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duties of his office . The Prov . G . M . also paid a high compliment to the Prov . Gr . Dir . of Cers . ( Bro . Maunders ) for the ability with which he had conducted the arrangements of their present meeting , and was happy to announce that he had consented to undertake the office for another year . The Provincial Grand Master next appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year , viz .: —Bros . Charles Reynolds Howe , Prov . G . S . W ., P . M . 905 , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; James Hunn

Boyt , Prov . J . G . AV ., W . M . 160 , P . Prov . G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; Rev . H . Rawlinson , 1009 , P . G . Chap . ; Baruch Fox , P . G . Reg . 1009 ; Thomas Coombs , P . G . Sec , P . M . 605 , P . Prov . G . S . AV . ; Benjamin John Kerridge , Prov . G . S . D ., AV . M . 905 ; Philip Henry Tapp , Prov . G . J . D ., S . AV . 542 ; George John Gregory Gregory , P . G . Superintendent of AA orks , AV . M . 605 ; Joseph Maunders , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers , P . M . 199 , P . Prov . G . J . AV . ; Richard Sydenham , Prov . G . Assist . Dir . of Cers ., J . AV . 160 ;

George Freke , Prov . G . S . B ., S . AV . 694 ; Henry Herbert , Prov . G . Org ., P . M . Sec . 905 ; John Lundie , Prov . G . Pursuivant , Sec . 199 ; AV . George , 905 ; James Oakley Cuislett , 905 ; Thos . Cottman , 905 ; John Shepheard , 160 ; Tom Rickman , 160 ; and James Poynter , 542 , G . Stewards ; James Tanswell , 694 ; James Reynolds , 905 , Prov . G . Standard-bearers ; John loveface , Prov . G . ' Tyler , 605 . The minute books of the respective lodges were then

submitted for the approval of the Prov . G . M . ; and after some further business , including a vote of thanks to the Rev . J . Stephenson and the churchwardens of St . John's , for the use of their beautiful church , the Grand lodge was closed at about halfpast four o'clock . It was resolved that the sermon of the Prov . G . Chap , should be printed .

THE BANQUET took place at the Victoria Hotel , at five o ' clock in the evening , and was attended by about one hundred of the brotherhood . The R . AV . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Gundry , High Sheriff of the county , occupied the chair , and most of the past and present officers of the province who had attended Prov . Grand lodge were among the company . Grace before and after meat was said by the Prov . G . Chap ., and on the withdrawal of the cloth ,

The R . AV . PROV . G . M . then proposed , as the first toast , the " Health of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , " remarking that in a company of Masons it would be a work of supererogation to dilate upon her virtues . He would give the health of the Queen with the most heartfelt expressions of their sympathy , attachment , and loyalty . ( Cheers . ) The next toast was that of the " Prince of AVales and the rest of the Royal Family . " This was succeeded by the " Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese , " for which Bro . the Rev . G . Thompson returned thanks .

Bro . COSESS , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., then proposed the "Army , Navy , and Volunteers , " observing that he had a son and brother who were Masons ; and that prior to his son entering the army he obtained through their Prov . G . M . a dispensation from the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , for his son to be initiated as a minor . ( Cheers . ) Bro . COOMBS , Prov . G . Sec , in a gallant and characteristic -speechreturned thanksremarking that he looked

volun-, , upon teerism as a minor species of Masonry . ( Cheers . ) The R . AV . PROV . G . M . next proposed the " Health of the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , " and alluded to the singular and warm affection which existed among the Masons of Canada for the institution of Masonry in England . ( The toast was warmly received and drank with Masonic honours . ) The R . AV . PROV . G . M . then the " Health of the Deput

gave y Grand Master of England , Earl de Grey , and all the Grand Officers , Past and Present . " Earl de Grey on this occasion deserved their special gratitude , because it was to him that their Prov . G . Secretary had applied for permission to take a number of the brethren over the Government works and prisons at Portland . AVithout hesitating for a moment , lie applied to the Home Secretary for the permission which they desired to obtain .

( The toast was drunk with loud cheers and Masonic hcmours . ) After the toast of the Grand Masters of Scotland and Ireland had been duly honoured , The Rev . Bro . PEARCE , D . Prov . G . M ., said he had now to propose the toast of the evening . He believed he might congratulate them on having had one of the very best meetings they had ever had in the province of Dorset . Providence had favoured them with a fine day , the landlord had furnished them with a most excellent dinner , and he thought it was impossible for any brother to have placed before them , in the same space of time

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and the same number of words , a more beautiful and correct representation of the principles of Freemasonry than had his Rev friend and brother , the Prov . G . Chaplain , in his sermon that morning . More than this , they had the gratification of being presided over by a R . AV . Prov . G . M ., who , as though to refute the false charge of disloyalty that had been brought against Masons , had , while filling the chair of the province , been selected to discharge the duties of High Sheriff of the county of

Dorset . ( Cheers . ) Their R . A \\ Prov . G . M . had at all times shown the greatest courtesy and kindness to every brother of the Order , and they had especial pleasure in meeting him that day in the high and distinguished position which he occupied , ^ heers and Masonic honours . ) The R . W . Prov . G . M . returned thanks in a speech marked by great cordiality and good feeling , and expressed his great obligations for the assistance he had at all times received from

the officers and brethren of the province . ( Cheers . ) After a song entitled the " Mason ' s Holiday , " the health of the Prov . G . M . ' s lady was proposed , and received with clue honour , aud . to this succeeded the health of the D . Prov . G . M . Bro . Pearce , who , in acknowledging the compliment , said he had been a Mason more than twenty years—longer , in fact , than he had been a clergyman , and the circumstance that he and others retained their connection with Freemasonry after their ordinationmust

, , he should think , show the world that there was something good and real in the principles of the Order . For his own part he could truly say that he had no desire to retain his present office in the Prov . Grand lodge a single moment longer than the brethren wished him . He should be happy to take any office

or serve in any capacity the Prov . Grand lodge might mark out for him , for they ought all to be ready to take not onl y eminent , but very subordinate positions . ( Applause and Masonic honours . ) Bro . JACOB , P . Prov . J . AV ., next proposed " The Health of their excellent Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . Kingston , " who attended the Dorchester Chapter , and had taken very high degrees in the Order . After paying a hih compliment to the sermonand

g , dilating on the great fundamental principles of Masonry , he concluded by expressing his regret that they were likely to lose the Prov . G . Chap , from among them . ( Masonic honours . ) The Rev . Bro . KINGSTON , P . Prov . G . Chap ., returned thanks . He said on Holy Thursday , 1859 , he came a perfect stranger into the county of Dorset , a poor unknown Irishman , with an income of £ S 0 a year , barely sufficient to keep body and soul

together : but thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe ^ he was now a clergyman of the Church of England , and , thanks to their Prov . G . M ., he could sign himself P . Prov . G . Chap , ot the Province of Dorset . From every person in the county with whom he had come in contact he had received the kindness of a Mason , though they might not belong to the Order ; and wherever he might be placed , if within a convenient distance

of the town in which they held their Provincial Grand lodge meeting , he should feel it his duty to make every possible effort to be present among them . ( Cheers . ) The Rev . Bro . PEARCE , D . Prov . G-. M ., then proposed "The Royal Arch Chapter of Dorset , " for which Bro . JACOB returned thanks , remarking that until they came to the very highest order of the chapter they really did not know what Freemasonry was .

The PROV . G . MASTER then said the next toast was one of the most important of the evening . They all knew that one of the great principles upon which their Order was founded was that of charity ; and one of the great inducements to persons of great social influence to become Masons was admiration for the excellent mode in which their charities were organised and administered . Among these Masonic charities the boys' school more especially required re-vivifingand when they considered

y ; how excellently it was managed , he trusted it would henceforth be supported with increased liberality . He proposed to them " Success to the Masonic Charities , " aud he had the pleasure of coupling with that toast the name of Bro . Binckes , the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . ( Applause . ) Bro . BINCKES returned thanks , and in the course of a long and able speech drew attention to the fact that at the last

meeting of their charity , Bro . Coombs , their worthy Secretary , who took the office of Steward , was enabled lo present them with a very handsome sum towards the hoys' school ; and he was happy to announce that their R . W . Prov . G . M . had undertaken to accept the same office for the ensuing year . The girls' school , he _ was happy to say , was in good condition ; but without wishing to injure others he was , of course , especially anxious to promote