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Ireland.
for admission into the Asylum , surrounded by a group of the children of the institution . The company did not commence to assemble in any numbers before eleven o ' clock , and by one all the company had arrived , when from 400 to 500 were in the rooms , the great majority being ladies . The members of the Masonic body were not so numerous as at the previous balls , and the fancy dresses were but few . About ten o ' clock the excellent band of the 4 . 5 th regiment played the admired air
of the " Entered Apprentice , " when the members of the Masonic hotly present , in full costume , marched in single file along either side of the room to the chair . Having halted , the AV . Master of Lodge No . 1 , Mr . AV . A . Furlong , followed by his officers , moved through the files and took his place in the chair . The salute was then given and loudly responded to by his brother Masons , when dancing commenced . The orchestra was filled by the bands of the 10 th Royal Hussars , part of the ' 15 th , ami an effective quadrille band . The first set was danced to the "Cork Masonic "Quadrilles , " arranged by Mr . A . P . Hermann , and which were much admired . The airs were—No . 1 , " When
friendship , love , and truth abound . " No . 2 , " AVe'll have no idle prating , '' ¦ No . 3 , " And nobody can deny . " No . 4 , " On the quicksands of life should a Mason be cast . " No . 5 , " Freemason ' s March . " During the night a few " characters" appeared : —An American bird-catcher ( Mr . Carey , Fermoy ) ; a Recruiting Corporal of the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoons ( Mr . George Feath ) ; a Greek ( Mr . AV . Beamish ); a group of ballad-singers ( Messrs . M . O'Hea , D . Casey , and George Evans . ) These latter created much amusement , the song , they sung referring to local
matters . The other characters were an Albanian ( Mr . Piper ); a jockey ; a fruit-woman ; and Francis Osbaliliston . Dancing was kept up until five o ' clock in the morning . —CWc Constitution . The governors of the Masonic Female Orphan Asylum of the county and city of Cork , beg to return their grateful acknowledgments to the Right Honourable Lord Carbery , P . G . M . of Munster , for his liberal gift of £ 20 , ( through the hands of Joseph Francis Spearing , Esq ., P . G . . Secretary ) to the funds of the Institution , of which his lordship has been pleased to become the Patron . By order , A . PURRIER , jun ., Hon . Treasurer , December 21 , 1842 .
AVATERT- ) . —The Chronicle says , " AA e are authorised to state that we shall be able to give , in the course of the ensuing week , the commencement of a course of observation , intelligence , and argument on Freemasonry , which will be read with profit and interest by those who do not , as well as by those who belong to the Craft ; and that it shall be continued in successive numbers in this journal . "
BALLINASLOE , No . 137 . —This new Lodge of the ancient Brotherhood was latel y opened here . In the absence of a P . G M , no such appointment having been yet made for Connaught , the AY . M . Brother Dr . Heise went through the usual formalities , after which the Lodge was greeted with a salute of twenty-one . The Brethren afterwards retired to Crai g h ' s hotel , where a supper was provided , during which the greatest harmony , good feeling , and genuine friendship prevailed . — Leinster Express .
A THY LODGE , NO . 167 , Jan . 3 . —The members of the above Lodge entertained the members of the Naas Masonic Lodge in return for the hospitality and fraternal attention they experienced from their Brethren in Naas ,-
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Ireland.
for admission into the Asylum , surrounded by a group of the children of the institution . The company did not commence to assemble in any numbers before eleven o ' clock , and by one all the company had arrived , when from 400 to 500 were in the rooms , the great majority being ladies . The members of the Masonic body were not so numerous as at the previous balls , and the fancy dresses were but few . About ten o ' clock the excellent band of the 4 . 5 th regiment played the admired air
of the " Entered Apprentice , " when the members of the Masonic hotly present , in full costume , marched in single file along either side of the room to the chair . Having halted , the AV . Master of Lodge No . 1 , Mr . AV . A . Furlong , followed by his officers , moved through the files and took his place in the chair . The salute was then given and loudly responded to by his brother Masons , when dancing commenced . The orchestra was filled by the bands of the 10 th Royal Hussars , part of the ' 15 th , ami an effective quadrille band . The first set was danced to the "Cork Masonic "Quadrilles , " arranged by Mr . A . P . Hermann , and which were much admired . The airs were—No . 1 , " When
friendship , love , and truth abound . " No . 2 , " AVe'll have no idle prating , '' ¦ No . 3 , " And nobody can deny . " No . 4 , " On the quicksands of life should a Mason be cast . " No . 5 , " Freemason ' s March . " During the night a few " characters" appeared : —An American bird-catcher ( Mr . Carey , Fermoy ) ; a Recruiting Corporal of the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoons ( Mr . George Feath ) ; a Greek ( Mr . AV . Beamish ); a group of ballad-singers ( Messrs . M . O'Hea , D . Casey , and George Evans . ) These latter created much amusement , the song , they sung referring to local
matters . The other characters were an Albanian ( Mr . Piper ); a jockey ; a fruit-woman ; and Francis Osbaliliston . Dancing was kept up until five o ' clock in the morning . —CWc Constitution . The governors of the Masonic Female Orphan Asylum of the county and city of Cork , beg to return their grateful acknowledgments to the Right Honourable Lord Carbery , P . G . M . of Munster , for his liberal gift of £ 20 , ( through the hands of Joseph Francis Spearing , Esq ., P . G . . Secretary ) to the funds of the Institution , of which his lordship has been pleased to become the Patron . By order , A . PURRIER , jun ., Hon . Treasurer , December 21 , 1842 .
AVATERT- ) . —The Chronicle says , " AA e are authorised to state that we shall be able to give , in the course of the ensuing week , the commencement of a course of observation , intelligence , and argument on Freemasonry , which will be read with profit and interest by those who do not , as well as by those who belong to the Craft ; and that it shall be continued in successive numbers in this journal . "
BALLINASLOE , No . 137 . —This new Lodge of the ancient Brotherhood was latel y opened here . In the absence of a P . G M , no such appointment having been yet made for Connaught , the AY . M . Brother Dr . Heise went through the usual formalities , after which the Lodge was greeted with a salute of twenty-one . The Brethren afterwards retired to Crai g h ' s hotel , where a supper was provided , during which the greatest harmony , good feeling , and genuine friendship prevailed . — Leinster Express .
A THY LODGE , NO . 167 , Jan . 3 . —The members of the above Lodge entertained the members of the Naas Masonic Lodge in return for the hospitality and fraternal attention they experienced from their Brethren in Naas ,-