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MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

LONDON , SATURDAY , APRIL 22 , 1 SG 5 .

FBANCE . —The Monde Magoimiqit-c publishes an account of the fete that was given in Havre , in favour of the poor of the town , by the Masonic lodges of that city . We subjoin tho following extract : —On the 29 th of February a family fete

took place at the Masonic Hall , of the R-ue du Dcharcadere , ivhich ivas attended by an assembly of Freemasons , Lowtons , and also profanes , ivho were , however , all initiated into the mysterious pleasures of bene \ olcnce . No oath of silence ivas

made ; besides , there was a large number of " sisters" present . Tho labours that were performed may , therefore , be divulged without scruple and without indiscretion . The musical band of the Union des Travailleurs , " marching under its

banner /'' gave somo admirable songs , which wore received with much cheering . The rules of this choral phalanx ; are headed by the following clause : — "The object of the Union des Travailleurs society is to procure to its members an artistic

recreation through the study of music , and to cooperate wherever a good action has to be done , or a distress to be relieved ; in fine , to work for the progress of civilisation and benevolence . "No regulations were ever adhered to in a more

dignilied manner , both as regards the spirit and the letter . Mdlle . Vautier , the prima donna of the evening , sang ivith much feeling and taste the air , " It fad partir , " from the "Fille du Regiment , " also the grand air from the fourth act of

" Charles VI . " Mons . Lallouetto performed most admirably on the flute , amongst others Roman ' s " Souvenir Suisse" ( this artiste is a pupil of Mr . Benard , of the orchestra of the Grand Theatre ) . After this , various comic songs were given by

Mons . M . St . P ., and at last thc tenor , Mons . Matt , gave the grand air of " Elcazar , " from " La Juive . " Tho musical performances ivere followed np by a seance of legerdemain , consisting in all sorts of clever tricks . The assembly dispersed at

half-past eleven , in perfect peace and harmony , to meet again at St . Cecile for another Masonic bene-A'olont entertainment .

ALGERIA . —A ball ivas organised lately by the St . Vincent do Paul Lodge , of Constantine , in favour of its Caisso ITosjpitalu-ri ' . 232 tickets , at 5 f . each , ivere sold , making l , lG 0 f ., besides 120 f . of voluntary contributions . The expenses amounted

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to 71 Of . " There remained , therefore , a balance of 570 f . in favour of the object of tho entertainment . GERMANY . —The German Logcnlcalaider for April , published by the Freimaurerzeitungy contains a list of 291 lodges , working under the

various Grand Lodges of Germany . There are sixteen lodges in operation in Berlin , three in . Breslau , six in Frankfort , thirteen in Hamburg , three in Hanover , three iu Leipzig , ancl three in Dresden . in all other towns there are either one or

two lodges . It appears to us that the Austrian empire is still unrepresented iu the " Ivalender . " Is this fact to be ascribed to a total ivant of

Masonic institutions in the south-east of the Fatherland , or does it merely denote the " small German " tendencies of tho framer of the " Ivalender . " To a recent issue of the Bauliiittc , we are indebted for a statistical survey of the Masonic

lodges in the kingdom of Hanover . There are at present 23 " workshops" in operation under the togis of the Grand Lodge of Hanover , presided over by his Guelphian majesty . These lodges contain au aggregate of 2 , 315 brethren , besides 212

honorary members , and 86 subordinate brethren . The weakest of all these lodges is the Hermine , of BiLckeburg , with 29 members . The most numerous are the three lodges of tho Residence , containing upwards of 200 brethren each , altogether

760 members . The Bauhiitte is of opinion that there ought to be live or seven lodges in the town of Hanover , instead of three , and the old rule be acted up to , according to which no lodgo was to hold more than 100 members .

During tho last year 131 additional members were received in the 23 Hanoverian lodges , beingseven less than iu the preceding year . Of these there wore 16 adepts received by the Friedrich zumiveissen Pferde Lodge of Hanover , and 15 by

tho Iviinigliche Eiche Lodge of Hameln . In each . O O of the Btickeburg , Clausthal , and Harburg Lodges one reception only took place . There are at present 1 , 114 ' Masters belonging to the lodges of the Hanover Grand Lodge , 413 members of the second ,

and 818 of the first degree . We concur in tho opinion of the Baithutte , that thc publication of such statistical data by the Grand Lodges is highly conducive to the furtherance of the interest of the Craft .

SIN first is pleasing , then it grows easy , then delightful , then frequent , then habitual , then confirmed ; then the man is impenitent , then he is obstinate , then he is resolved never to repent , and then he is ruined .