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Ireland.
IRELAND .
. 1 . M . —We believe it is not tlie present intention of the late Editor to levisit Dublin : his health is certain /// improved , but private affairs will prevent that gratification . A TEMPLAR . —Wo are requested to soj / that Dr . Otiee . fi'' exonerates all his Irish Brethren from serves ;/ , and will feel deeply indebted if he can himself be made equally indeiiendent . lIoxKsirs Jinds the " creature at his dirt ;/ work again . " — We expected as much . — "Ex niiovis liinio , '" —we will keep an ei / e open . Ax OLD MASOX . —We feel obliged by the printed papers as locll as the MSS . of 180 D i—thcy shall be carefully preserved , —and the correspondence shall commence as soon as the current
Number is out of hand . A MASONIC KXIGHT . —We differ , inasmuch as , if our correspondent be correct in his report , we think the Grand Conclave ( would we had such in England ) quite right in directing the modification of the Obligation . The letter , in other joints , is too important to be published , irithout the most authentic informution . 11- —We are certainly in no position to tVispute the truth of the proceedings , but we mail fairly t / uestion lehcther the excitement of H . hasnot betrai / edhis judgment , and for thisreason tee defer the General Report from Dublin until further advices .
DUBLIN . —Our communications generally are very unimportant . In Dublin most of the Lodges are in recess , but the approaching season is expected to exhibit our usual spirits and intelligence . In the provinces there is a betokening of much promise ; the number of initiations is considerably on the increase , and the higher orders are establishing with great eclat . Among the foremost of the provincial phalanx is Bro . M . Furnell , the P . G . M . for North Minister , who , among his nobler
qualities , appears to possess the power of ubiquity , for no sooner do we know that he has convened a meeting in one town , than we find him wielding his sceptre in another . The provincial details are , as usual , very interesting .
LOWOE 6 . —On Tuesday last , July 5 , a deputation from Masonic Lodge 6 , waited , by appointment , on the Right Worshipful AVm . White , Esq ., at his residence , Berry ' s-buildings , Rathmines , to present him with an address , on his resignation of the high and honourable office of Deputy Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland . AVe subjoin a copy of the address and of the answer : —
" To the Right Worshipful William While , Esq ., Depuly Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland . " RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR , —AVe , the Master , AVardens , and Brethren of Masonic Lodge No . 6 , having with great regret learned your intention of resigning the high and honourable office of Deputy Grand Master , beg to approach and affectionately entreat you to forego your intention of retiring from the high station which you have for so many years occupied , with advantage to our order , and honour to yourself .
" AVe , your maternal Lodge , sincerely assure you , that having endeared yourself to us by your many virtues , we cannot contemplate your retiring from office otherwise than a general misfortune , and an event deeply to be deplored by the Masonic Society in Ireland . " AVe respectfully offer you our warmest acknowledgments for tlie valuable assistance you have hitherto rendered our Society , by your upright and gentlemanly bearing—by your honourable and high Masonic conduct—by the gentle and impartial manner in which you have ever discharged the duties of your office—and by your constant attention to , and able assistance in , all our Masonic transactions ; and may the Great Architect of the Universe
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Ireland.
IRELAND .
. 1 . M . —We believe it is not tlie present intention of the late Editor to levisit Dublin : his health is certain /// improved , but private affairs will prevent that gratification . A TEMPLAR . —Wo are requested to soj / that Dr . Otiee . fi'' exonerates all his Irish Brethren from serves ;/ , and will feel deeply indebted if he can himself be made equally indeiiendent . lIoxKsirs Jinds the " creature at his dirt ;/ work again . " — We expected as much . — "Ex niiovis liinio , '" —we will keep an ei / e open . Ax OLD MASOX . —We feel obliged by the printed papers as locll as the MSS . of 180 D i—thcy shall be carefully preserved , —and the correspondence shall commence as soon as the current
Number is out of hand . A MASONIC KXIGHT . —We differ , inasmuch as , if our correspondent be correct in his report , we think the Grand Conclave ( would we had such in England ) quite right in directing the modification of the Obligation . The letter , in other joints , is too important to be published , irithout the most authentic informution . 11- —We are certainly in no position to tVispute the truth of the proceedings , but we mail fairly t / uestion lehcther the excitement of H . hasnot betrai / edhis judgment , and for thisreason tee defer the General Report from Dublin until further advices .
DUBLIN . —Our communications generally are very unimportant . In Dublin most of the Lodges are in recess , but the approaching season is expected to exhibit our usual spirits and intelligence . In the provinces there is a betokening of much promise ; the number of initiations is considerably on the increase , and the higher orders are establishing with great eclat . Among the foremost of the provincial phalanx is Bro . M . Furnell , the P . G . M . for North Minister , who , among his nobler
qualities , appears to possess the power of ubiquity , for no sooner do we know that he has convened a meeting in one town , than we find him wielding his sceptre in another . The provincial details are , as usual , very interesting .
LOWOE 6 . —On Tuesday last , July 5 , a deputation from Masonic Lodge 6 , waited , by appointment , on the Right Worshipful AVm . White , Esq ., at his residence , Berry ' s-buildings , Rathmines , to present him with an address , on his resignation of the high and honourable office of Deputy Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland . AVe subjoin a copy of the address and of the answer : —
" To the Right Worshipful William While , Esq ., Depuly Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland . " RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR , —AVe , the Master , AVardens , and Brethren of Masonic Lodge No . 6 , having with great regret learned your intention of resigning the high and honourable office of Deputy Grand Master , beg to approach and affectionately entreat you to forego your intention of retiring from the high station which you have for so many years occupied , with advantage to our order , and honour to yourself .
" AVe , your maternal Lodge , sincerely assure you , that having endeared yourself to us by your many virtues , we cannot contemplate your retiring from office otherwise than a general misfortune , and an event deeply to be deplored by the Masonic Society in Ireland . " AVe respectfully offer you our warmest acknowledgments for tlie valuable assistance you have hitherto rendered our Society , by your upright and gentlemanly bearing—by your honourable and high Masonic conduct—by the gentle and impartial manner in which you have ever discharged the duties of your office—and by your constant attention to , and able assistance in , all our Masonic transactions ; and may the Great Architect of the Universe