of work , still the brethren who take an active interest in the improvement { not innovation ) of matters masonic , consider , that not a few steps have been gained in the right direction . Tbe New Masonic Hall , which was
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Scotland.
England ; Mr . and Mrs . Haig , Cantray ; Mr . Macpherson , Drummond ; Mr . Bankes , of Letterewe ; Mr . Lang , Forres ; Mr . Allan Maclean , Burnside , & c . A considerable number of tourists were present ; and every neighbouring strath sent forth its representatives . The banners of the procession were seen approaching at a few minutes past two , and shortly afterwards , as the bands played a well-known masonic air , the lodges assembled round the spot where the stone was to be laid .
The Rev . Bro . Campbell , of Croy , Chaplain to the Kilwinning Lodge , of Inverness , then offered up an impressive and suitable prayer , and a parchment containing the following was read by the Secretary : — "The foundation-stone of the Culloden Monument—a monument raised by public subscription , and dedicated to the memory of the brave Highlanders who fell at Culloden , on the 16 th April , 1746 , fighting gallantly for a cause which they conscientiously believed to be a just
one—was laid on the 19 th of September , 1849 , by William Anderson , R . W . M . of the St . John ' s Operative Mason Lodge of Forres , in presence of many public bodies , who marched in procession from Inverness for that purpose . Thomas Mackenzie , Elgin , architect ; John Hendry and John Batchen , Inverness , builders ; Kennedy Macnab , Secretary . " Immediately after the ceremony , the Masons adjourned to a handsome marquee erected close by , where refreshments were provided . Mr . John Ross , convener of the trades , took the chair . A number of
toasts were given before the party separated , including the health of Culloden , Raigmore , and other neighbouring proprietors . The monument will occupy the highest ground on the Moor of Culloden . The spot chosen for the site is that upon which the struggle took place which decided the fate of the day , and where the greatest carnage occurred . It is within the line occupied by the foremost rank of the Highland army , and close by the long trench , still green , where repose the bodies of the brave men who fell in that struggle . This spot
, it will be remembered , is about half-a-mile north-west of the block known as the Duke of Cumberland ' s Stone , and about a mile to the east of the tree pointed out as the position of Prince Charles and his guard . The monument , which is from the design of Mr . Mackenzie , of Elgin ( whose good taste has been shown on not a few occasions ) , is a gigantic cairn or artificial rock , the top of which will be accessible by flights of rustic steps and winding paths . Various spots will be so formed
that tablets and small monuments to particular clans or individuals may at any time be erected ; and in front it is proposed that a group of statuary should be placed . In this respect , however , everything depends upon the public . The subscriptions received will not complete the bare design , and the question of statuary is in the first place a question of money . A lithograph of the proposed monument has been published by Messrs Keith and Gibb , of Aberdeen , a young firm , which has done itself great credit by the beauty of the lithograph and the dispatch with which it was executed .
ABERDEEN . —In this ancient stronghold of Masons and Masonry , the prospects of the Craft are in a much more favourable condition than they have been for a considerable time past . Although there has not been much doing for some months past in the way of work , still the brethren who take an active interest in the improvement { not innovation ) of matters masonic , consider , that not a few steps have been gained in the right direction . Tbe New Masonic Hall , which was