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Masonic Chit Chat.
most honourable the Marquis of Donegal , Provincial G . JI . for the Baronies of Belfast , Antrim , and Massarene , I hereby request your attendance at a Special Lodge of Past-masters , to be held at the Exchange-Rooms , in Belfast , on Monday , the 25 th instant , at twelve o ' clock , noon . " ' I have the honour to be , Sir and Brother , " ' Your faithful servant , " ' WALTER B . MANT , " ' Provincial G . M . of Carey and Dunluce . ' " — Northern Whig .
An instance of the subduing influence of Masonry is at this moment exhibited in the Grand J'laster ' s Lodge , in the persons of four of its members , who are severally connected with those of the discordant " out-of-doors" organs of public opinion . The AV . M . of the Lodge is professionally connected with the Times newspaper , the great organ of the Conservative party ; another of its members is one of the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle , the organ of the Reformers ; another Brother
is one of the editors of the ministerial Globe ! and two other Brethren are proprietors of the Weekly Despatch . The warrant of a London Lodge has been declared to be forfeited . MARRIED . —Feb . 18 , at St . Jlary Magdalen ' s church , Taunton , by the Rev . Francis Parsons , Chaplain to the AA est Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry , Captain Maher ( member of 327 ) , of AVoodlands , to Jlatilda , widow- of the late Captain Thomas Blair , of the H . E . I . C . service .
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL . —At the laying of the foundation stone of this excellent institution , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex used the trowel presented to him for that purpose by the governors , and the Duke of Leinster carried the " heavy maul , " borne by Sir Christopher AVren , the architect of St . Paul ' s cathedral . VAPOUR BATHING , & C . —If this subject may not be considered as exclusively of a Masonic character , certes it may be used with advantage
by the Brethren , and we may , with perfect confidence , recommend to them the establishment of Brother Seaman , in Suffolk-place , Haymarket , where every attention is paid to comfort and convenience ; those who reside in London can judge for themselves ; but to those who are only visitors , we take the liberty to state , that the establishment is in every respect deserving their patronage . Brother Seaman has published a little brochure on the subject in general , which we regret we have not space to allude to more at large—his observations , however , are worthy attention .
EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . —This Master Mason ' s Lodge of Improvement { till lately held at the Blue Posts ) , under the sanction of No . 318 , is now removed to the FITZROY COFFEE H OUSE , at the corner of AVindmill-street and Charlotte-street , Rathbone-place . It is held as usual every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock . The character which this Lodge has attained in the Craft , for its regularity in working the lectures , for the correctness in ceremonials , and for the respectability
of its members , require from us no other eulogiurn than that it full y merits the support it has received ; and we give the information of its removal as important to the provincial Brethren , who , on visiting London , mig ht be disappointed without such notice .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
most honourable the Marquis of Donegal , Provincial G . JI . for the Baronies of Belfast , Antrim , and Massarene , I hereby request your attendance at a Special Lodge of Past-masters , to be held at the Exchange-Rooms , in Belfast , on Monday , the 25 th instant , at twelve o ' clock , noon . " ' I have the honour to be , Sir and Brother , " ' Your faithful servant , " ' WALTER B . MANT , " ' Provincial G . M . of Carey and Dunluce . ' " — Northern Whig .
An instance of the subduing influence of Masonry is at this moment exhibited in the Grand J'laster ' s Lodge , in the persons of four of its members , who are severally connected with those of the discordant " out-of-doors" organs of public opinion . The AV . M . of the Lodge is professionally connected with the Times newspaper , the great organ of the Conservative party ; another of its members is one of the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle , the organ of the Reformers ; another Brother
is one of the editors of the ministerial Globe ! and two other Brethren are proprietors of the Weekly Despatch . The warrant of a London Lodge has been declared to be forfeited . MARRIED . —Feb . 18 , at St . Jlary Magdalen ' s church , Taunton , by the Rev . Francis Parsons , Chaplain to the AA est Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry , Captain Maher ( member of 327 ) , of AVoodlands , to Jlatilda , widow- of the late Captain Thomas Blair , of the H . E . I . C . service .
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL . —At the laying of the foundation stone of this excellent institution , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex used the trowel presented to him for that purpose by the governors , and the Duke of Leinster carried the " heavy maul , " borne by Sir Christopher AVren , the architect of St . Paul ' s cathedral . VAPOUR BATHING , & C . —If this subject may not be considered as exclusively of a Masonic character , certes it may be used with advantage
by the Brethren , and we may , with perfect confidence , recommend to them the establishment of Brother Seaman , in Suffolk-place , Haymarket , where every attention is paid to comfort and convenience ; those who reside in London can judge for themselves ; but to those who are only visitors , we take the liberty to state , that the establishment is in every respect deserving their patronage . Brother Seaman has published a little brochure on the subject in general , which we regret we have not space to allude to more at large—his observations , however , are worthy attention .
EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . —This Master Mason ' s Lodge of Improvement { till lately held at the Blue Posts ) , under the sanction of No . 318 , is now removed to the FITZROY COFFEE H OUSE , at the corner of AVindmill-street and Charlotte-street , Rathbone-place . It is held as usual every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock . The character which this Lodge has attained in the Craft , for its regularity in working the lectures , for the correctness in ceremonials , and for the respectability
of its members , require from us no other eulogiurn than that it full y merits the support it has received ; and we give the information of its removal as important to the provincial Brethren , who , on visiting London , mig ht be disappointed without such notice .