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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
IV . In POLAND , from the continued political agitation in this unhappy country , Freemasonry could never gain a firm footing . Some Lodges were opened in 1736 , under English constitutions ; they had , however , soon again to be closed , in consequence of the anathema pronounced against the Order in general by the Bull of Pope Clement XII .
From 1742 to 1749 , Tabernacles of Freemasonry ( Ban LT-iitten were erected , one of which constituted itself at Warsaw , under Moszgeski , a Grand Lodge . In 1794 , with the dissolution of the kingdom ancl its constitution , the Lodges were scattered : in the parts AA-hich fell to the share of Russia and Austria , Freemasonry underwent the same vicissitudes Ave have noted in those countries ,
and only in the Prussian division did the Lodges continue . Upon the creation of the ephemeral grand-duchy of Warschau by Napoleon , in 1807 , Freemasonry again reared its head , and a Grand Orient of Poland was immediately proclaimed . This continued in activity ( with a short interruption in 1813 ) , with numerous affiliated Lodges ( in 1818 these amounted to fort ) until 1823 . In this yearon the
y , , 6 th November , a total interdict was issued against the Order , in conformity with the ukase of Alexander we have already mentioned in Russia . One or tAvo Lodges which arose during the insurrection of 1830-31 , were immediately closed when that was suppressed . V . HOLLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS . AS early as 1731 , the first Masonic meeting was held at the Hague , under the Grand
Mastership , in London , of Lord Lovel , by Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , in Avhich FEANZ STEPHAN , Duke of Lorraine ( afterwards , under the title Joseph I ., Emperor of Germany from 1745 to 1765 ) was initiated ; but it was not until 1734 the first actual Lodge Avas constituted , under the title , Loge du Grand-Maitre des Provinces Bennies et du Hessort de la Qeneralite . The increase of the Order Avas so quick that it caused uneasiness
to the Government , and this free country was the first of all the Continental states to issue a severe prohibition against Freemasonry , AA-hieh the emperor Karl VI . extended to the Netherlands . Still the Lodge at the Hague continued to labour , aud changed its title , in 1749 , into De V Union Boyale , aud , 27 th Dec . 1756 , gave rise to constituted "National Lodge of the Netherlands , " which
stiU continues , and Avhich numbered , in 1842 , seventy-five filials , principally in the Dutch colonies . On the 25 th April , 1770 , a Concordat was entered into with the Grand Lodge of England , in London , by which an entire freedom of connection from it was obtained . A Lodge was erected notwithstandingin 1735 in Amsterdam ,
, , which raised suspicion . The meetings received from the magistrates an order to be discontinued , aud Avhen this order Avas disregarded the higher members were arrested . On their examination they behaved with great fortitude and firmness . " We are , " said they , " as Freemasons , peaceable citizens , and devoted to our country and prince with the most loyal fidelity . We live in unity with one another ;
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
IV . In POLAND , from the continued political agitation in this unhappy country , Freemasonry could never gain a firm footing . Some Lodges were opened in 1736 , under English constitutions ; they had , however , soon again to be closed , in consequence of the anathema pronounced against the Order in general by the Bull of Pope Clement XII .
From 1742 to 1749 , Tabernacles of Freemasonry ( Ban LT-iitten were erected , one of which constituted itself at Warsaw , under Moszgeski , a Grand Lodge . In 1794 , with the dissolution of the kingdom ancl its constitution , the Lodges were scattered : in the parts AA-hich fell to the share of Russia and Austria , Freemasonry underwent the same vicissitudes Ave have noted in those countries ,
and only in the Prussian division did the Lodges continue . Upon the creation of the ephemeral grand-duchy of Warschau by Napoleon , in 1807 , Freemasonry again reared its head , and a Grand Orient of Poland was immediately proclaimed . This continued in activity ( with a short interruption in 1813 ) , with numerous affiliated Lodges ( in 1818 these amounted to fort ) until 1823 . In this yearon the
y , , 6 th November , a total interdict was issued against the Order , in conformity with the ukase of Alexander we have already mentioned in Russia . One or tAvo Lodges which arose during the insurrection of 1830-31 , were immediately closed when that was suppressed . V . HOLLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS . AS early as 1731 , the first Masonic meeting was held at the Hague , under the Grand
Mastership , in London , of Lord Lovel , by Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , in Avhich FEANZ STEPHAN , Duke of Lorraine ( afterwards , under the title Joseph I ., Emperor of Germany from 1745 to 1765 ) was initiated ; but it was not until 1734 the first actual Lodge Avas constituted , under the title , Loge du Grand-Maitre des Provinces Bennies et du Hessort de la Qeneralite . The increase of the Order Avas so quick that it caused uneasiness
to the Government , and this free country was the first of all the Continental states to issue a severe prohibition against Freemasonry , AA-hieh the emperor Karl VI . extended to the Netherlands . Still the Lodge at the Hague continued to labour , aud changed its title , in 1749 , into De V Union Boyale , aud , 27 th Dec . 1756 , gave rise to constituted "National Lodge of the Netherlands , " which
stiU continues , and Avhich numbered , in 1842 , seventy-five filials , principally in the Dutch colonies . On the 25 th April , 1770 , a Concordat was entered into with the Grand Lodge of England , in London , by which an entire freedom of connection from it was obtained . A Lodge was erected notwithstandingin 1735 in Amsterdam ,
, , which raised suspicion . The meetings received from the magistrates an order to be discontinued , aud Avhen this order Avas disregarded the higher members were arrested . On their examination they behaved with great fortitude and firmness . " We are , " said they , " as Freemasons , peaceable citizens , and devoted to our country and prince with the most loyal fidelity . We live in unity with one another ;