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returning to the Bush Hotel , and after transacting some Masonic business , the lodge was closed , and the whole party sat down to a sp lendid dinner ; the chair being occupied by the V . W . Dr . Bird , of Swansea , D . Prov . G . M ., in the absence of R . W . Prov . G . M . Colonel Tynte . During the evening various loyal and Masonic toasts were drank , aud the meeting broke up about nine o ' clock . The following is a list of the names of most of the from NeathCardiffAberdare

brethren present Swansea , , , , Brecon , and Merthyr : —Dr . Bird , Swansea , D . Prov . G . M . ; Bros . M . Modgridge , P . Prov . G . M . ; Bun-owes , Prov . G . C . ; Allen , Prov . G . S . ; Jones , Prov . G . S . D . ; Michael , Prov . G . D . C . ; E . J . Morris , Prov . S . G . D . ; Russell , Prov . S . G . W . ; Jones , Prov . S . G . D . ; Hallen , Prov . G . S . ; Powell , Donaldson , Dosson , E . J . Thomas , John Grierson , Dr . Roberts , D . Oven , J . Jacob , H . WilliamsJohn EvansStroudT . J . EvansT . ProbertWilliam

, , , , , Recs , J . Lindsay , J . Smith , H . R . Miles , W . J . Thomas , J . Smith , William Davies , W . Powell , T . Brown , Davies , Banks , Prater , Rich , Longdon , Jones , Smith , Baines , T . J . Dyke , Lawrance , Rees , Allday , Roach , Rhys , Llwydcoed ; Matthias , Stephens , Plows , Gunn , J . E . Jones , Simons , Philips , Flooks , & c .

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MAURITIUS . MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICE . On Wednesday evening , June 30 th , the British Lodge ( No . 103 S ) , held a lodge of emergency , under the presidency of of its W . M ., Bro . J . C . de Lissa , when a Masonic funeral service was celebrated in honour of the memory of the late Colin Campbell . The deceased was a much esteemed member

of the British Lodge , and one of the most highly honoured of the Fraterni ty in this island . The lodge was held in the locale of tho "Loge La Paix , " the spacious temple of which offered suitable accommodation for the large number of Freemasons who assembled on the occasion . Not only was there a very full attendance of the members of the British Lodge , hut all the Lodges established here were represented bdeputationsand there was also a goodly number

y , of visitors casually staying Jbere and belonging to lodges of various parts of the United Kingdom and elsewhere . The W . M ., de Lissa , was supported by Bros . Canonville , Venerable elect of the Loge La Triple Esperance ; Julas leery , Venerable ; Laval and Jolly , ex Venerables of the Loge La Paix ; Maule , W . M ., and Jonrdain , P . M . of the Military Lodge , and the Revd . M . C . Odell , P . M ., and Chaplain of the British Lodge .

The temple was appropriately hung with black cloth , and other funeral insignia suited to the melancholy occasion . The Worshipful Master , having opened the lodge in due form , addressed the assembly as follows : —

" We have met this evening in solemn assembly with a view , as much as in our power , to do honour to the memory of our late esteemed and justly lamented brother , Colin Campbell . I feel individually that it would be presumptuous on my part were I on this occassion to take more upon myself than officially to notify to you why this lodge of emergency has been called together . The brethren of the British Lodge cannot but feel that we are highly honoured by the presence of so numerous

and distinguished a company as that by which I am now surrounded , and the ready compliance with my invitation affords proof , if any proof were wanting , that the memory of Bro . Colin Campbell is respected as it deserves to be , and that tho Freemasons of Mauritius have well known how to appreciate his worth in every position in life through which he has passed , whether as a man of business , as a husband , as a father , or as a

friend . It well becomes us to exemplify to the uninitiated world , as well as to evince to ourselves , that we do know how to appreciate the virtues of a true Freemason . Bro . Colin Campbell was but a very short time one of our Order ; but to his honour and credit be it said , he was but once absent from our ordinary assemblies , and then his absence was occasioned by illness . —As to the manner in which he fulfilled the duties imposed upon Freemasonsit is scarcel for me to

, y necessary say one word . All of you , who knew him so well ; will join with me in the conviction that , of all freemasons , Colin Campbell was the one who approached the nearest to the highest standard of perfection . The rule of his life was based upon the volume of the Sacred Law , —upon the Square and the Compasses , —

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upon that Sacred Law which is derived by mankind direct from , the Great Architect of the Universe . The manner in which he fulfilled the ceremonies and observances of his religion , has . been amplified by the minister under whom he sat . As faiv then , I say , as we can humbly judge , he was a true Freemason ,, and well fitted to bo admitted to the presence of his Creator in that Grand Lodge above , whence all goodness emanates . If I

feel it presumptuous to recur to the memory of so good a man as our departed brother , you may judge that I do not feel myself worthy to conduct to solemn a ceremony as that to which I have invited your attendance . I havu consequently requested the Rev . Bro . Odell , my Worshipful Past Master , and withal a clergyman , and the Chaplain of this lodge , temporarily to accept the presidency of this lodge , so that our further proceedingsmay have the sanction of one eminently worthy of representing

, the British Lodge on this occasion . " After the performance of a piece of solemn music by Brode Luca , Sub-Organist of the lodge , and the offering up of prayer by the Rev . Chaplain . The Rev . Mr . O'DELL addressed the assembly nearly in the following terms : — " Our Worshipful Master has already informed you of the

duties of this evening , and he has delegated to me the conduct of the remaining ceremonies of this occasion . It is not for meto eulogise the conduct or the character of our departed brother . It is not the custom of Freemasonry to praise one , or to depreciate another . But at the same time Masonry does approve of so bright an example as was that of him for whom we nowmourn . Your assembling in so large a number sufficiently ' proves that our departed brother was an eminent instance of all

that is worthy and commendable in Masonry . He rose by personal merit alone to the eminence he held , and which his memory : still holds , in society ; and , as he lived respected , so in his deathis he regretted . Masonry does not claim the privilege of having , formed his character . But it is a great proof of the excellence of this institution that a man so virtuous , and whose mind and judgment were so well turned , should so highly have appreciated its peculiar usages , should have joined in its assemblies , and should have mingled in its operations with such untiring zeal and energy . This occasion affords us one of the several

lessonsto which Masonic teaching directs our thoughts . It reminds us that we are here on earth for but a short time only ; that hut a brief period is allotted to us hi which to accomplish our work ; , that but a very few years are apportioned to us during which torear up , on the solid foundation of truth , the glorious superstructure of perfect moral worth . For , my brethren , our time is , indeed , short . And although our departed brother was but a little time comparatively amongst ourselves , his removal affords

us a warning to labour whilst we have time , and to finish our work before we are called to our account . Another thing which Masonic teaching indicates to us , is that upon the borders of the grave we are all upon a level . Wordly distinctions , and all that men prize and seek after in . this life , there disappear ; and there remains but the one . real and solid ground which carries with it respect for the memory of the departednamalywhether he has done his duty

, , well in that station of life to which he was called . To that , respect was our departed brother most amply entitled . Faithfully and diligently did he perforin his work in this world ; and I know of no more eminent instance than he offered of one who had done his duty well . Let this consideration alone , then , occupy our thoughts and our aspirations , and banish all mere worldly objects from our minds . One obligation , my brethren ,,

which Masonry specially teaches and imposes upon us , is—to liveiu peace and harmony with one another . It must rend a man ' s heart , when he reflects , with the open grave before him , that unkindly feelings existed between him aud the departed whilst life still flowed in the veins of each . As we would reprove them in others , let us never , then , allow such unworthy sentiments to take possession of our own breasts . Let this feeling ever make

a lively impression on our minds ; and may we all strive as one man with one mind in the good cause in which we have engaged . Our brother who has been taken from amongst us has left vacant a place which will not easily be filled , either in the Masonic or in the ordinary world ; he has done so to assume his place in the blest mansions of the Great Architect of the Universe . Masonry here , my brethren , stands in need of such men as Colin

Campbell was . He was a good man in . the truest and hi ghest sense of the words ; and it is such men who advance the cause of Masonry , and exalt its followers in universal esteem . Let us , therefore , strive to follow his example , however difficult the task