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Foreign.*
FOREIGN . *
PARIS . —The M . W . G . M ., Bro . Las Cases , has resigned his office . Bros . Bertrand and Des Aulis are fulfilling the duties until a successor shall have been installed . —The proceedings of the Grand Orient are now published every two months , and sent by circular to all the lodges , they are superintended and signed by Bro . Pillot , Grand Secretary , who is responsible for the contents . —The subscribing Masons in France number 60 , 000 , in 391 lodges . —The masonic subscription to the fund
for the sufferers by the inundation of the Loire , amounts to 10 , 000 francs . —The various systems of Freemasonry practised in France , under the Grand Orient , Conseil , & c , are about to be amalgamated , the higher grades abolished , and a Grand Loge Nationale established .
Feb . 22 . —The Credit having announced that M . Pierre Buonaparte had been lately initiated in the Grand Orient of Paris , he has addressed the following letter to the editor : — " You were misinformed in stating that it was only lately that I was received a Freemason . It is now nineteen years since I was admitted a member of the French lodge of New York . I have also the honour to belong to the Philanthropists of Brussels . "
ALTONA . —A lodge of mourning was held at Charles of the Rock , on the 16 th February , 1848 , to commemorate the death of the King ( Christian VIII . ) of Denmark , one of the few monarchs who did not disdain to wear the badge of brotherly love with regal robes . The particulars have been written by Worshipful Master Callisen , and published in the Hamburg Archives for Freemasons , by Messrs . Horstmaun and Strauss .
BASEL , —A circular has been issued from here , informing the fraternity that the Masonic Congress , or public gathering of Freemasons , would be held there this year ; that , at the same time , the Grand Lodge of Switzerland ( Alpina ) would be opened at Basel on the occasion . A very neat address accompanies the circular , and gives , in the shortest possible space , the history of the two preceding gatherings . The first was held at Strasburgand the second at Stutgard . The official opening of the
, congress was to take place on Sunday , the 24 th September , 1848 , at two o ' clock , and would then adjourn till the following day . The general instructions consist of notices of subjects to be discussed , and form of proceedings . The circular is signed by Frederick Brenner , W . M ., F . Brommel , and E . Wybert , Wardens , and L . de Wette , Secretary . The arrangements for delegates and visitors seem to have been perfect . The committee of management engaged a certain number of apartments
at the hotels , arranged prices , & c , a list of whicli were at the secretary ' s office , and as the brethren arrived , on application at the office , were at once introduced to each other , and then shown to their respective residences . COBURG . —The Lodge of Truth , Friendship , and Right , has again opened for masonic work , after being dormant for some years .
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Foreign.*
FOREIGN . *
PARIS . —The M . W . G . M ., Bro . Las Cases , has resigned his office . Bros . Bertrand and Des Aulis are fulfilling the duties until a successor shall have been installed . —The proceedings of the Grand Orient are now published every two months , and sent by circular to all the lodges , they are superintended and signed by Bro . Pillot , Grand Secretary , who is responsible for the contents . —The subscribing Masons in France number 60 , 000 , in 391 lodges . —The masonic subscription to the fund
for the sufferers by the inundation of the Loire , amounts to 10 , 000 francs . —The various systems of Freemasonry practised in France , under the Grand Orient , Conseil , & c , are about to be amalgamated , the higher grades abolished , and a Grand Loge Nationale established .
Feb . 22 . —The Credit having announced that M . Pierre Buonaparte had been lately initiated in the Grand Orient of Paris , he has addressed the following letter to the editor : — " You were misinformed in stating that it was only lately that I was received a Freemason . It is now nineteen years since I was admitted a member of the French lodge of New York . I have also the honour to belong to the Philanthropists of Brussels . "
ALTONA . —A lodge of mourning was held at Charles of the Rock , on the 16 th February , 1848 , to commemorate the death of the King ( Christian VIII . ) of Denmark , one of the few monarchs who did not disdain to wear the badge of brotherly love with regal robes . The particulars have been written by Worshipful Master Callisen , and published in the Hamburg Archives for Freemasons , by Messrs . Horstmaun and Strauss .
BASEL , —A circular has been issued from here , informing the fraternity that the Masonic Congress , or public gathering of Freemasons , would be held there this year ; that , at the same time , the Grand Lodge of Switzerland ( Alpina ) would be opened at Basel on the occasion . A very neat address accompanies the circular , and gives , in the shortest possible space , the history of the two preceding gatherings . The first was held at Strasburgand the second at Stutgard . The official opening of the
, congress was to take place on Sunday , the 24 th September , 1848 , at two o ' clock , and would then adjourn till the following day . The general instructions consist of notices of subjects to be discussed , and form of proceedings . The circular is signed by Frederick Brenner , W . M ., F . Brommel , and E . Wybert , Wardens , and L . de Wette , Secretary . The arrangements for delegates and visitors seem to have been perfect . The committee of management engaged a certain number of apartments
at the hotels , arranged prices , & c , a list of whicli were at the secretary ' s office , and as the brethren arrived , on application at the office , were at once introduced to each other , and then shown to their respective residences . COBURG . —The Lodge of Truth , Friendship , and Right , has again opened for masonic work , after being dormant for some years .