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turb the peace of English Masonry . It is just possible that some stray English Masons , having occasion to visit the Province of Quebec , may find themselves denied the hospitality of the Quebec lodges , while Quebec Masons visiting- this country , or British Colonies where lodges of ours are in work , are forbidden by their own authorities from accepting the hospitality

which is freely theirs . But our English brethren will no doubt survive the inconvenience , and the Quebec brethren must put up with the consequences of their rulers' folly . As for the members of the three English lodges in Montreal ,

their position is affected to this extent . Formerly they could , but would not , enter the Quebec lodges ; now they cannot , if they will . This is about the sum total of the result of the terrible edict issued by the GRAND MASTER of the GrandLodge of Quebec on the 5 th July last . * *

WE understand that a special treat is in store for the members of the Lodge " Ouatuor Coronati , " No . 2076 , Freemasons' Hall , London , on the Sth November . The Feast of the " Four Crowned Martyrs " has been appropriately selected as the Installation Festival of the Masonic Students ' Lodge , and on that day the present Master , Bro . Sir CHARLES WARREN ,

will again be invested as their esteemed and honoured Ruler . The Managing Committee have arranged to depart from the custom of an unpretentious and unconventional repast , by holding a banquet in honour of the occasion , especially as certain distinguished brethren have been invited , the tickets

being fixed at one guinea each ( inclusive ) . It is as well even for students to emerge from their sanctums and frugal repasts at times , and doubtless this departure will lead to the lodge being better known , and the praiseworthy objects of the members thus becoming more widely appreciated , as they well deserve to be .

* # * THE special treat however , referred to , is in no way connected with the social gathering , but has to do with a paper which is to be read at the meeting by one of the members—Professor T . HAYTER LEWIS . The brief address is to be devoted to the Hiramic Legend , and will , we are informed , be of a

most extraordinary character . One of the most remarkable Masonic characters is to be traced back hundreds of years earlier than any existing Masonic records . Exactly how we do not know ; but , any way , distinct proof is to be furnished of the prominence of Hiram Abif at a period so far remote , Masonically , as , up to now , to be wholly unsuspected and unknown .

* # IT is particularly noteworthy ( as our most reliable historians have pointed out ) that , Masonically speaking , the junior of our three legendary Grand Masters sinks into comparative retirement anterior to the formation of the Grand Lodge of England early last century . Hiram Abiff is by no means

a prominent figure in our " Old Charges , " and though Bro . GOULD has sought with great diligence , and most [ successfully in the opinion of many , to identify the ancient architect with the Legends of the Camponionage , still the absence of any definite information rather points to our Masonic legend

being a modern arrangement , and thus unknown to our ancient brethren , Beyond question , the discovery is of the utmost importance if it assumes the character we are led to anticipate , and we suppose a friendly discussion at the close of the Paper would not be'deprecated .

» # * SOME of the officers of Jodges , particularly the Treasurers , are in doubt as to the exact meaning of the word " arrear " noted in Rule 175 . We venture to state that there need be no difficulty , as undoubtedly the opinion of the late GRAND R EGISTRAR is a sound one , that a member is "in arrear , "

when the by-laws of his lodge declare him to be so . What can be more explicit ? Some provide that when a member owes over six months' dues , and has had due notice of the sum so required , he is "in arrear . " This is

a very short term , and had much better be increased to 12 months at least . However , whatever may be the term fixed by the by-laws , whenever the money owing is for a period beyond that allowed , and the brother has had the fact duly brought before him , he becomes " in arrear . "

# * SUCH members must therefore be returned accordingly in each year , as required by the Constitutions , and so described . Of course the subscription to the funds does not cease , unless the member's name has been erased by vote of the lodge , and hence to continue or preserve the continuity of

membership , supposing no money is paid for two years , the orignal and subsequent arrears which have accrued must be paid ; but we take it , that to be clear of the lodge the original sum only need be paid . " Arrears " is one thing , and " erasure " quite another . In the one case , the brother loses

for a time certain privileges of membership , whilst in the other , he ceases to be a member . We take it that neither the Treasurer nor any officer of a lodge has the right to strike off , or erase—on his own authority—the name of any member for non-payment of dues , but until such an one has been dealt with by the lodge his name must be accounted for to the authorities .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Sussex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUSSEX .

The annual meeting of the brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex was held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on the afternoon of thc 12 th inst . The W . Bro . John Henderson Scott , P . G . D ., Deputy Prov Grand Master , presided , and was supported by the following Provincial

Grand Officers : — Bros . W . Dawes , P . G . S . W . ; Sir F . C . Knowles , Bart ., P . G . J . W . ; Rev . E . R . Currie , Dean of Battle , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . W . A . Tooth , P . G . Chap . ; R . Crosskey , P . G . Treas . ; V . P . Freeman , P . G . Sec ; W . A . Cardwell , P . G . S . D . ; F . Daniel , P . G . J . D . ; A . T . Long , P . G . A . D . C . ; O . Lloyd , P . G . Swd . Br . ; J . T . Musson , P . G .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Sussex.

Std . Br . ; W . Lanham Thomas , P . G . Std . Br . ; B . Burfield , P . G . A . Sec . ; H . K . Cook , Reginald Blaker , C . H . Haine , E . Broadbridge , and J . Stedman , P . G . Stewards ; and T . Hughes , P . G . Tyler . The following distinguished brethren—present and past officers of the Grand Lodge of England and of the Provincial Grand Lodges—were also present : —

Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , G . Sec . ; F . Binckes , P . M ., P . G . Stwd . ; J . M . Kidd , P . P . G . S . W . ; W . Marchant , P . P . G . A . D . C ; W . R . Wood , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . P . ; C . W . Hudson , P . P . G . D . C ; C . L . Henty , P . P . G . J . W . ; W . Rudge , P . P . G . S . B . ; M . Tennant , D . P . G . M . South Wales ( East Division ); S . G . Homfray , P . G . A . D . C

D . P . G . M . Monmouth ; H . M . Charrington , P . P . G . J . W . Dorset , P . P . G . S . D . Surrey ; C . J . Corder , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . Hurst , P . P . G . P . Middx . ; C . C . Cork , P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . M . Reed , P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . St . Clair , P . P . G . J . W . ; C . Briscoe , P . P . G . A . P . ; J . O . McCarogher , P . P . G . Chap . ; C . W . Randolph , P . P . G . S . W . ; E . W . Adamson , P . P . G . A . D . C ; B . Roberts , P . P . G . J . W . ; A . J . Hawkes , P . P . G . S . B . ; A .

Taylor , P . P . G . D . ; W . T . Farncombe , P . P . G . S . B . ( Mayor of Lewes ); S . W . D . Williams , P . P . G . S . D . ; W . H . Gibson , P . P . G . J . W . ; B . Bennett , P . P . G . A . D . C . ; S . Francis , P . P . G . S . D . ; G . C . D'Albiac , P . P . G . J . W . ; R . Pidcock , P . P . G . D . C ; E . Tannar , P . P . G . S . B . ; W . Smith , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . Curtis , P . P . G . S . B . ; T . Wilkinson , P . P . G . P . ; E . Bowyer , P . G . S . B . ; T . Trollope , P . P . G . S . W . ; F . Noakes , P . G . J . W . ; F . Holford , P . P . G . A . D . C ; L . B . Henderson , W . M . 1141 ; and others .

The lodge having been formally opened , the minutes of the last annual meeting , and those of the special meeting held on June 22 nd , when H . R . H the Duke of Connaught was installed as the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , were read and confirmed . The W . DEPUTY PROV . G . MASTER , Bro . John Henderson Scott , P . G . D ., then took the opportunity of proposing a resolution in reference

to the late R . W . Prov . G . Master , Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart . He said : Before proceeding further with the business of this Prov . Grand Lodge , I wish to make two references—one to the present , and the other to the late Prov . Grand Master . Our present Prov . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , has been called to India to fill an important post in the service of his country , otherwise he would have been here to-day . Before

leaving England he wrote to express his regret at his inability lo attend . He also expressed his approval of the agenda of this day ' s proceedings , which was submitted to him . The appointment of so distinguished a brother to preside over us in Sussex came at a most opportune moment . When Sir Walter died we were all wondering with trembling anxiety who would be his successor . For who could succeed him ? Without wishing to do

injustice lo any of the many excellent Provincial Grand Masters who preside over the Masonic provinces of England , I am bold to say that there never was , and I believe there never will be , such another Provincial Grand Master as our late beloved chief . At this moment of suspense we were startled with the intelligence that the M . W . G . M . had done this province the great honour of appointing his own brother to be our Master . I say we

were startled , but it was not with dismay , but with delight , for to have so illustrious a personage to rule over us must enhance the prestige and renown of Sussex in the eyes of the Masonic world . How the Sussex Masons appreciated that honour was evidenced on the 22 nd of June ; and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught then expressed his gratification , and has ' since done so in writing to the Provincial Grand Secretary , at the cordiality of his

welcome . I need not , therefore , dwell further on that point now , and will pass on to my allusion to the late Sir Walter Burrell . I think we should be wanting in respect for his memory if we allowed his death to passs unnoticed on our minutes , and left no record of the grief we feel , and our sense of the irreparable loss Freemasonry has sustained in this province by his decease . I have never been able to trust myself to speak of Sir Walter

Burrell as I should like to do . I was so intimately associated with him , not only in the management of the affairs of the province , not only in the bonds of Masonic brotherhood , but in the closest ties of personal affection , that , even after this lapse of time , 1 can scarcely think or speak of him without emotion . It was impossible to know him intimately , as it was my privilege to do , in the privacy of his daily and domestic life , without

loving him . His happy and cordial nature , his generosity and kindness , his hatred of everything mean , dishonest , or untruthful , his anxiety to anticipate the wants and also the pleasures of those about him , seemed to embody him as the very incarnation of the grand Masonic design— " To be happy himself and to communicate happiness to others . " We all know what he did for Freemasonry during the nine years he ruled over us ; how

he never missed an annual meeting , how he visited every lodge and endeavoured to become acquainted with every brother in the province , how generous in his gifts , how bountiful in his hospitality , how liberal in his donations to the lists of those who went up as Stewards to our Festivals , and with what intent earnestness and devotion he supported anything which was likely to promote the prosperity of the Order . When I heard of his

death I requested our Provincial Grand Secretary to inform the brethren of the sad event , also of the time and place of burial . The day of his funeral was cheerless in the extreme—it was wet and boisterous ; but , notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather , hundreds of mourners , amongst whom I was glad to see many brethren from all parts of Sussex , were assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to departed worth . And so this fine old

English gentleman , this good and excellent Mason , was duly lowered into the vault with every outward manifestation of mourning , and to the unspeakable sorrow of his family , his friends , his tenants , his dependents , and all who knew him . Sleep on ! Beloved friend and Master 1 Repose in your deep slumber until the joyful summons shall wake you from death into life

with words already vibrating in our hearts— " Well done , thou good and faithful servant ; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . " I propose that the following resolution be placed on the minutes : "This Provincial Grand Lodge records with great sorrow , on its minutes , the death of Sir W . W . Burrell , which took place January 24 th , 1886 ; also its sense of the irreparable loss Freemasonry has sustained thereby . "