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regime , so far as to return to France . It may be as well to explain that the name of La Cesaree Lodge is derived from Ctesarea , the ancient Roman name of Jersey . The appellation which the Romans bestowed on Guernsey was

Sarnia ; but the modern Sarnians have chosen other names for their lodges . English visitors who attend La Cesaree Lodge hear the Earl of Zetland toasted as " Le Comte de Zetland . "

While referring to La Cesaree Lodge , it may be worth mentioning that in the Freemasons' Review for 1845 , page 33 , extracts are given from the minute-book of a similar lodge entitled " L'lmmortalite de L'Ordre , " which was worked in the

French language in London , under charter from Lord Blayney , who was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England from 1764 to 1767 . The Bevieiu for 1847 also refers to the estabhshment of another lodge of the same character , entitled

" La Loge Francaise de la Tolerance , " and which is , we believe , still extant in London . There is , or was , also a lodge worked under charter from Lord Zetland in the German language . The St . Aubin ' s Lodge was founded mainly

through the exertions of our esteemed Bro . Dr . Hopkins , who was its first W . M . This lodge has a regulation which we do not remember to have previously met with . It is provided by Article 80 of the by-laws that : —

" At the termination of each year of office a photographic portrait of the retiring Worshipful Master shall be taken at the expense , and to be the property , of the lodge , which shall be framed and hung up in the room of meeting , uniformity

being maintained in the size and character of such portraits . " It would be a very good thing if this idea were generally carried out , as one has often to indulge an ungratified wish for a look at the lineaments of

departed Masonic worthies . The plan of the St . Aubin's Lodge is excellent in design and inexpensive in execution .

in years to cometo be , perhaps , almost indefinitely lengthened . This mausoleum gave rise to a sad exhibition of bigotry on the part of the Roman Catholics . . The lodge inadvertently purchased a piece of ground in the Catholic part of the

cemetery , and Bro . Dr . Cuquemelle , being a Romanist , no objection was made to his burial there ; but when Bro . John Asplet died his corpse was refused admittance , and consequently a new piece of ground had to be secured , and Bro . Cuquemelle ' s

remains were exhumed and re-interred therein . Thus even death cannot always destroy sectarian animosities .

The Royal Sussex Lodge was established at the latter end of 1843 , and the Freemasons ' Review for 1844 remarks : — " The consecration is described as having been very imposing , and it was attended very numerously by the foreigners

resident in the island . " Of the founders of this lodge Bro . W . Adams is the only survivor . It is , perhaps , worth noting that the Mechanics ' Lodge in Jersey used to confer a degree called the "Ark , Mark , and Link , " which has been

described to us as very interesting by those who have taken it . To show how soon matters become forgotten , we may state that although this degree has been conferred in a great many instances , the present members of tbe Mechanics' Lodge were so much in ignoran c e of the fact that one of the Past Masters assured us it was all a mistake . It

is , however , undoubtedly true that this lodge conferred the degree , and Bro . J . T . Du Jardin and Bro . 0 . J . Hocquard were among those who received it . The ritual of the degree is , we are told , still in existence . We presume this degree

was somewhat similar to one alluded to by Bro . G . Markham Tweddell , in the Magazine for Jan . 5 th , 1861 , under the title of the "Ark , Mark , Truth , and Wessle , " which that brother received in the Faith Lodge , Ratcliff .

The library at the Misonic Temple possesses an interesting relic of Freemasonry in the Midland Counties , in the shape of a copy of the " Book of Constitutions and History of the Craft , " originally published by James Anderson , D . D . This volume

is ofthe edition of 1784 , under the editorship of John Noorthouck , and from an inscription on the back it appears to have been presented in 1786 to the St . Alban ' s Lodge , Birmingham , by Dr . S . Freeman , P . G . S ., London . The St . Alban ' s Lodge seems to be now extinct , and its records are doubtless scattered . This volume was given

The La Cesaree Lodge has in many ways manifested an originality of design and an energy of purpose which will ensure it a lasting fame ; and among other excellent works which it has undertaken is the erection of a mausoleum in the

General Cemetery , St . Heliers , for the reception of departed members of the Craft . Here are commemorated the brethren , Dr . Cuquemelle , P . Le Cras , and JohnAsplet , who will head a list destined