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Answers To Correspondents.

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The New Constitution Of The Irish Grand Lodge.

THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE IRISH GRAND LODGE .

We understand that , at a recent meeting of the Irish Grand Lodge , amid other questions which naturally arose , clause 133—to which we so strongly objected in a previous number of the

Freemason—gave rise to a prolonged and animated debate . It was objected to , mainly , we believe , on the grounds we had ourselves previously laid

down as most opposed to the dignity and honour of the Grand Lodge itself , but was upheld on the o ther hand by those who apparently wish to maintain this most anomalous state of affairs .

We believe that nothing was actually decided , and that the matter stands over , on a point of order , whether an amendment to strike out the names of thc other alien authorities can be

legally received . We can hardly believe the statement , that , any presiding officer holds such a view , or will persist in such an opinion . All we can say is , if he

does so , the position he takes up is unexampled , and , ipso facto , illegal ; and that such a decision must place the Grand Lodge of Ireland in a most difficult nnd delicate

position . Other Grand Lodges may fairly ask the question , can that be said to be I the Grand Lodge of Irish Craft Masonry , which admits the

decisions of other , and exterior jurisdictions as binding irrevocably on Grand Lodge . We still hope forthe present and future welfare of Freemasonry * in Ireland , that other and wiser

counsels will prevail , and that those excellent and zealous brethren , who wish to see Freemasonry in Ireland relieved from many needless

restrictions and regulations , and allowed to partake of the rational and well ordered progress of the times in which our lot is cast , will eventually be successful .

1 here can be no reason why the Grand Lodge in Ireland , should not be equall y active and energetic with our own Grand Lodge in its

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calm , yet well directed course , and we are glad to repeat that there is , and always has been , the kindest and most brotherly feeling between English and Irish Masons .

We trust that the Irish Grand Lodge will surmount all difficulties of detail and all questions of order , and come to the happy conclusion , that , if

it is to be the Grand Lodge of Irish Craft Masons , its regulations must be founded on the unchanged traditions ofthe Craft , on sound legality , and intelligent common sense .

So we shall be glad to hear , that , Clause 133 , which ought never to have got in , will eventually come out . May our aspirations be realized !

Weekly Summary Of News.

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS .

The news of the last week has not been very exciting for us at home . We have indeed , to record , the death of Lord Liveden , more familiarly known as the Mr .

Vernon Smith , of earlier parliamentary life , and of Lord George Lennox , a brother ofthe late , and uncle of the present Duke of Richmond , formerly an officer in the army , who had seen much

service , both in the 9 th Lancers and the i ^ tli Hussars , and as A . D . C . to the Duke of Wellington . The Elections for the School Boards have

begun , and so far the large number polled shows , happily , an increasing interest in that most important subject , education . It has been arranged , that the Dean of

Westminster will perform the marriage service , " More Anglicano" for His H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , and Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia , and Viscount Sydney ,

the Lord Chamberlain , and Lady Augusta Stanley , wife of the Dean , will attend on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty . We presume that the English Marriage will

take place under a special license from the Archbishop of Canterbury . The English Church at St . Petersburg !! being too small for the number

expected , a hall in the Winter Palace , will in all probability , it is said , be fitted up for the marriage , according to the Rites ofthe Anglican Church .

Sir John Duke Coleridge has been appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , in the place ofthe lamented Sir W . Bovill , and one interesting feature connected with Sir J . D .

Coleridge ' s promotion is , that , his venerable father , the Right Hon ; Sir J ohn Taylor Coleridge , formerly one of the Judges ofthe Court of Queen ' s Bench , still survives , at a green old age ,

to witness , happily the elevation of his son to one of the highest situations on the judicial Bench . The vacant posts of Postmaster General and Solicitor General have been filled up by the

introduction into official life of Dr . Lyon Playfair , in the room of Mr Monsell , and of Mr . Wm . Vernon Harcourt , vice Mr . Henry James , now Attorney General .

The Rev . Henry White , Chaplain of the House of Commons and the Savoy , has been appointed one of the Chaplains-in-Ordinary to

the Queen , and the Rev . Francis James Holland of Quebec Chapel , is gazetted as Honorary Chaplain to Her Majesty .