Consecration Of Lodge St. John, No. 2280, Saugor, Bombay.

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed "The Consecrating Officer and his Assistants , " thanking them most sincerely for coming some 600 miles to consecrate the lodge , with the last 75 along an unbridged road with several streams to cross , and said he hoped they would never have to be ashamed of the last-born offering of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay he had brought into the world of light that evening .

The D . D . G . M ., in a humorous reply , stated that one of the unbridged streams referred to was called the Herbuddah , and went oh to propose <•The Healih of the W . M . " in felicitous terms . The W . M . thanked the brethren for the very kind way in which the toast had been received , and in quoting the charge— " May every Mason

reach the summit of his ambition —said that his ambition with regard to Craft Masonry was reached , and promised to do his utmost to promote the prosperity of the lodge . " The Initiates" was proposed by the W . M ., and replied to by Bros . Rushton and Even .

The W . M . then proposed "The Officers , " and , taking an illustration from the much admired Tracing Board , said that he hoped that their successors in looking on the pillar of wisdom , would say they were wise in forming the lodge ; and on the pillar of strength , that they were strong in

unity in doing so ; and when looking on the pillar of beauty , he hoped they would be able to boast of as much personal beauty as would be seen in the p hotograph taken that evening , and would also strive to arrive at that perfection of moral beauty which every Freemason ought to strive after . The WARDENS replied in appropriate terms .

The W . M . then proposed "The Health of Bro . Blaker , who was to have been Treasurer , but was ordered away on service to the Black Mountain , and wished him a speedy and safe return . Bro . BLAKER thanked the brethren for their kindness . The Tyler ' s toast and " Auld Lang Syne " terminated a very pleasant and harmonious evening .

Inauguration Of A District Grand Chapter For Malta.

INAUGURATION OF A DISTRICT GRAND CHAPTER FOR MALTA .

On Tuesday , the 23 rd October , a special convocation of the Melita Chapter , No . 349 ( E . C ) , was held at 27 , Strada Stretta , Valetta , for the purpose of installing Comp . Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dist . G . M . and

P . G . Supt . of the Punjab , as G . Superintendent . for Malta . The chapter was opened by its Principals and all companions admitted . Comp . W . Watson , P . Z ., then assumed the chair , for the purpose of performing the installation ceremony .

Comp . Col . Ramsay having announced his arrival , the Installing Officer directed two P . Z . ' s to retire and receive the patent . This was done , and , after examination , the J . O . instrncted a deputation of six P . Z . ' s to retire and conduct the Grand Superintendent designate to the body of the chapter .

Comp . WATSON delivered an elaborate address , and with great solemnity invested and inducted Comp . Col . M . Ramsay as the ist Grand Superintendent for Malta . The newly-installed Grand Superintendent was then saluted .

Comp . RAMSAY next announced that he had selected Comps . Watson , P . Z ., and Yeoman , P . Z ., to fill the office of 2 nd and 3 rd District Grand Principals respectively , and immediately proceeded to invest and induct them accordingly , with the usual formalities . They were then saluted . Comp , G . Segond , P . Z ., D . G . Treas ., was unanimously elected D . G . Treasurer .

The following first appointments were then announced , and those present duly invested : — Comp . J . Montgomery , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . G . S . E . „ W . Rariente . P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . G . S . N . „ G . Segond , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . G . Treas . „ G . P . Stephens , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . G . Reg .

„ D . Cooper , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . G . P . S . „ J . C . Stanley , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . 1 st A . G . S . „ J . " v ? . Starkey , P . Z . ... ... ... Dist . 2 nd A . G . S . „ F . Gardiver , Z . 515 ... ... ... Dist . G . Swd . Br . „ S . Leonard , H . 515 ... ... ... Dist . G . Std . Br . „ J . May , S . E . 340 ... ... ... Dist . G . D . of C .

„ W . Hughes , S . E . 407 ... ... ... •Dist . A . G . D . of C . „ F . Seaton , 515 ... ... ... Dist . G . Org . „ J . Linning , S . E . 515 ... ... ... Dist . A . G . S . E . „ R . N . Beck , Dist . G . Tyler ... ... Dist . G . Janitor .

Comp . the GRAND SUPERINTENDENT , in an eloquent and comprehensive address , duly declared the District Grand Chapter of Malta solemnly constituted , formed , and opened . By-laws for the district were then adopted , the Committee of General Purposes appointed , and District Grand Chapter solemnly closed .

The companions then sat down to an excellently appointed cold collation , at which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and received with great enthusiasm .

HERDER , J . G . VON . —The well-known German Philosophical and religious writer , poet , and essayist , and , at one time , an eloquent preacher . Jn 1778 and 1779 he issued the " Volkslieder , " etc , and in 1780 , " Briefe u ° er das studium der Theologie , " " Vom Ceist der hebraischen Poesie , " ! , 72 . In 1871 he also published " Ideen zur Philosoohie der Geschichte

oer ^ Menscheit , " and , ten years later , " Brief zur Forderung der Humani-}?*¦•His works have been much read , and in Germany are thought very 'ghly of . As a Freemason , he issued a Masonic iournal , " Adrastea . "

iip ' . three pamphlets . In "Adrastea , " his " Fama Fraternitatis , " rreimaurer , " " Ueber den Zweck der Freimaurerei , " and " Gesprache fwischen Faust , Horst , und Linda , " appeared . He seems to have been jnade a Mason at Riga , in the Lodge " Zum Schwert , " in 1766 . He was in

orn in ij ^ j died 1803 . In 1844 , his centennial , addresses and p otions were made about him in many German Lodges . " Herder als ¦ " eimaurer , " by Heinrich Hurtzel , is known to some English brethren . — wntng ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry .

United Grand Lodge Of New South Wales.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES .

INSTALLATION OF LORD CARRINGTON . The installation of his Excellency Lord Carrington as Grand Master of

the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales took place on September i 8 th , in the Exhibition Building , Prince Alfred Park , in the presence of a vast assemblage of Masons , and under circumstances which made the ceremony the most imposing , and the spectacle the most striking , ever

witnessed in the history of Masonry in this or any other of the Australian colonies . Great trouble and expense had been incurred in the efforts of the Ceremonial Committee to decorate and furnish the interior of the building in an attractive and fitting manner ; and the general effect which the decorations and the furniture presented to the view was very complete and

pleasing . Suitable Masonic emblems and devices , worked in flowers , or upon shields , and surrounded or surmounted with palm branches or terns , and artistically grouped flags , ornamented the pillars which support the gallery , and appeared also in pretty relief upon drapery which Had been hung underneath the gallery and along the walls on either side , and

extended trie length of the building in such a manner as to impart an attractive aspect to the spaces on the east and west of the nave , as well as to the nave itself . Over the diis , on which during the ceremony the Grand Master and other high officers of the Cralt were seated , nad been placed the arms or insignia of the United Grand Lodge , encircled in a setting of

flags , and directly facing it from the front ot the southern end of the gallery were the arms of Great Britain , also in the midst of a grouping of flags . Festoons of green leaves hung all round the nave from pillar to pillar , and underneath the gallery ; and these , with the palm branches , the brightly coloured flags , and the floral emblems and devices , produced throughout a

contrast of colour and a gracefulness of arrangement which gave quite a gala appearance to the building , and at the same time did not in any respect trangress the principles of good taste . The nave of the building was mrnished for the purposes of the ceremonial as a Grand Lodge room , and upon the dais were the chairs for the Grand Lodge officers , the visiting officers of

high position in the Order , and for the choir , composed of members of the Liedertafel Societies . Close to the choir , and on the right side of the dais , was the organ , which had been specially lent for the occasion by the Hon . R . H . D . White , M . L . C , and which , presided over by Bro . A . Ghede , together with the choir , under the conductorship of Bro . Rivers Allpress , did much

towards the success of the evening ' s proceedings . The Articles of Union and the jewels , which during the course of the ceremony were handed to the United Grand Lodge officers , were prominently displayed in front of the dais , and near this point arrangements had been made for the seating

of all Masons of high rank , and not officers ot the United Grand Lodge . The provision made for seating those who attended to take part in or witness the proceedings was very extensive , and , on the whole , very satisfactory .

Over 4000 chairs were available . W . M . s , P . M . s , Wardens , Secretaries , and Treasurers of lodges sat in one division ; Grand Lodge officers elect , and Past Grand and District Grand Lodge officers in another ; the dais was reserved for members of visiting Grand Lodges , Past Grand Masters , and Past District and Deputy Grand Masters , and the remainder of the

space in the building , principally under the gallery , was occupied by junior officers of lodges and the brethren generally . On some reserved seat close to the dais sat his Honour Sir Frederick Darley , C . J ., his Honour Mr . Justice Windeyer , his Honour Mr . Justice Foster , the Hon . J . F . Burns , Colonial Treasurer , and the Mayor of Sydney ( Alderman John Harris ) in his mayoral robes .

The building began to be crowded soon after five o ' clock , and at the time the proceedings of the evening commenced—soon after six—there was a great assemblage present , filling the floor of the building and thickly

lining the railings of the gallery . Every person was , of course , a Mason , and dressed in Masonic regalia , and the whole scene was very picturesque and striking . The lodge was opened by Bro . Dr . Tarrant , Pro G . M ., Bro . W . H . Simpson , P . D . G . M ., acting as S . G . W ., and Bro . H . E . Vaughan , P . D .

G . M ., as J . G . W ., and the proceedings having in this manner begun , the choir sung an appropriately worded opening hymn . At the conclusion of this hymn , Grand Lodge officers from other Grand Lodges were announced , and , having entered , were received with Grand Lodge honours . First came the Deputy G . M . of Queensland under the Irish Constitution ; then the

G . M . of Queensland under the Scotch Constitution ; following him the G . M . of Victoria , accompanied by his Grand Lodge officers ; and finall y the G . M . of South Australia and his Grand Lodge officers . The G . M . of South Australia , his Honour Chief Justice Way , was informed by the Pro G . M . that it was the united desire of the Craft that he should perform

the ceremony of installing the G . M ., and the G . M . of South Australia having accepted the honour , he directed the reading of the certificate of Lord Carrington ' s election as M . W . G . M . of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales as the authority for his installation . A few minutes afterwards the G . M . elect , accompanied by his officers , entered and received

a Masonic ovation , the choir and the assemblage singing the lollowing anthem : God , our Grand Master bless , With health and happiness ,

So mote it be . May He our Craft defend , Long may His rule extend , Our Master , Guide , and Friend , So mote it be .