Provincial.

In reply to a question by Bro . Thos . Sainsbury , AOL No . SI , the R / W . D . Prov . G . M . stated that he had received a circular from the Board of General Purposes , relative to the Grand Lodge property , but owing to a pressure of Masonic and other business , he had been unable to give it that consideration which would enable him to afford an opinion for the guidance of the various Lodges in the province , in their determination thereon , but promised to take an early opportunity of so doing .

Bro . G . Chick , P . Prov . G . S . AV ., proposed , ancl Bro . AA m . Harris , Prov . S . G . AV ., seconded a cordial vote of condolence aud sympathy with the much esteemed Prov . G . M . under his present severe indisposition . After which the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in clue form at ten o'clock , P . M .

BRISTOL . —Royal Sussex Lod ; e of Hospitality . —The anniversary of this Lodge ivas celebrated on Thursday last , by an elegant banquet at the AA hifce Lion Hotel , presided over by the AV . M ., Bro . AA . H . Low . Tho banners of the Sussex , Clarence , Beaufort , Colston , Moira , and Jerusalem Lodges , were suspended around the 2-oom , at the end of ivhich was a beautiful illumination illustrative of Masonry . The musical and decorative arrangements ivere admirable , and gave great satisfaction . Eighty Brethren sat down to dinner , and the Master of the Lodge was supported bBrosPoole ( of Bristol ) DrFalconer ( of Batli ) DProvGM

y . mayor ; . mayor , . , .. ; AA . Powell ; Melsom , AA' . M ., No . 61 ; the following Past Masters—Bros . John George Shaw , T . T . Taylor , Capt . Castle , F . T . Barnard , H . R . Fargus , S , Bryant , AV . M . Macreth , H . V . de Candole , G . C . Glasson ; and the AA'orshipful Masters of Lodges Nos . SI , 120 , 408 , ancl SS 6 . " The health of the Queen , " was followed by " The Prince Consort , the Princess of Prussia , and the rest of the royal family . " In proposing this , Bro . Low announced , amidst enthusiastic plaudits , that the mayor had received ' a telegram that evening stating that the Princess of Prussia had been

safely delivered of a prince . The chairman then gave the healths of the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . G . M . ; Lord Panmure , R . AV . D . G . M . ; and Bro . Henry Shute , R . AA .. Prov . G . M ., all of which were drank with great enthusiasm , Bro . Powell , D . Prov . , G . M ., returned thanks on behalf of the Prov . Grand Master , who was absent on : account of ill health . The AA . M . then gave " The D . Prov . Grand Master and the-Prov . Grand Lodge . " Bro . Powell responded in appropriate terms , aud proposed ; tho health of the AA . M . He saicl the best proof of the estimation in ivhich his : worthy Brother was held was the assemblage around him this night . The A \ , M „ expressed the gratification it gave him to see such a gathering as this before him ,.

ancl , whilst he thanked them for their support , he hoped that , whatever office he helcl in the Craft , he should ever deserve the kindness which he had received on alloccasions from his brother Masons . He begged to give them the health of Bro , Poole , P . M ., mayor of Bristol . Bro . Poole saicl he was grateful to his brethren- that , although he hacl been sometime absent from their Loclge , they had not forgotten ; him in his abseuce . Notwithstanding it ivas some time since he took any practicalpart in the management of their Loclge , when he saw them around him to-night in their Masonic attirehe felt that Masonry was as dear to his heart afc that moment

, as ever ifc ivas , and that ho was as sincere and enthusiastic a Mason now as he was » ivhen he presided over this Loclge . He then asked the Brethren to drink tho health of their worthy Past Master , the mayor of Bath . Bro . Dr . Falconer ( mayor of Bath ) said he must be cold indeed did ho not deeply feel the kind manner in which his health had been drunk . He fully appreciated their kindness , and he should be glad on some other occasion to reciprocate the kind hospitality of their worthy Past Master , the mayor of Bristol . He hacl met the brethren of the

Bristol Lodges before , ancl he had once witnessed a ceremony iu one of their Lodges so beautifully performed that the remembrance would ever remain implanted on his memory . Ho was indebted to them for selecting this occasion for his first introduction to his brother the mayor of Bristol . It was satisfactory to them to knowjthat the civic chairs of Bristol ancl Bath were occupied by brother Masons . It was a proud thing for them thatt hey could look back to the history of the civic chair of Bristol aud find that it bad been so often occupied by Masons . It was the same in Bath , where the shah' hacl been often occupied by distinguished Masons ; and , speaking of