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Edinburgh.
See saint ancl sinner , mouldering in one mass Of cold corruption , which the mind enthrals AVith dark forebodings , as men slowly pass On to the sacred fountain of God ' s love ! AVhich flows , or ought to flow , in living streams , From heart and hallow'd lips , fired from above To cheer life ' s rugged path with heavenly beams .
Hail , holy fabric ! time has been when I , In reckless boyhood , scaled thy moss-grey walls AA'ith those who now around thy ruins lie ; AVith those—ah ! what a pang the past recalls Of friends who perish'd in the flood or field , Or linger still on life ' s tempestuous wave 1 AA'ithout a hope their spirit have to yield , And lay their bones beside thee in the grave .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —The College of Philosophical Masons , with a Committee of Co-operation from Lodge No . 50 , have resolved to wait on the Duke of Leinster , to request of his grace to sit for his portrait , in order that it may be placed in the Grand Lodge-room of that city . A Royal Arch Apron belonging to the celebrated tragedian , Brother David Garrick , ancl whicli is in a state of the most perfect preservation , is now in the possession of Brother G . J . BaldwinEsq . P . Mof '
, , . Lodge No . 50 . Lodge No . 2 has done itself infinite credit by the presentation of a very handsome silver snuff-box , to that intelligent gentleman ancl indefatigable Mason , Dr . Thomas Murphy . It is with unfeigned pleasure that we learn the fact that subscriptions are pouring in , for the purpose of procuring a house for the general accommodation of the Craft . Perhaps it is not generally knoivn that
the Duke of Leinster subscribed on a former occasion the sum of 500 / . towards the purchase of the Masonic Hall in Dawson-street . AVe may venture to assert that a greater instance of liberality and generosity than this , cannot be found in the annals of Masonry in Ireland , ancl we trust the wealthy Members of the Order in that country will now follow the
example of their illustrious Grand Master , who , in addition to his many private excellencies of character , is so munificent a benefactor to the different Masonic charities . On the 7 th of April , Brother Pierrepoint Oliver Michell , Esq ., Grand Treasurer of Ireland , departed this life , to thc inexpressible sorrow of the Brotherhood and his numerous friends , who will long bear in recollection those many honourable traits which were the attributes of his
generous nature . MASONIC PLAY . —On Tuesday evening , the 29 th of April , one of the most brilliant , crowded , and fashionable audiences of the season , assembled at the Theatre Royal , to witness the performances selected for the benefit of distressed Members of the Masonic Order . The entertainments were attractive , and tlie general arrangements connected with the
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Edinburgh.
See saint ancl sinner , mouldering in one mass Of cold corruption , which the mind enthrals AVith dark forebodings , as men slowly pass On to the sacred fountain of God ' s love ! AVhich flows , or ought to flow , in living streams , From heart and hallow'd lips , fired from above To cheer life ' s rugged path with heavenly beams .
Hail , holy fabric ! time has been when I , In reckless boyhood , scaled thy moss-grey walls AA'ith those who now around thy ruins lie ; AVith those—ah ! what a pang the past recalls Of friends who perish'd in the flood or field , Or linger still on life ' s tempestuous wave 1 AA'ithout a hope their spirit have to yield , And lay their bones beside thee in the grave .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . —The College of Philosophical Masons , with a Committee of Co-operation from Lodge No . 50 , have resolved to wait on the Duke of Leinster , to request of his grace to sit for his portrait , in order that it may be placed in the Grand Lodge-room of that city . A Royal Arch Apron belonging to the celebrated tragedian , Brother David Garrick , ancl whicli is in a state of the most perfect preservation , is now in the possession of Brother G . J . BaldwinEsq . P . Mof '
, , . Lodge No . 50 . Lodge No . 2 has done itself infinite credit by the presentation of a very handsome silver snuff-box , to that intelligent gentleman ancl indefatigable Mason , Dr . Thomas Murphy . It is with unfeigned pleasure that we learn the fact that subscriptions are pouring in , for the purpose of procuring a house for the general accommodation of the Craft . Perhaps it is not generally knoivn that
the Duke of Leinster subscribed on a former occasion the sum of 500 / . towards the purchase of the Masonic Hall in Dawson-street . AVe may venture to assert that a greater instance of liberality and generosity than this , cannot be found in the annals of Masonry in Ireland , ancl we trust the wealthy Members of the Order in that country will now follow the
example of their illustrious Grand Master , who , in addition to his many private excellencies of character , is so munificent a benefactor to the different Masonic charities . On the 7 th of April , Brother Pierrepoint Oliver Michell , Esq ., Grand Treasurer of Ireland , departed this life , to thc inexpressible sorrow of the Brotherhood and his numerous friends , who will long bear in recollection those many honourable traits which were the attributes of his
generous nature . MASONIC PLAY . —On Tuesday evening , the 29 th of April , one of the most brilliant , crowded , and fashionable audiences of the season , assembled at the Theatre Royal , to witness the performances selected for the benefit of distressed Members of the Masonic Order . The entertainments were attractive , and tlie general arrangements connected with the