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fftmtatte . PAGE . FEEEJIASONS' MAGAZINE : — The History of Freemasonry in Portugal 401 Masonic Jottings—No . 20 403 Masonic Notes and Queries 40-1 Correspondence 405 Masonic Sayings and Doings Abroad 405

Ladies at ouv Masonic Banquets 406 MASOKTC MlEEOE : — Masonic Mems 407 Installation of the Earl de Grey and Ripon as M . AV . G . M ., and Grand Festival , 407 CEAPT LODGE MEETINGS : — Metropolitan 411 Provincial 412

Scotland 413 Royal Arch 414-Knights Templar—Grand Conclave 414 Ancient and Accepted Rite—Supreme Grand Chapter , 30 ° ... 115 Testimonial to Bro . R , II . D . Johnson , Jtf . R . C . S ., P . M . and P . Z . No . 1 , 09-1 416 Consecration of the Freemasons' Hall , Adelaide , S . Australia 416 Palestine Exploration Fund 418

Obituary , 410 Scientific Meetings 420 List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 420 To Correspondents 420

The History Of Freemasonry In Portugal.

THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN PORTUGAL .

LONDON , SATURDAY , MAY 21 , 1870 .

Being CMI Historical Account of the Origin , Eise , and Progress of the Grand Orient of Lusitania . Translated from , Dr . A . M . da Cunha BeJlem ' s " Abridgment of the History of 2 fasonry in Portugal . "

( Concluded ) . Masonry had been completely suppressed in Spain , political persecution allowed it no rest or intermission . Despotism had discouraged Spanish Masons , the most barbarous tyranny was perpetrated

under the cloak of constitutional inonai'chy , the sword , of the dictator taking the place of the sceptre , borne by a queen whose hand was ever ready to sign death warrants ; the intolerance and fanaticism of an ignorant clergy kept the

people in a state of utter darkness ; all combined to deprive Masonry of the power to reunite , for the purpose of performing their regular work . This noble and generous country in its misfortune could not even bind the fraternal ties' of its

sons . The sweet pleasure was denied of giving the name of brother to those who lived in the same hope , who were born under the same heaven , who dwelt upon the same hills , in the same valleys , or on the borders of the sea—which taught

theminits mnrmuvings theineffable secrets of liberty —even to those who died together , their hearts pierced by the balls of the soldiers of depotism , who become the executioners of their brethren rather than the defenders of their country .

The Portuguese Masons , under the jurisdiction of . the Grand Orient of Lusitania observed the difficulties of their Spanish brethren and sought by all means in their power to encourage and relieve their sufferings . Some brave Masons

in spite of the dangers to which they were exposed , established a lodge at Cadiz , aud another at Seville , under this jurisdiction ; more recently a third was about to be erected at Madrid , and all these devoted sons of Ereemasonry sought

to assert their rights , to the great admiration of their Portuguese brethren , on account of the difficulty and danger they had braved ia seeking to establish regular lodges . It is only necessary to mention that their first

work was done in secret , in au obscure part of the town , and that , in order to meet without exciting the suspicion of the police , wore compelled to arrive singly by different routes , and to leave in a similar manner at long intervals .

It was hoped that one day other lodges might raise their columns , and that a regular Grand Lodge should be established in Spain . This would be a new glory for the Grand Orient of Lusitania . Iu 1863 , serious dissensions arose ia the Masonic

body of Brazil , which caused in the following year , a regrettable schism , but which was imposed by the direst necessity , for it carried accusations so serious against one party of the brethren under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Brazil , that

to maintain its dignity , a separation was inevitable . Those bravo and noble brethren who desired to maintain Masonry in its , purity , abandoned their temple " a la Vnik ' o cle Lavrndio , " and sought shelter in that of the " Bciiedicthis . " The Grand Orient of France and the Grand

Orient of Lusitania have taken cognizance of the subject : of these quarrels , and after a careful consideration of the matter , they recognised the justice of the action taken by that portion , which adhered to the " Ya ' . ioo des Beueuioiti :. ? , ^ and ia .

1865 , exchanged with them friend ;) - relations , which have since continued uninterrupted . Born of the same race as the Portuguese , speaking the same langnngo , po : ; =.:: s 3 ii ] g ut history glorious pages iu common , the L ' i-as ' . diau brethren

have testified their gratitude on that occasion by nominating Comte de Paraty , Grand Master of Portugal , ami Marco lui ! Magna a , Grand Master of France , as Ilonor .-. ry Grand Masters of the Grand Orient of . iJi-a / . il . The Grand Orient of Lusitania did not . however .