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to the perverse wretches . ' As may readily be imagined , these cries did not fail to produce their effect , and at each step the mob received accessions of men , women , and children , Avho joined heart and soul in the ' hue and cry . ' The police station was at length reached , hut so great was the crowd by this time that

all efforts to keep it back were unavailing , and had it not been for the friendly aid of a side door , the poor fellow would have ended his via crucis at the portals of the station , by being stoned to death , or more probably by being chopped or torn into pieces ,

neither knives nor willing hands being wanting . The prisoner was then taken before the officer on duty and confronted AA'ith a woman , who charged him with having attempted to rob her of her daughtei-. The girl stammered out something about the prisoner

having asked her if she would go into service , and that he had taken her by the hand ; but when interrogated by the officer she was unable to say which hand , nor could she discover that the contact had impressed upon them the mark which the touch of a

Mason is supposed to leave . Just at this time the lister of the accused arrived , and she stated that at her request her brother had left her house in search of a servant—as for the prisoner himself , he was so terribly frightened that he ivas unable to utter a word —and that , meeting the girl in the street , he asked her if she would like to serine in his house . Whether

something about the man inspired the girl with fear , or Avhether out of pure malice is not known , but she commenced to cry out , 'The Mason , the Mason ! ' and a . mob commenced to collect , and then ensued the ; scene already described . Several other women forced their way into the room , and demanded from the

prisoner their children , Avhom they averred had been stolen by him . In reply to the question of the officer if they were in possession of any proofs , ' AVhat proof do you require ? ' said thev ; ' isn't he a Mason , and don ' t the Masons steal children and eat them ? ' It

was not without considerable trouble that the croAvd Avas drii'en away from the doors of the station , and groups of twenty or thirty were to be seen for hours afterwards in some of the neighbouring streets , commenting upon the iniquities of the Masons , aud

vowing A'engeance . There are not wanting persons who believe the affair had a priestly origin , Avhich is not at all improbable , as everybody knows the priests foster all kinds of superstitions among the loAver orders . I would recommend those of the brotherhood

who are in the habit of displaying the emblems of the Craft in pins and brooches , hung out like so many signboards , or in rings Avhich they take care to flash before everybody's eyes , not to indulge in any such vagaries , or rather vulgarities , when they visit this city , or they will run the risk of getting more than hey bargained for . "

The solemn duty of committing to the grave all that was mortal of a departed brother was recently performed by St . George ' s Lodge , Canada , No . 4-10 on the registry of England . Tne brethren assembled at the British Masonic Chambers , Notre Dame-street , Montreal , Avhen the lodge was duly opened by Bro .

W . E . Coquillette , W . M ., assisted by his officers . The melancholy occasion which gave rise to this assembly was the regretted decease of Bro . Pierre Crevier , Notary Public of St . Martin , Isle Jesus . The W . M . haidng called upon the Secretary to read

the dispensation granted by Lord Zetland , M . W . Grand Master , empowering the lodge to conduct Masonic funerals , and having enjoined upon the brethren strict adherence to the injunctions therein contained , proceeded to state that the late Bro . Crevier was a

member of the lodge prior to its reorganisation in 1856 ; that the said brother departed this life on the Gth April ; that the Roman Catholic cure of St . Martin had , for reasons alleged to be of an ecclesiastical character , refused the body interment in consecrated

ground ; that this unforeseen and discreditable proceeding on his part had greatly distressed the family of the deceased , who as a last resource resolved to

seek the intervention of Bro . Crevier ' s mother lodge . The AV . M . further stated that it was well known that the lamented defunct had always borne the character of an honourable citizen and a good Mason , and it was , therefore , only their duty as brethren to exhibit on the present melancholy occasion those divine

principles of the brotherhood—charity and good-willwhich could never be better exercised than in paying proper respect to the memory of the dead , by the performance of the last sad offices around the bier and at the tomb of a departed brother . At the conclusion

of the AV . Bro . ' s address , the brethren were marshalled in procession and proceeded to the residence of the decased , where the solemn Masonic service for the dead Avas recited with ancient usage . The procession was then reformed in due order , preceded the remains

with all reverence and respect to the Anglican Churcl ^ where the glorious and hope-inspiring church service Avas read by the Rev . Bro . Duane , assisted by the Rev . Bro . AV . B . Curran . From thence the cortege directed their steps to tbe last resting-place of man , and the brethren , assembled in due form around the grave , severally paid the final tribute of respect to departed merit , agreeably to the constitutions of the fraternity .

Bito . GAM ' S ANNUAI CONCERT . —The animal concert of Bro . AA . Gam , at St . James's Hull , on Monday evening , attracted a large and fashionable audience , and the applause wliieli was bestrewed frequently during the evening was as much a testimony to the popularity of Bro . Gauss , as a pianist , conductor , and composer , as it was a mark of appreciation of the excellent programme provided on the occasion . The A'oealists AA-IIO lent tlieir assistance included Mdlles , iladigau , Sealchi , Liebliart , Carola , Leon Duval , and Orgeni ; Mesdumes Adelina Putti , Patey , Trebelli-Bettini , andMonbelli ; Signori Bettini , Graziani , Foli , M . Jules Lefort ; Mr . George Perron , aud Mr . Patey .