Provincial Lodges.

The trowel with which the stone was laid , was presented to the P . G . M ., with a suitable address , by the W . M . of tho Silurian Lodge ; and after an acknowledgment of the same by the P . G . M .. a few observations relating to the discipline of the province were made by the D . P . G . M ., and the Lodge Avas closed in solemn form . After Avhich , the procession proceeded to the King ' s Head , where the P . G . L . was closed , and the brethren joined the banquet .

THE DINNER . Owing to the protracted character of the proceedings , the company was not able to sit down to dinner at four o ' clock , the hour appointed . and it was not till after five that an attempt was made to commence that important meal . The room in which dinner was served , was the new large room in course of erection at the King ' s Head . The walls were very elaborately decorated by the gentlemen above named , flowers and evergreens being profusely used . The square and compass were represented in flowers ;

a large number of the flags of the allied nations were beautifully blended ; a number of pendants were hung in various parts ; ancl the gas chandelier was covered with evergreens . The tables were arranged thus : three were placed nearly the entire length , and one across the top , raised in the form of a dais , and the chair for the Right Worshipful the P . G . M . was decorated ; and immediately behind the chair was suspended a tinted drawing of the edifice about to be erected . Col . TynteM . P . the Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshirewas in the chairand the

, , , ; W . M . of the Silurian Lodge , Brother Thomas , was in the vice-chair . On the right and left of the chairman were Captain Bowyer ; J . E . W . Rolls , Esq ., Deputy Prov . G . M . ; Rev . G . Roberts , P . G . C . ; Dr . Bowles ; Col . Burlton ; Captain Tynte ; — Kent , Esq . ; —Davis , Esq . ; C . Lyne , Esq . ; S . Campbell , Esq . ; J . J . Nicholas , Esq . ; and S . Coombs , Esq . Tho Prov . G . Chaplain said grace at the commencement of dinner , and at the close " Non nobis Domhie " was sung .

The Chairman commenced the toast list by saying that , the first toast was one which required but few words to make it appreciable by the brethren . It was , " The Queen and the Craft . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . D . W . Nash , the D . G . P . M . of Bristol , said , that he and his friends were obliged to leave , as time and tide waited for no man ; but , before they left , they

Avished to give utterance to the great gratification which they had experienced in being permitted to assist in the ceremony of the day , and to hope that the Order in the province of Monmouthshire would be prosperous . They felt satisfied that there Avould be a continuance of the interchange of Masonic courtesies which had distinguished those of Monmouthshire towards the Bristol brethren in times passed , and which they of Bristol were always wishful to reciprocate . He wished to express their best wishes for the prosperity of the Lodge whose foundation stone had been laid ; and

might Masonry attain that high position in the United Kingdom which it was deserving of . ( Cheers . ) The Rev . G . Roberts said he Avould propose , out of its order , the toast of " The P . G . M . of Bristol . " ( Cheers . ) He assured the gentlemen from Bristol that the Monmouth brethren entertained the highest respect for them . Bristol was the great mart for commerce on the Severn , and she was always ready to pour out her treasures for other towns . She was the pioneer of commerce on the waves , and she had been ' the

pioneer to the towns on the banks of the Severn , and had added to the prosperity and intellect of the country . Bristol lent its aid when Masonry was weak in Monmouthshire , and they had learned to follow the bright example which Bristol had set them . He most cordially gave them the toast , and it was drunk most rapturously . The Chairman also acknowleged the good services of Bristol in times past , and and then gave , " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family . " Captain Bowyer saidthe manner in which the Queen of land had been

enter-, Eng tained in France Avas the admiration of all Englishmen . He trusted that now the jealousies of the two nations had passed away , and that the great union wonhl exist for many generations , to give protection to the just rights of mankind , and to promote the real liberty of the world . "The health of his Majesty the Emperor of the French , " ( Loud cheers . )