Provincial.

Bro J . A . Meredith Prov . G . Registrar . „ Chas . Ellis Prov . G . S . Deacon . „ S . Danby Prov . G . J . Deacon . „ T . H . Lanyon , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . „ J . Bray Prov . G . Assis . Dir . of Cers . „ Robert Bray Prov . G . Sup . of Works . „ Samuel Harvey Prov . G . Pursuivant . . „ —Ninness Prov . G . Organist .

„ Capt . Sleeman Prov . G . Swordbearer . „ —Wroth " ) „ A . Williams | „ Israel Levin ! 0 , , „ W . E . Tucker [ "Stewards . ... „ Henry Rinden j „ G . Clyma J „ —Miller Prov . G . I . Guard . „ W . Rooke Prov . G . Tyler .

THE DINNER . After the business of the day had terminated , the brethren -adjourned to the Assembly Rooms , where there was an abundant cold dinner awaiting them . It was supplied by Bro . 'Tedder , of the Royal Hotel . The Prov . G . M . of Cornwall presided , and was supported on the right by the D . Prov . G . M . of Devon , the Rev . John Huyshe , and most of the niBgnates of "the two provinces who had been present at the other business

¦ of the day . A hand was stationed in the gallery , and played a number of lively tunes after the repast , between the speeches . As soon as the dinner was over a large number of ladies were admitted into the galleries , and added to the brilliancy of the scene . The Prov . G . M ., in proposing the health of the Queen , eulogised her for her virtue and her talents , and said that if she were not a Queen but a Kingshe would be entitled to be a

, Mason . This toast was drunk with all the honours . The Prov . 'G . M . then gave " The Health of the Duke of Cornwall , the Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The next toast was , " Our Visiting Brethren , who have done us the honour of coming to our meeting to day . " ( Loud cheers . ) — Bro . W . DENIS MOORS , Prov . G . Sec . of Devon , in an able speechresponded on behalf of the visiting brethren . In a

, humorous address , which kept the house ia a roar of laughter , the Prov . G . M . next proposed " The Health of the Ladies , " on whoso beauty , virtue , and loveliness he . poured forth a volume of praise . The brethren hailed with a spe ' eies of wild delight ¦ the announcement of this toast , and again and again were the cheers so loudly repeated , that you would not have thought there ¦ could have been an unhippy Benedict or an old bachelor in the

room . —Bros . Boyns and Johns responded , and this closing the open addresses , the ladies were by some extraordinary means induced to withdraw . The following were the toasts : — "Earl of Zetland , G . M . of England ; " "Earl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . M . of England ; " " The Prov . G . M . of Cornwall ; " " P . Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , Sir C . Lemon ; " "D . Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , and rest of the other Provincial Officers ; " " D . Prov . G . M . of Devon ; " " Secretary and Provincial Officers of Devon ; " "The Masters and Wardens of Lodges , & c . "

DEVONSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon was Iield at Honiton , on Tuesday , July 28 th , when there was a very numerous attendance of Freemasons from all parts of the province . Amongst those present was Bro . Augustus Smith , M . P . for Truro , the Prov . G . M . of the Province of Cornwall . There

was also a full attendance of the officers of the province of Devon , and a large number of brethren from the lodges of Plymouth , Devonport , and Stonehonse . There was a larger number of Past Provincial 0 racers present than had been seen for many years . The brethren assembled in the Town Hall about twelve o'clock , and there the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form

by the D . Prov . G . M ., the Rev . J . Huyshe , M . A ., G . Chap , of England . The ordinary business of the province was postponed till after the service at the church , and the brethren proceeded to form in the ordinary procession . The procession was headed by a Volunteer Band , and the brethren , clothed in . Masonic costume , and carrying the banners of several of the lodges , looked very picturesque as they passed slong the high street , which was lined on both sides by the inhabitants of Honiton . The procession , on arriving at church , opened to the right and left , facing inwards , and moved into

church in inverted order , the D . Prov . G . M . leading the way , followed by the Prov . G . Officers . The attendance of the inhabitants at the church was very scanty . The afternoon service was performed , including the lessons of the day , after which the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . Erskine J . Risk , of St . Andrew's , Plymouth , preached the sermon . The Rev . gentlemen took for his text Acts xx ., 35 , " I have showed you all thingshow that so labouring ht to

, ye oug support the weak , and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus , how he said , ' It is more blessed to give than to receive . '" " These words , which are the last recorded of the farewell address of St . Paul at Miletus , are calculated to give no little weight to the impressive exhortation which they bring to a close . This they do by the clear proof which they afford that the Apostle was one who practised the sublime princiles of

p love and universal brotherhood which it was the delight of his life to teach . There are some who would fain tell us that it is enough if our minds are rightly informed , and our hearts duly impressed , as to the great facts of faith and duty which it is the saving interest of our immortal destinies to know and acknowledge . Leave details , they would say , to the working of the individual heart . Interfere not with it as to the peculiar

way in which one man or another may wish to give vent and outlet to his private or his public sympathies . He is appealed to as a Christian ; let him show his love like Christ his Lord , and find out for himself the peculiar way in which that love may best be expressed to his fellow-man , and through his fellowman to God . He is appealed to as a Freemason , these philanthropists would tell you ; embarrass him not with publicl

y prescribed methods of expressing his love and charity to his brother Masons and fellow-men ; let his Masonic sympathies ' wander at their own sweet will , ' resting only where his fancy may suggest , and untrammelled in their exercise by any authoritative declaration as to where his Masonic charities may best be expended for the common weal . Such are the thoughts respecting charity in general which , as you must know ,

brothers are too frequently to be discovered floating in the minds of many , even when not openly expressed . But such , too , you must be aware , is neither the teaching of the text nor is it in accordance with the time-honoured principles of the

ancient Order . of > which I appear before you to-day as the accredited teacher . If there be one thing more than another in regard to charity respecting which the experience alike of the teachers of religion and of the true disciples of Freemasonry is found most painfully to impress them , it is with respect to the injurious influence of indiscriminate almsgiving or unsystematic benevolence . Let me first show you how fully the text bears us out as Christians in the apprehension of this

truth . Let me then make it as unmistakably evident how completely the principles of our Order are an echo of the teachings of Christianity on this point . And first , as to the principles of duty which the Apostle here enjoins on all truly Christian men . The common lot of all , he takes it for granted , is labour —labour with their own hands , or labour personally performed . But , there is a two-fold object with which that labour should be done—a two-fold object which I fear is onlfor the most

y part hut imperfectly kept in view . By his own labour St . Paul had ministered to his own necessities , and the necessities of those who were with him . But he adds to the representatives of the Church of Ephesus : 'By so labouring , ye , too , ought to support the weak , who cannot now labour for their own maintenance . ' There is something , as I take it , remarkable in the way in which St . Paul applies the teaching of his own example

to the Church of Ephesus . With respect to the ministering to their own necessities , he need say nothing further than merely refer to his own example , hut it is when enforcing the duty of ministering to the infirm that he considers it right distinctly to repeat the lesson which his teaching and example were so fitted to convey . He deems it best to drive the arrow of conviction home by citing the commonly reported saying of the blessed

Lord , whose whole life and whose sacrificial death were but one continuous illustration of that centre truth of Christianity' It is more blessed to give than to receive . ' Nor is it less , my brethren , tbe all-essential principle and guiding star of Masonry . ' Brotherly love , relief , and truth , ' constitute the ancient landmarks of our Order . When ' poor and penniless' you were admitted to some participation in the knowledge of its mysteries ,

it was upon the important principles of right giving that your worthiness of so great an honour was tested and approved . "The preacher then spoke of the importance of a discriminating charity , and having enlarged upon this , he said that they had