Masonic Intelligence.

Sussex Memorial Fund to the cause of charity , they had taken the best possible method of Jinking it with fraternity aud investing the name of the Duke of Sussex with a monument of enduring gratitude compared to which the greatest efforts of statuary ov the most beautiful statue which the chisel of his friend Bailey , who had a few moments before been sitting before him , could fashion , must sink into insignificance —( cheers ) . The one hundred beds which would be placed in the new wards would , under Divine Providence , be the means of

affording timely succour to many who might otherwise be numbered with the thousands who , from want of it , yearly sunk into premature graves —( hear and cheers ) . To those of the company who were Masons he would say that , although charity was eternal , it was on them more than on other men , especially incumbent to make it their constant practice , ever regarding the mysteries and symbols of that Order to which they belonged —( great cheering ) , and therefore it was , he considered , that the Grand Lodge of England had that day paid a most worthy tribute to the memory of

a prince , who , during the greater part of a long existence , had been universally distinguished for his benevolence , and for his virtues . From his ( Dr . Bowles ) own knowledge of that prince , he could say that , he was strongly impressed with the eternal spirit of truth and j ' ustice , looking upon all mankind as his brethren sprung from a common father , and tending to one and the same destiny . As regarded the application of the Memorial Fund , he hoped they did not think that they had done all

that was required of them , for he could tell them that they would not complete the good work unless they also attempted to endow the Hospital , and endeavour to give to it the advantage of perpetuity , aud he hoped that with the assistance of the members of the committee , and of his learned friend Br . Dobie , their respected chairman , such conditions would be attached to the endowment as would vender it incumbent ovi the authorities of the Hospital to make provision for the salvation of the souls of the patients as they at present did for that of their bodies . They should , he thought ,

maintain a chaplain , to place the staff of good promise in the hands of the convalescent , to help them on their after way through life and to hold before the dying the lamp of truth , to light them through the dark valley leading to eternity . Should this appeal be responded to , he himself should be most happy to contribute his mite to an endowment fund , and though he had not as yet spoken to Sir John Lubbock , the treasurer of the memorial fund , upon the subject , he had no doubt that he would warmly approve of the project . In conclusionhe should be most happy to receive

, the contributions of his brethren towards so excellent an object as the endowment of the wing of the Free Hospital , bearing the name of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , whose memory he should now call upon them to drink in solemn silence .

The Chairman in proposing the next toast , " The Army and Navy" said , that when they looked around them in times of war like the present , and saw the security which they enjoyed , they could but attribute it to the protection which they derived from the devotion of both branches of the service . The army had perfectly satisfied the hopes and wishes of the country , ancl deserved at their hands ( hear , hear ) the most grateful thanks ( great cheering)—and he was convinced that they were all satisfied that the navy was not wanting in prowess or in spirit , but that its action had been

delayed by its being circumscribed , the hostile fleets not daring to meet it in deep waters . The army had been more fortunate , and with it the army of France now went hand in hand , and he prayed that they might long continue to do so . He should therefore ask them to drink with him success to the Army and Navy of Great Britain , united with the Armies and Navies of France and the other Allies , and he would join with the toast the health of two gentlemen , then in the roomnamelCol . WilsonC . B . for the and Commodore Lynchwho lately

comy , , army , , manded the flotilla in its successful attack upon Rangoon , for the navy . ( Cheers . ) The toast having been drunk with all the honours . Col . Wilson , C . B ., in returning thanks on behalf of the army / said that it was now as it had been in the days of Abercrombie , that the army rarely got a good opportunity of distinguishing itself . Great things were expected from it , but it had long been kept lingering in suspense , and , in the delay , losing its energies . ( Hear , hear . )