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SUSSEX . Visit of the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M . of England . Brighton . — Royal York Lodge ( No . 394 ) . —This Lodge held its monthly meeting at the Old Ship Hotel , on Tuesday , December 2 nd , 1856 , Bro . W . R . Wood , W . M ., presiding . The Lodge having been duly opened in the 1 st Degree , and the report of the Committee of General Purposes received and adopted , a ballot

was then taken for W . M . for the ensuing year , when Bro . John Bacon , S . W ., was unanimously elected ; Bro . C . Sprake was again elected Treasurer , and the Tyler reappointed . At this state of the proceedings the R . W . D . G . M . of England , the Earl of Yarborough , was announced , and was received with the usual Masonic honours . His Lordship having been saluted , he requested the W . M . to proceed with the ceremonies of the Lodge , which was opened in the 2 nd Degree . The Lodge was opened in the 3 rd Degree , and Bro . Nye Chart raised to the Sublime

Degree of Master Mason . The Lodge being then closed down to the 1 st Degree , Bro . P . M . Lucas moved , and Bro . P . M . Bacon , SAY ., seconded , that a Past Master ' s jewel be presented to the W . M ., and a vote of thanks recorded on the minutes of their Fraternal regard to Bro . Wood , and for the efficient manner in which he had conducted the business of the Lodge during his year of office . The S . W . put the motion to the Lodge , and it w as carried unanimously . The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren retired to refreshment , the noble Earl joining

them ; after several of the Usual Masonic toasts being drank , The W . M . rose and said , they had arrived at the toast of the evening . He need not refer to the kindness and urbanity of their distinguished visitor ; these spoke eloquently in his presence and fraternal manners on this occasion , and he could not help alluding to their noble Brother ' s munificent support of their various charities ; and that on one occasion he had the happiness of sitting under the presidency of the D . G . Master at the Festival of the Girls' School . The

time when their dear children came into the hall was one always to be remembered ; it gladdened the heart of every Mason , and particularly so in these days , wdien the subject and mode of education were being so extensively discussed . To find that the Masons of England already possessed what might be called a model institution—an establishment in which 700 girls had been educated and placed out in the world , not one of whom had been known to have brought the least slur on their benefactors , proved such to be the formation of their characters , that thanks

were due to their excellent teachers and the managers of the Institution , for bringing about such happy results . He also remembered the kind and affectionate manner of the noble Earl when he addressed the children ; on that occasion his Lordship said to those to whom he distributed the prizes awarded , and who were about leaving the school to enter the world , " Now , my dear children , should you at any future time find yourselves in a condition of trouble or difficulty , send to

me ; you will remember this hall , write to me here , and if on investigation your case is deserving of it , you shall have my warmest sympathy and support . " Such were some portions of the remarks of our noble Brother , and some hundreds o ! the Brethren were present , who heard them with the most heartfelt satisfaction and the deepest emotion . But there was one anecdote of their honoured guest which perhaps everyone had not heard of , that might be said to occur in private life , when the eyes of the world , or of the Brotherhood , were not upon him , and which

he ( the W . M . ) felt would not be out of place to mention . Some few months ago , Bro . Lavell was driving a friend , with two of his children , in the neighbourhood of Ventnor , in the Isle of Wight , when he met with a perilous upset ; at this trying moment a carriage came along , in which there were a gentleman and some members of his family . The carriage was stopped , the gentleman alighted , desiring his servants to help the unfortunates in their trouble ; when the horse was secured and the debris collected , and , to use Bro . Lavell ' s own words , "they shook their feathers , and providentially found themselves more frightened than hurt ; " ho inquired of one of the servants the name of the gentleman to whom he was so much indebted in the hour of need ? the servant replied , "the Earl of Yarborough . " The name was most gratifying to Bro . La veil ' s ears ; he made