Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

From Iowa we learn that some years back the brethren of Pine Bluff got up a grand enterprise of erecting a home for the destitute widows of Masons , and had Bro . English , the Grand Master , down to lay the foundation stone , and deliver an oration on the

occasion . Much enthusiasm prevailed . The contributions poured in , ancl the house was built ; but the kind-hearted and zealous projector of the enterprise utterly failed to 2 > ersuade a solitary Mason ' s widow to go and make it her home , and the house was converted into an academy .

The new editor of the JSfew York Despatch says , " In the erection of a Masonic Hall the labour has been long aud earnest , and the Grand Architect will not suffer the great enterprise to fail . " With such men as Gibson , Simons , Austin , and others , in New York it will not fail . And , when complete , what an Asylum Fund . "

In an abstract of the report of the Grand Cominandery of New York , the Masonic Trowel makes the following remarks : — " A distinguished man—who bore sneers and obloquy as did Fulton , patiently , that he might reach the great consummation his brain conceived—was the first Grand Commander in New Tork

"When the yellow fever broke out in New Tork city he was Mayor , and while ministers forsook their altars and physicians fled from their patients , he remained at his post , visiting the victims everywhere , preserving order , ministering to the sick , imparting spiritual comfort to the dying , assisting the

convalescent , and burying tbe dead . This great man , full of humanity , generous aud patriotic , conceived the idea of the Erie Canal , and , in spite of active aud formidable opposition , never wavered until it was completed . This idea was greatly aided by his commanding

influence as Governor . By his prescience communication was opened whereby millions upon millions now populating the mighty centre of North Americathe Great " West—found a highway . This man of genius , nerve , and moral courage was De Witt

Clinton . The men who opposed him have conceded his merit—those who traduced him now defend him . But while his ' works praise him '—while he , ' being dead , yet speaketh '—there are not wanting traducers to blacken his memory , ghouls to feast upon his body ,

resurrectionists to find what never existed , and scavengers to hunt for forgeries and lies . It is now alleged that De Witt Clinton advised or consented to murder in the ease of Morgan . Every public man of that day now living knows that such a thing is a sheer impossibilit The executive never ruled that

y . administered the law with more steadiness and impartiality than De Witt Clinton . Let the birds of foul omen bring forth their ghostly and satanic wares ; it it will be the means of giving their real animus and character to the world . ''

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THE MASONIC MIBBQB . * # * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOK , at No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

Iif consequence of pressure on our columns , aud arrears ot mutter standing over , we are compelled somewhat to curtail our report of Grand Lodge , and to omit the report of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , of which we shall give a notice next week .

TnE Hervey Chapter ' will ho consecrated on Saturday , the 11 th June , at half-past three o'clock , hy Comp . J . Hervey , the Grand Scribe E ., as Z . ; Comp . J . Boyd , as H . ; Comp . J . Brett , as J . ; and Comp . E . IV . Little , Dir . of Cers . The musical arriwgemcnks will he provided hy Comp . W . Dawson . Comp . G . King , jun ., is the M . E . Z . designate ; G . King , H . ; and E . A . Baher , J .

THE paper to he read at tho meeting of the Masonic Archaiological Institute on the 9 th inst ., is "On a new system of Mussulman Masonry , " and on the 30 th inst ., on "The Phoenician Masons' Marks at Jerusalem . " THE Coryton and Eougemont Union Chapter of S . P . E . > J < of H . R . D-M . will hold a Grand Lodge of Perfection , a Grand

Council of Princes of Jerusalem , a Grand Lodge of the Knights of the East and West , and a Chapter of Eose > J < , at the Grand East , Exeter , on Tuesday next , the f th inst . The business wil be : —1 . To inaugurate the union of the Coryton and Eougemont Chapters ; 2 . To affiliate the Princes of the Eougemont Chapter ; 3 . To appoint aud invest the officers of the year . 4 . To

ballot for ( and if approved ) perfect candidates ; 5 . To make arrangements for carrying on the chapter- A banquet will be held at the New London Hotel , at live o ' clock . Brethren intending to dine should communicate with the Recorder ( pro temi ) Bro . S . Jarvis , Park-villa , Exeter .

TYLEES of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encamp , meats , & c , in England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of THE FEEEMASOFS ' S MAGAZINE , so that a complete Register and Directory may bo compiled .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall , ou Wednesday , the 1 st inst . Precisely at the appointed time the procession entered the hall , and the Earl of Zetland , Past Grand Master , occupied the throne , supported by E . W . Bros . Thomas H . Hull , Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , as Deputy Grand Master ; Victor Williamson , as S . G . W . ;

Sir Richard M . Williams , J . G . W- s Sir A . W . Woods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Havers , P . G . W . ; J . L . Evans , P . Board of General Purposes ; A . J . Mclntyre , G . Eeg . ; II . Lloyd , S . G . D . ; J . Savage , P . G . D . ; W . W . Beach , P . G . M . Hampshire and Isle of Wight ; P . Dundas , P . G . W . ; S . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; J . Symonds , P . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; P . Roxburgh , P . G . Reg . >

C . C . Dumas , Assist . G . D . C . ; Hollon , G . S . B . ; Eev . E . J . Simpson , P . G . Chap . ; H . Browse , J . Hogg , and Cox , P . G . D . ' s ; W . E . Walmcsley , P . G . S . B . ; J . Creaton , P . G . D . ; Thomas Fenn , P . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; W . P . Scott , P . G . D . ; Farnfielrt , P . Assist . G . See . ; Snell , P . G . D . ; Stevens , P . G . W . ; Mason , P . G . S . B . ; W . Bradford , P . Assist . G . Dir . Of Cers . ; R . J . Spiers and H . Bridges , P . G . S . B . ' s ; H . Grissell and B .