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Ireland.
Master of this province , Bro . Sir William A . Chatterton , hart ., was unanimously selected to fill that distinguished and important office in the Craft . A deputation , consisting of Masters of the several Lodges—a number of Prince Masons ancl the Provincial Grancl Secretary—proceeded to Castle Mahon , on the 25 th , to communicate to Sir AVilliam the result of
the meeting . On accepting the of & ce he expressed himself much gratified at the high honour conferred upon him . When the . deputation hacl concluded their business , they partook of an elegant dejeuner provided by the Provincial Grancl Master-elect . FERMOY , June 24 . —The members of Lodge No . 555 , assembled in their Lodge Room , Commercial Hotel , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John the Baptist , on which occasion they presented their Secretary ,
Bro . Hanley , with a splendid volume of the Sacred Scriptures . The Worshipful Master , Thomas M'Kee , in presenting this gift , spoke in Masonic and appropriate terms of the long services ( over 21 years ) of the Secretary .
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
g ( 3 r Bro Robert Chalmers , No . S , Great St . James ' s-street , Montreal , is an Agent for the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " and will execute all communications . We confidently refer our subscribers , therefore , to our respected Brother . Bro . Jos . Ariano , Kingston , Jamaica , is also an agent . PARIS . —We have recentlbeen favoured by the presence of Bro .
y Michael Furnell—a genuine Milesian chief of Masoniy—whose visit was too brief for us to profit as largely as we coulcl wish by his well-known reputation . The Grand Orient paid Bro . Furnell the distinguished honour of promoting him to the 33 rd degree , so that he takes rank as Sovereign Grancl Inspector General . Sister Furnell , who accompanied her warm-hearted husband , was inducted as a member of one of our Lodges of Adoption .
HAMBURGH . —In the St . George Lodge , the question has been decided by ballot , eighty-six voting for the Jewish Brethren , while but twenty coulcl be found against the motion . The decision , after a long ancl interesting debate , was , that " all those uniting in the univeral feeling of Fraternal love , good citizenship , and honourable conduct , were fit and proper to be admitted into Mason Loclges , unless they were known to be atheists . "
¦ W ESTERN AUSTRALIA , Dec . 27 . —The Lodge , No . 712 , met in full strength in their Lodge-rooms , Perth , for the purpose as well of celebrating its high Masonic festival , as of electing a Master to succeed his Excellency Bro . John Hutt , and other officers . The occasion drew
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
Master of this province , Bro . Sir William A . Chatterton , hart ., was unanimously selected to fill that distinguished and important office in the Craft . A deputation , consisting of Masters of the several Lodges—a number of Prince Masons ancl the Provincial Grancl Secretary—proceeded to Castle Mahon , on the 25 th , to communicate to Sir AVilliam the result of
the meeting . On accepting the of & ce he expressed himself much gratified at the high honour conferred upon him . When the . deputation hacl concluded their business , they partook of an elegant dejeuner provided by the Provincial Grancl Master-elect . FERMOY , June 24 . —The members of Lodge No . 555 , assembled in their Lodge Room , Commercial Hotel , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John the Baptist , on which occasion they presented their Secretary ,
Bro . Hanley , with a splendid volume of the Sacred Scriptures . The Worshipful Master , Thomas M'Kee , in presenting this gift , spoke in Masonic and appropriate terms of the long services ( over 21 years ) of the Secretary .
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
g ( 3 r Bro Robert Chalmers , No . S , Great St . James ' s-street , Montreal , is an Agent for the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " and will execute all communications . We confidently refer our subscribers , therefore , to our respected Brother . Bro . Jos . Ariano , Kingston , Jamaica , is also an agent . PARIS . —We have recentlbeen favoured by the presence of Bro .
y Michael Furnell—a genuine Milesian chief of Masoniy—whose visit was too brief for us to profit as largely as we coulcl wish by his well-known reputation . The Grand Orient paid Bro . Furnell the distinguished honour of promoting him to the 33 rd degree , so that he takes rank as Sovereign Grancl Inspector General . Sister Furnell , who accompanied her warm-hearted husband , was inducted as a member of one of our Lodges of Adoption .
HAMBURGH . —In the St . George Lodge , the question has been decided by ballot , eighty-six voting for the Jewish Brethren , while but twenty coulcl be found against the motion . The decision , after a long ancl interesting debate , was , that " all those uniting in the univeral feeling of Fraternal love , good citizenship , and honourable conduct , were fit and proper to be admitted into Mason Loclges , unless they were known to be atheists . "
¦ W ESTERN AUSTRALIA , Dec . 27 . —The Lodge , No . 712 , met in full strength in their Lodge-rooms , Perth , for the purpose as well of celebrating its high Masonic festival , as of electing a Master to succeed his Excellency Bro . John Hutt , and other officers . The occasion drew