Untitled Article

to enchain the attention of the assemblage ; the order and happy quietude being a decided contrast to some meetings we have attended in London—evidently showing that it is only necessary to provide something worth listening to to produce an attentive auditory .

KENT . Dover . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —The annual meeting of the Provincial G . L . of Kent Freemasons took place on Monday , June 18 th , at Dover . The fe Brethren of the mystic art" were greeted on their arrival with merry peals from the church bells ; and flags being hoisted in every direction , the town wore a most gay and festive appearance .

By the courtesy of the Mayor , the Town Hall was placed at the disposal of the Brethren , and the Grand Lodge met in the ancient apartment of that venerable pile , once a portion of the Maison Dieu , and consecrated to deeds of charity and benevolence . ^ The Prov . G . L . having been opened in due form and with solemn prayer , the Prov . G . M . Charles Purton Cooper , Q . C ., invested the following as Grand Officers for the ensuing year : •—Bros . F . L . Southgate , W . M . No . 91 , G . S . W . ; Saul Isaacs ,

P . M . No . 20 , G . J . W . ; theBev . David Jones , G . Chap . ; William Saunders . No . 20 , G . Treas . ; Aug . H . Clarke , P . ]\ l . No . 34 , G . Beg . ; Charles Isaacs , P . M . No . 20 , G . Sec . Saml . L . Townsend , P . M . No . 184 , G . S . D . ; Robert Pearson , P . M . No . 741 , G . J . D . ; McCarthy Stevenson , P . M . No . 216 , Sup . of Wks . ; Poussett , P . M . No . 149 , Dir . of Cer . ; James Green , P . M . No . 376 , G . S . B . ; O . G . Phipps , P . M . No . 149 , G . Org . ; Thomas Hardiman , No . 184 , G . Purs . ; Robert Duke ,

J . W . No . 235 : Henrv Sawver . P . S . W . No . 621 : Richard Watson , S . D . No . 91 ; J . W . No . 235 ; Henry Sawyer , P . S . W . No . 621 ; Richard Watson , S . D . No . 91 ; Jos . Whittal , W . M . No . 184 ; L , Briveau , W . M . No . 709 ; and William Prescott , J . D . No . 285 , Stewards . At a later period in the day the Brethren , marshalled by Bro . Poussett , whose indefatigable devotion to his duties seemed almost to have invested him with the attributes of ubiquity , went in procession , headed by an efficient band , to attend

divine service at Trinity church . On arriving at the sacred edifice , the Brethren occupied the seats on the floor , while the galleries above were occupied with welldressed ladies . Evening prayer was said by the Rev . J . Smith , incumbent , and the sermon was preached by the Rev . D . Jones ( who has for many years held the office of Prov . Grand Chaplain ) from Gen . i . 31 : " God saw everything that He had made , and behold it was very good . "

The Brethren , on leaving church , returned again in procession , amidst crowds of curious spectators , to the Maison Dieu , when the Grand Lodge was again duly formed . After the usual business , votes of thanks were unanimously given to the Mayor for the use of the hall ; to the incumbent of Trinity church , for his kindness in placing his church at their service and reading the prayers ; and to the Rev . D . Jones , Prov . Grand Chaplain , for the able and interesting discourse he had delivered .

Bro . Harvey Boys , Prov . G . W . S ., then proposed , in an eloquent and eulogistic speech , a vote of thanks to the Prov . Grand Master , which was passed with great enthusiasm . The Prov . Grand Master , in acknowledging the compliment , amidst other remarks which the rules of the Order prevent our reporting , said that he little imagined , when he was appointed G . M . for Kent , that we were on the eve of a war , and that thereby so many important duties would be thrown upon the Freemasons of the Province . Initiation into Freemasonry gave , as it were , to the

recipient a letter of introduction into . every part of the world ( hear ) . But Freemasonry had other advantages , and amongst these he recollected once hearing Lord Londesborougb , a distinguished Freemason , say that it gave him an opportunity of mixing with the classes which were below him as a peer of the realm in . the scale of society , without being branded with the stigma of a popularity hunter . Freemasonry was an institution which tended to bring all ranks of her Majesty ' s subjects together , and to make them acquainted with the good qualities of each other , and it ought therefore to be fostered by every government . It achieved a