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other toasts had beeu given , the proceedings ierininated , after one of the inos $ agreeable meetings ever witnessed in Freemasonry , INSTRUCTION . ENOCH LODGE ( NO 11 )—At the usual weekly meeting of this Lodgeheld at

. . , Bro . Rowland's , the Newton Hotel , St . Martin ' s-strcet , Leicester-square , on Thursday last , Bro . Stephen Barton AVilson presiding as AV . M . ; Bro . Sewell , S . AV . ; and Bro . Hides , J . AY ., notice of motion was given by Bro . Sewell— " That the Lodge adjourn over tho summer months . " Bro . Sewell was elected AV . M . for Thursday , the 9 tli , and the Lodge was adjourned to that day at seven o ' clock .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

BRISTOL . APPOINTMENTS . — . Lodges—Monday , June 13 th , Eoyal Clarence ( 81 ) , Freemasons' Hull , at 1 ; Tuesday , 14 th , Jerusalem ( S 1 S 0 ) , ditto , tit 7 ; Wednesday , loth , Colston ( S 36 ) , ditto , at 7 ; Friday , 17 th . Instruction— Ditto , at 7 £ . Mark . —Thursday , 16 th , Canjnjcs , ditto , at 7 . BRISTOL . —Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality ( No . 221 ) . —On A \ ednesday evening , the 25 th ult , this Lodge was honoured by a visit from the R . AV . D . Prov . Grand Master of the provinceBro . Wm . Powellaccompanied bthe Officers of

, , y the Prov Grand Lodge , and abo by Bro . AA m . Done Bushel ] , of Cardiff , formerly D . Prov . Grand Master of Bristol . The brethren of the Prov . Graud Lodge , having been received with the usual Masonic honours , the regular business of the Royal Sussex Lodge was proceeded with , and a ballot was taken for three candidates and two joining members . The AA . M ., Bro . Charles II . Low , then initiated , in his usual effective manner , the following gentlemen : —Mr . J . B . Low ( brother of the AV . M . ); Mr . AA m . Patterson ( a son of the eminent ship-builder , at Bristol ) ,

aud Mr . Frederick Lucas ( brother of Mr . Saml . Lucas , the literary critic of the Times . ) Bro . AVm . D . Bushell , then shortly , but impressively , addressed tho newly initiated candidates and tho younger members of tho Lodge , urging them . to follow in the Masonic footsteps of their fathers , most of whom the speaker had been in the habit of meeting within tho walls of that Masonic Hall , The R . AV . D . Prov . Grand Master , and brethren of tho Prov . Grand Lodge , soon afterwards retired , a candidate and a joining member were proposed , and the Lodge was closed in perfeot harmony at a little before tcu o ' clock , r . a .

CHANNEL ISLANDS . ST . HWiiisn , JERSEY . —la Ge ' sarcc Lodge ( No . 860 ) . —May 26 th was the eighth anniversary of the foundation of this Lodge , which formed a now era in the history of the Order by affording a means , under the warrant of the Grand Lodge of England , for our French neighbours to join in the rites of the Craft , by the employment of their own language ; and was celebrated not only by the holding of tho usual monthl

y meeting , but by the installation of the new officers and a banquet . The latter was of the usual kind under such circumstances , when social happiness and fraternal feelings prevailed , and mutual congratulations and compliments were exchanged , an account of which can have no interest beyond tho immediate sphere of tho members—it is therefore not intruded in these pages . The AA . M ., Le G ' ras , baring opened the Lodge , thc routine business was performed ; the annual accounts of tho Treasurer were rendered and approved , as might well be the ease , since they presented a favourable financial statement . This was followed b y an initiation conferred with the usual accuracy and impressiveness , but in consequence of thc amount of work be / ore the Lodge , tho exhortations and ex-