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best might . On one other occasion only cm they be said to have appeared in public ; and the paraphernalia of the Order soon found its way into the hands ofthe Alennese jewellers and dealers in masquerade costume . The most important article , perhaps , after all , contained in these two numbers of the Latomia is one concerning which we can but say that it is worthy of the earnest consideration of all true and thinkins Masons . We allude to the new constitution

of the Italian lodges . The statutes alone consist of forty-nine articles , divided into four chapters , under the headings , " Character and Object of Italian Freemasonry , " "Constitution and Administration of Italian Freemasonry , " and "Duties and Penalties . " In addition to these there are a long list of rules . The device of the

Order is green , and members are strictly forbidden to wear Masonic insignia when accompanying , as a deputation , the remains of a departed brother to the grave . Those who , on such occasions , make an oration on the virtues of the departed , are also recommended to be very cautious in their use of Masonic terms and expressions .

The tone of the whole of the statutes and regulations is , of course , French , and the object of the Order is described as being— "Benevolence ; the study of universal moral excellence , and the practice of all virtues . " The lodges are at present 52 in number , and tbe head of the Grand Orient of Italy is Fillipo Cordova , late Minister of Commerce .

We must , in conclusion , remark on the careful resume which we have in the Latomia of Masonic activity in Germany—and the . same may be said of the whole continent—so careful , indeed , that the writer of a memoir of a distinguished Mason , lately deceased in Belgium , describes not only the person and habits of the deceased clown to particulars that can only possess

an interest to the relatives of the defunct , but , after carefully noting the appearance of his house , adds that , from the breadth of the approach thereto , it was easy to see that he was during life a very popular man . The article is that on the death of a man who has played an important part among us—we allude to M . Veriinegen , tlie late M . W . G . M . of Brussels .

Preserve Your Certificates.

PRESERVE YOUR CERTIFICATES .

( From the Indian Freemason ' s Friend . ) By the gradual loss of friends , some of whom had died , while others had gone to England , and by the loss of money many years ago , when the mercantile world was stunned with repeated crashes , a lady found herself the other clay in great need of help , and thought of applying to the Masons , her father having belonged to tbe Fraternity ; but she could not

say of which lodge he bad been a member , nor could she produce any certificate , having , in happier days , torn up all his Masonic papers with other " rubbish . " Fortunately , some old records enabled a friend to identify tho deceased with a brother who had held the office of Prov . G . Sec . of Bengal in the pre-Adamite ages ; and there was then no difficulty in obtaining relief for his daughter . If they would take advice ( but that they will not ) we would

, advise ladies to place a hi gher value on Masonic certificates . They know not when they or their children may require them . A sea-faring man , who had been the master of many merchant ships , once sought for aid from the Masons . He ' was a respectable man . He spoke little , but he showed that nothing but actual necessity had compelled him to apply for temporary relief , and that he spared no exertion to obtain employment .

He had a Masonic certificate nearly forty years old . He made a very moderate request , and was helped by the Masons to support himself for a time , until he succeeded in obtaining the command of a small vessel , in which he gladly sailed away .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

GRAND LODGE . The quarterly communication of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday last , the Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., presiding , supported by Bros . Fleming , Prov . G . M . for the Isle of Wight , as D . G . M . ; Col . Brownrigg , P . G . W ., as S . G . W . ; G . C .

Legh , iKP ., J . G . W . ; Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , G . Chap . ; M'Intyre , G . Reg . ; J . Ll . Evans , President of the Board of General Purposes ; W . G . Clarke , G . See . ; Dr . Fearnley andB . Head , S . G . D . 's ; Simpson , J . G . D . ; A . W . Woods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; Banister , G . S . B . ; Farnfield , Assist . G . Sec ; Farmer , G . Purst ., and Dickie , Assist . G . Purst . There were also present the following

P . G . Officers : —Bros . Havers and Paterson , P . G . W . 's ; Scott , Creaton , J . IN " . Tomkins , S . B . Wilson , Gregory , Udall , Potter , and Hopwood , P . G . D . 's ; Empson , C . Elkington , Patten , H . Pullen , Bridges , and Pocock , P . G . S . B . 's ; J . Smith and T . Adams , P . G . Bursts . ; with the Master , P . M . ' s , and Wardens of the Grand Steward's Lodge , ancl of several other lodges .

The Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer , The G . SECRETARY read the minutes of the quarterly communication of the 2 rd of June . On the question that the minutes be confirmed , Bro . JOSEMS wanted to know what tlie confirmation of the minutes really meant ? Was it to sanction them as they were presented , or merely that they should be received ?

The G . MASTER said , that when the minutes were received they were adopted by the Grand Lodge ; but it was in the power of any member to object to the confirmation of so much of them as referred to a particular subject , but the objection must be taken to thewhole of that subject , and not to a portion of it . Bro . JOSEPHS said he would move the non-confirmation of the

minutes , although he only objected to that portion of them which related to the Grand Lodge property . The matter was disposed of at a very fate hour at night , when Grand Lodge was very thin , a great number of the members having gone away ; aud as there was to be a very large expenditure of money he thought the subject should not have been pressed forward

at such a late hour at night , and they ought to have had further time for consideration . He , therefore , moved that the minute of the last Grand Lodge be not confirmed . Bro . MEYJIOIT seconded the motion , urging that there was a division amongst the committee themselves as to the plan which had been proposed . It would involve an expenditure of

about £ 50 , 000 , and as they were altogether in the dark as to the extent of the alterations that were to be made . They ought not to confirm the minutes without further information . He did not object to the whole of the minutes , but as they had been informed by the Grand Master that they could not object to a part , he seconded the motion that the minutes be not confirmed .

The G . MASTER said what he had really said was , that they must confirm or not confirm the whole of the minutes relating to the Grand Lodge property , and not a part of them . Bro . J . R . STEBIUXG- objected to the ruling of the G . M . He believed that it would be perfectly regular to object to even a portion of the minutes relating to the Grand Lodge property . Bro . HAYEKS . P . G . W ., believed that the ruling- of the G . M .

had been misunderstood . Bro . GREGORY said that the question had been carried by one of the most numerously attended meetings he had ever seen in