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lived in the Sue de la Rappe ; during their deliberations a commissary of police , followed by a detachment of soldiers , made a forcible entry , and ordered the meeting to separate . The Duke , who happened to be there , did not receive these minions of the law very politely ; but they , being armed with authority , shut up the house , walled up the door , and forbid all future assemblies on pain of fine and imprisonment .

But in defiance of this prohibition the Brethren again united , and met at a cafe in the Rue de Deux Ecus to celebrate a festival of their Order . The police again disturbed them—arrested every one they found there , and cast them all into prison . As nothing is more favourable to new institutions than persecution , the Lodges increased rapidly . In a few years their number had trebled , and Count de

Clairmont , a prince of the blood , was elected Grand Master , to supply the place of the Due d'Antin , who had resigned . But on the 5 th June , 1744 , an order was issued forbidding any person to allow a Lodge to be held at his house ; any one who was found courageous enough to disobey this order subjected himself to a fine of three thousand francs .

Still these rigorous methods were of no avail . The Brethren once more assembled , and in a solemn meeting the principal Lodge received the name of the Grand English Lodge . The government , however , was again on the alert . New orders were issued prohibiting the proprietors of houses to allow their meetings on pain of

heavy penalties . This arbitrary conduct so disgusted the Count that he abandoned his office , leaving as his active successor a banker , who , not being very enthusiastic in the cause , ceased to assemble the members . His conduct gave rise to great disorder—the Brethren quarrelled among themselves , and the Lodges fell into a state of anarchy .

It was at this period that men , drawn on by the corruption of the age , and being in want of a specious veil to cover their vices , borrowed that of Freemasonry . Secret societies were formed , and among others " The Aphrodite : " but it would be only waste of time to dilate on these infamous assemblies .

In 1745 , while the Brethren were holding a reception at the Hotel de Soissons , the commissary of police entered , followed by his guards , who , dispersing the assembly , and seizing the furniture and utensils , fined the landlord three thousand francs . In the meantime the inhabitants of the different provincial towns partook of the taste

of the Parisians for Masonic institutions , more particularly those Englishmen attached to the Pretender . Charles Edward Stuart being at Arras in 1747 , delivered to the Freemasons of that town a permission from the Pope to found a primitive Lodge , under the distinctive appellation of Jacobite Scots , the government of which he gave to the advocates L'Agneau , Robespierre , ^ tnd oth ers .

A short time after this the Grand Lodge declared itself the Grand Lodge of the Empire , and threw off * the yoke of the English one . It arrogated to itself the first rank over all the inferior Lodges , the

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FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Article 9
CHINA Article 61
PROVINCIAL LODGES AND CHAPTERS; Article 62
Obituary Article 63
THE SIGNS OF ENGLAND. Article 6
NOTICE. Article 64
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 64
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH. Article 12
VOICES FROM DEAD NATIONS. BY KENNETH R. H. MACKENZIE, F.S.A., Ph.D. Article 18
FORMS, CEREMONIES, AND SYMBOLS Article 1
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON Article 24
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE Article 52
COLONIAL. Article 54
FRANCE. Article 55
MASONIC SONGS.-No. 4 Article 28
COLOURED LODGES IN AMERICA. Article 29
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 32
GERMANY. Article 57
PAST PLEASURE. Article 56
INDIA. Article 58
MUSIC. Article 32
CORRESPONDENCE Article 33
NOTES AND QUERIES Article 36
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE Article 38
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 38
METROPOLITAN. Article 40
THE TAVERN. Article 39
PROVINCIAL Article 41
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lived in the Sue de la Rappe ; during their deliberations a commissary of police , followed by a detachment of soldiers , made a forcible entry , and ordered the meeting to separate . The Duke , who happened to be there , did not receive these minions of the law very politely ; but they , being armed with authority , shut up the house , walled up the door , and forbid all future assemblies on pain of fine and imprisonment .

But in defiance of this prohibition the Brethren again united , and met at a cafe in the Rue de Deux Ecus to celebrate a festival of their Order . The police again disturbed them—arrested every one they found there , and cast them all into prison . As nothing is more favourable to new institutions than persecution , the Lodges increased rapidly . In a few years their number had trebled , and Count de

Clairmont , a prince of the blood , was elected Grand Master , to supply the place of the Due d'Antin , who had resigned . But on the 5 th June , 1744 , an order was issued forbidding any person to allow a Lodge to be held at his house ; any one who was found courageous enough to disobey this order subjected himself to a fine of three thousand francs .

Still these rigorous methods were of no avail . The Brethren once more assembled , and in a solemn meeting the principal Lodge received the name of the Grand English Lodge . The government , however , was again on the alert . New orders were issued prohibiting the proprietors of houses to allow their meetings on pain of

heavy penalties . This arbitrary conduct so disgusted the Count that he abandoned his office , leaving as his active successor a banker , who , not being very enthusiastic in the cause , ceased to assemble the members . His conduct gave rise to great disorder—the Brethren quarrelled among themselves , and the Lodges fell into a state of anarchy .

It was at this period that men , drawn on by the corruption of the age , and being in want of a specious veil to cover their vices , borrowed that of Freemasonry . Secret societies were formed , and among others " The Aphrodite : " but it would be only waste of time to dilate on these infamous assemblies .

In 1745 , while the Brethren were holding a reception at the Hotel de Soissons , the commissary of police entered , followed by his guards , who , dispersing the assembly , and seizing the furniture and utensils , fined the landlord three thousand francs . In the meantime the inhabitants of the different provincial towns partook of the taste

of the Parisians for Masonic institutions , more particularly those Englishmen attached to the Pretender . Charles Edward Stuart being at Arras in 1747 , delivered to the Freemasons of that town a permission from the Pope to found a primitive Lodge , under the distinctive appellation of Jacobite Scots , the government of which he gave to the advocates L'Agneau , Robespierre , ^ tnd oth ers .

A short time after this the Grand Lodge declared itself the Grand Lodge of the Empire , and threw off * the yoke of the English one . It arrogated to itself the first rank over all the inferior Lodges , the

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