C. E. BurreU, P.M. 271, s.w.; and W. TunstaU Clarke, J.w.:

the Lodge thus started under such promising auspices bids fair to warrant that it will maintain the principles of Freemasonry as a memento of the good name of its worthy and honorable patron, for in the short space of twelve months it showed by its returns that it would become one of the most popular Lodges of the Province, as it now numbers fifty-three members.
Before the close ,of the year another Lodge was added to the roll of the Province, this time an offshoot of the " Derwent," one of the oldest Lodges iu the Province ; for some time it had been felt by several members of this Lodge that another was necessary, there being between eighty and ninety members. The town of St. Leonards was the locality fixed upon, it being an adjunct of Hastings, it was so named, and its number on the roll of the Grand Lodge was 1842. The ceremony of constitution took place on the twenty-first of November, at the New Concert
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Eooms, St. Leonards, where it still continues to hold its meetings. The E.W. Prov. G.M. being unable to attend, the D.P.G.M. was the consecrating and installing officer, assisted by many of the Prov. G. Lodge officers, and the ceremony was witnessed by many Sussex brethren and distinguished visitors, amongst whom were the Hon. Somerset Calthorpe, juniok g. warden of englaud, and the Eev. G. J. Martyn, PAST G. CHAPLAIN, and D. pkov. g.m. of Suffolk. Bro. Dr.. Trollope, P. PEOV, s.G.W. was installed as the first W.M., and he appointed as his Wardens Bros. Dr. A. E. Croucher, peov. G.A.D. of cekemonies, and T. H. Cole, M.A,, p. PHOT. G.A.D. OF c. At the last return it numbered twenty-eight members.
This is the last Lodge we have to notice, and it raises the number of Lodges in the Province to twenty-four, five of which have been constituted since the "appointment of the present E.W. Prov. Grand Master, in June, 1877.
PROVINCE 0? SUSSEX.
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j3. LIST OIF :e:s:tij^ct lojd&es.
Sate and Ko.
of
'Vrarrant
1721 Jft-
1730 63
1765 341
1766 361 1766 367 1790 659
Title and Locality
1799.
583
1811
621
1818
701
1820
720
1821
794
1825
805
1852
878
Swan Inn, Chichester
St. Rook's Hill, Chichester (a)
Bed Lion Inn, Rye (b)
Dolphin Inn, Shoreham
White Hart, Lowes
Harmony Lodge, Chichester (c)
Lodge of Harmony, Hastings (d)
Lodge of Fiiendship, Chichester (e)
Harmony & Friendship Maresfield (f)
Royal Snssez,Worthing
Richmond & Lennox, Brighton (g)
March & Damley, Horsham
Mariners, Little- hampton
I^umliars as altered at various periods
1740
28
67
1756 1770
20
1792
281 299 802
468
1S14 1832
522 601 632
Erased in or before
467
1770 1751 1792
im
1775
1832
1817
1828
1831 1838
1832
1832
1869
(a) In the early lists of Lodges thU one is described as "From the time of Julius Caesar."
(I) Removed to Lamberhurst, Kent, before 1781.
(e) Removed to Shoreham after a few years.
(A) United with the Derwent Lodge in 1817.
(e) Warrant surrendered in 1828 and united -with Lodge of Hamony, No. 52, and ' received a new Constitution as Union Lodge, now No. S&.
(f) Located at Uckfield for a short period and finally at Lewes.
(g) Never made any returns to Qrald Lodge.
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FEEEMASONEY IN THE PEOVINCE OF SUSSEX.
ROLL OX" JEJTTSTZirO- LOjD&:EJS.
Date and No. of
Title and Locality
Numfcers
as altered in
■Warrant
1813
1814
1832
1863
1812 35
Union, Chichester (aj
35
52
45
38
1813 36
Derwent, Hastings
36
64
47
40
1736 151
Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love, Arundel
51
72
64
66
1789 643
Koyal Clarence, Brighton
452
511
338
271
1796 637
South Saxon, Lewes ...
567
681
390
311
1797 666
Koyal York, Brighton (4)
666
587
394
316
1814 651
Wellington, Rye
...
...
426
341
1857 1034
Koyal Brunswick, Brighton
...
...
..
732
1860 1113
Yarhorough, Brighton
...
...
811
1861 1153
Worthing Lodge of Friendship, Worthing
...
...
..
851
1862 1218
Hartington, Easfboume
...
..
916
1866 1110
Tyrian, Eastbourne ...
...
...
■.
...
1867 1184
Abbey, Battle
...
...
..
...
1870 1303
Felham, Lewes
...
..
...
1873 1465
Ookenden, Cuokfleld ...
...
...
..
...
1873 1466
Hova Ecclesia, Brighton
...
..
1876 1619
SaokviUe, East Grinetead
...
..
...
1876 1636
St. CeoiUa, Brighton ...
...
..
...
1877 1726
Gordon, Bognor
...
...
-.
...
1878 1797
South Down, Hurstpierpoint
...
...
..
...
1879 1821
Atlingworth, Brighton
...
...
..
...
1879 1829
BurreU, Shorehani ...
...
...
..
...
1879 1842
St. Leonards, St. Leonards
...
...
..
...
1866 1141
Mid Sussex, Horsham
...
~
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(a) Constituted as " Lodge of Harmony," " Antients," received a new Constitution as " Union " Lodge in 1828.
fb) Constituted as "Royal Cinque Ports" Lodge, Seaford, moved to Brighton and altered to " Koyal York " in 1823.
|Trx*t»{n
HE ofl6.ce of Provincial Grand Master was instituted during the Grand Mastership of Lord Inchiquin, who granted a Dispensation on the 10th May, 1727, to Hugh Walburton, Esq. for North Wales, and in June following Sir Edward ManseU was appointed for South Wales. It was not however till the Grand Master- ship of Lord Petre that a Proviacial Grand Master was appointed for Sussex, when Captain Erancis MiashaU, of the Horse Guards, was appointed to that ofl&ce, in 1774, and as such he was present at the ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the new HaU, in Great Queen Street, on May 1st, 1775 ; his name, however, disappears from the list of PEOV. G. MASTERS after 1782 ; how long he continued to hold the office cannot now be ascertained, the Province was doubtless some time without a head. His successor, Samuel Hulse, Esq., was appointed by the Duke of Manchester, on the 20th May, 1788, and as already stated he granted Warrants for the " Eoyal Clarence," " South Saxon," and " Eoyal York " Lodges ; he appears to have claimed the assistance of two brethren as Deputy Prov. Grand Masters, viz., Bro. James Galloway, who signed the three Warrants referred to, and Captain Henry Shelly.
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There was probably no appointment to that office formally made before 1804, but these brethren so acted when necessary. The first-named appears to have been an active and zealous Mason : in Wellins Calcott's " Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons," London, 1769, his name appears as a subscriber, his address being given as Pall Mall, and in the body of the work is a letter dated from Windsor, 1st October, 1768, addressed to the Author, in which he makes a powerful appeal to the members of the Society for con- tributions towards erecting a Hall for the Grand Lodge to meet in. He was Mastet of the Stewards' Lodge, and Treasurer of the Board of Stewards in 1774, and in 1781 was appointed Junior Grand Warden : he appears also to have held a prominent position in Eoyal Arch Masonry, for in a List of "Officers of the Grand Lodge of the Eoyal Arch A.L., 1792, A.D. 1788 " he ranks as the Senior " Past Grand Master Z.," his name standing before that of Bro. T. Dunckerly.
The only time we have any record of General Hulse, afterwards Sir Samuel Hulse, Kt, acting officially in the Province is that already referred to at Lewes, on the 19th April, 1797, and by permission of the proprietor of the " Sussex Advertiser," published at Lewes, we are enabled to supply our readers with a lucid account of the day's proceedings, which appeared in the columns of that journal.
Extract from " Sussex Advertiser," April 24th, 1797. Last Wednesday being the day appointed for laying the Foundation Stone of the New HaU to be erected in this town for the use of the " South Saxon " Lodge of Freemasons, the streets, soon after breakfast-time, were thronged with spectators, to witness a scene, the novelty of which had evidently excited their curiosity beyond the ordinary pitch of expectation. Between
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eleven and twelve o'clock, the procession set out from the " Star " Inn in the following orders —
Tyler to " South Saxon " Lodge, in his uniform -with a drawn sword. Full Band of Musicians from the Monmouthshire Militia.
Members of the above Lodge, according to their respective degrees two
and two.
Choristers.
Architect.
Secretary, with his bag and Constitution roll.
Treasurer, with his Staff.
The Holy Bible, with the Square and Compasses, carried on a crimson velvet cushion, with gold tassels and fringe.
Master of " South Saxon " Lodge, supported by two Stewards with white
wands.
Two Clergymen in their robes.
The Civil Officers of the Borough, two and two, with their staves.
The Book of Constitutions, carried by a Master-Mason.
Major-General Hulse, Provincial Grand Master for Sussex, with Colonel
Maisters, Master of the St. George's E. York Lodge,* on his left.
Captain H. Shelley, p.m. and Deputy to the P.G.M., with Captain Toi;re of the E. York Lodge on his left.
Two Stewards with white wands.
Members of the East York Militia Lodge, in order as above.
Members of the " Royal Clarence " Lodge, Brighton in the same order.
The procession being arrived at the foot, silence was proclaimed, and an Anthem performed, after which the stone, bearing a suitable inscription, was laid with the usual ceremonies, by the Provincial Grand Master, who tried it in different positions with the level and plumb rule, and fixed the same by giving it three knocks with a setting mall, or mallet. Another Anthem was then sung, after which the procession moved on to Southover Church, where the Eev. G. F. Fearon, M.A. delivered a most excellent and apposite sermon on the occasion, from Proverbs, Chap. ix. v. i. "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars."
After Divine Service was over the procession was reformed, and continued to the " Star," where the
» This Lodge was attached to the East York Militia and was of course a " Modem ; " it was constituted in 1782 as No. 346 ; at the Union in 1814 it became No. 450, and was erased in or before 1832,
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brethren dined together, and concluded the day with that conviviality and harmony, which has ever been the distinguishing characteristics of all good and true Masons. The P.G. Master retired about eight in the evening, with honours known to none but the fraternity.
The Officers of the diiferent Lodges appeared in the insignia of their respective orders, and the brethren were all uniformly dressed in white gloves and aprons, which added much to the gratification of the gazing, but approving multitude, whose countenances betrayed , a mixture of satisfaction and astonishment, which proved not a little flattering to the mystical body.
The number of spectators who assembled in the street, within, and upon houses contiguous to the spot where the ceremony was performed, is estimated at upwards of five thousand.
The business of the day was, nevertheless, conducted without the smallest accident, nor would the least interruption have taken place, but for the obstinacy of a foolish fellow, who the better to indulge his curiosity, attempted to press into the middle of the crowd on horseback, which created a little confu- sion, a,nd which but for the temperance and forbearance of a prudent populacy, would have ensured him the chastisement which his temerity so justly entitled him to.
Early applications were necessary to obtain front seats on the ridges and roofs of houses, which were let out at different prices ; and so great was the curiosity of one woman, that she actually ascended a high ladder the better to secure one of them.
The procession and ceremony were honoured with the attendance of all the fashion in the town and neighbourhood ; such were the attractions of a Masonic
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Sermon that tlie crowd at the church door could be compared only to that at the door of a London Theatre, when the performance of some distinguished actor has been announced. The Sermon, at the request of the brethren, is, we understand to be published.
The stone which has been recently renovated bears the following inscription :
No. 657.
SOUTH SAXON LODGE.
This Stone
"Was laid by
Majob-Gehebal Hclse,
F.Q.M. for Sussex,
On Wednesday, April Wth,
A.D. MDCCXCVII. A.L. 5797.
Captain H. Shelley, who was Deputy Prov. G.M. on this occasion, was probably only so for the time being, as Bro. Galloway signs the Warrant, as such, for the " Eoyal Cinque Ports " Lodge, issued in September following. However, Capt. Shelley, who no doubt belonged to the old Sussex family of that name, was appointed to the office in 1801 as a curious document in possession of the " South Saxon " Lodge will show : we believe such a manifesto is very rare, if not unique in the annals of Craft Masonry in England, viz., the delegation to a private Lodge of the authority to constitute Lodges, &c.
Copy of the Warrant constituting the "South Saxon '' Lodge the Provincial Grand Lodge.
" To AU and every to whom these Presents shall
come and may cojicern. "Kmow Ye that 1, Samuel Hulse, Esq., Lieutenant- General of His Majesty's Forces, Treasurer to the Prince of Wales, Colonel of the 19th Eegt. of Foot, and Provincial Grand Master of Pree and Accepted Masons for the County of Sussex, Do, by virtue of D 2
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my said ofi&ce, and under the immediate sanction and authority of His Eoyal Highness George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales, &c., &c., &c.. Grand Master of England, first had and obtained especially for this purpose, hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the " South Saxon " Lodge, held at Lewes, the Provincial Grand Lodge of the County of Sussex, to consist of the Grand Of&cers hereunder named, and twelve Grand Stewards (subject nevertheless to such new Elections as occasion may from time to time require) with full power to make Masons, constitute Eegular Lodges, and to frame and enforce such Bye-Laws and Eegulations as may be deemed necessary for the Good Government of the Institution, also to do and execute all and every such other Act or Acts, Thing or Things, as appertain to the Duties of a Eegularly constituted Provincial Grand Lodge.
GEAND OFEICEES.
Lieutenant-General Hulse, P.G.M.
Captain Henry SheUey, D.P.G.M.
Mr. WUHam Lee, P.A.G.M. Captain Joseph Blagrave, P.G.S. Warden. Mr. William Balcombe Langridge, P.G.J. Warden. Eev. Arthur Iredell, M.A., P.G. Chaplain. Eev. Francis Joseph Fearon, M.A , P.D.G. Chaplain. Eev. Harry West, A.M., P.G. Orator. Eev. Eobert Briggs, P.D.G. Orator. Mr. Francis Whitfield, P.G. Treasurer. Mr. James Mcholson, P.G. Secretary. Mr. John Charlton, P.D.G. Secretary. ^
Mr. Edmu id Scott, P.G. Portrait Painter. Mr. Christopher KeU, P.G. Eecord Keeper. Mr. Joseph Goldsmith, P.G. Architect. Mr. Edward Egles, P.G. Seal Keeper.
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Mr. John Bray Cater, P.G. Master of the Ceremonies. Mr. James Cook, P.G. Standard Bearer. Mr. Thomas Till, P.G. Sword Bearer.
" Given under my Hand and Seal at London, this Seventh day of March, A.L. 5801. A.D. 1801.
" S. HuLSB, P.G.M."
Note. — The seal attached to this document 1b an oval 2im. hy 2in., the centre has a coat of arms with a lion rampant in the sinister chief like the Lewes borough seal, though the field which is not discemable evidently differs from that : it was probably made for the occasion and bears the following inscription, " ' South Saxon' Lodge, 657. Presented by Bro. "W. Balcombe Langridge."
However, the Lodge never had an opportunity of exercising its full power, for no new Lodges were constituted for some time after this ; and as all records are lost, we are unable to chronicle the actions of this august body, which of course ceased to exist after the Union in 1814, when Sir Samuel Hulse was appointed to rule over the Province of. Kent,* and Charles, fourth Duke of Eichmond, was placed in charge of the Province of Sussex.f His Grace succeeded to the title on the death of his uncle in 1806, and enjoyed the same tOl 1819, when his death took place in Canada, whilst holding the important position of Governor General of that Colony.
The following incident in the life of this nobleman, when Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox, of the Coldstream Guards, to which regiment the Duke of York had just previously been appointed Colonel, is recorded in the Annals of the British Army : —
* General Hulse was one of the founders of the " Prince of Wales " Lodge, No. 603, now 269, in 1787, of which he was the first W. Master ; he was also Acting Master for upwards of twenty years, resigning the appointment in 1821 ; and in 1828 he also resigned the office of Prov. 6. Master of Kent. He was the second son of Sir Edward Hulse, 2nd Baronet ; was a Member of the Privy Council; was knighted, and died in 1837, at the age of eighty-nine years, having attained to the rank of Field Marshal.
f Bro. Edmund Scott of the "Royal Clarence" Lodge, was appointed