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Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORUKSPOMJENTS . P . Z . —Vide page (! 2 of your own Constitutions , and you will find an implied direction to select Companions for their merit and abilities . It would be better had the law bt-en less vague ; the Knglish law is prereinptory ; even the third chair of the II . A . Chapter must he filled by a VV . M ., and even then the party must have also served as Scribe or Sojourner . A ROSE Cnoix . —IVe have received the printed List of Officers of the Grand Council of Itites for Ireland , IU 45 , in whieh the name ot Dr . Crucefix does not appear ; but that list we believe was published previous to the day when the original Chapter glanced at past events . D UBLIN . —The Grand Lodge have unanimously selected his Grace the
Duke of Leinster to be the Grand Master for the year ensuing , and have also nominated Bro . Richard Lea AVilson to be their representative at the Grand Lodge of England , vice Bro . H . C . Sirr , resigned . It appearing that a majority of the Lodges in the province of Deny had not signed the petition to the Grand Lodge for the appointment of Provincial Grand Master , his Grace the Duke of Leinster did not concur , consequently the subject must be resumed .
' ; , The . abuse of Freemasonry has reached its Nadir . AVe extract thc following morceau from an article in the Cork Examiner of Nov . 12 : TP " . Catholic Freemason ! , The thing is a contradiction in terms , a morat . impossibility . It ever has been , and ever will be such , so long as the Church of Goi > upon the earth shall survive , to denounce masonry as a " wretched impiety , alike hostile to the spiritual and temporal welfare of the world which it threatens . "—This smacks too strongly of the still illicit to require comment .
BRO . HENRY O'CONNOR . —The 15 th of November was a red-letter day in the annals of Irish Masonry ; it was then that honour was done to Bro . Henry O'Connor . AVe subjoin the following account of the interesting meeting from the public papers : — The Kilwinning Chapter of Prince Rose Croix Masons . —Grand Union Banquet . —On Saturday , the loth November , the members of the Kilwinning Chapter of Prince Masons , on the occasion of the
presentation of an address , with a suitable testimonial , to Bro . Henry O'Connor , barrister-at-law , late M . AV . S . of the chapter , assembled at the Grand Lodge Rooms in full masonic costume , most of the Brethren wearing the usual brilliant insignia of that and other higher degrees of the order . At five o ' clock the M . AV . S . of the chapter , Bro . Henry M'Dona , took the chair , assisted near the throne by two distinguished and respected members of the original chapter , Bros . Dr . Wright and Quinton . The chapter ivas opened ivith the accustomed formalities , after which the 'following address was read by the M . W . Sovereign of the chapter : —
¦ ¦ - 1 . ¦ . Address F * om the Kilwinning Chapter of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican X . Princes Grand Rose Croix of Ireland , to the Most Excellent Prince ' "' and Bro . Henry O'Connor , past M . AV . Sovereign . " ' "Most Excellent Sir and Brother , —In presenting you with this small testimbhial of the regard and esteem in which we hold your Masonic
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Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORUKSPOMJENTS . P . Z . —Vide page (! 2 of your own Constitutions , and you will find an implied direction to select Companions for their merit and abilities . It would be better had the law bt-en less vague ; the Knglish law is prereinptory ; even the third chair of the II . A . Chapter must he filled by a VV . M ., and even then the party must have also served as Scribe or Sojourner . A ROSE Cnoix . —IVe have received the printed List of Officers of the Grand Council of Itites for Ireland , IU 45 , in whieh the name ot Dr . Crucefix does not appear ; but that list we believe was published previous to the day when the original Chapter glanced at past events . D UBLIN . —The Grand Lodge have unanimously selected his Grace the
Duke of Leinster to be the Grand Master for the year ensuing , and have also nominated Bro . Richard Lea AVilson to be their representative at the Grand Lodge of England , vice Bro . H . C . Sirr , resigned . It appearing that a majority of the Lodges in the province of Deny had not signed the petition to the Grand Lodge for the appointment of Provincial Grand Master , his Grace the Duke of Leinster did not concur , consequently the subject must be resumed .
' ; , The . abuse of Freemasonry has reached its Nadir . AVe extract thc following morceau from an article in the Cork Examiner of Nov . 12 : TP " . Catholic Freemason ! , The thing is a contradiction in terms , a morat . impossibility . It ever has been , and ever will be such , so long as the Church of Goi > upon the earth shall survive , to denounce masonry as a " wretched impiety , alike hostile to the spiritual and temporal welfare of the world which it threatens . "—This smacks too strongly of the still illicit to require comment .
BRO . HENRY O'CONNOR . —The 15 th of November was a red-letter day in the annals of Irish Masonry ; it was then that honour was done to Bro . Henry O'Connor . AVe subjoin the following account of the interesting meeting from the public papers : — The Kilwinning Chapter of Prince Rose Croix Masons . —Grand Union Banquet . —On Saturday , the loth November , the members of the Kilwinning Chapter of Prince Masons , on the occasion of the
presentation of an address , with a suitable testimonial , to Bro . Henry O'Connor , barrister-at-law , late M . AV . S . of the chapter , assembled at the Grand Lodge Rooms in full masonic costume , most of the Brethren wearing the usual brilliant insignia of that and other higher degrees of the order . At five o ' clock the M . AV . S . of the chapter , Bro . Henry M'Dona , took the chair , assisted near the throne by two distinguished and respected members of the original chapter , Bros . Dr . Wright and Quinton . The chapter ivas opened ivith the accustomed formalities , after which the 'following address was read by the M . W . Sovereign of the chapter : —
¦ ¦ - 1 . ¦ . Address F * om the Kilwinning Chapter of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican X . Princes Grand Rose Croix of Ireland , to the Most Excellent Prince ' "' and Bro . Henry O'Connor , past M . AV . Sovereign . " ' "Most Excellent Sir and Brother , —In presenting you with this small testimbhial of the regard and esteem in which we hold your Masonic