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Masonic Chit Chat.
and appointed his officers for the ensuing year , when Mr . Lloyd Thomas was presented with a splendid Jewel for services extending over a period of several years . Sir Andrew Leith Hay has had the honour of being presented to her Majesty by Lord Viscount Palmerston , Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , after the levee , and kissed hands upon being appointed Governor of Bermuda .
CLERICAL DENUNCIATION . —It appears that Freemasonry has fallen into terrible disrepute throughout Belgium , but one particular proceeding ofthe dignitaries of the church rather astonishes and interests us . AVe have hitherto been induced to believe , that the clergy in general of every denomination were not averse to temporal advantages ; but we find that the Belgian pastors are so pregnant with spiritual horror , that they have desired the poor not even to receive alms from a Freemason . ' Such self-denial as this—as we may regard it as such , since greater burthens must necessarily fall to the lot of the dignitaries—could not have been expected . —Sunday Times , Feb . 4 .
FREEMASONS' HALL . —On removing some portion of the roof of the new Temple , the timbers were found so affected with the dry-rot as to render it necessary to take off the entire roof , ancl to renew it in a more substantial manner . It is the opinion of the architect , that had this examination been delayed the structure itself would not have lasted four years longer ; so subtle and so destructive is the dry-rot , that from the wood-work it affects gradually the bricks and even stone , in the very heart of which it is often found . It has the character of a " mushroom "
in the rapidity of its growth , with that of the " mildew" in its destructive effect . Whatever difference of opinion may exist upon the propriety of expense , necessity now must fully sanction the policy of the most complete restoration of the Temple . It is satisfactory to hear that although the dry-rot might have in time affected the Grand Hall , recent discovery , and tiie promptness of the measures adopted , will prevent any anxiety for the security of that elegant structure .
Daniel O'Connell has been expelled , by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , the ancient and loyal fraternity of Freemasons . — Times . [ So much for the professions—may ive not say for the oaths ?—of the members of this fraternity , who loudly declare that political feeling is never permitted amongst them . The professions and the practices of this burnt-offering tribe are sadly at variance with each other in more places than Ireland . AVhy , what a parcel of babies and bigots this " ancient and loyal
fraternity" must be composed of ? If they make such fools of themselves to the public eye , in what freaks will not the rollicking raspers indulge when '' close tiled ? " Well , they do to laugh at , if they are fitted for no higher purposes , and that is some relief—En . H . IND . ]— -Hampshire Independent , Jan . 20 . [ The writer of the above paragraph , in his ignorance or wilfulnesswe hope the former—ascribes to political motives that which was the result of an anti-Masonic act ; if he knew anything of Freemasonry , he must have been aware that one of its first inculcations is abstinence from any topic having the remotest political or religious colour . ]
MASONIC PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION . —The first general meeting of this association since its origin , took place on Thursday , when the treasurer stated the capital had reached 300 / ., which was invested , and bearing ;
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Masonic Chit Chat.
and appointed his officers for the ensuing year , when Mr . Lloyd Thomas was presented with a splendid Jewel for services extending over a period of several years . Sir Andrew Leith Hay has had the honour of being presented to her Majesty by Lord Viscount Palmerston , Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , after the levee , and kissed hands upon being appointed Governor of Bermuda .
CLERICAL DENUNCIATION . —It appears that Freemasonry has fallen into terrible disrepute throughout Belgium , but one particular proceeding ofthe dignitaries of the church rather astonishes and interests us . AVe have hitherto been induced to believe , that the clergy in general of every denomination were not averse to temporal advantages ; but we find that the Belgian pastors are so pregnant with spiritual horror , that they have desired the poor not even to receive alms from a Freemason . ' Such self-denial as this—as we may regard it as such , since greater burthens must necessarily fall to the lot of the dignitaries—could not have been expected . —Sunday Times , Feb . 4 .
FREEMASONS' HALL . —On removing some portion of the roof of the new Temple , the timbers were found so affected with the dry-rot as to render it necessary to take off the entire roof , ancl to renew it in a more substantial manner . It is the opinion of the architect , that had this examination been delayed the structure itself would not have lasted four years longer ; so subtle and so destructive is the dry-rot , that from the wood-work it affects gradually the bricks and even stone , in the very heart of which it is often found . It has the character of a " mushroom "
in the rapidity of its growth , with that of the " mildew" in its destructive effect . Whatever difference of opinion may exist upon the propriety of expense , necessity now must fully sanction the policy of the most complete restoration of the Temple . It is satisfactory to hear that although the dry-rot might have in time affected the Grand Hall , recent discovery , and tiie promptness of the measures adopted , will prevent any anxiety for the security of that elegant structure .
Daniel O'Connell has been expelled , by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , the ancient and loyal fraternity of Freemasons . — Times . [ So much for the professions—may ive not say for the oaths ?—of the members of this fraternity , who loudly declare that political feeling is never permitted amongst them . The professions and the practices of this burnt-offering tribe are sadly at variance with each other in more places than Ireland . AVhy , what a parcel of babies and bigots this " ancient and loyal
fraternity" must be composed of ? If they make such fools of themselves to the public eye , in what freaks will not the rollicking raspers indulge when '' close tiled ? " Well , they do to laugh at , if they are fitted for no higher purposes , and that is some relief—En . H . IND . ]— -Hampshire Independent , Jan . 20 . [ The writer of the above paragraph , in his ignorance or wilfulnesswe hope the former—ascribes to political motives that which was the result of an anti-Masonic act ; if he knew anything of Freemasonry , he must have been aware that one of its first inculcations is abstinence from any topic having the remotest political or religious colour . ]
MASONIC PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION . —The first general meeting of this association since its origin , took place on Thursday , when the treasurer stated the capital had reached 300 / ., which was invested , and bearing ;