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Tuesday , May 3 , Prov . G . L . Installation of the Prov . G . M ., at 12 . Banquet at the-Town Hall , 5 . 30 p . m . Wednesday , May 9 , Encampment of Cceur de Lion , annual festival . Installation of candidates at 3 . Banquet at 5 .

Oxford . —A Prov . G . L . will be holdenat the Masonic Hall , Oxford , on Tuesday , the 8 th of May next , at twelve o ' clock at noon precisely , when the R . W . Henry Atkins Bowyer , Esq ., Prov . G . M . will be installed . At half-past five o ' clock a banquet will take place at the Town Hall , for which Lord Garlies , the Earl of Lincoln , Hon . H . Wodehouse , and the Rev . Thomas Russell , with several other Brothers , have consented to act as stewards on the occasioii .

SOMERSETSHIRE . Bath . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met on the 29 th March , when Mr . Edward Lansdown was initiated ; the ceremony was performed by the immediate P . M ., and acting W . M . Bro . Percy Wells , who had undertaken the government of the Lodge during the present year , the W . M . having been called unexpectedly away from Bath to fill a government appointment . The Lodge also met on Thursday , April 5 , when Bro . Hannam was raised

to the third Degree , and two Brethren of the Craft were balloted for , and admitted joining members , one having been initiated in No . 1 , Solomon ' s Lodge , America . The members of the old Cumberland Lodge are always delighted to welcome any visiting Brethren who may wish to witness their ceremonies . The acting W . M . is supported by indefatigable Officers , all vieing with one other to do their duty ; and it is a great gratification to be able to state that , whereas this Lodge was

only three or four years ago nearly extinct , it has risen like a phcenix from its ashes , and occupies a high position in the Province . A history of the Lodge will be found in Dr . Oliver ' s " Revelations of a Square , " in the notes appended to the Life of Bro . Dunckerley , who was a member of this Lodge , as also was the late Dr . Desaguliers . The Lodge meets on the First Thursday in every month , at the Masonic Hall corridor , and the Chapter attached to it at the same place , on the third Tuesday in every month .

There is also a Lodge of Instruction attached to the Royal Cumberland Lodge , which meets on the second and fourth Thursday in every month , consisting of twenty-six members , where the sections and lectures are regularly worked , and to this necessary auxiliary may be traced the efficient working of No . 48 . Bristol . —Lodge of Instruction . —The Annual Festival of this very useful Lodge was celebrated on Friday , March 23 rd , at the Montague Tavern , Kingstown , when upwards of fifty Brethren partook of a cold collation , prepared by the worthy host , Bro . Ward , in his usually excellent style .

The chair was taken by Bro . W . H . Eowden , supported by the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., and other Officers of the Prov ^ G . L . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been duly honoured , the President proposed the health of the R . W . Prov . G . M ' ., the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ; of Bristol . He regretted the absence of their Prov . G . M ., but congratulated them upon having , upon this occasion , the countenance and support of their esteemed Bro . D . W . Nash , D . Prov . G . M . to the Lodge of Instruction .

The R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., after reading a letter from the R . W . Prov . Cr . M ., regretting his inability to be present , said he felt it his duty and privilege to be amongst them , and assured them he was at all times accessible to every member of the Province , to give them any advice or assistance they may require . This was the duty of one filling the high and distinguished position he had the honour to hold , and of which he was justly proud ; but every member of the Order had

also his duty to perform . Masonry , like every other institution , having a great end in view , required strict obedience to the laws by which it was governed ; those laws were patent , and by them he should at all times regulate the business of his Province ; and as it was the duty of the superior officers to enforce such lawful obedience , so it became those in a less exalted position to assist in keeping up harmony , good fellowship , mid fraternal feeling , by a proper observance of the