, 1877-08-12
SECRET SOCIETIES.


| S2G, A. F. &, A. ~, writes as fo]lows:
This Lodge having moycd in April last to P1eiades
Unll, on West Twelfth street, IN order to reduce
expenses hut failing to get the anticipated sup.
! port from members resident on the South and
North Sides compelled to reconsider the mat
ter and at the list Communication. held on Tues
day evening. 1th inst, decided to m0tc back to
Oriental Hail. and meet the drst mud tl1rd Tues
days Of each month. instead OF every week as
formerly. Our regular meeting on the o1st will
be duly advertised.
GRAND LODGES AND SUPREME COUNCILS.
Iork Sun.
At the ninety-sixth annual communication OF
the Grand Lodge Of New York report was
presented by NJ. ". John ". stmons on the
condition Of Masonry throughout the world.
1t embraces tIliety-seycn Grand Lodges In the
United States, seven in the Dominion Of Cana
da, aud seven Grand Orients and lodges in other
countries.
H. Brazil there are $50 symbolic lodges, 107
Rose Croix chapters, and five Provincial grand
bodies. The subordinate Grand Lodge "Uniso
Segrcdo'' at Bahia founded on the day OF tho
installation Of its ncwlY-elcctcd officers m
orphan asylum, and bought sixty Slaves to be
liberated, Brother II. 4. Lopez, 4 member OF
tho lotigc gave the liberated slave5 the means
for further subsistence. The lodge "Zu7 Elm
trscht,' at Porto Ale@re lin the Province Rio
Granae do Sull, working in the German tongue,
but u,llcr the Brazilian Jurisdiction, has laid
the cornerstone vi Il Masoni: temple. The
constitution Of the Jurisdiction forbids the itia-
tion Of any Individual who is SHAREHOLDER, or
who raises or imports slaves.
In Cuba an independent Grand Lodge was
formed on the 1st OF August, 1916, In Havana
In England the three principal officers Tex
cluding the Deputy Grand Master) are Of the
ROYAL fanily. The Prince Of Wales is Grand
Master, and his brothers, the Duke Of Con-
naueht and Prince Leopold, Senior and Junior
EraEd Wardens. The safe return OF the
Grand Master from his visit to Inda was COM
mctaorated by appropriatlng $4,000 to form
two life-boat stations In perpctuity on the En-
glisll coast. aud a memorial tablet in conlnem-
Grafton OF the event yas ordered to be erected
in the Grand Lodge Hail. The Prince Of Wales
WAS reelected Grand Master. Harmony pre-
rails, and prosperity attends the labor5 OF the
Grand Lodge.
In France the Masons have taken aretrograde
movement, reversing its own constitution, the
second section Of which says: 'Frccmasonry
is based on tho existence Of God and the i1nlnor-
tality OF the sou1.'' In American and English
Masonry candidate may hold what religious
existence OF an almighty and everything God or
he cannot be admitted. No atheist eau be made
a Mason. When body Of men departs from
this the original plan OF Freemasonry, it has
stepped beyond the pale, and ceases to be Ma
sonrv in fact, whatever it may call ITSELF France
has 22S lodges
In Germany there are eight Grand Lodges
united in what is called Grand Lodge League,
which holds annual sessions. The last Dict
heard Of was held in Berlin June 1. 1876 and It's
proceedings were anything but satisfactory to
Pennsylvania and New York. The former has
cut off all communication with It, and does not
recognize Masons from German Grand Lodge.
New York has no: taken action as yst. unler
the eight Grand Lodges there are 32G subordi-
nate lodges, and there are five independent
lodges OF English origin. There are altogether
in existence lG5 German lodges. which arc
thus divided: Germany. 331: Switzerland, Q;
Et7E~1 Il IA,fS|
2; Turkey, /; Egypt, 2. China, /; Peru: 1; Bfa-
zil, l: United States. o5, OF which three are
working under the Grand Lodge of Hamburg.
Switzerland has u symbolic Grand Lodge {the
Alpina), and is likely to be soon recognized by
our American Grand Lodges. The Grand Orient
OF the Netherlands has seventy subordinate
lodges; Prince Frederick is Grand Master, and
has held tue Office SIXTY years. Sweden has
Grand Lodge and twenty-seyen subordinate
lodg"s; King Oscar Frederick is Grand Master.
In Hungary the condition Of Masonry Is not sat
isfactorY, the Grand Lodge having established
relations with the Supreme Council at Luxem- |
bourg, and the colorcd body in Boston known
as the Priuce Hall Grand Lodge Her charita- !
bic institutions arc in 4 aourishing condition.
Aw0MAN IN THE CASE.
In Hungary the Countess Hadick received !
tho Masonic degrees according to a so-calIed |
Scottish rite. After the initiation the Grand !
Master entered the lodge without protesting |
against the initiation or presence therein Of sail
woman. The Grand Master defended himself |
LOT us uon-aetfou, W 1a"e1 ~ u. -
lug tliat ne nau no El:at 70 lnleflef9 "iI4 t1e
GuingS OF subor'liha1c lodse uliue1 tne ou-
preme Counci! und that he had often seen In !
Italian lodges women participating in lodge |
work. An investigation was ordered, but q |
later resolution OF the Grand Lodge decided |
against interference, and the subject was indeh--
nitcIy postponed. The Grand Mastcrship, how
ever, WAS declared vacant, and no new election !
for that office has been held, so that virtually
GRIND Master Pulzky has been dcposed-