CONTENTS. PAGE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. A deputation of the members of the masonic lodge, the Grand Orient, in their full attire of ceremony, yesterday arrived at the Hotel de Ville to hand in to the Provisional Government their adhesion to the Republic. They were received by MM. Crémieux, Garnier Pages, and Paguerre, all wearing their masonic orders. M. Bertrand, ex-president of the tribunal of commerce, representing the Grand Master, delivered a loyal address, which was most favourably responded to by M. Crémieux, after which the deputation withdrew, amidst cries of "Vive la Republique!"—Morning Chronicle, March 10. THE MASTERS', PAST MASTERS', AND WARDENS' CLUB. The formation of this association is looked to with the most intense interest; there appears no other mode by which the influence of the purple in esse, and the subservience of those who aspire to it in posse, can be controlled. It is not attempted to be denied, inasmuch as it cannot be concealed, that independent of the influence of those on the dais, as merely assembling on the occasion of debate, that the forthcoming business is not merely previously canvassed, but that arrangements are made to effect the wishes of the "managing clique." This was many years felt to be so oppressive to the vital interests of the Order, that "the club" was established as a counterpoise to this baneful cliqueism -and it succeeded in defeating it; and having done so, it suspended its meetings. Circumstances most imperatively call for its revival, and we hope it will be revived with even more than its former moral energy; and that its having for its objects, the dignity and independence of Freemasonry, its members, which already embrace the stalwart and the free-minded, may be as united as their cause is noble. "Tho' opposed by many a foe, OXFORD.-Alfred Lodge, Dec. 21.-Bro. R. J. Spiers received, at the hands of the W. Master, a splendid Past Master's jewel, presented by the lodge in grateful testimony of their personal esteem, and appreciation of his zeal in the cause of Masonry. We regret that we are compelled to be thus brief in our record. Our kind contemporary, the Oxford University Herald, has enabled us to report that at the Boys' School Festival, on the 22nd, the company, nearly two hundred, under the presidency of Bro. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., were highly delighted, and that the collection exceeded 4501.; thus London masonic intelligence of importance reaches us before the Secretary of the Institution can find time to report. The Proprietor of the "Freemasons' Quarterly Review," who has The portion devoted to the development of the principles and prac- When it is considered that scarcely one in three hundred of our po- Such a periodical the Proprietor, aided by his long practical experi- ence of the subject, hopes to be able to render the "General Assurance Advocate, and Freemasons' Quarterly Review ;" and he is enabled to offer this further advantage-that the publicity of his efforts will not rest upon any mere speculative probability of the circulation which the Assurance Advocate may obtain, the "Freemasons' Quarterly Review,” having a large bona fide circulation among an Order, the members of which, actuated as they are by feelings of universal brotherhood and benevolence, must feel an interest in any subject calculated to promote the welfare of the community at large. Life Assurance, as such a bene- ficial means, is peculiarly capable of being favourably recommended to their notice, as almost the only commercial principle acting by association instead of competition, the progress of which is at once an indication of the social advancement of the people, and an engine for their further The Proprietor has submitted these preliminary views in full confidence of a cordial and generous co-operation. |