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Scotland.
ARBROATH . —Our harbour works arc progressing rapidly . Hundreds of workmen are daily employed in excavating and framing the blocks , and it is expected that early next month the foundation stone will be laid with Masonic honours , on which occasion , it is believed , Lord Panmure , as Provincial Grand Master , will officiate . ABERDEEN —The Aberdeen , St . Machar ' s , and St . Nicholas Lodges , have held meetings for initiation , and for making arrangements preparatory to laying the foundation stone of the new public markets .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OUR intelligence from the metropolis and the provinces of the sister isle , is of more than usual interest , and it may become our duty to advert to several topics not hitherto treated of ; there is one , however , which we deem of such importance , as to advert to it without further delay , inasmuch as it touches upon the vital interests of the Order , and
more especially because of its connexion with our military Brethren , than whom a more loyal section of men do not exist ; their fidelity to the throne and to the Order , is not only compatible with their duty , but they exemplify the glorious truth by their honourable conduct . We shall at present confine ourselves to such extracts from the public press as
bear upon the case , preferring such course at present . MASONRY IN THE ARMY . " Sir Edward Blakeney , the Lieut .-General commanding , is reported
to have issued his mandate against a Masonic Lodge being held in the 38 th regiment , now at Limerick . "—Morning Post . " The warrant reviving the Lodge in the 38 th regiment has been sent back to the Grand Lodge in Dublin , by order of tbe military authorities , but the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master , intends applying to Lord Hill on the subject . "—Limerick Chronicle . " TO THE EDITOR OP THE NAVAL AND MILITARY GAZETTE .
" Sin , —In your paper of the 25 th lust ., I observe , under the head of 38 th regiment , a paragraph stating that ' the warrant reviving the ( Masonic ) Lodge in this regiment has been sent back to the Grand Lodge in Dublin by order of the military authorities ; ' and by a letter which has since appeared in an Irish provincial journal , I leaim that the order in question has issued from Sir Edward Blakeney , commander of the forces in Ireland . vor ,. vii . 3 D
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Scotland.
ARBROATH . —Our harbour works arc progressing rapidly . Hundreds of workmen are daily employed in excavating and framing the blocks , and it is expected that early next month the foundation stone will be laid with Masonic honours , on which occasion , it is believed , Lord Panmure , as Provincial Grand Master , will officiate . ABERDEEN —The Aberdeen , St . Machar ' s , and St . Nicholas Lodges , have held meetings for initiation , and for making arrangements preparatory to laying the foundation stone of the new public markets .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OUR intelligence from the metropolis and the provinces of the sister isle , is of more than usual interest , and it may become our duty to advert to several topics not hitherto treated of ; there is one , however , which we deem of such importance , as to advert to it without further delay , inasmuch as it touches upon the vital interests of the Order , and
more especially because of its connexion with our military Brethren , than whom a more loyal section of men do not exist ; their fidelity to the throne and to the Order , is not only compatible with their duty , but they exemplify the glorious truth by their honourable conduct . We shall at present confine ourselves to such extracts from the public press as
bear upon the case , preferring such course at present . MASONRY IN THE ARMY . " Sir Edward Blakeney , the Lieut .-General commanding , is reported
to have issued his mandate against a Masonic Lodge being held in the 38 th regiment , now at Limerick . "—Morning Post . " The warrant reviving the Lodge in the 38 th regiment has been sent back to the Grand Lodge in Dublin , by order of tbe military authorities , but the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master , intends applying to Lord Hill on the subject . "—Limerick Chronicle . " TO THE EDITOR OP THE NAVAL AND MILITARY GAZETTE .
" Sin , —In your paper of the 25 th lust ., I observe , under the head of 38 th regiment , a paragraph stating that ' the warrant reviving the ( Masonic ) Lodge in this regiment has been sent back to the Grand Lodge in Dublin by order of the military authorities ; ' and by a letter which has since appeared in an Irish provincial journal , I leaim that the order in question has issued from Sir Edward Blakeney , commander of the forces in Ireland . vor ,. vii . 3 D