Constitution Of The Italian Freemasons.

UNIVERSAL MASONRY . ITALIAN FAMILY . Science , Liberty , Labour , Fraternity , Joint Responsibility . Orient of ... . the .... day of the . . . month , of the year of the true light , 000 , 885 .

XXXIX . —The Grand Orient , consisting of members whose term of office is necessarily limited , is endowed Avith the authority that the constitution and the election confer upon it . It issues its decrees through the instrumentality of an

executive committee drafted from itself , called the Grand Council , and through the sovereign voice of the Grand Master of the Order for Italy . XL . —The competence of the Grand Orient comprises the general management of the financial

and political departments of the association ; it superintends the relations of the various lodges of the Italian community amongst themselves , and those Avith the supreme authorities of the other Masonic families of the globe ; it acts as representatiA r e of the Order of Masonry with the uninitiated .

LVII . —The W . M . of a lodge , on being advised of the demise of any regular Mason , shall appoint a commission to accompany the deceased to his last dAvelling place . Tho funeral honours joined in by this commission to be merely of a civil

character , excluding all interference of the clergy , and every ecclesiastical ceremony . LIX . —The lodsre is the fundamental base of O all Masonry ; the individual Mason , to whatever degree he may belong , is bound to be an active member of a lodge . CVI . —The Mason's reward is the consciousness

of having fulfilled his duty , the satisfaction of having contributed his mito to the general good , and having added a line to the great book of progress .

The Masonic Convention For Italy.

THE MASONIC CONVENTION FOR ITALY .

The annual General Legislative Assembly of the Masonic lodges of Italy met at Genoa on the 28 th of May last . Of the 131 lodges forming at present the Italian community , only 57 symbolical lodges , and 17

superior congregations , Avere represented at this meeting . The remaining lodges , viz ., 49 Avorking lodges and 10 Masonic corporations of various descriptions , had entrusted , brethren attending the Assembly Avith proxies , on the plea that their " Orients " Avere too far distant from the meetingplace ; but these proxies proved unavailable , as

the Assembly had decided , from the outset , that no brother could be accredited for more than one Masonic corporation . At a preliminary day meeting , on the 28 th of May , two committees were appointed for the

examination of the poAvers of the representatives . The first regular sitting took place in the evening of the same day , Bro . Francesco di Luca , Grand Regent , in the chair . The two committees for the examination of the powers presented their

report . Bro . di Boni , Grand Orator , read , on behalf of the Grand Orient , a very extensive account of the present state of Freemasonry in Italy , giving also a general vieAV of tho relations of tho Grand Orient of Italy with the supreme Masonic authorities of other countries , and with its own Masonic colonies . Bro . Luuel , Grand

Secretary , in the absence of Bro . M . ontecchi , Treasurer , made a statement with reference to the condition of the finances of the Grand Orient . Both these accounts were approved of by the Assembly nem . con . The various projects

of reform , as proposed by the Grand Orient to be submitted to the Assembly , pursuant to resolution of the Masonic Congress of Florence , were then laid ou the table , and distributed . This concluded

the first sitting . On the following day , May 25 th , the chairman , Bro . Francesco di Luca , opened the discussion on the reform question , and explained the principles upon which the Grand Orient started its labours .

Bro . Frappoli next deA'cloped the question . Finally it was resolved by the Assembly that the Grand Orient be requested to forward copies of its project to the various lodges , that the latter might examine them and send in their observations

thereupon within six months ; the Assembly for 1866 to finally decide on the question . The Bro . Grand Regent then gave a view ofhis Masonic financial project . The Assembly acceded to it in the main , and appointed a committee ,

consisting of Bros . Frappoli , Lunel , and du Mavteau , to examine it and report on its practicability . The Assembly next proceeded to the drafting of one half of the members of the Grand Orient , whose term of office is to expire next year . The

election of those AVIIO are to replace the old members took place by ballot . After this the election of the new Grand Master for 1865-66 was proceeded Avith . The majority of the Assembly voted for Bro . Francesco di Luca , Member of Parliament and ex-Grand Regent . About twenty votes Avere