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Masonic Knights' Templars.
a Companion present ( W . F . Hope , Esq . ) very gratefully replied to and stated that two of the company had become subscribers . The health of the five Recruits was then proposed with some appropriate remarks , which one of them ( J . A . Adamthwaite , Esq . ) in the name of his associates , acknowledged in a very neat address , in which he expressed the deep sense in which he and they viewed the importance of their obligation , and the solemnity of the ritual .
The E . Commander then proposed in a very complimentary manner , the health of the Captains and other officers ; and the First Captain addressed the meeting in reply , observing that their duty and inclination were equally engaged in supporting the credit of their respective offices . " Success to the Aged Masons' Asylum" was then given most fervently , and received with enthusiasm . A parting glass was proposed by the Second Captain to " Universal Happiness "—and the company separated .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE LATE CHEVALIER R USPINI . The portrait of this distinguished Mason and benevolent founder of the Female School , requires the aid of a brother artist to repair some glaring defect in the varnish and in other respects ; we hope that immediate attention will dispel the apprehension that so valuable a portrait may be lost . The House-Committee should look to it . THE GRAND OFFICERS ' dress will be arranged so as to be ready for the
Festival of 1838 . Some important alterations are contemplated . BROTHER PETER THOMSON . The Masonic services , and above all , the estimable private character of this worthy Mason , are too well known and appreciated to require any eulogium ; to live in the hearts of those we love is happiness enough , yet time presses on , and the fleeting hours pass unnoticed . Some few of those to ivhom Brother Thomson is as as he is valuableintend presenting him with a
handnecessary , some Gold Watch , & c . The face of the time-keeper is Masonic , so that Peter may view even the Zodiac within compass , and square his time and step , by the Masonic illustration of its twelve signs . " Honest friend and kind brother ! long may you live and happily too . " We understand the presentation will take place at the George and Vulture , on Friday , the 28 th of April .
DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . M . P . This distinguished Mason passed the chair of a Lodge in Dublin many years since , and fulfilled the duties of his office with exemplary fidelity , but the claims which public business necessarily made upon his time , precluded the possibility of further active service ; he therefore very reluctantly retired . Brother O'Connell is desirous that this , his only reason for absenting himself from meetings wherein he has derived so much social leasureand the still hiher
grap , g tification arising from the instructive union of a moral with a scientific pursuit , should be generally known . We can state from good authority , that both in public and in private , he always pays homage to Masonry , by the declaration of its inestimable value to society , and thus cheerfully and thankfully adduces an additional instance of the power of Masonry , to retain by its native grace and purity the true allegiance of a singularly
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Masonic Knights' Templars.
a Companion present ( W . F . Hope , Esq . ) very gratefully replied to and stated that two of the company had become subscribers . The health of the five Recruits was then proposed with some appropriate remarks , which one of them ( J . A . Adamthwaite , Esq . ) in the name of his associates , acknowledged in a very neat address , in which he expressed the deep sense in which he and they viewed the importance of their obligation , and the solemnity of the ritual .
The E . Commander then proposed in a very complimentary manner , the health of the Captains and other officers ; and the First Captain addressed the meeting in reply , observing that their duty and inclination were equally engaged in supporting the credit of their respective offices . " Success to the Aged Masons' Asylum" was then given most fervently , and received with enthusiasm . A parting glass was proposed by the Second Captain to " Universal Happiness "—and the company separated .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE LATE CHEVALIER R USPINI . The portrait of this distinguished Mason and benevolent founder of the Female School , requires the aid of a brother artist to repair some glaring defect in the varnish and in other respects ; we hope that immediate attention will dispel the apprehension that so valuable a portrait may be lost . The House-Committee should look to it . THE GRAND OFFICERS ' dress will be arranged so as to be ready for the
Festival of 1838 . Some important alterations are contemplated . BROTHER PETER THOMSON . The Masonic services , and above all , the estimable private character of this worthy Mason , are too well known and appreciated to require any eulogium ; to live in the hearts of those we love is happiness enough , yet time presses on , and the fleeting hours pass unnoticed . Some few of those to ivhom Brother Thomson is as as he is valuableintend presenting him with a
handnecessary , some Gold Watch , & c . The face of the time-keeper is Masonic , so that Peter may view even the Zodiac within compass , and square his time and step , by the Masonic illustration of its twelve signs . " Honest friend and kind brother ! long may you live and happily too . " We understand the presentation will take place at the George and Vulture , on Friday , the 28 th of April .
DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . M . P . This distinguished Mason passed the chair of a Lodge in Dublin many years since , and fulfilled the duties of his office with exemplary fidelity , but the claims which public business necessarily made upon his time , precluded the possibility of further active service ; he therefore very reluctantly retired . Brother O'Connell is desirous that this , his only reason for absenting himself from meetings wherein he has derived so much social leasureand the still hiher
grap , g tification arising from the instructive union of a moral with a scientific pursuit , should be generally known . We can state from good authority , that both in public and in private , he always pays homage to Masonry , by the declaration of its inestimable value to society , and thus cheerfully and thankfully adduces an additional instance of the power of Masonry , to retain by its native grace and purity the true allegiance of a singularly