CONTENTS. As We Stated Last Week, There Is Every Prospect That The

CONTENTS. IT seems sometimes unaccountable to us the unchanged animosity wi th LEADERS 349 Notes and Queries 353 which Freemasonry in general is regarded by ths Roman Catholic authori - Consecration of the Farringdon Without R EPORTS or M ASONIC M EETINGS — Chapter, No. 174s 35° Craft Masonry 354 ties everywhere, to use their own phase, " in urbe et orbe." Roman Catho- Moveable Granii Mark Lodge at Liverpool 350 Instruction 350 lics base their denominational opposition to Freemasonry on the ori inal Consecration of the Roya l Savoy Lodge of Royal Arch 350 g Mark Mas*er Masons, No. 354 350 Mark Masonry 337 Bull of CLEMENT , 1738 , confirmed, as that Bull has been , by sundry allocu- The N- w Provincial Grand Master of Knights Templar 357 Oxfordshire 3$i Royal Masonic I nsti'ution for Boys 357 tions of succeeding Popes, and successive demonstrations of infallible CORRESPONDENCE— Annual Summer Banquet of Lodge St. authority. We say nothing of inferior officers or local " mandemens," and The Recent Boys' School Festival 353 John , No. 1305 3S7 The Provinces and the Mtrtroplis 353 Freemasonry in Hampshire 357 we go direct to the fountain-head. At that lime (173S) the Roman Catholic Masons limincnt in the State 3^3 The Recent Boys' School Festival 357 Which shall it be— " Charity " or The Theatres 357 authorities took the alarm because they thoug ht they saw in the proclamation •* Dinners?'* 353 Masonic and General Tidings 358 and propagation of Freemasonry a sort of " natural reli Northern Counties Lodge 353 Lodge Meetings for Next Week Cover. g ion ," socalled , mak» mg light of and disavowing the authority of Pontifts , and the claims of the As we stated last week, there is every prospect that the 17th Anniversary Church. A favourite dogma of Rome has always been " extra ecclesiam Festival on Wednesday next of the Mark Benevolent Fund will prove a nulla salus ; " and as Roman Catholics and Protestants met together in great success. The services of Bro. Lord EGERTON OP TATTON, the lod ge for purposes of humanity, sociality, and Charity, Rome took the Deputy G.M.M.M. of Eng land and Wales, than whom there is no abler, alarm, and having denounced the body, proposed to hand it over to the more genial, and therefore more deservedl y popular member of the Degree tender mercies of the Inquisition and a Cosmopolitan persecution. As time to be found anywhere under the auspices of Mark Grand Lodge, have been ran on Rome's theories and tactics changed with changes in Freemasonry itself. As to Craft Masonr}' was superadded the more gorgeous and aesthetic secured as Chairman , and a Board of 88 Stewards, as against 47 last year, has been constituted , on whose loyal co-operation in raising a goodly total ceremonial of the High Grades, Rome professed to be shocked with a it asserted , his lordshi p may rely with confidence. Bro. A LIRED W ILLIAMS , P.G.D., nomenclature and a ritual which , was a parody both on ecclesi- is President of the Board; Bros. A. F. G ODSON , W. KELLY , Sir P RYSE astical terminology, and religious and hallowed rites. But still, despite the fulminations of Roman Catholic officials, Freemasonry advanced , and found PRYSE , Bart., and J ACK SUTCLIIFE , respectivel y Prov. G.M.M. Masons of Worcestershire, Leicestershire, &:c., South Wales, and Lincolnshire, Hono- Royal patrons and loyal devotees. The appearance of the UlumiuaU, about rary Presidents, Bro. R. BERRIDGK , G.D.C., Hon. Treasurer, and Bros. F. 1780, iormed by a Roman Catholic professor, W EISHAUTT , and a Jesuit to BINCK.ES, G. Sec, and C. F. M ATIER , Hon. Secretaries. With such officers boot , who discovered that Freemasonry was too religious for him, gave , and so influential a body of representatives from 25 of the Mark provinces, Rome a handle which it has never failed to use since that most mischievous we anticipate a great result for Wednesday next, and we are sure our and destructive and disloyal society, in no sense Masonic, and entirely readers will unite with us in wishing them success. opposed to the peaceful , rational , and loyal progress of Freemasonry proper appeared , and which no doubt did a great deal of evil with its prescribed princi ples ol thought and action , in itsshort career. For to speak correctl y, THE following account of a very foolish procedure appears in the " Echo it was literally and truly Jesuitism engrafted on Nihilism , and may fairly du Nord " (Lille), July 2nd. It originally appeared . it seems, in the be assumed to be the precursor of many similar hurtful and debased secret " Matin ," another French paper. We presume that our brethren associations. Since that period , though Freemasons are not Illumi- wished to emulate the activity of the " early bird." " The Lodge nati, nor Illuminati Freemasons, Rome Thehas skilfull y since kept close to that secret of Amitie, the most ancient in Paris — it dates from 1721 , it line of description^and^incrimination. developement of societies is said ,—gave on the Sunday previousy, at the Restaurant Ory, in in the nineteenth century, and up'to this hour, has always been assumed by the ' Bois de Boulogne,' a most curious ' fete ' of ' adoption.' At this estab- Roman Catholic authorities to be also Masonic, and they confound Free- lishment a hall on the ground floor had been transformed for the event ; at masonry with.societies ol various kinds, which have nothing in common with the end a platform destined for the Master, the Deputy LAGUERRE , and his our Order but secrecy, the principles of Freemasonry being light compared assessors, the Deputies T OXY REVEiLLONet DESMOXS . On each side were with their darkness, loyalty, faith , religion , honour, peace, legality two tables, of which one was occupied by the Bro. Secretary THEVET, the order, as contrasted with the mischievous aims and prejudicial movements of other by the Bro. Orator PETROT . In the middle were 15 chairs for the all such illegal ..and pernicious bodies. Freemasonry aims at the tranquil children of Freemasons who were to be adopted ; around them were seated progress and conservation of society, the peace and civilization of mankind. the parents, the sponsors (so-called), and members of the lodge. On the Not so the secret political associations. They tend only to destruction ; seem to platform two English brethren were remarked,"—we suppress their names, seek to compass alone the uprooting of law, government, and social life, the —" and, as well , Bro. TAMISIER , iVIaster of the Lodge ' The Democratic uprising of a vindictive proletariat, and the prevalence of revolution , con- Republic' On opening the meeting, the Master explained the object of fiscation , and universal chaos. If something may be alleged lor the wild the ' reunion,' and put several questions to the two brothers , the First and and angry maledictions of Roman Catholic authorities in some portions of Second ' Guardians ,' "—or, we should say "Tylers,"—" who, placed near the Contintnt , wheie foolish words and prevtrse proceedings have disgraced the door of entry, and screened from observation by the other assistants in the fair lame of Freemasonry, and caused doubt and suspicion to hover the corners, read their answers, printed ' ad hoc' Fifteen infants were around both its prolessions and its practice, why should such words and such to receive adoption , or baptism." (We object to this use of the word prejudices be cherished against our Anglo-Saxon Fraternity ? None know Masonically very much.) " One of the brethren led three of them out- better than Roman Catholics themselves how untenable are the allegations outside the hall, one a little girl of five, and returned shortly with they direct in hot haste, bad form , and uncomely virulence against our loyal, them. Each of these infants had the face covered by a white peaceful , useful , and benevolent Brotherhood. Rome is still Rome, and. muslin veil, bearing, in yellow letters, a different inscription. On like the French descri ption of Ladies, always will be Rome apparently. one you read the word ' Ignorance,' on another ' Fanaticism,' and on Unchanged and unaltered as the ages come and go, it has " learnt nothing, another 'Misery.' These children resumed their previous places on and forgotten nothing ; " it is still hopelessly implacable and determinedly the first row of chairs, and then the ' word was given ' by Bro. PETROT, vindictive. Freemasonry has incurred its displeasure and disapproval , for it who dwelt on the benefits of Freemasonry. The first veil fell. For the militates with its canons of ecclesiastical polity and professed dogmata, and second voyage,' Bro. D ESMONS, Deputy for Gard, and V.P. of the Council therefore it must be crushed. And so, like BARTOLO, Rome employs un- of the Order, pronounced a ' discours,' taking for his thesis ignorance, scrupulously the s-pecial agency of calumny. There is nothing too bad , which engendered misery, and protesting against clerical intolerance. nothing too absurd to be predicated of Freemasons and Freemasonry. Finall y, Bro . T ONY R KVEILLON said some words, which were much ap- Unthinking and unreasoning persons repeat the mendacity , and pass on plauded, on marriage and the duties of mothers towards their infants. the accusation. And yet Freemasonry survives it all ; yes, and flourishes. It When the three infants were freed from their veils, they ascended the plat- has planted its banner firml y as belore men, and a laithiul phalanx form , followed by their little friends, and each received a diploma, accom- rallies round it. In the good providence of T.G.A.O.U. it is destined to panied by cakes and sweetmeats. The ceremony being ended, the childre n win the victory, as specious inventions, cruel invective, and deliberate lying were adopted by the members of the lodge, who undertook to help them are as certain as certain can be to go down before the energetic advance of whenever they needed aid, as well as " solidarity," (mutual assistance), Truth , Toleration , and Light.

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