Knights Templar.

installed the newly-elected Commander , Charles T . Hawkins , in the chair . He appointed as his officers , the Rev . AV . F . Short , Fellow and Tutor of New College ; Henry Churchill , Alderman Spiers , Rev . 11 . F . Palmer , W . AV . Harrison , Brasenose College ; John Bradford , New College ; S . P . Spiers , George AA . Rainy , University College ; A . E . Hardy , Balliol College ; C . D . Turner , Trinity College ; and H . S . Stephenson , Queen ' s College .

A sumptuous banquet followed the transaction of the business , at which were present , besides the foregoing , Bro . Sleed , a visitor from Cheltenham , and the following members of the encampment : —Bros , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Christ Church , Dudley , Severs , Rainstbrd , Thurland , Captain Lamert , AA orcester College , and C . AA . Spencer-Stanhope , Merten College . A most agreeable evening was spent , as is invariably the case with this select and friendly party , and it broke up shortly after eleven o'clock .

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CHANNEL ISLANDS .

JERSEY . LODGE LA CESAEEE ( No . 590 ) . —The annual meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Temple , on Thursday , May 24 th , for the sole purpose of installing the newly elected AV . M ., when a large number of brethren assembled to congratulate Bro . C Le Sueur on the successful termination of his two years ' labour , ancl Bro . H . L . Manuel on the commencement of his career as a ruler in the Craftunder auspices so favourablewith

, , such an example before him , ancl with the affairs of the locigo in so prosperous a condition . Soon after four o ' clock the lodge was opened by the AA . M ., supported hy Bro . Binet , acting as S . AV . ; Oatley , J . AA . ; ancl J . Durell , I . P . M . This being an emergency meeting , the Secretary read the minutes of previous proceedings only so far as they related to it , which were confirmed . The lodge was opened in the second degree . Bro . A . SchmittP . M . took the chair as

, , Installing Master . Bro . J . T . Du Jardin presented Bro . H . L . Manuel as AA ' . M . elect . 'The customary enumeration of duties was made and acknowledged , the ancient charges were read and assented to , ancl the obligation of AA . M . elect administered . The lodge was opened in tlie third degree , and all who had not passed the chair withdrew . A Board of Sixteen Installed Masters was then formed , and Bro . Manuel was duly placed iu the chair of IC . S . according to ancient custom . After the Board

had heen closed , the several classes of Master Masons , Fellow Crafts , and Entered Apprentices were in turn admitted , and the peocessions , salutations and proclamations were gone through , respecting which it need only be recorded that Bro . Schmitt conducted the ceremonies with great exactitude and

impressiveness . After the usual address to the AV . M ., delivered with great fervour , Bro . Manuel briefly remarked , that fully acknowledging the difficulty of the task he had undertaken , he was sensible of the honour conferred upon him . He accepted the responsibility , and trusted that with God's help he should not be found wanting in the worthy discharge of it , especially as he had been promised ancl could confidently rely upon efficient help from the P . M . 's in the portions of the work connected with the ritual . Here he

admitted his deficiency , one which his numerous public engagements would not enable him to overcome . He had fully determined not to allow his position to be a sinecure , but to make up for shortcomings on one point by greater zeal in other respects . He felt that his peculiar mission was to cultivate the spirit of Masonry , rather than formal observances , which , however necessary , noble ancl beautiful , were apt to weary by monotonous

repetition . He should endeavour to bring prominently before the brethren their social and fraternal bonds and obligations , their loyal and patriotic duties , their dependence on and love for the Great Architect of the Universe . Thus , by inculcating the spirit rather than the letter ; by appealing to their moral and intellectual faculties ; by giving food to their minds and subjects for study and reflection , he hoped that by Divine aid

he should be enabled to make his year of rule advantageous to tlie lodge and the Craft in general . The following appointments were made , Bro . Schmitt , in each case officiating aud offering appropriate observations : — Bros . C . Le Sueur , I . P . M . ; J . Oatley , S . W . ; A . Viel , J . AV . ; N . Goupillot , Treas . ; Ph . Le Brun , S . D . ; J . Benest , J . D . ; P . Renouf , I . G . ; J . Croad , Dir . of Cers . ; E . Pixley , Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Blampied , Director of the . Banquets ; H . Du

Jardin , Tyler . The last named brother has been a Mason fortysix years , and was invested in his office in this lodge for the fifteenth time . Lastly , the AV . M . appointed Bro . Schmitt , Sec . with some remarks as well deserved by his past services in that capacity , as they were complimentary and sincere . A letter from the Prov . G . Master was read , announcing his nomination of Bro . Dr . Le Cromer as D . Prov . G . M . Bro . Durell called attention to clause 11 , on page 49 of the Book of

Constitutions , as requiring something more than the bare nomination , on the ground that the last portion refers to the whole which precedes it . Bro . J . T . Du Jardin stated that many years ago lie had heard this question mooted in Grand Lodge , when it was explained that the sentence referred to required the information specified to be communicated only to the G . Sec , and that the difficulty arose from an error in punctuation , nob yet corrected in later editions ; he added that in many respects

the Book of Constitutions is very defective and needs careful revision . On the proposition of Bro . Le Couteur , seconded by Bro . C . Le Sueur , it was determined that the letter of the Prov . G . M . be received and entered on the minutes , and that the Secretary be requested politely to inquire from'him whether he intends the province to he governed by himself , or by his deputy . The secretary read the proceedings of the audit committee ot

the lodge , which contained a number of suggestions and recommendations . He also read a report of the Secretary on the conevents and prospects of the lodge , comprising the prominentdition within it during the last two years , as follows : AA'orshipful Master and Bretliren , for some time past it has been the custom in our lodge to present a report of the proceedings during the tenure of office by the retiring AV . M .

Acting in uniformity with this arrangement , permit me , dear brethren , to render to you some details of the period which has = just expired , aud in which we have been under the prudent and intelligent rule of our highly esteemed Bro . C . Le Sueur . First I have the greatest satisfaction in stating that our lodge has fully maintained its former reputation in point of dignity , concord ancl usefulness , and that the greatest care has been exercised in the selection of candidates for a participation in our mysteries ,, to admit only those of undoubted moral character , acting

alwayson that admirable precept , that " it is not the quantity but the quality which constitutes the honour and the power of a lodge . " Our branch of the Craft , faithful to this precept , invariably enters intg the most minute particulars respecting a candidate proposed i ' or initiation , before determining on his admission . In our view it is a precept which is obligatory ancl binding upon us , though unhappily many lodges do not seem toconsider it necessary to act upon it . Thusthank Godwe

, , have every reason to congratulate ourselves on the additions which have been made to our body during the last two years , additions which ,-made on such principles , cannot fail to support to the full extent the character and honour of the lodge . AA'ithout such combined elements of morality , dignity and concord , our lodges ancl Masonic provinces would present a sad and melanchol icture of our glorious Institution . As to ourselves

y p , though as a lodge we constitute but a small fraction of the Fraternity , our present position justifies usinsaying , that harmony and concord have never been disturbed while we have been under the enlightened rule of our AV . M . Bro . Le Sueur , which we deem an incalculable advantage . Tranquility , I repeat , the unanimous sentiment of the members of our lodge , has heen pre-eminent in all the affairs , ancl has shone forth on all the questions brought

before us during the course of the Mastership now closed . Let us then be convinced of this truth , that such unanimity , animating the hearts of all of us , is the most favourable condition for the promotion of the moral . and material prosperity of o ' ur loclge ; without it , any lodge must necessarily crumble away and become annihilated . Therefore , brethren , I exhort you , may I implore you , to remain fully impressed with this great truth , in

order to preserve sound and whole all the moral elements which will conduce to our continued success and well-being . Nevertheless , I feel it a duty to point out , and even to impress forcibly upon you , the existence outside of our tiled lodge of a moral uneasiness and restlessness , which grievously harass our province , and which , if I may so express myself , stop the breath of aspiration after reciprocal content and confidence . AVhy may

we not speak freely , and say that our province breathes with difficulty and gasps ? Its most honourable members feel a certain constraint , by reason of a thick and pestiferous Masonic atmosphere , which has exerted a powerful and baneful infiucmce , scattering on all sides trouble aud inquietude , with-