Apollo University Lodge, No. 357, Oxford.

APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE , No . 357 , OXFORD .

THI S Lodge , which in 1873 was honoured iu the fact that our present R . W . G . M . tho Prince of Wales held the position of W . M ., has this week conferred upon itself additional honour by electing to the chair of K . S . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , who was initiated into Masonry within its precincts , on 1 st May 18 / 4 ,

and who , during the past year , has ably filled the chair of S . W . The day fixed for this ceremony was Tuesday , and , accordingly , on tho afternoon of that day , tho Lodge was opened in due form , at 3 p . m ., by Bro . the Rev . II . A . Pickard M . A ., W . M ., who was supported by Prince Leopold S . W ., and tho other officers of tho Lodge . There

were also present , among other distinguished members and visitors , Bros , the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , Lord Do Tabley , Lord Methuen , Colonel Burdett , R . J . Spiers , Rev . Reginald Bird , J . Bird , J . B . Monckton , Revs . C . J . Martyn , Walter F . Short , T . F . Ravenshaw , M . M'lntyre , Q . C ., Captain Philips , Major

Shadwell Clerke , Colonel Adair , "Victor Williamson , Rev . R . K . Bedford , and P . M . 's Tyrwhitt , Dallon , and Cavo Brown-Cavo . The first important business was the raising of Bro 3 . Sankoy and Swithinbank to the sublime degree . Prince Leopold was then presented to the W . M . by Bro . Morrell , the I . P . M ., and was installed

according to ancient custom . The appointment of officers followed—Rev . R . W . M . Pope Deputy Master , Williamson S . W ., Sackville West J . W ., Rev . L . K . Hilton Senior Chaplain , Rev . E . D . Whitmarsh Junior Chaplain , Rev . Reginald Bird , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Oxford , Vice Principal of Magdalen College , Treasurer ;

J . C . Bodley , of Balliol College , Senior Secretary ; Paget , of Christ Church , Junior Secretary ; W . M . Glencross , Christ Church , S . D ., Drummond , Christ Chnrch , J . D ., Gordon Campbell , F . Hedges , Gandy , Maxwell , Douglas Campbell ( of Blythswood ) , and Jansen , Masters of Ceremonies ; Gandell I . G ., Parratt Organist , Rev . H . Deane , Tuke ,

Weatherley , Knollys , Berrington , La Terrier , Gerard , Leigh , Grenfoll , Symonds , and W . Little Stewards , and Norwood Tyler . After the usual congratulations had Ibeen toudercd , and gracefully acknowledged , the customary formal questions wero asked—resulting in five gentlemen being proposed for initiation—the Lodge was

closed . A banquet , at the Clarendon Hotel , followed , where His Royal Highness presided , and gave the customary toasts . In repiy to " The Health of the Worshipful Master , " which was proposed by tho Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot in his usual hearty manner , Princo Leopold said : — ' * Brethren , it is with feelings of groat prido

and most heartfelt pleasure that I rise to thank you for tho cordia l manner iu which you have welcomed me , and I beg to thank Lord Shrewsbury for the kind manner in which ho has proposed my health . I feel it a very great honour that , after having served so short an apprenticeship to Masonry , the members of this Lodge have

unanimously chosen mo to bo their Master . I esteem it also for another reason , that it will givo mo an opportunity of returning from time to time to Oxford , where I have already spent so many happydays . When I think of the prestige that has always attached to the Apollo , and tho many distinguished Masons who havo preceded me in

my office , I do , indeed , feci and appreciate the warm encouragement and kind support which I havo met with this evening at your hands . I trust that I may bo able to come among you frequently during my term of office , and that I may perform its duties iu a manner not altogether unworthy of my predecessors , though I am well aware that

will prove no easy task . Bro . Col . Burdett , P . G . M . Middlesex , acknowledged the toast of the " Visitors not of tho Province . " Bro . the Rev . H . A . Pickard , M . A ., I . P . M . replied to that of the " Past Masters , " and likewise

proposed the toast of "The Masonic Charities , " to which Bro . Rev . C . J . Martin P . G . C . very gracefully responded . Other toasts followed , the last being , as usual , "Tho Tyler ' s , " when the brethren rose , and coffee and conversation alliterativcly and actually filled the brief interval till miduight .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxfordshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF OXFORDSHIRE .

On Wednesday Prince Leopold was installed Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire . The ceremony , which was most nnmercnsl y atteuded , took place in the Sheldonian Theatre , which had been placed at the disposal of tho brethren by tho Curators . At half-past ten o ' clock tho Stewards assembled at tho theatre ,

and began the necessary arrangements . At twelve o ' clock the brothreu began to arrive , and at about half-past one the procession was formed in tho Divinity School , all who were not either officers

of the Proviuce or of the Grand Lodge of England having previously taken their places in the theatre . At two o ' clock the procession started and entered the theatre , the organ playing . The following di 3 . tiDgnis 3 h . ed , brethren were present ;—•

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxfordshire.

Lord Skelmersdale Deputy Grand Master of England , iEneas J . M'lntyre Q . C . G . R . in charge of tho Province , Reginald Bird D . P . G . M . Oxfordshire , Lord Limerick P . G . M . Bristol , Lord Methuen P . G . M . Wilts , Lord Leig h P . G . M . Warwickshire , Col . Burdett P . G . M . Middlesex , General Brownrigg P . G . M . Surrey ,

Col . A . W . Adair P . P . G . M . Somerset , W . B . Beach P . G . M . Hants , Alderman Stono J . G . W ., Lord Burleigh P . S . G . W ., England , Victor Williamson P . S . G . W . England , Earl of Jersey , Rev . E . Moore . P . G . C , Rev . J . E . Cox P . G . C , Rev . C . J . Martin P . G . C , J . B . Monckton , President of Board of General Purposes , Heather Bigg Past

President Board of General Purposes , Frederick Parker Morrell G . J . D ., J . C . Parkinson P . G . J . D ., H . Massey , Major Shadwell Clerke , Col . Campboll ( of Blythswood ) P . G . M . Renfrewshire , R . J . Spiers P . G . S . B . P . D . G . M ., and Capt . Hunter P . G . M . Aberdeenshiro . Provincial Lodgo was opened by Bvo . M . Mclutyre G . R ., and it was

then announced that Bro . Lord Skermersdalo , D . G . M ., was in attendance . Accordingly , his Lordship having been introduced and saluted , Bro . Mclntyro vacated the chair in his favour . The D . G . M . then announced tho immediate objects for which tho Lodgo had been convened , namely , the installation as P . G . M . of Prince Leopold

tho presentation to Bro . Spiers P . D . G . M ., of a testimonial of his merit , and the appointment of a new Prov . G . Steward in place of Princo Leopold . The patent of His Royal Highness ' s appointment

by tho M . W . G . M . having been read , and it having been intimated that the Prince was in waiting , a deputation was formed , and His Royal Highness was conducted into the Lodge , the order of tho pro . cession being as follows : —

Three Provincial Grand Stewards ; Provincial Grand Masters ' gloves and apron , on a cushion borne by Master of a Lodge ; collar and jewel of Provincial Grand Master , on a cushion borne by Master of a Lodgo ; Provincial Grand Director of Cereraonios , Provincial

Grand Registrar , Provincial Grand Treasurer , Provincial Grand Chaplains , six Past Pr ovincial Grand Wardens , his Royal Highness Princo Leopold ( tho Provincial Grand Master ) , two Equerries , two Provincial Grand Stewards .

Princo Leopold took his scat to tho left of tho D . G . M ., and , after prayer by tho Prov . Grand Chaplain , tho ceremony of installation was proceeded with . After tho usual proclamation and salute , Lord Skolmersdalo addressed a few words of congratulation , both to tho Princo on his appointment to the high and honourable office of a

Provincial Grand Master , and to the brethren of the Provinco then assembled , for the honour that had been conferred upon thorn by tho M . W . G . M . in appointing his brother to preside over 'them . Tho Prince gracefully acknowledged these remarks , and tho hearty response they had met with from all present . Bro . Reginald Bird was thou

reappointed to the office of D . P . G . M ., and Bro . Vv . J . Douglas Campbell was called up and invested with tho insiguia of a Provincial Grand Steward , rice His Royal Highness . Tho Provincial Grand Officers were thou re-appointed to their several offices as follow : —¦ Bros . John Galpin P . G . S . W ., H . R . Cooper-Smith ( Magd . Coll . )

P . G . J . W ., Rev . R . W . M . Pope P . G . C , Rev . W . Alexander Ay ton P . G . C , Alderman T . Randall P . G . T ., R . I . Williamsou ( Ch . Ch . ) F . G . R ., William Henry Horn P . G . S . D ., Jason Saunders P . G . J . D ., Sinclair Frankland Hood ( Magdalen College ) Prov . G . Secretary , Chas . Bishop P . G . S . Wks ., Julius Sladden P . G . D . C , Carlisle J . S .,

Spedden ( Queen ' s Coll . ) F . G . D . C . Alderman W . Eagleston P . G . S . B ., Iloury Plumridge , P . G . O . ; Henry Williams P . G . Pursuivant , Gordon Campbell ( Exeter Coll . ) , Cecil G . Paget ( Ch . Ch . ) , J . E . Courtnev

Bodley ( Balliol Coll . ) , William Peppercornand Frederick Dolley P . G . Stewards , and W . Stevens and George Norwood P . G . Tyler ? . Bro . J . C . Parkinson P . G . D . then presented to His Royal Highuess the following address of congratulation from tho G . O . of Italy : —

" To his Royal Highness Priuce Leopold , Provincial Grand Blaster of Oxfordshire . "Most Illustrious and Potent Brother , —Italian Masonry , which rejoices at seeing ever more honoured in the most noble nation of England that universal brotherhood of which it , too , is not the last

portion , hastens to send you its moat respectful and affectionate congratulations on the auspicious event of your Royal Highness ' s exaltation to the oflice of Provincial Grand Martcr of Oxfordshire . '' Happy the people among whom men of the loftiest social

standing appreciate and practise the grand principles of that humanitarian progress which it is the object of Masonry to vindicate and to diffuse throughout the civilized world ! Accept , most illustrions and poteufc Brother , our most devoted and sincere congratulations and our fraternal salutations . "In tho absence of the Grand Master , the Grand Master Associate , " GEORGE TAMAIO , 33 ° .

" Rome , February IS , 187 G . " There then only remained one other portion of the day ' s programme to carry out , and this was the presentation of a very handsome i testimonial to Brd Spiers , for his eminent services to the Province