Provincial.

I . G . ; William Evans , George AVaddilow , Isaac Platto , AV . Arthur , George Bewley , AA . S . A ines , J . AA ilmer , John Sellar , Henry ¦ Clayton , K . Annat , A \ illiam Tait , Daniel Lowry , J . Taylor , j Dagleisb , Joseph Clegg , AA . H . Washington , Charles Cooke , Louis AA agner , M . Hamerstem , and John Goold . Alsitors—Bros . P . Ball , 203 ; John Evans , 1 , 035 ; and George Jones , 971 . The lodge was opened at half-past five p . m . by the AV . M ., Bro . Charles Leedham . The minutes of the last regular meeting

( April 24 ) were read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the second degree , Bros . Goold , Taylor , Annat , and Lowry were examined , and , being found satisfactory , entrusted , and retired "for preparation . The lodge was opened in the third degree , when Bros . J . Goold , K . Annat , John Taylor , and D . Lowry ¦ were duly received and severally raised to the sublime degree of M . M . 's , the A \ . M . also explaining the lecture . The lodge

was then reduced to the second degree , and afterwards to the -first . The business of the evening being ended , the brethren -adjourned to refreshment , and dispersed in love and harmony -at half-past nine o'clock .

MONMOUTHSHIRE . PBOVINCIAI : GEAND LODGE . We are very much pleased to be able to state , and the Masonic world will be delighted to hear , that the R . AV . the Prov . G . M ., Bro . John Etherington AVelch Rolls , is so far recovered from his late indisposition as to notify that he hopes to be able to hold a Prov . G . Lodge , either at Monmouth or Newport , in

August next ; and we are quite sure the brethren in Monmouthshire will in large numbers rally round their Prov . G . M ., who , with his worthy Prov . G . M ., are such especial favourites in this ¦ county . The Silurian and Isca Lodges will be closed iu June next for the usual three months' summer holiday , lodges of emergency excepted . A pic-nic to Raglan Castle is contemplated by the Silurian brethren , and , as soon as the preliminaries are arranged , we will again refer to the subject . The matter is in very good hands , and has been taken up warmly by the right parties .

SUSSEX . EASTBOUE ^ . —Tyrian Lodge ( No . 1 , 110 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held on tbe 27 th ult ., at the Lamb Hotel , Eastbourne . There were present : —Bros . Dr . Cunningham , AV . M . ; C . H . Law , S . W . ; AA alter Kirkland , J . AV . ; T . Adamson , S . D . ; C . R . Bond , J . D . ; Dr . AA . Haswell , Sec . ; G . A . AVallisTreas . -T . H . Headland and A . AVhitefieldStews .

, , , ; G . A . Oxborough , I . G . ; J . Tomes , J . 0 . Snelling , T . Bourne , M . Mockett , C . M . Matthews , J . Browne , H . Sutton , J . Wilkins , AV . L . AA allis . The lodge was opened in tbe first degree when Bro . AA . L . AVallis , who was a candidate to be passed to the second degree , underwent , to the satisfaction of the brethren , the usual examination . The lodge was then opened in the second degreeand Bro . AV . L . AVallis was passed

, ~ fco the degree of a Fellow Craft . The lodge was then closed in the second degree , and a ballot was taken for the AA . M . for the ensuing year , when Bro . AValter Kirkland was unanimously elected to that distinguished office . The W . M . elect , in thanking the brethren for the honour they had conferred upon him , remarked that they had placed him in a position of great

responsibility and difficulty ; of responsibility in relation to the government of the lodge according to tbe constitutions and principles of the Craft ; and of difficulty in working the lodge so as to approach the almost perfect working of the present Master . His best endeavours , however , would be used to keep up the present high character of tho lodge , and he trusted that by the kind assistance and intelligence of the "brethren he shonld be successful in doing so . Bro . G . A . AA allis was then re-elected

'Treasurer , and Bro . Goldring , Tyler . Bro . Law then proposed , and Bro . Kirkland seconded , in speeches eugolistie of the retiring AV . M ., Dr . Cunningham , that a P . M . ' s jewel be presented to him for his services to the lodge . The proposition ¦ was unanimously carried , and Bro . Cunningham returned thanks in an excellent speech . The AV . M . then proposed , in ndmirable termsthat Bro . Law ( who is a P . M . of several

, lodges , and has recently left Eastbourne for 13 , Russellstreet , Covent Garden , London ) , be elected an honorary member of the lodge as a recognition of the services he hail rendered to it , and of his worth as a man and a Mason . Bro . Kirkland seconded the proposition in suitable terms , and it was carried unanimously . After some further business the

lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment , and a pleasant evening was spent .

AVORCESTERSHIRE . KIDDEEJIIIVSTEE . —Lodge Hope and Charity ( No . 377 ) . —The last ordinary meeting before the summer vacation was held on Monday , the 27 th ult . Summonses were issued for half-past six , but the lodge was not opened till more than half an lionr later , when the chair was taken by Bro . Fitzgerald , P . M ., in the absence of the AV . M . who was at Worcester on military

, duty . Bro . Cooper acted as I . P . M ., Bro . A . F . Hancocks was in his place as S . AV ., Bro . W . Fawcett , P . M ., acted as J . W . During the ceremony Bros . Fitzgerald and Belitzky acted as Deacons . The minutes having been read and confirmed , a ballot was taken for Messrs . AA'illiam Grafton Hopkins and George Hopkins as candidates for initiation , whom the AV . M . represented as gentlemen so well known as fellow townsmen of high character that

any special inquiries and recommendations were unnecessary . Consequently the ballot proved unanimous in their favour . The W . 5 I . then informed the lodge that a brother of high standing in the Craft was present , and that , on account of his reputation as au experienced Master , and his family connection with the candidates , it was most fitting that the ceremony should be conducted by him . To a few of the brethren he was known as

having , some years ago , visited and rendered assistance to the lodge , and his accidental presence at this time was most opportune . The AA . M . then introduced Bro . Dr . Hopkins , and placed him in the Master ' s chair . The candidates , after having signed the usual declaration , and been introduced properly prepared , were then duly initiated into Freemasonry . They afterwards received the customary charge from the acting AV . M ,, who

intended also to give the lecture on the tracing board , but owing to the delay at the commencement of the evening , it was found necessary to postpone it . No other business offering , tho lodge was closed at a quarter to nine , and the brethren adjourned to the banquoting-room . Bro . Cooper , P . M ., presided , and after the cloth was drawn gave the usual Masonic toasts in reference to the rulers in the Craft , which were duly honoured . Bro .

William Fawcett , P . M ., who occupied the vice-chair , then proposed " The Health of Bro . Dr . Hopkins , " as having so efficiently performed the ceremony , who , though for some years absent from England , was well known , and held in high esteem by the

Craft , both in this country and on the Continent , by his writings and his exertions for the cause in various ways . The toast having been favourably received , Bro . Dr . Hopkins responded , congratulating the lodge on the progress which it had made of late years , for on a visit to it ten years ago he had found great reason to regret the low state in which it appeared to be , not only as to the number and social position of its members , but as to ignoiance of the Masonic ritual and practices . Being

then requested to confer degrees on several candidates lie had found it extremely difficult , because there were no officers of skill and intelligence to support him . Now , however , the circumstances were very different , for the work went on smoothly , and was conducted with becoming dignity and impressiveness . Dr . Hopkins stated that it had been liis intention on that evening to be present at his mother lodge , No . 43 , in

Birmingham , which he had not visited for ten years , as during that period he had not been there except during the summer vacation . He had , however , denied himself that pleasure when called upon to officiate at the ceremony in Lodge Hope and Charity . On inquiry he learnt that not a single number of the FHEE-3 . 1 ASOU 3 ' MAGAZINE found its way to Kidderminster . As a constant contributor to it , and anxious for its success as a

means of communication between Masons throughout the country , he urged the lodge to consider tho propriety of subscribing to it . The members would thus know what was going on elsewhere , become familiar with the issue of many questions which are discussed in its pages , and regulate their own practice accordingly . Having by permission assumed the Master ' s gavel , Bro . Dr . Hopkins alluded to the event of the evening , in which he had taken part , aud gave the following address to the

newlyinitiated brethren , which was listened to with great attention : " Dear Brethren , —now entitled to that appellation from me in a triple sense , as members of the common brotherhood of humanity , —brothers by consanguinity , as belonging to the same family , sprung from the same ancient Celtic ancestry , among whom it is believed by some that rites bearing an analogy to ours were practised ages ago—now drawn still closer by the bonds of the same grand old fraternity , whose principles of life and action date back to the remotest period of time , are immu-