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struct of each case should be printed on the agenda paper of the evening , which iu most cases would be sufficiently satisfactory ; and , where it was not so , would form the basis for questions to be asked and further information afforded .

Whilst on the subject of the relief granted by the Board of Benevolence , we must be allowed to reiterate the opinion we . have often expressed , that the whole system requires amendment , so as to adapt it to the largely increased importance of

the Order , and prevent the scandal—which it was intended to do—of begging from lodge to lodge , or constant appeals to the purses of any brother whose address can be ascertained . In this respect , we believe that no part of the kingdom is so

badly situated as the metropolis . In Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham , and other towns there is a regular organisation for the immediate relief of the distressed , and the detection of imposture ; thereby relieving the lodges and brethren from much importunity , whilst the really deserving never seek for aid in vain .

We trust that , when our new buildings are completed , an arrangement may be entered into by which some brother or brothers may be enabled to grant immediate relief to wayfarers and others , requiring it , to an amount to be fixed , all

such cases to be reported at the monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence ; and that other measures may be adopted for the classification and efficient relief of all applicants . But the more especially do we require a system of immediate

relief , to prevent imposture on the brethren , and in the interests of humanity itself ; for , surely in no case does the old adage of " a bird in hand being worth two in a bush" so well apply as in

the case of charity , £ 2 down being often a far greater boon to a manthan £ 5 a month hence , during which period he is forced to vagabondise about , and fall into the hands of parties who afford him a roof over his head , with an occasional crust ,

speculating on the amount they will hereafter receive from the funds of Grand Lodge , which are , of course , in such a case misapplied . Having on more than one occasion had to visit brethren at their residences , in compliance with the rule

of the " Book of Constitutions /' ' we have seen instances of this which we could not well mistake , and in one case in particular £ 5 were awarded to a brother whom we had cautioned from the first he could not expect more than £ 2 or £ 3 ; whilst the lower amount would in the first instance have

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been gratefully received . And we doubt whether , in the lo 2 ig run , the £ 5 did him so much g-ood as £ 2 would have done when he first came to London ; for the brother had no claim upon English Masonry beyond the fact that he was in

distress , and hailed from a foreign Constitution . We regard the jjresent system of granting relief in very man } ' - other respects as defective ; and though we know that great and not altogether unfounded prejudices exist against interfering with

or superseding—to which we ourselves objectthe power or constitution of the Board of Masters , we trust that some kind of inquiry may be entered into at no distant date , with the view of amending , not destroying , the machinery by which relief is

granted . We have entered into this subject at so much greater length than we had intended , that we must again postpone our remarks on the other portions of the proceedings of Grand Lodge .

Freemasonry In Italy.

FREEMASONRY IN ITALY .

In one of the last numbers of the Leipzig Fvcimaurer Zeitung an excerpt is given from an official document lately issued , and containing the following list of Masonic corporations on the mainland of Italy , working under the auspices of the

Palermo High Council of the Scottish Rite : — 1 . A general council of inspecting members . Mariano Maresca , 33 ( Merchant ) ; Saverio Friscia , 33 ( Physician , ex-Member of the Chamber of Deputies ) ; Luigi Zuppetta , 31 ( Doctor Legens of

Law , Deputy ); Giuseppe Pavia , 31 ; Achille Duplessis , 31 ( Barrister , and Common Councillor ); Vincenzo Miranda , 31 . 2 . An Areopage , i . e ., a lodge consisting of brethren from the 19 th to 30 th Scottish degree ,

all of whom are entitled to work in these degrees ; Bro . Zuppetta , thrice mighty Grand Master . o . A sublime Chapter of Most Venerable and Perfect Knig hts of the Rose and Cross : name of the Atersata not stated .

4 . The Lodge Figli delF Etna ; Giuseppe Pavia , Master . 5 . The Lodge Fede Italica , formerly conducted b } Bro . Achille Dnplessis , who has been compelled to resign ; at present it is superintended by Bro .

Altobelli , First Inspector . This lodge , we are informed , consists of "bad elements . " G . The Lodge Costanti nella Fede Italica ; Vincenzo Miranda , Master .