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and we are quite aware , too , tbat amongst the highest ranks of the service in which General Blakeney himself holds so prominent a command , are to be found officers of great experience and distinguished reputation , who from time to time have not only encouraged , but occasionally presided over , regimental Lodges . That the gallant and respected officer who has considered it expedient to place an interdict on Masonry in the has acted in the presentas in other
army , , every instance of his command , from the purest sense of duty , and with a view to the best interests of the service in which his character stands deservedly high , we cannot entertain a doubt ; nor should we have ventured to pronounce a dissent from any order coming from such a quarter , and so likely therefore to be right , unless upon the very strongest conviction of its impolicy . Could our humble influence only prevail with the gallant General to satisfy himself ofthe effects of Masonry—as they
relate to discipline , union , and subordination—in those regiments which still hold Masonic warrants , and to act as a report , upon that reference , from the commanding officers , shall justify , we should have no fears whatever for the result , nor doubt that Sir Edward would find abundant reason for qualifying or rescinding an order which , he will pardon us for saying , seems to our humble judgment much less considered and judicious than miht have been expected from his known sagacity and
g experience . At all events , we feel that we have been discharging a high public duty—we trust , as assuredly we intend , without offence—in directing attention to this subject ; and we do not even yet despair of inducing a more favourable view of Masonry and its influences in a quarter where it is , in every respect , desirable that a just and proper estimate of both should be entertained . "— . Kilkenny Moderator .
Our readers will at once feel the deep importance of the subject , and doubtless anxiously await the result of circumstances . DUBLIN , June 18 . —The Original Chapter of Prince Masons
assembled at the Chapter-room , Radley ' s Hotel , College-green , for tlie dispatch of business Brother Warre on the Throne , assisted by Bros . Norman , Grant , Quintin , Joseph White ,. Creighton , Porter , Wm . II . Wright , Thos . Wright , Fenton , M'Donald , Rigby , Richard Wright , Dudgeon , Brereton , Vivers , Wilson , & c They then closed , and Chapter , No . 2 of Prince Masons opened , assisted by the above Companions , and installed Brother Thomas Mostyn , Master of 141 Lodge into the mysteries of a Prince Grand Rose Croix . They afterwards adjourned to banquet , after which several excellent addresses were delivered .
On the 1 ] th July , No . 2 Chapter of Prince Grand Rose Croix assembled at their Chanter-room , College-green , for the purpose of installing Brother Rankin into the mysteries of Prince Grand Rose Croix , Bro . Rigby on the Throne , after which they adjourned to a banquet . On Friday , 19 th of June , the Leinster Masonic Lodge , 141 , met at the Masonic Hall , College-green , Dublin , when Thomas Mostyn , Esq ., was installed as Master , and Brothers William T . Lloyd , and Richard Worthington , as Senior and Junior Wardens ; after which the Lodge was adjourned for refreshment to Lovegrove ' s Hotel , Salt-hill , where
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Ireland.
and we are quite aware , too , tbat amongst the highest ranks of the service in which General Blakeney himself holds so prominent a command , are to be found officers of great experience and distinguished reputation , who from time to time have not only encouraged , but occasionally presided over , regimental Lodges . That the gallant and respected officer who has considered it expedient to place an interdict on Masonry in the has acted in the presentas in other
army , , every instance of his command , from the purest sense of duty , and with a view to the best interests of the service in which his character stands deservedly high , we cannot entertain a doubt ; nor should we have ventured to pronounce a dissent from any order coming from such a quarter , and so likely therefore to be right , unless upon the very strongest conviction of its impolicy . Could our humble influence only prevail with the gallant General to satisfy himself ofthe effects of Masonry—as they
relate to discipline , union , and subordination—in those regiments which still hold Masonic warrants , and to act as a report , upon that reference , from the commanding officers , shall justify , we should have no fears whatever for the result , nor doubt that Sir Edward would find abundant reason for qualifying or rescinding an order which , he will pardon us for saying , seems to our humble judgment much less considered and judicious than miht have been expected from his known sagacity and
g experience . At all events , we feel that we have been discharging a high public duty—we trust , as assuredly we intend , without offence—in directing attention to this subject ; and we do not even yet despair of inducing a more favourable view of Masonry and its influences in a quarter where it is , in every respect , desirable that a just and proper estimate of both should be entertained . "— . Kilkenny Moderator .
Our readers will at once feel the deep importance of the subject , and doubtless anxiously await the result of circumstances . DUBLIN , June 18 . —The Original Chapter of Prince Masons
assembled at the Chapter-room , Radley ' s Hotel , College-green , for tlie dispatch of business Brother Warre on the Throne , assisted by Bros . Norman , Grant , Quintin , Joseph White ,. Creighton , Porter , Wm . II . Wright , Thos . Wright , Fenton , M'Donald , Rigby , Richard Wright , Dudgeon , Brereton , Vivers , Wilson , & c They then closed , and Chapter , No . 2 of Prince Masons opened , assisted by the above Companions , and installed Brother Thomas Mostyn , Master of 141 Lodge into the mysteries of a Prince Grand Rose Croix . They afterwards adjourned to banquet , after which several excellent addresses were delivered .
On the 1 ] th July , No . 2 Chapter of Prince Grand Rose Croix assembled at their Chanter-room , College-green , for the purpose of installing Brother Rankin into the mysteries of Prince Grand Rose Croix , Bro . Rigby on the Throne , after which they adjourned to a banquet . On Friday , 19 th of June , the Leinster Masonic Lodge , 141 , met at the Masonic Hall , College-green , Dublin , when Thomas Mostyn , Esq ., was installed as Master , and Brothers William T . Lloyd , and Richard Worthington , as Senior and Junior Wardens ; after which the Lodge was adjourned for refreshment to Lovegrove ' s Hotel , Salt-hill , where