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the assistance the Craft can give him . If Bro Sarchet ' s declining years should be rendered ¦ easier by the aid of one of the noble—we will not say charitable , but fraternal institutions—of the 'Craft it ivill be a fitting tribute of respect for a

life spent in the service of the Order . If Ave are not misinformed , our talented Brother Gallieune , P . D . Prov . G . M . of Guernsey , intends to solicit the suffrages of Freemasons on behalf of Bro . Sarchet , aud ive feel assured that at the right

time the "Ancient Norman" will stand high on the poll when Masons are called upon to vote . Bros . Dr . Hopkins and R . Wentworth Little , ivho both know Bro . Sarchet , will doubtless cordially support any effort on his behalf . As we stood gazing upon the tomb of William the Conqueror in the cathedral at Caen Ave could

not help thinking of Bro . Sarchet—a living proof that not even the lapse of centuries baa obliterated the results of the battle of Hastings . But the Normans of our day are a peaceful people , fonder of the pursuits of trade , than of Avars of conquest .

Caen is a very fine city , built of the famous stone which is quarried there , and celebrated also as the seat of a great university . The English hotel is in the hands of a very worthy Freemason , Bro . Humby , who provides a comfortable home and

good fare at exceedingly low prices . There is only one lodge in the town and it is affiliated to . the Supreme Gonseil Ancien etAccepte . Probably no continental city attracts more lovers of antiquities than Bouen , where every street is filled with relics of the past . In the cathedral rests the heart of William Cceur de Lion , and in

the centre of the town is the statue of Joan D'Arc , the " Maid of Orleans , " whom Englishmen of the present day rejoice to ICUOAV did not die the shameful death long imputed to her . The country around Bouen is very charming and full

of historic interest . It has always been supposed that Roman Catholics attach especial reverence to the priestly office , and also to the churches consecrated to the worship . " Once a priest always a priest" is a pre-Reformation legal axiom , which

has remained in the Church of England until our own day , but it is strange to find in Rouen , Caen , and other French cities , old churches used for stables and other ignoble purposes . This is not pleasant to be seen even by Protestants , and it

is certainly a disgrace to France that so many of her antiquities are not more carefully preserved . The cathedral has one modem characteristic which

is noteworthy of the spirit of the age—its spire is of iron . In the Universal Masonic Calendar Ave fonn d it stated that the Eoyal Order of Scotland had a Provincial Grand Lodge in Rouen , Avith a

personage for Grand Master Avho rejoiced in the highsounding name of Hyppolite Joseph Louis Du Thilloul . We therefore inquired about this same Monsieur Du Thilloul , but could uot find a brother who knew anything either of the Royal Order or

its Grand Master , until an eminent lawyer told us that Du Thilloul had long been dead . Perhaps our esteemed Brother Porteons will see the wisdom of omitting iu next year ' s Calendar the statement Avhich misled us . The incident caused no

little amusement to certain French friends of ours , who evidently put our inquiries down to the insular ignorance of Englishmen . The information in the Universal Ma-sonia Calendar is generally so exact and useful that Ave hope Brother Porteons ivill excuse our mentioning a little matter for which he is doubtless not personally responsible .

Ihe fashionable summer bathing place of Dieppe is one of the few towns in France which possess buildings dedicated especially to Freemasonry . The Dieppe Masonic Temple is a small but very good one . On Sundays it is used by the English

Protestant Church . Bro . illard , of Dieppe , is a well-informed frere , who is alivays pleased to show attention to strangers . By the Avay , we met with an English gentleman who had resided some fourteen years in the neighbourhood of Dieppe

without learning more of the French language than to say Combien Avhen he went out to make purchases . At Cherbourgh we ventured to ask a friend if

there were any Masons , when he replied , " No ; we Avill not have such people here . " He thought Freemasons were all Republicans , and Cherbourg being essentially Imperalist by reason of the material advantages it has derived from the Empire ,

he seemed to view our Order Avith disgust . We found this sentiment to prevail everywhere in Cherbourgh , but Ave hope that the time ivill come when this important city will not be Avithout a lodge to prove that Liberie , Hyalite , and

Fra-. ernifc ' have nobler meanings than merely to express the effervescence of misguided political passion . In Havre Ave attended a lodge held under charter from the Supreme Gonseil , and shall probably recur again to what we witnessed on that occasion . Among other brethren in Havre we met