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Ireland.
After work the Brethren sat down to dinner ancl wine , to which was added , as H . B . Cordes Irish song says"A neat little swig Ufa charming small drop ofthe sweet Inishowcn . " Dinner over and grace said , Brother Tenison loyally and gallantly drank to the health and happiness of their " and lovel
Young y Queen . " ( Continued acclamations . ) His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Right Hon . Sir James Forest , Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and the Duke of Leinster , Grand Masters of England , Scotland and Ireland , and the other customary Masonic sentiments followed in succession , and were drunk with all the honours . Bro . George Young Esq . of Knockbane , then rose , ancl addressing the Senior Warden said , "Doctor Lochrane , I propose the health of an individual who is not onl
y a goocl Freemason , but the son of one ; his lather having been a Provincial Grand Master , as well as the governor of one of our counties . In those departments the Rev . Bro ! Joseph iemson , exercised the most praiseworthy zeal , during a period of great peril , rendering essential services to his parishioners of every denomination who followed him to the tomb , mourning the loss of a profuse benefactor , an impartial magistrate , and a considerate friend . ( Applause . ) JNeed I say more than that I now propose the health of his son and representative , who in the words of Hammond , seems " Formed alike to serve us and to please ?"
1 hanks having been returned , the AV . M . proposed the health of Bro ur . Crucefix , ivhose name would he recorded in the annals of philanthropy , as the founder of the Aged and Decayed Masons' Asvlum . Ihe next toast was the health of our absent members , ' Bros H * Jhs and Lieutenant AVilliam Cross , ofthe 68 th " Light Infantry " ' ' Ihe healths of the Alaster and members of "Lodge Fifty " ' The Wardens , Secretary , and Deacons of 210 . " Our distressed and deserving Brethren followed
. At this period , the newly admitted members contributed according to the prescribed custom of affording relief to some deserving object of Masonic solicitude . On the present occasion , as on recent ones , the sums collected were forwarded to an industrious and well conducted Brother , who hacl seen better days ; but who had been reduced by paralysis , to want , weakness , and sorrow—the most acute and fingering . Supper having been served , some good songs were sung , and the meeting soon after separated . b
At a subsequent meeting of No . 210 , held on the Uth February Captain James Rodgers of Her Majesty ' s 26 th , or Cameronian Reit ment was admitted a member , and the Rev . Swithin Williams , BA Cura e of the Chapelry of St . John ' s , Middletowm having been raised to the degree of a Master Mason , was elected Chaplaif , nem " con . Our Rev Bro addressed the meeting in language befitting the occasionthanking them for this additional of their cordiaf
, proof and confiding attachment , ancl which he would continue to do all in his power to promote and cultivate . CORK .-The Earl of Cork has transmitted five pounds in aid of the Masonic Orphan Asylum of this city , which we regret to hear must close ite doors , unless speedy aid be afforded to it b y the benevolent
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Ireland.
After work the Brethren sat down to dinner ancl wine , to which was added , as H . B . Cordes Irish song says"A neat little swig Ufa charming small drop ofthe sweet Inishowcn . " Dinner over and grace said , Brother Tenison loyally and gallantly drank to the health and happiness of their " and lovel
Young y Queen . " ( Continued acclamations . ) His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Right Hon . Sir James Forest , Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and the Duke of Leinster , Grand Masters of England , Scotland and Ireland , and the other customary Masonic sentiments followed in succession , and were drunk with all the honours . Bro . George Young Esq . of Knockbane , then rose , ancl addressing the Senior Warden said , "Doctor Lochrane , I propose the health of an individual who is not onl
y a goocl Freemason , but the son of one ; his lather having been a Provincial Grand Master , as well as the governor of one of our counties . In those departments the Rev . Bro ! Joseph iemson , exercised the most praiseworthy zeal , during a period of great peril , rendering essential services to his parishioners of every denomination who followed him to the tomb , mourning the loss of a profuse benefactor , an impartial magistrate , and a considerate friend . ( Applause . ) JNeed I say more than that I now propose the health of his son and representative , who in the words of Hammond , seems " Formed alike to serve us and to please ?"
1 hanks having been returned , the AV . M . proposed the health of Bro ur . Crucefix , ivhose name would he recorded in the annals of philanthropy , as the founder of the Aged and Decayed Masons' Asvlum . Ihe next toast was the health of our absent members , ' Bros H * Jhs and Lieutenant AVilliam Cross , ofthe 68 th " Light Infantry " ' ' Ihe healths of the Alaster and members of "Lodge Fifty " ' The Wardens , Secretary , and Deacons of 210 . " Our distressed and deserving Brethren followed
. At this period , the newly admitted members contributed according to the prescribed custom of affording relief to some deserving object of Masonic solicitude . On the present occasion , as on recent ones , the sums collected were forwarded to an industrious and well conducted Brother , who hacl seen better days ; but who had been reduced by paralysis , to want , weakness , and sorrow—the most acute and fingering . Supper having been served , some good songs were sung , and the meeting soon after separated . b
At a subsequent meeting of No . 210 , held on the Uth February Captain James Rodgers of Her Majesty ' s 26 th , or Cameronian Reit ment was admitted a member , and the Rev . Swithin Williams , BA Cura e of the Chapelry of St . John ' s , Middletowm having been raised to the degree of a Master Mason , was elected Chaplaif , nem " con . Our Rev Bro addressed the meeting in language befitting the occasionthanking them for this additional of their cordiaf
, proof and confiding attachment , ancl which he would continue to do all in his power to promote and cultivate . CORK .-The Earl of Cork has transmitted five pounds in aid of the Masonic Orphan Asylum of this city , which we regret to hear must close ite doors , unless speedy aid be afforded to it b y the benevolent