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Ireland.
raised upon a dais in the centre and above the other Masonic stalls , the banner with coat of arms of each Knight being suspended above his stall in pictorial tableaux . At 10 o ' clock the G . M . of North Munster , Bro . M . Funicll , arrived in full Masonic costume , and was received iu the vestibule with all the honours of the Craft , by the W . M ., Bio . H . V . Lloyd , and officers of Lodge 13 , and was preceded by the members of the Lodgetwo and twoand having made a measured circuit of the
, , ball room , to the tune of the Masonic Anthem , was conducted to the throne of state , ivhere being duly installed , he received the obeisance ofthe brethren , with the well known fraternal salute . After this ceremonial the stewards gave the welcome signal for opening tbe ball , and dancing commenced .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
AUSTRALASIA . —From those regions of the antipodes it is satisfactory to be able to furnish information , of a particularly gratifying diameter . We find on reference to the " Freemason's Quarterly Review " for June , 1839 , that oar Bro . the Rcr . Charles AVoodivard , B . 6 . L ., then Chaplain to the British Lodge , No . 8 , took leave on a Government appointment , on which occasion the Lodge presented him with a very handsome jewel ns a token of their esteem . The remarks of the Editor on that occasion , that the Brethren in the southern hemisphere would find an able and zealous adviser , have ,
we are happy to say , been fully realized . He is now- very recently returned amongst us , and by the same mail we have received a number of the Sydney Herald containing the following report , & c , of a parting dinner to our Brother , and the presentation of a purse of 100 guineas , as a substantial memorial of their sympathy and esteem . We subjoin an account of this , as it will , we are sure , lie a satisfactory proof that Masonry is nourishing in this colony . Since the patent for constituting a Prov . G . L . was forwarded from England , Bro . AVoodivard appears to h ; ive laboured hard to organize the proceedings of the Craft in the double capacity of Pvovincinl Grand Chaplain and Secretary . In so extensive a territory it must have been attended with considerable labour and correspondence . The result , however , bas been the establishment of various Lodges in different parts of
that vast country , under the English Constitution . In the metropolis of Sydney the Lodges are working well , and ive have before us a copy of the Oration delivered by Bro . AVoodivard at the consecration of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Installation of the Master , on which occasion there was an assemblage of more than two hundred Brethren . NEW SOUTH WALES . —SVDNKY . —The following interesting correspondence has lately passed between the Goulbourii Lodge , New South AVales ,
and the Rev . Bro . C . AVoodivard , upon bis leaving tbe colony to return to England : — To the Chaplain and Provincial Grand Secretary of New South Wales . — Rev . Sir and Brother , —AVe , the Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Goulbourn Lodge of Australia , having learned that you are shortly about to proceed to Europe , and aware of the deep interest you have always taken , and the valuable services you have rendered to the cause of Masonry in this distant colony , beg leave to address you previous to your departure for England , and to convey to you as well our regret at your departure as the high sense of esteem and respect for yourself personally .
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Ireland.
raised upon a dais in the centre and above the other Masonic stalls , the banner with coat of arms of each Knight being suspended above his stall in pictorial tableaux . At 10 o ' clock the G . M . of North Munster , Bro . M . Funicll , arrived in full Masonic costume , and was received iu the vestibule with all the honours of the Craft , by the W . M ., Bio . H . V . Lloyd , and officers of Lodge 13 , and was preceded by the members of the Lodgetwo and twoand having made a measured circuit of the
, , ball room , to the tune of the Masonic Anthem , was conducted to the throne of state , ivhere being duly installed , he received the obeisance ofthe brethren , with the well known fraternal salute . After this ceremonial the stewards gave the welcome signal for opening tbe ball , and dancing commenced .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
AUSTRALASIA . —From those regions of the antipodes it is satisfactory to be able to furnish information , of a particularly gratifying diameter . We find on reference to the " Freemason's Quarterly Review " for June , 1839 , that oar Bro . the Rcr . Charles AVoodivard , B . 6 . L ., then Chaplain to the British Lodge , No . 8 , took leave on a Government appointment , on which occasion the Lodge presented him with a very handsome jewel ns a token of their esteem . The remarks of the Editor on that occasion , that the Brethren in the southern hemisphere would find an able and zealous adviser , have ,
we are happy to say , been fully realized . He is now- very recently returned amongst us , and by the same mail we have received a number of the Sydney Herald containing the following report , & c , of a parting dinner to our Brother , and the presentation of a purse of 100 guineas , as a substantial memorial of their sympathy and esteem . We subjoin an account of this , as it will , we are sure , lie a satisfactory proof that Masonry is nourishing in this colony . Since the patent for constituting a Prov . G . L . was forwarded from England , Bro . AVoodivard appears to h ; ive laboured hard to organize the proceedings of the Craft in the double capacity of Pvovincinl Grand Chaplain and Secretary . In so extensive a territory it must have been attended with considerable labour and correspondence . The result , however , bas been the establishment of various Lodges in different parts of
that vast country , under the English Constitution . In the metropolis of Sydney the Lodges are working well , and ive have before us a copy of the Oration delivered by Bro . AVoodivard at the consecration of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Installation of the Master , on which occasion there was an assemblage of more than two hundred Brethren . NEW SOUTH WALES . —SVDNKY . —The following interesting correspondence has lately passed between the Goulbourii Lodge , New South AVales ,
and the Rev . Bro . C . AVoodivard , upon bis leaving tbe colony to return to England : — To the Chaplain and Provincial Grand Secretary of New South Wales . — Rev . Sir and Brother , —AVe , the Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Goulbourn Lodge of Australia , having learned that you are shortly about to proceed to Europe , and aware of the deep interest you have always taken , and the valuable services you have rendered to the cause of Masonry in this distant colony , beg leave to address you previous to your departure for England , and to convey to you as well our regret at your departure as the high sense of esteem and respect for yourself personally .