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Ireland.
March 7 . —This Lodge was opened at four o ' clock , for the election and installation of officers , when Bro . Robert Molloy was unanimously elected AY . Master for the ensuing year . Bros . James Butler and Cross were elected Senior and Junior AVardens , and Bros . A . J . Judge , and Dr . Irving , Senior and Junior Deacons , & c . The ceremonies of installation were performed by Bro . M'Dona , of the Royal Albert Lodge ; after which the Brethren adjourned to Shiel ' s
Hotel , where an excellent dinner was prepared on the occasion . After the cloth was drawn , and grace said by the chaplain , the AV . Master elect rose , and in an appropriate speech proposed the health of " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . " " His Royal Highness Prince Albert . " "" The Grand Masters of England and Scotland , " next followed ; after which the AY . M . proposed , in an appropriate speech , the health of " our own" G . M . " His Grace the Duke of Leinster . "
"The worthy P . M . Bro . John Derinzy AVatters , and Bro . Benedict A . Yates , " with Masonic honours . "The visiting members , " Bros . Carroll and Johnson of 116 , and M'Dona of 100 , returned thanks . After which , Br . Carroll proposed the health of the AY . M . elect . Other toasts followed , after which several amateurs enlivened the evening with excellent and appropriate songs , and the members retired a few minutes before 12 o ' clock , in peace , love , and harmony .
ATHY POOR-IIOUSE , Feb . 11 . — " The election for a surgeon took place in Athy , and terminated , unexpectedly , in the election of Dr . Kinsey , the Freemasons having turned the scale in favour of a Brother , by a majority of two . It appears there were three candidates—Dr . Ferris , Dr . Kinsey , both Roman Catholics , and Dr . Clayton , a Protestant . Dr . Ferris was supported by the great body of the Roman Catholic party , and Dr . Clayton by the Conservatives . Under these circumstances , Dr . Kinsey ' s case
was , at the commencement , deemed hopeless . —The three candidates were put in nomination , when it was soon discovered that Dr . Kinsey ' s supporters were more numerous than either party calculated on , and that Dr . Ferris had no chance of success . Owing to this unexpected turn of affairs , the contest was between Drs . Kinsey and Clayton , who polled man for man . Then came the tug of war —the Conservatives had the majority , but this very majority were Freemasons—they could turn the
scale whatever way they pleased . On the one hand , they had a personal friend , Dr . Clayton , antl a gentleman deservedly respected ; but on the other , they saw a Brother Mason with a large family—whose Masonic claims were paramount to all others , and accordingly they threw their weight into the scale , following the consistent example of B . A . Yates , Esq ., of Moone Abbey , and returned Dr . Kinsey . " YVe highly approve of the conduct of the Brethren in this case , as it affords additional proof that Freemasonry levels all distinctions , in the consistent maintenance of that Fraternal union , which forms a distinguishing feature in the history of the order , in every age and country . ''
( From a Correspondent . ) The most extraordinary election that took place in my recollection , terminated on Tuesday , in the return of Dr . Kinsey , for the Athy Poor-house . Dr . Ferris , a Roman Catholic , was supported by the priests and the liberals , while Dr . Clayton was put forward by the Conservatives ; Dr . Kinsey , a Roman Catholic and a Freemason , in the meantime stepped in , snatched the bone from both VOL . i . o
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Ireland.
March 7 . —This Lodge was opened at four o ' clock , for the election and installation of officers , when Bro . Robert Molloy was unanimously elected AY . Master for the ensuing year . Bros . James Butler and Cross were elected Senior and Junior AVardens , and Bros . A . J . Judge , and Dr . Irving , Senior and Junior Deacons , & c . The ceremonies of installation were performed by Bro . M'Dona , of the Royal Albert Lodge ; after which the Brethren adjourned to Shiel ' s
Hotel , where an excellent dinner was prepared on the occasion . After the cloth was drawn , and grace said by the chaplain , the AV . Master elect rose , and in an appropriate speech proposed the health of " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . " " His Royal Highness Prince Albert . " "" The Grand Masters of England and Scotland , " next followed ; after which the AY . M . proposed , in an appropriate speech , the health of " our own" G . M . " His Grace the Duke of Leinster . "
"The worthy P . M . Bro . John Derinzy AVatters , and Bro . Benedict A . Yates , " with Masonic honours . "The visiting members , " Bros . Carroll and Johnson of 116 , and M'Dona of 100 , returned thanks . After which , Br . Carroll proposed the health of the AY . M . elect . Other toasts followed , after which several amateurs enlivened the evening with excellent and appropriate songs , and the members retired a few minutes before 12 o ' clock , in peace , love , and harmony .
ATHY POOR-IIOUSE , Feb . 11 . — " The election for a surgeon took place in Athy , and terminated , unexpectedly , in the election of Dr . Kinsey , the Freemasons having turned the scale in favour of a Brother , by a majority of two . It appears there were three candidates—Dr . Ferris , Dr . Kinsey , both Roman Catholics , and Dr . Clayton , a Protestant . Dr . Ferris was supported by the great body of the Roman Catholic party , and Dr . Clayton by the Conservatives . Under these circumstances , Dr . Kinsey ' s case
was , at the commencement , deemed hopeless . —The three candidates were put in nomination , when it was soon discovered that Dr . Kinsey ' s supporters were more numerous than either party calculated on , and that Dr . Ferris had no chance of success . Owing to this unexpected turn of affairs , the contest was between Drs . Kinsey and Clayton , who polled man for man . Then came the tug of war —the Conservatives had the majority , but this very majority were Freemasons—they could turn the
scale whatever way they pleased . On the one hand , they had a personal friend , Dr . Clayton , antl a gentleman deservedly respected ; but on the other , they saw a Brother Mason with a large family—whose Masonic claims were paramount to all others , and accordingly they threw their weight into the scale , following the consistent example of B . A . Yates , Esq ., of Moone Abbey , and returned Dr . Kinsey . " YVe highly approve of the conduct of the Brethren in this case , as it affords additional proof that Freemasonry levels all distinctions , in the consistent maintenance of that Fraternal union , which forms a distinguishing feature in the history of the order , in every age and country . ''
( From a Correspondent . ) The most extraordinary election that took place in my recollection , terminated on Tuesday , in the return of Dr . Kinsey , for the Athy Poor-house . Dr . Ferris , a Roman Catholic , was supported by the priests and the liberals , while Dr . Clayton was put forward by the Conservatives ; Dr . Kinsey , a Roman Catholic and a Freemason , in the meantime stepped in , snatched the bone from both VOL . i . o