The Grand Orient Of France.

THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .

THE General Assembly of this Grand Orient for the year 1878 was held during the week ended the 14 th September . Bro . De Saint Jean , President of the Council , occupied tho chair on the opening day—Monday , the 9 th September—with Bros . Bruand and Antide Martin acting

as Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , Bro . J . Jean as Orator , Bro . Poulle as Secretary , Bro . Neumark as Expert , and Bros . Foussier and Coulon as Masters of Ceremonies . Nearly two hundred representatives of Lodges were present , and the Assembly at once proceeded , according to custom ,

to organise itself in nine bureaux . At the afternoon sitting the same day , Bro . de Saint Jean was chosenPresident during the whole session , and on Tuesday the Wardens and other Officers who would take part in the direction of business were appointed . This over , the Assembly at once proceeded to the discussion of the motion relative to the modification

of Article 41 of the Constitutions , and in the result it was resolved that the article should stand as follows : — " The Grand Orient will not constitute Lodges in those foreign countries , where thore exists already a Masonic Power which is regular and in fraternal relations with it . It will

recognise no Lodge constituted in Prance or the Prench possessions by a foreign Masonic Power . Bro . E . Rousselle then asked a question relative to the project for revising the llitual in accordance with tho change made in tho Constitutions of tho Grand Orient

last yoar . Thereupon Bro . Bussiero proposed that the Council of the Order should terminate its labours before the end of the year . President do Saint Jean suggested that the assembly should proceed to the Order of the clay pure and simple . Bro . Bussiere then modified his

resolution . A long wrangle ensued , various propositions being submitted , and in the end Bro . De Saint Jean ' s simple order of the day was lost , and another carried over its head . This led to a scene . Bro . President , having donned his insignia , declared with strong emotion his intention of

resigning his position as president and member of the Council . Very many of those present begged him not to do so , but he persisted and retired . Bro . Rondean , the Senior Grand Warden , then took on himself the Presidency of the meeting , and on the proposition of Bro . Caubet it was

resolved to send a deputation to Bro . De Saint Jean inviting him to resume his functions , after which the sitting closed . On Wednesday Bro . Rondeau announced amid the warmest manifestations of enthusiasm that Bro . De Saint Jean had consented to retire his resignation , shortly after

whicb that distinguished brother was introduced and resumed his presidency . Medals of Honour were then awarded to Lodge Les Disciples a"Hiram , Orient de la Pointe a , Pitre , and six brethren , while three received the distinction of Honourable Mention . On Thursday the Assembly

proceeded to elect twelve members in lieu of as many retiring by rotation from the Council , the following being the successful candidates , namely , Bros . Poulle , Bruand , De Heredia . Lagache , Wyrouboff , Done , Roche , Andre-Rousselle , Thulie , Da Hamel , Brernond , and Andrienx .

On Friday a proposition to reduce the price of Warrants from 150 francs to 50 francs was withdrawn , and at the meeting of the Council , the same Officers as last year were

elected . Bro . J . Jean , as Orator , delivered the customary address , and on Saturday the banquet was held , Bro . De Saint Jean presiding , the number of guests being 350 , among whom were many distinguished foreign brethren

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who had the day previous been introduced , amid hearty welcome , into the Grand Orient . It remains to be seen whether the Grand Orient will take any steps to establish Lodges in foreign countries where there

is a regular Masonic Power which is not in friendly relations with it . This , indeed , is the question which immediately concerns us in England , and we trust sincerely that Grand Orient will not take such steps , as otherwiso further difficulties may arise .

Girls' School Election.

GIRLS' SCHOOL ELECTION .

rriHE Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic JL Institution for Girls was held at Freemasons' Hall , at noon on Saturday last , and when tho ordinary business was disposed of the Court adjourned , pending the election of four girls from au approved list of twenty-nine candidates , of whom five only had presented themselves for

admission on any previous occasion . In the case of ono of these ( No . 2 ) , it was her last chance , and the same must be said of one of the twenty-four new candidates , namely , No . lb ' . However , happily for these , it will be found that they have obtained places among the siiccessful , so that in

this one particular respect not one of tho candidates can be said to have been absolutely disappointed , though , of course , hopes of their ultimate success will still prevnil among the friends and supporters of the unsuccessful . Wo noted a fortnight since that eight of tho twenty-nine

candidates hailed from London . Of theso only one has gained a place—No . 3 on the list—with 2724 marks . Of the twenty-one Provincial candidates three got in , obtaining the first , second , and fourth places respectively . No . 1 , from Kent , polled 4741 votes , No . 2 , hailing from Bristol , obtained

2817 votes , and No . 4 , from Hants and the Isle of Wight , scored 1 , 104 . Two other candidates , No . 24 ( Cheshire ) , and No . 22 ( London ) , stood next in order , with 1 , 086 votes and 1 , 018 respectively , and then the numbers grew less and . less , No . 11 having no votes whatever recorded for her .

It remains to be added that the attempt to introduce a daughter of the late Bro . Chas . Jardine , who was drowned in the Princess Alice , was a failure , Bro . Mclntyre , Q . C ,

Grand Registrar , having rnled that ifc was not competent for the Qnarterly Court to suspend the Rules of the Institution as proposed . Subjoined is a complete list of the Candidates , with the votes appended : —

SUCCESSFUL . N ° - ° Name Forward Polled Total 16 * Brasier , M . B . - - - - — 4741 4741 2 Cooper , M . S 723 2094 2817 15 * Stone , Ethel — 279-1 2794 3 Hill , E . M 742 302 110-1

UNSUCCESSFUL . 24 * Harbord E . A — 1086 1086 22 * Pa ! mer F . E . 11 — 1018 1018 27 * JouesP . M — 884 884

, 19 * Bnsher , E . M — 865 865 4 Garoet , E . M . .... 622 214 836 18 * Mott , M . E — 7-45 745 17 * Veal , T . A . .... _ f , 8 G 686 7 * Mitton , B . A — 685 685 5 SampsonM . J 577 36 613

, 1 Jay , Gertrude A . ... 508 67 575 13 * Clark , B . M . .... — 532 532 26 -Laybourne , E . E . A . ... — 346 316 9 * PeelcK . A ~ 344 344