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MONMOUTHSHIRE . > Monmouth . —Loyal Monmouth Lodge ( No . 671 ) . —This Lodge held its Monthly Meeting on Tuesday , the 6 th day of February , which was attended by the R . W . Dep . Prov . G . M ! ., Bro . J . E . W . Rolls , and several Prov . G . Officers , to witness the ceremony of initiating two gentlemen - of Monmouthshire into the mysteries of the Craft . This Lodge is in a very flourishing state , adding to its numbers members of character and respectability . The evening was spent with pleasure and delight . Bro . Chilcott gave the E . A . P . Song , with his usual good humour .

OXFORDSHIRE . Oxford . —Apollo University Lodge ( No . 460 ) . —On Friday , Feb . 16 , the Brethren of the Apollo University Lodge assembled at the Masonic Hail , for the purpose of assisting in the installation of the W . M . elect , Bro . J . W . Malcolm , of Christchurch . * The ceremony was conducted by the retiring W . M ., Bro . W . W . Beech , and was performed in an admirable manner . On the conclusion of the ceremony , the W . M . appointed the following Brethren to be his Officers for the year : —Bro . W ; W . Harrison , M . A ., Brasenose College , S . W . ; Bro . Hon . W . J . Yernon ,

Christchurch , J . W . ; Bro . Rev . John Sedgwick , M . A ., Magdalen College , Chap . ; Bro . W . Thompson , Treas . ; Bro . Hon . Gerald Dillon , Balliol College , Sec ; Bro . H . Barter , Merton College , S . D . ; Bro . J . E . Codrington , Brasenose College , J . D . ; Bro . the Earl of Lincoln , Christchurch , and Bro . W . Gainer , St . Mary Hall , Dirs . of Cers . ; Bro . J . C . Farnborough , Magdalen Hall , I . G . ; Bro Dr . Elvey , New College , Organist ; Bros . "Viscount Garlics , Christchurch , G . Drummond , Christchurch , C . Dalison , Merton College , and Hon . Henry Wodehouse , Christchurch , Stewds . ; Bro . Tipton , Tyler .

In the evening , about seventy of the Brethren sat down to an elegant entertainment , in the banquet room , when the W . M . presided , supported by Bro . Alderman Sadler , the present mayor of Oxford ; Bro . Alderman Spiers , late mayor of Oxford ; the late W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Bro . Beech ; the late W . M . of the Alfred City Lodge > Bro . Randall ; the W . M . of the Cherwell Banbury Lodge , Bro . Rev . Yernon Blake , M . A . ; the W . M . of the Churchill Lodge , Bro . T . Joy ; the Officers and Brethren of the Apollo and Alfred Lodges * and many

other Brethren from various parts of the province . In the course of the evening , Bro . Alderman Spiers announced that the G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland , had conferred the appointment of Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , vacant by the death of the Rev . C . J . Ridley , on Bro . Captain Bowyer , and that his lordship looked forward to the pleasure of installing that Brother into his office , in Oxford , in the course of a short time , when it is probable that a large number of the Officers of G . L . will accompany his lordship . The announcement was received with great

applause , for the appointment is one so well deserved , that it cannot fail to give satisfaction to the whole Province . Bro . Bowyer holds the office of Dep . Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , and the general expectation is , that that office will be conferred on Bro . Spiers , who was honoured by the Earl of Zetland with the appointment of G . S . B . of England for two years , and who has done much to raise the character of Masonry in this Province , and to place it in its present proud position .

SHROPSHIRE . Shrewsbury . —Salopian Lodge ( No . 328 ) . —This Lodge assembled in Masonic Mourning on the 12 th February , for the purpose of electing and installing a W . M , in the place of the late lamented Bro . Churchill , who died on the day of the last Lodge meeting ( Monday , January 8 th , see Obituary ) , when , if it had pleased the

G . A .. O . T . U . to restore him to health , he was to have been installed as W . M . of the Lodge , to which office he had been some time elected . The election upon this occasion fell unanimously upon Bro . the Rev . G . C . Guise , Prov . G . C . of the Province . The installation , however , did not take place owing" to that Brother ' **