Provincial Grand Lodge Of Jersey.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF JERSEY .

A meeting of the Grand Lodge of this province was held at the Masonic Temple , St . Heliers , on Thursday the 25 th ult ., under the auspices of Lodge La Cesarec , No . 590 . There was a full attendance , every lodge in the

island being well represented . Punctually at 6 . 30 p . m . Grand Lodge was opened by the Prov . G . Master , Bro . Colonel E . C . Malet de Carteret , attended by his Deputy , Bro . Dr . Le Cronier , and almost all the Provincial Grand Officers for the year .

After the usual preliminary business the PROV . G . MASTER gave a short but very succinct review of the progress of Masonry in the island . He regretted deeply to have to record such a long list of removals by ihe hand of death from their roll of members . He' desired to pay a passing tribute of respect to all of them , but more especially to that of Bro . Du

Jardin , an old and devoted Mason , a distinguished citizen , and a just and upright magistrate , and last , but by no means least , to that of Bro . Rogers , for many years the custodian of the Temple and Prov . G . Tyler . The Prov . G . Master concluded his most interesting report by again urging upon the Masters of lodges , the necessity of care and caution in the selection of

candidates for admission into their lodges . It was quality not quantity that was desirable . Nothing was more fatal to the prosperity of a lodge than the admission to the list of its members of men who were unable to or incapable of holding a fairly well-to-do and reputable position . Some notices of motion having been satisfactorily disposed of , the

following brethren were appointed officers for the ensuing year and duly invested , and in doing this the Prov . G . Master took occasion to dwell particularly on the pleasure it gave him to appoint and invest Bro . Baudains , P . M ., a citizen so distinguished and held in such high estimation by his countrymen that he had been elected , for five successive triennial periods , Mayor of St . Heliers :

Bro . Ph . Baudains ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ Major F . Godfray , R . J . A . ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . R . Peek ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ J . O . Le Sueur , P . P . S . G . W . ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ P . G . Hamilton , P . P . S . G . D . ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ Dr . A . C . Godfray , ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ Capt . Barette ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ Dr . M . Le Cronier ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ J . Caton ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ H . C . Brodhurst ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ J . de la Perrelle ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ C . E . Malet de Carteret ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ R . Kynaston ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ J . L . deFaye ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ F . Gicquel ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Purst . „ W . H . Dickson , 244 ... „ J . R . Sinnatt , 245 " T V ^^ T ^' , t Prov . G . Stwds . „ J . E . Cosbard , 49 r „ J . V . Harper , 100 3

,, C . Dumaretq , 590 „ H . Hambly ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . The P . G . Sec , Bro . Dr . A . C . GODFRAY , now rose and stated that the province had considered it most desirable to mark the 25 th anniversary of the appointments of the P . G . M . and D . P . G . M . by some special act or

« remony . An influential Committee was at once formed , and their deliberations resulted in the determination to celebrate that very interesting occasion by presenting to Prov . G . Lodge the portraits of those two distinguished brethren . These portraits had been painted by their talented countryman , Bro . J . H . Lander , a very rising artist , and a student of the Royal

Academy . Knowing well the warm personal friendship existing between . 'heir P . G . Master and 13 . P . G . Master and the Prov . G . Master of Guernsey a nd Alderney , a formal request was sent to Dr . Balfour Cockburn to come 0 v er and make the presentation . Dr . Balfour Cockburn had most willingly

deeded to their wishes , and not only was he present now for that purpose , uu t he was accompanied by Bro . E . C . Ozanne , D . P . G . M ., and Bro . Smythson , P . G . Sec , and no doubt had it not been for the terrible weather , n ° w visiting them , several other of the Guernsey brethren would have c ° me over . He now called on Bro . Dr . Balfour Cockburn to make the

Pre sentation . The two magnificent portraits , 56 in by 44 m in half lengths , placed temporaril y on the East wall , were now unveiled , and the P . G . MASTER of

"lernsey and Alderney , rising , expressed great pleasure on being called P ° n to take so important a part in a ceremony which at all times was a ° st pleasing one , but which on this occasion was , from attendant circum-Wnces , of a peculiarly interesting character . The presentation of portraits

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was a form of testimonial or memento that commended itself especially to the Masonic Brotherhood , it pleased everybody , there was no black cloud about it , it was all silver lining . That Province of Jersey had the honour of being ruled over by very nearly the senior Provincial Grand Master of England . Col . Malet de Carteret was as widely known in Grand Lodge and in the

provinces of England as a wise , enlightened , and successful ruler as here in his own island . Dr . Le Cronier was a Deputy who rind served years in that rank under another regime . During a long i ^ teregnn-n he had acted as Provincial Grand Master , and now for 25 years continuously ha hai served under the present Provincial Grand M ister . Thu was a record few could

beat . Especially addressing Bro . Col . de Carteret , he felt th it it would be unbecoming on his part to venture on a critical or detailed history of the Masonic career of one who , for a quarter of a century , hud held such distinguished and exalted Masonic rank . It would be absurd to suppose tha during that long period the work of Freemasonry had been carried on in a

profound calm . Theirs was after all a human institution , and he ventured to assert—without fear of contradiction—that no province existed that could produce an unblemished record of unruffled existence for 25 years . Drawing a simile from the wild storms that periodically visit those happy islands , during which , however , they were always kept in touch with the mother

country by the gallant , fearless , and skilful conduct of those brave seamen who commanded the mail boats , some of whom were their countrymen and many brethren in the Craft—the Allix , the Renouf , the Le Feuvre , not forgetting the dear old Lainson and others—so the Province of Jersey rejoiced in one who was ever ready and able to throw oil on troubled waters , and to

guide and steer his province into the haven of the waters of content ; to flourish again more vigorously than ever under the blue sky and bright sunshine of peace and quietness . Somewhat paraphrasing the ritual , Bro . Col . Malet de Carteret might regard that portrait then hanging on those walls like the Fellow Craftsman of old—not simply , however , without scruple and

without diffidence , but with pride and satisfaction—knowing full well , and resting assured that it was the just and legitimate outcome of a good work well done ; of high and important duties faithfully and thoroughly discharged . Speaking more directly to Bro . Dr . Le Cronier , he did not hesitate to draw largely from the ritual , addressing as he was a most ' accomplished

ritualista talent which , he was glad to observe , was hereditary . The loyal and devoted services of the D . P . G . M . had crowned the superstructure which had been raised on the foundation so truly and firmly laid by the P . G . M . He had good reason to be very proud of that spontaneous exhibition of the appreciation of his labours in the field of Masonry , and if anything could

have enhanced the pleasure he felt that night , it was that he had even on that occasion not been separated from the Master with whom he had cooperated so long and so happily . The P . G . M . of Guernsey and Alderney then congratulated the brethren on the excellence of the portraits , the likeness of each was speaking , and the deta'ds of the Masonic clothing

faultless . Jersey might well be proud of having been the birthplace and early home of two of the most celebrated portrait painters of the day—Sir John Millais acid Mc . Oaless—that enviable reputation was likely to be sustained in the person of Bro . Lander . He would draw his remarks to a cl ise , but he could not do so without making some allusion to that which he

saw in the lodge before him , and which gave an additional , almost a romantic , charm to the evening ' s proceedings . They all knew that the young may die , the old must die , no one could hope to escape from the common doom of man . There were two young men in the room that night whose lives were full of promise , doubtless they had profited by the bright

examples so constantly bsfore their eyes ; he did not desire to assume any prophetic office , but he could foresee—and all there could equally do so—that if it pleased the G . A . O . T . U . to permit their elders to pass first into the Grand Lodge above , the time might certainly come when those now elderly possibly old men would recall the proceedings of that night , and , repeating

the story to a younger generation of Masons—to Masons yet unborn—would point to those portraits as footprints on the sands of time , which had and would still encourage many a forlorn and shipwrecked brother to take hear again , and they would respectively exclaim with exultan , bat just and

honourable pride , of these great men who remind us we can make our lives sublime—that was my Father , Colonel Malet de Carteret , Provincial Grand Master of Jersey , and Seigneur of St . Otven ' s , and that was my Father , Dr . Le Cronier , his Deputy .

The P . G . M . of Jersey , Bro . Col . MALET DE CARTERET , stated he was quit 1 ; unprepared to respond in fitting terms to the graceful and eloquent speech which Bro . Dr . Balfour Cockburn had concluded in such a feeling and . touching manner : he thanked him for the all tco flattering remarks he ha expressed ; it was too true , for 25 years he had now occupied the position Q