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Masonic Missions.

We will now make a comparison ofthe three provinces . Population . Loclge Towns . Lodges . B . A . Halls . Derby ... 296 , 048 7 8 2 0 Notts . ... 270 , 437 2 4 10 Leicester 230 , 308 2 3 2 1 . The contrast between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is very

striking , and yet the difference of the population is only about ten percent . What these provinces ought to be , may now be shown : — Lodge Towns . Lodges . R . A . Halls . Derby 16 18 0 16 Notts 10 15 7 10

Leicester 8 12 4 8 The estimate we have made of the requirements of these provinces is very moderate , and yet we show that thirty Lodges ought to be founded , and thirty-five halls , and this can be clone , and weJuwe-jyill be done . //^^^

A Masonic Funeral Oration.

A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION .

By the kindness of an esteemed Jersey correspondent we are favoured with a copy of the oration delivered over the grave of the late Dr . Cuquemelle by Bro . F . Gustave R , atier , Orator of the Lodge La Cesaree . The translation from the ori ginal French has been purposely made as literal as possible . For what purpose do we sec assembled around this tomb these Freemasonsj

bearing in their dress the peculiar marks and decorations of the Order , ancl publicly displaying then- banners to the gaze of the multitude ? To what end is this crowd collected , earnestly intent on our proceedings ? All of us , either as brethren or as friends , are met together to commit to the earth the mortal remains of a member of the great family of Freemasons . l es , my brethren , Freemasonry has lost one of its most devoted children , and the Loclge La Cesaree one of its most accomplished aud useful

members . To all of us , it is a source of the deepest grief . Let us give free course to our sorrow ; but after having prostrated ourselves at his tomb , after having shed a tear of sympathy on the soil which is about to cover his remains , let us revive our drooping courage ; let us again become firm and undaunted as he was in his last moments ; ancl , as Masons , let us glory in his death as in his life . Louis Francois Benjamin Cuquemelle was born at Monteburgin the

, nrrondissemeiit of Valogne , department of La Manche , on the 24 th Messidor , third year of the Republic , ( 12 th July , 1795 ) . He commenced his studies at the College of Valogne , but soon after , seized with the martial fever which was then drying up the best blood of France , though scarcely fourteen years of age , lie joined the regiment of the Pupils of the Guard , * to

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THE BOYS SCHOOL. Article 1
MASONIC MISSIONS. Article 4
A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION. Article 9
MASONIC BAPTISM. Article 12
THE CURSE OF AVARICE. Article 17
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 18
THE MARK DEGREE. Article 18
MASONIC IMPOSTORS. Article 19
SONNET. Article 20
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 21
METROPOLITAN. Article 27
PROVINCIAL. Article 29
MARK MASONRY. Article 45
ROYAL ARCH. Article 45
THE WEEK. Article 46
NOTICES. Article 48
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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Masonic Missions.

We will now make a comparison ofthe three provinces . Population . Loclge Towns . Lodges . B . A . Halls . Derby ... 296 , 048 7 8 2 0 Notts . ... 270 , 437 2 4 10 Leicester 230 , 308 2 3 2 1 . The contrast between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is very

striking , and yet the difference of the population is only about ten percent . What these provinces ought to be , may now be shown : — Lodge Towns . Lodges . R . A . Halls . Derby 16 18 0 16 Notts 10 15 7 10

Leicester 8 12 4 8 The estimate we have made of the requirements of these provinces is very moderate , and yet we show that thirty Lodges ought to be founded , and thirty-five halls , and this can be clone , and weJuwe-jyill be done . //^^^

A Masonic Funeral Oration.

A MASONIC FUNERAL ORATION .

By the kindness of an esteemed Jersey correspondent we are favoured with a copy of the oration delivered over the grave of the late Dr . Cuquemelle by Bro . F . Gustave R , atier , Orator of the Lodge La Cesaree . The translation from the ori ginal French has been purposely made as literal as possible . For what purpose do we sec assembled around this tomb these Freemasonsj

bearing in their dress the peculiar marks and decorations of the Order , ancl publicly displaying then- banners to the gaze of the multitude ? To what end is this crowd collected , earnestly intent on our proceedings ? All of us , either as brethren or as friends , are met together to commit to the earth the mortal remains of a member of the great family of Freemasons . l es , my brethren , Freemasonry has lost one of its most devoted children , and the Loclge La Cesaree one of its most accomplished aud useful

members . To all of us , it is a source of the deepest grief . Let us give free course to our sorrow ; but after having prostrated ourselves at his tomb , after having shed a tear of sympathy on the soil which is about to cover his remains , let us revive our drooping courage ; let us again become firm and undaunted as he was in his last moments ; ancl , as Masons , let us glory in his death as in his life . Louis Francois Benjamin Cuquemelle was born at Monteburgin the

, nrrondissemeiit of Valogne , department of La Manche , on the 24 th Messidor , third year of the Republic , ( 12 th July , 1795 ) . He commenced his studies at the College of Valogne , but soon after , seized with the martial fever which was then drying up the best blood of France , though scarcely fourteen years of age , lie joined the regiment of the Pupils of the Guard , * to

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