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Foreign.*
GERMANY , Chemnitz . —A number of the members of the Lodge , held in . the above town , meet together with some of the subscribers to the Lodge of Harmony in Hohenstein , for the purpose of mutual instruction in Freemasonry ; from a small fund collected on these occasions , the Brethren have been enabled to pay for the education of fourteen childrentwo of whom are always of the Catholic faith ; at Christmas
, the entire number are clothed ; this charity has existed some years . Dippotdiswnlde . —Although no Lodge exists at this place , yet a number of the inhabitants , being Freemasons , have formed a reading club , the trifling subscription to which having exceeded the expenditure , the members purchased Bibles with the amount , and presented them as prizes to the best informed and well behaved children of the schools .
Eisleben . —The evening preceding the opening of the new Masonic building , one hundred and fifty poor persons were regaled with a good dinner , on which occasion the Chairman explained to the assembly that the purposes to which the hall would be devoted were not feasting , but the spread of philanthropic feelings among mankind . . Leipsic . —The Lodge of Apollo held its public rneeting on the 24 th
May , at which all the members , their ladies , and friends attended ; upwards of five hundred visitors were present . The W . M ., Bro . Meissner , presided with great eclat ; his address to the orphans was marked by great feeling . Presents were liberally bestowed . Posen . —A subscription has been very successfully opened for the purpose of building a Masonic temple , it has been eminently successful ;
in order to obtain the required amount quickly , a loan was effected at 2 per cent . Wurzen . —The last warrant granted in Saxony is possessed by the ¦ Frederick Augustus Lodge of Union here . On-the 7 th June it was visited by Brethren frpin Dresden , Leipsic , & c . & e . ; to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its formation . All the chairs were filled hy Masters of various Lodges , aiid several Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Saxony ' atteridedr ¦ ' ¦ Soriie very handsoihe'gifts were'forwarded , including a , silver charity-bbx . ' ¦ -: ' - ; '" •' ¦¦¦ "• ' ' ¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦< ¦ ¦ > : ¦¦'< ¦¦ ¦
America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
M e have received the general transactions of the Grand Lodge of New York to the Sth of June last ,, and , in , the , absence pi our usual correspondence , will examine and report thereon . .,, " 1843 , Dee . 5 . —Committee appointed to , conduct and carry out the raising the Grand Hall and Asylum Fund . Warrant granted to Bro . Herring and others for the " Lodge of Strict Observance , " the proposed regulations for the discipline and practice of which are most excellent .
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Foreign.*
GERMANY , Chemnitz . —A number of the members of the Lodge , held in . the above town , meet together with some of the subscribers to the Lodge of Harmony in Hohenstein , for the purpose of mutual instruction in Freemasonry ; from a small fund collected on these occasions , the Brethren have been enabled to pay for the education of fourteen childrentwo of whom are always of the Catholic faith ; at Christmas
, the entire number are clothed ; this charity has existed some years . Dippotdiswnlde . —Although no Lodge exists at this place , yet a number of the inhabitants , being Freemasons , have formed a reading club , the trifling subscription to which having exceeded the expenditure , the members purchased Bibles with the amount , and presented them as prizes to the best informed and well behaved children of the schools .
Eisleben . —The evening preceding the opening of the new Masonic building , one hundred and fifty poor persons were regaled with a good dinner , on which occasion the Chairman explained to the assembly that the purposes to which the hall would be devoted were not feasting , but the spread of philanthropic feelings among mankind . . Leipsic . —The Lodge of Apollo held its public rneeting on the 24 th
May , at which all the members , their ladies , and friends attended ; upwards of five hundred visitors were present . The W . M ., Bro . Meissner , presided with great eclat ; his address to the orphans was marked by great feeling . Presents were liberally bestowed . Posen . —A subscription has been very successfully opened for the purpose of building a Masonic temple , it has been eminently successful ;
in order to obtain the required amount quickly , a loan was effected at 2 per cent . Wurzen . —The last warrant granted in Saxony is possessed by the ¦ Frederick Augustus Lodge of Union here . On-the 7 th June it was visited by Brethren frpin Dresden , Leipsic , & c . & e . ; to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its formation . All the chairs were filled hy Masters of various Lodges , aiid several Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Saxony ' atteridedr ¦ ' ¦ Soriie very handsoihe'gifts were'forwarded , including a , silver charity-bbx . ' ¦ -: ' - ; '" •' ¦¦¦ "• ' ' ¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦< ¦ ¦ > : ¦¦'< ¦¦ ¦
America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
M e have received the general transactions of the Grand Lodge of New York to the Sth of June last ,, and , in , the , absence pi our usual correspondence , will examine and report thereon . .,, " 1843 , Dee . 5 . —Committee appointed to , conduct and carry out the raising the Grand Hall and Asylum Fund . Warrant granted to Bro . Herring and others for the " Lodge of Strict Observance , " the proposed regulations for the discipline and practice of which are most excellent .