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special care ; and in his last days he frequently expressed his wish that , if ever , I should bo in a position to promote an object so decidedly Avorthy of our Order I would not ail to embrace the opportunity . " I now feel the time has arrived , and seeing that Freemasonry was never in a more prosperous state iu the province than it now . is , I venture to lay the case before the Brethren , through the AA . Ms . of the several Lodges , and I have every confidence I shall not make the appeal in vain .

" At a meeting of the AV . Ms ., AVardens , and Past Masters , held on the 4 th iust ., I referred to this subject , and I rejoice much at the favourable reception it met with , as I doubt not it will with every brother Mason in the province . " The course I would advise to be adopted is , to raise a fund from the Lodges and from individual members ; and as soon as tho amount cau be ascertained , to appoint a survey committee to meet the architect ancl the chairman of the restoration committee , at the church , and then select a part'of the building which our

funds will enable us to complete , and hand down to posterity as the work of a body of men possessing the pride ancl satisfaction of knowing they were Freemasons . Such I believe would really be worthy of us and the principles we profess and love . Our forefathers , Free and Accepted Masons , built the church , surely we can help to restore it . " I fully rely on your favourable reception of this letter , to which I beg a reply at your early convenience . " Believe me to be , my dear sir and AA ' orsbipful Brother , yours very fraternally , " AVM . POWELL , D . Prov . G . M ., Bristol ,

" Bro . Thos . Sainsbury , AV . M . Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 81 . " AA'hereupou it was resolved , " That a committee , consisting of the A \ . M ., P . Ms ., AVardens , and Secretary , be appointed to take into consideration the best means to bo adopted for carrying out the suggestion of the R . AV . D . Prov . G . M . " Two gentlemen having been proposed as candidates for initiation at the next Lodge , the AA . M ., Officers , and Brethren of the Royal Sussex Lodge wero reported , admitted in clue formand received bthe Brethren with customary honours .

, y The Lodge was then opened in the second degree , and Bros . Harrison and Scott passed to that degreej the ceremony being performed by the AV . M ., Bro . Sainsbury , in an admirable manner , who also delivered the charge ; whilst a lecture on the tracing board was ably given by Bro . S . Bryant , P . M . The Loclge being closed down , the AV . M . addressed the W . M . of the Royal SussexLodge , thanking him , together with his officers , for the honour they had conferred upon him by paying him tho lirst special visit he had received during his tenure of the chairand stated that it was

, his intention to carry out , to the full , the custom which had so long prevailed amongst the Bristol Lodges , of paying frequent visits to their sister Lodges . Tho A \'' . M . of the Royal Sussex Loclge of Hospitality , Bro . Low , in reply , expressed the pleasure he experienced in paying a visit to the oldest , the most numerous , and the most flourishing Loclge in the province , and dilated upon the value and desirability of tlie . se interchanges of visits between the various Lodges of a province , both as au expression of fraternal regard , and with a view to that uniformity of

working which was so essential . The AV . M ., Officers , and Brethren of tho Royal Sussex Lodge then retired , and Bro . S . Bryant , P . M . having given a notice of motion relative to the subscriptions to the Masonic , charities , the Lodge Avas closed iu perfect harmony at ten o ' clock ,

CHANNEL ISLANDS . ArroiMstnxTS . —Lodge .. —AVednesday , March 2 nd , Hammond ( S 29 ) , Atonic Hall , Guernsey , at 7-J . Chapter . —Tuesday , 1 st , Hammond ( 12 !)) , Jlasonic Hall , Guernsey , at 8 . S'f ; HELIEI ' .. —Lodge la Cesaree-, — An emergency meeting of this Lodge was held on the evening of Friday , February 11 th , at the Masonic Hall , Museum-street , St Helier , nuclei- the presidency of the AV . M ., Bro . Le Cras , who , being quite an fait in the work , ably performed the ceremony of passing three entered apprentices to the second degree . In a portion of this , he received the efficient aid of Bro . Dr . Cuqucmellej P . M ., who . is always prepared to render assistance when required . By him the lecture on the tracing board Avas delivered in so lucid a manner as