Freemasonry In France.

FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE .

" Le Monde Magonnique" having for September made its first appearance since the commencement of the war , thus addresses its readers : " Dear Brethren , " The terrible events through which we have

just passed , and more particularly the long investment of Paris , have compelled us to suspend the publication of " Le Monde Magonnique / ' Peace being now apparently restored , we resume our labours , resolved to devote to it all activity and care .

More than ever is it necessary that the grand principles upon which the Masonic Institution are based , should be clearly discussed and vigorously propagated . These princi ples , we have ever loudly proclaimed , and the experience which we

have acquired during the long crisis through which we have passed , far from shaking our confidence has strenghening it . To day , as heretofore , we take for our motto the three words which embrace all justice , —

Liberte , Egalite , Fraternite . To day , as heretofore , and more energetically than ever , shall we wage war against ignorance , prejudice , and superstition . To day , as heretofore , we honour labour , we respect right , and we reprove all violence . To day , as heretofore , would we reconcile man to man .

Let those who think with us join us . The year just closed has imposed upon us cruel sacrifices . War has not only ravaged our country , and wasted our wealth ; it has carried death into our ranks , and several of those whom we loved ,

and who , both in Paris and the Departments , were associated with us in our work , no longer answer to our call . Those who remain will still lend their aid , and we may hope to render still some service , not only to Freemasonry , but to our country and to the whole human race .

The subscription opened by the Grand Orient of Fronce , in aid of the victims of the late war has produced , up to the month of September , upwards of 23 francs . The Grand Orient of Brazil subscribed 2 , 000 francs , the the Lodge

Humboldt , Orient of Perth ( Hungary ) , 1 , 000 francs . .- Besides this sum of 23 , 000 francs realised , the

Grand Orient has received information of othersubscriptions , from Matre ( Her Sechelles ) Valpariso , Cincinnati ( U . S . ) , aud from many other lodges in correspondence . These sums nave come to hand since the war , and the amount will be published in the next official bulletin ^ , with the list of subscribers .

Lodge Heureuse Rencontre ( happy meeting } Orient of Die , Department Drome , prvisionally constituted by ten brethren of Lodge de Crest , on the 1 st March , 1869 , received a warrant for the-GrandLodge Orient , on the 10 th May , 1869 .

Theinstallation meeting should have been held on the 8 th August following , but circumstances prevented . All difficulties having been surmounted ,, the lodge , by authority of the Grand Master ,, recently proceeded with the installation .

Lodge " l'Avenir Noriton , " was also consecrated at Norriton , department of Dordoyne . This ceremony was also retarded in consequence of the war . At the installation meeting , the foundation stone was laid for Masonic Temple , for the use of the lodge .

A Committe of Lodge " Bienfaiteurs Renuis , " in their report , has recommended the suppression of the Grand Mastership . They have proposed the nomination of an executive council composed of three members , nominated by the Council of

the Order , and renewable in rotation . The committee also recommend that the members of the Executive Council be reduced in number to fortyfive .

The Grand Master of France has forwarded ths following address , on the occasion of the fusion of the Order in Portugal : — " The Grand Orient ; of France has received the notification of the fusion recently made between

the ' Grand Orient Lusitianien / and the ' Grand Orient Portugais / to constitute the Grand Orient Lusitainien Supreme Council of Portuguese Masonry / "Henceforth Portuguese Freemasons will

assemble under one banner . This act has created a unity of power on Portuguese Masonry , which cannot but have a happy influence upon the destiny of Masonry in that country .