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Ireland.
Br . Bennett replied in a short but impressive and elegant address , and proposed the health of the Master , AVardens , imd Brethren of No . 163 , to which the Master replied . Dancing was resumed with great spirit after supper ; and the brilliant assemblage did not separate until a late hour , all highly pleased and delighted with one of the most imposing and sumptuous entertainments ever given in the town of Birr .
£ Note by the Editor . —In 1836 there might be mustered by exertion some five or six Masons in the neig hbourhood of Birr . At this moment there are upwards of fifty , comprising members of the first respectability and talent in the county . 1
GREAT COUNTY MEETING IN THE CITY OF ARMAGH . —We are enabled briefly to announce that an assemblage of the Masters , Past Masters , AVardens , ancl other representatives of twenty-seven Lodges , holding warrants in the county of Armagh , took p lace on the third Monday in May , Brother Sinclair Carroll , Esq ., P . M ., in the Chair , when a Committee was formed for the purpose of preparing a loyal , dutiful ancl congratulatory address to her Majesty the Queen , on the auspicious events
of her accession and coronation . Two interesting and important questions occupied the remainder of the time ; one , with reference to processions ; ancl the other , as to the necessity which existed of electing a county Grand Master . In the first case , after hearing several speeches , it was determined that the orders of the Grancl Lodge prohibiting processions , should be implicitly followed ancl enforced ; and the second question terminated in a sincere and zealous ebullition , demonstrative
that provincial authorities were considered essentially necessary , as they woulcl prove favourable to the local spread of Masonry , to the maintenance of the regular connexion between the rural districts and the Grand Lodge , ancl at the same time to the preservation of the power ancl permanence of the Craft in all its primitive purity and pristine practice . Thomas Joseph Tenison , Esq ., Barister-at-law , & c , was then proposed , seconded , and finally elected ( unanimously ) to the office of P . G . M . of the county ancl borough of Armagh—still subject to the approval and confirmation of the Grand Lodge , and of his Grace the Duke of Leinster .
MASONIC DINNER TO MR . TENISON . —A dinner on an extensive scale , given at Tynan , by the Masters , Wardens , and several Members of Lodges of Nos . 210 and 264 , Middleton ; 328 , Richhill ; 333 , Tynan ; 409 , Armagh ; 557 , Beuburb ; 601 , Tynan ; 611 , Caledon ; 671 , Killilea ; 681 , Caledon ; on the 19 th of July , created considerable interest , not only as the Prov . Grand Master-elect had promised to be present ; but as it was the first general meeting of the Craft in the county of
Armagh since Mr . Tenison ' s election to that important office . The place selected for the meeting was adapted for the purpose , being in a central situation , and from its dimensions capable of affording ample accommodation . The room is one of those erected some years ago , for the purposes of " The Tynan Branch of the North-east Farming Society , " which was then frequently honoured by the presence of the resident nobility and gentry , by whom this useful body was patronised and encouraged . On the present occasion it was well arranged , and ornamented with bouquets of flowers and festoons of laurel . Over the Chair was suspended a blue flag , ornamented with white trimmings , and
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Ireland.
Br . Bennett replied in a short but impressive and elegant address , and proposed the health of the Master , AVardens , imd Brethren of No . 163 , to which the Master replied . Dancing was resumed with great spirit after supper ; and the brilliant assemblage did not separate until a late hour , all highly pleased and delighted with one of the most imposing and sumptuous entertainments ever given in the town of Birr .
£ Note by the Editor . —In 1836 there might be mustered by exertion some five or six Masons in the neig hbourhood of Birr . At this moment there are upwards of fifty , comprising members of the first respectability and talent in the county . 1
GREAT COUNTY MEETING IN THE CITY OF ARMAGH . —We are enabled briefly to announce that an assemblage of the Masters , Past Masters , AVardens , ancl other representatives of twenty-seven Lodges , holding warrants in the county of Armagh , took p lace on the third Monday in May , Brother Sinclair Carroll , Esq ., P . M ., in the Chair , when a Committee was formed for the purpose of preparing a loyal , dutiful ancl congratulatory address to her Majesty the Queen , on the auspicious events
of her accession and coronation . Two interesting and important questions occupied the remainder of the time ; one , with reference to processions ; ancl the other , as to the necessity which existed of electing a county Grand Master . In the first case , after hearing several speeches , it was determined that the orders of the Grancl Lodge prohibiting processions , should be implicitly followed ancl enforced ; and the second question terminated in a sincere and zealous ebullition , demonstrative
that provincial authorities were considered essentially necessary , as they woulcl prove favourable to the local spread of Masonry , to the maintenance of the regular connexion between the rural districts and the Grand Lodge , ancl at the same time to the preservation of the power ancl permanence of the Craft in all its primitive purity and pristine practice . Thomas Joseph Tenison , Esq ., Barister-at-law , & c , was then proposed , seconded , and finally elected ( unanimously ) to the office of P . G . M . of the county ancl borough of Armagh—still subject to the approval and confirmation of the Grand Lodge , and of his Grace the Duke of Leinster .
MASONIC DINNER TO MR . TENISON . —A dinner on an extensive scale , given at Tynan , by the Masters , Wardens , and several Members of Lodges of Nos . 210 and 264 , Middleton ; 328 , Richhill ; 333 , Tynan ; 409 , Armagh ; 557 , Beuburb ; 601 , Tynan ; 611 , Caledon ; 671 , Killilea ; 681 , Caledon ; on the 19 th of July , created considerable interest , not only as the Prov . Grand Master-elect had promised to be present ; but as it was the first general meeting of the Craft in the county of
Armagh since Mr . Tenison ' s election to that important office . The place selected for the meeting was adapted for the purpose , being in a central situation , and from its dimensions capable of affording ample accommodation . The room is one of those erected some years ago , for the purposes of " The Tynan Branch of the North-east Farming Society , " which was then frequently honoured by the presence of the resident nobility and gentry , by whom this useful body was patronised and encouraged . On the present occasion it was well arranged , and ornamented with bouquets of flowers and festoons of laurel . Over the Chair was suspended a blue flag , ornamented with white trimmings , and