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Provincial.
additional gratification in acknowledging their kind expressions of regard towards himself by the addition which had been given to the toast in associating , with it the name of one so dear to him . On her behalf , he sincerely thanked them , and to her he would convey the high compliment they had been pleased to pay her in thus associating her name with that toast so kindly given and so cordially drank .
Sir ALEXANDER shortly afterwards again rose ancl proposed the health of the D . P . G . M ., which was most cordially and enthusiastically drank by tbe brethren . The D . P . G . M . replied , what ever he did for the Province was always attended with the greatest possible pleasure . Bro . JENNINGS ( AV . M . "Fidelity" ) proposed "The Provincial Grand Officers ,, ' associating with the toast the name of the P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . A . Tighe Gregory , who briefly , but
suitably , responded . The health of the Provincial Committee , Bros , the D . P . G . M . the Rev . E . J . Lockwood , the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , the P . G . Sees , to the Court , was given , and cordially drunk by the company ; to which Bro . the Rev . Sanderson and Bro . AA . Sj ^ alding replied . The interesting proceedings were brought to a close shortly after six o ' clock . A letter , expressing his great regret at not being present , was read from Bro . the Hon . J . M . Henniker-Major , M . P .
YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . STOKESIJEY . —Cleveland Lodge ( No . 543 ) . —The last monthly meeting of this lodge previous to the summer vacation was held in the lodge-room , Golden Lion Hotel , on Monday evening ; Bros . Stephen Hunter , P . M ., AV . M . ; Henry Fawcett , B . A ., S . AV . ; George Tweddell , Jun ., J . W . ; J . H . Handyside , P . M ., Sec ; and AAllliam Harrison , Tyler . ' In the absence of the deacons and
inner guard , Bro . George Markham Tweddell , F . S . A . Scot , and Ncwc ., acted as I . G . during the opening and closing of the lodge , and as deacon during a raising ; Bro . Handyside deaconing duirng a passing . The lodge being duly opened up to the second degree , Bro . Richardson was passed to the degree of F . G , and retired ; after which the lodge was opened in the third degree , when Brother AVhite was raised to tbe sublime degree of a M . M . The lodge was then closedand the meeting adjourned until the
, Monday nearest the full moon in September , emergencies excepted . The impressive manner in which the W . M . rendered the beautiful ritual of the third degree , was the subject of commendation amongst the brethren after his departure for Great Ayton , where be has been for many years a respected resident .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OMAGH . LODGE ( NO . 332 ) . —On the 11 th inst ., the brethren of Lodge 332 met at 7 P . M ., for the purpose of nominating officers for the ensuing six months . There were present : Bros . Samuel Adair , AV . M . ; Matthew Anderson , S . D . ; Lieut .-Col . R . Dawson , Sec . ; Commander C . Scott , R . N ., AA . S . Love , Henry Thompson ,
G . Buchanan , P . M . s ; T . C . Dickie , J . AV . ; N . 0 . Orr , P . M . ; Dr . Fras . J . West , P . M . ; AV . Hunter , J . H . Fullerton , AV . Mullen , Rev . C . Bell , of Lodge 15 . Bro . J . H . Fullerton having passed an examination was then raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The lodge being brought down to the first degree , Captain Robert S . Hamilton was nominated , AA . M . ; H . Dickie , S . AV . H . R- Harris , S . D . ; M . Anderson , J . AV . ; AA . Mullen , J . D . ; and T . Wardrop , I . G . The brethren then adjourned to refreshments , and passed a pleasant evening .
Masonic Lifeboat Fund.
MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .
Bro . Jesse Banning announces farther subscriptions : — Lodge Fortitude , 281 , £ l Is ; Segontiam , 606 , £ 1 Is . ; sundry brethren of Lodge Sincerity , 202 , £ 1 10 s .
THE world cannot advance much , cannot make real , substan tial progress , till people learn to devote fewer hours ofthe day fewer days in the week , fewer weeks in the year , and fewer years of their lives , to the mere work of money-getting-
Poetry.
Poetry .
THE AUTUMN AA-INDS . [ A plea for tbe Life Boat ; written with feelings of sympathy by a Mason ' s Daughter , whoso intondod husband perished nearly oight years ago , by shipwreck . ] Tho Autumn AVinds aro sighing Their melancholy sound
, R minds us that tho AVinter Is once more coming round . Their sad and solemn dirges Seem requiems for tho past , For Snmmoi ' s swoot enjoyments AA bich were too bright to last The Autumn AVinds are sighing ,
Amid tho leafless trees , Tho latest flow'rs are dying . Beneath tho chilling breeze . Its wild and mournful wailing . Falls sadly on the ear;—Depressing thoso whoso sorrows Have loft them naught to choer , Tho Autumn AAlnds are sihing
g , Alike o ' er soa and land , Reminding us that Winter Again is near at hand . That sailors will bo shipivrock ' cl In many a fearful gale , And perish ;—leaving lov'd ones In sorrow to bewail . The Autumn AVinds aro sighinsr ,
Thoy speak to Mason ' s hearts , Thoy bid thom launch their Lifo Boat ; Ere Autumn quite departs . Oh doubt not that a Massing A oucbsafod from realms above , AVill rest upon thoir efforts ; To aid this work of love . A . S- C .
ON THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . By BEO . GEOEGE MAI ? KUA 3 I TWEEDEM , F . S . A ., Author of "Shakespeare : bis Times and Contemporaries , " "The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " etc . The prince of punsters , and a man of heart , AVho loved his God , and sympathised with man ,
As only bard and philanthropist can , AVas Hood , the wit immortal . He bore his part In that great struggle ivhich the present age Is forced with ignorance and wrong to wage—And proved that jesters do not always joke . For he—the greatest wit of modern days—Who might have basked in Mammon's gilded rays , Strove like a Titan to break slavery ' s yoke .
The wrongs of labourer and of sempstress pale , He wafted to the cars of rich and poor ; And while he pleased all with some comic tale , He strove to give them freedom for their dower ,
LAONI . By A . 0 . H . All in tho spring time , when lifo wears its richest green , And tho robe is fringed with a magic , gomlike sheen ; Hopes wero high and haughty , and fame mov'd blandly on , All in the spring time , but in winter thoy aro gono .
Lifo showed a rivor rippling , gurgling to tho soa , And a bark of beauty glided ,-froightod with you and mo ; Tho winter waves aro crashing upon the sullen shore , And you and I are parted , parted for evermore . Oh ! tho delusions of fancy , Oh 1 tho wild dreams of youth , Lies in tho flowers of spring time , gall in tho cup of truth , Night in the face of nature , clouds on tho proud heart ' s sky , Lot us couch on tho dead loaves of heart ' s hopes , and thoro die .
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Provincial.
additional gratification in acknowledging their kind expressions of regard towards himself by the addition which had been given to the toast in associating , with it the name of one so dear to him . On her behalf , he sincerely thanked them , and to her he would convey the high compliment they had been pleased to pay her in thus associating her name with that toast so kindly given and so cordially drank .
Sir ALEXANDER shortly afterwards again rose ancl proposed the health of the D . P . G . M ., which was most cordially and enthusiastically drank by tbe brethren . The D . P . G . M . replied , what ever he did for the Province was always attended with the greatest possible pleasure . Bro . JENNINGS ( AV . M . "Fidelity" ) proposed "The Provincial Grand Officers ,, ' associating with the toast the name of the P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . A . Tighe Gregory , who briefly , but
suitably , responded . The health of the Provincial Committee , Bros , the D . P . G . M . the Rev . E . J . Lockwood , the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , the P . G . Sees , to the Court , was given , and cordially drunk by the company ; to which Bro . the Rev . Sanderson and Bro . AA . Sj ^ alding replied . The interesting proceedings were brought to a close shortly after six o ' clock . A letter , expressing his great regret at not being present , was read from Bro . the Hon . J . M . Henniker-Major , M . P .
YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . STOKESIJEY . —Cleveland Lodge ( No . 543 ) . —The last monthly meeting of this lodge previous to the summer vacation was held in the lodge-room , Golden Lion Hotel , on Monday evening ; Bros . Stephen Hunter , P . M ., AV . M . ; Henry Fawcett , B . A ., S . AV . ; George Tweddell , Jun ., J . W . ; J . H . Handyside , P . M ., Sec ; and AAllliam Harrison , Tyler . ' In the absence of the deacons and
inner guard , Bro . George Markham Tweddell , F . S . A . Scot , and Ncwc ., acted as I . G . during the opening and closing of the lodge , and as deacon during a raising ; Bro . Handyside deaconing duirng a passing . The lodge being duly opened up to the second degree , Bro . Richardson was passed to the degree of F . G , and retired ; after which the lodge was opened in the third degree , when Brother AVhite was raised to tbe sublime degree of a M . M . The lodge was then closedand the meeting adjourned until the
, Monday nearest the full moon in September , emergencies excepted . The impressive manner in which the W . M . rendered the beautiful ritual of the third degree , was the subject of commendation amongst the brethren after his departure for Great Ayton , where be has been for many years a respected resident .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
OMAGH . LODGE ( NO . 332 ) . —On the 11 th inst ., the brethren of Lodge 332 met at 7 P . M ., for the purpose of nominating officers for the ensuing six months . There were present : Bros . Samuel Adair , AV . M . ; Matthew Anderson , S . D . ; Lieut .-Col . R . Dawson , Sec . ; Commander C . Scott , R . N ., AA . S . Love , Henry Thompson ,
G . Buchanan , P . M . s ; T . C . Dickie , J . AV . ; N . 0 . Orr , P . M . ; Dr . Fras . J . West , P . M . ; AV . Hunter , J . H . Fullerton , AV . Mullen , Rev . C . Bell , of Lodge 15 . Bro . J . H . Fullerton having passed an examination was then raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The lodge being brought down to the first degree , Captain Robert S . Hamilton was nominated , AA . M . ; H . Dickie , S . AV . H . R- Harris , S . D . ; M . Anderson , J . AV . ; AA . Mullen , J . D . ; and T . Wardrop , I . G . The brethren then adjourned to refreshments , and passed a pleasant evening .
Masonic Lifeboat Fund.
MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .
Bro . Jesse Banning announces farther subscriptions : — Lodge Fortitude , 281 , £ l Is ; Segontiam , 606 , £ 1 Is . ; sundry brethren of Lodge Sincerity , 202 , £ 1 10 s .
THE world cannot advance much , cannot make real , substan tial progress , till people learn to devote fewer hours ofthe day fewer days in the week , fewer weeks in the year , and fewer years of their lives , to the mere work of money-getting-
Poetry.
Poetry .
THE AUTUMN AA-INDS . [ A plea for tbe Life Boat ; written with feelings of sympathy by a Mason ' s Daughter , whoso intondod husband perished nearly oight years ago , by shipwreck . ] Tho Autumn AVinds aro sighing Their melancholy sound
, R minds us that tho AVinter Is once more coming round . Their sad and solemn dirges Seem requiems for tho past , For Snmmoi ' s swoot enjoyments AA bich were too bright to last The Autumn AVinds are sighing ,
Amid tho leafless trees , Tho latest flow'rs are dying . Beneath tho chilling breeze . Its wild and mournful wailing . Falls sadly on the ear;—Depressing thoso whoso sorrows Have loft them naught to choer , Tho Autumn AAlnds are sihing
g , Alike o ' er soa and land , Reminding us that Winter Again is near at hand . That sailors will bo shipivrock ' cl In many a fearful gale , And perish ;—leaving lov'd ones In sorrow to bewail . The Autumn AVinds aro sighinsr ,
Thoy speak to Mason ' s hearts , Thoy bid thom launch their Lifo Boat ; Ere Autumn quite departs . Oh doubt not that a Massing A oucbsafod from realms above , AVill rest upon thoir efforts ; To aid this work of love . A . S- C .
ON THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . By BEO . GEOEGE MAI ? KUA 3 I TWEEDEM , F . S . A ., Author of "Shakespeare : bis Times and Contemporaries , " "The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " etc . The prince of punsters , and a man of heart , AVho loved his God , and sympathised with man ,
As only bard and philanthropist can , AVas Hood , the wit immortal . He bore his part In that great struggle ivhich the present age Is forced with ignorance and wrong to wage—And proved that jesters do not always joke . For he—the greatest wit of modern days—Who might have basked in Mammon's gilded rays , Strove like a Titan to break slavery ' s yoke .
The wrongs of labourer and of sempstress pale , He wafted to the cars of rich and poor ; And while he pleased all with some comic tale , He strove to give them freedom for their dower ,
LAONI . By A . 0 . H . All in tho spring time , when lifo wears its richest green , And tho robe is fringed with a magic , gomlike sheen ; Hopes wero high and haughty , and fame mov'd blandly on , All in the spring time , but in winter thoy aro gono .
Lifo showed a rivor rippling , gurgling to tho soa , And a bark of beauty glided ,-froightod with you and mo ; Tho winter waves aro crashing upon the sullen shore , And you and I are parted , parted for evermore . Oh ! tho delusions of fancy , Oh 1 tho wild dreams of youth , Lies in tho flowers of spring time , gall in tho cup of truth , Night in the face of nature , clouds on tho proud heart ' s sky , Lot us couch on tho dead loaves of heart ' s hopes , and thoro die .