Metropolitan.

placed in the summons , so that due caution might be exercised in the admission of members , and the unpleasant occurrence of black-balling prevented : this was carried unanimously and duly entered in the Loclge minutes . Some joining members were then proposed , ancl the Lodge closed with solemn prayer . The Brethren then proceeded to the banquet , and under the able presidency of the W . M ., Bro . Owen Bowen , who had arrived in the mean time , spent a pleasant and social evening , enlivened by the excellent singing of the W . M , ancl othersincluding Bro . Cole who

, sang his new song " The Queen and the Craft"' ( music by Bro . M . Cooke ) with considerable applause . This Lodge , established on the 22 nd January last , has added very materially to its ranks , good men and true ; and the W . M . has not onl y served as steward to the Boys Festival , but is also about to serve on behalf of the Girls School , on the 11 th of May next . We heartily wish success to this new and flourishing Loclge , and doubt not that at some no very distant period we shall find it occupying a very high position in the Craft .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

BEISTOL . AmorX'GBiXts . —Lodges . —Monday , April 11 th , Royal Clarence ( SI ) , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Tuesday , 12 th , Jerusalem ( 986 ) , ditto ; Wednesday , 13 th , Eoyal Sussex ( 221 ) , ditto ; Friday , 15 th . Instruction—Ditto , at 7 £ ; Thursday , 1-lth . Chanter . —Clarence ( 8 !) , ditto , at 7 . CHANNEL ISLANDS . ATTOISTXJSKT . —Lodge . —Tuesday , April 12 th , St . Ann ' s ( 863 ) , Hew Street , Alderney , at 7 . JEHSEI' . —Lodge La CesareeNo . S 60 . —The regular monthly meeting was held

, on Thursday , the 31 st of March , being the Erst occasion since the proceedings in connexion with the funeral of the late lamented Past Master , Bro . Dr . Cuquemelle , which were fully recorded in the Freemasons' Magazine of tho 30 th ult . . The Lodge was in mourning , but the marks of it were restricted within much more narrow limits than is usual in England , since the capitals of the columns on the pedestals were merely covered with black crape , and the brethren woro their usual decorations and aprons without any such covering . Whether this is the usual

practice in Jersey we do not know , but certainly it is in accordance with the expressed desire of the deceased , when ho said that "Death in itself is gloomy enough , without any additional blackness to make it more so . " Outward signs , however , are frequently but empty show * , and the more deep tho grief is , the more does the heart shrink from ostentation in its display ; such , it may unhesitatingly be affirmed , is the case in the present instance . In anticipation of a long and interesting meetingthe brethren assembled at five o ' clockwhen the Loclge was opened in

, , tho three degrees by the W . M . ( or , as here styled , the Venerable ) Bro . Le Cras , the chair of Senior Warden ( or Premier Snncillanl ) being temporarily occupied ny Bro . Sehmit , P . M ., till the arrival of Bro . Durell , the appointecl officer . The duties of the evening being heavy , Bro . Sehmit changed chairs with the W . M ., with a view to afford him some relief , ancl raised two brethren to the sublime degree of Master Mason ; at the conclusion of whicli , Bro . Lo Cras , having again taken his chair in the Eastresumed tho Lodge in the first degreewhen some routine

, , business in connexion with accounts was transacted . By this time a large number of visitors aud affiliated brethren had arrived , which caused the room to assume an animated appearance , not loss than fifty being present . Mr . Yincent , a profane , was then balloted for as a candidate for Freemasonry at seven days' notice , since he is shortly about to leave Europe ; and after a satisfactory report as to his eligibility , the votes being unanimous in his favour , he was duly initiated into the Order b y the W . M , On this occasion , three excellent large tracing boards for the different