Provincial.

I . G . ; John Davies , Treas . ; Stanley J . Balcombe , Sec . ; C . Keilly , Tyler ; and Bros . Colonel Pryse , M . P ., Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire ; Rev . E . Edwards ; Captain Northey ; Captain Bray ; R . C . James ; Hugh Richardes ; T . Paul ; James Szlumper ; Lewis Ellis ; J . Pell ; G . Clark ; E . L . Cole ; & c . The lodge having been opened with solemn prayer , Bro . John Davies ivas raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The following gentlemen were then initiated into the first degree of E . A .:

Messrs . Edmund Vaughan , Octavius Rowe , T . S . Stooke , John AA illiams , and James Garland . Ten candidates ivere then nominated for election at the February meetings . The lodge having been closed in due form , tbe brethren adjourned for refreshment , an excellent entertainment being furnished by Bro . Pell . A lodge of emergency was held on Friday morning , fche 12 fch inst ., when the following were passed to F . C . degree : Bros .

Hugh Richardes , James Szlumper , Stanley Balcombe , J . Pell , E . L . Cole , and C . Keilly . Messrs . William AVilliams , George Jones , and R . De la Loyde , were initiated into the mysteries of the first degree . All the ceremonies were most impressively performed by fche AA ' . M ., who kindly gives his valuable services , and travels a ¦ distance of more than one hundred miles from Brecon to attend the ivorking of 1072 .

[ We commend this example of a zealous AV . M . most highly—• Ed . F . M . M . ] SUSSEX . HASTINGS . —DEBVVENI LODGE ( No . 40 ) . The installation of the AV . M . elect , Bro . Edwin Baldwin , took place at the Royal Swan Hotel , on Monday , January 8 th , 1866 . On this occasion the R . W . Prov . G . M . for Sussex , Col . D'AIbiac , together wifch the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , paid an official visit .

THE INSTALLATION . The brethren were summoned to attend at three o'clock , afc -which time the W . M ., Bro . Jesse Mann commenced the business of the day by opening the lodge in the 1 st degree Avith prayer , & c . The minutes of the last regular lodge Avere then read and confirmed , according to ancient custom . The W . M . -then offered to resign the chair to the Prov . G . M ., who courteousldeclined .

y Tlie W . MASTER -then mentioned the names of those brethren who were unable to accept the invitations they had received , and he stated that invitations had been issued from the lodge to tho AV . M . of every lodge in the province , as well as to many brethren who had rendered valuable assistance in placing their old Bro . James Winter on the Benevolent Fund in May , 1864 . It is customary with this lodge to suspend all business on

the day of their annual festival . The lodge Avas then opened in tho second degree . The AV . MASIEE then thanked his officers for their valuable assistance in transacting the duties of his office during' the past year , and called on them to resign their collars and jewels of office , at tbe same time recommending them to the fa-1-ourable consideration of the AV . M . elect iu his selection for the ensuing year . The AA' . M . then resigned the chair to Bro . Henry Carpenter ,

P . M . No . 40 , ivho kindly undertook and efficiently discharged the duties of installation . The lodge was then opened in the third degree , and Pro . Corder , AV . M . Lodge of' Friendship , Worthing ( No . S 51 ) and Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., called upon the brethren to salute the E . AV . Prov . G . M . with the usual royal signs , which were given ivith hearty good-will by the brethren present and gracefully acknowledged by the R . \ V . Prov . G . M . Bro . E . Baldwin having been placed in the chair and proclaimed

according to ancient custom AA . M . of the Denvent Lodge ( No . 40 ) proceeded fco close the lodge down to the first degree . The AV . M . then appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year ( Bro . George Wcllerd having been previously reelected as Treasurer , and Bro . John Inskipp as Tyler of the lodge ) , Bro . Jesse Mann I . P . M John Peter Harwood ' S . AA .

„ . ,, Thomas Trollope J . W . „ George Richards Chaplain . „ George H ' ellerd Treasurer . „ Charles Duke Secretary . „ James Dorman S . D . „ John Skinner j . D . „ AVilliam Winter I . G . John Inskipp Tyler .

The lodge was then closed in due form and with solemn prayer . THE BANQUET . Afc five o'clock the brethren and visitors , to the number of about fifty , sat down to a sumptuous and elegant repast , served up in Mrs . Carswell's usual recherche style , and presided over by the W . M ., Bro . E . Baldwin . On tho riht the AV . M . was supported bthe R . AV . Prov .

g y G . M . for Sussex , Colonel D'AIbiac , and the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . On the left Avere the I . P . M . aud other P . M . 's of the Denvent Lodge , including Bros . Bannister , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., and Bro . Howell , Prov . G . Superintendent of AVorks . Bros . Poeock , Prov . G . Sec , and Corder , AV . M . Lodge of Friendship , Worthing ( No . 851 ) , ancl Prov . G . D . C , Avere unavoidably prevented from being present at the banquet , being obliged to leave by an early train .

Among the visitors present Ave ivere pleased to notice the folloiving , viz .. —Bros . Wood , Prov . J . G . W ., Past G . S ., and AV . M . Yarborough ( No . 811 ); Law , Prov . G . D . and P . M . Hartington ( No . 916 ); Cunningham , Prov . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . and P . M . ; Lucas , Prov . G . Steward , and W . M . South Saxon ( No . 311 ); Blessly , AV . M . Hartington ( No . 916 ); John Bull , AV . M . Royal York ( No . 315 ); AVilliam Dawes , AV . M . Wellington Rye ( No . 341 ); F . BinckesP . M . and See . Boys '

, School ; James T . Hester , P . Prov . J . G . W . for Oxfordshire , and P . M . Alfred Lodge ( No . 340 ); E . B . Sutton , Past G . Steward and AV . M . Prince of AVales ( No . 259 ); James Rufcie , P . M . Wellington ( No . 341 ); James Vickevs , P . M . ; T . Brassey , jun ., Macrae , AVingfield , Davies , Howland , Hendy , and a good muster of the brethren of the Denvent Lodge . The cloth having been removed , and grace said by the Chap 1

lain , Bro . G . RICHABDS , the W . M ., proceeded to give the usual loyal and Masonic toasts in the following order : — " The Queen and the Craffc . " In proposing this toast the W . MASTES observed that the loyalty of Englishmen was acknowledged as a household ivord throughout the United Kingdom—that of Freemasons throughout the universe . The toast was suitably responded to , and lollowed by a Masonic version of " God save the Queen , " by Bro . J . Skinner , in Avhich the brethren heartily joined .

The next toast Avas that of " The Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland . " The AV . MASIEE said that if anything were AA-anting to SIIOAV the esteem in Avhich the M . W . G . M . Avas held by the whole Craft , it was supplied by the fact that at the last quarterly communication he was unanimously re-elected as G . M . of England for the twenty-second time —a position which he had held with so much dignity , and with as much honour to himself as it had been of advantage to the

Craft in general . The toast Avas enthusiastically received . The next toast was " Tho Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England , the Earl de Grey and Ripon , together ivith the Present and Past Officers of Grand Lodge . " The AA . MASIEE observed , in connection with this toast , that the duties of the D . G . M . were so ably discharged by the noble Earl in the absence of the M . AA . G . M . as fco have gained him the confidence and

esteem of the whole Craft . This toast was suitably acknowledged by Bro . E . B . SUTTON , Past G . Steward , and AV . M . Prince of AVales Lodge ( No . 259 ) . The next toast in succession , that of "The Provincial Grand Master for Sussex , Lieut .-Col . D'AIbiac , " ivas received ivith a burst of applause . The W . MASTEB said he had the honour of being present at his installation at the last Provincial Grand Lodgeand the ringing cheer AA'hich greeted his name as haA'ing

, been selected by the G . M . of England was a sufficient proof of the esteem in which he was held by the brethren generally , and that so far as this province Avas concerned , they had the right brother in the right place . Bro . Col . D'AIJJIAC , the R . AV . Prov . G . M ., in responding to the toasfc , acknowledged the kind manner in ivhich his health had been received , and referred to the time when he had the pleasure of meeting the Denvent Lodge some fifteen years ago .

He was pleased to see round their festive board several of the older brethren he Avas then in the habit of meeting , and expressed his satisfaction afc seeing so many younger brethren efficiently discharging the duties of Masonry . He also expressed his inten tion of visiting the several lodges in the province , and thereby cultivating that spirit of friendly intercourse which should characterise good Freemasons ,