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REPORT
OF
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
OF THE
Grand Orange Lodge
OF IRELAND,
APPOINTED NOVEMBER, 1849.
Published by Authority.
DUBLIN
PRINTED BY EDWARD BULL, 6, BACHELOR'S-WALK.
MDCCCXLIX.

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MASTER RIBBONMAN'S COLLAR.
1, The Harp weath seven strings, the seven sauraments, the upper the Tope, and the 3 under the Transit The Shamrocks, Hidernu separated from the Convenient Harp JM Jesus and Mary.
2. The Hand to assist and the heart to feel; or the heart to conceal and the hand to sorite, when oriented by the superiors, or should let full upon him, also heart and hand to together for a Brother.
3, The heart to feel for a Brother to conceal the secrets and place residence on the cross.
THE TRUE HEIR OF BALLYMORE:
Passages from the History of a Belfast Ribbon Lodge.
CHAPTER I.
THE RIBBON LODGE.—THE NIGHT MEETING.
It was a dark and dreary night, in the December of 1851. The sky was starless. The cold, raw air chilled to the very heart. The rain fell in torrents, and the streets in the centre of Belfast—formerly low and marshy ground—were in many parts literally flowing with water. In the famous Smithfield district—famed for its many local traditions—famed, also, for its vast accumulation of curious old articles of furniture, of every description and shape, there daily exposed for sale—and still more famed because of the ultra religious and political character of the lower classes of its denizens, who are generally Romanists—thorough-going Romanists, and noisy, plotting, violent politicians:—in this district, on the night in question, very few foot passengers were to be seen. Those who did appear in any part of Smithfield Square, drenched and shivering with the piercing cold, with swift steps passed on their way.
About seven o'clock that night, a tall, active man might have been observed crossing the square and entering one of the adjoining narrow lanes. In this lane Romanists occupied every dwelling. Here were congregated from all parts of Ireland "navvies," fish-hawkers, oyster-sellers, rag-gatherers, cobblers, tinkers, greasy and ragged nights of the cleaver, old clothes dealers, and others, of whose particular calling none could learn more than from such explanation as this—"they lived by their wits;" these were the harpies of society, the moral pests of every city and country. Near to the entrance of this lane was a public-house, or tavern, glaring in the darkness with its seductive light and colours, and exhibiting within signs of busy trade and prosperity. Into this shop the person we have brought under the notice of the reader entered, and as he did so he was cordially welcomed by the landlord, who with his wife stood behind the bar.
"Why, Pat," said the landlord, "I thought you were not coming, for mostly you're in among the first. It's a terrible night, and you're desperate wet, I see; but you'll soon be warmed. The lodge is met," he added in a confidential, low tone, "but they're not gone to business yet."

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THE
T R Y A L
O F
Mr. CHARLES LUCAS,
O N
Certain Articles of IMPEACHMENT,
exhibited against Him,
BEFORE THE
CITIZENS of DUBLIN.
DUBLIN:
Printed for PETER WILSON, in Dams-Streets
MDCCXLIX.
[Price Three Pence.]

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From the Author
ADDRESS
MAGISTRATES
OF THE
KING'S COUNTY.
Parsonstown:
PRINTED BY THOMAS LEGGE.
1822.

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VINDEX
TO THE
THANE,
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFERENCE,
SIR JOHN FREKE'S
ADDRESS
TO THE
ELECTORS
OF THE
County of Cork.
He could raise scruples dark and nice
And after solve them in a thrice;
Altho' by woeful proof we find,
They always leave a scar behind;
As if duplicity and nonsense
Had got th' advowson of his conscience;
But he's of this great realm a Peer
And as no Peer is bound to swear,
But on the gospel of his honor
Of which he may dispose as owner;
It follows, tho' the thing be Forgery,
And false, th' affirm, it is no perjury:
But a mere ceremony, and a breach
Of nothing, but a form of speech.
HUDIBRAS.
1798.