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Table Of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
PAGE . FOREIGN NOTES US * THE EDITOR 1 * 5 FOREIGN MASONIC INTELLIGENCE 145 GRAND I MPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF BOMB AND C ONSTANTINE 145 INELIGIBILITY OP BASTARDS AND THE MAIMED AS FREEMASONS Xi 6
OBITDARYBro . Wm . Allatson ... 146 THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE 140 THE CRAFT—Metropolitan , Provincial , and Foreign 147 ORDERS OF C HIVALRY—Provincial 147 THE LODGE OF B ENEVOLENCE 147
THE FALL OF A BRIDGE AT KONIGSBEHG 147 CONSECRATION OF EARL OF DURHAM LODGE . No . 1274 148 PROV . GRAND LODGE OF S OMERSET 145 EXTRACT 149 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 150 CAN SDCH THINGS BE ? 150 MASONIC HOSPITALITY 151
PAPERS ON MASONRYNo . XXV . —Masonry and National Education ... 151 MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIESThe High Degrees 151 LAYING THE FODNDATION STONE OF THE DUMFRIES
AND GALLOWAY NEW ROYAL INFIRMARY ... 152 AN ESSAY 153 EOYAL ARCH JEWEL 154 THE CASE OF WILLIAM PRESTON 154 MASONIC FONERAL IN SPAIN 155 YOUNG FREEMASONS ] 55 SUPREME COUNCIL , NEW YORK 155 CONSECRATION OF THE BURDETT-C OUTTS LODGE , NO . 1278 I 56 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 156
To The W. Masters And Secretaries Of All Lodges Under The Grand Lodges Of Great Britain And Ireland.
To the W . Masters and Secretaries of all Lodges under the Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland .
Wo have forwarded two copies of this week ' s " FREEMASON " to every Lodge at home and abroad under the British , and Irisli Grand Lodges , and request the fraternal co-operation of the Masters and other Officers in making our Journal known to tho brethren .
Inasmuch as we have received several letters from subscribers in the colonies who state thafc they heard of the paper by accident , we therefore take this opportunity of bringing it under the special notice of every Lodge in the British Dominions .
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
FOREIGN NOTES BY THE EDITOR .
General Mellinet , Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France , has resigned his post as Commander of the National Guard of Paris , and has been succeeded by General d' Antemarro d' Erville . Since his election as successor to Marshal Magnan ,
the General has greatly increased the prestige of tho Grand Orient by maintaining order in tho ateliers , and repressing thc thoughtless attempts of a factious minority to override the landmarks of the Craft . Wo do not agree with
his American policy , but on the whole his rule has been wise and judicious . The General Regulations of the Rite Ecossais in France , aro now being revised by a Commission ¦ who recommend in their report that the words ,
"Adoration of the Great Architect of the Universe , " be expunged from the first article of the rules relating to tho objects of Freemasonry , and that a clause be inserted to the effect that Freemasonry respects all beliefs relating to the
Infinite Power designated under tho name of T . G . A . O . T . U . They aro careful , however , to retain the exploded lie about the Scotch
Constitutions of Frederick the Great , who never went beyond the grade of a Master Mason , much less invented tho degrees which are propounded in his name .
If the so-called Scottish Rite is to be deprived of its Christian character , it loses its raison d ' etre , and tho sooner it collapses tho better . The lodge * ' George Washington " at Palermo , another child
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
of the Scottish Rite , publishes its rules , from which the cardinal doctrines of belief in a God and in the immortality of the soul have been studiously eliminated . An interesting ceremonial took place recently
in the lodge " Ddrnophiles , " at Tours , when eleven young lewises 01 * lowtons , as the French call them , were Masonically adopted by the lodge , which also celebrated on the same day the fiftieth year of the Masonic career of Bro . Bazonge ,
Past Master and founder of the lodge , and Past Most Wise of the Chapter . Deputations from other lodges were present , and a large number of of ladies likewise participated in the proceedings . The altar was covered with fruit and flowers ,
and we are glad to note that the Master , Bro . Meneu , commenced the ceremony by invoking the blessing of T . G . A . O . T . U . on the work ofthe assembly , and then delivered an admirable discourse to his audience .
A Masonic Congress was held at Rennes on the 25 th July , the proceedings of which have only transpired within the last week . It was held under the auspices of the Lodge of Perfect Union , and nine other lodges , including " Mars
and the Arts" of Nantes , " Rose of Perfect Silence" of Mons , " Star of two Worlds " of St . Nazaire , "Friends of Sully" of Brest , and the Lodge "La Cesaree" No . 590 of Jersey . Bro . Guillot , Venerable of "la Parfaite Union , "
presided , and the visiting brethren were received under the " Arch of steel . " We note that our distinguished [ Bro . James Gallieune , P . D . P . Grand Master for Guernsey , headed the English deputation and a better representative of our
Craft could not be found , as he combines the desiderata of being a thoro-ngh gentleman and an accomplished Mason . The veteran Bro . Albert Schmitt , P . G . Secretary of Jersey , and a pillar of the Order in the Channel Islands , expressed
the thanks of the English visitors for the kind reception accorded them . The discussion was well sustained by Bros . Guepiu , Ionast , Goussault , Villiers , and Le Merre , and among other subjects broached reference was made to the
forthcoming CEcumenical Councilat Rome , and to the refusal of General Mellinet to permit the assembly of a Masonic Council in opposition , wherein we think the worth y General was right . Bro . Guepin passed in review the various systems
of St . Simon , Fourier , and the Positivists . Bro . Jouast was presented with a medal of honor for his Masonic labours , and was further saluted with a " triple battery " of acclamations . At the banquet which followed , Bro . Gallieune
humorouslv objected to the term "foreign brethren " used in the programme of toasts being applied to himself or the English brethren who accompanied him , and hoped his Breton freres would find another word in the French language
which , having the same meaning , would express it in a better manner . The English brethren , we aro informed , subsequently chanted their national hymn , " God save the King ! " if this be correct our French friends' hospitality must
have been potent , to make our countrymen forget the sex of their monarch . Tho entire meeting , however , wns one of the most fraternal aud joyous description , and wo are indebted to our Jersey and Guernsey brethren ! for so nobly
maintaining tho entente cordiale which prevails between the French and English Freemasons . It is announced that a general congress of the Craft will be shortl y held at Berlin , at which 400 deputations from lodges will bo present . Cui boni 1
Another congress is to bo held under the wing of the Lodgo " Anglaise , " at Bourdcaux , at the end of next month . It may interest somo of our readers to see a
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
list of some of the principal lodges in Belguim , where our brave Volunteers are now being feted . Antwerp , " La Perseverance e ties Eleves de Themis "; Brussels , " Les Vrais Amis de l'lJnion et du Progres reunis , " and " Les Amis Philanthropes "; Ghent , "Le Septentrion et Ia Liberie " ; Louvain , " La Constance " ; Alost
" LejRcveil " - Charleroi , L'Aveniret l'lndustrie " Mons , " La Parfaite Union "; Huy , " La Parfaite Intelligence " •Verviers , " Les Philadelphes "; Liege ; ' ' La Parfaite Intelligence et l'Etoile retimes" j Namur , "La Bonne Amitie" ; Spa , " L ' Avenir . " New lodges will shortly be formed at Hasselt , Arbon , Malines , Ostend , Bruges , and Tournay .
Foreign Masoic Intelligence.
ganiQii gj & Rsaxc Juielujcjctta —?—
BELGIUM . A great Masonic banquet has just taken place at Liege , where the Tir International is now being held . Nearly 600 brethren attended , including representatives from the Grand Orient
of France , the Grand Lodges of England , Scotland , Ireland , the 'Netherlands , Italy , aud various bodies in Germany . Great enthusiasm prevailed , and the proceedings were entirely successful .
BRITISH KAFFEARIA . KING WILLIAM ' TOWN . —The annual meeting of the British K . ' iffrarian Lodge , No 853 , E . C . was held on St . John ' s day , when the following brethren were installed as officers for
the ensuing year , viz . : Bro . Charles J . Egan , P . M ,, as Worshipful Master in the presence of Past Masters G . P . Perks , F . J . Lonsdale , and E . B . Chalmers , Bros . Jas . Mclntyre , S . W . ; George
R . Street , J . W . ; Thos . R . M . Cole , Sec . ; Chas . Musgrove , S . D . ; Thos Tidmarsh , J . D . ; Jas . Wellbeloved , I . G . ; W . H . Egan and J . Drayton , Stewards . A festival was afterwards held , and the brethren separated in peace and harmony ,
Grand Imperial Council Of The Order Of Rome & Constantine.
GRAND IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF ROME & CONSTANTINE .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have great pleasure in sending you , by direction of Lord Kenlis , the accompanying extract from the minute of the Executive Committee , and remain , Yours fraternally , R .. WENTWORTH LITTLE , Grand Recorder .
" At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Grand Council , held on the 14 th September , the Grand Recorder informed tho members that he had received from Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary of tho Grand Lodge of England , a MS . ritual of the ceremonial observed
at the installation of a Knight Grand Cross of tho Order during the Grand Mastership of his late Royal Highness the Duko of Sussex , and which manuscript had been discovered by the Grand Secretary amongst certain papers iu the archives of Grand Lodge . " It was thereupon unanimously
resolved"' That the cordial thanks of this Committee , as the representatives of the Red Cross Order , are eminently due , and are hereby tendered , to the V . W . Brother John Hervey , Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , for the recovery of this important document , and for the truly Masonic spirit which actuated the V . W Brother in so promptly restoring it to the custody of the Order to which it legally appertains . '
" ( Signed ) JERSEY , Chairman . * ' FRAS . BURDETT , Lieut .-Col . \ W , II . HUBBARD r -r . HENRY G . Buss \ Executive R . WENTWORTH LITTLE ( Committee . JNO . G . MARSH J ( Approved ) KENLIS , G . Sovereign . "
To CONSUMPTIVES . —A grateful father is desirous sending by mail , free of charge to all who wish it , a copy of the prescription by which his daughter was re-tored to perfect health from confirmed Consumption , after having been given up by her physicians and despaired of hy her father , a well-known physician , who has now discontinued practice . Sent to any person free . —Address O . P . Drown , Secretary , 2 , King-street . Covent-garden , London . ADVT .
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Table Of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
PAGE . FOREIGN NOTES US * THE EDITOR 1 * 5 FOREIGN MASONIC INTELLIGENCE 145 GRAND I MPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF BOMB AND C ONSTANTINE 145 INELIGIBILITY OP BASTARDS AND THE MAIMED AS FREEMASONS Xi 6
OBITDARYBro . Wm . Allatson ... 146 THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE 140 THE CRAFT—Metropolitan , Provincial , and Foreign 147 ORDERS OF C HIVALRY—Provincial 147 THE LODGE OF B ENEVOLENCE 147
THE FALL OF A BRIDGE AT KONIGSBEHG 147 CONSECRATION OF EARL OF DURHAM LODGE . No . 1274 148 PROV . GRAND LODGE OF S OMERSET 145 EXTRACT 149 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 150 CAN SDCH THINGS BE ? 150 MASONIC HOSPITALITY 151
PAPERS ON MASONRYNo . XXV . —Masonry and National Education ... 151 MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIESThe High Degrees 151 LAYING THE FODNDATION STONE OF THE DUMFRIES
AND GALLOWAY NEW ROYAL INFIRMARY ... 152 AN ESSAY 153 EOYAL ARCH JEWEL 154 THE CASE OF WILLIAM PRESTON 154 MASONIC FONERAL IN SPAIN 155 YOUNG FREEMASONS ] 55 SUPREME COUNCIL , NEW YORK 155 CONSECRATION OF THE BURDETT-C OUTTS LODGE , NO . 1278 I 56 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 156
To The W. Masters And Secretaries Of All Lodges Under The Grand Lodges Of Great Britain And Ireland.
To the W . Masters and Secretaries of all Lodges under the Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland .
Wo have forwarded two copies of this week ' s " FREEMASON " to every Lodge at home and abroad under the British , and Irisli Grand Lodges , and request the fraternal co-operation of the Masters and other Officers in making our Journal known to tho brethren .
Inasmuch as we have received several letters from subscribers in the colonies who state thafc they heard of the paper by accident , we therefore take this opportunity of bringing it under the special notice of every Lodge in the British Dominions .
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
FOREIGN NOTES BY THE EDITOR .
General Mellinet , Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France , has resigned his post as Commander of the National Guard of Paris , and has been succeeded by General d' Antemarro d' Erville . Since his election as successor to Marshal Magnan ,
the General has greatly increased the prestige of tho Grand Orient by maintaining order in tho ateliers , and repressing thc thoughtless attempts of a factious minority to override the landmarks of the Craft . Wo do not agree with
his American policy , but on the whole his rule has been wise and judicious . The General Regulations of the Rite Ecossais in France , aro now being revised by a Commission ¦ who recommend in their report that the words ,
"Adoration of the Great Architect of the Universe , " be expunged from the first article of the rules relating to tho objects of Freemasonry , and that a clause be inserted to the effect that Freemasonry respects all beliefs relating to the
Infinite Power designated under tho name of T . G . A . O . T . U . They aro careful , however , to retain the exploded lie about the Scotch
Constitutions of Frederick the Great , who never went beyond the grade of a Master Mason , much less invented tho degrees which are propounded in his name .
If the so-called Scottish Rite is to be deprived of its Christian character , it loses its raison d ' etre , and tho sooner it collapses tho better . The lodge * ' George Washington " at Palermo , another child
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
of the Scottish Rite , publishes its rules , from which the cardinal doctrines of belief in a God and in the immortality of the soul have been studiously eliminated . An interesting ceremonial took place recently
in the lodge " Ddrnophiles , " at Tours , when eleven young lewises 01 * lowtons , as the French call them , were Masonically adopted by the lodge , which also celebrated on the same day the fiftieth year of the Masonic career of Bro . Bazonge ,
Past Master and founder of the lodge , and Past Most Wise of the Chapter . Deputations from other lodges were present , and a large number of of ladies likewise participated in the proceedings . The altar was covered with fruit and flowers ,
and we are glad to note that the Master , Bro . Meneu , commenced the ceremony by invoking the blessing of T . G . A . O . T . U . on the work ofthe assembly , and then delivered an admirable discourse to his audience .
A Masonic Congress was held at Rennes on the 25 th July , the proceedings of which have only transpired within the last week . It was held under the auspices of the Lodge of Perfect Union , and nine other lodges , including " Mars
and the Arts" of Nantes , " Rose of Perfect Silence" of Mons , " Star of two Worlds " of St . Nazaire , "Friends of Sully" of Brest , and the Lodge "La Cesaree" No . 590 of Jersey . Bro . Guillot , Venerable of "la Parfaite Union , "
presided , and the visiting brethren were received under the " Arch of steel . " We note that our distinguished [ Bro . James Gallieune , P . D . P . Grand Master for Guernsey , headed the English deputation and a better representative of our
Craft could not be found , as he combines the desiderata of being a thoro-ngh gentleman and an accomplished Mason . The veteran Bro . Albert Schmitt , P . G . Secretary of Jersey , and a pillar of the Order in the Channel Islands , expressed
the thanks of the English visitors for the kind reception accorded them . The discussion was well sustained by Bros . Guepiu , Ionast , Goussault , Villiers , and Le Merre , and among other subjects broached reference was made to the
forthcoming CEcumenical Councilat Rome , and to the refusal of General Mellinet to permit the assembly of a Masonic Council in opposition , wherein we think the worth y General was right . Bro . Guepin passed in review the various systems
of St . Simon , Fourier , and the Positivists . Bro . Jouast was presented with a medal of honor for his Masonic labours , and was further saluted with a " triple battery " of acclamations . At the banquet which followed , Bro . Gallieune
humorouslv objected to the term "foreign brethren " used in the programme of toasts being applied to himself or the English brethren who accompanied him , and hoped his Breton freres would find another word in the French language
which , having the same meaning , would express it in a better manner . The English brethren , we aro informed , subsequently chanted their national hymn , " God save the King ! " if this be correct our French friends' hospitality must
have been potent , to make our countrymen forget the sex of their monarch . Tho entire meeting , however , wns one of the most fraternal aud joyous description , and wo are indebted to our Jersey and Guernsey brethren ! for so nobly
maintaining tho entente cordiale which prevails between the French and English Freemasons . It is announced that a general congress of the Craft will be shortl y held at Berlin , at which 400 deputations from lodges will bo present . Cui boni 1
Another congress is to bo held under the wing of the Lodgo " Anglaise , " at Bourdcaux , at the end of next month . It may interest somo of our readers to see a
Foreign Notes By The Editor.
list of some of the principal lodges in Belguim , where our brave Volunteers are now being feted . Antwerp , " La Perseverance e ties Eleves de Themis "; Brussels , " Les Vrais Amis de l'lJnion et du Progres reunis , " and " Les Amis Philanthropes "; Ghent , "Le Septentrion et Ia Liberie " ; Louvain , " La Constance " ; Alost
" LejRcveil " - Charleroi , L'Aveniret l'lndustrie " Mons , " La Parfaite Union "; Huy , " La Parfaite Intelligence " •Verviers , " Les Philadelphes "; Liege ; ' ' La Parfaite Intelligence et l'Etoile retimes" j Namur , "La Bonne Amitie" ; Spa , " L ' Avenir . " New lodges will shortly be formed at Hasselt , Arbon , Malines , Ostend , Bruges , and Tournay .
Foreign Masoic Intelligence.
ganiQii gj & Rsaxc Juielujcjctta —?—
BELGIUM . A great Masonic banquet has just taken place at Liege , where the Tir International is now being held . Nearly 600 brethren attended , including representatives from the Grand Orient
of France , the Grand Lodges of England , Scotland , Ireland , the 'Netherlands , Italy , aud various bodies in Germany . Great enthusiasm prevailed , and the proceedings were entirely successful .
BRITISH KAFFEARIA . KING WILLIAM ' TOWN . —The annual meeting of the British K . ' iffrarian Lodge , No 853 , E . C . was held on St . John ' s day , when the following brethren were installed as officers for
the ensuing year , viz . : Bro . Charles J . Egan , P . M ,, as Worshipful Master in the presence of Past Masters G . P . Perks , F . J . Lonsdale , and E . B . Chalmers , Bros . Jas . Mclntyre , S . W . ; George
R . Street , J . W . ; Thos . R . M . Cole , Sec . ; Chas . Musgrove , S . D . ; Thos Tidmarsh , J . D . ; Jas . Wellbeloved , I . G . ; W . H . Egan and J . Drayton , Stewards . A festival was afterwards held , and the brethren separated in peace and harmony ,
Grand Imperial Council Of The Order Of Rome & Constantine.
GRAND IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF ROME & CONSTANTINE .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have great pleasure in sending you , by direction of Lord Kenlis , the accompanying extract from the minute of the Executive Committee , and remain , Yours fraternally , R .. WENTWORTH LITTLE , Grand Recorder .
" At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Grand Council , held on the 14 th September , the Grand Recorder informed tho members that he had received from Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary of tho Grand Lodge of England , a MS . ritual of the ceremonial observed
at the installation of a Knight Grand Cross of tho Order during the Grand Mastership of his late Royal Highness the Duko of Sussex , and which manuscript had been discovered by the Grand Secretary amongst certain papers iu the archives of Grand Lodge . " It was thereupon unanimously
resolved"' That the cordial thanks of this Committee , as the representatives of the Red Cross Order , are eminently due , and are hereby tendered , to the V . W . Brother John Hervey , Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , for the recovery of this important document , and for the truly Masonic spirit which actuated the V . W Brother in so promptly restoring it to the custody of the Order to which it legally appertains . '
" ( Signed ) JERSEY , Chairman . * ' FRAS . BURDETT , Lieut .-Col . \ W , II . HUBBARD r -r . HENRY G . Buss \ Executive R . WENTWORTH LITTLE ( Committee . JNO . G . MARSH J ( Approved ) KENLIS , G . Sovereign . "
To CONSUMPTIVES . —A grateful father is desirous sending by mail , free of charge to all who wish it , a copy of the prescription by which his daughter was re-tored to perfect health from confirmed Consumption , after having been given up by her physicians and despaired of hy her father , a well-known physician , who has now discontinued practice . Sent to any person free . —Address O . P . Drown , Secretary , 2 , King-street . Covent-garden , London . ADVT .