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the past , that at the end of it that balance will be very considerably augmented . It is true also that the attendance of Brethren on nights of instruction is not so regularly numerous as might be desired or expected , but that need be no cause for discouragement . It is a little leaven that leaveneth the whole lump , aud if we only remain true to ourselves , accurate in our working —harmonious at our meetings—the influence' of this young society will gradually permeate the whole Masonic body at Brihtonaud before many

g , years are over wo shall have the various Lodges of tho town , aud perhaps too , of the province , in any matter of difficulty or uncertainty , coming to the Brighton Lodge of Masonic Instruction , for the assistance and information they may require . As regards the real advantages oE Lodges of Instruction there can be little doubt , for if Freemasonry is worth doing at all it is worth doing well , and Lodges of Instruction afford to every brother the means of ascertaining the correct working and proper discipline of our Lodgesan accurate knowledge of which is the only

, steppiug-stone to distinction and usefulness in Freemasonry . Another groat advantage , one which should not be overlooked , is , that Masonie knowledge becomes circulated . It is not well for any society to be left entirely in the hands of one or two individuals . It must be desirable that , while the management of a society can be confided to the few , there should be mauy competent to fill vacancies as they occur . This is more particularly the case as regards Freemasonry ; you all know

that we have no recognised manuscripts to which we can authoritatively refer m any disputed or forgotten point ; our traditions are handed down , orally , from one to the other , aud therefore it cannot but be highly detrimental to the interests of tho Craft in any Lodge or province where Masonic knowledge is centered in only one or two individuals , who may be compelled to leave the locality , or who are liable at any moment to removal by death , or one or other of the thousand ilk that afflict humanity . Lodges of Instruction , by furnishing numbers of brethren well skilled in the noble scienceprovide against any such emergencyand though

, , wc may occasionally have to deplore the loss or regret the absence of a brother to whom we have beeu wont to listen with affection and respect , it will be a consolation to know , that the cause which was so near that brother ' s heart , will not suffer by his removal . Brethren , I will not detain you by any lengthened remarks upon the uses of Lodges of Instruction . They must be patent to every one who will give the matter a moment's serious reflection ; arid your large attendance herethis eveningis a sufficient testimony of the interest you are

dis-, , posed to take in this Institution . Its success cannot be a matter of doubt so long as the members of the various Lodges in the town will combine , as they have done this evening , in working the beautiful sections of our lectures , and in endeavouring to promote tho interests of a society which is for the benefit of all . I give you this toast most confidently , because I know you will respond to it most willingly— " Success to the Brighton Lodge of Masonic Instrttetiou . " The health of the AV . M . was proposed by Bro . J . Bacon , Pro . G . AVarden .

BiticiHTON . —Royal Clarence Lodge ( No . 33 S ) . — At the monthly meeting of this Lodge , held on Friday , March 22 nd , Bro . John Scott , AV . M ., initiated two candidates into Freemasonry . The circular from the Board of General Purposes was taken into consideration ; the brethren unanimously resolved that answers in the affirmative should be sent to tho first three questions . It was also unanimously resolved , that the members of the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 338 , having replied to the questions contained in the circular issued by the Board of General Purposes , cannot separate without expressing their grateful sense of tho marked

candour and courtesy of the Board in that communication , and declaring their own earnest desire to co-operate to the utmost of their power iu every effort of Grand Lodge for the credit aud welfare of Freemasonry . AVARAVICKSHIRE . APPOINTMENT . — Lodge . —Thursday , April 7 th , Temperance ( loll ) , Masonic Rooms , Kewhall Street , Birmingham , at 5 . WORCESTERSHIRE . AiroixiSKiis . —isi / i / cs . —Mouilay , April -1 th , Semper Fidelia ( 772 b Crovm Hotel , Worcester