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OXFORD . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —A special lodge was held on the Gth of November , when an unanimous vote of confidence to the Earl of Zetland as Grand Master , was moved by Bro . Burstall , W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , seconded by Bro . R . J . Spiers , P . M . of the Alfred Lodge , and carried unanimously .
Feb . 22 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge for Oxfordshire assembled at tbe Masonic Hall , when the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Rev . C . J Ridley , appointed the officers for the year . In the afternoon of the same day , the members of the Apollo University Lodge assembled , when Bro . S . Burstall was installed Master for the third time . The Prov . Grand Master invested Bro . S . Burstall with the collar , jewel , apron , and gauntlets , appertaining to the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , to which he had been appointed . The clothing and jewel were
presented to Bro . Burstall in the name of the members of the Apollo Lodge , and purchased by their voluntary subscriptions . Upon the jewel , which was of a rich and costly character , was engraved a very appropriate inscription . The brethren afterwards dined together in the banquet room , when Bro . S . Burstall , W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , presided , supported by the Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , Bro . Rev . C . J . Ridley Bro . J . F . Beadon ,
W . M . No . 183 , London , and member of the Board of General Purposes ; Bro . Rev . J . S . Broderip , Prov . G . Chaplain of Somerset ; Bro . Rev . W . E . Hill , P . M . Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 ; Bro . Lord Ingestrie , Bro . Sir Robert Buxton , and seventy other brethren of the Alfred and Apollo Lodges . The addresses of the Prov . Grand Master , of the W . Master of the Apollo Lodge , of Bro . Beadon , of Bro . Rev . W . E . Hill , Bro . Rev . J . S . Broderipand Bro . Lord Ingestriewere of an eloquent
, , character , and elucidated in a striking manner the merits of Masonry in administering to the relief of the widow and the fatherless . The initiations in the two lodges of Oxford continue to increase greatly , and among the brethren are some , who from their high talent and position in society , may hereafter occupy exalted stations in the masonic world . Among the newly initiated we may name Bro . G . O . Smyth Pigott , Sandys Lumsdaine , Ohilders , Lane , and Sir John
Marjoribanks , Claudius Hunter , Wharton , Balgny , Padwick , Meynell , Wyndham , Portal and others . Their masonic education is well cared for by the brethren resident in Oxford , who so well sustain the highest character of the province ; and among the toasts proposed at the banquet of the 22 nd , none was more heartily welcomed or responded to , than the name of Bro . Spiers , to whose persevering energy much of the success of Freemasons in this province is owing . Stewards have been appointed to act , on the part of the province , at the festivals of the boys' and girls ' schools , and as heretofore it is expected that a large number will attend .
March 5 , 6 . —The Alfred and Apollo Lodges held their monthl y meeting , at each of which nearly seventy brethren attended , and all the three degrees were conferred in each lodge . The P . G . M . presided at the Apollo , and Bro . Spiers at the Alfred ; Bro . H . C . Vernon , S . G . W . of England , who was on a visit to the latter brother , attended both meetings , and expressed his high gratification at the advanced state of Freemasonry , which he described as not to be surpassed in any part of the kingdom . Apollo University Lodge . —The meetings of this lodge have not only heen large , but full of interest , in consequence of the number of ini-
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Provincial.
OXFORD . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —A special lodge was held on the Gth of November , when an unanimous vote of confidence to the Earl of Zetland as Grand Master , was moved by Bro . Burstall , W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , seconded by Bro . R . J . Spiers , P . M . of the Alfred Lodge , and carried unanimously .
Feb . 22 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge for Oxfordshire assembled at tbe Masonic Hall , when the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Rev . C . J Ridley , appointed the officers for the year . In the afternoon of the same day , the members of the Apollo University Lodge assembled , when Bro . S . Burstall was installed Master for the third time . The Prov . Grand Master invested Bro . S . Burstall with the collar , jewel , apron , and gauntlets , appertaining to the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , to which he had been appointed . The clothing and jewel were
presented to Bro . Burstall in the name of the members of the Apollo Lodge , and purchased by their voluntary subscriptions . Upon the jewel , which was of a rich and costly character , was engraved a very appropriate inscription . The brethren afterwards dined together in the banquet room , when Bro . S . Burstall , W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , presided , supported by the Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , Bro . Rev . C . J . Ridley Bro . J . F . Beadon ,
W . M . No . 183 , London , and member of the Board of General Purposes ; Bro . Rev . J . S . Broderip , Prov . G . Chaplain of Somerset ; Bro . Rev . W . E . Hill , P . M . Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 ; Bro . Lord Ingestrie , Bro . Sir Robert Buxton , and seventy other brethren of the Alfred and Apollo Lodges . The addresses of the Prov . Grand Master , of the W . Master of the Apollo Lodge , of Bro . Beadon , of Bro . Rev . W . E . Hill , Bro . Rev . J . S . Broderipand Bro . Lord Ingestriewere of an eloquent
, , character , and elucidated in a striking manner the merits of Masonry in administering to the relief of the widow and the fatherless . The initiations in the two lodges of Oxford continue to increase greatly , and among the brethren are some , who from their high talent and position in society , may hereafter occupy exalted stations in the masonic world . Among the newly initiated we may name Bro . G . O . Smyth Pigott , Sandys Lumsdaine , Ohilders , Lane , and Sir John
Marjoribanks , Claudius Hunter , Wharton , Balgny , Padwick , Meynell , Wyndham , Portal and others . Their masonic education is well cared for by the brethren resident in Oxford , who so well sustain the highest character of the province ; and among the toasts proposed at the banquet of the 22 nd , none was more heartily welcomed or responded to , than the name of Bro . Spiers , to whose persevering energy much of the success of Freemasons in this province is owing . Stewards have been appointed to act , on the part of the province , at the festivals of the boys' and girls ' schools , and as heretofore it is expected that a large number will attend .
March 5 , 6 . —The Alfred and Apollo Lodges held their monthl y meeting , at each of which nearly seventy brethren attended , and all the three degrees were conferred in each lodge . The P . G . M . presided at the Apollo , and Bro . Spiers at the Alfred ; Bro . H . C . Vernon , S . G . W . of England , who was on a visit to the latter brother , attended both meetings , and expressed his high gratification at the advanced state of Freemasonry , which he described as not to be surpassed in any part of the kingdom . Apollo University Lodge . —The meetings of this lodge have not only heen large , but full of interest , in consequence of the number of ini-