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Ireland.
G . ALWAY . —The Lodge No . 9 patronised the theatre lately , and made a bumper night for Brother Moore . COLERAINE . —In this city Masonry is progressing steadily but slowly . It is a matter of regret to those interested in the welfare of the Order , ' that there is not established here a County Grand Lod ge . Surely when so talented a gentleman and excellent " a Mason as Dr . AV . Wilson Campbell ( late of the Victoria Lodge ) is residing so near as Portrtish there ould be little
w difficulty in selecting a Provincial Master 01-forming a County Lodge . AVhen the many advantages such a controlling power are calculated to confer on the Institution are considered , we do hope that immediate arrangements will be made for accomplishing an object , ivhich , in our humble judgment , is not only desirable in Coleraine , but in every jilace where more than six AVarrants are ivorking . [ There is also resident at Portrush , another Brother , the Rev . AV . Hamilton Maxwell , the distinguished author of Stories of Waterloo , Wild Sports ofthe West , & c , who ranks in the hi ghest grade of Irish ' Masonry . —ED . F . Q . ]
COOTEHILL , Sept . 10 , —A public dinner was given here to Counsellor Hercules Ellis , by the members of fourteen Mason Lodges , Brother Martin , of Red Hills , in the Chair , to mark their sense of the professional ability and disinterested zeal he displayed in the discharge of a trust reposed in him on an important occasion by the Fraternity of that nei ghbourhood . Our limits preclude the possibility of detail . CLONES Sept . 15 . — " The Brethren of the Mystic Level" enrolled in
, , Lodge No . 790 , assembled at twelve o ' clock ou this morning at the Dacre Anns . This Lodge , which has only been reconstructed within the current year , still continues busied and immersed in adding to the moral influence and respectability of our ancient Order , its list of members this moment presenting some of the most pious of the cleroy , the most rising practitioners at the bar , the most skilful of the medical faculty , and the most meritorious ofthe resident gentry and local is
magtrates , thus combining as much talent and rectitude as can be found enrolled in the archives of any Freemason ' s Lodge in the province of Ulster , < in this occasion the Worshi pful Brother Hercules Ellis , of Lianaroe , being
" Honoured with supreme command , Presided o'er the sons of light , " and was sustained by the under-named gentlemen , who performed the duties of their several stations , and constituted the Lodge with the most scrupulous adherence to prescribed forms : — S . W . Thomas J . Tenison , Barrister-at-law , Portnelligan . J . W . Rev . Charles AValsh , M . A . Clones . S . D . Robert EvattJ . P . Mount Lewis .
, , J . D . Rev . A . Mitchell , M . A ., Drumsna Glebe . The W . M . ( Bro . Ellis ) expressed the pleasure he felt in presenting Brother Tenison , who had come twenty miles to attend their meeting , but who , although personally known to them all , had not as yet been saluted as an Honorary P . M . Brother Tenison ' s ujwight conduct and prepossessing manners had gained for him the confidence and esteem of his friendstowards whom he was willing to act disinterestedl
, ever y . He ( Bro . E . ) only regretted that it was not in the power of Lodge 790 to entertain Brother Tenison , the social arrangements of the day beinf postponed in consequence of a sudden and severe calamity bavin ' " vor , ii ' , 4 A
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Ireland.
G . ALWAY . —The Lodge No . 9 patronised the theatre lately , and made a bumper night for Brother Moore . COLERAINE . —In this city Masonry is progressing steadily but slowly . It is a matter of regret to those interested in the welfare of the Order , ' that there is not established here a County Grand Lod ge . Surely when so talented a gentleman and excellent " a Mason as Dr . AV . Wilson Campbell ( late of the Victoria Lodge ) is residing so near as Portrtish there ould be little
w difficulty in selecting a Provincial Master 01-forming a County Lodge . AVhen the many advantages such a controlling power are calculated to confer on the Institution are considered , we do hope that immediate arrangements will be made for accomplishing an object , ivhich , in our humble judgment , is not only desirable in Coleraine , but in every jilace where more than six AVarrants are ivorking . [ There is also resident at Portrush , another Brother , the Rev . AV . Hamilton Maxwell , the distinguished author of Stories of Waterloo , Wild Sports ofthe West , & c , who ranks in the hi ghest grade of Irish ' Masonry . —ED . F . Q . ]
COOTEHILL , Sept . 10 , —A public dinner was given here to Counsellor Hercules Ellis , by the members of fourteen Mason Lodges , Brother Martin , of Red Hills , in the Chair , to mark their sense of the professional ability and disinterested zeal he displayed in the discharge of a trust reposed in him on an important occasion by the Fraternity of that nei ghbourhood . Our limits preclude the possibility of detail . CLONES Sept . 15 . — " The Brethren of the Mystic Level" enrolled in
, , Lodge No . 790 , assembled at twelve o ' clock ou this morning at the Dacre Anns . This Lodge , which has only been reconstructed within the current year , still continues busied and immersed in adding to the moral influence and respectability of our ancient Order , its list of members this moment presenting some of the most pious of the cleroy , the most rising practitioners at the bar , the most skilful of the medical faculty , and the most meritorious ofthe resident gentry and local is
magtrates , thus combining as much talent and rectitude as can be found enrolled in the archives of any Freemason ' s Lodge in the province of Ulster , < in this occasion the Worshi pful Brother Hercules Ellis , of Lianaroe , being
" Honoured with supreme command , Presided o'er the sons of light , " and was sustained by the under-named gentlemen , who performed the duties of their several stations , and constituted the Lodge with the most scrupulous adherence to prescribed forms : — S . W . Thomas J . Tenison , Barrister-at-law , Portnelligan . J . W . Rev . Charles AValsh , M . A . Clones . S . D . Robert EvattJ . P . Mount Lewis .
, , J . D . Rev . A . Mitchell , M . A ., Drumsna Glebe . The W . M . ( Bro . Ellis ) expressed the pleasure he felt in presenting Brother Tenison , who had come twenty miles to attend their meeting , but who , although personally known to them all , had not as yet been saluted as an Honorary P . M . Brother Tenison ' s ujwight conduct and prepossessing manners had gained for him the confidence and esteem of his friendstowards whom he was willing to act disinterestedl
, ever y . He ( Bro . E . ) only regretted that it was not in the power of Lodge 790 to entertain Brother Tenison , the social arrangements of the day beinf postponed in consequence of a sudden and severe calamity bavin ' " vor , ii ' , 4 A