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their discontinuing to visit any society of the sort to the one now under consideration , their connexion with whicli will on no pretext be admitted ; and you will report any that may break this rule ; ancl please acknowledge the receipt of this circular , which you will consider confidential . "
Pretty well this for the Marshal Soult who figured as the Grand Gorriniander of the Supreme Chapter ( now the Council of Rites ) from 1804 till 1814 . Every Lodge has been at work upon the subject , and as dukes , princes , peers , deputies , and generals , are members of the Supreme Council , and enjoy the favour of the government of France , we shall see what they will do in this affair . Letters and remonstrances have poured in from all directions , the Lodges have appealed to the Grand
Orient , and everything is on the alert . The Grand Orient appointed a commission to report and act , consisting of the Most AA'orshipful the Grand Master , the Counts Las Cases and Bertrand . A letter of remonstrance was immediately decidetl upon , whicli being duly sanctioned , was transmitted * to the marshal . Thus stood the matter when our last letters left—we shall again turn to this subject .
The Revue Matjonique publishes the letters , protests , declarations , and determinations of the French Lodges upon the non-aclmission of Jews to the Lodges in Prussia , as also copies of their protests and letters forwarded to Berlin . AVe have likewise received copies of the request for admission by Bro . Behrend and his colleagues into the Lodges at Berlin . _ Tlie reply and protest made on the-spot we shall not for the present publish in full , but wait the result of the application on the part of the Grand Lodge of England for the admission of its members , which we hope will now be granted .
" A highly interesting and most extraordinary initiation took place on the 11 th April last in the Lodge Mount Sinai , in Paris . —A deaf and 'dumb professor of the institution for teaching the deaf and dumb , had been proposed as a member of the above Lodge ; the Supreme , Council was written to about it , and permission was granted , if the candidate were otherwise eligible , he might beinitiated . Tbe highly gifted and very talented AVorshipful Master , Bro . G . AVeil , as well known for his
literary as legal attainments , undertook the duty . The candidate was subjected to an examination of his talents , which being satisfactory ,, he was requested to explain his thoughts in reply to the question— " What is your opinion of the eloquence of speech ? " We shall take the earliest opportunity of publishing the answer ; but we could not-refrain from publishing , the above interesting fact : an epoch in Freemasonry which united to the family of humanity an otherwise isolated being ,,
. The Grand Lodge of Sweden made known officially to the Supreme Council of France the death of Charles John Bernadotte , King of Sweden , and Grand Master of the Masons of Sweden , likewise of the ¦ accession to the throne and Grand Mastership of the Freemasons of Sweden , Oscar the First . The Supreme Council thereupon sent letters of condolence and congratulations . .., ' .-. . .. The finance committee of the Grand Orient of France reports that , the . funds stands thus in bands of the Treasurer , 1030 fr ., 7 treasury . bills of 324 , 0 cts . value , make 22 , 680 fr ., 3 obligations of the city of Paris a 4 . 50 . fr . ' value , 4351 rentes 7200 fr ., makinga total of 35 , 261 fr . Tills
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their discontinuing to visit any society of the sort to the one now under consideration , their connexion with whicli will on no pretext be admitted ; and you will report any that may break this rule ; ancl please acknowledge the receipt of this circular , which you will consider confidential . "
Pretty well this for the Marshal Soult who figured as the Grand Gorriniander of the Supreme Chapter ( now the Council of Rites ) from 1804 till 1814 . Every Lodge has been at work upon the subject , and as dukes , princes , peers , deputies , and generals , are members of the Supreme Council , and enjoy the favour of the government of France , we shall see what they will do in this affair . Letters and remonstrances have poured in from all directions , the Lodges have appealed to the Grand
Orient , and everything is on the alert . The Grand Orient appointed a commission to report and act , consisting of the Most AA'orshipful the Grand Master , the Counts Las Cases and Bertrand . A letter of remonstrance was immediately decidetl upon , whicli being duly sanctioned , was transmitted * to the marshal . Thus stood the matter when our last letters left—we shall again turn to this subject .
The Revue Matjonique publishes the letters , protests , declarations , and determinations of the French Lodges upon the non-aclmission of Jews to the Lodges in Prussia , as also copies of their protests and letters forwarded to Berlin . AVe have likewise received copies of the request for admission by Bro . Behrend and his colleagues into the Lodges at Berlin . _ Tlie reply and protest made on the-spot we shall not for the present publish in full , but wait the result of the application on the part of the Grand Lodge of England for the admission of its members , which we hope will now be granted .
" A highly interesting and most extraordinary initiation took place on the 11 th April last in the Lodge Mount Sinai , in Paris . —A deaf and 'dumb professor of the institution for teaching the deaf and dumb , had been proposed as a member of the above Lodge ; the Supreme , Council was written to about it , and permission was granted , if the candidate were otherwise eligible , he might beinitiated . Tbe highly gifted and very talented AVorshipful Master , Bro . G . AVeil , as well known for his
literary as legal attainments , undertook the duty . The candidate was subjected to an examination of his talents , which being satisfactory ,, he was requested to explain his thoughts in reply to the question— " What is your opinion of the eloquence of speech ? " We shall take the earliest opportunity of publishing the answer ; but we could not-refrain from publishing , the above interesting fact : an epoch in Freemasonry which united to the family of humanity an otherwise isolated being ,,
. The Grand Lodge of Sweden made known officially to the Supreme Council of France the death of Charles John Bernadotte , King of Sweden , and Grand Master of the Masons of Sweden , likewise of the ¦ accession to the throne and Grand Mastership of the Freemasons of Sweden , Oscar the First . The Supreme Council thereupon sent letters of condolence and congratulations . .., ' .-. . .. The finance committee of the Grand Orient of France reports that , the . funds stands thus in bands of the Treasurer , 1030 fr ., 7 treasury . bills of 324 , 0 cts . value , make 22 , 680 fr ., 3 obligations of the city of Paris a 4 . 50 . fr . ' value , 4351 rentes 7200 fr ., makinga total of 35 , 261 fr . Tills