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correct ? AA ' e can hardly believe it possible that Bro . Stephen Barton AA ilson and Bro . J . How ( a Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies ) could have sanctioned this extraordinary proceeding . AA e should be glad to know whether the laches also assisted the Board of Masters in the ceremony of installation , —ED . ]

SOMERSETSHIRE . BATH . — . Royal Owmbnland Lodge ( No . 43 ) . —This Lodge held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday , tho 5 th inst ., when two brethren were raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason . At the conclusion of the ceremony , the AV . M . moved that a donation of ten guineas be paid to tho Institution for the Sons of Indigent and Deceased Freemasons , which would constitute the W . M . for the time being a life governor . The motion on being put to the vote was unanimously carriedand

, the AV . it . then stated that ho had much pleasure in informing the brethren that the Royal Arch Chapter connected with this Lodge had recently contributed the sum of twenty pounds to the two Benevolent Institutions for Aged Freemasons and their AVidows , so that neither the Lodge nor the Chapter had withheld their hands when appealed to in aid of our charities . A joining member having been proposed , tho Lodge was afterwards duly closed .

SUSSEX . BRIGHTON . —Royal Brunswick Lodge ( No . 103-1 ) . —At the monthly meeting , held at the Old Ship Hotel , on Thursday , May 12 th , Mr . Henry Potter was balloted for and unanimously approved , Bro . Johnston was passed to the second degree , and Mr . William Langworthy was proposed as a candidate for initiation . Bro . G . E . Pocock , S . G . B ., who is a member of this Lodge , was present . Bro . A . Ambrosini , S . AV ., proposedBro . E . MartinJ . AV . secondedancl the brethren unanimousl

, , , , y resolved " That this Lodgo is desirous of offering its congratulations to Bro . G . E . Pocock on his appointment as au officer in Grand Lodge , and likewise in the Supreme Grand Chapter . " The unqualified approval which this resolution received from tho brethren is a proof of the esteem in ivhich Bro . Poeoek is held , and showed that thoy fully appreciate the many services ho has rendered to Freemasonry iu this province , particularly the assistance ivhich he has given to this Lodge .

AVARAVICKSHIRE . BIRMI . N-GIIAM . —Temperance Lodge ( No . 1011 ) . —This Lodgo was consecrated in April , 1 S 5 S , beiug especially intended to meet the requirements of tho age in which ivo live . It is considered that tho town of Birmingham is one of those foremost in the cause of sobriety . Excess in wine is no doubt au evil ; and it must be allowed that it is praiseworthy to find men standing forward as an example for the good of others . In this town thoro are at least ten thousand teetotalers . For

these men—men of largo philanthropic views—a Masonic Lodge was much needed . A gentleman for years devoted to the temperance cause , Dr . AVhittell , requested the Provincial Grand Chaplain of AVorcestershirc to endeavour to form the Lodge . Tho Right Hon . Lord Leigh strongly recommended tho caso to Lord Zetland . The usual warrant was granted , and the Lodge duly opened under the ]) residency of tho Rev . T . AV . Herbert , Past Master No . 315 , and Provincial Grand Chaplain of AVorcestershirc . Ho was ably assisted through his year of oflice bBroBedford

y . , P . Af ., and others . The AVardens named in the warrant of the Grand Master were also most zealous iu the discharge of their duties . The Senior AVarden , Bro . Thomas Mills , of Princes End , was installed as Master on Thursday , Dth May , by tho Rev . E . H . A . Givynne , P . Prov . G ; Chaplain of Staffordshire . The ceremony was most impressively and ably performed . After labour tho brethren retired to refreshment . The banquet was excellent , and the dessert of the first order . Coffee was used as a substitute for wine . A pleasant evening was spentand the

, regular toasts duly honoured in Masonic style . The immediate Past Master was not forgotten , he was warmly thanked hy the brethren of the Lodge who mustered strong in numbers ; twenty of the reverend brother ' s Masonic children were present . He assured them that ho had derived much pleasure from what he had lone for the cause both of Masonry and temperance , He should always take a