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Ireland.
pavement ; while round the sides , and extending three feet towards the centre , is a rich Brussels carpeting . The Master ' s chair is a piece of very fine workmanship , forming a canopy , and ornamented with Masonic paintings . Round the walls are suspended the warrant of the Lodge , the Royal Arch Charter , and other Masonic paintings and engravings , gifts of different members of the Lodge . The remainder of the building is intended as a preparatory room , and fitted up l
accordingy . On the whole , this little Masonic sanctum is so conveniently arranged , both as regards taste and accommodation , as perhaps to surpass any thing of the kind in the north of Ireland ; and it is a matter of congratulation to be able to make this known to the Craft in Ireland . Masonry may be said to be in a state of infancy here ; but every hope is entertained that when so much has been done in so short a space of time ( for the whole of this has been done within the last six months ) , the period is not far distant when the zeal of the Brethren will do much more towards carrying out the design of an institution so moral and virtuous in its principles , and so " god-like in its effects . "
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —The demise of the Grand Master of England has had some effect in depressing active Masonry . We have also recentl y lost the most patriarchal Mason of the clay , Bro . Des Etangs , whose latest efforts were marked by his characteristic energy . The union of the Grancl Orient and Rite Ecossais is certainly not interrupted , but its more perfect advance to a systematic consolidation is devoutly to be wished . CORFU . —Much anxiety is expressed at the part taken ba Brother
y , who , holding a patent as Grand Inspector General under the French system , is making Masons in the island without any regard to the authority of the Lodge here , under the constitution of England . Much confusion and difference of opinion have arisen ; and as we believe that it is generally understood in all the settlements under the British crown , no other authority is admitted than what issues from the Grancl Lodge of the triple kingdoms , so we look to the Grand Lodge of England
for some exercise of its Masonic direction . LIEGE—Lodge "Parfaite Intelligence et l'Etoile Re ' unies . "—At a numerous meeting of the Brethren it was resolved unanimously , to nominate a deputation , to proceed to London , to present to the Grand Lodge of England an address of condolence on the demise of H . R . H . the late Duke of Sussex , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , which bad been passed and transcribed ; but it having been intimated that such a course
was not adopted even by the sister Grancl Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , it was ultimately resolved that the address should be confided to Dr . Crucefix , requesting him to take charge of it . We are gratified since to learn that it has been delivered to the Grand Secretary , and ordered to be entered on the minutes of the Grand Lodge of England .
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Ireland.
pavement ; while round the sides , and extending three feet towards the centre , is a rich Brussels carpeting . The Master ' s chair is a piece of very fine workmanship , forming a canopy , and ornamented with Masonic paintings . Round the walls are suspended the warrant of the Lodge , the Royal Arch Charter , and other Masonic paintings and engravings , gifts of different members of the Lodge . The remainder of the building is intended as a preparatory room , and fitted up l
accordingy . On the whole , this little Masonic sanctum is so conveniently arranged , both as regards taste and accommodation , as perhaps to surpass any thing of the kind in the north of Ireland ; and it is a matter of congratulation to be able to make this known to the Craft in Ireland . Masonry may be said to be in a state of infancy here ; but every hope is entertained that when so much has been done in so short a space of time ( for the whole of this has been done within the last six months ) , the period is not far distant when the zeal of the Brethren will do much more towards carrying out the design of an institution so moral and virtuous in its principles , and so " god-like in its effects . "
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —The demise of the Grand Master of England has had some effect in depressing active Masonry . We have also recentl y lost the most patriarchal Mason of the clay , Bro . Des Etangs , whose latest efforts were marked by his characteristic energy . The union of the Grancl Orient and Rite Ecossais is certainly not interrupted , but its more perfect advance to a systematic consolidation is devoutly to be wished . CORFU . —Much anxiety is expressed at the part taken ba Brother
y , who , holding a patent as Grand Inspector General under the French system , is making Masons in the island without any regard to the authority of the Lodge here , under the constitution of England . Much confusion and difference of opinion have arisen ; and as we believe that it is generally understood in all the settlements under the British crown , no other authority is admitted than what issues from the Grancl Lodge of the triple kingdoms , so we look to the Grand Lodge of England
for some exercise of its Masonic direction . LIEGE—Lodge "Parfaite Intelligence et l'Etoile Re ' unies . "—At a numerous meeting of the Brethren it was resolved unanimously , to nominate a deputation , to proceed to London , to present to the Grand Lodge of England an address of condolence on the demise of H . R . H . the late Duke of Sussex , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , which bad been passed and transcribed ; but it having been intimated that such a course
was not adopted even by the sister Grancl Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , it was ultimately resolved that the address should be confided to Dr . Crucefix , requesting him to take charge of it . We are gratified since to learn that it has been delivered to the Grand Secretary , and ordered to be entered on the minutes of the Grand Lodge of England .