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Ireland.
was prefaced , was further enhanced by the members commissioning Brother A . K . Ogle to present to Lodge 50 one dozen numbers of the sermon on Freemasonry , preached in St . Mary ' s Church , Neivry , on St . John ' s day , by the Archdeacon Mant . Brother Ogle , in a speech of impressiveness and ability , returned suitable thanks . LIMERICKMay 18—Freemasonry is advancing with steadsuccess
, . y in this province . Many of our brethren visit Dublin for the express purpose of deriving instruction from that veteran in the Craft , Brother Baldwin , which they impart to us as readily as we receive gratefully . Among our recent additions , four officers of the King ' s Hussars were admitted . Brothers of the ancient honorable Craft of Free and Accepted Masons , in this garrison , within the last week .
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
QUEBEC— -The want of Provincial Grand Lodges is most severely felt by those Brethren who are anxious to promote Freemasonry in this part of the world ; and again , those who are lukewarm in the cause plead , that as tbe provincial rulers set so indifferent an example , it is not necessary for them to bestir themselves . AVe envy the British Masons the advantages they possess , ancl the opportunity they have of manifesting the valued privileges of the Order . An active provincial ruler would soon fan the embers , and rekindle the spirit which , however dormant , is not extinct ; but without the clue effect of a public authority , the subordinate Lodges can hardly be expected to work well .
India.
INDIA .
We have to acknowledge some correspondence . A . R . Bro . Larking , in England , is the Prov . Grand Master , and will receive any communications respecting India . P . M . Bengal .-Ifour Brother will address the board of General Purposes , 'his request is certain of being attended to . BUNCH , HUHKARU . —We appreciate the compliment paid us by the very copious extracts from our pages , and trust that in future thc editor will use us unsparingly : his selections show much taste aud discrimination . The ' Mystery of Death , " and the " Vision of Lanah , " are written by Brethren of high reputation . It becomes our pleasing duty to announce to the Fraternity in India ,
that our Brother , Major R . C . Macdonald , of the 49 th regiment , N . I ., has left England to join his regiment at Neemutch , in the Presidency of Agra , in Bengal . The major is the bearer of a warrant to establish a Lodge at that place , by command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . AV . G . M . It is not too much to say , that the major has been unceasing in his desire to acquire Masonic knowledge , in which he has been assisted by some leading Brethren of London , who have bad equal pride and pleasure in imparting to him their stores of Masonic information . He has in the province of Somerset obtained the good will of several Lodges by
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Ireland.
was prefaced , was further enhanced by the members commissioning Brother A . K . Ogle to present to Lodge 50 one dozen numbers of the sermon on Freemasonry , preached in St . Mary ' s Church , Neivry , on St . John ' s day , by the Archdeacon Mant . Brother Ogle , in a speech of impressiveness and ability , returned suitable thanks . LIMERICKMay 18—Freemasonry is advancing with steadsuccess
, . y in this province . Many of our brethren visit Dublin for the express purpose of deriving instruction from that veteran in the Craft , Brother Baldwin , which they impart to us as readily as we receive gratefully . Among our recent additions , four officers of the King ' s Hussars were admitted . Brothers of the ancient honorable Craft of Free and Accepted Masons , in this garrison , within the last week .
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
QUEBEC— -The want of Provincial Grand Lodges is most severely felt by those Brethren who are anxious to promote Freemasonry in this part of the world ; and again , those who are lukewarm in the cause plead , that as tbe provincial rulers set so indifferent an example , it is not necessary for them to bestir themselves . AVe envy the British Masons the advantages they possess , ancl the opportunity they have of manifesting the valued privileges of the Order . An active provincial ruler would soon fan the embers , and rekindle the spirit which , however dormant , is not extinct ; but without the clue effect of a public authority , the subordinate Lodges can hardly be expected to work well .
India.
INDIA .
We have to acknowledge some correspondence . A . R . Bro . Larking , in England , is the Prov . Grand Master , and will receive any communications respecting India . P . M . Bengal .-Ifour Brother will address the board of General Purposes , 'his request is certain of being attended to . BUNCH , HUHKARU . —We appreciate the compliment paid us by the very copious extracts from our pages , and trust that in future thc editor will use us unsparingly : his selections show much taste aud discrimination . The ' Mystery of Death , " and the " Vision of Lanah , " are written by Brethren of high reputation . It becomes our pleasing duty to announce to the Fraternity in India ,
that our Brother , Major R . C . Macdonald , of the 49 th regiment , N . I ., has left England to join his regiment at Neemutch , in the Presidency of Agra , in Bengal . The major is the bearer of a warrant to establish a Lodge at that place , by command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . AV . G . M . It is not too much to say , that the major has been unceasing in his desire to acquire Masonic knowledge , in which he has been assisted by some leading Brethren of London , who have bad equal pride and pleasure in imparting to him their stores of Masonic information . He has in the province of Somerset obtained the good will of several Lodges by