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Contents . PAGE . Roman Catholic Intolerance 241 AVhat Alasonry gains by being based on Christianity 243 Lodge Minutes—By Bro . AV . P . Buchan 244 The Alasonic Student 245 Masonic Inscriptions upon Public Buildings 210 Alasonic Jottings—No . 12 247

Alasonic Notes and Queries 248 Correspondence 250 Masonic Mems 252 CRA . PT LODGE MEETINGS : — Jletropolitan 252 Provincial 254 Scotland 257 Royal Arch 257

Alark Alasonry 259 Knights Templar 259 Obstacles to Alasonic Light 259 The Grand Alasonic Temple for New York 259 Poetry 2 C 0 Scientific Meetings 2 G 0 List of Lodgo , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 200 To Correspondents 200

Roman Catholic Intolerance.

ROMAN CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE .

LOUDON , SATURDAY , MABCS 26 , 1870 .

Accounts have been received from Madrid of the refusal of the Roman Catholic priests in that city to perform the last sacred rites over the body of Don Enrique de Bourbon , a brother who has taken a prominent rank amongst the Freemasons of that country .

The death of the brother mentioned Avas brought about in a duel between him and his cousin , the Duke of Montpensier , betAveen whom there has long existed a deadly feud , which was brought to a climax by a letter of Don Enrique to the Regent ,

dated 14 th January last , soliciting restoration to his naval rank and pay , of which the Government of Narvaez had deprived him for his liberal sentiments . In the letter he stated that if the mere accident of being born with the Bourbon name

was sufficient to induce the present Government to sustain the act of Narvaez , he should demand equal justice being meted out to the pretender , the Duke of Montpensier—who , also a Bourbon , was endoAved with a hypocrisy he ( Enrique ) did

not possess , —that he should be deprived of his position as Captain-General in the National Army . Then both would be conformed to equality , and he would never more trouble the Government of his country . Don Enrique added to this a letter addressed to the Montpensierists , Avhich Avas couched in most offensive terms .

The Duke of Montpensier Avrote to him asking him either to retract the letter or to disown it as his . Don Enrique replied by sending a copy enclosed in an envelope , signed Avith his name . The Duke , feeling himself insulted , placed the affair

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in the hands of friends ; they waited upon Don-Enrique , AVIIO eagerly chose the alternative of a hostile meeting . Having asked several friends to act as his seconds , all of ivhom , knowing his eccentricities , declined to act . We are informed ,

( what seems to be a singular fact ) that he took the matter to the Grand Loda : e of which he was a member ( 33 ° ) . Many of his brother Masons endeavoured to bring about a peaceable settlement , but in vain . The meeting being inevitable , three

brethren consented to act for him—Senores Santa-Maria , Eubio , and Ortez . The preliminaries Avere arranged , the Aveapons being pistols . The choice cf ground and the first shot fell to the chance of Don Enrique . At the

the third shot of Montpensier Enrique was mortally wounded between temple ancl the ear , and in three minutes expired . The remorse of the survivor was so intense that he had to be assisted from the scene , and he remained some time afterwards in a high state of fever .

Don Enrique possesses no property . Montpensier offered to adopt the family of his cousin , but acting on the advice of their uncle , the Ex-King Francisco de Apis , who expressed similar intentions , they have declined to receive any favours

from the Duke , whilst the eldest son , 20 years of age , has asked his dismissal from the army , with the avowed intention of avenging his father ' s death .

The funeral was solemnised on Tuesday , March 14 , and was perfectly non-political , being conducted by aud at the expense of rue brethren of the Masonic Order in Madrid . Tiie hearse was drawn by six black horses , and the coffin , of bronze ,

was visible ; on it Avas placed the sword , hat , and sash of the deceased , the Cross of Carlos IIL , and also various Masonic emblems , at the sight of Avhich , it is reported , the clergy who entered the house for the purpose of performing the funeral

ceremonies , refused to take any part in the proceedings , and at once Avithdrew all the paraphernalia of their religion , so horrified were they it the sight of the Masonic " emblems" and otlvr insignia of the " Craft . " One priest , howev-r ,

who was proof against tho bigoted prejudices of his brethren , consented to periorm the last saci-. nl rites , and accompanied the body to the cemetery . His name—the Cui-a Sen or Pnllido—deserves to

be recorded . A vast procession followed . The pall was borne by four distinguished Freemasons . Some