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only the old and the weak among the brethren who are driven to need the humiliating assistance of printed memoranda . Alas ' . I cannot deny I come under the category of the old and the weak—and I would remind my young and more active and brilliant brethren that an old Book advises us that " the strong shonld bear the bnrdens of

the weak "—therefore , I lay aside in this matter my office of Masonic advisor , and take my stand as legal adviser , and plead for the further extension of existence among us of the small defendant , the Masonio Almanac . Gentlemen of the Jury , I beg yon to give the case your most careful consideration , to bear in mind the length of

service , the modesty , and the usefulness , thoindispensability and daily value of the defendant , and to pause before you consign it to an untimely end . I think I need no looser tax yonr attention and patience . The outlook of Sussex Masonry is very bright and inspiriting , and I trust the future may not belie our hopes and expectations ,

and that no year may close less prosperously than this . What the future holds for ns individually we cannot tell , whether of joy or sorrow , but , bound together as we are by the union of hearts and

hands , we cannot but hope and believe that a wider field of usefulness and a still greater prosperity await us as a body Masonic . Therefore , Brethren , I wish you heartily and hopefully " A happy new Masonio year . "

Enthusiastic applause followed the reading of this able and instructive address . W . Bro . the Very Bev . E . R . Currie ( Dean of Battle ) P . P . G . Chaplain moved a hearty

vote of thanks to the Deputy Provincial Grand Master for his very admirable address , and congratulated him upon being so improved in health as to be again able to join the brethren of the Lodge . Bro . the Bev . P . F . J . Greenfield

Prov . Grand Chaplain seconded , and the proposition was carried with renewed applause . Bro . the Rev . J . 0 . McCarrogher P . P . G . Chaplain proposed the re-election of Bro . R . Crosskey as Provincial Grand Treasurer for tho

ensuing year . Bro . W . R . Wood P . G . D . seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master then appointed the following brethren to act as Provincial Grand Officers during the ensuing year , and invested those present with the insignia of their respective offices : —

Bro . Lieut .-Col . Lord Lennox P . M . 3 S Senior Warden Joseph Parncombe P . M . 311 - Junior Warden Rev . E . R . Currio P . M . 1181 - ) rhnnU . Rev . F . F . G . Greenfield P . M . 14 % j P iain 8 R . Crosskey P . M . 1303 - - Treasurer R . Pidcock P . M . 916 1110 - Registrar V . P . Freeman P . G . D . P . M . 315732 Secretary J . Adames P . M . 38 311 - - Senior Deacon J . Dennant P . M . 271 - - Junior Deacon 0 . Nye jnn . P . M . 732 19-47 2187 - Superintendent of Works W . II . Barrett P . M . 38 - - Dir . of Ceremonies G . Lockwood L . Ilavvken P . M . 1797 Asst . Dir . of Cers . Col . M . Hancock P . M . 1466 2201 - Sword Bearer H . II . Jordan P . M . 851 - •" > e , , i JT > WT iir fii •i T > i \ r to . standard Bearers W . M . Glo'uster P . M . 48 - - ) G . Cole P . M . 1636 - - Organist B . Bin-field P . M . 1821 - - Assistant Secretary L . B . Henderson P . M . 1141 - Pnrsnivant C . Burnell P . M . 56 - - Assistant Pursuivant IL Beaumont P . M . 315 - •") W . Seymour Burrows W . M . 811 - | W . L . Wallis P . M . 916 - - ¦ , , , A . M . Betchley P . M . 1619 - f Stevs arda W . Balchin jun . P . M . 1636 . I W . H . Caustou P . M . 1726 J " H . H . Hughes - - - Tyler All business being ended , the Lodge was closed in

form and with solemn prayer . Bro . P . H . Hallett Prov . G . Organist presided at the organ at the opening of the Lodge , and Bro . George Cole Prov . G . Organist officiated at the close . After a brief interval ( he brethren adjourned

to the banqueting room , where they sat down to an elegant banquet , supplied by Bro . Mutton , of King ' s Road , Brighton , whose catering gave universal satisfaction . The Provincial Grand Stewards , Bros . J . Dennant , Colonel

Hancock , J . Adames , G . L . Lockwood , Hawken , H . H . Jordan , and W . H . Barrett , spared no pains in promoting the comfort of those present . Bro . Gerard Ford P . G . D . Deputy Provincial Grand Master prea'ded , and opened the

toast list with the Queen and the Craft , aud the Most Worshipful Grand Master the Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c , which were duly honoured . Bro . -Joseph Farucombe Prov . S . G . W . proposed the Most Worshipful Pro Grand

Master the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , the R . W . Deputy Grand Master the Earl of Lathom , and the Officers of Grand Lodge Present and Past . Bro . Oolonei Sbadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , in acknowledging the toast

said the Sussex Province was ably represented in Grand Lodge . He congratulated the Deputy Provincial Grand Master upon the admirable and thoroughly Masonic

address he had delivered in the afternoon . He heartily endorsed every word of it , and especially concurred in the remarks which had been mado respecting tho Masonic

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Almanac and the initiation of minors . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master proposed tho R . W . Prov . Grand Master H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , Earl of Sussex , K . G ., & c . The Province , he said , was greatly

favoured in having a Royal Prince to preside over it . H . R . H . tho Duke of Connaught had the interest of the Province at heart though he was absent in India ; and the

brethren , he was sure , remembered him with feedings of loyalty and affection . Bro . the Right Hon . W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., Grand Steward , proposed the Deputy Prov .

Grand Master Bro . Gerard Ford P . G . D . and the Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge Present and Past . Such a toast , he said , required no words from him to recommend it . In Bro . Ford they had a stauncb and worthy Mason , who had laboured hard in the interests of the Craft , not only in Sussex but in other parts of the Masonic world . He had recently been instrumental in founding the Earl of Sussex Lodge , of which he himself was a humble member ; and he ( Bro . Marriott ) sincerely hoped that their Deputy Provincial Grand Master would be spared to preside over them , not in the words of the song just sung , " Only once more , "

but with renewed health and strength for a quarter o £ a century . Bro . Gerard Ford said he felt that the Provincial Officers were brethren eminently fitted to assist him in working for the welfare of the Province . He was deeply

sensible of the kindness shown to him personally , and regretted that illness had prevented him from visiting the Lodges as he had wished . The brethren , he said , were

indebted to Bro . Sir Raymond Burrell for the buck he had sent for the banquet ; and he regretted that that brother , whose revered father they so well remembered , was unable

to join them that evening . Bro . the Rev . J . 0 . McCarrogher

P . P . G . Chaplain gave the toast of the visitors , which was acknowledged by Bro . Dr . Evvart . Bro . W . Dawes P . P . S . G . W .-, proposed the W . M . 's of the Lodges in tho Province , and urged upon them to carry out , in their

respective Lodges , the principles inculcated in the excellent address of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Brothers Fletcher and Jordan responded . In acknowledging tho toast of the Royal Masonic Institutions , Bro . F . Binckes ,

in an able speech , expressed his grateful acknowledgment of the constant and unvarying support which had beeu given by the Sussex brethren to those Institutions . While thanking them for their generous efforts , he pleaded for

renewed exertions during the coming year on behalf of the Boys' School , which was doing such sterling work for the sons of Freemasons . The Tyler ' s Toast completed the list .

During the evening a programme of vocal music , arranged by Bro . George Cole Provincial Grand Organist , was admirably sustained by Miss Minnie Freeman , Miss Maud

Bond , Bro . S . H . Soper P . P . J . G . D ., and Bro . F . W . Clements , Bro . W . N . Roe P . P . G . Organist , giving the

pianoforte accompaniments in his customary excellent style .

The Devon Masonic Register for 1888-9 , which is dedicated to the R . W . Bro . Viscount Ebringtou , M . P ., P . G . M . of Devon , is a work roosfc carefully compiled , and reflects considerable credit on the publisher , Bro . W . Frank Westcott I . P . M . 70 , of Frankfort Street , Plymouth . It gives a liBt of the Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , all the

necessary details in conneotion with the Devon Masonio Educational Fund , the Lodges in the various towns arranged alphabetically and also according to days of meeting , together with a list of the

Provincial Grand Lodge Officers in the Craft—Mark , Arch , Ark , Mariner ? , Knight Templars , and Rose Croix . The votes held by ladies or brethren of the Province for the great Masonic Charities will bo found in tabulated form , and altogether the work is a most useful one .

REASONABLE . —There is not published in all Ireland a journal devoted exclusively to Masonry . The reason given for this is said to bo the aversion of tho Grand Lodge to giving publicity to its proceedings . It could be better stated that this aversion originated in a laudable desire to prevent members of the Craft from being vexed or hampered

in their social and . business relations by bigots inimical to the Fraternity . There is in existence in Dublin a pretended revelation of tho secrets of Masonry as hostile to the Romish Church , to which publication is appended tho names of all Masons iu that city . The iutenb is aelf-evideut . —New Zealand Mail .

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