Provincial.

The Provincial Grand Master then appointed and invested as Prov . Grand Officers : —Bro . Atley , No . S 50 , S . G . AV . ; Bro . Botley , No . 597 , J . G . AV . ; Rev . Bro . J . C . Fiivmborough , No . 861 , G . Chap . ; Bro . Moxhay , No . 597 , G . Reg . ; Bro . i . B . Gibson , No . 597 , G . Sec . ; Bro . Maddigan , No . 252 , S . D . ; Bro . AA . S . Hopwood , No . 861 , J . D . ; Bro . Gill , No . 597 , G . Dir . of Cers . ; Bro . Cave , No . 839 , Asst . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Bro . James Clacy , G . Supt . of AVorks ; Bro . Lovegrove , G . Sword Bearer ; Bro . TallG . Org . ; Bro . LeaverG . Purs . ; Bros . AA eedonAA illiams ,

, , , Bursey , Cousens , Prince , and Harley , G . Stewards . The brethren were then marshalled by Bro . Henry Muggeridge , as Dir . of Cers . for the occasion , and proceeded to the ancient parish church of St . Lawrence , close adjoining , to attend divine service . The evening service was read by Bro . the Rev . Sir John AVarren Hayes , Bart ., P . Grand Chaplain , and the Rev . Bro . Arthur Roberts , P . Prov . Grand Chaplain , preached a sermon , taking for his text , " By their fruits shall you know them . " Matt . vii . 20 . The rev . brother began his discourse by

observing that in all ages there existed a wide difference between what people professed and what they practised , and he illustrated this by quoting our Saviour ' s rebuke of the Pharisees— " This people draweth nigh to me with their mouth , and honoureth me with their lips , but their heart is far from me , " pointing out the marks by which his disciples might be known . Tho words in the text , at all times full of meaning , were more especially so when addressed to members of our noble Order . It showed what the world expected from them ; and the uninitiated having

no other means of forming a judgment of Masons than by their conduct before all men , how essential it was that their life should be consonant with the principles of . the Institution . Ho availed himself of the opportunity of a mixed congregation of hearers to explain the fundamental principles of Freemasonry , and ran through some quotations from our ritual . He noticed that the first sound the recipient heard was prayer , aud the first thing his eye lighted upon was that Vblume which every Christian valued , and which every Mason was required to make his constant study ; and having been instructed in his duty to God and his neighbour , he was

finally instructed in a knowledge of himself , and how to die . He asked—it these wore its teachings , what- should cause Masonry to be looked lightly upon ? No system that was framed by man could be perfect , but if the instructions a Mason received were carried out , it certainly made the nearest approach to perfection , of any human institution . "With regard to the physical proofs of . the claims Freemasonry had on society , he referred to the glorious structures that covered our land , as cathedrals , colleges , and churches , memorials of their architectural skill ; our lorious institutions for childliood and old age ; alsoa Freemason was not a

g , stranger in any laud—go where ho would , far from home and family , he knew that in every clime he would meet one who would give him the right hand of fellowship . On the field of battle even , lie feels its benefits—the sword uplifted to destroy had been put back again into the scabbard . Cases frequently occurred where the widow suddenly found herself destitute , it was the Allison ' s-province to offer sympathy and instantaneously relieve her temporal wants . These things showed that Masonry was not an idle name-. AVhcrever a deed of mercy was to bo done , there

the Mason ' s heart and the Mason's charity appear . And the world might apply to tliem the observation the pagans made on the early Christians—Behold how these Masons love each other ! He concluded his discourse by exhorting his hearers to steadily carry out the great principles of tho institution ; to be blameless anil harmless in a perverse generation ; and besides this : giving all diligence , adding to tiiith virtue , and to virtue knowledge , aud to knowledge temperance , and to temperance patience , and to patience godliness , and to godliness brotherly kindness ,

and to brotherly kindness charity . '' Besides the brethren there was a large congregation of the townsfolk , and wc need scarcely add the sermon was listened to with marked attention . Service concluded , the brethren , preceded by the excellent brass baud of the Stith Regiment playing tho air " The Entered Apprentice" then adjourned to the ground laid out for the new Masonic Hull , at the western end of the town , and on arrival there , the brethren separating right and left , the Prov . Grand Master advanced , followed by his distinguished visitors and Grand Officers , and having by his side the Past Grand Chaplain , Bro . Roberts . He then proceeded to place