Individual Exertion.

Spaniard and Greek , were hero to bo found working together in Masonic unity with tho English brethren ; whilst Hebrew and Mussulman , Roman Catholic , Protestant and Greek sank all differences of creed , and tried to square and

regulate their every action by tho implements of the Craft . " On the 22 nd of the Juno following an official visit was made by the D . G . M . of Malta , accompanied by several of tho District Grand Officers . When it is remembered

that this visit entailed a sea voyage of about 500 miles , it may bo imagined with what pleasure tho members of the new Lodgo welcomed their guests . A meeting of the Lodgo was held ou the _ Ifh June , at winch , several distinguished visitors were present , all of whom united

with the D . G . M . in wishing " Prosperity to tho Lodge of Ancient Carthage . " The following day witnessed the inauguration of the Kingston Mark Lodge , No . 222 , and the next the opening of the Ancient Carthage Royal Arch

Chapter , a warrant for which was granted b y tho English governing body at the May meeting , although , the Lodge to which it was attached had only then been in existence six months . We think the authorities havo no cause

to regret their departure from the usual course in recognising the Tunis Companions thus early . A fraternal visit to tho Italian Lodge which had recently been established brought the round of Masonic duties to a close on the Thursday , and tho Friday was

occupied by the Tunis brethren in accompanying their visitors as far on the homeward journey as travelling arrangements would permit . Thus ended a week of Masonic work , the pleasurable memories of which must remain in the minds of all who took part in them , and there

was laid a Masonic foundation which wo hope will never be upset . At tho September meeting of the Lodge Brother Broadley was re-elected to tho post of Master , and thus he had an opportunity of continuing his exertions in the cause of Freemasonry . At his re-installation in October it

was stated that the income of the Lodge for the first twelve months of its existence had been nearly £ 300 , and when at the meeting in June of the present year , which was the last of the session , Bro . Broadley had an opportunity of addressing the brethren , ho reviewed the work that had

been accomplished dnring his two years of office . Ho had , he said , initiated 87 candidates , passed 72 , and raised 65 , whilo 20 foreign brethren had in the same space of timo been enrolled on the list of members . He then proceeded to detail the financial position of the Lodge . It was in

possesion of a Hall , well furnished and replete with many comforts , they had published their bye-laws both in English and Italian , and had also issued in the latter language a translation of the bulk of the English Book of Constitutions . ( This work has proved of great service to the Italian

members of the Craft , and is at the present time being reproduced in the official Italian Masonic journal ) . Considerable progress had likewise been made by a committee appointed with a view to prepare an Arabic translation . But the point that strikes us as tho most prominent

is the way in which the funds of the Lodgo have been dispensed . Belief has been afforded in many instances to needy brethren , and yet tho members have been enabled to contribute liberally to the English Charities , while Bro . Broadley expresses a hope that a Masonic School

and a Hospital wdl before long rise to prove that Freemasonry in Tunis is something more than a name . We shall be gratified to hear of such being established , and have no fear but that we shall be called upon to record the

fact at no very distant date . For a Lodge to be able to announce , after fifteen months working , that only 15 s of its funds had been spent in refreshment , is sufficient to justify a sanguine expectation that anything its members may contemplate will be carried out .

At the usual half-yearly meeting of the District Grand Lodge of Malta , held in April last , the labours of Bro . Broadley were recognised in a substantial manner ; he was appointed to the position of Deputy District Grand Master . While on his visit to Malta our

brother was installed as M . W . S . of the Rose of Sharon " Rose Croix Chapter , and in acknowledging this compliment Bro . Broadley gave further evidence of his zeal in the cause by stating that he should endeavour to attend each of tho meetings of the Chapter while it was under his rule

although—as we hnvc before pointed out—a journey of 500 miles was entailed each time . Later on , wc ' henr of Bro . Broadley receiving his appointment as Grand Mark Master of the Province of Tunis and Malta , and among his first acts in this new position is the warranting of the

Individual Exertion.

Broadley Lodge No . 248 , which it is to be hoped will be the means of handing his name down to posterity . The last item that has to bo chronicled in connection with this spread of Freemasonry is that recorded on another pagetho consecration of the William Kingston Lodge , at

Golotta , which has been formed as an adjunct to tho Ancient Carthago Lodge . Reviewing the position of tho Ancient Carthage Lodgo

at tho close of its second session , Bro . Broadley gives us particulars which provo that ho had secured ample material before he undertook the work , and the present position of the various Masonic bodies which havo followed tho

establishment of this Lodge point to the solidity of the foundation that was laid . We trust that this outline of what may bo accomplished by individual exertion will stimulate those who may lately havo flagged in their labours in the cause of

Freemasonry , and that they and others will bear m mind that tho secret of the success that has attended the efforts of Brother Broadley and his coadjutors is traceable to the care aud attention those brethren havo bestowed on

minor details . Few men may have such opportunities as has had Bro . Broadley , and fewer still the ability to carry out the work ; but all may copy his zeal and emulate his love for what he undertakes .

"Il Tegame," Or A Mason's Holiday.

"IL TEGAME , " OR A MASON'S HOLIDAY .

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THE GBEAT FBEE MASONIC SCHISM .

A . —C-NCFJtt-i raC . THE FltEE MASONIC FAITH . " rpHE snn goes round the earth , " said the Inquisition , so likewise J- said Galileo under the tutelage of that august Institution , which would otherwise havo pronounced tho cabalistic word " Atheist , " and then havo soothed his erring ears with the well known dirge" Sister , let thy sorrows cease ; Erring brother , part in peace . "

Certain false things aro true things , certain formula } aro tho only truQ formula ) , say tho English Freemasons under similar tuition ; else in a similar kind and gentle manner against all recreants will this word "Atheist" bo pronounced , and with a similar object , yi _ .: to enforce a dogma . Nay , —tell it not in Gath , —yes , by English Freemasons has the heretics' dirge been

sung" Erring brother , part in peace . Thus wo soo that whilst ono Institution lifts up its hand to strike and destroy , tho other , animated by tho same spirit , lifts . . . but ] no matter . "Poor thing , " said my uncle Toby , pityingly , " poor thing , ifc was

all it could . " It also shows that extremes meet , and that English Freemasonry , like nltramontanism , has no conscience clause . Whilst , however , wo know tho penalty of official unbelief in Masonic dogma , we aro nowhere favoured with definitions of what

Masonic belief is , although practically we feel that the greater tho charlatan tho better the Mason . Victor Hugo says of his good Bishop , " Poor man , he believed all ho conld , and tho best can do no more . " I have full faith , however ,

and firm belief in the dictum of a well-known and distinguished brother , that " So far as I can observe , Freemasons generally take their Masonic belief as thoy do an invitation to a good dinner , and swallow all . " A paraphrase of tho words of

Butler" That a wide conscience is all one , And signifies the samo as none . " Behold then a " tabula rasa , " and let us write . It may be a loose sylogism , yet tho logical inference will hold water , viz .: that English Freemasonry is tho door , tho adytum , the facile descensus , the knock and it shall be opened , of UNBELIEF .

B . —Co . VCEENINK THE IIOXOUIIABIE HISTORIANS , ANP ALSO ON TITE CflATiLATANS OP FllEE-IASONKY . Firstly wo have to consider the authentic History which onr esteemed Bro . Hughan has recently published , giving an account of all the Lodges from their commencement , about the beginning of tho

last centnry , clear , true and authentic , undertaken with a definite —the research of truth . There is also the work of Bro . It . F . Gould , Barrister at Law , and every Mason should possess the two kindred works of Bros . Hughan aud Gould . Thero are one or two other historical works of value , such as Bro . Findcl ' s , but , as a rule , all snch ¦¦¦

oiler evidence that any judge would indignantly order out ot , _ consign the witnesses to tlie perjurer ' s cell . I have passed my professional life in sifting evidence , aud in association with others engaged in tho research of truth ; I have seen human natnre in its navt

higher and holier , as well as in its degraded forms , but never . seen such charlatanism , such moral degradation both in the teaclie and the taught , as Free Masonic teaching , countenanced by our Masonic authorities implies . ., i It is not , indeed , every Freemason who ia responsible for the i