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Ireland.
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Grand Lodge , 21 st June , 1836 , The Right AVorshipful the Deputy Grand Master on the Tlirone , Resolved : That Masonic Processions , though innocent ancl harmless in themselves , may , under particular circumstances , be imprudent and highly injurious to tbe general interests of the Order . Resolved : That at a moment when all public processions are either b
prohibited y tlie law or discountenanced by the constituted authorities , with which it is equally the desire and the principle of Freemasons to be in accordance and obedience , it is the opinion of the Grand Lodge , after mature deliberation , that the accustomed processions on the approaching festival of St . John should be discontinued ; ancl the Grancl Lodge therefore require the Brethren of all Masonic Lodges , as they value the interest of Freemasonryto forbear from all such processions
, . Resolved : That if any Masonic Lodge should violate its duty by disobedience of the foregoing command , it shall be visited with the highest punishment the Grand Lodge can inflict . Resolved : That the foregoing resolutions be communicated to tlie several Grand Masters and Masters of all the Masonic Lodges in-Ireland .
The D . G . M . having left the Throne , and same being taken by P . D . G . M . Norman , it was Resolved : That the marked ancl unanimous thanks of the G . L . of Ireland are due , and hereby given , to the Right AVorshipful AVilliam AVhite , Esq ., D . G . Master of Ireland , for the anxiety he has always evinced for the interests of the Order ; but more particularly for the zeal and promptitude he has displayed on the present important occasion . By Order . JOHN FOAVLER , D . G . S .
DUBLIN , June 15 . —THEATRE ROYAL . The entertainments of this evening were commenced by the Masonic fraternity of this city in aid of the funds for the relief of the reduced members of the Order . The preparations on the stage were very splendid , where the Brethren , in full dress and Masonic insignia , appeared to perform the imposing and ancient ceremony of " salute . " It was unnecessary to impress on the Freemasons of Dublin the duty of attending . To their contributions
and exertions is almost exclusively clue the pleasure of rescuing from the grasp of misery and want their aged and infirm Brethren , most of whom were formerly possessed of dwellings in which many comforts and blessings were enjoyed by its inmates , but who now feel " a blight upon them more bitter than the October winds . " The numbers and the respectability of the audience lead us to hope that the money-takers had no sinecure . Brother Calcraft spoke an address , and Brother Power
frolicked right well as Dennis Brulgruddery , and Paddy OTtafferty , in the comedy of John Bull and the afterpiece of the Irishman in Naples . The national anthem was sung , and the entire corps dramatique seemed to participate in the spirits which encouraged their exertions .
NEWRY . —The regular meeting of that respectable Lodge , No . 10 , took place on AVednesday evening , the llth of May , on which occasion the AV . M . ' s chair was filled with correctness and gentlemanly effect by Brother Frances . Ogle . After the usual sentiments had been drunk with honours , the AV . M . proposed " the health of Brother A . K . Ogle , Barrister-at-law , and prosperity to Lodge No . 50 . " ( Applause and musical Masonic cheers . ) Thc flattering manner in which tliis toast
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Ireland.
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Grand Lodge , 21 st June , 1836 , The Right AVorshipful the Deputy Grand Master on the Tlirone , Resolved : That Masonic Processions , though innocent ancl harmless in themselves , may , under particular circumstances , be imprudent and highly injurious to tbe general interests of the Order . Resolved : That at a moment when all public processions are either b
prohibited y tlie law or discountenanced by the constituted authorities , with which it is equally the desire and the principle of Freemasons to be in accordance and obedience , it is the opinion of the Grand Lodge , after mature deliberation , that the accustomed processions on the approaching festival of St . John should be discontinued ; ancl the Grancl Lodge therefore require the Brethren of all Masonic Lodges , as they value the interest of Freemasonryto forbear from all such processions
, . Resolved : That if any Masonic Lodge should violate its duty by disobedience of the foregoing command , it shall be visited with the highest punishment the Grand Lodge can inflict . Resolved : That the foregoing resolutions be communicated to tlie several Grand Masters and Masters of all the Masonic Lodges in-Ireland .
The D . G . M . having left the Throne , and same being taken by P . D . G . M . Norman , it was Resolved : That the marked ancl unanimous thanks of the G . L . of Ireland are due , and hereby given , to the Right AVorshipful AVilliam AVhite , Esq ., D . G . Master of Ireland , for the anxiety he has always evinced for the interests of the Order ; but more particularly for the zeal and promptitude he has displayed on the present important occasion . By Order . JOHN FOAVLER , D . G . S .
DUBLIN , June 15 . —THEATRE ROYAL . The entertainments of this evening were commenced by the Masonic fraternity of this city in aid of the funds for the relief of the reduced members of the Order . The preparations on the stage were very splendid , where the Brethren , in full dress and Masonic insignia , appeared to perform the imposing and ancient ceremony of " salute . " It was unnecessary to impress on the Freemasons of Dublin the duty of attending . To their contributions
and exertions is almost exclusively clue the pleasure of rescuing from the grasp of misery and want their aged and infirm Brethren , most of whom were formerly possessed of dwellings in which many comforts and blessings were enjoyed by its inmates , but who now feel " a blight upon them more bitter than the October winds . " The numbers and the respectability of the audience lead us to hope that the money-takers had no sinecure . Brother Calcraft spoke an address , and Brother Power
frolicked right well as Dennis Brulgruddery , and Paddy OTtafferty , in the comedy of John Bull and the afterpiece of the Irishman in Naples . The national anthem was sung , and the entire corps dramatique seemed to participate in the spirits which encouraged their exertions .
NEWRY . —The regular meeting of that respectable Lodge , No . 10 , took place on AVednesday evening , the llth of May , on which occasion the AV . M . ' s chair was filled with correctness and gentlemanly effect by Brother Frances . Ogle . After the usual sentiments had been drunk with honours , the AV . M . proposed " the health of Brother A . K . Ogle , Barrister-at-law , and prosperity to Lodge No . 50 . " ( Applause and musical Masonic cheers . ) Thc flattering manner in which tliis toast