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Foreign.*
FRANCE , Paris . —A Masonic periodical , entitled " L'Orient , " has appeared ; it promises well , and if conducted with spirit , tempered by discretion , will succeed . We trust the editor of this scion of the Order , and his contemporary of the London " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " will exchange credentials . A society was established here some time since by the Masonic body , for the relief and employmentfor a timeof the aged or distressed of
, , that fraternity . Money relief is seldom granted . The Grand Orient contributes yearly 1500 francs , the remainder is collected b y voluntary gifts , and each Lodge pays a portion of the initiation fee of every new member . A dinner in favour of the charity has been held . In future the sums of five , six , ten , or fifteen francs will be demanded in behalf of this institution of each i ' rother on taking the various degrees , and five francs on rejoining a Lodge . The committee meets at No . 10 Rue
, Saint Gilles au Marais , Paris . In 1842 , sixteen Freemasons received at this institution board and lodging , one lodging only , six board only ; forty-seven others received necessaries ; and thirty-five widows , or wives of Masons , ten Freemasons , and fifteen women , had firing for the winter sent to them ; sixteen men were completely and respectably clothed ; sixteen men and six women had boots and stockings given them ; one old woman had tools purchased for her ; several Brethren had their
tools , & c . j redeemed from pawn ( montde piete ); three who had been discharged from the hospitals were further relieved at their homes with medical attendance , Sec ,: thirteen Masons and two widows received sundry sums of money ; two Masons and three widows had their rent paid ; thirteen more forwarded to their native places—and yet this
charity expended only 5038 francs during the year . Brother Clavel has been elected W . M . of the Clemente Amitie . The G . O . of France distributes annually three jewels to such Brethren as may have during the year performed some act by which mankind had been benefitted ; the last were sent to Bro . Brune , of Rouen ; Xavier Venissat , at Avignon ; and the third went to the Lodge of Nature and Philanthropie , at Larient , . The former of these Brethren wasa seaman , and had . succeeded at various times in saving the lives of forty-four
persohs , . The city has honoured itself by erecting a house near the river fpr ; this Brother ' s residence ; he was known in Rouen as " the Saver ;" arid declared that those who tried to end their lives in the river , had better . ; take care of themselves , for he would save them whether they liked it or . not ; lie died Dec . 25 , ' 1843 . " . Xavier . Venissat . distinguished hitn self / during the dreadful , inundation intlie | sbuth ' of France ,, while the . inhabitantsof Avignon / were paralized
by the overflowing ; qf the . Rhone ,: . Bro , y , e ' nissat / . made a . raft of the floating timbers , ivith . which he was surrounded , arid . on this precarious vessel succeeded / in / saying a whple , ' . family frpm . / the / horrible fate that awaited tliem - ' he toolothem . to / , h ' is , home , and ,, divided with them his house ,, his , clptb . es , arid , his . ( meals , ; ,, a , "few minutes after placing this family in safety ,,, their . dweilhig ' sank ' beneath the ' waters .. -Soon after , " Bang apprised . th ' arthe . Lb'd . rhpm . ; was in , danger , he / proceeded there
ge , against , the remonstrances , . / and , persuasions of his relatives and friends , on his ' perilous craft , and returned ivith , the warrant , books , & c . The Lodge of Nature and Philanthropie received the jewel for the great exertions thc-y had used to relieve the sufferers b y the inundation ; apprenticing the orphans , ancl many other acts of Masonic character . VOL . II . 3 s
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Foreign.*
FRANCE , Paris . —A Masonic periodical , entitled " L'Orient , " has appeared ; it promises well , and if conducted with spirit , tempered by discretion , will succeed . We trust the editor of this scion of the Order , and his contemporary of the London " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " will exchange credentials . A society was established here some time since by the Masonic body , for the relief and employmentfor a timeof the aged or distressed of
, , that fraternity . Money relief is seldom granted . The Grand Orient contributes yearly 1500 francs , the remainder is collected b y voluntary gifts , and each Lodge pays a portion of the initiation fee of every new member . A dinner in favour of the charity has been held . In future the sums of five , six , ten , or fifteen francs will be demanded in behalf of this institution of each i ' rother on taking the various degrees , and five francs on rejoining a Lodge . The committee meets at No . 10 Rue
, Saint Gilles au Marais , Paris . In 1842 , sixteen Freemasons received at this institution board and lodging , one lodging only , six board only ; forty-seven others received necessaries ; and thirty-five widows , or wives of Masons , ten Freemasons , and fifteen women , had firing for the winter sent to them ; sixteen men were completely and respectably clothed ; sixteen men and six women had boots and stockings given them ; one old woman had tools purchased for her ; several Brethren had their
tools , & c . j redeemed from pawn ( montde piete ); three who had been discharged from the hospitals were further relieved at their homes with medical attendance , Sec ,: thirteen Masons and two widows received sundry sums of money ; two Masons and three widows had their rent paid ; thirteen more forwarded to their native places—and yet this
charity expended only 5038 francs during the year . Brother Clavel has been elected W . M . of the Clemente Amitie . The G . O . of France distributes annually three jewels to such Brethren as may have during the year performed some act by which mankind had been benefitted ; the last were sent to Bro . Brune , of Rouen ; Xavier Venissat , at Avignon ; and the third went to the Lodge of Nature and Philanthropie , at Larient , . The former of these Brethren wasa seaman , and had . succeeded at various times in saving the lives of forty-four
persohs , . The city has honoured itself by erecting a house near the river fpr ; this Brother ' s residence ; he was known in Rouen as " the Saver ;" arid declared that those who tried to end their lives in the river , had better . ; take care of themselves , for he would save them whether they liked it or . not ; lie died Dec . 25 , ' 1843 . " . Xavier . Venissat . distinguished hitn self / during the dreadful , inundation intlie | sbuth ' of France ,, while the . inhabitantsof Avignon / were paralized
by the overflowing ; qf the . Rhone ,: . Bro , y , e ' nissat / . made a . raft of the floating timbers , ivith . which he was surrounded , arid . on this precarious vessel succeeded / in / saying a whple , ' . family frpm . / the / horrible fate that awaited tliem - ' he toolothem . to / , h ' is , home , and ,, divided with them his house ,, his , clptb . es , arid , his . ( meals , ; ,, a , "few minutes after placing this family in safety ,,, their . dweilhig ' sank ' beneath the ' waters .. -Soon after , " Bang apprised . th ' arthe . Lb'd . rhpm . ; was in , danger , he / proceeded there
ge , against , the remonstrances , . / and , persuasions of his relatives and friends , on his ' perilous craft , and returned ivith , the warrant , books , & c . The Lodge of Nature and Philanthropie received the jewel for the great exertions thc-y had used to relieve the sufferers b y the inundation ; apprenticing the orphans , ancl many other acts of Masonic character . VOL . II . 3 s