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Ireland.
Metropolitan and most of the Provincial Lodges , also fondly cherishing vivid recollections of the generous nature of the father and friend of Freemasonry , followed the example so decorously set them . June 29 . —No . 50 , Lodge of St . Patrick . This being the closing clay of the season , the Brethren in full clothing assembled , putting forth all their energies for the " wind " of the At four ' clock the
up year . o new Officers , Captain Stritch , AA . AL , John APNally , S . AA ., Chris . Coppinger , J . \ A \ , Rev . George Kelly , A . M . Chaplain , AArilliam Green , S . D ., Richard C . Martin , J . D ., Geo . S . Baldwin , S . & T ., entered on their several duties with all the ceremonies essential to the dignity of their respective ranks , each Brother , as he was inaugurated , explaining the emblematic mysteries and exact proportions of the venerable fabric of Freemasonryand cementing all parts with the regularity and solidity
, of a perfect workman . A vote of thanks from the Governors of the Cork Female Orphan School , for a donation of £ 15 from the funds of Lodge 50 ; ancl also , a liberal subscription from its Alembers ( collected by Brother Coppinger ) was ordered to be entered on the minutes . AA ' e regret that we cannot , in justice to ourselves or our readers , enter into the merits of this establishment without exceeding the limits of an editorial article . We purposehoweverreturning to the subject
, , , when we shall be able , without the hazard of contradiction , to show that the Cork Alasonic School is one of the most valuable ancl economically managed of the numerous charitable foundations in this country ; and as such , is well deserving of the investigation and patronage of those " who know no distinction but ofthe happy or unhappy . "
A t seven o ' clock , an adjournment to the dining hall took place . As the billets d'invitation had been extended , many visitors were present , the most distinguished of whom were seated at the head of the tables , thc AV . M . being generally the sun round which ' * The planetary characters revolve . '* AVe regret , however , that there was a drawback on the evening , namely , that occasioned bthe unavoidable absence of some ofthe most ardent
y , anxious , and efficient of the members , and which would not have occurred had the meeting been convened on the regular day . After the cloth was drawn , the Chaplain said grace , and " Non Nobis Domine " was sung by the most eminent vocalists belonging to the Order . The first toast given was received and drunk in solemn silence , the Brethren standing , namely , " The Memory of William the Fourth , Grancl Patron of Freemasonry . "
The AV . Al . then , in a speech " warm from the heart ancl faithful to its fires , " proposed " The Queen . " Song and chorus , " God save the Queen . " Our limits now impose restraints on our descriptive powers , ancl we have not space to attempt any analysis of all that was said or sung ; suffice it to say , that the evening was one of great eclat , ancl partook of that mutual confidence and manly friendship which
" No cold medium knows . " 19 th July . —THE SUPREME GRAND ENCA . IIP . UENT OF TEMPLARS , the successors of those " brave old Knights in arms , " who ' Against the usurping infidel displayed The blessed cross and won tlie Holy Land . " mustered on the evening of the third AA- ' edncsday of the seventh month
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Ireland.
Metropolitan and most of the Provincial Lodges , also fondly cherishing vivid recollections of the generous nature of the father and friend of Freemasonry , followed the example so decorously set them . June 29 . —No . 50 , Lodge of St . Patrick . This being the closing clay of the season , the Brethren in full clothing assembled , putting forth all their energies for the " wind " of the At four ' clock the
up year . o new Officers , Captain Stritch , AA . AL , John APNally , S . AA ., Chris . Coppinger , J . \ A \ , Rev . George Kelly , A . M . Chaplain , AArilliam Green , S . D ., Richard C . Martin , J . D ., Geo . S . Baldwin , S . & T ., entered on their several duties with all the ceremonies essential to the dignity of their respective ranks , each Brother , as he was inaugurated , explaining the emblematic mysteries and exact proportions of the venerable fabric of Freemasonryand cementing all parts with the regularity and solidity
, of a perfect workman . A vote of thanks from the Governors of the Cork Female Orphan School , for a donation of £ 15 from the funds of Lodge 50 ; ancl also , a liberal subscription from its Alembers ( collected by Brother Coppinger ) was ordered to be entered on the minutes . AA ' e regret that we cannot , in justice to ourselves or our readers , enter into the merits of this establishment without exceeding the limits of an editorial article . We purposehoweverreturning to the subject
, , , when we shall be able , without the hazard of contradiction , to show that the Cork Alasonic School is one of the most valuable ancl economically managed of the numerous charitable foundations in this country ; and as such , is well deserving of the investigation and patronage of those " who know no distinction but ofthe happy or unhappy . "
A t seven o ' clock , an adjournment to the dining hall took place . As the billets d'invitation had been extended , many visitors were present , the most distinguished of whom were seated at the head of the tables , thc AV . M . being generally the sun round which ' * The planetary characters revolve . '* AVe regret , however , that there was a drawback on the evening , namely , that occasioned bthe unavoidable absence of some ofthe most ardent
y , anxious , and efficient of the members , and which would not have occurred had the meeting been convened on the regular day . After the cloth was drawn , the Chaplain said grace , and " Non Nobis Domine " was sung by the most eminent vocalists belonging to the Order . The first toast given was received and drunk in solemn silence , the Brethren standing , namely , " The Memory of William the Fourth , Grancl Patron of Freemasonry . "
The AV . Al . then , in a speech " warm from the heart ancl faithful to its fires , " proposed " The Queen . " Song and chorus , " God save the Queen . " Our limits now impose restraints on our descriptive powers , ancl we have not space to attempt any analysis of all that was said or sung ; suffice it to say , that the evening was one of great eclat , ancl partook of that mutual confidence and manly friendship which
" No cold medium knows . " 19 th July . —THE SUPREME GRAND ENCA . IIP . UENT OF TEMPLARS , the successors of those " brave old Knights in arms , " who ' Against the usurping infidel displayed The blessed cross and won tlie Holy Land . " mustered on the evening of the third AA- ' edncsday of the seventh month