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Ireland.
i-lliide , mentioned that though he ivas a young man , he was , notwithstanding an old sailor ; and having adopted his profession , not from necessity , but choice , he contemplated the progress of steam as destrhc- > - five of the old marine power of England ; he therefore put his wits-to work in order to discover a mixed power for the maintenance of the marine and martial navy of Britain ; and the result of his investigations was the discoveryperfectionand lication of the screw associated
, , app with the old machinery sails and rigging ; to that discovery he was indebted for the honour ancl happiness he then enjoyed as he had arrived here in the " Cork Screw " which had been built by him , and put on this station by the Brother who introduced him to the Lodge ; ancl so completely successful was the design , that he had had several interviews with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty upon the subject , by whom the advantages of the system were justly appreciated , and would be
attended with the most beneficial consequences as well to trading as tofighting ships ; and he was gratified to inform his Brethren that several first-class vessels similar to the Cork Screw would be very soon afloat on the waters of the Lee .
Foreign.*
FOREIGN . *
. . _^ r , Bro , Robert . Chalmers , No . 8 , Great St . James ' s-strcet , ' , Montreal , lis , an Agent for the ' . ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " arid will execute all communications ; We confidently refer our subscribers , therefore , to biii-respected Brother . : ¦ ? :. : ¦ . FRANCE . —The greatest excitement has been created in the French
'Lodges by the circular of the minister of war to the colonels of regiments . ¦ AVe give _ t translation of it , that our readers may judge for themselves ; it ' is certainly a very important document , and creates another vital question in Freemasonry . i : ' ' . ' " Paris ,-February . 1845 ; ¦ " Colonel , —It has come to the knowledge of the minister of war ; that . vsbriie ' . qf the military in active service , yielding to the solicitations of some
" of their former comrades , have been made Freemasons . Without attempting to cast blame upon a society tolerated by the government , the ^ minister believes it to . be coritrary to the rules of the service for any of -the military to becorhe iriember ' s of an institution , which aims at similar objects to that made known to you by circular of the Sth July last , 'respecting the' society Of ;• 'Saint Maurice , and upon which yori'were ¦ ¦ requested to report . In conformity ivith the instructions of the iriihister ' ypu will circulate , withthe necessary secrecy , to the officers platedunder your command the regulations on the subject ; you will'recbrrimeiid
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
i-lliide , mentioned that though he ivas a young man , he was , notwithstanding an old sailor ; and having adopted his profession , not from necessity , but choice , he contemplated the progress of steam as destrhc- > - five of the old marine power of England ; he therefore put his wits-to work in order to discover a mixed power for the maintenance of the marine and martial navy of Britain ; and the result of his investigations was the discoveryperfectionand lication of the screw associated
, , app with the old machinery sails and rigging ; to that discovery he was indebted for the honour ancl happiness he then enjoyed as he had arrived here in the " Cork Screw " which had been built by him , and put on this station by the Brother who introduced him to the Lodge ; ancl so completely successful was the design , that he had had several interviews with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty upon the subject , by whom the advantages of the system were justly appreciated , and would be
attended with the most beneficial consequences as well to trading as tofighting ships ; and he was gratified to inform his Brethren that several first-class vessels similar to the Cork Screw would be very soon afloat on the waters of the Lee .
Foreign.*
FOREIGN . *
. . _^ r , Bro , Robert . Chalmers , No . 8 , Great St . James ' s-strcet , ' , Montreal , lis , an Agent for the ' . ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " arid will execute all communications ; We confidently refer our subscribers , therefore , to biii-respected Brother . : ¦ ? :. : ¦ . FRANCE . —The greatest excitement has been created in the French
'Lodges by the circular of the minister of war to the colonels of regiments . ¦ AVe give _ t translation of it , that our readers may judge for themselves ; it ' is certainly a very important document , and creates another vital question in Freemasonry . i : ' ' . ' " Paris ,-February . 1845 ; ¦ " Colonel , —It has come to the knowledge of the minister of war ; that . vsbriie ' . qf the military in active service , yielding to the solicitations of some
" of their former comrades , have been made Freemasons . Without attempting to cast blame upon a society tolerated by the government , the ^ minister believes it to . be coritrary to the rules of the service for any of -the military to becorhe iriember ' s of an institution , which aims at similar objects to that made known to you by circular of the Sth July last , 'respecting the' society Of ;• 'Saint Maurice , and upon which yori'were ¦ ¦ requested to report . In conformity ivith the instructions of the iriihister ' ypu will circulate , withthe necessary secrecy , to the officers platedunder your command the regulations on the subject ; you will'recbrrimeiid