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Ireland.
This is a truly judicious and salutary law , and was passed for the pur pose of ensuring an attendance in the Grand Lodge , sufficiently numerous for the competent discharge of its multifarious concerns ; it is , therefore , the duty of every Brother who has a scintilla of regard for the continuance of an institution , whose frame and constitution have
" Borne the brunt of ec-nturies , " to reject each candidate for official promotion who has not adhered to the strict letter of this enactment . It is required by the Grand Lodge of Ireland " that in future the Masters-Elect of Dublin Lodges , shall be summoned to the Grand Lodge on every St . John ' s Day , in order to be then rendered competent to attend in the Committee of Charity and Inspectionwhether they be formallinstalled or not ; and all Masters
, y Elect not attending at the Grand Lodge on such occasions , shall be fined for such default . —By order , J . AYilliam Hort , Grand Secretary . " The Members afterwards proceeded to consider the propriety of electing a Provincial Grand Master for Monaghan . A discussion on the Masonic merits of the respective candidates occupied the Brethren for a considerable time , those named being the Rig ht Hon . Brother Baron RossmoreLord-Lieutand Gustos Rotulorum of the County ; and
, , Hercules Ellis , Esq ., of Hardwicke Place , Dublin , and Lisnaroe , Clones , P . M . of Lodges 50 and 681 , and W . Master of No . 790 and 881 , Clones and 794-, Newbliss . A division having taken place , the Deputy Grand Master declared Counsellor Ellis duly elected , subject at the same time to the approval and ratification of His Grace the Duke of Leinster .
D . G . S . John Fowler , Esq ., has presented to the Grand Lodge a richly framed print of William Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of Ireland . AVe believe this nobleman was the grandfather of the present Chief of the Irish Masons . At the Easter Quarter Assembly of the Dublin Corporation , Brother Alderman AVarren , P . M ., of No . 2 , was elected Lord Mayor , and Brother Thomas James Quinton , P . M ., of No . 4 , and John Jones , P . M . of Lodge 2 , Hig h Sheriffs for the ensuing year , commencing on Michaelmas Day next . Brother Jones has also been invested with the Order of Prince
Rose Croix . The Members of Lodge 790 Clones , of which Hercules Ellis , Esq . is AV . M ., have elected Thomas Tenison , Barrister-at-Law , an honorary member , and conferred on him the rank of Past-Master , in testimony of their appreciation of his sedulous attentions to the interests of the Craft . A distinction of this nature , emanating from one of the most influential and respectable of the Provincial branches , is a strong attestation of Br . Tenison ' s merits , and an encouragement to him to persevere in that fraternal course which has secured for him the approval of his Brother Masons .
The Members of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland are requested to take notice that the Celebration of the Festival of St . John will be held at Radley ' s Masonic Coffee-House , Commercial Buildings , Dame Street , on Saturday , the 24 th day of June , 1837 , on which occasion his Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Alaster of the Order , has signified his intention of presiding . The Grand Lodge will be opened according to ancient form , at the
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Ireland.
This is a truly judicious and salutary law , and was passed for the pur pose of ensuring an attendance in the Grand Lodge , sufficiently numerous for the competent discharge of its multifarious concerns ; it is , therefore , the duty of every Brother who has a scintilla of regard for the continuance of an institution , whose frame and constitution have
" Borne the brunt of ec-nturies , " to reject each candidate for official promotion who has not adhered to the strict letter of this enactment . It is required by the Grand Lodge of Ireland " that in future the Masters-Elect of Dublin Lodges , shall be summoned to the Grand Lodge on every St . John ' s Day , in order to be then rendered competent to attend in the Committee of Charity and Inspectionwhether they be formallinstalled or not ; and all Masters
, y Elect not attending at the Grand Lodge on such occasions , shall be fined for such default . —By order , J . AYilliam Hort , Grand Secretary . " The Members afterwards proceeded to consider the propriety of electing a Provincial Grand Master for Monaghan . A discussion on the Masonic merits of the respective candidates occupied the Brethren for a considerable time , those named being the Rig ht Hon . Brother Baron RossmoreLord-Lieutand Gustos Rotulorum of the County ; and
, , Hercules Ellis , Esq ., of Hardwicke Place , Dublin , and Lisnaroe , Clones , P . M . of Lodges 50 and 681 , and W . Master of No . 790 and 881 , Clones and 794-, Newbliss . A division having taken place , the Deputy Grand Master declared Counsellor Ellis duly elected , subject at the same time to the approval and ratification of His Grace the Duke of Leinster .
D . G . S . John Fowler , Esq ., has presented to the Grand Lodge a richly framed print of William Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of Ireland . AVe believe this nobleman was the grandfather of the present Chief of the Irish Masons . At the Easter Quarter Assembly of the Dublin Corporation , Brother Alderman AVarren , P . M ., of No . 2 , was elected Lord Mayor , and Brother Thomas James Quinton , P . M ., of No . 4 , and John Jones , P . M . of Lodge 2 , Hig h Sheriffs for the ensuing year , commencing on Michaelmas Day next . Brother Jones has also been invested with the Order of Prince
Rose Croix . The Members of Lodge 790 Clones , of which Hercules Ellis , Esq . is AV . M ., have elected Thomas Tenison , Barrister-at-Law , an honorary member , and conferred on him the rank of Past-Master , in testimony of their appreciation of his sedulous attentions to the interests of the Craft . A distinction of this nature , emanating from one of the most influential and respectable of the Provincial branches , is a strong attestation of Br . Tenison ' s merits , and an encouragement to him to persevere in that fraternal course which has secured for him the approval of his Brother Masons .
The Members of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland are requested to take notice that the Celebration of the Festival of St . John will be held at Radley ' s Masonic Coffee-House , Commercial Buildings , Dame Street , on Saturday , the 24 th day of June , 1837 , on which occasion his Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Alaster of the Order , has signified his intention of presiding . The Grand Lodge will be opened according to ancient form , at the