Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
very interesting children were added to the " Orphan Institution" supported by that benevolent Lodge . These poor children are the offspring of deceased members of the order who were once in affluent circumstances , and it is gratifying to philanthropists , whilst it is highly creditable to the Lodge , that the children of their departed Brethren are thus rescued from distress ; and saved , perhaps , from a course of sin by
such manifestation of the true spirit of the fraternity . There were many visitors on the occasion , and several members of the Munster Bar were amongst the honoured guests of the night , some of whom expatiated on the principles and practice of Masonry in a manner that would have cheered the lowest , and warmed the coldest heart ; and Sir AVilliam Betham gratified the meeting with a lucid exposition of the antiquities of the order , in a style that at once evinced his great research , his high
attainments , and his Masonic worth , by which he may rely upon having permanently placed himself in the fraternal remembrance of Old 13 . The Lodge closed in " peace , love , and harmony . " AA e have seen a very curious medal , which Bro . the Right AA'brshipful Michael Furnell , Esq ., P . G . M . of North Munster , received from Alderman Geary . It is nearly 150 years old . The next Freemasons' Quarterly Review will contain an engraving of it , together with the kind letter of the worthy Alderman , so extremely complimentary to the Craft .
CORK , December 15 . —Installation of Lord Carbery as Provincial Grand Master—Between the hours of nine and ten o ' clock , the Right Hon . Lord Carbery was installed P . G . M . of South Munster , in the room of the Earl of Shannon , deceased . Subsequently , Edward Deane Freeman , of Castlecor , Esq ., was installed D . P . G . M . of South Munster ; Richard Beare Tooker , Esq ., S . G . AV . ; and Capt . Belcher , of Bandon , J . G . W . The installations were conducted under the presidency of
Brothers George Atkins , acting as G M ., Anthony Perrier as S . G . AV . , and William Lane Tooker as J . G . AY- The ceremony , which was conducted on the most superb scale , took place in the Imperial Clarence Rooms , and was attended by nearly three hundred Masters , Past Masters , officers , and members .
MASONIC BALL , Feb . 14—The annual Masonic Fancy Dress Ball took place at the Imperial Clarence Rooms , which were fitted up in the usual style on these occasions . —At the top of the ball-room stood the lofty Masonic chair , on a raised platform , over which floated the grand banner of No . 1 , Lodge of Ireland . On either side of the chair , at a considerable elevation , were medallion portraits , full size , of the Queen and Prince Albert . Beneath stood two fluted columns , of the
Corinthian order , standing on pedestals . On the side walls were suspended various banners of Knights Templars , while , in front of the music gallery , was a transparency of Faith , Hope , and Charity , at each side of which were banners of Prince Masons and Knights Templars . In the supper room , over the entrance from the ball-room , was a portrait of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , in Masonic costume . Opposite were two transparenciesrepresenting Justice with the balance and swordand
, ; Silence , with the finger of the left hand placed on her lips , and in her right a flaming sword . At the ends , were transparencies of Masonic emblems , supported by Fame and Victory . Before entering the rooms , on the grand lobby , was a transparency , representing one of the Brethren in full costume , in the act of receiving an orphan child ' s petition
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
very interesting children were added to the " Orphan Institution" supported by that benevolent Lodge . These poor children are the offspring of deceased members of the order who were once in affluent circumstances , and it is gratifying to philanthropists , whilst it is highly creditable to the Lodge , that the children of their departed Brethren are thus rescued from distress ; and saved , perhaps , from a course of sin by
such manifestation of the true spirit of the fraternity . There were many visitors on the occasion , and several members of the Munster Bar were amongst the honoured guests of the night , some of whom expatiated on the principles and practice of Masonry in a manner that would have cheered the lowest , and warmed the coldest heart ; and Sir AVilliam Betham gratified the meeting with a lucid exposition of the antiquities of the order , in a style that at once evinced his great research , his high
attainments , and his Masonic worth , by which he may rely upon having permanently placed himself in the fraternal remembrance of Old 13 . The Lodge closed in " peace , love , and harmony . " AA e have seen a very curious medal , which Bro . the Right AA'brshipful Michael Furnell , Esq ., P . G . M . of North Munster , received from Alderman Geary . It is nearly 150 years old . The next Freemasons' Quarterly Review will contain an engraving of it , together with the kind letter of the worthy Alderman , so extremely complimentary to the Craft .
CORK , December 15 . —Installation of Lord Carbery as Provincial Grand Master—Between the hours of nine and ten o ' clock , the Right Hon . Lord Carbery was installed P . G . M . of South Munster , in the room of the Earl of Shannon , deceased . Subsequently , Edward Deane Freeman , of Castlecor , Esq ., was installed D . P . G . M . of South Munster ; Richard Beare Tooker , Esq ., S . G . AV . ; and Capt . Belcher , of Bandon , J . G . W . The installations were conducted under the presidency of
Brothers George Atkins , acting as G M ., Anthony Perrier as S . G . AV . , and William Lane Tooker as J . G . AY- The ceremony , which was conducted on the most superb scale , took place in the Imperial Clarence Rooms , and was attended by nearly three hundred Masters , Past Masters , officers , and members .
MASONIC BALL , Feb . 14—The annual Masonic Fancy Dress Ball took place at the Imperial Clarence Rooms , which were fitted up in the usual style on these occasions . —At the top of the ball-room stood the lofty Masonic chair , on a raised platform , over which floated the grand banner of No . 1 , Lodge of Ireland . On either side of the chair , at a considerable elevation , were medallion portraits , full size , of the Queen and Prince Albert . Beneath stood two fluted columns , of the
Corinthian order , standing on pedestals . On the side walls were suspended various banners of Knights Templars , while , in front of the music gallery , was a transparency of Faith , Hope , and Charity , at each side of which were banners of Prince Masons and Knights Templars . In the supper room , over the entrance from the ball-room , was a portrait of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , in Masonic costume . Opposite were two transparenciesrepresenting Justice with the balance and swordand
, ; Silence , with the finger of the left hand placed on her lips , and in her right a flaming sword . At the ends , were transparencies of Masonic emblems , supported by Fame and Victory . Before entering the rooms , on the grand lobby , was a transparency , representing one of the Brethren in full costume , in the act of receiving an orphan child ' s petition