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Foreign.
Three Globes had written to tbe Grand Lodge of Hambro ' , expressing their pleasure at the end of this affair , and their intention to take the earliest opportunity of altering the obnoxious law . LEIPSIO . —The consecration of the new masonic hall here took place on the 12 th September , 1847 . The expense of building and purchase of the ground exceeds 50 , 000 thalers ( 7 , 500 / . ) , and has been defrayed
jointly by two lodges , the Apollo and the Baldwin . The building contains ( including offices ) four floors in the interior , has a frontage on " the walks , " and a good garden behind ; the wings , extending beyond the centre building , are connected on the first floor by a handsome conservatory ; the windows are Byzantine , and striking . The whole appearance of the exterior is in every view well worthy a visit from the brethren . Seven hundred members attended the consecrationwhich was performed
, by the officers of both lodges , according to a programme prepared by W . Bro . Meissner . MAGDEBURG . —In the year 1837 , the Lodge Ferdinand commenced a widow ' s charity fund , to support which efforts have heen from time to time made to place it on an independent footing ; the sources of its revenue are—half of all the sums received for charity , half of the receipts
of the concert for the poor , which alone has produced 400 thalers annually , voluntary donations and subscriptions , a per centage of all initiation fees , yearly subscriptions , and all fines . The claimants on the fund are—1 , brethren who have been elected honorary members of the lodge , in consequence of their inability to continue payments of subscriptions ; 2 , pensioners ; 3 , allowances to the sons of the former paying members , who are pursuing their studies at one ofthe universities ; 4 , widows and orphans of former members ; 5 and smaller sums to the mothers and
, sisters of unmarried former members ; 6 , superannuated serving brethren ; in all cases the sums are limited , as , No . 1 , 20 to 60 thalers ; No . 2 , 20 to 25 thalers ; No . 3 , 24 to 60 thalers ; No . 4 , 5 to 36 thalers ; No . 6 , 10 to 24 thalers . The income has up to the present not been expended , and a sum has been set aside to invest as an inviolate fund , until it shall have accumulated to 10000 thalers . The lodge consisted of ( in 1846 ) four
hun-, dred and twenty-five subscribing members , twelve honorary , eighteen permanent visiting , eight musical , and thirteen serving brethren . The sum in hand on charity account was 6 , 300 thalers ; the W . Master and seven brethren being the managing committee . RASTOCK . —In the place of the late R . W . Pro . Grand Master of Mecklenburg , the Rev . Bro . Wickede has been elected .
TREVES . —We have so frequently been obliged to enumerate instances of bigotry against Freemasons amongst the Catholic clergy , that we are particularly rejoiced to record the gratifying instance of a truly liberal and humane exception in this city : on the 3 rd of January last year , at the funeral of a brother , the Tyler of the Lodge of Concord at Treves , copied from the fifth number of the "Ewina , " that not only did M . Kremer , the Catholic priest , sanction the burial of the Freemason , but attended himself , and delivered a suitable discourse , speaking also in
favour of the Craft . The Masons subsequently waited on the nobleminded priest , to thank him for his kindness , and truly disinterested charity . MULHAUSEN . —The Lodge Harmonic has adopted an investigation
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Foreign.
Three Globes had written to tbe Grand Lodge of Hambro ' , expressing their pleasure at the end of this affair , and their intention to take the earliest opportunity of altering the obnoxious law . LEIPSIO . —The consecration of the new masonic hall here took place on the 12 th September , 1847 . The expense of building and purchase of the ground exceeds 50 , 000 thalers ( 7 , 500 / . ) , and has been defrayed
jointly by two lodges , the Apollo and the Baldwin . The building contains ( including offices ) four floors in the interior , has a frontage on " the walks , " and a good garden behind ; the wings , extending beyond the centre building , are connected on the first floor by a handsome conservatory ; the windows are Byzantine , and striking . The whole appearance of the exterior is in every view well worthy a visit from the brethren . Seven hundred members attended the consecrationwhich was performed
, by the officers of both lodges , according to a programme prepared by W . Bro . Meissner . MAGDEBURG . —In the year 1837 , the Lodge Ferdinand commenced a widow ' s charity fund , to support which efforts have heen from time to time made to place it on an independent footing ; the sources of its revenue are—half of all the sums received for charity , half of the receipts
of the concert for the poor , which alone has produced 400 thalers annually , voluntary donations and subscriptions , a per centage of all initiation fees , yearly subscriptions , and all fines . The claimants on the fund are—1 , brethren who have been elected honorary members of the lodge , in consequence of their inability to continue payments of subscriptions ; 2 , pensioners ; 3 , allowances to the sons of the former paying members , who are pursuing their studies at one ofthe universities ; 4 , widows and orphans of former members ; 5 and smaller sums to the mothers and
, sisters of unmarried former members ; 6 , superannuated serving brethren ; in all cases the sums are limited , as , No . 1 , 20 to 60 thalers ; No . 2 , 20 to 25 thalers ; No . 3 , 24 to 60 thalers ; No . 4 , 5 to 36 thalers ; No . 6 , 10 to 24 thalers . The income has up to the present not been expended , and a sum has been set aside to invest as an inviolate fund , until it shall have accumulated to 10000 thalers . The lodge consisted of ( in 1846 ) four
hun-, dred and twenty-five subscribing members , twelve honorary , eighteen permanent visiting , eight musical , and thirteen serving brethren . The sum in hand on charity account was 6 , 300 thalers ; the W . Master and seven brethren being the managing committee . RASTOCK . —In the place of the late R . W . Pro . Grand Master of Mecklenburg , the Rev . Bro . Wickede has been elected .
TREVES . —We have so frequently been obliged to enumerate instances of bigotry against Freemasons amongst the Catholic clergy , that we are particularly rejoiced to record the gratifying instance of a truly liberal and humane exception in this city : on the 3 rd of January last year , at the funeral of a brother , the Tyler of the Lodge of Concord at Treves , copied from the fifth number of the "Ewina , " that not only did M . Kremer , the Catholic priest , sanction the burial of the Freemason , but attended himself , and delivered a suitable discourse , speaking also in
favour of the Craft . The Masons subsequently waited on the nobleminded priest , to thank him for his kindness , and truly disinterested charity . MULHAUSEN . —The Lodge Harmonic has adopted an investigation