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Ireland.
IRELAND .
NORTH MTJNSTER . Limerick , 4 th November , 1854 . —The Ancient Union Lodge , No . 13 , met this day for the election of Officers , initiation of candidates , & c . The W . M . being absent , the R . W . and 111 . M . Eurnell , 33 rd Prov . G . M ., presided . The Officers elected for the ensuing half-year were as follows : —W . Murphy , M . D ., W . M . ; WE . Holland , S . W . ; Rev . J . W . Skelton , J . W . ; E . Lloyd , S . D . C . Cheyne , J . D . ; H . Sargint , I . G . ; E . W . Maunsell , Treas . and Sec . After the election , four highly eligible candidates were initiated ; and subsequently a ballot was held for two others , who were unanimously admitted .
The Lodge then voted a sum of £ 5 as a subscription to the Patriotic Fund , for the widows and orphans of the gallant defenders of their country—an example which ought to be followed by every Masonic body in the kingdom .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
CANADA .
Kingston . —At the regular Convocation of the Ancient Eronfenac Chapter , No . 491 , the following Comps . were installed and invested as Masonic officers for the ensuing year : —M . Ex . Comps ., Samuel D . Eowler , Z . ; . W . J . B . McLeod Moore , H . ; J . Lanktree , J . Ex . Comps ., A . Gordon , E . ; J . Salmon , N *;
W . Eerguson , Treas . ; E . J . Barker , P . S . Comps ., J . Robb , R . Bunt , Assist . S . ; W . Keely , M . of Cer . ; E . W . Palmer , S . Stevenson , Stewards ; H . Gibson , J . The M . E . P . Z ., J . A . Henderson , assisted by M . P . Z . ' s Angell and Milo , formed the Conclave of Installed P . ' s and R / s of the Sublime Degree of R . R . A . Masons , and installed the M . E . Comps . elect into the three chairs of Z . H . and J . respectively .
MALTA . The Union of Malta Lodge , No . 588 . —Through the kindness of Bro . Spencer , the Masonic bookseller , we have been favoured with the sight of a handsome Bible , in 4 to ., beautifully bound in morocco , with Masonic emblems elaborately tooled on the sides and back in gold , with the following inscription : —
Presented by the Officers of the Brigade of Guards , who were initiated in this their mother Lodge , March and April , 1854 . Attached to the Bible by silver chains , is a highly-finished Square and Compasses , also in silver , with the name of the Lodge engraved on each . We have also been favoured with a view , at Bro . Spencer ' s , of a handsome presentation P . M . jewel in silver , inscribed as follows : —
To Worshipful Brother Lord Loughborough , by W . Master Winthrop , Officers and Brethren of Lodge 588 , The Union of Malta , April , 1854 . Attached to the above , on a blue watered ribbon , is a handsome broad silver chain , with Masonic emblems manufactured expressly for it , and most beautifully executed .
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Ireland.
IRELAND .
NORTH MTJNSTER . Limerick , 4 th November , 1854 . —The Ancient Union Lodge , No . 13 , met this day for the election of Officers , initiation of candidates , & c . The W . M . being absent , the R . W . and 111 . M . Eurnell , 33 rd Prov . G . M ., presided . The Officers elected for the ensuing half-year were as follows : —W . Murphy , M . D ., W . M . ; WE . Holland , S . W . ; Rev . J . W . Skelton , J . W . ; E . Lloyd , S . D . C . Cheyne , J . D . ; H . Sargint , I . G . ; E . W . Maunsell , Treas . and Sec . After the election , four highly eligible candidates were initiated ; and subsequently a ballot was held for two others , who were unanimously admitted .
The Lodge then voted a sum of £ 5 as a subscription to the Patriotic Fund , for the widows and orphans of the gallant defenders of their country—an example which ought to be followed by every Masonic body in the kingdom .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
CANADA .
Kingston . —At the regular Convocation of the Ancient Eronfenac Chapter , No . 491 , the following Comps . were installed and invested as Masonic officers for the ensuing year : —M . Ex . Comps ., Samuel D . Eowler , Z . ; . W . J . B . McLeod Moore , H . ; J . Lanktree , J . Ex . Comps ., A . Gordon , E . ; J . Salmon , N *;
W . Eerguson , Treas . ; E . J . Barker , P . S . Comps ., J . Robb , R . Bunt , Assist . S . ; W . Keely , M . of Cer . ; E . W . Palmer , S . Stevenson , Stewards ; H . Gibson , J . The M . E . P . Z ., J . A . Henderson , assisted by M . P . Z . ' s Angell and Milo , formed the Conclave of Installed P . ' s and R / s of the Sublime Degree of R . R . A . Masons , and installed the M . E . Comps . elect into the three chairs of Z . H . and J . respectively .
MALTA . The Union of Malta Lodge , No . 588 . —Through the kindness of Bro . Spencer , the Masonic bookseller , we have been favoured with the sight of a handsome Bible , in 4 to ., beautifully bound in morocco , with Masonic emblems elaborately tooled on the sides and back in gold , with the following inscription : —
Presented by the Officers of the Brigade of Guards , who were initiated in this their mother Lodge , March and April , 1854 . Attached to the Bible by silver chains , is a highly-finished Square and Compasses , also in silver , with the name of the Lodge engraved on each . We have also been favoured with a view , at Bro . Spencer ' s , of a handsome presentation P . M . jewel in silver , inscribed as follows : —
To Worshipful Brother Lord Loughborough , by W . Master Winthrop , Officers and Brethren of Lodge 588 , The Union of Malta , April , 1854 . Attached to the above , on a blue watered ribbon , is a handsome broad silver chain , with Masonic emblems manufactured expressly for it , and most beautifully executed .