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North America.
District Grand Lodge will receive the cordial support and allegiance of the Craft in the province . The R . \ A . D . Grand Master appointed the following brethren District Grand Officers and Stewards for the current year , who were thereupon duly invested and proclaimed according to ancient custom , viz .: — Bro . B . Lostor Potors , P . S . G . AV Dop . D . G . M .
„ J . Robertson , P . AI . 400 S . D . G . AV . „ G . H . Rnssoll , P . M . 775 J . D . G . AV . ., Rev . AV . Donald , D . D . 53 a G . D . Chap . „ AV . H . A . Keans , P . M . 436 G . D . Treas . ., AV . F . Bunting , P . M . 436 G . D . Soc . „ J . Richards , P . M . 522 S . D . G . D . „ B . R . Stevenson , P . M . 51 S J . D . G . D . „ A . Rowan , P . M . 400 G . D . D . of Cers .
„ J . D . Short , AV . M . 436 G . D . S . Bearer . „ J . Mullin , P . M . 1084 G . D . Purst . „ J . Boyer , 400 G . D . Tyler . District Grand Stewards : —Bros . C . F . Tilley , S . AV ., 524 ; D . P . AA ' otmoro , AA " . M ., 527 ; H . Hallett , AA . M ., 635 ; C . A . Holstoad , AVM ., 644 ; C . Kelsey , AV . M ., C 6 S ; O . E . Flewelling , AA . M ., 808 The following brothron wero appointed a committee to audit the accoimts of tho D . G . Treas . and the D . G . Sec , viz .: — 7
Bros . X Robertson , D . S . GW . ; E . J . AAotmore , P . D . J . GW . ; and E . J . Everett , P . D . G . Dir . of Cers . The R . AA . D . G . Master informed tho brethren that , with a view to carry out tho standing order of the District Grand Lodge , ho will confer with the office-bearers relative to tho necessary arrangements for holding a festival at the annual communication in September next . Tho District Grand Lodgo was thereupon closed in duo form and with solemn prayer .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JOHN O'BRIEN . This much-respected brother departed this life on the 27 th of May last , at Trinidad . He was initiated in the Royal Philanthropic Lodge ( No . 405 ) on the 22 nd of April , 1835 , and , until within a few weeks before his death , had been seldom absent from the meetings of his lodge , either as a simple member or officiating as
AV . M ., to which latter office he had been elected on nine diffei-ent occasions . He leaves a large number of children , principally girls , who are now orphans . Bro . O'Brien had been in the Civil Service of the island since 1831 , but , from the small salary he received as a Colonial Government Officer , he was , wo fear , unable to save sufficient to place his children in a condition of even modest and moderate independence .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
The British , Irish , and Colonial Masonie Calendar , Poehet Book , and Diary for the Year 1866 ; containing List of Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , § 'o ., in England , Scotland , and Ireland , Canada , and the other Colonies ; ivith a Vidimus of the Foreign G-rand Lodges , § -c . Glasgow : Published by DAVIDSON AND Mum , 170 , Buchananstreet .
The usefulness of the above work will be patent on the mere perusal of the title . In addition to the usual matter of Masonic Calendars , the one under review furnishes information as to the foreign lodges , and also as to the high grades at home and abroad . This is the eighth year of its publication , and we think Ave may venture to predict that tbe "BritishIrishand
, , Colonial Masonic Calendar" will receive , each year of its existence , continued support from the Craft ; as we are assured , from the efforts hitherto made to render it a -useful vade mecmn , ifc will deserve it . The late period in the year at which the Calendar is issued is accounted for by the editor , from the difficulty
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he has experienced in getting the forms sent to Secretaries of lodges , & c . filled up and returned in time to have enabled the Calendar to be issued at an earlier date . AVe find that the returns in some cases are still imperfect , more especially where the names of "W . M . ' s of lodges for the current year are stated , some of those
officers having now vacated the chair for upwards of two years . This is to be regretted , more particularly if a systematic distribution of forms has been organised and carried out by the editor , and the brethren to whom they have been sent have failed to fill them up properly . _ "We ought to have stated that this work is embellished by a frontispiece , the subject of which is a Celtic memorial cross , erected to the memory of the late Duke Athole .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE CotriiT . —The Queen , with Princess Helena , drove in the Home Park on the afternoon of the 27 th ult . Her Majesty ,, accompanied by their Royal Hig hnesses Princess Helena and Princess Rcatrice , drove in the grounds on the morning of the 2 Sth ult . Princess Louisa and Prince Leopold also went out driving . Tbe Queen drove out in the afternoon , accompanied
by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Her Majesty , with Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove in the grounds ou tbe morning of the 29 th ult . Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen , with Princess Helena , drove in the Home Park in the afternoon . Her Majesty , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove in the grounds on the morning of the 30 th ult . Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise , drove out in the afternoon .. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena , attended by Lady Caroline Barrington , visited the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale
at Orleans House , Twickenham . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting , attended Divine service in the Castle on the morning of the 1 st inst . The Hon . and Very Rev . tho Dean
of AA'indsor officiated . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove out on the morning of the 2 nd inst . Princess Louise aud Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen . The Prince and Princess of AVales ,. accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians , rode out on horseback , attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major
Grey . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Prince Leopold , drove out on the morning , of the 3 rd inst . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise , drove out on the 4 th inst . Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians , with Princess Helena , also went out driving . Her Majesty ' s dinner party on the 3 rd inst . included
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians , his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , her Royal Highness the Princess Helena , her Royal Highness the Princess Louise , his Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schlesivig-Holstein , and their Serene and Grand Ducal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen .
TMPEBIAL PAHMASIENT . —Both houses met on the 25 th u . fc . In the LorcU the Royal assent was given by commission to several bills . In the Commons there was rather an amusing prelude . Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who has been one of the foremost to declare that the people do not care for Reform , was in a
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North America.
District Grand Lodge will receive the cordial support and allegiance of the Craft in the province . The R . \ A . D . Grand Master appointed the following brethren District Grand Officers and Stewards for the current year , who were thereupon duly invested and proclaimed according to ancient custom , viz .: — Bro . B . Lostor Potors , P . S . G . AV Dop . D . G . M .
„ J . Robertson , P . AI . 400 S . D . G . AV . „ G . H . Rnssoll , P . M . 775 J . D . G . AV . ., Rev . AV . Donald , D . D . 53 a G . D . Chap . „ AV . H . A . Keans , P . M . 436 G . D . Treas . ., AV . F . Bunting , P . M . 436 G . D . Soc . „ J . Richards , P . M . 522 S . D . G . D . „ B . R . Stevenson , P . M . 51 S J . D . G . D . „ A . Rowan , P . M . 400 G . D . D . of Cers .
„ J . D . Short , AV . M . 436 G . D . S . Bearer . „ J . Mullin , P . M . 1084 G . D . Purst . „ J . Boyer , 400 G . D . Tyler . District Grand Stewards : —Bros . C . F . Tilley , S . AV ., 524 ; D . P . AA ' otmoro , AA " . M ., 527 ; H . Hallett , AA . M ., 635 ; C . A . Holstoad , AVM ., 644 ; C . Kelsey , AV . M ., C 6 S ; O . E . Flewelling , AA . M ., 808 The following brothron wero appointed a committee to audit the accoimts of tho D . G . Treas . and the D . G . Sec , viz .: — 7
Bros . X Robertson , D . S . GW . ; E . J . AAotmore , P . D . J . GW . ; and E . J . Everett , P . D . G . Dir . of Cers . The R . AA . D . G . Master informed tho brethren that , with a view to carry out tho standing order of the District Grand Lodge , ho will confer with the office-bearers relative to tho necessary arrangements for holding a festival at the annual communication in September next . Tho District Grand Lodgo was thereupon closed in duo form and with solemn prayer .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JOHN O'BRIEN . This much-respected brother departed this life on the 27 th of May last , at Trinidad . He was initiated in the Royal Philanthropic Lodge ( No . 405 ) on the 22 nd of April , 1835 , and , until within a few weeks before his death , had been seldom absent from the meetings of his lodge , either as a simple member or officiating as
AV . M ., to which latter office he had been elected on nine diffei-ent occasions . He leaves a large number of children , principally girls , who are now orphans . Bro . O'Brien had been in the Civil Service of the island since 1831 , but , from the small salary he received as a Colonial Government Officer , he was , wo fear , unable to save sufficient to place his children in a condition of even modest and moderate independence .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
The British , Irish , and Colonial Masonie Calendar , Poehet Book , and Diary for the Year 1866 ; containing List of Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , § 'o ., in England , Scotland , and Ireland , Canada , and the other Colonies ; ivith a Vidimus of the Foreign G-rand Lodges , § -c . Glasgow : Published by DAVIDSON AND Mum , 170 , Buchananstreet .
The usefulness of the above work will be patent on the mere perusal of the title . In addition to the usual matter of Masonic Calendars , the one under review furnishes information as to the foreign lodges , and also as to the high grades at home and abroad . This is the eighth year of its publication , and we think Ave may venture to predict that tbe "BritishIrishand
, , Colonial Masonic Calendar" will receive , each year of its existence , continued support from the Craft ; as we are assured , from the efforts hitherto made to render it a -useful vade mecmn , ifc will deserve it . The late period in the year at which the Calendar is issued is accounted for by the editor , from the difficulty
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he has experienced in getting the forms sent to Secretaries of lodges , & c . filled up and returned in time to have enabled the Calendar to be issued at an earlier date . AVe find that the returns in some cases are still imperfect , more especially where the names of "W . M . ' s of lodges for the current year are stated , some of those
officers having now vacated the chair for upwards of two years . This is to be regretted , more particularly if a systematic distribution of forms has been organised and carried out by the editor , and the brethren to whom they have been sent have failed to fill them up properly . _ "We ought to have stated that this work is embellished by a frontispiece , the subject of which is a Celtic memorial cross , erected to the memory of the late Duke Athole .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE CotriiT . —The Queen , with Princess Helena , drove in the Home Park on the afternoon of the 27 th ult . Her Majesty ,, accompanied by their Royal Hig hnesses Princess Helena and Princess Rcatrice , drove in the grounds on the morning of the 2 Sth ult . Princess Louisa and Prince Leopold also went out driving . Tbe Queen drove out in the afternoon , accompanied
by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Her Majesty , with Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove in the grounds ou tbe morning of the 29 th ult . Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen , with Princess Helena , drove in the Home Park in the afternoon . Her Majesty , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove in the grounds on the morning of the 30 th ult . Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise , drove out in the afternoon .. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena , attended by Lady Caroline Barrington , visited the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale
at Orleans House , Twickenham . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting , attended Divine service in the Castle on the morning of the 1 st inst . The Hon . and Very Rev . tho Dean
of AA'indsor officiated . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice , drove out on the morning of the 2 nd inst . Princess Louise aud Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen . The Prince and Princess of AVales ,. accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians , rode out on horseback , attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major
Grey . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Prince Leopold , drove out on the morning , of the 3 rd inst . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise , drove out on the 4 th inst . Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians , with Princess Helena , also went out driving . Her Majesty ' s dinner party on the 3 rd inst . included
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians , his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , her Royal Highness the Princess Helena , her Royal Highness the Princess Louise , his Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schlesivig-Holstein , and their Serene and Grand Ducal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen .
TMPEBIAL PAHMASIENT . —Both houses met on the 25 th u . fc . In the LorcU the Royal assent was given by commission to several bills . In the Commons there was rather an amusing prelude . Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who has been one of the foremost to declare that the people do not care for Reform , was in a