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* OXFORDSHIRE . Oxfokd . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of this Province will be held on the 22 nd inst . in the Masonic Hall , Oxford , under the auspices of the Alfred Lodge , No . 425 . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at 12 o ' clock at noon . On the previous day there will be a Royal Arch Chapter in the morning , and an Encampment of Knights Templar in the evening , at which the Prov . G . M . Bro . H . A . Bowyer will be installed E . Commander .

STAFFORDSHIRE . Bukton-on-Trent . —Alley Lodge ( No . 907 ) . —The anniversary of this Lodge was held on Tuesday , January 29 th , 1856 , at which the installation of the W . M , for the ensuing year took place under pleasing circumstances . The day had been looked forward to by many on account of the zeal which the W . M . elect , Bro . William Smith , had ever evinced towards Masonry , and the above newlyestablished Lodge in particular . The ceremony of the installation was

performed by P . M . Bro . Stone , in a most efficient and impressive manner , after which the W . M . selected his officers for the ensuing year , as follows : P . B . Chadfield , S . W . ; William Bowley , J . W . ; Edward Mammatt , Treas . ; J . T . Stough , Hon . Sec ; William Coxon , S . D . ; E . Alcock , J . D . ; J . Pike , I . G . ; Robert Lane , Tyler . —The Brethen sat down to a most elegant and sumptuous entertainment , supplied by Bro . John Whittingham , which gave the highest satisfaction to all present . After the usual loyal and other Masonic toasts had been

given and responded to , P . M . Bloor rose on the part of the Lodge to perform a most pleasing duty , that of presenting , on behalf of the Lodge , a Past Master ' s jewel to Bro . P . M . Richard Stone : — " He was sure he need not refer to the services Bro . Stone had rendered to the Craft and to that Lodge , he being the founder , and , it might be said , its upholder , too . It had ever been Bro . Stone ' s desire to carry out the principles of Masonry in their full integrity , and that Lodge had ever had his unwearying energies : indeed , his conduct was a bright

example to follow , for he had won the esteem of every Brother . In the year 1851 , Bro . Stone was appointed W . M . to the Derbyshire Lodge , No . 143 , and served as W . M . during 1852 and 1853 : he revived the Lodge , and was the means of many very valuable members joining the Fraternity . He need not again refer to the Abbey Lodge , which was formed in December , 1853 , and consecrated in

June , 1854 ; nor to the Portland Lodge , No . 920 , which , was formed in August , 1854 , by Bro . Stone . He hoped the worthy Brother might long be spared to continue his services , half of which had not been enumerated ; and now he begged Bro . Stone ' s acceptance of the jewel ; and with it the warmest and best feelings of the Lodge . " Several Brethren rose , and bore testimony of a similar nature to the merits of Bro . Stone , to which he briefly replied in a touching and feeling

manner . Tipton . —Noah's Ark Lodge ( No . 435 ) . —A Lodge of Emergency was held at the Navigation Inn , on Friday , the 22 nd of February , when Bro . Howclls , the W . M ., initiated the Rev . W . Gibbens , B . D ., who was about to leave the neighbourhood . Twenty-three Brethren were present , including the following visitors : Bros . Rev . A Davies , M . A . and Prov . G . C . for Worcestershire : Maseiield , Prov .

G . Treas . ; Dennison , Prov . G . S . D . ; Bristowe , Prov . G . Sec . ; Patteson , P . M . ; Rev , W . Herbert , S . W ., No . 313 ; Rev . F . Gibbons , No . 730 ; King , No . 007 ; F . Sanders , No . 730 ; and Jcavons , S . W . No . 780 . The number of members in this Lodge still increases , and numerously as the Brethren always muster , it is very satisfactory to he aide to state that they invariably work together with " that love and harmony which ought always to characterize Freemasons . "

West Buomwich . — . Dartmouth Lodge ( No . 900 ) . — -A . number of Brethren in this populous district , having the prosperity of the Craft at heart , and considering that a wide field for Masonic exertion would be opened by the establishment of a Lodge , took the requisite steps to procure a warrant from the M . W . G . M . The prayer of the petition having been granted by his lordship ' s authorizing