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Ireland.
members . ™ As this part of the arrangement of the Hall has been made with allusion to the period when the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre , or Templars , were patrons of theOrtler of Masons , an escutcheon with a red cross is emblazoned over the back of each stall ; and it is intended that each Kni ght of the Comniandery or Encampment attached to the Lodge , shall suspend a banner with his coat-of-arms over his stall . The throne of the AV . M . is covered also with a Gothic canopyand is raised
, on a crimson dais . In the west , at the door , are placed the two mystical pillars , supporting globes of light . The Lodge was opened in due form and order at four o ' clock , by Richard Connery , Esq ., K . T ., the AVM ., who immediately proceeded , assisted by Archdeacon Mant , P . G-M . of Carey and Dunluce , to instal as AV . M . for the next six months Bro . the Rev . Frederick AV . Mant , K . T . The new AV . M . then invested his Officers , who were installed
and saluted accordingly ; viz . Captain Cortland G . M'Greggor Skinner , RA . M ., as S-AV . ; Henry Campbell , R . A-M-, J . AA . ; Samuel Vance , R . A . M ., S . Deacon ; William Rowan , M . M ; J . Deacon ; S . M'Kibbin , R A . M . J . G . ; J . G . Thomson , RA . M ., Secretary . Two Brethren of the Lodge , R . Davison and A . C AValsh , Esqs . were admitted to the second degree ; and Thomas Grey , Esq ., J . P-, and Dr . Thomas ReadM . D . were initiated into the mysteries of the Craft
, , , The Lodge was called off at half-past six o ' clock to refreshment , when eighteen Brethren sat down to dinner . After dinner , the usual routine of Masonic toasts having been given from the chair , the S . W . Captain Skinner gave the health of the AV . M . in very appropriate and complimentary language . The AV . M ., in returning thanks for the compliment ,
expressed his obhgations to those who had preceded him in the government of the Lodge , whereby the way had been made easy for him , if he only exerted himself with diligence , as he hoped to do . He alluded particularly to the services of P . M . Connery , and called upon his Bro . the P . G . M . of Carey and Dunluce , to propose the next toast . Archdeacon Mant , in responding to this call , expressed the pleasure it gave him to do so , and thanked his Brother , the AV . M ., for the opportunity it gave him of testifing his sense of the merits of a very worth
y y Brother . He stated , that having himself laboured to make the Lodge 40 what a Lodge should be , he had from no person derived such aid as from that individual ; who , from the time he joined the Lodge as a private member , as SW ., and as AV . M .,. S . AV . had devoted himself to Masonry , and left no opportunity unused of improving himself , and benefiting the Lodge . He alluded to the appearance of the Masonic Hall , the furnishing , & c . of which had been done under Bro . Connery ' s constant
superintendance , and would be a lasting memorial of his services and zeal . But in order that their sense of his services mi ght be deeply impressed also on Bro . Connery ' s mind , he was now commissioned by the Brethren to request his acceptance of a jewel , as a trifling memorial of their regard . The Rev-Brother then placed in the hands of the W . M . a very handsome Past Master ' s jewel , being a pair of compasses , set in Irish diamondsjoined with a square of goldon the back of which was
, , engraved an appropriate inscription ; and the 11 ' . M . presented it in the name of the Lodge to Bro P . M . Connery , who replied in feeling terms , expressing his sense of the kindness of the Brethren , and assuring them how much he should value their present . The Lod ge was closed in due form and order at ten o ' clock .
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Ireland.
members . ™ As this part of the arrangement of the Hall has been made with allusion to the period when the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre , or Templars , were patrons of theOrtler of Masons , an escutcheon with a red cross is emblazoned over the back of each stall ; and it is intended that each Kni ght of the Comniandery or Encampment attached to the Lodge , shall suspend a banner with his coat-of-arms over his stall . The throne of the AV . M . is covered also with a Gothic canopyand is raised
, on a crimson dais . In the west , at the door , are placed the two mystical pillars , supporting globes of light . The Lodge was opened in due form and order at four o ' clock , by Richard Connery , Esq ., K . T ., the AVM ., who immediately proceeded , assisted by Archdeacon Mant , P . G-M . of Carey and Dunluce , to instal as AV . M . for the next six months Bro . the Rev . Frederick AV . Mant , K . T . The new AV . M . then invested his Officers , who were installed
and saluted accordingly ; viz . Captain Cortland G . M'Greggor Skinner , RA . M ., as S-AV . ; Henry Campbell , R . A-M-, J . AA . ; Samuel Vance , R . A . M ., S . Deacon ; William Rowan , M . M ; J . Deacon ; S . M'Kibbin , R A . M . J . G . ; J . G . Thomson , RA . M ., Secretary . Two Brethren of the Lodge , R . Davison and A . C AValsh , Esqs . were admitted to the second degree ; and Thomas Grey , Esq ., J . P-, and Dr . Thomas ReadM . D . were initiated into the mysteries of the Craft
, , , The Lodge was called off at half-past six o ' clock to refreshment , when eighteen Brethren sat down to dinner . After dinner , the usual routine of Masonic toasts having been given from the chair , the S . W . Captain Skinner gave the health of the AV . M . in very appropriate and complimentary language . The AV . M ., in returning thanks for the compliment ,
expressed his obhgations to those who had preceded him in the government of the Lodge , whereby the way had been made easy for him , if he only exerted himself with diligence , as he hoped to do . He alluded particularly to the services of P . M . Connery , and called upon his Bro . the P . G . M . of Carey and Dunluce , to propose the next toast . Archdeacon Mant , in responding to this call , expressed the pleasure it gave him to do so , and thanked his Brother , the AV . M ., for the opportunity it gave him of testifing his sense of the merits of a very worth
y y Brother . He stated , that having himself laboured to make the Lodge 40 what a Lodge should be , he had from no person derived such aid as from that individual ; who , from the time he joined the Lodge as a private member , as SW ., and as AV . M .,. S . AV . had devoted himself to Masonry , and left no opportunity unused of improving himself , and benefiting the Lodge . He alluded to the appearance of the Masonic Hall , the furnishing , & c . of which had been done under Bro . Connery ' s constant
superintendance , and would be a lasting memorial of his services and zeal . But in order that their sense of his services mi ght be deeply impressed also on Bro . Connery ' s mind , he was now commissioned by the Brethren to request his acceptance of a jewel , as a trifling memorial of their regard . The Rev-Brother then placed in the hands of the W . M . a very handsome Past Master ' s jewel , being a pair of compasses , set in Irish diamondsjoined with a square of goldon the back of which was
, , engraved an appropriate inscription ; and the 11 ' . M . presented it in the name of the Lodge to Bro P . M . Connery , who replied in feeling terms , expressing his sense of the kindness of the Brethren , and assuring them how much he should value their present . The Lod ge was closed in due form and order at ten o ' clock .