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Ireland.
members are increasing every month , and no pains are spared by its Governors to make those Brethren who join it well acquainted with the principles and usages of the society . On the last Feast of St . John , the Installation of Officers took place , according to the election which had been held in October . Richard Connery , Esq ., lately S . AV ., was installed in the east , as AVM . for the ensuing year ; and from this Brother ' s tried zeal aud activity in the inferior office , the
happiest results are anticipated from his presiding over the Lodge- The Rev . F . W . Mant , an ardent and intelligent Mason , lately incorporated from the Apollo Lodge , Oxford , was invested as S . W ., and Henry Campbell , Esq ., was re-invested as J . AV ., in which office his services have been already most useful to the Lodge . The Lodge adjourned to refreshment at half-past six o ' clock , and the evening was spent in the utmost harmony . The usual routine of Masonic toasts was proposed ,
and some excellent addresses were delivered in reply , by the AV . M ., the S . AV ., and others . AFhile the business of Craft Masonry has been prosecuted in the Lodge with zeal and intelligence , the attention of its rulers has also been directed to the hi gher degrees of the Order . Although not yet two years in existence , the Lodge has in connection with it already a Chapter of Royal Arch Masonsand an Encampment of Knihts' Templars
, g , both in good working order . The Royal Arch Chapter has met twice during the past year , under the conduct of Archdeacon Mant , William Dillon , and T . H . Higginson , P . M . ' s of Lodge to ; Richard Connery , Revs . T . H . Montgomery and Frederick AA . Mant ; assisted also by several Companions of the Chapter lot , Lisburn , who have also shown themselves ready to give their aid in the labours of No . 40 . Seven
Companions have already been added to the Chapter , and another meeting is expected to take place shortly . The Encampment of Knights' Templars met for the first time on the 21 th January , at four o ' clock , for the purpose of installing the E . C . who had been nominated by the suffrages of the Brethren , and appointed by the warrant of Constitution from the S . G . E . of Ireland , to preside over this new-formed detachment of the Militia Templi . The
Encampment was opened in solemn form by the Ven . AA ' alter B . Mant , Archdeacon of Down , as E . C . pro tempore , assisted by Brethren John Pim and Henry Seeds , of Enc . 154- Lisburn ; after which he proceeded immediately . to instaJ Bro . Richard Connery as Knight Commander of ibis Encampment . The E . C . Connery then nominated his officers for the ensuing year , who were approved by the suffrages of the Brethren and installed : viz . —William Dillon , C . G . ; H . T . Higginson , Marshal ; Mant
Ven . AV . B . , Chaplain ; J . K . Clarke , Standard-bearer . Bros . J . Pim , H . Seeds , and James Coates , of Enc . 154 , acted as A . D . C . and Pursuivant , pro tempore . The first accession to the numbers of the ¦ Encampment was made by the admission of the Rev , Frederick W . Mant into the Order of the ' Temple , when he received knighthood from the E . G ., and was invested and installed according lo chivalric usages . Another meeting of this Encampment be expected to take place
may about Easter , as there are several candidates for admission ; and a plan is in contemplation to concentrate the strength of the Soldiers of the Cross in this part of the country , by an union , under one banner and Commander , of the Brethren , composing the Encampments 40 Belfast , and 154 , Lisburn . Such an union may be expected to result in the establishment , on a firm footing of one of the best appointed and most effective Commanderies of the Temple in Ireland .
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Ireland.
members are increasing every month , and no pains are spared by its Governors to make those Brethren who join it well acquainted with the principles and usages of the society . On the last Feast of St . John , the Installation of Officers took place , according to the election which had been held in October . Richard Connery , Esq ., lately S . AV ., was installed in the east , as AVM . for the ensuing year ; and from this Brother ' s tried zeal aud activity in the inferior office , the
happiest results are anticipated from his presiding over the Lodge- The Rev . F . W . Mant , an ardent and intelligent Mason , lately incorporated from the Apollo Lodge , Oxford , was invested as S . W ., and Henry Campbell , Esq ., was re-invested as J . AV ., in which office his services have been already most useful to the Lodge . The Lodge adjourned to refreshment at half-past six o ' clock , and the evening was spent in the utmost harmony . The usual routine of Masonic toasts was proposed ,
and some excellent addresses were delivered in reply , by the AV . M ., the S . AV ., and others . AFhile the business of Craft Masonry has been prosecuted in the Lodge with zeal and intelligence , the attention of its rulers has also been directed to the hi gher degrees of the Order . Although not yet two years in existence , the Lodge has in connection with it already a Chapter of Royal Arch Masonsand an Encampment of Knihts' Templars
, g , both in good working order . The Royal Arch Chapter has met twice during the past year , under the conduct of Archdeacon Mant , William Dillon , and T . H . Higginson , P . M . ' s of Lodge to ; Richard Connery , Revs . T . H . Montgomery and Frederick AA . Mant ; assisted also by several Companions of the Chapter lot , Lisburn , who have also shown themselves ready to give their aid in the labours of No . 40 . Seven
Companions have already been added to the Chapter , and another meeting is expected to take place shortly . The Encampment of Knights' Templars met for the first time on the 21 th January , at four o ' clock , for the purpose of installing the E . C . who had been nominated by the suffrages of the Brethren , and appointed by the warrant of Constitution from the S . G . E . of Ireland , to preside over this new-formed detachment of the Militia Templi . The
Encampment was opened in solemn form by the Ven . AA ' alter B . Mant , Archdeacon of Down , as E . C . pro tempore , assisted by Brethren John Pim and Henry Seeds , of Enc . 154- Lisburn ; after which he proceeded immediately . to instaJ Bro . Richard Connery as Knight Commander of ibis Encampment . The E . C . Connery then nominated his officers for the ensuing year , who were approved by the suffrages of the Brethren and installed : viz . —William Dillon , C . G . ; H . T . Higginson , Marshal ; Mant
Ven . AV . B . , Chaplain ; J . K . Clarke , Standard-bearer . Bros . J . Pim , H . Seeds , and James Coates , of Enc . 154 , acted as A . D . C . and Pursuivant , pro tempore . The first accession to the numbers of the ¦ Encampment was made by the admission of the Rev , Frederick W . Mant into the Order of the ' Temple , when he received knighthood from the E . G ., and was invested and installed according lo chivalric usages . Another meeting of this Encampment be expected to take place
may about Easter , as there are several candidates for admission ; and a plan is in contemplation to concentrate the strength of the Soldiers of the Cross in this part of the country , by an union , under one banner and Commander , of the Brethren , composing the Encampments 40 Belfast , and 154 , Lisburn . Such an union may be expected to result in the establishment , on a firm footing of one of the best appointed and most effective Commanderies of the Temple in Ireland .