The other officers severally returned thanks to the Master for the confidence reposed in them.

The labours of the evening being ended, the assembled Brethren retired to the Commercial Hotel, and refreshed themselves with the accustomed entertainment.

NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE-Dec. 28 The Brethren of the. Union Lodge, No. 231, met at the Masonic Hall, when William C. Cuming, Esq., was installed Master The other officers of this Lodge

were also installed.

On the same evening the Brethren of the Royal Victoria Lodge, No. 649, assembled at the Public Buildings, on the installation of their Worshipful Master Elect, Stephen Dillet, Esq., and the other officers of that Lodze.

The Provincial rand Lodge under the Registry of England, met at the Public Buildings, directed by their Right Worshipful Provincial Grand aster, the Hon. G. C. Anderson, for the purpose of uniting with the Fraternity in a procession to Christ Church. They were then joined by the Provincial Grand Lodge for the Bahamas, under the Registry of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the Right Worshipful J. F. Cooke, Esq., Prov. Grand Master, and also by other Brethren not of this province, when, preceded by the band of the 2nd West India Regiment, under the direction of Bro. Ashe, they proceeded to Christ Church. An appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. Bro. William Strachan, D.D., Chaplain to the foregoing Lodges. A collection was made in aid of the Charity Fund, which amounted to nearly nine pounds.

At seven the same evening a goodly number of the Brethren sat down to dine, when they were honoured by the presence of his Excellency G. B. Mathew, Esq., Past Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England; and having passed a most delightful season of fraternal re-union, separated at about eleven o'clock.

Our Masonic Fraternity has recently been disturbed by a misunderstanding, caused by some irregularity in the election of a third Principal. in the Royal Victoria Chapter. The proceedings have been transmitted to the Supreme Grand Chapter of England, whose direction in the case is awaited with great anxiety. We forbear to offer any opinion.

AUSTRALIA FELIX.-A very magnificent set of Masonic jewels has arrived from London by the William Wilson, as a present from the members of the Lodge of Australia Felix to their P.M. and Brother, John Stephen. These jewels are arranged in a very elegant red morocco and gilt case, Learing that gentleman's name on the cover, which is lined with crimson.velvet. The first is a Past Master's Jewel, in gold enamel and brilliants. The second is the Past Principal's Medal of the Royal Arch Chapter, in gold embossed, with a superb onyx stone. The third is the Knight's Templar, of pure gold, consisting of a cross with a representation of the crucifixion, and the motto. The fourth is the Knight of Malta Jewel, in crimson and white enamel, surmounted with the coronet, in which are set separately an emerald, a ruby, and a brilliant. The fifth is the splendid Jewel of the Rosicrucian Order, in gold, having the five-pointed diadem with rubies, the cross in garnets, the pelican in frosted silver over the segment of a circle set in diamonds. The cost of this very elegant testimonial is one hundred pounds, which was contributed by the members of the Lodge of Australia Felix, by voluntary subscription.

VOL. V.

LAUNCESTON, VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.-St. John's Lodge, No. 346, under the Registry of Ireland. June 24, 1846.-A full meeting of the members took place at their Lodge, to instal the officers for the ensuing year. The imposing ceremony concluded, the Lodge was closed, and the Brethren separated to meet again in the evening to hold their annual festival, in the capacious room in St. John's Tavern.

At six o'clock the Brethren, in full Masonic costume, sat down to banquet. By the kind permission of Col. Cumberland, a portion of the fine band of the 96th Regiment attended, and enlivened the festive scene by the performance of several beautiful airs. After the removal of the cloth, the Worshipful Master who presided rose, and gave the health of "Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen." The national anthem, which immediately followed, performed sweetly by the band, excited in the breasts of the attentive Brethren the warmest sentiments of loyalty and affection for their beloved Sovereign.

The following toasts followed in succession from the Chair :"Prince Albert and the rest of the royal family;" "The Three Grand Masters of England, Ireland, and Scotland-The Earl of Zetland, the Right Hon. Lord Glenlyon, and his Grace the Duke of Leinster;" "The Governor, Sir Eardley Wilmot ;""The Ladies of Van Dieman's Land;""The Fraternity round the Globe;" "The memory of Robert Burns;" "Colonel Cumberland and the Officers of the 96th Regiment."

"The Worshipful Masters of the Lodges in Van Dieman's Land,” was given by the Senior Warden, and acknowledged by the Worshipful Master; after which, a succession of toasts followed, to which suitable returns were given by many of the Brethren, which were interspersed with excellent songs.

During the evening several of the Brethren expressed their firm adherence and attachment to the ancient and honourable Order of Freemasonry, and the admirable principles it inculcated.

At half-past eleven the Worshipful Master vacated the chair, expressing the pleasure he had enjoyed on the occasion of meeting his Brethren, and in the rational and intellectual manner in which the evening had been passed; it had been indeed an evening of unalloyed pleasure to himself, and he really believed to every Brother present.

The Editor of the Launceston paper has appended to the report some most judicious observations, which we have not room for. He, in particular, draws attention to the necessity of caution in the admission of candidates, that no improper characters may disgrace the hallowed precincts of a Mason's Lodge.

MONTREAL.-St. George's Lodge, Dec. 29.-Bro. T. D. Harrington has been unanimously re-elected Worshipful Master-a just tribute to his Masonic reputation. The event is suitably commemorated by an elegantly embossed circular to the members, subscribing and honorary, containing the names of the Master and his Officers.

AMERICA.-UNITED STATES.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The letter on the practice of the Royal Arch in the United States and the Canadas is inadmissible; not that it is written in a spirit of unkindness, but indiscretion. The difference in practice is to be regretted, but the governing Masonic bodies of each country must be respected. The representative system, PROPERLY conducted, might tend to some good. It could hardly be expected that the English Chapters in Canada should adopt the American system, any more than that the American Chapters should conform to the English ritual. We refrain from further remarks.

L. H. will accept our thanks for a very pleasing letter on the subject of some remarks that appeared in the American Masonic Register of December last. Such testimony of our utility is gratifying to our "amour propre;" and we shall endeavour to deserve the continuance of our correspondent's approbation.

The remarks of the EDITOR are not unfair; but it is clear that he is not yet wide awake enough even to guess at our American correspondent.

NEW YORK.-We are pleased to learn that our illustrious Brother Ed. A. Raymond, Esq., has been appointed by the Supreme Grand Council 33° for England and Wales, the representative of that illustrious body for the northern jurisdiction of the United States; and that the illustrious Bro. Henry Udall, Esq., of London, has received a corresponding appointment from the American Council. These appointments will tend to render felicitous the fraternal relations of these distinguished Masonic authorities.

BOSTON, Nov. 11.—The dedication of the new Masonic Hall, in the Masonic Temple, took place, on which occasion the Brethren of the city and neighbourhood attended in great numbers-the hall was completely filled; Brethren of all degrees attended, from the Craft to the thirtythird. The M, W. Grand Master, Bro. S. W. Robinson, Esq., most impressively performed the ceremony of consecration, during which appropriate parts of the "Masonic Melodies" were sung by the choir; and a dedicatory prayer was offered up to the throne of Grace by the Grand Chaplain. The Rev. Brother, Albert Case, then delivered an address of great beauty and excellence; and after a benediction by the reverend and venerable Brother, Dr. Esa Eaton (78), the Grand Lodge retired to their room and the Brethren to their homes.

The expense already incurred is about three thousand dollars, a sum well laid out in very admirable improvements.

The address of the M. W. Past Grand Master, Peabody, is a masterly one-it grapples earnestly with much subject matter of grave importance, and most emphatically urges the consideration of a general Grand Lodge, as a means of securing uniformity in work and action throughout the union. We could wish the address circulated throughout the world. The same august Brother delivered a most excellent address on the installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.—A new Masonic Hall has been opened here under the happiest auspices.

INDIA.

The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are-Messrs LATTEY, BROTHERS & CO., Government-place; and Messrs. THACKER & Co., St Andrew's Library.

The Freemasons of India have again resolved to raise a subscription in aid of the suffering poor of Ireland. The subscriptions will amount to five thousand pounds, exclusive of large sums from wealthy Hindoos of high caste, who have latterly been admitted into the Order, by authority of the Grand Lodge of England.

MADRAS.-The Lodge Social Friendship (326) have circulated an appeal to the Craft at large, soliciting its aid in the erection of a Masonic hall. The claims to public attention are made with due consideration, and will, we hope, be met with liberality, and sure we are that abundant success would have attended the appeal, but that the case of the millions now suffering by famine and disease will absorb the means, even of the generous. Among the principal claims to public sympathy is, that as their Lodge must close, from circumstances, unless a new hall be erected, nine widows and their families will be thrown helpless on the world-may such calamity be averted!

Extract from Correspondence, Dec. 31.-" Dear Brother,-Madras has suffered very much this quarter by the breaking up of the S. W. monsoon on the 21st and 22nd of October last. The rivers overflowed, the streets were inundated, tanks were burst, bridges carried away, and thousands of the poor made houseless. Lives were lost, and more damage done to life and property by the raging of the elements, whilst the gale continued, than by any similar visitation for thirty years past. The fort was under water to the depth of from four to seven feet in some places, and our Lodge-rooms were flooded to the depth of about three and a-half feet, destroying and damaging more or less our records, books in the library, dresses, and furniture, belonging to the various degrees of Arch, Craft, and Chivalric Masonry.

"The Lodge has made an appeal to the Masonic world for aid, a copy of which was forwarded to you, and hopes are entertained that you will use your utmost exertions to forward the good cause.

"Although this Lodge suffered so much, yet it stood forward the first of all the Madras Lodges to aid the sufferers by the flood, subscribing fifty rupees out of its relief fund for their assistance; thus maintaining the pure principles of Masonry, seeking solace in distress by affording relief and consolation to the afflicted in the dark hour of their trouble.

HONG KONG. The progress of the Craft in this colony, by the laudable exertions of a zealous and indefatigable Brother, viz., Bro. Lieutenant Leigh Lambert, of H. M. S. Vestal, is most satisfactory. A Loʻlge has been established and profitably worked to the honour and comfort of the originators, as well as to the great benefit of all in the vicinity of this hallowed middle chamber.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Sermons. By the Rev. Dr. N. M. Adler. Longmans and Co.

On the occasion of his installation into office as chief rabbi of Great Britain, Dr. Adler preached his inaugural sermon at the great synagogue, on the 8th July, 1845. This discourse has been translated by Dr. Vanoven. It made, as may be well supposed, a very favourable impression on the congregation, and, in the language of the translator, was at once elegant, powerful, and persuasive. The preacher observed, that he entered on his office with the following purposes :-To walk in the ways of God-truly to maintain His law-to superintend the institutions for elucation to watch over the places of worship-and lastly, with a deep hope to make his way into the hearts of his flock. The subject matter of his discourse treated on all these points, and doubtless affected his bearers, who for the first time listened to their new pastor. The conclusive prayer to the Father of all is an invocation worthy of the sacred calling of Dr. Adler.

The Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers. Edited by the Rev. G. Oliver, D.D. Spencer.

The first volume of this interesting miscellany has closed appropriately with the republication of the paper by the late Rev. Bro. Daniel Turner, "On the Value of Masonic Secrets;" the editor's notes thereon are as usual explicit and valuable. Dr. Oliver has commenced a new volume, with an introduction (by himself), on the social position of symbolical Masonry in the eighteenth century. The following quotation from an address by the late Duke of Sussex, gives it additional interest.

"I have endeavoured all through my Masonic career to bring into Masonry the great fact, that from the highest to the lowest, all should feel convinced that the one could not exist without the other. Every Mason owes respect to the recognised institutions of society, and the higher his station, the more is required of him. The great power of Masonry is the example-the chain extends from the highest to the lowest, and if one link shall break, the whole is endangered.'

The existing Remains of the Ancient Britons within a small district between Lincoln and Sleaford; in a Letter to Sir Edward Ffrench Bromhead, Bart. By the Rev. G. Oliver, D.D. Spencer.

In tracing out the vestiges of antiquity, there must exist a peculiar and intuitive power in the antiquarian, that settles itself down into a kind of grammar, from which emanate those elements that imperceptibly find their way into the minds of others, and thus create a deep feeling for research into the past. Can the leisure, which more or less is enjoyed by all, be better employed than in examining the records of the Creator through the march of His great agent, Time? In his present effort Dr. Oliver has lost none of his high reputation, but has added a link to the chain of knowledge by which he has inseparably connected himself with the age in which he lives.

The American Masonic Register. Hoffman, New York.

We appear to have lucklessly fallen under the displeasure of our contemporary, inasmuch as we have been misunderstood in some of our