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subscriptions , & c , whenever I attend . Last ni ght there was ^ reunion ofthe three lodges of Leghorn , and out of the seventy present there was hardly one -capable of exercising any control over the noisy members . The Consul was a visitor , with a view to joining , but was disgusted . There is no English lod

ge here or at Florence . The ritual worked is the Rite Ecossais , ' and , upon my visit , was very loosely performed . " The Consul has invited me to visit him , and to see if there would be any possibility , by vigorous

action , either to establish a new lodge , or an English one , or to persuade the persons of authority to attend . At present politics are discussed with great violence , and party spirit is very strong , there being a coalition amongst the younger brethren to thwart the W . M . and officers on every occasion . Sooner or later

a split must happen . The finances are iu terrible disorder , and the lodge is subject to one of the five Grand Orients of Italy , viz ., that of Florence . "

Italian Masonry.

ITALIAN MASONRY .

. ico THE IDITOI ! or TUB rmmarASoirs' MAGAZINE AUD HASOITIC MIREOE . DEAR . SIR AOT BEOTHEE , —In common justice to a large body of men , I cannot refrain from replying to the letter of " Scrutator , " which appears in your Magazine of the 16 th December last .

I shall not attempt to defend their improper interference in politics , but the brethren in England can form no idea of the intriguing which prevails in everyday life on the Continent , and from this cause the Italian Masons have been more firmly bound together . ¦ -I trust you will allow me in your columns to SIIOAV

that they are also capable of good works ; and as I do this Avithout being iu any way connected with them , or with their knowledge or consent , I hope the Italian Masonic body in this city will pardon me . During the cholera which , raged here during the past summer , the Italian Lodge L'ltalia gave up their large Masonic hall as a temporary hospital , and had

it properly fitted up , keeping a medical man in attendance at all times for Avhoever sought assistance ; they also had means of transport for the conveyance of the sick , and likeAvise had three other doctors employed in their service , and relieved , to a large extent , the families Avhose need required it . Altogether , in this good work , the lodge , from its funds and

collections , spent more * than £ 550 sterling , besides forming an Orphan Fund to the extent of about £ 150 . The lodge has also formed in this place a Masonic School for the boys of those persons in bad circumstances , Avithout reference to creed , supplying the children with clothing and a couple of good meals aday . The school has now seventy pupils or thereabouts .

With your known impartiality I make you this statement , relying on your making it known to the English Masonic body—your readers . I remain , Sir aud Brother , VOYAVS fraternally , AN ENGLISH P . M . Constantinople , 9 th Jan ., 1866 .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

* y All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

AVe are glad to be able to announce that the R . AV . Bro . tie Rev . John Huyshe , D . Prov . ( 5 . 11 . of Devon , has been sppoiutel the Prov . G . M . of this county by the M . AV . the Grand Master . The appointment of the Rev . Bro . Huyshe to this higli office , which has been vacant ever since the lamented death of the late Earl of Forfccscue , will be a source of satisfaction to all the

brethren in the county , who have long felt a desire to see Bro . Huyshe occupy the position which has now been accorded to him , and which , we understand , is the result of the combined efforts of a large number of the brethren , many of whom memorialised in favour of the appointment . The Rev . Bro . Huyshe was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge ( No . 711 ) , at Oxford , on the 29 th of February , 1822 , and was passed and

raised in due course . He served as W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , Exeter ( So . 39 ) , and is a subscribing member of Lodges No . 4 , 39 , 112 , 230 , and 444 . He was appointed Prov . J . G . W . October 21 st , 1835 ; also June 4 th , 1838 ; Sept . 23 rd , 1841 j and May 19 th , 1847 . He was further appointed Prov . S . G . W . May 1 st , 1839 , ancl April 24 th , 1844 . On the 10 th of October ,

1 SS 8 , he was constituted and appointed D . Prov . G . Master for Devon by patent under the hand and seal of the late Right Hon . the Earl Fortescue , K . S-., Prov . G . M ., and after his decease was appointed to that office by the present Grand Registrar of England , the Acting Prov , G . M . He was appointed in 1862 by the M . AV . the Grand Master to the office of Grand Chaplain to the Grand Lodge of England , and was

reappointed to that office in the year 1883 . It will thus be seen that the Right Rev . Bro . has been D . Prov . G . M . of the county for more than fifteen years , and it has long been the desire of the Masonic body that the higher dignity should he conferred upon him . AA ' e may add that the Rev . Bro . has also been called into the higher orders of Ereemasonry , in many branches of which he has held office to the gratification and

satisfaction of all his brethren . A warrant has , we are informed , been granted for the opening of a new lodge , in connection with the province of Devon , at the King ' s Arms , Ivybridge , to be named the Evme Lodge ( No . 1191 ) .

Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Their Widows.

ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS .

AUSTVERSABAT FESTIVAL . The anniversary festival of this most valuable institution took place on Wednesday last at the Freemason ' s Hall , under most auspicious circumstances , and we are glad to find that the result of the festival has been so successful as to come up to the expectation of the most sanguine of its well-wishers , who

augured that when Bro . Colonel Bowyer , Prov . G . M . Oxon ., accepted tho chairmanship for the festival , the provincial brethren generally , and the Oxonians in particular , would rally round their gallant and distinguished Chairman , and vie with their metropolitan brethren in sparing no efforts to render tho festival o ? 1866 TI gt-eat success . The procession , having been formed , entered the hall , and Bro . Colonel H . A . Bowyer , the Chairman , took his seat upon