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Scotland.
intelligent than himself , can discriminate as ; to the motive-cause of unmanly ridicule . INVERNESS , August ( i . —Entertainment to the Sons of Burns . — Colonel ancl Major Burns having paid a visit to Inverness , accompanied bv their friend , Mr . M'Diarmid , of the Dumfries Courier , were entertained at dinner in the Caledonian Hotel . A large party assembled ,
amounting to about ninety persons , ivhich , considering the shortness of the notice , and the fact that other dinner parties unavoidably interfered with the festival , demonstrated the interest taken by our townsmen in the object of the meeting . Provost Sutherland ivas in the chair , supported by Colonel and Major Burns , the Rev . Mr . Macdonald , Sheriff Cameron , Mr . M'Diarmid , Capt . Lowery , Mr . Mitchell , Mr . Waterston , Mr . ForbesMr . GummingMr . RennieBaillies Maclean and Eraser
, , , , Mr . G . Anderson , Mr . Falconer , Mr . Stewart , & c . The croupiers were Colonel Mackintosh , Baillie Smith , ancl Mr . Carruthers . At the back of the chair , on the wall , ancl surrounded with laurel and wild flowers , was a portrait of Burns . The proceedings appear to have been conducted in a very excellent manner , and the whole affair to have come off ' in a way very characteristic of the interesting occasion .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . A CATHOLIC BnoTitKr ; . —Mr . O'Comiellhas frequently staled his regret at having e . \ jue . -sel himself in opposition lo Freemasonry . Oiisi . KVEl .. —We untkrstaml Unit so many letter ., of inviiafion havo been nddrc- ^ e . ! lo Dr . Crucefix ( on his rctiremenl from London ) to visit Ireland , that lie contenipla . es a M ;> so- ! ie tour in the Eiticruld Isle . A MASOX—We have heard the report , but not from authority , that the oillee of Hepresentative from the Grand Lodge of Ireland to that of England is vacant . AT the present juncturewhen certain Roman Catholic bishops , with ,
, their Roman Catholic organ , rejoice in ribald abuse of Freemasonry , it is pleasing to observe that very many independent journals are strenuous in their support of its principles . We quote the following extract from the Limerick Chronicle of July 2 : — "' The Ancient and the Honourable , ' and , with perfect truth and propriety , we can add , the ' Benevolent and Loyal . ' "At no period in modern times was MASONRY more prosperous and
exalted in this country than at present . ' The pillars of wisdom , strength , and beauty" are not , we gladly announce , confined either to the metropolis or the other large cities of Ireland , but are being proudly erected in every district throughout tiie land , where intelligence , respectability ancl social virtue prevail . Amongst ourselves Masonry is , if we may so phrase it , a moral magnet ; and we may truly assert , that every gentleman in North Munster has the honour and happiness of hailing from
some ' Lodge of Free ancl Accepted Masons . ' In every region of the globe , where Masonry is well understood and properly practised , ' peace love and harmony' are found ; comprehensive benevolence , in the most enlarged sense , inculcated , brotherly love and fraternal sympathy exer-VOL . in . 3 c
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Scotland.
intelligent than himself , can discriminate as ; to the motive-cause of unmanly ridicule . INVERNESS , August ( i . —Entertainment to the Sons of Burns . — Colonel ancl Major Burns having paid a visit to Inverness , accompanied bv their friend , Mr . M'Diarmid , of the Dumfries Courier , were entertained at dinner in the Caledonian Hotel . A large party assembled ,
amounting to about ninety persons , ivhich , considering the shortness of the notice , and the fact that other dinner parties unavoidably interfered with the festival , demonstrated the interest taken by our townsmen in the object of the meeting . Provost Sutherland ivas in the chair , supported by Colonel and Major Burns , the Rev . Mr . Macdonald , Sheriff Cameron , Mr . M'Diarmid , Capt . Lowery , Mr . Mitchell , Mr . Waterston , Mr . ForbesMr . GummingMr . RennieBaillies Maclean and Eraser
, , , , Mr . G . Anderson , Mr . Falconer , Mr . Stewart , & c . The croupiers were Colonel Mackintosh , Baillie Smith , ancl Mr . Carruthers . At the back of the chair , on the wall , ancl surrounded with laurel and wild flowers , was a portrait of Burns . The proceedings appear to have been conducted in a very excellent manner , and the whole affair to have come off ' in a way very characteristic of the interesting occasion .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . A CATHOLIC BnoTitKr ; . —Mr . O'Comiellhas frequently staled his regret at having e . \ jue . -sel himself in opposition lo Freemasonry . Oiisi . KVEl .. —We untkrstaml Unit so many letter ., of inviiafion havo been nddrc- ^ e . ! lo Dr . Crucefix ( on his rctiremenl from London ) to visit Ireland , that lie contenipla . es a M ;> so- ! ie tour in the Eiticruld Isle . A MASOX—We have heard the report , but not from authority , that the oillee of Hepresentative from the Grand Lodge of Ireland to that of England is vacant . AT the present juncturewhen certain Roman Catholic bishops , with ,
, their Roman Catholic organ , rejoice in ribald abuse of Freemasonry , it is pleasing to observe that very many independent journals are strenuous in their support of its principles . We quote the following extract from the Limerick Chronicle of July 2 : — "' The Ancient and the Honourable , ' and , with perfect truth and propriety , we can add , the ' Benevolent and Loyal . ' "At no period in modern times was MASONRY more prosperous and
exalted in this country than at present . ' The pillars of wisdom , strength , and beauty" are not , we gladly announce , confined either to the metropolis or the other large cities of Ireland , but are being proudly erected in every district throughout tiie land , where intelligence , respectability ancl social virtue prevail . Amongst ourselves Masonry is , if we may so phrase it , a moral magnet ; and we may truly assert , that every gentleman in North Munster has the honour and happiness of hailing from
some ' Lodge of Free ancl Accepted Masons . ' In every region of the globe , where Masonry is well understood and properly practised , ' peace love and harmony' are found ; comprehensive benevolence , in the most enlarged sense , inculcated , brotherly love and fraternal sympathy exer-VOL . in . 3 c