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Ireland.
fhe Lodges in tlie neighbourhood with the Grand Lodge of Ireland was carried on . This body will now give place to the Provincial Grand Lodge , whose operation will extend over a larger district , besides having more ample powers of jurisdiction . It is confidentl y trusted that this increase of power will tend greatly to the advantage of the Order in the new province , and that the officers of the P . G . L . will merit that gratitude which is justly due to the exertions of the Belfast Committee .
CORK . —The Lodge No . 67 , met , on the first of this month , at their Lodge room , in Parliament-street , and celebrated the centenary . £ The particulars , we understand , have been forwarded—but if so , we regret that they have not come to hand , as their publication would have proved interesting . —ED . J
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —M . Le Bn . Freteau de Peny , Pair de France , Lieut . Grand Commander , and Venerable of the Grand Lodge on the Throne ; General Charles Jube , Grand Secretary ; and many distinguished members of the Thirty-third Degree , sat in supreme council , and after its labours had ceased , the JIaster of Ceremonies having announced that a great number of Brethren were in attendance , the supreme council resolved themselves into a Grand Lodge for general business . The Earl of Jlunster , Sir John Ross , the celebrated navigator , J'lajor Payne , and other English Brethren , entered amidst the most fraternal acclamation .
The general business was then entered upon , after which M . Albert de Montemont rose to pronounce the funeral oration upon the Brethren who had become deceased since their last meeting . He premised this Masonic tribute with some powerful allusions to tbe Order , which was most intentl y listened to . He then severally characterized the deceased Brethren , examined their several claims to the gratitude of the Order by the services rendered when living , and placed them bri
as ght examples to the surviving members . His review of the character of Lafayette , was particularly elaborate , and embraced the course of his eventful life . The awful death of Marshal Jlortier , furnished a theme for the orator , of such intense pathos , as to rivet the feelings of his audience , —a tribute of tears , —concluding the interesting though painful eulogium . Brother Sstier , the deceased Grand Secretary , was the next object of
the orator ' s . eloquence . Civil service and JIasonic duty were blended in a Brother of unsullied reputation , which he left to the imitation of the Fraternity . There were other worthies commemorated , but our limits preclude the means of publicity . M . Rosenberg delivered a short lecture on the connection of music with the Mysteries of JIasonry . The Grand Lodreceived this lecture with the most lively
enthuge siasm , and determined it should be reported in the minutes of the Sitting . The proceedings were then suspended , and the Brethren adjourned to the banquet hall . The banquet was distinguished for its brilliancy , good humour , and decorum .
The English Jlasons were the objects of especial attention , and the principles of Freemasonry have seldom received a better illustration than at this meeting , by a union of Brethren , differing in religion , political bias , and from so many countries . Silence was commanded , and the meeting separated .
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Ireland.
fhe Lodges in tlie neighbourhood with the Grand Lodge of Ireland was carried on . This body will now give place to the Provincial Grand Lodge , whose operation will extend over a larger district , besides having more ample powers of jurisdiction . It is confidentl y trusted that this increase of power will tend greatly to the advantage of the Order in the new province , and that the officers of the P . G . L . will merit that gratitude which is justly due to the exertions of the Belfast Committee .
CORK . —The Lodge No . 67 , met , on the first of this month , at their Lodge room , in Parliament-street , and celebrated the centenary . £ The particulars , we understand , have been forwarded—but if so , we regret that they have not come to hand , as their publication would have proved interesting . —ED . J
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —M . Le Bn . Freteau de Peny , Pair de France , Lieut . Grand Commander , and Venerable of the Grand Lodge on the Throne ; General Charles Jube , Grand Secretary ; and many distinguished members of the Thirty-third Degree , sat in supreme council , and after its labours had ceased , the JIaster of Ceremonies having announced that a great number of Brethren were in attendance , the supreme council resolved themselves into a Grand Lodge for general business . The Earl of Jlunster , Sir John Ross , the celebrated navigator , J'lajor Payne , and other English Brethren , entered amidst the most fraternal acclamation .
The general business was then entered upon , after which M . Albert de Montemont rose to pronounce the funeral oration upon the Brethren who had become deceased since their last meeting . He premised this Masonic tribute with some powerful allusions to tbe Order , which was most intentl y listened to . He then severally characterized the deceased Brethren , examined their several claims to the gratitude of the Order by the services rendered when living , and placed them bri
as ght examples to the surviving members . His review of the character of Lafayette , was particularly elaborate , and embraced the course of his eventful life . The awful death of Marshal Jlortier , furnished a theme for the orator , of such intense pathos , as to rivet the feelings of his audience , —a tribute of tears , —concluding the interesting though painful eulogium . Brother Sstier , the deceased Grand Secretary , was the next object of
the orator ' s . eloquence . Civil service and JIasonic duty were blended in a Brother of unsullied reputation , which he left to the imitation of the Fraternity . There were other worthies commemorated , but our limits preclude the means of publicity . M . Rosenberg delivered a short lecture on the connection of music with the Mysteries of JIasonry . The Grand Lodreceived this lecture with the most lively
enthuge siasm , and determined it should be reported in the minutes of the Sitting . The proceedings were then suspended , and the Brethren adjourned to the banquet hall . The banquet was distinguished for its brilliancy , good humour , and decorum .
The English Jlasons were the objects of especial attention , and the principles of Freemasonry have seldom received a better illustration than at this meeting , by a union of Brethren , differing in religion , political bias , and from so many countries . Silence was commanded , and the meeting separated .