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Ireland.
DUBLIN . —Previous to his departure for London , that celebrated Comedian Brother Wm . Farren , who was ori ginally initiated into the secrets of Masonry in Loclge No . 141 , Dublin , was ' entertained by the Shakspeare Club , conjointly with a number of the Masonic Fraternity , at Radley ' s Commercial Coffee House , College Green , BrotherO'Gorman Mahon acted as PresidentThos . NortonEsq . Barrister at Laivas
, , , , Vice-President , and Brother Langford Pritchard , as Secretary , & c . We but repeat a Avell descri'ed eulogium , Avhen Ave say that the general conduct of those gentlemen in their respective situations AA'as such as must hai'e been hi g hl y gratifying , not only to the company but to the guest .
We have been requested to call the attention of the " Supreme Royal Arch Chapter of Dublin , to an irregularity which exists amongst ALL the Irish Metropolitan Arch Masons , namely , of Avearing their medals appended to a red instead of a ivhile ribbon . " The rule is as stated in No . 7 of the F . Q . R . " That a Royal Arch Mason who has been installed as a PRINCIPAL , may wear tiie jewel of his chair ( 1 st , 2 nd , or 3 rd , as the case may be ) attached to a red ribbon ; but all beneath the
rank of a PRINCIPAL must wear thejeivcl attached to a WHITE ribbon . " As the object of the Supreme R . A . Chapter of Dublin should be to establish a uniformity of working , of practice , ancl of emblems throuo-hout the Order , Ave hope it Avill forthwith issue a Precept , commanding an alteration in this as well as in any other existing irregularity . * The Rt . Hon . Charles Kendall Bushe , Chief Justice of the King ' s Benchiswe understand a Member of the Masonic Orderhaving been
, , , initiated many years ago in the County of Cork . The Rt . Rev . aud Hon . the Bishop of Kildare , and Dr . Leslie , Lord Bishop of Elphin , are also Members of the Fraternity . ST , JOHN ' DAY IN THE PROVINCES . —The Masonic Lodges in the Counties of Autrem , Armagh , Donegal , Down , Derry , & c . celebrated this Festival , by marching in procession to hear Divine Service . At Vinecash , near Portodown , a discourse , replete with sound gospel
instruction ivas delivered by the Rev . Brother Thomas Dugall , from St . John , Chap . iii . 14 . " We knoAV that Ave have passed from death into life , because we love the brethren : he that loveth not his brother abideth in death . "
At Tynan an appropriate Sermon , Avas preached b y the Rev . Brother Gibson , Presbyterian Minister , to the Members of Lodge , No . 681 , Caledon , consisting of decent Tradesmen , and substantial Farmers of all creeds and denominations of Christians . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Loclge of the Baronies of Carey ancl Dunluce , in the county of Antrim , ivas held at the Lodge room of No . 229 , Dervock , on Tuesday , the 2 nd of June . The P . G . L . Avas opened in due form and order by the R . W . and
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Ireland.
DUBLIN . —Previous to his departure for London , that celebrated Comedian Brother Wm . Farren , who was ori ginally initiated into the secrets of Masonry in Loclge No . 141 , Dublin , was ' entertained by the Shakspeare Club , conjointly with a number of the Masonic Fraternity , at Radley ' s Commercial Coffee House , College Green , BrotherO'Gorman Mahon acted as PresidentThos . NortonEsq . Barrister at Laivas
, , , , Vice-President , and Brother Langford Pritchard , as Secretary , & c . We but repeat a Avell descri'ed eulogium , Avhen Ave say that the general conduct of those gentlemen in their respective situations AA'as such as must hai'e been hi g hl y gratifying , not only to the company but to the guest .
We have been requested to call the attention of the " Supreme Royal Arch Chapter of Dublin , to an irregularity which exists amongst ALL the Irish Metropolitan Arch Masons , namely , of Avearing their medals appended to a red instead of a ivhile ribbon . " The rule is as stated in No . 7 of the F . Q . R . " That a Royal Arch Mason who has been installed as a PRINCIPAL , may wear tiie jewel of his chair ( 1 st , 2 nd , or 3 rd , as the case may be ) attached to a red ribbon ; but all beneath the
rank of a PRINCIPAL must wear thejeivcl attached to a WHITE ribbon . " As the object of the Supreme R . A . Chapter of Dublin should be to establish a uniformity of working , of practice , ancl of emblems throuo-hout the Order , Ave hope it Avill forthwith issue a Precept , commanding an alteration in this as well as in any other existing irregularity . * The Rt . Hon . Charles Kendall Bushe , Chief Justice of the King ' s Benchiswe understand a Member of the Masonic Orderhaving been
, , , initiated many years ago in the County of Cork . The Rt . Rev . aud Hon . the Bishop of Kildare , and Dr . Leslie , Lord Bishop of Elphin , are also Members of the Fraternity . ST , JOHN ' DAY IN THE PROVINCES . —The Masonic Lodges in the Counties of Autrem , Armagh , Donegal , Down , Derry , & c . celebrated this Festival , by marching in procession to hear Divine Service . At Vinecash , near Portodown , a discourse , replete with sound gospel
instruction ivas delivered by the Rev . Brother Thomas Dugall , from St . John , Chap . iii . 14 . " We knoAV that Ave have passed from death into life , because we love the brethren : he that loveth not his brother abideth in death . "
At Tynan an appropriate Sermon , Avas preached b y the Rev . Brother Gibson , Presbyterian Minister , to the Members of Lodge , No . 681 , Caledon , consisting of decent Tradesmen , and substantial Farmers of all creeds and denominations of Christians . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Loclge of the Baronies of Carey ancl Dunluce , in the county of Antrim , ivas held at the Lodge room of No . 229 , Dervock , on Tuesday , the 2 nd of June . The P . G . L . Avas opened in due form and order by the R . W . and