Provincial Lodges.

" PRESENTED BY SEVERAL BRETHREN TO BROTHER GEORGE MATTHEW TEMPLE , P . P . G . S . W . Somerset , P . jlf . Soml Cumberland Lodge , No . 48 , and _ P . Sf . Lodr / e of Seotitude , JVb . 420 , alto Past M , E , Z . Royal Cumberland Chapter , 13 AN

AFFECTIONATE MEMORIAL AND GRATEFUL ACKNOWVEDWE SV OF MASONIC MERIT AND PRIA ATE AVQIITU , jSaffi , August 21 , 1854 . " TUB MASONIC CHARITIBS . —The Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset havo become annual subscribers to nearly tlie whole of the Masonic charities .

SUFFOLK . ON the 25 th ult ., in hononr to the flourishing lodge—the Phoenix—Stowmarket , the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Suffolk , was held in that town , and was attended by a large concourse of the brethren . Tlie R . W ., the P . G . M . Sir E . Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., presided . After the conclusion of the formal business of the lodge , the brethren attended Divine Service in the Parish Church , and listened to an

eloquent arid edifying sermon preached by Br . the Rev . G . Murgage , P . G . C , in aid > of the National and British Schools of the town . The following gentlemen were appointed Grand Officers of the province for the ensuing year , by the R . W ., P . G . M . Br . Sir Ed . Gooch , M . P .: —R . Martin , Esq ., D . P . G . M . ; L . Hatton , Esq ., P . G . S . W . ; P . B . Stratheon , Esq ., P . G . J . W . ; Rev . G . Murgage , P . G . C . ; T . Jones , Esq ., ( Mayor of Sudbury ) , P . G . Treasurer . The . banquet , which was held at the Corn Exchange , was attended by about eighty members of the craft , among whom were

Capt . Gooch , R . N ., P . P . G . S . W . ; Rev . W . French , P . P . G . C ; Rev . F . W . Freeman , P . P . G . S . W . ; P . Allez , Esq ., P . P . G . S . W . ; Br . Forbes , P . P . G . J . D . of the Essex Provincial Grand Lodge ; Br . Fox , of the Norfolk Lodge ( 100 ); Br . Ballard , of ( 29 ) , London ; and Br . Balling , of lodge ( 59 ) , Colchester . There were also present representatives from every lodge in the province . The courteous and dignified conduct of Br . Sir Ed . Gooch , was the theme of general praise ; ancl it is , we understand , the intention of the brethren of the province to present him with a testimonial , in acknowledgement of his services as P . G . M ., and his munificent support ' of Freemasonry generally .

WORCESTERSHIRE . LODGE OF STABILITY ( No . 824 ) . —At the usual monthly meeting of tins lodge held at Br . Brooks ' s , Talbot Hotel , Stourbridge , the brethren presented Br . Joseph Aston , W . M ., with a beautiful gold pin and set of shirt studs , as a trifling memento of their esteem and respect , and in consideration of his indefatigable exertions in the cause of Masonry , but more especially towards the Lodge of Stability , over which he has presided as W . M . for two years . A full muster of the brethren added greatly to the happy event , and , after Lodge business , upwards of twenty sat down to an excellent banquet , provided by Br . Brooks . The usual toasts were given , and a very happy evening was spent with true masonic feeling .

SOUTH WALES . ST . PETER ' LODGE ( No . 698 . ) Carmarthen . —Upwards of eleven years' Brother Ribbans has been working in this Lodge—not in a useless or merely amusing manner , but in a way to do honour to the Society , and good to the charities connected with Free Masonry . Brother Ribbans ' s aim now seems to be to establish the senioi warden of this lodge a governor of the Boys' Schooland we believe it is his earnest desire

, to fill up the triangle , by bringing in the junior warden a governor of the Old Man ' s Asylum . Let every Lodge employ its"funds thus , and in ten years time the Masonic Charities would be the richest specimen of Free Philanthrophy in this or any other country ,