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The procession was re-formed , and about 250 brethren , decorated in their various insignia , made their way to the Bury Athenaeum , where a Grand Lodge banquet was prepared , Stephen Blah , Esq ., V . W . D . P . G . M . E . L . presiding , in the absence of the Earl of Ellesmere , R . W . P . G . M . E . L . Loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts and some excellent glee singing , combined to make the evening a most agreeable one . WEST LANCASHIRE .

MARINER ' S LODGE , LIVERPOOL . —On Thursday , the 27 th June last , this Lodge held its annual installation of officers in the Lodge Room , Haseck ' s Buildings , Duke-street . The attendance was both numerous and highly respectable Br . Walmesley , P . M . and P . G . Treasurer , officiated as installing Master , when the following officers were duly invested and took their proper stations in the Lodge . Brs . Peter Maddox , W . M . ; Geo . Wilson , S . W . ; John Pepper , J . N . ; Hugh Williams , S . D . John Dingle \ T . D . ; Rd . SouringSecretaryand WoodwardTreasurer . The

, , , , , brethren afterwards sat down to a sumptuous banquet , when , besides those already mentioned , amongst others we noticed the following brethren : —Caffe , P . M . ; Hamer , P . G . Steward , and P . M ; H . Edwards , P . M . of 310 ; and Berry , P . M of the Devonshire Lodge ; J . Griffith , P . M . of 701 , & c . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , and a very pleasant evening was passed . During the proceedings Br . Edwards , P . M ., in a complimentary speech , in the name of the Lodge , presented Br . Berry with a purse containing ten sovereigns , to which he

announced his'intention of adding an additional £ 10 for the services he had rendered to the Lodge . Br . Berry returned thanks in a very feeling address , assuring the brethren that he should at all times feel great pleasure in affording any assistance in his power to the Lodge , or any of his Masonic brethren . A very efficient choir attended , composed of Brs . Molineux P . G ., organist , ( who presided at the pianoforte ) Holden , Armstrong , and Jones , who , in the course of the evening , sang in most excellent style a variety of glees , & c .

SOUTH WALES . LOYAL WELSH LODGE , PEMBROKE ( NO . 525 ) . —The anniversary of St . John , was commemorated on Monday , the 25 th ult ., by the brethren of the Loyal Welsh Lodge , Victoria Hotel , Pembroke Dock , by their accustomed manner . The Lodge was opened by Br . M'Lean , W . M ,, at half-past six , and a procession having been marshalled by the P . G . D . C , Br . Thomas , they proceeded to the banquet room at seven ,

where a truly sumptuous repast awaited them . The W . M . was ably supported by Br . Pratt as S . W ., and Br . Bennett as ( acting ) J . W . The attendance of the brethren was numerous , scarcely one of the members being absent . The zeal and regularity with which this Lodge has been worked since its establishment in A . D . 1824 , A . L . 5124 , has ensured it such a degree of success that it ranks second to none in the province . The present was one of the most satisfactory gatherings that could have been imagined . Between twenty and thirty of the members sat clown to dinner

, and with the determination to make each other happy , Nor were they disappointed in this their good intention , for what with toast , song , and speech , —in that harmony , order , and regularity for which Freemasonry is ever conspicuous , —the evening passed , as such meetings ever should , in a manner that the morning's reflections had nothing to regret in the evening ' s amusements . Of the funds of this Lodge , it is pleasing to , learn that there is always " strength to support" a distressed or afflicted brother .

WORCESTERSHIRE . HARMONIC LODGE , DUDLEY " ( NO . 313 ) . —The brethren of the Mother Lodge of Worcestershire met on Tuesday , the 3 rd July ; Br . Bristow , W . M ., in the chair , who initiated into the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , Mr . Joseph Hartill , Miller , Oldbury . The visitors were Br . Gwynne , W . M ., No . 435 , Tipton ; Br . Bristow , and Br . Hassall , No . 824 , Stourbridge , and Br . Wood . LODGE OF STABILITY , STOURBRIDGE ( NO . 824 ) . —This Lodge held its usual monthly meeting at the Talbot Hotel , on Tuesday , the 26 th June . Br . Bristow ,