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Article THE REPORTER. ← Page 3 of 3 Article MASONIC CHIT-CHAT. Page 1 of 7 →
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The Reporter.
'The meeting was graced by Sir Knt . Thomas AVright , the Grand Secretary to tlie Grand Council of Rites , Dublin . Alasonic Knights , like other social beings , can enjoy social festivity ; and on this occasion there was no drawback on a truly happy meeting . The health of Sir Knt . AVright was proposed by his friend Crucefix , and acknowledged in a very fervid reply , at the close of ivhich Sir Knt . Wri ght happily observed— "I am not surprised at my reception ; for , to tell the truth , I expected a welcome whenever circumstances should enable me to come among you . "
Masonic Chit-Chat.
MASONIC CHIT-CHAT .
HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS TIIE DUKE OF SUSSEX . PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE . HOUSE OP LORDS , Tuesday , June 13 . —EARL FORTESCUE rose : —He trusted that their lordships would do him the justice to admit that he did not rise upon that occasion to oppose the motion ' " just submitted to the
house by the noble duke ; quite the contrary , he felt much happiness in expressing his entire concurrence in the observations ivhich had fallen from the noble duke ( Wellington ) . He wished to take that opportunitythe only one in which he could with propriety refer to the subject—to call the attention of the house to other parties connected with the Royal Family ; parties certainly entitled to the sympathy and kind consideration of their lordships and the country . He was boundin limineto
, , state that he had had no personal communication with any of the parties , either directly or indirectly interested in this matter . They were all utterly ignorant of the course wliich lie was about to take in reference to their claims . It was not more than a month back that the noble duke opposite , and the right hon . baronet , the Prime Minister of the
country , moved an address of condolence to her Most Gracious Majesty , in consequence of the lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . Upon that occasion both the noble duke in that house , and the Prime Minister in the other house of parliament , expressed in the highest terms their sentiments of respect for the memory of his Royal Highness . The sentiments so expressed were , he believed , shared by all . All concurred in the tribute paid to the high and varied
attainments which his Royal Highness had exhibited during life—to the extensive and unostentatious patronage which he had extented to science—to his charity—and to his constant efforts to promote all those objects which he thought calculated to impart happiness to his fellowcreatures —( cheers ) . The situation which his Royal Highness held was different from that occupied by any other member of the Royal Family . He was the only member of the Royal Family who did not receive any
thing in addition to the parliamentary grant . If he had not been misinformed , his Royal Highness up to the age of thirty did not receive that parliamentary allowance , but was solely , up to that period , in the receipt of the limited income which he derived from his father , George
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The Reporter.
'The meeting was graced by Sir Knt . Thomas AVright , the Grand Secretary to tlie Grand Council of Rites , Dublin . Alasonic Knights , like other social beings , can enjoy social festivity ; and on this occasion there was no drawback on a truly happy meeting . The health of Sir Knt . AVright was proposed by his friend Crucefix , and acknowledged in a very fervid reply , at the close of ivhich Sir Knt . Wri ght happily observed— "I am not surprised at my reception ; for , to tell the truth , I expected a welcome whenever circumstances should enable me to come among you . "
Masonic Chit-Chat.
MASONIC CHIT-CHAT .
HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS TIIE DUKE OF SUSSEX . PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE . HOUSE OP LORDS , Tuesday , June 13 . —EARL FORTESCUE rose : —He trusted that their lordships would do him the justice to admit that he did not rise upon that occasion to oppose the motion ' " just submitted to the
house by the noble duke ; quite the contrary , he felt much happiness in expressing his entire concurrence in the observations ivhich had fallen from the noble duke ( Wellington ) . He wished to take that opportunitythe only one in which he could with propriety refer to the subject—to call the attention of the house to other parties connected with the Royal Family ; parties certainly entitled to the sympathy and kind consideration of their lordships and the country . He was boundin limineto
, , state that he had had no personal communication with any of the parties , either directly or indirectly interested in this matter . They were all utterly ignorant of the course wliich lie was about to take in reference to their claims . It was not more than a month back that the noble duke opposite , and the right hon . baronet , the Prime Minister of the
country , moved an address of condolence to her Most Gracious Majesty , in consequence of the lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . Upon that occasion both the noble duke in that house , and the Prime Minister in the other house of parliament , expressed in the highest terms their sentiments of respect for the memory of his Royal Highness . The sentiments so expressed were , he believed , shared by all . All concurred in the tribute paid to the high and varied
attainments which his Royal Highness had exhibited during life—to the extensive and unostentatious patronage which he had extented to science—to his charity—and to his constant efforts to promote all those objects which he thought calculated to impart happiness to his fellowcreatures —( cheers ) . The situation which his Royal Highness held was different from that occupied by any other member of the Royal Family . He was the only member of the Royal Family who did not receive any
thing in addition to the parliamentary grant . If he had not been misinformed , his Royal Highness up to the age of thirty did not receive that parliamentary allowance , but was solely , up to that period , in the receipt of the limited income which he derived from his father , George