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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

AH communication .- ; for Tlie * Freemason should lie written Iceibiy on one tide of the * *** I'K * Y only , antl , if intended lor insertion in thc current number , must be iccc-hed not later than io o'clock a . m . on Thursdays , unless in very special cases . The name and address of cvei-y writer must be sent to us in confidence . ENCUIHEII . —The meeting of tlie Spurious Hite of "Memphis ( now rc-named Ancient ? and Primitive r Kile ) , lo be held on the 8 lli inst ., is decidedly illegal , inasmuch as its promoters have presumed to call thc brethren together in Craft clothing * . No assemblage of . Masons , attired as such , can be held , without the sanction of the Gr . ind Master or his'Deputy . After Ihis repeated warning * to avoid the " unclean thing , " brethren will have themselves to thank , if they get into trouble . Picss of matter compels us reluctantly to hold over Ihe following Kepoits : —Lodges , i . 5 yS , bi )<) ; Consecration of Knol Lodge , 1414 , Sevcnoaks ; Consecration of West Lancashire I . odge , 140 , *; , at Ormskirk ; Provincial Grand Lodge of Aberdeenshire Kast ; Chapter ; ti , S . C ; Mark Lodges , 19 , 70 ; Albeit K . T . Kneampmcnt .

Births, Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

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Charles Xv. King Sweden And Norway.

CHARLES XV . KING SWEDEN AND NORWAY .

Our readers would share , no doubt , with the Kurprean public the surprise which was expressed at the intelligence which the telegraph flashed across to us that 1 lis Mniestv of Sweden was no

more . Our brother the King ol Sweden died abont nine o ' clock on Wednesday the 18 th ult ., at Mahno , on his return from the baths at Aix-la-Chapclle . Chatles XV of Sweden was born on

the , jrd May 1 S 26 . He was the son of King Oscar , and grandson of Napoleon ' s famous General Bernadotle , \ rho was elected to succeed Charles XIII . as Kinsr of Sweden and Xorwav .

lhe late King was a warm supporter ol Masonry in his dominions . Ife was the Masonic Sponsor of II . K . H . the Prince of Wales , in 186 9 ' . vhen our illustrious brother first " saw the light " ,

nt Stockholm , when he was introduced by the King himself in person . At that time much dissatisfaction wasexprcssed that the Prince of Wales did not honour English

Masonry , by being proposed and initiated in this country , but after all , as was shown at the time , many of the Royal personages who joined the Order , did so abroad , and not in Kngland .

Charles . II was initiated in Flanders , the Duke of Cumberland , who was elected CM . in 17 S 2 , as , wc believe , initiated abroad . On the other hand th J Duke of Clarence was initiated at Ply-

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mouth in 17 S 6 , George the 4 th , then Prince of Wales was initiated in London at an occasional Iodge held at the Star and Garter , Pall Mall , in 17 S 7 , where also the Duke of York was initiated .

The Duke of Kent became a Mason at the Union Lodge , at Geneva , either in 1789 or 1790 , and soon afterwards thc Dnke of Sussex was

introduced into Masonry at a lodge in Berlin . Thc Kings 01 Sweden have long been supporters of Masonry . Gustavus the Fourth , we learn from Preston was initiated into the Order

at the Grand Lodge of Stockholm , on the 22 nd March , 179 . 3 , under the auspices of Charles Duke of Stidermania , afterwards Charles XIII Regent of the Kingdom , who presided as Grand Master on the occasion .

Ihis unfortunate but gallant Prince was the son of G ustavus the [ Third and grandson of Adol phus Frederic II . aud Louisa Ulrica , sister of Frederick the Great ( who was Grand Master

111 Germany and the presumed head of the A . aud A . Rite . ) On the assassination of his father , in 1792 he ascended the throne . When the Duke of Enghien was so unjustifiabl y seized , and ,

after a mock trial , shot by the orders of Napoleon , Gustavus resolved upon an eternal hostility to the French Emperor . 1 le ordered his

ambassador to leave Paris , and dismissed the French ambassador from Sweden , while at the same time he returned to the Kiinr of Prussia

tin-Order of the Black Eagle , with which Napoleon had been invested , nobly saying , " that he never could , according to the laws of Knighthood , consent to be brother companion lo an assasin . "

After this he continued to join every party opposed to , and to wage war with every party in alliance with , the Emperor . Mis hostile proceedings , however , became at last so fraught with

danger to his country , that a Council of State entreated him to make peace . This he refused to do ; a revolution in Sweden was the consequence : Gustavus was imprisoned ,

and afterward abdicated . I lis uncle , the Duke of Stidermania , who had initialed him into Masonry , was then raised to the throne , by the title of Charles XIII ., andChristain Aiunistus of Holstein

Augr . stenburg was invested with the title of Prince Koyal of Sweden , or heir apparent lo the throne . 'This Prince dying soon after , the the succession was transferred to Marshal

Bernadotle , who , in 1 S 1 S , ascended the throne , as Charles John XIY . After his abdication , Gustavus was for years known as a mere wanderer over Europe , sometimes bearing the name ol

Count Gotlorp . sometimes that of Duke of Holstein . I lis latter years were spent in poverty , his small annuity being less than . £ '! oo . From his relations and friends he would receive

nothing , and his son , Prince Gustavus \ asa , a general in the Austrian service , naturally desirous of mending his father ' s position , and rendering it [ ess miserable , was compelled to adopt verious

devices to assist h : m . Bro . Gustavson , for by that humble name he was often known , the descendant of the great Gustavus Vasa (\ vho reigned gloriously for nearly 40 years , and died

in 1 j 6 o ) , and even greater Gustavus Adolphus , who twice defeated Tilly , and led an arm } ' of 60 , 000 men into Germany , for the noble purpose of rescuing the Protestants from the tyrrany ofthe House of Austria , —not to mention the

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renown . ; J Charles XII . Bro . Gustavson died in abject poverty , in 1837 . His successor , Charles XIfi ., was a great patron of the Freemasons , and so greatly did he

esteem them , that he instituted an Order of knighthood which bore his name , and which was to be conferred only on ' distinguished Masons .

Frequent mention has been made of this Order , and much interest now attaches to it , because the late King conferred it upon the Prince of Wales .

How different was his career ancl that of his grandfather , the great Bernadotte , to that of the unfortunate Prince , whose life we have just sketched . Bernsdotte himself was the son of a

lawyer , and enlisted as a prirate in the Marines . He was only a sergeant when the French Revolution broke out , but in 179 a he had risen to be a colonel in the French army . He greatly

distinguished himself on the Rhine , and in Italy , and although Napoleon hated , if he did not fear him , such was his ability , that he was compelled to recognise it , by making him a marshal on the

establishment of the Consulate , and afterwards hc was created Prince of l'onte Corvo , in 1806 . He . was so greatly esteemed , both abroad and at home , as a soldier and statesman ! , that he was nominated to succeed Charles XIII . on the throne

ol Sweden . Napoleon , by that time Emperor , could with tli-flictilty be induced to consent to Bernadotte becomiii" - Crown Prince and heir to the throne .

" What ! said Bernadotte , " will you make me a greater than yourself , by making me refuse

a crown r The sarcasm told , and Napoleon merely replied , " Go , our fates must be accomplished . " From the moment that he became Crown

Prince of Sweden , the fortunate soldier showed a determination to give all his energies to his adopted country , and never , during half a century before his accession , had Sweden known the

peace or the prosperity in swhieh he left her , in the hands of his son Oscar , in the year 18 44 . The late King was born on the 3 rd May , 1826 , : md was married on the 19 th June , 18 to , to the

Princess of Orange , daughter of the Prince of the Netherlands . She died about a year and ah :: lfago , leaving only one child , a daughter , who was born in October , 18 zi , and was

married in July , 186 9 , to the Prince Royal of Denmark . She , however , is excluded from the throne by the Salic law which prevails in Sweden . The late King came to the throne on the

death of his father , Oscar , in July , 18-59 , and ne and the Queen were crowned at Drontheim , early in August of that year . Among the principal events of his reign , are the reform of the national

representation of Sweden , in 1 S 66 , the abolition of capital punishment in 1 S 68 and the suppression , in 1 S 6 9 , ofthe funtm jiriuilegitiliini by virtue of which the nobles could be summoned ,

in certain cases only , before the Superior Courts , and not before the Courts of First Instance . He will be succeeded b y his brother , Prince Oscar , who was born in January , 1829 . Prince Oscar

inherits the literary capacity by which his family have been distinguished , and has written variour prose and poetical works , indicating con > siderable power , and high culture .