Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

following : — " About two years ago Marshal Magnan came to the determination of reducing , and infusing into one , under his OAVU supreme authority , the different rites of the Masonic Order in France . M . Viennet , in spite of his eighty-four yearshis title of Academicianand his services at

, , ibhe battle of Leipsig , made a vigorous opposition to the Marshal ' s ambition , and succeeded in maintaining the rights of the Supreme Council . However , a little while ago , some Masons of the Ancient and Accepted Rite wished to establish a -lodge at Ciotat . This alarmed the Marshal and the Grand

Orient , by whom all attempt at such formation is jealously regarded as being in opposition to his authority , ancl in consequence he sought to stop it . The brethren at Ciotat brought the matter before the Minister of the Interior , but whether thelatter Avas , himself , a Scotch Mason , or attached

very little importance to the affair , authorised the formation and the lodge was founded . This was followed by a grand tableau depicting the rage of the Marshal , who swore , by all the gods , that the Scotcli Rite should never survive M . Viennet , its Grand Master . Pig-headed and obstinate M .

Viennet , for the sake of contradiction , is determined to live , to thwart the Marshal , and every ¦ day buries younger men than himself . " MASONIC POISONING . —One Daumer , a German , has issued a pamphlet with the amiable purpose of asserting that Bros . Lessing and Mozart Avere

poisoned by the Freemasons . Another young savant , in a Avork on Schiller , his religious progress and death , has also endeaA r oured to show that he , too , was made away Avith in the same manner and by the same agency , because he became a Romanist .

THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE . —The bulletin of the Grand Orient announces the formation of new lodges at Saint-Girons , Avignon , Auch , and Mirecourt . It also states that at a meeting of the council of the Order , Bro . Pernet-Vallier moved the folioAving proposition : — " I desire to make a

communication to the Council of the Order , at its next meeting , relative to a circular emanating from the authorities of the Grand Orient of France , which concerns the admission into its lodges of Masons belonging to other jurisdictions , and on the incidents relative to the formation of a lod

ge at Ciotat . " The proposition , however , was lost . MASONIC REFORM IN GERMANY . —There is an agitation for a Masonic Congress in Germany , in ¦ order to reform many of the doctrines and ideas current there . This plan is but of little use to Freemasonry , because it would more than ever

introduce diversity of opinion , instead of tending to unanimity . Freemasonry should be treated , not as a matter of nationalities , but as catholic system in which every nation and people have a part , and ¦ until Ave have a congress in which the whole world snares . Masonic Reform is a myth only imagined by German metaphysicians . Loss TO THE CRAFT IN GEEMANY .-r-Bro . Hermann

Marggraff , late editor of the German Universal Gazette , and translator of Mr . Halliwell ' s "History of Freemasonry in England , " died at Leipsig , in his fifty-fifth year . Bro . Richter , a physician , died at Wittemberg , in his seventy-seventh year . The German papers speak of the deceased brethren as a loss to the Order .

MASONIC FUNERAL AT TURIN . —A novelty was lately presented to the citizens of Turin by the funeral of a deceased brother , who was buried Avith the ceremonies peculiar to the Order . Large crowds attended , and numbers of well-kno-wn individuals in the State and the upper ranks of society

were seen clothed as Masons , much to the surprise of the general public . The Catholic journal of the folioAving day contained a virulent attack on Freemasonry , and amongst other things quoted from S . Alphonse Ligouri : — " This sect will one day cause the ruin of States and Princes . Princes

have taken no precautions against it , but they will perceive too late the damage it will entail . Men who do not respect God will still less respect Princes . " And , in addition , the editor acids for himself : — "This prophecy is already partly fulfilled ; it will soon be entirely so . "

STATISTICS OE FREEMASONRY . —According to several foreign newspapers , the number of lodges in both hemispheres is eight thousand two hundred and fifty-eight , frequented by above five hundred thousand active members . The number of

Freemasons who have retired from active participation in the affairs of the Order , and are yet alive , is estimated at nearly three millions . ITALIAN FREEMASONEY . —The Freemasons in Italy still labour under heavy disadvantages . They have three Grand Lodges , for one kingdom ,

all in a state af colapse . Six Grand Masters , no two of whom are agreed upon the component parts of their respective rites . Several Supreme Grand Councils , and many lodges who boast of owning no allegiance to any superior body . This state of things cannot endure for long , and it is

to be hoped that some well intentioned brother may make himself thoroughly acquainted with the excellent system of the Council of Rites , as practised in Ireland , and bring the whole jarring elements into one homogenous band . HUNGARY . —A well-informed Magayr brother

has privately informed us there are several lodges in the neighbourhood of Pesth , but , from the stringent Avatch kept over them by the Austrian Government , these meetings are necessarily secret and uncertain . From what we are told we are glad to find that in them there is little or no

political element introduced , and that they are actuated only by the genuine principles of the Order , brotherly love , relief , and truth . If despotic governments were far seeing , which they generally are not , they would foster such associations , reaping as their reAvard the firm adhesion of men of honour and probity , whose support such govern * ments might fully reckon on .