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Scotland.
Committee of Management . The splendour of the rooms had a most imposino- effect ; the excellence of the entertainments received the most marked ' approbation , and that decorum and propriety with which everything was regulated , excited the admiration of all . . The company , which boastecl of a bright display of youth and beauty , did not separate till an early hour . Much praise is due to the Committee of Management . The North Berwick Lodge , though constituted only a few years ago ,
hath already received a great addition of members , promises extensive usefulness , and it is hoped will soon triumph over bigotry and superstition , and fanaticism . Morality and benevolence are the grand princip les of the Order there ; all distinctions of rank are laid aside , all differences of relig ious sentiments are forgotten , ancl those petty quarrels which disturb the quiet of private fife cease to agitate the mind ; every one strives to give happiness to his Brother , and men seem to recollect for once that they are sprung from the same origin—that they are possessed of the same nature , and are destined for the same end .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OUR correspondence from the sister kingdom has been more than usually interesting . From all our friends we receive assurances that Freemasonry is advancing , and that our labours are estimated . Yet , with this pleasing result before us , there yet breathes a restlessness amongst some that would seem to intimate an opinion that we speak out too freely and at length . Now , as no charge can be so honestly met as that which is openly made , so no charge is so groundless as that which but article
shields itself under a general observation . Let a page—an — a paragraph—a sentence even , in this Review be pointed out as objectionable , and the Editor will as candidly as thankfully meet it . Let this spirit be felt and acted upon . We have encouraged an independent sphere of action in others , ancl consciously believe without compromising our own . THE CIRCULAR OF THE GRAND MASONIC LODGE OF
IRELAND . Most AVorship ful His Grace Augustus Frederick , Duke of Leinster , Grancl Master . Right AVorship ful William AVhite , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master . Right AVorshipful Sir Josias Coghill Coghill , Bart ., Sen . Grancl Warden . Riht AVorshiful and Hon . Richard WestenraJun . Grand AVarden .
g p , Right Worshipful Sir J . AVilliam Hort , Bart ., Grand Secretary . Right AVorship ful and Rev . Thomas Flynn , and j G d ch kins . Right AA ^ orshipful and Rev . S . AV . Fox , ) r AVorshipful John Fowler , Esq ., Deputy Grand Secretary and Treasurer , Office , Commercial Buildings , Dublin . AVilliam Guy , Grand Tyler , 15 , Earl Street .
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Scotland.
Committee of Management . The splendour of the rooms had a most imposino- effect ; the excellence of the entertainments received the most marked ' approbation , and that decorum and propriety with which everything was regulated , excited the admiration of all . . The company , which boastecl of a bright display of youth and beauty , did not separate till an early hour . Much praise is due to the Committee of Management . The North Berwick Lodge , though constituted only a few years ago ,
hath already received a great addition of members , promises extensive usefulness , and it is hoped will soon triumph over bigotry and superstition , and fanaticism . Morality and benevolence are the grand princip les of the Order there ; all distinctions of rank are laid aside , all differences of relig ious sentiments are forgotten , ancl those petty quarrels which disturb the quiet of private fife cease to agitate the mind ; every one strives to give happiness to his Brother , and men seem to recollect for once that they are sprung from the same origin—that they are possessed of the same nature , and are destined for the same end .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OUR correspondence from the sister kingdom has been more than usually interesting . From all our friends we receive assurances that Freemasonry is advancing , and that our labours are estimated . Yet , with this pleasing result before us , there yet breathes a restlessness amongst some that would seem to intimate an opinion that we speak out too freely and at length . Now , as no charge can be so honestly met as that which is openly made , so no charge is so groundless as that which but article
shields itself under a general observation . Let a page—an — a paragraph—a sentence even , in this Review be pointed out as objectionable , and the Editor will as candidly as thankfully meet it . Let this spirit be felt and acted upon . We have encouraged an independent sphere of action in others , ancl consciously believe without compromising our own . THE CIRCULAR OF THE GRAND MASONIC LODGE OF
IRELAND . Most AVorship ful His Grace Augustus Frederick , Duke of Leinster , Grancl Master . Right AVorship ful William AVhite , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master . Right AVorshipful Sir Josias Coghill Coghill , Bart ., Sen . Grancl Warden . Riht AVorshiful and Hon . Richard WestenraJun . Grand AVarden .
g p , Right Worshipful Sir J . AVilliam Hort , Bart ., Grand Secretary . Right AVorship ful and Rev . Thomas Flynn , and j G d ch kins . Right AA ^ orshipful and Rev . S . AV . Fox , ) r AVorshipful John Fowler , Esq ., Deputy Grand Secretary and Treasurer , Office , Commercial Buildings , Dublin . AVilliam Guy , Grand Tyler , 15 , Earl Street .