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there are no more sincere well wishers than the Mark Masons of this country . The motion was put and carried unanimously .

Bro . Matier said he had received many apologies for absence on this occasion from Brethren , but every one of them most fully concurred in the addresses which were now voted by Grand Lodge .

Bro . Hamon Le Strange , who was appointed by the Prince of Wales Grand Master Overseer at the Grand

Festival , but who was absent from England at that time , and consequently nofc able to be invested , was invested now by the Earl of Euston , and Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .

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EAST ANGLIA .

0 ~ N Monday , 2 nd instant , Lord Henniker Past Grand Mark Master of England and Provincial Grand Mark Master of East Anglia , visited Colchester for the purpose of holding the Annual meeting of the Lodges of his Province .

After the reading of the minutes of the Special Prov . Grand Lodge , held immediately after the death of Lady Henniker , the Prov . Grand Master , referring to the vote of condolence then passed , expressed his gratitude for the sympathy extended to him in what was rightly

described by Bro . Martyn as the greatest sorrow that could befall a man . Their expression of sympathy touched him very much , and to a great extent softened his sorrow . He bowed , he hoped in all humility , to the will of the G . A . O . T . U . and prayed that He would hslp him to bear his trouble as a Christian and a Mason

would do , with fortitude and resignation . Some discussion arose with reference to the fines imposed upon the Lodges which were not represented at the last annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge . These , it appeared , had not been paid , and the Prov .

Grand Secretary explained that be had not pressed foi payment because of the alteration which was made in the date of the holding of the meeting . Ultimately , on

the suggestion of the Prov . Grand Master , it was agreed that last year ' s fines should be remitted , but that in respect both to the Lodges and the Officers , the penalties for non-attendance would in future be strictly enforced .

On the roll of the Lodges being called , it was found that all were represented except one , which the Prov . Grand Master remarked would be fined as a matter of

course . The Provincial Grand Master , departing from the business on the agenda , proposed that a letter of congratulation be forwarded on behalf of the Prov . Grand Lodge to the Queen , the Prince and Princess of Wales , and the Duke and Duchess of Yoik on the occasion of

the birth of a future heir to the Throne . He only hoped that the Duke of York ' s son would follow the good example set him by the Royal Family , and might not only be spared to carry out his public duties with the

same unremitting zeal as their Grand Master had done , but that he would add to the happiness and pride of our great country . The proposition was carried unanimously .

The Prov . Grand Secretary read the report of fche Board of General Purposes , which showed that the present number of members on the books of the Province was 358 , an increase of fourteen on the number last year .

The deaths , exclusions , and resignations exceeded the additions by twenty , and if it had not been for the addition of two new Lodges , there would have been a small decrease in the members . The financial state of the Province was satisfactory .

On the motion of Bro . Sir Francis Boileau , seconded by Bro . Tiacy , the report was adopted . Bro . Tracy , in very flattering teims , proposed the election of Bro . T . J . Railing Sec . No . 145 , & c , as Prov . Grand Treasurer for the ensuing \ ear . Bro . J . P . Lewin

in equally flattering tonus seconded the motion , which was carried amidst the hearty plaudits of the Brethren ; and Bro . Railing briefly returned thanks for the high compliment paid him .

The Prov . Grand Master said he had an announcement to make which he was sure would be received with great regret . At last he had been compelled to give

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way to Bro . Martyn s importunities , and release him from the position of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . He was sure they were all very sorry for it , but he did not think it would be for him to press Bro . Martyn any further , because living so far away from the Province

as he did , he felt he could not discharge the duties of his office to his own satisfaction . Personally ,, he was extremely sorry , becaiise . Br . o ., Martyn was one of his oldest and greatest friends , but it was some satisfaction to feel that , although relieved from office , he was still a

member of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Anglia , so that thoy might hope to see him amongst them at their annual meetings . He felt he ought fco add" that in

his own mind he attributed whatever success had attended his governance of the Province of East Anglia to the wise counsel he had always received from Bro . Martyn .

Bro . fche Rev . C . J . Martyn said it was really with the most unfeigned regret thafc he felt compelled fco ask the P . G . M . to release him from the office he now held . For some time past he had felt fchafc the duties of D . P . G . M . of East Anglia had been unavoidably neglected ,

not through any fault of his own , bufc because , living right away iu Gloucesterhire , it was utterly impossible for him to come amongst them as often as he could wish . For this reason he last year asked the P . G . M . to allow him to resign the office , but with that kindness which

was so characteristic of him he said he could not possibly let him off , at least for a year , and therefore he held on , but he felt he could nofc perform his duties to his own satisfaction or to the satisfaction of the Province , and therefore he again pressed Lord Henniker to be good

enough to allow him to retire , aud to appoint in his stead one who would be able to discharge the duties far better than he had been able to do . He had been D . P . G . M . ever since the Province of East Anglia was formed , and had always received the greatest kindness

and consideration from everyone with whom he had come in contact . He thanked them all from the bottom of his heart for all their past kindness and forbearance , and assured them that he should look upon his connection with the Province as one of the happiest remembrances in his not altogether unhappy life .

The Prov . Grand Master then announced amid much applause that he had found au excellent successor to Bro . Martyn in the person of Bro . Sir Francis Boileau , Bart ., whom he at once invested .

Sir Francis Boileau briefly acknowledged the honour that had been conferred upon him , and expressed his determination to carry out the duties of the office to the best of his ability .

The Prov . G . M . nexfc invested the other Provincial Grand Officers as under : —

Bro . J . J . C . Turner - - - Senior Warden F . P . Suthery - - - Junior Warden C . Denton Leech - - - Master Overseer F . E . Bailey - - - Senior Overseer Geo . Abbott - - - Junior Overseer

Rev . W . Quennell - - - ) nu , . Rev . McDougall Mundlc - - j ^ P lain « T . J . Railing - - - Treasurer J . Moore Smith - - - Registrar of Marks J . M . Harvey - - - Secretary

C . F . Bond ... - Senior Deacon F . H . Meggy - - - Junior Deacon Jos . Holland - - - Inspector of Works W . F . Stratford - - - Director of Ceremonies Haward Ives - - - Assist . Dir . of Cers .

Jas . Reach - - . Sword Bearer BI . L . Sanders - - - Standard Bearer G . H . Lovedell Blake - - Organist E . Sparke - Assist . Secretary John Fuller - - - Inner Guard

J . H . Salter - - - > Sir . W . Abdy , Bart . - - I Stewards R . Galpin - - - - J J . Hewitt --- - Tyler Bro . Tracy said they could not allow that occasion to

pass without a formal recognition of the great services Bro . Martyn had so long rendered to the Province . While he ( Bro . Tracy ) acted as Prov . Grand Secretary he was brought into intimate connection with Bro . Martyn , and knew how thoroughly he considered the interests of the Brethren in the Province . He was filled

with an earnest determination to do his duty , and the whole Province had received the greatest possible benefit from his services . Bro . Tracy then formally proposed that a cordial