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proved a great succss , there being a large balance for the year , and a still larger balance to the credit of the committee after a careful comparison , between the assets and liabilities . THE JEWS OF FUROPE . By I . V DOLUXGER . Translated from the German by Dr . David Asher , Ph . D ., and Reprinted from the Jrsiidi Chronicle , London : Asher L . Mvers , office of the fcsiish Chronicle ,

2 , Finsbury-square , E . C . 1 SS 1 . This is an address delivered by its reverent and venerable author at the meeting of the Academy of Sciences at Munich , on the 25 th July , 1 SS 1 , by its President , Dr . Dollinger . It is replete with interest , giving , as it does , a concise , yet exhaustive , sketch of the past and present condition of thc Jews in thc different states of Europe .

The Late Grand Secretary Of New York.

THE LATE GRAND SECRETARY OF NEW YORK .

The Masonic editor of the New York Dispatch gives the following account of the Masonic career of the late Bro . J . M . Austin : — " Our first acquaintance with R . W . Bro . Austin was at the annual meetingof the Grand Lodge in 1 S 53 , when he was elc ted Grand Secretary to succeed the late Bro .

James W . Powell , and we have assisted at every subsequent re-election . " Bro . Austin was born at Salem , Washington county , in this state , in 1 S 13 . In his twenty-sixth year he received collegiate honouis in Schenectady , and some four years later his diploma as doctor of medicine at Albany , when he at once entered upon the practice of his honouiable

profession at Waterford and Lansingburg . " Made a Mason in Phcenix Lodge , No . 5 S , at Lansingburg , he passed through its various offices and became its Master . Subsequently he united with others in the formation of Clintion Lodge , No . 140 , at Waterford , and was its first Master . In 1 S 53 he removed to New York city , where he affiliated with Mariner ' s Lodge , No . 67 , and c ntinued

therein until the revival of Howard Lodge , No . 35 , with which he became associated , and of which he died a member , the Degrees of Capitular Masonry having been conferred upon him in 1 S 49 in Phenix Chapter , No . 13- * , at Lansingburg . Upon his removal to thiscity he joined Phenix , No . 2 , and subsequently Orient , No . 13 S , of which he was High Priest for two years . In 1 S 62 he joined Jerusalem

Chapter , No . S , in which death has just severed his membership . In 1 S 59 , having already served as Deputy , he was elected Grand High Priest of our Grand Chapter . At the triennial convocation of the General Grand Chapter held in St . Louis in 1 S 68 , he was elected its presiding officer , and served the term with great distinction ; his address at the end of the official period ranking with any paper ever

before or since presented to that august body . " He received the Cryptic Degrees in Adelphic Council , No . 7 , and the knightly orders in Morton Commandery , both of this city , but never held office in either . " In 1 S 56 he received the Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , up to and including the 32 ° , and ten years later was advanced to the 33 ° , and enrolled as an honorary

member of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction . " He was one of the founders of the association of Masonic Veterans , and served three years as President thereof with great acceptability . " But , after all , his fame will rest upon his great ability and faithful services as Grand Secretary . While as such ,

and as Secretary of the Hall and Asylum Fund , more than two million of dollars passed through his hands ; every cent was promptly accounted for , and as now he rests no one can point to a single act unworthy his fame as a zealous Mason and an honest , upright gentleman . In his domestic relations he was most happy , and the bereaved ones , while feeling the poignant grief of parting with husband and

father , may , when time has assuaged their early sorrow , take courage in the reflection that he had nearly reached the allotted space of human life , that he had borne his honours with thc meekness that belongs to true worth , that his name is indelibly stamped upon the records of Freemasonry , and that , not alone among his immediate associates , but to the uttermost ends of the earth , among the

Craftsmen , there will be sorrow for his departure , and his memory will be cherished as one who , having faithfully wrought his appointed task , entered with sublime faith upon the well-earned rest . " Having maintained official as well as social relations with him for a quarter of a century , we can know the man apart from his office , and we can say that the pages of his life , as one by one they are examined , are his best eulogy ,

and that his most fitting epitaph will be found in the long record of his services and devotion to Masonry . " And now . while his cares are forgotten , the last stage of life ' s fitful journey ended—he sleeps the sleep that knows no earthly awakening , we offer to the dear ones to whom his life was devoted , the assurance of our most tender sympathy , looking forward to a reunion beyond the sorrows of this transitory life , commending to the brethren , wherever dispersed , the example of his long and useful career , for

" ' This is true glory and renown , when God , Looking on the earth with approbation , marks The just man , and divulges h m through heav'n To all his angels , who , with true applause , Recount his praise . '

" On Wednesday the religious services of the Episcopal Church ; of which the doctor had long been a communicant , were held at his late residence , in tbe presence of the family and immediate relatives and friends , after which the remains were conveyed to the Grand Lodge Hall , in the Temple , where but a few months since he was for the twenty-seventh time elected Grand Secretary .

" On the arrival of the casket at the door of the I emple it was received by the pallbearers , and escorted to the Grand Lodge room . The Masonic veterans , with their President , George H . Fish , and Vice-President , Theophilus Prattsome fifty in all—next entered and occupied the seats reserved for them .

" The Consistorv and Supreme Council were represented by III . Bros . J . W . Simons , Charles Roome , Joseph D . Evans , Jesse B . Anthony , J . H . Hobart Ward , Wm . V . Alexander , Charles VV . Torrey , Mark Williams , Charles H . Heyzer , and Wm . D . Garner ; the Morton Commandery , No . 4 , came next ; the Grand Royal Arch Chap-

The Late Grand Secretary Of New York.

ter of the State next followed ; Wesley B . Church , Samuel Godchaud , and Henry C . Banks , representatives of the Grand Chapters of North Carolina , Illinois , Georgia , Iowa , New Hampshire , and Texas ; finally , the Grand Lodge of the State of New York . "The exercises were opene * " by Rev . Dr . CharlesH . Hall , Grand Chaplain . The Lord ' s Prayer was then chanted

by the ' Consistory Quintette , ' consisting of 111 . Bros . A . T . Hills , tenor ; George B . Eddy , Amos L . See , Henry Mitchell , and fsaac P . Gorham , aided by Bro . T . J . H . Dauin , organist , and concluded by singing ' -Cease , ye Mourners . ' M . W . Bro . Taylor then read- the funeral service prepared by us many years ago . Flic quintette then sang ' Tranquil and Peaceful . ' R . W . Bro . Frank R . Lawrence then delivered the following eulogium :

" Even the youngest member of this Grand Lodge must be painfully impressed with the fact that our Masonic fathers are fa-. t passing away , and that ere long he whose death is the occasion for our coming together to-day must be followed by others of those beloved and venerable brethren to whom we have been accustomed to turn for counsel and for discretion . Although his epitaph will be

more fittingly spoken by other lips and in another place , yet it is proper that ive should nowdeclare the worth of the departed , and testify to our affection for him who" was our brother . Our solemn rites to-day commemorate no untimely dissolution . Not the sudden blighting of a youth filled with promise ; not the striking down of a strong man in the meridian of life , do we mourn ; but the peaceful

entering into rest of one who lived for almost the full period allotted to man , and whose work on earth was accomplished . " Jarrfes M . Austin was not an ordinary man . During his thirty-seven years of Masonic activity , -he invariably proved equal to the most exacting duties of the various exalted stations tn which he was called . His

Masonic history dunng . the past quarter of a century is a part of the history of this Grand Lodge , which owes so much of its greatness a"d power to his wise counsel and untiring devotion . But his Masonic record may not be claimed by this Grand Lodge alone . Other Grand Bodies claim him as theirs also , and throughout the United States , indeed , wherever our brethren speaking the English tongue

assemble , his services to our fraternity are known and held in high esteem . Words to describe his gentle and loving nature should be few . Entire fidelity to duty was perhaps his leading characteristic . Yet those features which most endeared him to us as individuals , were his warm and loving heart , his tender sympathies for the woes of others , and that sterling honesty which gave him always so keen

a perc- ption ot the right , and which would have prevented his doing wrong to a fellow-creature , could a base impulse have found its way into his exalted nature . His days were passed in quiet , amid congenial occupations , and surrounded by loving brothers and friends . Years came and went , but he remained always the same , absorbed in employments which had but little in common with the swift

bustle of every-day life , and winch , therefore , had not the effect to harrow the disposition or render sordid the aims of him who pursued them . Few men of his years were less familiar with the ways of the world . Innocent of guile himself , he retained to the last a trusting confidence in his fellow-men , which sufficiently attested the purity of his own heart . His official station brought

him into contact with thousands , yet so sincerely were his relations toward all his brethren , that it is probably true that at the time of his death he had not an enemy in all the world . Second only to the ties of kindred were the bonds that bound him to the fraternity which to-day mourns his loss—a fraternity whose future seemed hi his early days fraught with so much uncertainty and danger , but which p

he lived to see placed in aposition of permanent and enduring stability . Months ago it was apparent that his strength was waning , and long before the coming of the final illness it seemed to many of his friends that he believed the end to be near . He died as he had lived—a devout Christian , firmly believing in a glorious immortality , passing peacefully away , humbly content to accept the decree of the All Wise . His living presence is still too vividly

before us to render possible an analysis of his character , were such proper at this time , and standing in the sacred presence of _ the dead , the utterance of his praises would sound , as it seems to me , most unmeaning . His great heart , which once throbbed responsive to every human sorrow , is pulseless . His familiar voice , once so wise in counsel , is stilled for ever , and his mortal rerr ains now lie

before us , shortly to be returned to our mother earth . To his sorrowing family and to us , his brethren , only less bereaved , there remain his beloved memory and his noble example . These we will cherish , honouring the one as beseems a memory so unsullied and accepting the other as a renewed incentive to the performance of those sacred

duties which as a man and a Mason he fulfilled so well . " ' As his passing away renews to us the oft-repeated lesson of mortality , may the contemplation of his upright life and tranquil death lead us also to prepare for the inevitable change , teaching us anew the frailness of our earthly natures , and helping us to realise as he

realised" ' Our little systems have their day : They have their day , and cease to bq ; They are but broken lights of Thee , But thou , O Lord , are more than they . ' " The quintette then sang ' Peace be to the Memory of the Dead / A prayer by Dr . Hall and a solo , ' Weep Nof **' by Bro . Hills , concluded the exercises .

" The immense audience was then permitted to look for the last time on the face of the dead , which ended , it Was left in charge of W . Bros . Elijah Fisher , . Chas . T . McCIenachan , G . H . Fish , Bloomfield Usher , jun ., and Philander Reed as a guard of honour , and the following morning the final interment took place at Woodlawn Cemetery , under charge of Howard Lodge , No . 35 .

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the sy-tem . Holloway ' s Pills are composed of rare balsams , unmixed with baser matier , and on . that account are peculiarly well , adapted for the young , delicate , and agfd . As this peerl .-ss medicine has gained fame in the past , so will it -preserve it in the future by its renovating and invigorating qualities , and itj incapacity of doing harm . —[ A DVT . ]

Red Cross Of Constantine.

Red Cross of Constantine .

ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GENERAL GRAND CONCLAVE . . The annual assembly was holden on Monday , the 5 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Oueen-street Present : Sir Kts . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , ~* Bart ., M . l . Grand Sovereign , on the thnne ; J . L . Thomas , Grand Historiographer , as Grand Viceroy ; J . G . Marsh , Past

Grand Architect , as Grand Senior General ; C . Hammerton , Grand Sub-Almnner , as Grand Junior General ; Rev . P . M . Holden , Grand High Prelate ; H . C . Levanden , M . A ., P . G . S . G ., Grand Treasurer ; VV . R . Woodman , M . D ., P . G . S . G ., Grand Recorder ; Thomas Cubitt , Grand High Imoner ; H . A . Dubois , Grand Prefect ; Ceorge Kenning , Grand Vice-Chancellor ; C . F . Hogard . Grand

Assistant Recorder ; E . H . Thiellay , Grand Inspector of Regalia ; J . T . Mos .-, Grand Assistant Marshall ; Don . M . Dewar , Grand Vice-Chamberlain ; T . C . Walls , Grand Herald ; C . E . Peek , Intendt . General , Cambridgeshire ; S . Rosenthal , Thos . Massa , Geo . ] . Robinson , " H . H . Shirley , Thos . Kingston , VV . E . Dawes , H . J . Lardner , C . W . Pridmore , George Mickley , John Gilbert , Grand

Sentinel , and others . The lines having- been formed , the Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign , attended hy the Grand Officers , entered the Grand Conclave , which was _ then opened in imperial form . The minutes of the previous assembly of the General Grand Conclave , reprinted in the Freemason , were taken as read , and carried unanimously .

The GRAND RECORDER then read the following report of the Executive Committee of the Grand Council : " The year that has passed has been uneventful , and we cannot point to anything relating to the Order which calls for especial comment . _ So many events were crowded into our last report that this one will necessarily appear somewhat uninteresting in its details . VVe have not a list of

new conclaves to report , but we can speak of steady working , and a general consolidation of the Order . * Old grievances have been redressed , and complaints carefully enquired into . Amongst the conclaves which have resumed their labours , we may mention St . Andrew's , No . 15 , London ; ( oncord , No . 8 , Jersey ; Med terranean , No . 11 , Gibraltar ; Gwent , No . 23 , Pontypnol ; Naval

and Military , No . 35 , Portsmouth ; St . George , No . 42 , late of Bolton , now Wigan ; County Palatine , No . 50 , late of Manchester , now Wigan ; Delta Cruris ,. 'No . 12 S , Auckland , New Zealand ; Aubrey , No . 134 , Weymouth ; all these have resumed iince our last report . The statutes of the Order have been carefully revised , and , with the exception of a few alterations , mostly of * a technical

character , our new edition will be much the same as at present . It is our painful duty to record the death of the Illustrious Sir Knight Dr . John Daniel-. Moore , Intendant General of the Division of North Lancashire , whose loss is greatly felt . He assisted at the revival of the Order , and , has been a zealous worker ever since . The severance of America and Scotland , and the loss of " so many" of

the most zealous members of the Order who have one by one left us to join the Grand Lodge above , naturally had the effect of retarding the extraordinary development , which thu . order underwent at its revival and which may be considered unprecedented in- the annals of Free Masonry . VVe have , however , every reason to be satisfied with the solid progress we are making " , and

have since our last report issued—Red Cross certificates 117 ; K . H . S . certificates 57 . VVe have one conclave in the United States of America , the Chicago , No . 81 , Chicago Illinois , United States of America , which is duly recognised by the Grand Council of the United States of America as working under our jurisdiction . Two Intcndants General have been appointed , namely , Thomas C . Bargrave

Watkins , I . P . for Glamorganshire , vice W . Williams , resigned . C . Fitzgerald , Master for South Lancashire , vice the late Romaine Callendar . One Deputy Intendant General , namely , A . M . Broadley , P . D . D . G . M . for Malta and Tunis . ' * ( Signed ) WM . ROBT . WOODMAN , Grand Recorder . " December 5 th , 1 SS 1 . "

The report was put to the meeting , and duly confirmed . The Grand Treasurer presented his accounts duly audited , and showing a handsome balance to the credit of the Order . This gave general satisfaction , showing s'eady progress in the conclaves , and they were duly passed by the meeting . Sir Kt . WOODMAN , G . Recorder , proposed , and Sir Kt . CuDirr , G . High Almoner , seconded that the same amount as on the last occasion , namely , the sum of thirty guineas ,

be given to the three Masonic Charities in equafnroportions . This was heartily and unanimously carried , and Sir Kt . W . E . Dawes was elected to represent the Red Cross Order as Steward at the next Girls' Festival . The Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign appointed Sir Kt . Thos . Cubitt to fill the vacant post of Grand Junior General ; Sir Kts . G . Toller and J . C . Parkinson retire with post rank . -. To fill the three vacancies in Grand Council

C . H . Rognrs-Harrison . G . Powell , H . A . Dubois , to be promoted thereto ; and the Grand Sovereign appointed the next eight Senators in rotation , as follows : —

1 . Rev . Ambrose VV . Hall , 2 . Rev Cancn Hartford . 3 . George Kenning . 4 . Lieut .-Col . Jas . Peters . 5 . C . F . Hogard . 6 . Chas . Hammerton . 7 . E . H . Thiellay . 8 . Herbert Dicketts .

For the ten Senators to be elected by Grand Conclave a ballot was taken , fourteen haying been nominated . Sir Knights Holden , Dubois , and Hogard were appointed Scrutineers , and the result was as follows : 1 . D . M . Dewar .

2 . T . C . Walls . 3 . W . E . Dawes . 4 . G . A . Rooks . 5 . Thos . Massa . 6 . A . A . Pendlebury . 7 . Cuthbert E . Peek S . A . R . Robinson . 9 . G . P . Brockbank . 10 . Bailey ,