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The Paris correspondent of the Morning jPostf . ' says , —" Freemasonry is making rapid progress in Prussia , which now contains 158 Lodges . Iu the remainder of Germany there are 113 Lodges . "
In consequence of the want of information from Canada , Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon has for the present withdrawn his notice in favour of Grand Lodge acknowledging the independence of the Grand Lodge of Canada . We have been favoured with a view , at Bro . Spencer ' s Masonic Dep 6 t , of a breast-plate , crown , mitre > and turban , manufactured in his best style , for the Grand Chapter of Turkey , held at Smyrna ; the stones , & c , in the breast-plate ,
represent most skilfully the costly gems worn by the High Priest in that portion of his vestments . The names of the Twelve Tribes are carefully engraven on each , the whole beautifully inserted in a chaste gilt setting , within rows of rich gold embroidery on ground-work of purple , crimson , and blue . Altogether , the manufacture is most unique , and far exceeds in richness of design and beauty of execution anything of the kind we have previously seen .
We are happy to hear that the balance of the Stewards' Guarantee Fund remaining in the hands of the Treasurer , after defraying the expenses of the late Festival for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution for A-ged Masons and their widows , amounts to £ Z § . As . In accordance with a resolution of the Stewards , this siim will be devoted to providing coal and wood for the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon during the coming winter . -
At the monthly Board of Benevolence , on the 26 th of August , the only application for relief was from a foreign Brother desirous of returning to his native country ; but the consideration of the case was postponed , in consequence of the non-attendance , through indisposition , of the Brother recommending the petition .
GRAND LODGE . NOTICES OF MOTION . The following are the new notices of motion for the next Grand Lodge : — Bro . Stebbing , to move for " Verbal alterations in questions , & c . to Candidates for Degrees . " Bro . Stebbing— " That D . Prov . G . M . be authorized to appear in Grand Lodge in their provincial clothing , and take their seats on the dais , ranking after P . G . Sees . "
Bro . Rev . Wm . Westall—" That the charge to Initiates be bound up with the Book of Constitutions . " A recommendation from the Board of Benevolence— " Of a vote for £ 50 to the widow of a deceased Brother , twenty-eight years a member of Lodge No . 391 , Whitby , to which he continued to subscribe until the time of his death , " will also be brought under consideration .
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The Paris correspondent of the Morning jPostf . ' says , —" Freemasonry is making rapid progress in Prussia , which now contains 158 Lodges . Iu the remainder of Germany there are 113 Lodges . "
In consequence of the want of information from Canada , Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon has for the present withdrawn his notice in favour of Grand Lodge acknowledging the independence of the Grand Lodge of Canada . We have been favoured with a view , at Bro . Spencer ' s Masonic Dep 6 t , of a breast-plate , crown , mitre > and turban , manufactured in his best style , for the Grand Chapter of Turkey , held at Smyrna ; the stones , & c , in the breast-plate ,
represent most skilfully the costly gems worn by the High Priest in that portion of his vestments . The names of the Twelve Tribes are carefully engraven on each , the whole beautifully inserted in a chaste gilt setting , within rows of rich gold embroidery on ground-work of purple , crimson , and blue . Altogether , the manufacture is most unique , and far exceeds in richness of design and beauty of execution anything of the kind we have previously seen .
We are happy to hear that the balance of the Stewards' Guarantee Fund remaining in the hands of the Treasurer , after defraying the expenses of the late Festival for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution for A-ged Masons and their widows , amounts to £ Z § . As . In accordance with a resolution of the Stewards , this siim will be devoted to providing coal and wood for the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon during the coming winter . -
At the monthly Board of Benevolence , on the 26 th of August , the only application for relief was from a foreign Brother desirous of returning to his native country ; but the consideration of the case was postponed , in consequence of the non-attendance , through indisposition , of the Brother recommending the petition .
GRAND LODGE . NOTICES OF MOTION . The following are the new notices of motion for the next Grand Lodge : — Bro . Stebbing , to move for " Verbal alterations in questions , & c . to Candidates for Degrees . " Bro . Stebbing— " That D . Prov . G . M . be authorized to appear in Grand Lodge in their provincial clothing , and take their seats on the dais , ranking after P . G . Sees . "
Bro . Rev . Wm . Westall—" That the charge to Initiates be bound up with the Book of Constitutions . " A recommendation from the Board of Benevolence— " Of a vote for £ 50 to the widow of a deceased Brother , twenty-eight years a member of Lodge No . 391 , Whitby , to which he continued to subscribe until the time of his death , " will also be brought under consideration .