Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

The last mail advices from Australia contain the announcement of the death at Melbourne , of Bro . James Marshall , solicitor , a colonist of sixteen years ' standing . He was one of the oldest members in the colony of the Masonic fraternity , having been "W . M .

of the " Ancient Lodge of Mary ' s Cbapel , Edinburgh " as early as 1 S 30 . He was subsequentlyPoetLaureate of the Canongate ELilwinning Lodge , Chairman of the Law Committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , aud a Knigbt Templar . Previously to hie arrival in the

colony he had practised for thirty years in the Supreme Court of Scotland , chiefly in the ciiminal department of the law , during which time he also compiled several works on Scotch law , and contributed some dramatic sketches to the Edinburgh stage .

Among the incidents of the war which should be put on record , and which illustrate the vein for foolery and bombast of the French , is a citation of Fr . Guillaume I , Roi de Prusse , " and " Fr . Frederic GuilJaume Prince Royal to appear on the 29 th October , at No .

35 , Rue J ean Jacques Rousseau , at Paris , to answer an accusation of perjury , " in the name of humanity , outraged , of liberty of conscience violated , and of right and justice disregarded . In case of their non-appearance , which probably Avas the fact , an official

advocate was " to be appointed , and the case was to be tried according to Masonic usages . " It is in consequence of denaturalising and disturbing Masonry from its old bases that such notions gain currency . "Who are the parties at No . 35 does not

appear . It is to be hoped not the two legitimate bodies the Grand Orient and the Supreme Council , the domiciles of which are elsewhere than in the Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau . If the King of Prussia and his son hear of this

tomfoolery , they are too good Masons to regard it as anything else but what it is , and it is to be hoped it will not impair the genuine good offices of Masonry , rendered to each other by brethren on both sides , in this unhappy war . The following is a translation of the citation above referred

to;" Citation . —In the name of outraged humanity ! In the name of violated liberty of conscience ! In the name of despised right anil justice ! The Freemasons William I , King of Prussia , and Frederick "William Nicholas Charles of Prussia , Royal Hereditary Prince

, are summoned to appear personally or by represent , atives having some iVJasonic qualification , ou Saturday , the 29 th day of October , 1870 , in the Maeonic Hall , Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau , No . 35 , at seven

o ' clock in the evening , to answer the charge of perjury brought against them by the Parisian Freemasonry . Should they fall in coming forward , or in sending representatives in accordance with the present citation an es-offieio defender shall be appointed in their

behalf , and proceedings shall be taken according to Ma . sonic usages . Orient of Paris , Oct . 21 , 1870 . " Then follow signatures of venerables and delegates of Grand Lodge .

GEAND LODGE OP CAHFOENIA . The M . W . Grand Lodge of California commenced its twenty-first Annual Communication , at the Masonic Temple , San Praneiseo , Tuesday , October 10 , and was opened in ample form . Present , M . W .

Leonidas E . Pratt , G . M . ; E . W . Isaac S . Titus . D . G . M . ; John Shirrel Ward , S . G . Warden ; Richard Dale , J . G . Warden ; V . W . James Laidley , G . Treas . ; Alexander G . Abell , G . Sec ; the other Grand Officers , several P . G . Officers , Past Masters , and

the representatives of about one hundred subordinate warranted Lodges . Prayer was offered by Bro . Eev , ' A . E . Hill , G . Chaplain , pro tern ., the odes behjg sung by the choir . The Grand Secretary presented the credentials of

Bros . Baymonde Rosas Moralles , P . G . Secretary of the Grand Orient of Peru ; and M . W . William H . Davis , P . G . M . of Novia Scotia . The Committee on Jurisprudence submitted a report approving the official acts of the Grand Master

so far as referred to them ; also , recommending the repeal of the regulation whichprovides that no Suicide shall be buried Avith Masonic honours . The Committee on Pinances approved the report of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer . It was Besolved , —That so much of the address of the

Grand Lodge as refers to the barbarities eommittedon Freemasons in the Island of Cuba , and the report of the Special Committee . thereon , be not printed in the published proceedings , but shall be filed among its archives for future reference .

"And the committee was continued until the next annual communication , with instructions to ascertain the truth relative to the statements made , and report thereon . " Bros . M . W . Leondias E . Pratt was re-elected G-.

Master ; B . W . Isaac S . Titus , was elected D . G . Master . On the recommendation of the Grand Mas ter it was resolved to recognise the " Grand Lodge of Quebec , " The two Grand Lodges in Brazil are about to become amalgamated under one jurisdi c tion .