Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

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THE GRAFT . PROVINCIAL . * HAVANT . — Carnarvon Lodge , No . f 04 . — The installation of the Worshiphil Masterfovtheensuing year of the above lodge , took place on Tuesday week at the Black Dog inn . There was a good attendance of the brethren , and after the transaction of the ordinary business the W . M .-elect ( Bro . II . T .

Betteswor'h . of Hornden . it , ) was presented for installation to the retiring AV . M . ( Bro . F . G . Brad > ear ) , who performed the wholeof the impressive cercm'ony with much ability . At the conclusion the W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . P . G . Bradbear , I . P . M .: A . Reynolds , S . W . ; M .

Wenhain , J . W . ; J . AVeeks , P . M ., Treas . ; H . M . Green , Secretary ; J . N . Hillman , P . M ., D . C . E . Good , S . D . ; G . J . Brine , J . D . ; A . Mitchell , I . G . ; A King and J . Clay , Stewards . On the motion of Bro . G . A . Gale , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Forbes , P . M ., it was resolved to present a vote of thanks

and a past secretary ' s jewel to Bro . Hitman , P . M ., in recognition of the valuable services be has rendered the lodge as secretary for some years . It should be mentioned that the whole of the Past Masters of the above lodge were present on this occasion , besides the AV . M . ' s and several P . M . 's of

neighbouring lodges . After the loibe was closed about 30 of the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet , at which the W . M . presided . CORNWALL , — Carcw Lodge , No 113 ( 1 . —The regular meeting ofthe above lodge was held on Monday . July 19 th . The lodge was opened in ancient and

solemn form by Bro . J . Ryder , W . M , supported by all the officers . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . Bros . Corum and Welch , being candidates for the F . C . degree , were examined and duly passed . Messrs . D . Hicks

and G . Buckthought were then balloted ( brand being accepted where duly admitted into the ancient mysteries of Freemasonry , in a most impressive manner , by Bro . J . Ryder . The brethren then adjourned and spent a happy hour together . Several visiting brethren were present .

Orders Of Chivalry

ORDERS OF CHIVALRY

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . Kemys Tynte Encampment . —The members of this highly-esteemed Encampment met at their field of encampment at the Masonic Hall , Woolwich , on Friday , the 16 th inst .. under the command ( in the absence of the EC . ) of Sir Knight Joseph Ta \ l > r .

P . E . C , who , with the vo . y efficient assistance ofthe various officers , in a most able manner installed Comp . Herbert Edmunds , of the Royal Union Chapter , as a Knight Companion of this Royal , Exalted , Religious , and Military Order .

Provincial Grand Encampment Of Kent.

PROVINCIAL GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KENT .

The county of Kent boasts of having one of the best Provincial Grand Encampments in England and Wales , the annual meeting of which was held at the Masonic Hall , Woolwich , on Friday , the 10 th instant . The Prov . Grand Commander . Sir Knidit Colonel

Clerk , K . A ., opened the Prov . Grand Encampment in ample form . There were present—Dep . P . G . Comr . Sir Knt . W . Smith . C . E . ; Sir Knt , P . Lain I , P . G . Chancellor ; Sir Knight G . W . Tavlor , P . O . Treasurer ; Sir Knt , Joseph Taylor , 1 st P . G . Captain ; J . W . Figg , 2 nd

P . G . Capt . ; Sir Knt . Ca ) t . W . P Dadson . niul other knights , with Sir Knt . Joseph Forrester as P . G . Expert ; Sir Knt . T . W . Boord , P . G . Capt . of Lines ; Sir Knt . Geo . Kennin . * , & c . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Encampment having been , read and confirmed , tie PROV

GRAND CHANCELLOR read the report of the Committee of Management , which was adopted , lie also read the Statutes of the Prov Grand Conclave , as drawn up by the Managi- g Committee , which were approved , and ordered to be printed and circulated to the Sir Knights of the province . The Pnov . GRAND COMMANDER appointed the following Sir Knights as his officers for the ensuing

year : — AV . Smith , Dep . P . G . Commander ; Capt . G . J . Saudenian , P . G . Prelate ; Joseph Taylor , 1 st P . G . Captain ; George Cockle . 2 nd P . G . C : ptain ; P . Uird . P . G . Chancellor ; G . W . Taylor , P . G . Trea . urcr ;

T . Harrison , P . G . Hospitaller ; J . W . Figg , P . G . Direct ™ of Ceremonies ; Joseph Forrester , P G . Expert : J . AV . Boord , P . G . Captain of Lines ; George Kenning , P . G . Sword bearer ; Frater Henderson , P . G . Equery . The Very Eminent P . G . Commander , having invested the officers of the Provincial Grand Encamp-

Provincial Grand Encampment Of Kent.

ment with tlieir collars of office ( a complete suite of which had beeu most liberally presented to the Provincial Grand Conclave by the V . E . Sir Kni ght Colonel Clerk ) , tbe Provincial Grand Conclave was closed in solemn form , and the Sir Knights adjourned to Bro . De Gray ' s at the Freemasons' Hotel ^ AVoolwich .

It is anticipated that two or more Encampments will shortly be opened in the province of Kent . Thar stations , it is said , will be Dover and Chatham .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

AVe publish the annexed notice of a Special Grand Lodge for the information of the brethren : — "W . BROTHER , —At the Quarterly Commun ' cacation held on the 2 nd of June , time did not admit

of all the business of that meeting being concluded . The M . AV . Grand Master , feeling that it is undesirable that the Appeals to the Grand Lodge against certain decisions should be further deliyed , has ordered that a Grand Lodge of Emergency be

summoned for the 28 th of July , to dispose of those A ppeals . " You are accordingly hereby summoned to attend a Grand Lodge of Emergency , to be holden at Freemasons' Hall , ou AVednesday , the 28 th day of July ,

1869 , at 6 o ' clock in the evening . " The Graud Lodge to be opened at 7 o ' clock precisely . "The following business only will be taken : — " 1 . Appeal of Bro . Jose Felix Gonzalez agaii sthis

continued suspension by the District Grand Master for Trinidad . " 2 . Appeal of Bro . Antonio G . Julia against his supposed suspension by the District Grand Master for Trinidad .

" Appeal of Bro . John Straughn Patterson against a vote of censure , and Bro . James Alexander Brown against a vote of suspension for 12 months , passed upon them by the St . George's Lodge , No . 440 , Montreal .

( By Command of the M . AV . Grand Master , ) JOHN HERVEY " , G . S . " Freemasons' Hall , London , 19 th July . 18 C 9 .

" N . B . —The papers relating to the uheve Appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the Brethren dut-intr office-hours . ''

A Mystery.

A MYSTERY .

The following incident is told of Malibran , whoso vons excited the most tinromanlic to fully : —She was resting in her dressing room at . ( lie theatre , after singing in the part of Desdcmona , her passionate soul still quivering with the emotion ofthe part and the

tears and applause or her listeners . A person entered and begged her to go to her mother , who had been taken ill . A carriage ( not her own ) was at the door ; she was whirled through the streets , and led , much to her surprise and fair , into a strange house , and to an excellent boudoir , hung and carpeted with rose-colored

silk , where the beautiful songstress was left alone , after being assured by her attendants that her mother was well , that the message was a cruel . subterfuge , but that her captivity would onl y last whilo she sang the song ofthe •' SauV . " On a low seat lay a lyre such as that which tlnilled in Malibran ' s fingers as she

sang Desdeiuoiia ' s touching song . At first she determined to resist , but after a short time of cmini and anxiely , her mind reverted to the evening , and almost unconsciously she took up the instrument , and sang the " Romance de Sntilo . ' As she concluded , sounds of enthusiastic applause and trembling accents of

delig ht came to her tliroiiji Ihe silk hangings , anil she was then conducted b y liveried servants to her carriage and to her home . The next morning she found on her table a casket containing a magnificent pair of earrings , and inside the cover , written in diamonds , was the word " Mcrei . " But the event remained a mystery to her fur ever .

J in-: STAR I . OIIOK , 1 * JO 7 , will be consecrated on Friday , September . 'Jill , at 4 p . m ., at the Marquis of Granby inn . New Cross-road , New Cross . THE globe has semblance to something that hath life—bus vitality in vegetation . The clouds , air and light , arc its food ; the tides are its lungs , the

oceans its a . tones , the rivers its veins ; shows emiitioiiH , as if from a lieart , iu earthquakes and volcanoes , and in affection for the magnet and love for the sun ; changes in disposition by electricity , speaks iu thunder ; and iu the mass moves through tiie heavens like an HI gel . iu obedience to the will of the Great Creator . —Ellis .

Supreme Council, New York.

SUPREME COUNCIL , NEW YORK .

REPORT OF ILL . BRO . ALBERT O . OOODALL , GRAND REPRESENTATIVE , ON FOREIGN RKLATIONS . To the Supreme Council of Sov . Or . Ins Gen . ofthe 33 rd and last degree Ancient Accepted Rite , for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction , U . S . A . ( Continued from last week . )

PORTUGAL , AVith its black and unenviable gloomy record of religious and political persecutions , sodeeply died in the i lood of innocent martyrs , to the savage power of fanatical t . rants , has never been a fruitful field or safe asylum for the Masonic Fraternity , aud

at the present date , when progressive and liberal ideas are breaking the barriers of despotism , and spreading light , knowledge and justice for the universal benefit of mankind , it is difficult to realise that during the present century a diabolical , systematic and fiendish system of Inquisitorial

mummeries should be permitted to control a nation , and exercise at their will the power of seeking to coerce the human mind , by the vilest means of bigotry , under the plea of a religious faith . A German Masonic writer ou this subject has truly said , that " There is a land wherein the light of day never

penetrates ; the pilots through this eternal gloom which there reigns supreme , has no more interesting employment than that of extinguishing evtry ray oi light which may unexpectedly be let in , and render tlieir assistance unnecessary . This land is Portugal , that Paradise of the monks , that seat of ignorance and prejudice , and the theatre of siinerstiiion . "

Such were the critical statements in regard to that country during the past half century , and in many respects they are applicable at the present date . According to some writers , it is claimed that Masonry existed in Portugal ns early ns 11 / 50 , being a sequel to the military order of the Templars , but there are no authentic records to sustain this claim .

It is probable that secret military organizations existed at very remote reriods , confined to the higher grades of society , which were then so divided and exclusive , but having nothing Masonic in their character or teachings . The earliest authentic record that we have of

Masonry in Portugal is about the year 173-1 , when a Lodge was established at Lisbon , under authority of tbe Grand Ledge of England . One account gives the honor to Bro . G . Gordon , and another states that it was Mr . Dogood ; it is probable that each of these parties ( both being English ) had a A \ urraut , <« r

cooperated in the same work . No record is given of their operations or tho fate of the Lodge , but immediately after its existence was known , the prhsthood , aided by thi'a'I-powerfulinquisition , determined to give a practical illustration of their hatred , aud crush out the Order , by punishing the members

wilh all the severity of long and barbarous imprisonment , burn ' ng at the stake , and as galley slaves , which hideous crimes were aided by the civil Government regardless of law , reason , justice , piety or sympathy , save only when they could accomplish tlieir aims , and benefit their own interest under the

hypocritical garb of religion . The next impoi taut and authentic recoil we have is the narrative of John Coustos , published in London , in 1740 , giving the details of his arrest , iu Lisbon , on the 5 th of March , 174 * 5 , by thu usual mode of treachery and secret agents of the

Inquisition ; also of Alex . James Mouton , his companion , who was arrested a few days previous . Coustos , a diamond cutter by trad .-, was Master , and Mouton Warden of the Lodge at the time of tlieir arrest , the former a naturalized Englishman , and the latter a Frenchman . Coustos arrived at Lisbon abou- 1742

and whether lie found a Lodge in working order or founded a new Lodge , the record does not state . Mouton after suffering several mouths in prison with fear of torture on the rack , was released in consequence of being or becoming a Catholic , but Coustos , who was a firm and staunch Protestant

and devoted Mason , was not so fortunate , having remained over two years in the dark subterranean prisons , si me of which are still to be seen iu the gloomy old Convents of Lisbon , and during that time suffered the horrible tortures of those ( lemons on nine different occasions ( engravings and details

of which are g iven in his book ) , fur the purpose of extorting the secrets of Masonry aud compelling him to abandon the Order nud become a Itonian Catholic ; but true to bis faith , bis | rinciples , his oath , he remained steadfast amid the horrors of his sufferings , a bright illustration and defvudir of our

mysteries . The charges or indictments brought against him according to his statement were : — "That I had infringed the Pope ' s inders , by my belonging to the sect of the Free Masons , this sect being a horrid compound of sacrilege , sodomy and

many other abominable crimes , of whivh the inviolable secrecy observed therein aud the exclusion of wonii'ii were but too manifest indications a circumstance that gave tho highest offence to the whole kingdom . And the said Coustos , having , refused to discover to the Inquisitors tad true tendency and