The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-28 00:00:00

LOWER CANADA.

QUEBEC—A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of
Lower Canada was held on Thursday the 27th of December
last, at the Union Hotel, Quebec, when the R. W., the
C. Denechau, Prov. Grand Master, having opened the Grand
Lodge in ample form, was pleased to appoint the thllowing
Brethren, as the officers of the Prov. Grand Lodge of Lower
Canada, for the present year:—
R. W. W. A. Thompson, P. M. of Lodge No. 77—Dep.
Grand Master.
R. W. Vallieres de St. Real, W. M. of Lodge No. 23—Senior
Grand Warden.
Rt. W. R. C. D'Estimauville of Lodge No. 23—Junior Grand
Warden.
V. W. Rev. E. Somerville,
Grand Chaplains.
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V. W. Keable Serjeant, W. M. of Lodge No. 77—Grand Se-
cretary.
V. W. G. Feluet, of Lodge No. 77—Grand Registrar.
V. W. J. Phillips, of do. 22—Grand Architect and Superin-
tendant.
V. W. It. Coates, of do. 22—Grand Director of Ceremonies.
V. W. J. G. Thompson, of do. 22—Senior Grand Deacon.
R. W. G. Morrison, of do. 77—Junior Grand Deacon.
V. W. Thos. Burns, of do. 77—Grand Sword Bearer.

Brothers P. Laforce, of do. 23-
- A. Rich of do. 17—
Grand Stewards
J. Reeves, of do. 22-
- W. H. Smith, of do. 22--
- W. Nl‘Kay, of do. 77—Inner Guard.
I. Harper, Grand Tyler.
We feel great pleasure in laying before our Readers the fol-
lowing Address, on this occasion, from the R. W: Prov. Grand
Master of Lower Canada, the Honourable C. Denechau, to his
Prov. Grand Officers, and to the Craft in general, as we are
sure that it will be the source of the highest satisfaction to the
M. W. Grand Master, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
to observe the zeal and ability with which the important duties
of the Grand Master of so distant a Province are fulfilled, and
that it affords an example well worthy of the attention of every
Brother to whom our illustrious Grand Master has intrusted the
peribrmance of similar duties :

BRETILTIEN,—On the annual installation of the Officers of
the Gland Lodge, it is my duty to impress on them in parti-
cular, and upon Masons in general, their respective obligations
to that most ancient and honourable Order to which we belong,
anti this I think the more incumbent on me from the remiss-
ness which, with regret, I have recently found to prevail in
many of our Lodges.

To you, Brothers, who have been raised to be Officers of the
Grand Lodge, belong in common with myself the vigilant su-
perintendanee of all the Lodges in this Province, and the gene-
ral welfare of the Craft. The influence of your conduct and
example among Masons will therefore be considerable; and I
shall expect that you will upon all occasions shew a laudable
nal, and attend faithfully and punctually to your Masonic
duties, whether in sustaining the dignities of the Craft at pro-
cessions and interments, or on other public occasions, or in the
private though not less solemn and essential duties of Grand
Lodge.
To the Officers and Brethren of the other Lodges throughout
the Province, I must also express my earnest hopes of their re-
newed zeal and co-operation in maintaining the honour of the
Craft, by a punctual attendance at all Masonic occasions, pub-
lic and private. Let it not be said that our institution,
ancient beyond all others, and wnich is the most noble,
rational and charitable in its principles, shall languish in a
country of freedom and of toleration, and where the influence of
bigotry has no hold on its Political Government. As Citizens,
as Husbands, as Fathers, and as Brothers, let your conduct be
straight and exemplary, each fulfilling with honesty and cheer-
fulness the station to which it has pleased GOD to call him,
refuting by the uprightness of his life the calumnies of his ene-
mies, and above all things adhering with loyal steadfastness to
the King and to his Government, and to the true principles of
that happy constitution we enjoy under ins powerful and
fatherly protection.
Quebec, Dec. 27, 1821.

CLAUDE DENECHAU, Prov. G. M.