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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
JEI . 'SEY . —A new Lodge has been constituted at Jersey , called " The Royal Sussex , No . 722 . " The consecration is described as having been very imposing , and it was attended very numerously by the foreigners resident in the Island . PARIS . —Our Masonic horizon presents no feature of probable interest . M . Clavel , whose entertaining , if not instructive , work , on picturesque Masonry , has made so great a sensation as to attract the attention ot
the Masonic executive , before whom he has been summoned , to show cause why he should not be expelled the Order . M . Clavel ' s defence was ingenious if not eloquent ; and he must have caused a blush in those before whom he pleaded , for he told some home truths as to their laxity in discipline ; he instanced the case of Dr . Crucefix , who he stated to have been acquitted by the Grand Lodge of England , although attainted of deeper Masonic heresy . Finally , M . Clavel was admonished ' . *
LYONS . —The news from hence is of an interesting nature . At the installation of Grand Officers for tlie " Conseil Central des Loges de Lyon , " it was decided , to have Lodges of Instruction opened monthly within their province , and that all the Brethren should be desired to attend . The advantages are represented as likely to be very great ; the Grand Orient of France has confirmed the law .
GERMANY ' . j—ALTENBURG . —On New Years Day thirty poor children were relieved by the Archimedes Lodge here , and presented with clothing , toys , and books . DARMSTADT . —The Lodge of St . John , the Evangelist , completed its twenty-fifth year , and commenced on that occasion the formation of a perpetual fund for the relief of the destitute . EISLEBEN . —The members of Lodge , the Booming Tree , had the
pleasure of consecrating for their own use , on the Sth June last , a Hall of their own erecting . Great pomp and formality were observed . FREYBEHG . —There exists in the Lodge of the Three Hills here , a Sunday school for youths who are apprenticed , likewise a fund for widows and orphans of Masons , and the distribution of Christmas gifts ; the STATE has several times , sent pecuniary assistance to the school . CRISSEN . —The twenty-fifth anniversary of this Lodge was celebrated with much eclat on the 7 th November , 1843 .
HALLE . —The centenary of the meetings ofthe " Three Swords '' was attended by a large party on the 13 th December , 1843-HiRSCiiRERG . —This Lodge closed the year hy presenting twelve orphans with ail necessary clothing . KONIGSBF . RG , Dec . 2 s . —The Freemasons have hitherto been considered in Prussia as men who give no occasion for suspicion , particu-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Foreign.
FOREIGN .
JEI . 'SEY . —A new Lodge has been constituted at Jersey , called " The Royal Sussex , No . 722 . " The consecration is described as having been very imposing , and it was attended very numerously by the foreigners resident in the Island . PARIS . —Our Masonic horizon presents no feature of probable interest . M . Clavel , whose entertaining , if not instructive , work , on picturesque Masonry , has made so great a sensation as to attract the attention ot
the Masonic executive , before whom he has been summoned , to show cause why he should not be expelled the Order . M . Clavel ' s defence was ingenious if not eloquent ; and he must have caused a blush in those before whom he pleaded , for he told some home truths as to their laxity in discipline ; he instanced the case of Dr . Crucefix , who he stated to have been acquitted by the Grand Lodge of England , although attainted of deeper Masonic heresy . Finally , M . Clavel was admonished ' . *
LYONS . —The news from hence is of an interesting nature . At the installation of Grand Officers for tlie " Conseil Central des Loges de Lyon , " it was decided , to have Lodges of Instruction opened monthly within their province , and that all the Brethren should be desired to attend . The advantages are represented as likely to be very great ; the Grand Orient of France has confirmed the law .
GERMANY ' . j—ALTENBURG . —On New Years Day thirty poor children were relieved by the Archimedes Lodge here , and presented with clothing , toys , and books . DARMSTADT . —The Lodge of St . John , the Evangelist , completed its twenty-fifth year , and commenced on that occasion the formation of a perpetual fund for the relief of the destitute . EISLEBEN . —The members of Lodge , the Booming Tree , had the
pleasure of consecrating for their own use , on the Sth June last , a Hall of their own erecting . Great pomp and formality were observed . FREYBEHG . —There exists in the Lodge of the Three Hills here , a Sunday school for youths who are apprenticed , likewise a fund for widows and orphans of Masons , and the distribution of Christmas gifts ; the STATE has several times , sent pecuniary assistance to the school . CRISSEN . —The twenty-fifth anniversary of this Lodge was celebrated with much eclat on the 7 th November , 1843 .
HALLE . —The centenary of the meetings ofthe " Three Swords '' was attended by a large party on the 13 th December , 1843-HiRSCiiRERG . —This Lodge closed the year hy presenting twelve orphans with ail necessary clothing . KONIGSBF . RG , Dec . 2 s . —The Freemasons have hitherto been considered in Prussia as men who give no occasion for suspicion , particu-