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Consecration Of A New Lodge At Topsham.
In the afternoon the brethren dined together in a large room on thc premises of Messrs . Holman , shipbuilders . Upwards of 1 S 0 Masons were present .
Jottings From Masonic Journals.
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—*—GENERAL MELLINET has been re-elected Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France by a majority of one-third of the voters . Bro . Carnot ' s candidature was supported by 118 brethren . AVe congratulate Grand Master Mellinet upon the result .
THERE are 28 lodges in Switzerland under the Grand Lodge " Alpina . " A MASONIC monthly review called' 'La Fraternida ' is now published at Seville . THE lodge " Igualdad" ( Equality ) at Madrid has 72 members , including a number of advocates ,
physicians , ancl men of letters . Five new . lodges " Razon , " " Luz , " " Constancia , " "Jnsticia , " and " Libertad , " have recently been opened in the same city . THE lodge " La A ^ erdaderc Iniciacion" at
Barcelona , originally established by Bro . Jose Victory in 1855 , has just been rcvivedjby its founder in that city . Bros . Angucra , Cardona , Morera , Molins , ancl Percy are the leading officers of thc lodge , which at present works in the French or modern rite .
A MOVEMENT has been initiated under the auspices of the lodge " L'Etoile Polaire" at Battignolles , Paris , for thc establishment of schools for thc professional instruction of women . FROM the New York Despatch we extract the following answer to a corresponpent : — " READER .
—To keep thc head covered at all sacred performances is a custom of the Jews , brought over from the Orient . It is customary to do so , and an old custom becomes a matter of conscience with the multitude . Therefore a Jew would certainly object to taking the oath , pray , or read the Bible with his head uncovered . The oath is no less valid if the
head be uncovered , still thc strict Jew would prefer taking it with covered head . The priests and Levitcs in the tabernacle ( as also in the temple ) certainly had their heads covered , as is evident from the description of thc mitsnephetli , " the cap , " described in the law for the ministers of the tabernacle . "
DISPENSATIONS have been granted to tweniy lodges , six chapters , and one commandery in Missouri since the session of the Grand Lodge in October , 186 9 . A ' . E . SIR J D . VINCIL , D . G . C ., has been appointed by the Grand Commander of Kentucky
the representative of that body near the Grand Commandery of Missouri . New A ' ork is represented by Sir George Frank Gouley . THE Macounick Wcekblad , of Amsterdam , notices the fact that a new lodge in London has been named after that truly-benevolent lady Miss Burdett Coutts .
THE Rapfiel Maconnii / ue , of Brussels , appears to be an organ ofthe free thinkers , and not ofthe free Masons , and most of its contributors sound the praises of democracy and materialism , instead of recording or illustrating the progress of the Craft . As political articles , these writings may be very
well , but they are decidedly out of place in a professedly Masonic publication . THE Freemasons' Journal , of Montreal , contains a long report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Maine , U . S . A .,
recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec—a course which has since been unanimously adopted by the Maine Grand Lodge . No other solution of the difficulty is practicable , or , indeed , desirable , as we intimaied many weeks
ago . THE Freemasons' Journal also alludes to the illegal action taken by the Hon . William Bagley , formerly D . G . M . of Montreal , under England , in reference to thc St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 E . R ., at Montreal . Bro . Bagley has no jurisdiction in
thc matter , having for some years ceased to act as District Grand Master . The Journal thus notices our labours : — " We have received THE FREEMASON ( London ) of April 23 rd . It contains a leading editorial ( nearly three columns ) of great ability , in favour of the M . AA \ Grand Lodge of Quebec . "
OUR old friend the Voice of Masonry of Chicago , U . S . A ., is as well edited as ever . The May number is embellished with a line portrait of ill . Bro . Joshiah H . Druinmond , 33 " , the talented Chief of the Supreme Grand Council at Charleston , whose Masonic memoirs is also given . The selections and original articles in the Voice arc always excellent . THE Crajtsman , of Hamilton , Ontario , contains a portrait and memoir of Col , AA . M . AA'ilson . the first
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Grand Master of Canada . It is also , as might have been expected , full of the Masonic " schism " in the Dominion . A handsome Past Principal ' s jewel , set with rubies and diamonds , has been presented to Bro . T . Bird Harris . G . Secretary , by St . John ' s Lodge , No . 40 , Hamilton , Ontario . The death of
Bro . Charles M'Ctic , the " oldest Mason in thc world , " is noted . Bro . McCue was born in county Antrim , Ireland , on thc 14 th June , 1757 , was initiated in Lodge No . 404 , Ireland , in 1775 , and died 5 th May , 186 9 , at Ingersoll , Canada , aged 112 years , 10 months , and 25 days . Verily , a true patriarch 1
The following is a statement of the numerical strength of the Masonic Fraternity in the United States and British Provinces , from latest Grand Lodge returns r—Alabama , 10 , 729 Mississippi , 11 , 300 Arkansas , 8 , 187 Missouri , 16 , 390
13 . Columbia , 142 Montana , 545 California , 8 , 853 Nebraska , 74 S Canada , 8 , 787 Mevada , 799 Colorado , 768 New Brunswick , 1 , 419 Connecticut , 12 , 78 4 New Hampshire , 6 , 431 Delaware , 930 New Jersey , 7 , 729
Diss . Columbia , 2 , 407 New A ' ork , 70 , 079 Florida , 1 , 902 No . Carolina , 10 , 715 Georgia , 16 , 469 Nova Scotia , t 2 , 000 Idaho , 279 Ohio , 23 , 762 Illinois , 33 . 996 Oregon , 1 , 343 Indiana , 21 , 205 I ' ensylvania , 3 l , 3 oS Iowa , 11 , 463 Rhode Island , 3 , 013
Kansas , * 2 , 645 So . Carolina , 14 , 000 Kentucky , 19 , 484 Tennessee , 18 , 471 Lousiana , 7 , 131 Texas , 10 , 506 Maine , 14 , 121 A ermont , 7 , Maryland , 4 , 913 Virginia , 7 , 867 Massachusetts , 19 , 581 Washington , 359 Michigan , 20 , 346 AVest A'irginia , 1 , 8 45 Minnesota , 3 , 650 AA'iscousin , 8 , 551
lolal , 491 , 190 * For 1868 . + Estimated . These figures do not include those Masons who are not members of any lodge . They are the
returns ofthe year ending in 1 S 6 9 , and show upon an average the number existing May 1 , 186 9 . Add to these figures those who are not members of a lodge , those who have joined since the returns were made , and those who have not yet taken the third degree , and the total approximates 600 , 000 .
Freemasonry In Egypt.
FREEMASONRY IN EGYPT .
A few observations upon this subject from one who has just returned to England after a lengthened stay in Egypt , may not be uninteresting to thc numerous brethren who are subscribers to your valuable journal . Although
Freemasonry was not actually originated in Egypt , yet it is well-known that the Egyptian nation was of the first that sought to he initiated into its mysteries and privileges , and so univer sally was it diffused over tlie country that even
to this day many ofthe ordinary modes of salutation by the people may be clearly traced back to ancient Freemasonry for they are manifestly imperfect copies of some of our signs . AVith these fads before us it does appear strange that
we do not find any old lodges in the country , but since the days of Pythagoras and other ancient philosophers , who were real working Masons , and whose delight it was to scalier for and near the principles of Freemasonry , many centuries
have elapsed during the latter part of which time the old ardent spirit of our brethren forefathers appears to have almost died out . It was therefore extremely gratifying to me to find that a revival of our institutions had been
progressing in Alexandria ever since the first modern lodge " Pyramid " was instituted about eight or nine years ago under the Grand Orient of France , then followed the St . John ' a No . 199 , under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of
. England and the lodge Ecossais , No . 166 , which all continue in a nourishing condition . Of Italian lodges three have been established and kept up—viz . : the Nuova Pompijri , Mien ' s , and Abraham Lincoln . The majority of the brethren in Egypt de-
Freemasonry In Egypt.
cidedly j > refer the mode of working used in lodge to be that sanctioned by the Grand Lodge of England , hence from the St . John ' s has sprung the Zetland ; and the Italians are most anxious to open a lodge of their own under the
English Constitution , similarly . Several have been established at Cairo , and among the most flourishing may be mentioned the Bulmer ( worked in English ) , La Grecia ( in Greek ) , and Concordia ( in Italian ) . The Sphynx Lodge ( German ) is also doing well .
It will be remembered that about three years ago the Grand Lodge of England appointed H . H . Prince Halim Pasha , Grand Master for Egypt , much to the satisfaction of the Craft in general . Unfortunately a disagreement sprung
up between him and the Viceroy , of so serious a nature that for the last two years the Prince has been exiled . A reconciliation between these great men is , however , looked forward to , as the Khedive is desirous that his son should become
a l ' reemason , and our Egyptian brethren are confident that the young Prince will not plead the cause of his illustrious Grand Master , with his father in vain ; should this happy result follow , which can scarcely be doubted , it will add
one more proof of the value of Freemasonry to humanity , and one more jewel to the thousands which shine with undiminished lustre in its glorious crown . We see in Egypt what is never to be found in
this country , or perhaps in any other : Lodges composed of half-dozen or more different creeds and nationalities ; there you may see in one lodge Arabs , Turks , English , French , Germans , Italians ,
Greeks , and others , all working harmoniously together—another instance of the universality and benign influence of Freemasonry upon mankind .
Our Egyptian brethren , however , do more than live peacefully in their lodges , for during the fearful visitation of cholera , which occurred in 1865 , when the deaths daily were numbered by thousands , the members of the Lodge Pyramid
lost no time in forming a committee , with the members of the other Alexandrian lodges , for the relief of the sufferers , without distinction of creed , sect , or nation ; night and day were the brethren seen visiting the sick , and
gratuitously dispensing medicines to the poor creatures , who would otherwise have died from neglect , and helping those who were too poor and too prostrate to help themselves . Years upon years will pass e ' er the acts of our brethren in
Alexandria , m the year 1865 , shall have been forgotten . They arc not however content to rest upon their past generous deeds , and are now making great efforts to establish a Masonic Dispensary , to be supported by donations and subscriptions ; its
object is to supply medicines gratuitously to the really deserving poor , of which there are multitudes in Alexandria . A more laudable undertaking could not have been devised , and I trust that our brethren in other distant lands will not
be slow to copy the noble example of the brethren in Alexandria , and thus make the true influence of Freemasonry to be felt more sensibly throughout the world . G . S . SNI' . I . I . GROVK , Lodge No . 12 .
ECCLESIASTICAL GLUTTONS . —The monks of St . Swithin , at AA'inchestcr , were bold enough to carry a protest to the feet of King Henry , eked out by many floods of I ears , to the effect that llieir bishop , who was also their abbot , had taken away three of tlicir dishes .
The king ini | iiirc ( l willi great concern how many Ihey had left , and , on hearing lliat they had ten , declared with a round o . ilh that he was contented with three , and therefore kicked out his gluttonous subjects , with a promise that in future llieir courses would be reduced to the same number . — Pood Journal .
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Consecration Of A New Lodge At Topsham.
In the afternoon the brethren dined together in a large room on thc premises of Messrs . Holman , shipbuilders . Upwards of 1 S 0 Masons were present .
Jottings From Masonic Journals.
Jottings from Masonic Journals .
—*—GENERAL MELLINET has been re-elected Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France by a majority of one-third of the voters . Bro . Carnot ' s candidature was supported by 118 brethren . AVe congratulate Grand Master Mellinet upon the result .
THERE are 28 lodges in Switzerland under the Grand Lodge " Alpina . " A MASONIC monthly review called' 'La Fraternida ' is now published at Seville . THE lodge " Igualdad" ( Equality ) at Madrid has 72 members , including a number of advocates ,
physicians , ancl men of letters . Five new . lodges " Razon , " " Luz , " " Constancia , " "Jnsticia , " and " Libertad , " have recently been opened in the same city . THE lodge " La A ^ erdaderc Iniciacion" at
Barcelona , originally established by Bro . Jose Victory in 1855 , has just been rcvivedjby its founder in that city . Bros . Angucra , Cardona , Morera , Molins , ancl Percy are the leading officers of thc lodge , which at present works in the French or modern rite .
A MOVEMENT has been initiated under the auspices of the lodge " L'Etoile Polaire" at Battignolles , Paris , for thc establishment of schools for thc professional instruction of women . FROM the New York Despatch we extract the following answer to a corresponpent : — " READER .
—To keep thc head covered at all sacred performances is a custom of the Jews , brought over from the Orient . It is customary to do so , and an old custom becomes a matter of conscience with the multitude . Therefore a Jew would certainly object to taking the oath , pray , or read the Bible with his head uncovered . The oath is no less valid if the
head be uncovered , still thc strict Jew would prefer taking it with covered head . The priests and Levitcs in the tabernacle ( as also in the temple ) certainly had their heads covered , as is evident from the description of thc mitsnephetli , " the cap , " described in the law for the ministers of the tabernacle . "
DISPENSATIONS have been granted to tweniy lodges , six chapters , and one commandery in Missouri since the session of the Grand Lodge in October , 186 9 . A ' . E . SIR J D . VINCIL , D . G . C ., has been appointed by the Grand Commander of Kentucky
the representative of that body near the Grand Commandery of Missouri . New A ' ork is represented by Sir George Frank Gouley . THE Macounick Wcekblad , of Amsterdam , notices the fact that a new lodge in London has been named after that truly-benevolent lady Miss Burdett Coutts .
THE Rapfiel Maconnii / ue , of Brussels , appears to be an organ ofthe free thinkers , and not ofthe free Masons , and most of its contributors sound the praises of democracy and materialism , instead of recording or illustrating the progress of the Craft . As political articles , these writings may be very
well , but they are decidedly out of place in a professedly Masonic publication . THE Freemasons' Journal , of Montreal , contains a long report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Maine , U . S . A .,
recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec—a course which has since been unanimously adopted by the Maine Grand Lodge . No other solution of the difficulty is practicable , or , indeed , desirable , as we intimaied many weeks
ago . THE Freemasons' Journal also alludes to the illegal action taken by the Hon . William Bagley , formerly D . G . M . of Montreal , under England , in reference to thc St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 E . R ., at Montreal . Bro . Bagley has no jurisdiction in
thc matter , having for some years ceased to act as District Grand Master . The Journal thus notices our labours : — " We have received THE FREEMASON ( London ) of April 23 rd . It contains a leading editorial ( nearly three columns ) of great ability , in favour of the M . AA \ Grand Lodge of Quebec . "
OUR old friend the Voice of Masonry of Chicago , U . S . A ., is as well edited as ever . The May number is embellished with a line portrait of ill . Bro . Joshiah H . Druinmond , 33 " , the talented Chief of the Supreme Grand Council at Charleston , whose Masonic memoirs is also given . The selections and original articles in the Voice arc always excellent . THE Crajtsman , of Hamilton , Ontario , contains a portrait and memoir of Col , AA . M . AA'ilson . the first
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Grand Master of Canada . It is also , as might have been expected , full of the Masonic " schism " in the Dominion . A handsome Past Principal ' s jewel , set with rubies and diamonds , has been presented to Bro . T . Bird Harris . G . Secretary , by St . John ' s Lodge , No . 40 , Hamilton , Ontario . The death of
Bro . Charles M'Ctic , the " oldest Mason in thc world , " is noted . Bro . McCue was born in county Antrim , Ireland , on thc 14 th June , 1757 , was initiated in Lodge No . 404 , Ireland , in 1775 , and died 5 th May , 186 9 , at Ingersoll , Canada , aged 112 years , 10 months , and 25 days . Verily , a true patriarch 1
The following is a statement of the numerical strength of the Masonic Fraternity in the United States and British Provinces , from latest Grand Lodge returns r—Alabama , 10 , 729 Mississippi , 11 , 300 Arkansas , 8 , 187 Missouri , 16 , 390
13 . Columbia , 142 Montana , 545 California , 8 , 853 Nebraska , 74 S Canada , 8 , 787 Mevada , 799 Colorado , 768 New Brunswick , 1 , 419 Connecticut , 12 , 78 4 New Hampshire , 6 , 431 Delaware , 930 New Jersey , 7 , 729
Diss . Columbia , 2 , 407 New A ' ork , 70 , 079 Florida , 1 , 902 No . Carolina , 10 , 715 Georgia , 16 , 469 Nova Scotia , t 2 , 000 Idaho , 279 Ohio , 23 , 762 Illinois , 33 . 996 Oregon , 1 , 343 Indiana , 21 , 205 I ' ensylvania , 3 l , 3 oS Iowa , 11 , 463 Rhode Island , 3 , 013
Kansas , * 2 , 645 So . Carolina , 14 , 000 Kentucky , 19 , 484 Tennessee , 18 , 471 Lousiana , 7 , 131 Texas , 10 , 506 Maine , 14 , 121 A ermont , 7 , Maryland , 4 , 913 Virginia , 7 , 867 Massachusetts , 19 , 581 Washington , 359 Michigan , 20 , 346 AVest A'irginia , 1 , 8 45 Minnesota , 3 , 650 AA'iscousin , 8 , 551
lolal , 491 , 190 * For 1868 . + Estimated . These figures do not include those Masons who are not members of any lodge . They are the
returns ofthe year ending in 1 S 6 9 , and show upon an average the number existing May 1 , 186 9 . Add to these figures those who are not members of a lodge , those who have joined since the returns were made , and those who have not yet taken the third degree , and the total approximates 600 , 000 .
Freemasonry In Egypt.
FREEMASONRY IN EGYPT .
A few observations upon this subject from one who has just returned to England after a lengthened stay in Egypt , may not be uninteresting to thc numerous brethren who are subscribers to your valuable journal . Although
Freemasonry was not actually originated in Egypt , yet it is well-known that the Egyptian nation was of the first that sought to he initiated into its mysteries and privileges , and so univer sally was it diffused over tlie country that even
to this day many ofthe ordinary modes of salutation by the people may be clearly traced back to ancient Freemasonry for they are manifestly imperfect copies of some of our signs . AVith these fads before us it does appear strange that
we do not find any old lodges in the country , but since the days of Pythagoras and other ancient philosophers , who were real working Masons , and whose delight it was to scalier for and near the principles of Freemasonry , many centuries
have elapsed during the latter part of which time the old ardent spirit of our brethren forefathers appears to have almost died out . It was therefore extremely gratifying to me to find that a revival of our institutions had been
progressing in Alexandria ever since the first modern lodge " Pyramid " was instituted about eight or nine years ago under the Grand Orient of France , then followed the St . John ' a No . 199 , under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of
. England and the lodge Ecossais , No . 166 , which all continue in a nourishing condition . Of Italian lodges three have been established and kept up—viz . : the Nuova Pompijri , Mien ' s , and Abraham Lincoln . The majority of the brethren in Egypt de-
Freemasonry In Egypt.
cidedly j > refer the mode of working used in lodge to be that sanctioned by the Grand Lodge of England , hence from the St . John ' s has sprung the Zetland ; and the Italians are most anxious to open a lodge of their own under the
English Constitution , similarly . Several have been established at Cairo , and among the most flourishing may be mentioned the Bulmer ( worked in English ) , La Grecia ( in Greek ) , and Concordia ( in Italian ) . The Sphynx Lodge ( German ) is also doing well .
It will be remembered that about three years ago the Grand Lodge of England appointed H . H . Prince Halim Pasha , Grand Master for Egypt , much to the satisfaction of the Craft in general . Unfortunately a disagreement sprung
up between him and the Viceroy , of so serious a nature that for the last two years the Prince has been exiled . A reconciliation between these great men is , however , looked forward to , as the Khedive is desirous that his son should become
a l ' reemason , and our Egyptian brethren are confident that the young Prince will not plead the cause of his illustrious Grand Master , with his father in vain ; should this happy result follow , which can scarcely be doubted , it will add
one more proof of the value of Freemasonry to humanity , and one more jewel to the thousands which shine with undiminished lustre in its glorious crown . We see in Egypt what is never to be found in
this country , or perhaps in any other : Lodges composed of half-dozen or more different creeds and nationalities ; there you may see in one lodge Arabs , Turks , English , French , Germans , Italians ,
Greeks , and others , all working harmoniously together—another instance of the universality and benign influence of Freemasonry upon mankind .
Our Egyptian brethren , however , do more than live peacefully in their lodges , for during the fearful visitation of cholera , which occurred in 1865 , when the deaths daily were numbered by thousands , the members of the Lodge Pyramid
lost no time in forming a committee , with the members of the other Alexandrian lodges , for the relief of the sufferers , without distinction of creed , sect , or nation ; night and day were the brethren seen visiting the sick , and
gratuitously dispensing medicines to the poor creatures , who would otherwise have died from neglect , and helping those who were too poor and too prostrate to help themselves . Years upon years will pass e ' er the acts of our brethren in
Alexandria , m the year 1865 , shall have been forgotten . They arc not however content to rest upon their past generous deeds , and are now making great efforts to establish a Masonic Dispensary , to be supported by donations and subscriptions ; its
object is to supply medicines gratuitously to the really deserving poor , of which there are multitudes in Alexandria . A more laudable undertaking could not have been devised , and I trust that our brethren in other distant lands will not
be slow to copy the noble example of the brethren in Alexandria , and thus make the true influence of Freemasonry to be felt more sensibly throughout the world . G . S . SNI' . I . I . GROVK , Lodge No . 12 .
ECCLESIASTICAL GLUTTONS . —The monks of St . Swithin , at AA'inchestcr , were bold enough to carry a protest to the feet of King Henry , eked out by many floods of I ears , to the effect that llieir bishop , who was also their abbot , had taken away three of tlicir dishes .
The king ini | iiirc ( l willi great concern how many Ihey had left , and , on hearing lliat they had ten , declared with a round o . ilh that he was contented with three , and therefore kicked out his gluttonous subjects , with a promise that in future llieir courses would be reduced to the same number . — Pood Journal .