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During the eventful year 1848 , the Supreme Conseil consisted of the first officers of the state ; but after this period Masonry suffered considerably in Paris ; for a short time even the Supreme Conseil ceased to exist altogether , and at the re-election of new officers , other less influential members were installed . Disputes and dissensions between the Grand Orient of France and the Supreme Conseil unhappily existed for a long period , although formerly united in one Masonic temple ; at present the Grand Orient has entered a new and magnificent hall of its own . The Government only recognises the Grand Orient as legal ; the Conseil does not enjoy any legal acknowledgment . Steps to unite the two bodies have been till now unsuccessful .

No . of Working R ¦ , Town . the Name . Craft J ^™ Lodge . Degrees . A c Niort . 78 Friends of Order .. .. 1 9 > • _ 81 Happy Sympathy Caluire . 120 Friends of Man 1 Cusset , 122 Friends of Peace 1 Cette 127 True Brotherly Love ,. . . 1 „ ,. 132 Scotch Brethren ........ .. 1 Vaire . 89 Friends of Truth ..... 1 Strasburg .... 108 Three Epochs ., .. 1 Tournais 77 Concordia ................ 1 Chalons a Saone .... 68 Equality and Progress 1 „ „ .... 79 St . Andrew of Scotland .. 1 Avignon 109 Perseverance ..... . ......... 1 Limoges .......... 116 United Friends 1 „ .......... 117 For ever United ,. ...... .... .. 1 Valence .. 130 Arts and Industry .. 1 Aix ... 129 Scotch Hammer ........ 1 Marseilles 75 United and Re-born Brethren .. 1 „ 80 Regenerators .............. .. 1 ........ 104 Right .. 1 „ ........ 123 Progress ..... — 1 Algiers 131 Benevolent Star .. 1 St . Pierre , Martinique 115 Union ... 1 Cayes , Hayti 10 Students of Nature ........ 1 „ „ ...... 49 Fortitude .. 1 Jarmel „ . 59 Philadelphia .......... 1 „ „ 73 Southern Cross .. 1 Port-au-Prince .... 97 Friends of Truth . 1 Cayenne 93 Equinoctial France 1 „ 119 Elected of Equinoctial France .. 1 Sandwich Isles .... 124 Progress of Oceanic 1

MAURITIUS . INTOLERANCE OF M . COLLIER , BISHOP OF PORT LOUIS , T 0 WAKD 9 THE FRENCH FREEMASONS OF THE MAURITIUS . In our last number , it was our painful duty to draw the attention of our readers o certain acts totally unworthy of an ecclesiastic , or even of a man , which the Popish priest of Port Louis has chosen to perpetrate . It appears that M . Collier , the worthy scion of a persecuting stock , not only wars with the living upon matters of discipline , but even seeks to extend his anathemas beyond that shield which by noble spirits has ever been considered sacred—we mean the coffin . Upon a recent visit to Paris , we had the opportunity , which , our readers may rely upon it , we earnestly employed , in disabusing the mind of a very worthy but , as usual , ignorant Popish ecclesiastic , relative to the character of Masonry , which he had been taught to consider the fons et origo of all rebellion . But we must confess he showed himself open to conviction , and was naturally of too mild and pious a spirit ever to manifest the virulent temper exhibited by M . Collier , and

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THE SIGNS OF ENGLAND. Article 16
GERMANY. Article 55
THE MACHINERY OF SOCIAL LIFE; Article 6
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON. (Concluded from page 684.) Article 10
COLOURED LODGES IN AMERICA. Article 13
THE FREEMASONS MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 1
MASONIC SONGS.-No. 5 Article 20
AUTUMN. Article 20
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 21
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 29
MUSIC. Article 28
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 32
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 33
METROPOLITAN Article 34
PROVINCIAL. Article 37
THE EDITOR OF THE MASONIC MIRROR TO THE CRAFT. Article 3
FRANCE. Article 52
SCOTLAND. Article 51
COLONIAL. Article 54
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE Article 56
Obituary Article 56
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 56
SEVERANCE OF THE CANADIAN LODGES FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 5
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During the eventful year 1848 , the Supreme Conseil consisted of the first officers of the state ; but after this period Masonry suffered considerably in Paris ; for a short time even the Supreme Conseil ceased to exist altogether , and at the re-election of new officers , other less influential members were installed . Disputes and dissensions between the Grand Orient of France and the Supreme Conseil unhappily existed for a long period , although formerly united in one Masonic temple ; at present the Grand Orient has entered a new and magnificent hall of its own . The Government only recognises the Grand Orient as legal ; the Conseil does not enjoy any legal acknowledgment . Steps to unite the two bodies have been till now unsuccessful .

No . of Working R ¦ , Town . the Name . Craft J ^™ Lodge . Degrees . A c Niort . 78 Friends of Order .. .. 1 9 > • _ 81 Happy Sympathy Caluire . 120 Friends of Man 1 Cusset , 122 Friends of Peace 1 Cette 127 True Brotherly Love ,. . . 1 „ ,. 132 Scotch Brethren ........ .. 1 Vaire . 89 Friends of Truth ..... 1 Strasburg .... 108 Three Epochs ., .. 1 Tournais 77 Concordia ................ 1 Chalons a Saone .... 68 Equality and Progress 1 „ „ .... 79 St . Andrew of Scotland .. 1 Avignon 109 Perseverance ..... . ......... 1 Limoges .......... 116 United Friends 1 „ .......... 117 For ever United ,. ...... .... .. 1 Valence .. 130 Arts and Industry .. 1 Aix ... 129 Scotch Hammer ........ 1 Marseilles 75 United and Re-born Brethren .. 1 „ 80 Regenerators .............. .. 1 ........ 104 Right .. 1 „ ........ 123 Progress ..... — 1 Algiers 131 Benevolent Star .. 1 St . Pierre , Martinique 115 Union ... 1 Cayes , Hayti 10 Students of Nature ........ 1 „ „ ...... 49 Fortitude .. 1 Jarmel „ . 59 Philadelphia .......... 1 „ „ 73 Southern Cross .. 1 Port-au-Prince .... 97 Friends of Truth . 1 Cayenne 93 Equinoctial France 1 „ 119 Elected of Equinoctial France .. 1 Sandwich Isles .... 124 Progress of Oceanic 1

MAURITIUS . INTOLERANCE OF M . COLLIER , BISHOP OF PORT LOUIS , T 0 WAKD 9 THE FRENCH FREEMASONS OF THE MAURITIUS . In our last number , it was our painful duty to draw the attention of our readers o certain acts totally unworthy of an ecclesiastic , or even of a man , which the Popish priest of Port Louis has chosen to perpetrate . It appears that M . Collier , the worthy scion of a persecuting stock , not only wars with the living upon matters of discipline , but even seeks to extend his anathemas beyond that shield which by noble spirits has ever been considered sacred—we mean the coffin . Upon a recent visit to Paris , we had the opportunity , which , our readers may rely upon it , we earnestly employed , in disabusing the mind of a very worthy but , as usual , ignorant Popish ecclesiastic , relative to the character of Masonry , which he had been taught to consider the fons et origo of all rebellion . But we must confess he showed himself open to conviction , and was naturally of too mild and pious a spirit ever to manifest the virulent temper exhibited by M . Collier , and

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