Provincial Lodges.

OXFORD . A grand Masonic festival is to open in Oxford , on Monday , the 7 th instant . At 12 o ' clock upon that day , the Churchill Lodge is to meet , when the Rev . J . J . Sidebotham will be installed as W . M . for the ensuing year , and , at 7 p . m ., the companions of the Alfred Chapter hold a convocation for the exaltation of brethren into the Royal Arch . Rumour states , that on the same evening , Br . Aid . Spiers , ( the late

Mayor ) , P . G . S . B ., is to invite a party of his Masonic brethren to meet the new Pl . G . M ., Br . John Atkins Bowyer , and his friends , at his house . On the following morning , it is also rumoured , that the P . G . M . will entertain his friends and the brethren visiting Oxford , at breakfast , prior to proceeding to the Provincial Grand Lodge , which is to open at twelve o ' clock , when the new G . M . will be installed . And at half-past five o ' clock , the brethren will meet at a grand banquet , at the town hall , in honour of the event . On the Wednesday , the annual festival of the encampment of Cceur-delion will take place . Candidates are to be installed at three , and the banquet is to be on table at five .

SOUTH WALES—WESTERN DIVISION . ST . PETER ' S LODGE , CARMARTHEN , ( NO . 669 ) . —The nucleus for a testimonial to our worthy Br . Ribbans , the Treasurer of this Lodge , has just been laid by the unanimous vote of the Lodge , of five guineas from their funds , for the purpose of presenting some useful present in token of remembrance of the many benefits conferred on Masonry in general through the exertions of Br . Ribbans . We shall be happy to enrol the names of those who contribute in the pages of the "Masonic Mirror , "

STAFFORDSHIRE

LODGE OF ST . MATTHEW , WALSALL ( NO . 786 ) . —The annual festival of this Lodge took place on the 4 th April , at St . Matthew ' s Hall , on which occasion Br . John Wood installed his successor , Br . Frank James , who appointed the following "brethren officers , viz .: —Brs . E . Jeavons . S . W . ; F . A . Edwards , J . W . ; W . Tolbey , Treas . ; Thomas James , P . M . Sec ; Aldxander Brogden , S . D . ; James Douglas , J . D . ; Hev . James Dowries , Chaplain ; George Morley , I . G . ; Dr . Burton , P . M ., D . of Cer . ; M . Cozens , and John Fairfield , Stewards . A handsome P . M ' s jewel was presented to Br . Wood . After the business of the Lodge was concluded , the brethren retired to a banquet , and devoted the remainder of the evening to social harmony and brotherly love .

WARWICKSHIRE

FIRST LODGE OF LIGHT , BIRMINGHAM ( NO . 689 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met at the Royal Hotel , on Tuesday , the 17 th of April , when the Rev . Hamilton Lowry and another candidate were dul y initiated into the Order . The W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing year were then elected , but the Secretary has not as yet forwarded to us their names .

WORCESTERSHIRE

LODGE OF PERSEVERANCE , DUDLEY ( NO . 838 ) . —Br . A . Patterson , the imichi-espected host of the Swan Inn , being about to leave in consequence of his premises having been purchased by the Board of Health for town improvements , the above numerous and highly respectable Lodge have determined to remove to the house of Br . Evan Roberts , Saracen ' s Head , Stone-street , that gentleman having promised to enlarge his house for their accommodation . YORKSHIRE . —( WEST RIDING ) .

LODGE OF THREE GRAND PRINCIPLES , DEWSBURY ( NO . 251 ) . —This Lodge held its monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall , on Thursday , the 29 th March , when the W . M ., Br . R . R . Nelson passed a brother to the second degree . Certain alterations in the bye-laws , suggested by the W . D . P . G . M ., were agreed to . The quarterly communication , convoking a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , to be holden at Huddersfield , on the 11 th April , was read , when W . Br . J . O . Gill , P . M . and P . G . P ., was unanimously elected to represent the Lodge on the ritual