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fiirole" or considered desirable fco present to their own family . Bro . Wilson , who had been previously proposed ancl admitted as a member of the Lodge of Instruction , moved a vote of thanks to Bro . Cooke for the very clear elucidation he had given them ofthe practice of Masonry in America , and hoped that ere he returned he would meet ; with opportunities of taking home a favourable report of the Craft in England . A brother present said , that as a Scottish Mason , he could vouch for the practice being identical with thafc of his own country , and seconded tbe motion

for a vote at thanks to Bro . Cooke , who in reply said , that young as he was in Masonry , he could nofc bufc feel flattered in having a vote of thanks moved by so eminent ,-i Mason as Bro . AVilson , and ho received ifc as a great honour . He referred to his being a pupil of Bro . Robert Mom ' s , a man who had devoted his whole life to the study and ean . se of Masonry . He thanked the brethren for the patient hearing , and should carry back to his own country the remembrance oi of his visit to their Lodge . Some brethren present were proposed and admitted members , and the Loclge ivas duly closed .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

BRISTOL . ApoiXTMisjfTS . —lorfr / es . —Tuesday , July sth , Beaufort ( 120 ) , Freemasons' Hall at 7- Wed . nesday , Oth llnira ( -108 ) , ditto , at 7 . Friday , 8 Hi . taradioii .-Ditto , nfc 71 . Chanter - Thursday , 7 ih , Hospitality ( 23 J , ditto , it 7 . * '

CHANNEL ISLANDS . AppoiHTML' * iis . -i <^ a _ Wcdiiesday , July oth , Hammond ( 820 ) , Masonic Hall , Guernsey at ii- Chapter —Tuesday , Dlh , Hammond , Masonic Hull , Guernsey , at S . feisEY . —Lodge La Cesaree ( No . S 60 ) . —Some unpleasant circumstances bavin " arisen out of a dramatic representation given b y Bro . Henri Drayton , for the benefit of fche Building Fund of this Lodge , in which Bro . Drayton was lately initiated a meeting of fche brethren was called fco to him their sympathunder the

express y unpleasant circumstances ivhich had attended , or rather followed , his reception into the Craffc , and to present him with a written testimonial for the services he had rendered to the Loclge . The document having been presented wifcli appropriate remarks from various members of the Lodge , Bro . Drayton returned thanks in a very eloquent speech , which we regret our space does not permit us to "ive -it length . Ho said he hacl not imagined thafc ho could be thought worthy of such honourable mentionbut ho trusted to tho indulgence of his friends and

, hoped that tbey would not consider his remarks as a trim indication of the condition of his heart , which he assured them was overflowing with gratitude and affection towards those from whom he had received the benefit ; of admission into an Order ivhich he had not joined blindly , or without due consideration , but ivith a full appreciation ot tho advantages , both moral and intellectual , which ifc was capable of conferring . True , he was but a young Mason , and therefore his knowledge was as yet very limited , but he hacl seen enough to be aware thafc he hacl much to acquire and he ledged himself that he would not onl

p y become a Master Mason but that he would persevere , ancl that it ivould be his ambition and determination to reach the highest position of ivhich ho may bo found capable . On the night after his initiation , when retiring to rest , he found a copy of tho sacred volume placed on his dressing table , and a mark within ifc afc the seventh chapter of the 1 st Book of Kings . He was induced to examine the portion indicated , and he did not leave it til ! he had read to the end of that book . Hence he had ascertained his present deficiencieshence he had acquired extended

; a more knowledge of the sciencehence he had made up his mind to pursue it to the end , ancl not to rest . satisfied-4 K 2