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Ireland.
N . P . U . ; Hercules Ellis , P . M . AY . S . ; Henry O'Connor , P . M . AV S Henry M'Dona , P . M . AV . S . ; Thomas Snowe , P . M . AV . S . ; John Macnally , N . P . U ., & c , & c . Extract . from a Correspondent . — " I am happy to have it to tell that our Chapter ( the Kilwining , late Grand Chapter of Ireland , which now occupies the first rank among the Prince Masons of this country , and which contains upon its roll the most exalted names connected with
Irish Masonry ) has resolved upon presenting to its present worthy sovereign , Bro . Henry Macdona , an address upon his retirement from the chair . This proceeding has been considered the more necessary , because the services of Bro . Macdona have been rather substantial than showythe services of unremitting assiduity , continuing perseverance , and indomitable integrity of purpose , rather than those which any man of similar ability would be tempted to offer upon a great occasion of display . For
many years he devoted himself to the true cause , of all men who adhered to that cause , he MOST put in peril the consistency of private friendship , yet , above all men who were actively connected with him in the recent Masonic struggles in Ireland , he has escaped the censure of those who were opposed to us . He has neither gained the eclat which he deserves among his friends , nor has any of his opponents ever found an opportunity or excuse for becoming his enemy . In him the true spirit of Masonry was implanted by nature , and no honour can be conferred upon him by his Brethren which will not confer a higher honour upon themselves .
" You , Sir , are not , ancl cannot be , acquainted with the facts and acts which fully justify these encomiums , but which were not the less real , because they have been unobtrusive—ancl I feel that I am but performing my duty in making this communication , in which every member of the Grand Chapter , especially those who have signalised themselves as its champions , will most cordially coincide , and which the most determined of our opponents will be amongst the first to verify and approve . " I understand that an elegant service of plate has been manufactured for this occasion . "
I he Rev . Dr . BOURKE , P . P . of Clonmel , is again publicly denouncing the Order of Masonry in that town , where its sublime and Christian spirit is diffusing itself , despite of all hostility . With the simplicity of a man , who has been immured all his life in a cloister , and unacquainted with this world the Rev . Gentleman asks— "AVhere is the asylum Masonry ever erected or endowed to afford shelter to the needv , or consolation to the afflicted ? AVhere the hospital for the sick , the almshouse for the
destitute , or the refuge for the homeless and the wanderer they boast of ?" We should blush for the poor boy in the lowest form of any National School in Ireland , who could not give an immediate and satisfactory answer to these queries so discreditable to him , whose garb and station would indicate a man of general knowledge ancl academic education . Masonry is the living essence of Christian love and benevolence , in its largest and truest sense . Dr . Burke concludes with this uncharitable
reflection upon " a man named Adjutant Kelly , who , at no distant period kept a Masonic Lodge in Clonmel . For a time the flow of fortune ran in his favour , but a reflux soon set in , which brought ruin to his prospects , ancl desolation to his home . I am not much given to the prophetic mood ; nevertheless , it would not be at all wondrous that our town were destined soon to sec a second Adjutant Kelly . " Possibly there may not come a second Dr . Bourke .
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Ireland.
N . P . U . ; Hercules Ellis , P . M . AY . S . ; Henry O'Connor , P . M . AV S Henry M'Dona , P . M . AV . S . ; Thomas Snowe , P . M . AV . S . ; John Macnally , N . P . U ., & c , & c . Extract . from a Correspondent . — " I am happy to have it to tell that our Chapter ( the Kilwining , late Grand Chapter of Ireland , which now occupies the first rank among the Prince Masons of this country , and which contains upon its roll the most exalted names connected with
Irish Masonry ) has resolved upon presenting to its present worthy sovereign , Bro . Henry Macdona , an address upon his retirement from the chair . This proceeding has been considered the more necessary , because the services of Bro . Macdona have been rather substantial than showythe services of unremitting assiduity , continuing perseverance , and indomitable integrity of purpose , rather than those which any man of similar ability would be tempted to offer upon a great occasion of display . For
many years he devoted himself to the true cause , of all men who adhered to that cause , he MOST put in peril the consistency of private friendship , yet , above all men who were actively connected with him in the recent Masonic struggles in Ireland , he has escaped the censure of those who were opposed to us . He has neither gained the eclat which he deserves among his friends , nor has any of his opponents ever found an opportunity or excuse for becoming his enemy . In him the true spirit of Masonry was implanted by nature , and no honour can be conferred upon him by his Brethren which will not confer a higher honour upon themselves .
" You , Sir , are not , ancl cannot be , acquainted with the facts and acts which fully justify these encomiums , but which were not the less real , because they have been unobtrusive—ancl I feel that I am but performing my duty in making this communication , in which every member of the Grand Chapter , especially those who have signalised themselves as its champions , will most cordially coincide , and which the most determined of our opponents will be amongst the first to verify and approve . " I understand that an elegant service of plate has been manufactured for this occasion . "
I he Rev . Dr . BOURKE , P . P . of Clonmel , is again publicly denouncing the Order of Masonry in that town , where its sublime and Christian spirit is diffusing itself , despite of all hostility . With the simplicity of a man , who has been immured all his life in a cloister , and unacquainted with this world the Rev . Gentleman asks— "AVhere is the asylum Masonry ever erected or endowed to afford shelter to the needv , or consolation to the afflicted ? AVhere the hospital for the sick , the almshouse for the
destitute , or the refuge for the homeless and the wanderer they boast of ?" We should blush for the poor boy in the lowest form of any National School in Ireland , who could not give an immediate and satisfactory answer to these queries so discreditable to him , whose garb and station would indicate a man of general knowledge ancl academic education . Masonry is the living essence of Christian love and benevolence , in its largest and truest sense . Dr . Burke concludes with this uncharitable
reflection upon " a man named Adjutant Kelly , who , at no distant period kept a Masonic Lodge in Clonmel . For a time the flow of fortune ran in his favour , but a reflux soon set in , which brought ruin to his prospects , ancl desolation to his home . I am not much given to the prophetic mood ; nevertheless , it would not be at all wondrous that our town were destined soon to sec a second Adjutant Kelly . " Possibly there may not come a second Dr . Bourke .