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The Freemasons' Tavern.
THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN .
LONDON , SATURDAY , AUGUST G , 1861 .
A prospectus has been issued for establishing a Company , under the Limited Liability Act , with a capital of £ 65 , 00 ( 3 , to purchase the lease of the Freemasons' Tavern and the stock in trade of the present tenants . , so as to extend ancl improve the
business , it being evident that when the alterations are completed , there will be no establishment in the metropolis presenting such accommodation for public dinners , meetings , and other assemblies . It is calculated that under the new arrangements
the returns Avill not be less than £ 30 , 000 a-year , whilst not more than £ 40 , 000 will be required for the purchase of the lease , the furniture , wines , & c , leaving £ 25 , 000 in reserve to cany on the
business . Of course that portion of the new buildings intended to be devoted to the purposes of Freemasonry will be Icept wholly in the hand 3 of Grand Lodge , and will not be leased to any party , excepting so far as regards the serving of
refreshments . We understand that more than sufficient capital to constitute the Company has already been applied for , and on Thursday the shares were quoted at 1 J § prem . It is understood that one at least of the present tenants will
continue to take an active part in the management ; and should the results anticipated be realised , the Company must prove as successful as has the London Tavern and other similar companies , if not more so .
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
FRANCE . —The chief officers of the Council of the Order , under Marshal Magnan , are Longuet , 2 nd Assistant Grand Master ; Alfred Blanche , President of the Council ; De Saint Jean , Vice-President . The Council are again divided into
sections for administration , finance , and appeals . The President and Secretary of the section for administration are Bros . Massol and Caubet . Those for finance and apjieal are yet open . The committee of the council have submitted a
proposition for revising the Constitution of the Order , through Bro . Caubet . This revision has given rise to some discussion on . the first article , which declares the basis of Freemasonry to be a belief in God and the immortality of the soul .
Two parties appear to have been formed on this very simple and necessary proposition—the - one for it , the other opposed to it on the grounds of tolerance , liberty of conscience , and Masonic tradition , asserting that from 1796 to 1852 no
Masonic constitution has laid down the above dogmatic teaching , which they allege to be an innovation introduced in the latter year . Bro . Heullant has resigned the Assistant Grand Mastership , and Marshal Magnan has appointed in
his stead Bro . Alfred Blanche . LODGE DISCUSSIONS . —To show the entire difference which obtains in France from our own
plan of Freemasonry , we have only to glance at the subjects which our French brethren deem proper to be introduced . Thus we learn that in Lodge ( No . 133 ) , Eccossime , they propose to discuss the value of a common bond of union , and
subdivide it into two sections ; first , that of a universal or natural law ; secondly , the law of conscience , or the moral law . The Lodge Rose Ecossaise submits to its members the subject of liberty under two aspects , those of its absolute
sense , and of its relative and social bearing . The Lodge Renaissance continues its discussion of the question—society ; is it an organisation or an
association ? In either case , what is the law that rules it and what its mode of progress ? Louis STORCH . —The Lodge of Saxe Meiningen has lately initiated Bro . Louis Storch , a poet of local renown in Germany .
JEAN SCHNEIDER . —The brethren of Dresdenhave to deplore the loss of Bro . Schneider , one of the greatest organ-players and theorists in the world . His fame was European , his skill of the highest order , and his school by which he is best
known in this country a work of inestimable value . He departed this life in his 66 th year , and Avas followed to his last resting ' -place by an immense = concourse of his sorrowing townsmen .
HONORARY MASTERSHIP . —Bro . Grebe , one ofthe contributors to the Gazette du Francmaqon , and an old member of the lodge at Hildersheim , in Hanover , now in his 89 th year , and after having been a member of the Order for upwards of sixty
years , was distinguished hy his lodge granting him the title of one of its honorary Masters . LODGES IN HUNGARY . —In spite of all the precautions of the Austrian police , who are charged to uproot Freemasonry in the dominions of the-Kaiser , it is reported that in Pesth and its immediate neighbourhood several lodges are actively
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The Freemasons' Tavern.
THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN .
LONDON , SATURDAY , AUGUST G , 1861 .
A prospectus has been issued for establishing a Company , under the Limited Liability Act , with a capital of £ 65 , 00 ( 3 , to purchase the lease of the Freemasons' Tavern and the stock in trade of the present tenants . , so as to extend ancl improve the
business , it being evident that when the alterations are completed , there will be no establishment in the metropolis presenting such accommodation for public dinners , meetings , and other assemblies . It is calculated that under the new arrangements
the returns Avill not be less than £ 30 , 000 a-year , whilst not more than £ 40 , 000 will be required for the purchase of the lease , the furniture , wines , & c , leaving £ 25 , 000 in reserve to cany on the
business . Of course that portion of the new buildings intended to be devoted to the purposes of Freemasonry will be Icept wholly in the hand 3 of Grand Lodge , and will not be leased to any party , excepting so far as regards the serving of
refreshments . We understand that more than sufficient capital to constitute the Company has already been applied for , and on Thursday the shares were quoted at 1 J § prem . It is understood that one at least of the present tenants will
continue to take an active part in the management ; and should the results anticipated be realised , the Company must prove as successful as has the London Tavern and other similar companies , if not more so .
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
FRANCE . —The chief officers of the Council of the Order , under Marshal Magnan , are Longuet , 2 nd Assistant Grand Master ; Alfred Blanche , President of the Council ; De Saint Jean , Vice-President . The Council are again divided into
sections for administration , finance , and appeals . The President and Secretary of the section for administration are Bros . Massol and Caubet . Those for finance and apjieal are yet open . The committee of the council have submitted a
proposition for revising the Constitution of the Order , through Bro . Caubet . This revision has given rise to some discussion on . the first article , which declares the basis of Freemasonry to be a belief in God and the immortality of the soul .
Two parties appear to have been formed on this very simple and necessary proposition—the - one for it , the other opposed to it on the grounds of tolerance , liberty of conscience , and Masonic tradition , asserting that from 1796 to 1852 no
Masonic constitution has laid down the above dogmatic teaching , which they allege to be an innovation introduced in the latter year . Bro . Heullant has resigned the Assistant Grand Mastership , and Marshal Magnan has appointed in
his stead Bro . Alfred Blanche . LODGE DISCUSSIONS . —To show the entire difference which obtains in France from our own
plan of Freemasonry , we have only to glance at the subjects which our French brethren deem proper to be introduced . Thus we learn that in Lodge ( No . 133 ) , Eccossime , they propose to discuss the value of a common bond of union , and
subdivide it into two sections ; first , that of a universal or natural law ; secondly , the law of conscience , or the moral law . The Lodge Rose Ecossaise submits to its members the subject of liberty under two aspects , those of its absolute
sense , and of its relative and social bearing . The Lodge Renaissance continues its discussion of the question—society ; is it an organisation or an
association ? In either case , what is the law that rules it and what its mode of progress ? Louis STORCH . —The Lodge of Saxe Meiningen has lately initiated Bro . Louis Storch , a poet of local renown in Germany .
JEAN SCHNEIDER . —The brethren of Dresdenhave to deplore the loss of Bro . Schneider , one of the greatest organ-players and theorists in the world . His fame was European , his skill of the highest order , and his school by which he is best
known in this country a work of inestimable value . He departed this life in his 66 th year , and Avas followed to his last resting ' -place by an immense = concourse of his sorrowing townsmen .
HONORARY MASTERSHIP . —Bro . Grebe , one ofthe contributors to the Gazette du Francmaqon , and an old member of the lodge at Hildersheim , in Hanover , now in his 89 th year , and after having been a member of the Order for upwards of sixty
years , was distinguished hy his lodge granting him the title of one of its honorary Masters . LODGES IN HUNGARY . —In spite of all the precautions of the Austrian police , who are charged to uproot Freemasonry in the dominions of the-Kaiser , it is reported that in Pesth and its immediate neighbourhood several lodges are actively