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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —Masonic affairs appear to progress with some regularity : we have received the " proces verbal" of the foundation of the new Temple of the Grand Orient , now erecting in the Rue Neuve-Samson . The various addresses delivered on the occasion are marked by correct Masonic feeling . The account of the re-union of the two Grand Lodges of France , the " Grand . Orient , ' ' and the " Rite Ecossais , " that took place on the 21 th
of December last , has been published , and is , like the preceding paper , a most important record . The proceedings in Lodge are marked by very considerate attention to the mutual relations of the two societies ; but at the banquet the feeling , repressed in Lodge by a deference to solemnity , broke out into the most rapturous and affectionate demonstration . The two Grand Representatives embraced ; the example was followed b y the Brethren ; and the toast , to perpetuate friendship , was given with all the enthusiasm of inspiration .
§ 29 * The Secretariat is now 36 , Rue de la Victoire , Paris ; and is open daily from nine till four . Letters or parcels must be free . SWEDEN . —The King of Sweden , says a letter from Stockholm of the 26 th ult ., has sent to the Freemasons' Lodge of that . city the four packets relative to Freemasonry , found in the chests of Gustavus III ., which were recently opened . OPENING OF THE CHESTS BEQUEATHED TO THE UNIVERSITY OP
UPSALA BY KING GUSTAVUS III . —This event , expected with so much curiosity during fifty years by the public in Sweden , and indeed in Europe , took place on the 29 th of March . The following will be found to be the most authentic account of the proceedings hitherto made known . At eleven o ' clock on tho morning of the 29 th , the commission appointed for the purpose , consisting of the Vice-Chancellor , Rector , and Professors of the University of Upsala , together with M . Sarte , the governor of the province , assembled in the Consistorium , and there opened a box , containing the keys of the two chests ; along with these were found the autograph instructions of King Gustavus respecting
his bequest , and whicli gave a general view of the contents of the chests . These papers were found most of them sealed , and with them the instructions that they must not be opened by any other than thc reigning King Gustavus ' s family , ( accordingly , they arc likely to remain , a long time unopened , if these instructions are intended to be observed , the family of AVasa being now vagabonds upon the earth ) . One of the two chests opened contained only a checked linen bag , with various unsealed papers and letters ; among which were observed the king ' s
original sketch for the opera of Gustaf Wasa , and the prologue , " in French . It would seem that the world lias been cheating itself for the last fifty years with the expectation that , on the opening of these chests , something would transpire as to the secret springs of the conspiracy by which Gustavus III . lost his life . Side by side with this expectation , a confused but very general report had sprung up , that a certain high personage , not content to wait half a century , had anticipated the stipulated time , and made a judicious selection from the contents of the chests , prior to their being given over to the custody of the University VOL . r . Y . n w
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
PARIS . —Masonic affairs appear to progress with some regularity : we have received the " proces verbal" of the foundation of the new Temple of the Grand Orient , now erecting in the Rue Neuve-Samson . The various addresses delivered on the occasion are marked by correct Masonic feeling . The account of the re-union of the two Grand Lodges of France , the " Grand . Orient , ' ' and the " Rite Ecossais , " that took place on the 21 th
of December last , has been published , and is , like the preceding paper , a most important record . The proceedings in Lodge are marked by very considerate attention to the mutual relations of the two societies ; but at the banquet the feeling , repressed in Lodge by a deference to solemnity , broke out into the most rapturous and affectionate demonstration . The two Grand Representatives embraced ; the example was followed b y the Brethren ; and the toast , to perpetuate friendship , was given with all the enthusiasm of inspiration .
§ 29 * The Secretariat is now 36 , Rue de la Victoire , Paris ; and is open daily from nine till four . Letters or parcels must be free . SWEDEN . —The King of Sweden , says a letter from Stockholm of the 26 th ult ., has sent to the Freemasons' Lodge of that . city the four packets relative to Freemasonry , found in the chests of Gustavus III ., which were recently opened . OPENING OF THE CHESTS BEQUEATHED TO THE UNIVERSITY OP
UPSALA BY KING GUSTAVUS III . —This event , expected with so much curiosity during fifty years by the public in Sweden , and indeed in Europe , took place on the 29 th of March . The following will be found to be the most authentic account of the proceedings hitherto made known . At eleven o ' clock on tho morning of the 29 th , the commission appointed for the purpose , consisting of the Vice-Chancellor , Rector , and Professors of the University of Upsala , together with M . Sarte , the governor of the province , assembled in the Consistorium , and there opened a box , containing the keys of the two chests ; along with these were found the autograph instructions of King Gustavus respecting
his bequest , and whicli gave a general view of the contents of the chests . These papers were found most of them sealed , and with them the instructions that they must not be opened by any other than thc reigning King Gustavus ' s family , ( accordingly , they arc likely to remain , a long time unopened , if these instructions are intended to be observed , the family of AVasa being now vagabonds upon the earth ) . One of the two chests opened contained only a checked linen bag , with various unsealed papers and letters ; among which were observed the king ' s
original sketch for the opera of Gustaf Wasa , and the prologue , " in French . It would seem that the world lias been cheating itself for the last fifty years with the expectation that , on the opening of these chests , something would transpire as to the secret springs of the conspiracy by which Gustavus III . lost his life . Side by side with this expectation , a confused but very general report had sprung up , that a certain high personage , not content to wait half a century , had anticipated the stipulated time , and made a judicious selection from the contents of the chests , prior to their being given over to the custody of the University VOL . r . Y . n w