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the Jerusalem Chapter ( No . 218 ) , and in 1840 joined the Chapter attached to the St . George and Cornerstone Lodge ( No . 5 ) , in which he has served all the chairs , and is now a P . Z . He was appointed S . G . D . in 1848 , and Standard-bearer in Grand Chapter the same year . In 1858 the M . W . G . M . testified his appreciation

of his services-and abilities by nominating him President of the Board of General Purposes , which office he resigned in the present year , after a tenure of three years duration . Comp . HAVERS is now Scribe N . in the Grand Chapter , having been lately appointed to that

dignity . The W . BRO . HAA * ERS early took great interest in the administration and politics of the Order . He entered Grand Lodge in stormy times , and when there were men of intellect and talent to oppose , such as the late Bros . Dr . Crucefix and Lee Stevens . His tact , ready

argument , and remarkable debating powers , made an instant impression on that body , and although he ivas looked upon as one of the most conservative of the conservatives , yet his talents were so undeniable that his opponents were " fain to confess they had met their match ancl no unworthy champion Avith Avhom to splinter a lance . " Time , however , which conquers all things , as well as the predjudices of individuals , has of late greatly modified

the opinions of many of the elders of the Craft ivith respect to Bro . HAVERS . At the present moment we doubt if a more popular brother is to be found . He has conducted , and brought to a peaceable end , that Canadian business which threatened , at one time , to produce very unpleasant and disastrous results to Masonry .

The crowning effort of his skill , vis ., the proper disposition of the Craft property is still in abeyance , and seems likely to remain so , until the Board of General Purposes , or its Building Committee can set itself steadily to work , ancl which , as far as we can

see , it is not likely to do until the leases have actually runout , and the tavern is shut up , and the adjoining houses fall down . No one can question the propriety of the scheme which would remove the stigma from Ereemasonry bv reserving the premises of

the Craft for its own legitimate uses , and for ever demolish the prevalent opionion that Ereemasons are a kind of Licensed Victuallers Company who keep a Hall for letting out as a Tavern , and are themselves in the anomalous position of their tenant ' s tenant . This scheme , whether it ever arrives at maturity or

not , will endear Bro . HAVERS ' S name to the Craft and entitle him to take no mean rank amongst its benefactors . His zeal in seeking to elevate the Order , his example and precept have already , and ivill yet go far to accomplish such a desirable event . As the adviser of the M . W . G . M ., during hss

Presidentship of the Board of General Purposes , he has contributed , in no small degree , to render the noble Earl more popular . Grand officers have been , generally , selected for some kind of merit , and not appointed from mere favour , in consequence of which there are many

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really p opular Masons holding grand office to which they could never hope to attain under a more private and personal disposition of the G . M . ' s patronage . To the charities Bro . HAVERS has ever lent a willing hand and ready ear . In the true spirit of benevolence he has not confined this to those this to those connected

with our Craft , but , " Oft memory tells how his warm bosom glow'd , For ills prevented , or for good bsstowecl , While his free gift , in love , in pity given , Touch'd by his hand , became a gem in heaven . " In his private life he is justly regarded as a man of

education , a gentleman , and an agreeable companion , whose society is widely courted , and to be ranked amongst his friends is by no means to be lightly esteemed . Such is the brother whose services the Craft have , to some extent , lately lost . He has sacrificed much for

Ereemasonry , and finding that it was imperative on him to g ive a greater amount of personal attention to his professional avocations , he resigned the post of honour , which he had so worthily filled and ably laboured in , to other hands , leaving , like a talented administrator , a

peaceful inheritance to his successor , the Craft honoured and prosperous , and every detail in perfect order . As active minds can never be idle with impunity , so we feel assured that in Bro . HAA'ERS ' retirement , the Craft will still retain a large portion of his sympathy ,

ancl he will be the first to say , in the words of the poet" Dear friends of years I can foretell From what I feel at this farewell , That where soe ' er my steps shall tend , And whenso ' er my course shall end , If in that hour a single tie Survive of mystic sympathy , My soul will cast the backward view , Ancl longing , 'look alone on you . "

Freemasonry In France.

FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE .

Prince Murat , as Grand Master of the Order in Erance , has addressed the following to the various lodges under his jurisdiction , announcing his desire that a successor should be selected to replace him in the office of Grand Master : — " Chateau of BuzevalJuly 20 .

, " Brothers , —As long as the duties which you imposed on me as Grand Master were confined to devoting myself to your interests and to causing the Masonic laws , which you all respect , to be strictly executed , whereby task was made easy , I did not regret a single instant either' the time employedor the anxiety which was

, occasioned by the desire to see Masonry one day possess a temple worthy of itself . Now , in spite of all predictions to the contrary , the temple of the Eue Cudet would , in a feiv years , have belonged to you for ever . There , free from all debt , and possessing suitable revenues , Masonry might have

established a house of succour , have opened schools , public lectures , libraries , & c , might , in a word , have proved to the profane world what its mission is , and that it knew how to accomplish it ; but the envy of some of the Utopian ideas of others ha 7 e embarrassed my projects , and put an end to the harmony which has hitherto prevailed amongst us . Masonry ten years ago presented no field for personal ambition . But since then it has increased , and I hoped to utilise the force