Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

Sir Henry Halford attended the Prince of Wales in 1813 to St . Georges Chapel , Windsor , " When the leaden coffin being unsoldered , a body appeared covered over with a waxed cloth ; on carefully stripping the head and face the countenance of the unfortunate martyr Charles the First immediately appeared in features apparently

perfect as when he lived . Sir Henry Halford now endeavoured to raise the body from the coffin , in attempting which , the head fell from it , and discovered the irregular fissure made by the axe , which appeared to have been united by cement . " Galley slip , no author , no date . Press mark , 9325 f . 11 . .

Charles ' s head and body remain undisturbed in St . Georges' Chapel . Had Sir H . Halford carefully examined the covering stone of the vault ,, he would have found from the inscription whose body

he had disturbed from its silent tomb ! The Masonic interpretation is thus : celestially Carolus vil Apollo is with Gapella " the chapel , " at the luinding shore Windsor , and at the same point is the decollated head , and Cor Caroli ,

Charles' heart , and Eobur Oaroli , Charles' oak , and Charles' iva-in , and the mouth of the little spaniel of Charles' breed , keeping watch over all that remains of his beloved master , whose body ascended not to heaven . " Oh ye priestly Masons , what have you done ! "

Freemasonry In Portugal.

FREEMASONRY IN PORTUGAL .

1 . —THE GRANDE OEIENTE LUSITANO . By DNALXO .

A brief sketch of the present position of Freemasonry in Portugal , may be of interest to our readers , and will enable them to watch the future progress of the Order , in a country where its members have so long been proscribed .

Portugal acquired an unenviable notoriet y in the last century , consequent on the cruel proceeding of the inquisition at Lisbon , during the great persecutions of Masons , which followed the bulls

of Clement XII . and Benedict XIV . ; but all is now changed , Freemasonry being openly professed among the Portuguese , who enjoy a religious , political , and social freedom , which strikingly contrasts with the state of their near neighbours the

Spaniards . The Grande Oriente Lusitano , the head of all the regular lodges of Portugal and its dependencies was constituted in 1805 , under the auspices of the Grand Orient of France . At present there are fifteen lodges under its jurisdiction , which are distributed as follows : —

6 in the city of Lisbon . 6 « " Oporto . 2 in Spain , ( 1 at Seville , 1 at Cadiz ) 1 at Augra do Heroismo , Fayal . These lodges are strong in numbers , each

averaging from 100 to 150 active members , and we must take into consideration the constitutions of the Grand Orient which prohibit brethren being subscribing members of more than one lodge at a time .

The names of the lodges in Lisbon are characteristic of the institution , they are as follows : — Cosmopolite , —Cosmopolitan . Tolerancia , —Toleration .

Triumpho Moral , —Triumph of Morality . Uniao Liberal , —Free Union . Uniao Fraternal , —Fraternal Union . Esperancja , —Hope , the remaining lodges are also named in the same

appropriate manner . During the last ten years , Freemasonry has steadily gained strength in Portugal , and its present position is very satisfactory , both on account of the rapid increase in the number of initiations , and of the stamp of men , who thus gain admission into the Craft .

The lodges have been hitherto restricted to the principal cities , with a view to the consolidation of the Order , prior to its dissemination in localities where the old leaven of intolerance has not yet lost its influence .

Taking into consideration the virulent persecution , and strenuous opposition , with which Masonry has hitherto had to contend in Portugal , it is in the highest degree gratifying , to find the Order established on its present basis , and we think the

Grand Orient has done wisely in preferring to wait quietly till the Order was firmly established in the great centres of commerce , where it would