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Ireland.
A vacancy having occurred in the " Original Chapter of Prince Masons , " the stall and insignia of Prince Rose Croix has been conferred on Colonel Kenny . MARK MASONRY , May 6 . —An especial meeting was called for the purpose of giving Bro . Crucefix " a Mark . " The ceremony , which is interesting and instructive , left a corresponding impression on the mind of the noviciate . Brother Thomas Wriht presided with his usual care
g , and we hear that Bro . Keck particularly distinguished himself by the emphatic manner in which he acted as overseer . * After the ceremony , Bro . Crucefix addressed the Brethren , thanking them very gratefully for the generous and respectful kindness with which he had been received , and which made him hopeful and desirous to repeat his visit . VICTORIA LODGE , NO . 4 , Mag 2-1 . —The Queen ' s birth-day is , by order of this Lodge , always celebrated . An initiation was well
conducted by our venerable Bro . Fowler , Dep . Grand Sec . In due time the Lodge retired to refreshment . On the right of the Master sat the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor ( Bro . Geo . Hoyte ) and Bro . Norman , P . D . G . M ., and several other Brethren of true Masonic worth , to the amount of about fifty . Bro . Fagan , the Master , presided , and displayed his usual and gentlemanlike deportment to all . The cloth being removed , and Non nobis IJomine being given , the Master pronounced the first toast , " Her Majesty , the Queen Patron of this Lodge , " and said , that he felt bound to say a few words as to the toast ;
first , that he gave the toast as a loyal and dutiful subject , bearing all allegiance to his sovereign ; next , a man professing the usual gallantry of his country to a young and beatiful woman ; and lastl y , though not the least in exciting the special regard of this Lodge as their Patron , and while he had this opportunity he would avail himself of the moment to explain a matter which he learned with no little surprise , namely , that some jealousy existed in the sister kingdom , in consequence of this
Lodge being named the " Victoria" by Her Majesty . Some few years past , our worthy Secretary , always alive to the interest of the Craft , in the course of a correspondence with the Equerry of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , asked if it were likely that Her Royal Highness would allow this Lodge to be called Victoria or Princess Victoria Lodge , which was answered in the affirmative , saying , that any application of the kind shouldof coursego through the Grand Master . A short and
, , complimentary address went in the usual course as pointed out , and an immediate and most polite reply was returned , saying , that H . R . H . ( as she was then ) requested that the Lodge might be called the " Victoria Lodge , " but that in doing so , he begged to be distinctly understood as avowing that this Lodge never intended to cast any slight on their English Brethren ; but in looking for a name , exclusive of their number , they conceived themselves as well entitled to look for
Royal Patronage , even though in embryo , as any other portion of Her Majesty ' s subjects ; and if they , by one of those incidents in human life , happened to be so favoured , he did not conceive they were in any way censurable .
J he usual Masonic routine of toasts then followed , when the W . M , announced the health of Bro . Hoyte , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , and in doing so eulogised the Masonic worth of his noble visitor—a zealous Mason , as the rank he held in the Order evinced . The Lord Mayor returned thanks , and said that he had only arrived from London the day previous , but finding an invitation from the Vic-
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Ireland.
A vacancy having occurred in the " Original Chapter of Prince Masons , " the stall and insignia of Prince Rose Croix has been conferred on Colonel Kenny . MARK MASONRY , May 6 . —An especial meeting was called for the purpose of giving Bro . Crucefix " a Mark . " The ceremony , which is interesting and instructive , left a corresponding impression on the mind of the noviciate . Brother Thomas Wriht presided with his usual care
g , and we hear that Bro . Keck particularly distinguished himself by the emphatic manner in which he acted as overseer . * After the ceremony , Bro . Crucefix addressed the Brethren , thanking them very gratefully for the generous and respectful kindness with which he had been received , and which made him hopeful and desirous to repeat his visit . VICTORIA LODGE , NO . 4 , Mag 2-1 . —The Queen ' s birth-day is , by order of this Lodge , always celebrated . An initiation was well
conducted by our venerable Bro . Fowler , Dep . Grand Sec . In due time the Lodge retired to refreshment . On the right of the Master sat the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor ( Bro . Geo . Hoyte ) and Bro . Norman , P . D . G . M ., and several other Brethren of true Masonic worth , to the amount of about fifty . Bro . Fagan , the Master , presided , and displayed his usual and gentlemanlike deportment to all . The cloth being removed , and Non nobis IJomine being given , the Master pronounced the first toast , " Her Majesty , the Queen Patron of this Lodge , " and said , that he felt bound to say a few words as to the toast ;
first , that he gave the toast as a loyal and dutiful subject , bearing all allegiance to his sovereign ; next , a man professing the usual gallantry of his country to a young and beatiful woman ; and lastl y , though not the least in exciting the special regard of this Lodge as their Patron , and while he had this opportunity he would avail himself of the moment to explain a matter which he learned with no little surprise , namely , that some jealousy existed in the sister kingdom , in consequence of this
Lodge being named the " Victoria" by Her Majesty . Some few years past , our worthy Secretary , always alive to the interest of the Craft , in the course of a correspondence with the Equerry of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , asked if it were likely that Her Royal Highness would allow this Lodge to be called Victoria or Princess Victoria Lodge , which was answered in the affirmative , saying , that any application of the kind shouldof coursego through the Grand Master . A short and
, , complimentary address went in the usual course as pointed out , and an immediate and most polite reply was returned , saying , that H . R . H . ( as she was then ) requested that the Lodge might be called the " Victoria Lodge , " but that in doing so , he begged to be distinctly understood as avowing that this Lodge never intended to cast any slight on their English Brethren ; but in looking for a name , exclusive of their number , they conceived themselves as well entitled to look for
Royal Patronage , even though in embryo , as any other portion of Her Majesty ' s subjects ; and if they , by one of those incidents in human life , happened to be so favoured , he did not conceive they were in any way censurable .
J he usual Masonic routine of toasts then followed , when the W . M , announced the health of Bro . Hoyte , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , and in doing so eulogised the Masonic worth of his noble visitor—a zealous Mason , as the rank he held in the Order evinced . The Lord Mayor returned thanks , and said that he had only arrived from London the day previous , but finding an invitation from the Vic-