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Craft , were toe of the reasons adduced tcf ^ me why it would be better for the Brethren of the Justice Lq ^ eyih amalgamate with the English Brethren . There is hardly an IilsiMan amongst them ; the present W . M ., Bro . Aland , although blessed with much of that

brilliancy and readiness of repartee , and other sparkling conversational characteristics of the sister island , has no personal connexion with it . He is a Londoner , who has retired with the fruits of his industry , to enjoy the otium cum dignitate in Jersey . There is , therefore , no necessity for an Irish Lodge on these grounds , if other objections can be as satisfactorily encountered .

Having given an account of the Monday and Tuesday of the last week of my sojourn in Jersey , I must now come to the Wednesday ( September 27 ) . This day , with the ahle and cheerful assistance of several of the Brethren to whom I had spoken on the matter , I succeeded in getting fixed for the holding of the Mark Master Masons ' Lodge , with a view to my own initiation . Due notice having been

given , and a very large number of Brethren assembled , it was decidedly the most numerously attended , and in every way the most agreeable and satisfactory Masonic meeting during my visit ; and this is mainly attributable to the activity of some of the Brethren , who were so kind as to accede to my suggestions for an immediate meeting in that degree , and did their best to gratify my desire . So far from being myself the only candidate , as I had feared , and as

some of the less sanguine had at first prognosticated , there were no fewer than sixteen properly qualified Brethren arrayed beside me as candidates when we were called into the Lodge . We were initiated in a very solemn , impressive , and efficient manner by Bro . Aland , who filled the chair , with the able assistance of Bros . T . O . Lyte , Adams , Miller , Du Jardin , Blood , and . others . The Lodge being closed , we spent a most agreeable evening . *

In conclusion , I can only express my hopes- ^ r ^ , that every Brother who goes to Jersey will spend his " holiday" there as agreeably as I did ; and , secondly , that eyery " holiday" I may have , wherever I may wander , may be attended with , at least , an equal degree of pleasure and profit . Brethren , adieu . H . BisEBOROuan , S ., Nioenicc , ~ No . 202 .

* This Mark Degree , I may here remark , has of late become increasingly popular in the Craft , and many London Brethren would be happy to take it , while those who have taken it would rejoice in the formation of a Lodge under the G . L . of England , I am told , I know not with how much truth , that the G . L . has seriously discussed the propriety of recognising it , in its proper place , as a linfc between the Craft and the Arch ; those who know both are aware ( it is said ) fhat something has been lost , and those who have the Mark in addition to the Craft and Arch , can see ( it is also said ) very well where it supplies the vacancy .

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METROPOLITAN. Article 28
CHURCHMEN AND FREEMASONS. Article 15
ON SPECULATIVE MASONRY. Article 16
ADDRESS. Article 1
A MORAL. Article 22
TO THE ARMY. Article 23
CORRESPONDENCE Article 24
NATIONAL MASONIC BANQUET. Article 24
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 26
UNITED GRAND LODGE. Article 26
MASONIC CHARITIES Article 27
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 28
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 66
PROVINCIAL Article 34
THE PATRIOTIC FUND. Article 4
ROYAL ARCH. Article 55
NEWFOUNDLAND. Article 59
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM. Article 57
IRELAND. Article 58
COLONIAL. Article 58
A YOUNG MASON'S MONTH AMONGST THE BRETHREN IN JERSY. Article 5
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. Article 59
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 61
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 62
Obituary Article 63
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Craft , were toe of the reasons adduced tcf ^ me why it would be better for the Brethren of the Justice Lq ^ eyih amalgamate with the English Brethren . There is hardly an IilsiMan amongst them ; the present W . M ., Bro . Aland , although blessed with much of that

brilliancy and readiness of repartee , and other sparkling conversational characteristics of the sister island , has no personal connexion with it . He is a Londoner , who has retired with the fruits of his industry , to enjoy the otium cum dignitate in Jersey . There is , therefore , no necessity for an Irish Lodge on these grounds , if other objections can be as satisfactorily encountered .

Having given an account of the Monday and Tuesday of the last week of my sojourn in Jersey , I must now come to the Wednesday ( September 27 ) . This day , with the ahle and cheerful assistance of several of the Brethren to whom I had spoken on the matter , I succeeded in getting fixed for the holding of the Mark Master Masons ' Lodge , with a view to my own initiation . Due notice having been

given , and a very large number of Brethren assembled , it was decidedly the most numerously attended , and in every way the most agreeable and satisfactory Masonic meeting during my visit ; and this is mainly attributable to the activity of some of the Brethren , who were so kind as to accede to my suggestions for an immediate meeting in that degree , and did their best to gratify my desire . So far from being myself the only candidate , as I had feared , and as

some of the less sanguine had at first prognosticated , there were no fewer than sixteen properly qualified Brethren arrayed beside me as candidates when we were called into the Lodge . We were initiated in a very solemn , impressive , and efficient manner by Bro . Aland , who filled the chair , with the able assistance of Bros . T . O . Lyte , Adams , Miller , Du Jardin , Blood , and . others . The Lodge being closed , we spent a most agreeable evening . *

In conclusion , I can only express my hopes- ^ r ^ , that every Brother who goes to Jersey will spend his " holiday" there as agreeably as I did ; and , secondly , that eyery " holiday" I may have , wherever I may wander , may be attended with , at least , an equal degree of pleasure and profit . Brethren , adieu . H . BisEBOROuan , S ., Nioenicc , ~ No . 202 .

* This Mark Degree , I may here remark , has of late become increasingly popular in the Craft , and many London Brethren would be happy to take it , while those who have taken it would rejoice in the formation of a Lodge under the G . L . of England , I am told , I know not with how much truth , that the G . L . has seriously discussed the propriety of recognising it , in its proper place , as a linfc between the Craft and the Arch ; those who know both are aware ( it is said ) fhat something has been lost , and those who have the Mark in addition to the Craft and Arch , can see ( it is also said ) very well where it supplies the vacancy .

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