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said , Brethren I call on you to fill your glasses to tho brim in order to give the greatest possible honour that is in our power to bestow on this our festival evening to our tried , trusty , and illustrious Bro . Michael Fiirnell , ex-Prov . G . M . of North Munster . ( Hear , hear ) . It is true that good and faithful brother is declining in years , but bis heart is still imbued with the true principles of Freemasonry . ( Applause . ) He the AV . M . trusted that the G . A . O . T . U . would prolong his valuable life . It is impossible to

enter the portals of 73 without a remembrance of Bro . Furnell , whose last act of kindness was the presentation of this magnificent gift ( holding up the solid silver gavel lately presented to the lodge ) . Bro . Furnell has endeared himself to this lodge in a manner that shall never be forgotten . The toast was received amidst cheers which lasted for several minutese—Bro P . M . Wallace's health was eloquently proposed by Bro . Pragnellwhich was received by the brethren with every mark

, of esteem and fraternal regard . —Bro . WALLACE returned thanks by saying—Worshipful Master , Brother Pragnell , and brethren , I thank you sincerely for the high compliment you have just paid me , and the manner in which you have received my health . Brevity , it is said , is the soul of wit , and therefore on the present occasion I purpose being very brief ( No , no , from several of the brethren ; Go on Brother Wallace ) . It is true , what Brother Pragnall had saidthat I am an ardent admirer

, of Freemasonry ; it is also that I believe in my soul that Freemasonry , carried out in the Scriptural view of it , is calculated to enoble men's minds , make them better citizens , better fathers and husbands , and , what is still of greater importance , better Christians . There are no doubt persons in every age who will try and endeavour to run down our glorious Order , but I need not tell you , brethren , they have all signally failed , and I do

believe that Masonry is now more universal than at any other period of the history of the world . ( Cheers ) . Brethren , to say that I thank you , in a simple expression of my feelings . ( Bro . AVallace took his seat evidently effected by his true Masonic feelings . )—The next toast proposed by the AV . MASTER was one in which he felt a great deal of pleasure in bringing before the brethren , aud it was the health of their late Master , Bro . Thomas Glover , P . M . ; before , however , drinking the toast , he should place on his Masonic breast that jewel voted to him in

full lodge ( the W . M . then placed an exquisitely wrought Past Masters' jewel round the neck of Bro . Glover ) , and concluded a very suitable speech , the health having been received with all due honours and the usual " salute . " —Bro . GLOA'ER responded in a most touching and eloquent manner . —Bro . LANGLEY , S . W ., asked the brethren to charge their glasses on the West , South , and East , as he had a very important toast to propose , and that was their " Worshipful Master . " It was drank with all the honours .

—The W . MASTKB rose and said that he had a great deal of pride and pleasure to think that so humble an individul as he was would receive such honours at their hands : it only proved to him what he experienced from the noble Order , since the light of Masonry shone into his heart . The brethren all knew that he was a soldier , and had becai taught in that glorious profession to be on parade punctually at the stroke of the clock . He knew that the same good rule will be carried out in Masonry . It was

a curious coincidence that his twenty-one years' servitude in the army will expire exactly at the same period that his term of office presiding over them will , and no doubt lie will feel ( it if spared ) , the happiest six months of his life . —Bro . PRAGNELL then rose and said—Worshipful Master , it is with unfeigned pleasure I rise for the purpose of proposing the health of our Brother Past Master Bassett , and in doing so I am sure you have all experiencedas well as I havehis able advocacy of our

, , respected Order in the columns of the Southern Chronicle , of which he is the spirited proprietor . His articles , published in that largely circulating journal , which as been sent all over the world , have called forth the esteem of the Masonic body , and it is a pride to us , brethren , that wo have an organ in this city neither ashamed nor afraid to publish our meetings such as this . Who is the brother that can say that George AV . Bassett , who served

in all the chairs , and was our Worshipful Master , ever threw the apple of discord into our meetings ? ( No , no , from several brethren ) . The same may be said of his revered father who was an ornament to Masonry in this city , and his brother Avho has gone to the Grand Lodge above . Bro . Bassett has come amongst us to this e \ ening , and right glad are we to see him . ( Hear , hear ) Bro . Pragnell concluded in very kind and fraternal terms . —Bro . BASSETT said , to sufficiently respond to the very flattering terms in which his esteemed Bro . Iragnell had brought his name before the brethren , and the

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enthusiastic manner in which it Avas received was out of his power . It was , however , true , that he was an ardent admirer of the time-honoured Order of Freemasons whose sun never sets , tho light of which has found its way from time-immemorial all over the world . In coupling his name with the Southern Chronicle , and the articles which have appeared in that journal , he was amply repaid by the expression of approval from so distinguished a member of their Order as Bro . Pragnell . He could

only say that his constant care would be to merit , the feeling exhibited in so marked a manner that evening by his brethren , and ho should ever devote a portion of his spaee for the interests of the Craft , and would at all times endeavour to the best of his humble ability to further the interests o { their noble institution . —The Senior Warden ' s health was proposed hy the Worshipful Master , and very suitably responded to . —The Junior Warden'sby Bro . M'Quaidein very handsoms termsand

, , , responded to . —Bro . LANGLEY , S . AV ., in very eloquent terms , proposed " The Health of our absent P . M . Bro . Cowper , " whose whose picture he looked on with pleasure behind him on the wall of the room ; no better or truer brother ever graced the chair of the lodge . The toast was received with very great respect . — Bro . ADAAIS made a statement which was very interesting to the brethren . He commenced by stating that it was bis birthday , and no doubt he felt a double interest in celebrating it and

their glorious festival at one and the same time . He ( Bro . Adams ) had another great tie in Masonry , as he was married to a good Mason ' s daughter , who was Master of that lodge , and who was gone to the Grand Lodge above . He could not refrain from telling all the unmarried members of the lodge to give a decided preference to Mason ' s daughters , as be was so fortunate himself , that he would like all others to enjoy the same connubial felicity . —Bro . Kirk's health , 311 , Templemore , was given and

responded to in true Masonic style . —A marked encomium was bestowed on Bro . Ferguson , the caterer on this occasion , which he responded to in very handsome terms , and sung a most humourous comic song . —Bro . Manning also contributed to the harmony , and sang " Shilly Shally , " which kept the brethren in roars of laughter . —Thebrethrenspent a most delightful re-union , and separated in peace , love , and harmony , not without first considering the claims of our distressed brethren all over the world , when a handsome sum was placed in the hands of the W . M ., to he handed to the first apnlicant . —Southern Chronicle .

Poetry.

Poetry .

AVORK FOR SOME GOOD . Seek not to walk by borrowed light , But keep unto thine own : Do what thou doest with tby might , And trust thyself alone ! Work for some goodnor idly lie

, Within the human hive , And , though the outward man should die , Keep thou the heart alive ! Strive not to banish pain and doubt In pleasure ' s noisy din ; The peace thou seekest for , without ,

Is only found withiu . If Fortune disregard tby . claim , By worth her slight attest , . Nor blush and hang the head for shame AVhen thou hast done thy best . AYhat thy experience teaches true

Be vigilant to heed ; The wisdom that we suffer to Is wiser than a creed . Disdain neglect , ignore despair , On loves and friendships gone , Plant thou thy feet , as on a stair , And mount right up and on ! A . C .