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Ireland.
some three years since , about half a dozen Brethren remembered they were Masons , and now upwards of forty influential members of society have been enrolled under the Mystical Banner . Brother Simeon Clarke is the master mind that has worked right well in the cause , and it is but fair justice that his valued name should be inscribed in the "Annals of Alasonry , " of which he has been and continues to be so worthy an leNext month the
examp . centenary will be celebrated . MAYO . — -A Polish exile , who represented himself as having been an officer in the service of his country , was in this town last week . Being m distress and a Freemason , he applied to the members of Lodge No . 12 and had his necessities relieved . This act of liberality ancl benevolence cannot be too hi ghly lauded , nor a system which thus ministers to the wants of the stranger and the indi t receive than it
gen more praise merits . On other occasions we have had to notice the benevolence of this respectable Lodge ; their kindness to a patriot and an exile for a noble cause , is a further proof of their charitable feelings and " brotherl y love . "
CLONES , January 9 th , Lodge No . 790 . —This Lodge continues its career of excellence , and Bro . the Rev . Charles Walsh , the W . M ., is in every respect well entitled to be delegated with his present authority . CALEDON , St . John ' s Day . —The members of Lodge 681 assembled and dined m their rooms . Their arrangements were on a scale of combined comfort and economy . TYRIAN LODGE 333 met in the evening of the 27 th December ini
, , - tiated , transacted business , and separated in peace , love , ancl harmony . NEWRY . —We understand that the inhabitants of this town purpose raising a public monument to the memory of Brother Trevor Corry , Esq ., K . T . and K . M ., and that subscri ptions towards its erection continue to be received at the branch Bank of Ireland Office , by the members of the committee , and by Mr . Lyons , who is authorised to investigate drawings ancl estimates . We ivould suggest to the members of Lod 18
ge No . , Newry , that the first stone of this record of the public and private worth of our departed friend and Brother should be laid with Masonic ceremonies . MIDDLETOWN , St . John ' s Day . —A . meeting of the members of Warrant , No . 210 , now the Phcenix Lodge , took place in the afternoon of the 27 th December . We hail the re-organisation of this Lodge , as a refreshing era in Freemasonry , connected with the county of Amargh it haying been , until the prompt interference of a zealous Brother , completely " stat nominis umbra . "
"The cold chain of silence hacl hung o'er it long . " Since its resuscitation in September last , not only some of the landed propnetry , clergy , ancl military , but also individuals extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits , have been enrolled in its ranks ; still it is but fractional in point of numbers ; but like the rolling stone , it will be gathering strength in its progress , according to the force with which it is propelledand weihing the encouraging circumstances with those
, g in the opposite scale , we would say that the balance preponderates to the side which promises that No . 210 may yet form a Masonic nucleus , round which the respectability ancl intelligence of the neighbourhood will centre , more particularly as a select , not a numerical strength , is the mam object of its present supporters .
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Ireland.
some three years since , about half a dozen Brethren remembered they were Masons , and now upwards of forty influential members of society have been enrolled under the Mystical Banner . Brother Simeon Clarke is the master mind that has worked right well in the cause , and it is but fair justice that his valued name should be inscribed in the "Annals of Alasonry , " of which he has been and continues to be so worthy an leNext month the
examp . centenary will be celebrated . MAYO . — -A Polish exile , who represented himself as having been an officer in the service of his country , was in this town last week . Being m distress and a Freemason , he applied to the members of Lodge No . 12 and had his necessities relieved . This act of liberality ancl benevolence cannot be too hi ghly lauded , nor a system which thus ministers to the wants of the stranger and the indi t receive than it
gen more praise merits . On other occasions we have had to notice the benevolence of this respectable Lodge ; their kindness to a patriot and an exile for a noble cause , is a further proof of their charitable feelings and " brotherl y love . "
CLONES , January 9 th , Lodge No . 790 . —This Lodge continues its career of excellence , and Bro . the Rev . Charles Walsh , the W . M ., is in every respect well entitled to be delegated with his present authority . CALEDON , St . John ' s Day . —The members of Lodge 681 assembled and dined m their rooms . Their arrangements were on a scale of combined comfort and economy . TYRIAN LODGE 333 met in the evening of the 27 th December ini
, , - tiated , transacted business , and separated in peace , love , ancl harmony . NEWRY . —We understand that the inhabitants of this town purpose raising a public monument to the memory of Brother Trevor Corry , Esq ., K . T . and K . M ., and that subscri ptions towards its erection continue to be received at the branch Bank of Ireland Office , by the members of the committee , and by Mr . Lyons , who is authorised to investigate drawings ancl estimates . We ivould suggest to the members of Lod 18
ge No . , Newry , that the first stone of this record of the public and private worth of our departed friend and Brother should be laid with Masonic ceremonies . MIDDLETOWN , St . John ' s Day . —A . meeting of the members of Warrant , No . 210 , now the Phcenix Lodge , took place in the afternoon of the 27 th December . We hail the re-organisation of this Lodge , as a refreshing era in Freemasonry , connected with the county of Amargh it haying been , until the prompt interference of a zealous Brother , completely " stat nominis umbra . "
"The cold chain of silence hacl hung o'er it long . " Since its resuscitation in September last , not only some of the landed propnetry , clergy , ancl military , but also individuals extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits , have been enrolled in its ranks ; still it is but fractional in point of numbers ; but like the rolling stone , it will be gathering strength in its progress , according to the force with which it is propelledand weihing the encouraging circumstances with those
, g in the opposite scale , we would say that the balance preponderates to the side which promises that No . 210 may yet form a Masonic nucleus , round which the respectability ancl intelligence of the neighbourhood will centre , more particularly as a select , not a numerical strength , is the mam object of its present supporters .