The Late Bro. De Saint Jean.

THE LATE BRO . DE SAINT JEAN .

BRO . De Saint Jean , President of tbe Conncil of the Grand Orient of France , as well as of the College of Rites , died after a brief illness on the last day of the old year , at the ripe age of seventy-three , and was bnried , on the 3 rd ult ., at the cemetery of Pere-Ia-Chaise , Paris , a large concourse of brethren from the Lodges in Paris being present

to pay their last tribute of respect to one who had been so long and so honourably associated with French Freemasonry . Le Monde Maconnique contains a brief sketch of Bro . De Saint-Jean ' s career , and from it we gather that he was initiated in the Lodge Saint-Pierre des Vrais Amis

as far back as the year 1834 , and had consequently been a member of the Brotherhood for close on half a century . No long time passed before he was chosen to fill the office of Venerable ( W . Master ) of his Lodge , and thenceforward he took an active part in the proceedings of the Grand

Orient . In 1843 he was selected as a member of the permanent Commission appointed to watch over the interests of the Order , among his associate members being Bros . Charassin , Roblot , Bouchet , Bessin , Faultrier , Morand , & c . On the 12 th April 1844 he submitted a very valuable

report on the necessity of exercising greater precaution in the initiation of candidates , and the same year he was nominated a member of the Commission charged with the revision of the Statutes General , their labours resulting in the Constitution of 1849 . In 1845 he was chosen Orator

of the Chamber of the Supreme Conncil of Rites . In 1857 he entered the Council of the Grand Master , which subsequently was transmuted into the Council of the Grand Orient , and it was in the discharge of the functions attached to this latter office that he made himself known

to the brethren by his devotion to their interests , his zeal and energy , his benevolence , and his disinterestedness , all which qualities secured to him the general respect of the Fraternity . In 1872 ; on the abolition of the Grand Mastership , and the transfer of a part of

its prerogatives and duties to the Conncil of the G . Orient , Brother de Saint Jean was elected President of the Council , and since then his re-election to that high office has been , as it were , almost a matter of course . From 1872 to 1878 he was in like manner chosen President of

the General Assembly of the Grand Orient . His personal qualities made him beloved even by those who did not share his opinions . Belaboured energetically , but with invariable courtesy , in order to ensure the adoption of the views which he deemed right , and calculated to prove

serviceable to the Craft , but , at the same time , he accepted without reservation the decisions of the majority , and in that respect showed himself to be as estimable as a citizen as he was in his capacity of Freemason . It was characteristic of him that he rarely , if ever , showed any

inclination towards extreme views . On the contrary , he exhibited a moderation of opinion which eminently fitted him for the high and important functions which he so worthily and so conscientiously discharged during the last ten years of his life . But irrespective of his particular duties , he

took a considerable interest in organising the ambulance provided by the Grand Orient in 1870 , while to him especially belongs the honour of having instituted the several courses of gratuitous education , to which so many French youths are indebted for the completion of their elementary

training . At the interment several addresses were delivered , to wit , by Brother Cousin on behalf of the Council of the Order ; Brother Vienot in the name of the brethren

of the Province ; by the Venerable of the Lodge Les Vrais Amis ; by Brother de Serres , former President of the Masonic Orphanage ; and by Mdme . Braisbant on behalf of the present and past pupils of the Classes of the Grand Orient .

We learn that Bro . Grimaux , till recently editor-inchief of Le Monde Maconnique , has been appointed to the Secretariat of the Grand Orient , and that his place in the literary direction of our contemporary has been filled by Bro . Rocher .

According to the official bulletin , there are fifty-three Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Snpreme Council and Grand Orient of the Argentine Republic , of which seventeen are located in Buenos Ayres .

The Late Bro. De Saint Jean.

We are glad to see that our brethren in Jamaica are bestirring themselves with a view to raising funds towards the relief of the terrible distress entailed by the fire which broke out in Kingston on an early date last December , and , in the short space of twelve hours destroyed about

onethird of the city , thereby rendering thousands of worthy people homeless , to say nothing of the many fatal casualties which likewise occurred through the conflagration . According to the latest returns we have seen , over 7 , 000 out of a population of 30 , 000 have lost their all , the value of the

property destroyed being estimated at £ 650 , 000 , of which only £ 150 , 000 is covered by insurance , the net loss thus amounting to half a million sterling . We consider the case of these unfortunate people is one that calls for a prompt and liberal contribution from the funds of our

Grand Lodge . If precedent is asked for , it is only necessary for us to enumerate some of the many instances recorded in the Grand Lodge Calendar . Thus , in 1825 £ 100 was voted towards the " Relief of Sufferers by Inundation in Hanover . " £ 100 was voted in 1867 towards

the " Turks' Island Relief Fund , " and a like sum in 1871 towards the " Refugees' Benevolent Fund . " In 1870 the " National Society for Aid of Sick and Wounded in War " received £ 500 , and in 1872 the " Chicago Relief Fund "a great part of that city having been destroyed by firebenefited to a like extent . In 1874 the sum of £ 500 was

voted to the " Bengal Famine Relief Fund , " and in 1877 £ 210 towards " Relief of Sufferers by the Fire at St . John , N . Brunswick , " and £ 105 " in alleviation of distress caused by the ' Cataclasm ' on the Coast of Peru . " Some of the calamities , to relieve the sufferings caused by which these

sums were granted , occurred in foreign States , and others in British Colonies and Dependencies , and Jamaica , which comes under the latter category , should not , aud we believe will not , be' passed over without some help being extended to her by the Craft in England . Nevertheless , the old proverb should not be forgotten— " Bis dat qui cito dat . "

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Duke of Albany has consented to preside at the Anniversary Festival of the Printers' Pension Corporation , to be held on Tuesday , the 19 th June next .

The interesting old church of Brackley , in Northamptonshire , of which the Earl of Ellesmere is patron , has been enriched by a painted window , from the studio of Mr . Taylor , of Berners Street . The subject of the window , which is the gift of Mrs . Bayley , of Brackley , is " The Resurrection . "

Bro . James Stevens P . M . P . Z . has accepted an invitation from the Rosslyn Lodge , No . 1543 , to deliver his lecture , explanatory of the Ritual and Ceremonies of the First Degree , at the ensuing Lodge Meeting at Dunmow , Essex , on the 20 th inst . The attendance of members of Nos .

276 , 409 , 1280 , 1312 , and other Lodges m the surrounding district is anticipated .

Bro . Richard Poore has been elected Secretary to the United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction ; No . 507 , which holds its meetings every Friday evening , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E ., under the Preceptorship of Bro . James Stevens P . M . P . Z .

The Lord Mayor has issued a circular to the Provincial Mayors , inviting their assistance in promoting the fund which is being raised at the Mansion House in aid of the sufferers by the conflagration in December last at Kingston , Jamaica .

Subscriptions to the extent of £ 1200 were announced at the anniversary dinner , held on Saturday last , in aid of the funds of the French Hospital and Dispensary . The Count d'Aunay , Chancellor of the French Embassy ; presided , in the absence , through illness , of the French Ambassador .

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