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read and confirmed . All brethren who had not passed the chair having been called upon to retire , the installation ceremony was proceeded with , Bros . Maitland , Lorenz , Venn , Joseph , and Rains , P . M . ' s , and Bro . Scott , W . M ., assisting . On its conclusion the brethren present were re-admitted , ancl they saluted the chair according to ancient custom . After which , the following officers were invested : — Bro . J . Maitland I . P . M .

„ H . M . Evans S . W . „ C Kriekenbeck J . W . „ C . A . Lorenz Treas . „ S . Griener Sec . „ Dundas Mouat S . D . « „ O'Halloran J . D . „ W . H . Herbert I . G . „ Ludekens Steward . „ Mitchell Tyler .

The business of the evening having been gone through , the lodge was closed in love , peace , and harmony , and the brethren retired to the club room , where about forty sat down to an excellent supper , which the stewards had provided and ivhich was served on three tables , at the upper end of which the new W . M . presided . Justice having been done to the fare , the chairman after drinking wine with his officers , rose to propose the first toast . It was one which nothing he could say would

add any lustre to , or make more acceptable to the Masonic Craft . He was about to ask them to drink to one , every phase of whose life proved her possessed in an unusual degree of all tbe qualities that adorn woman ; whether as a wife , as a mother , or as the Queen and ruler of the country which they were all proud to call their own . History did not tell them of a monarch whose life had been so pure , whose morals had been so strict , and the whole tenor of whose career bad been so befitting as her ' s . He would give them "The Queen . "

Song— " God save the Queen . " The " Prince and Princess of Wales ancl the rest of the Royal Family " was then proposed , in fitting terms , from tho chair , and Bros . Nicholls and Ephraims sang"God bless tbe Prince of Wales . " The ' . Chairman said the toast he was now about to propose would particularly come home to the hearts of Masons , and it

ivas one to which they could not do too much honour , —it was " The three Graud Masters and the Craft , pure ancl ancient . " He considered it fortunate that they had at the head ' of the respective constitutions , two noblemen so distinguished for all Masonie virtues , and one private gentleman of high reputation and unblemished character . The Craft was ancient and pure , and he did most earnestly hope that every Mason would prove himself ivorthy of his membership thereinbefore the outward

, world . In a place like Ceylon especially , where there were many ready to jeer and scoff at Masonry , members should be careful not to give any occasion for misrepresentation of the Order . Then , and then only , would Masonry regain the position it once held in Ceylon . It was said that there were some brothers in the island who had not discovered themselves as such , but this was not a matter for regret , because , however

high their social position might be , it would add nothing to the lustre of the Order , of which those present were humble members . In time past even governors hael not thought it derogatory to their dignity to mingle with their Masonic brethren ; and should the time ever again arrive when a governor of Ceylon ivould boast that he was a Mason , it would be particularly incumbent on all Masons so to act before the world that he should not have cause to feel ashamed of the connection . Ho

proposed the health of the three distinguished members of English ] society , the three Grand Masters , who fulfilled all the conditions he would wish Masons in Ceylon to exhibit , and the Craft pure and ancient . Bro . Maitland said it devolved upon him to propose what might be properly called the toast of the evening , and it was exceedinglfortunate for him that no introduction was

y necessary to insure a bumper being drunk to the health of the new brother , Captain Gorman , and prosperity to tho Sphinx Lodge . Bro . Gorman was well known to all tho members of the lodge for his zeal and ability as a Mason , ancl of his popularity they had a convincing proof in the large attendance of the brethren to celebrate his installation . He wished him every success as the ruler of the Sphinx , and concluded by calling upon

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the brethren to drink "The health of their new Worshipful Master . " Bro Gorman , W . M ., returned thanks ancl remarked that he had a true and heartfelt respect for every brother who acted np to the true principles of Masonry , but the Craft would not thrive in Ceylon whilst some brethren displayed lukewarmness , others coldness , and apathy on the subject , feelings which betrayed a want of knowledge of the real nature of Masonry . Fortunately ,

hoAA'ever , ° the Sphinx Loclge had passed the stage when it cared for additions to its numbers . It was a matter of indifference now whether others joined its ' ranks , thongh it would be of course a subject of congratulation when good men desired to join . The chairman said he had one more toast that could not be passed over , "The health of the retiring W . M . and Officers . " It was not often that a large loclge like the Sphinx could afford to re-elect its chief officer ; it had been done in the case of Bro .

Col . Maydwell , a very efficient ancl much respected Master , and it had been clone again in tho case of Bro . Maitland . The flourishing state of the lodge , which Bro . Maitland justly regarded as the reward of his labours , was the best proof that the confidence of the electing brethren had not been misplaced . There were few left in the island who knew Bro . Maitland so well as the speaker did , and it afforded him peculiar pleasure to have the opportunity of naming an old friend in connection

with the toast . Bro . Maitland returned thanks for the very complimentary terms in which he had been spoken of by Bro . Gorman , and the very cordial manner in which his name had been received by the

brethren . The remarks of the W . M . had led him to consider there were two epochs in his life for whicli he ivould ever look with sincere pleasure . They were the time when he was called upon to partake in the glories of the Crimean war and the period he had filled the chair ofthe chief loclge in the island . He was under a deep debt of gratitude to the brethren in general ancl to the officers in particular for the unqualified support and assistance he had uniformly received from them .

He had promised to do his duty to the utmost of his skill and ability in the interests of the lodge , and he considered himself amplyrewarded by their hearty appreciation of his services . Bros . Ferdinands and Larkum returned thanks on behalf of tha officers of the lodge . Bro . Lorenz proposed the sister lodges of St . John and Serendib . It did not require a speech from him , he said , to ensure a cordial reception ofthe toast . St . John's was the oldest lodge hi "the

island , and as such it deserved the sympathy of the Sphinx , It had originally existed under the Dutch constitution , and under tbe same name , and he , of all Masons present , had peculiar reason to to think and speak kindly of St . John's , as his father had heen initiated into Freemasonry in it . The Serendib was an offspring of the Sphinx , and he hoped the ties that bound the mother-lodge to the child-lodge ivould never be broken . Bro . Bischoff retuiired thanks .

Bro . Feminands proposed "TheVisitors . " Bro . Joseph , P . M ., returned thanks . The tyler's toast having been drunk in solemn silence , the brethren separated in peace and harmony at half-past eleven , o ' clock .

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REVIEWS .

The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham and , tha Vicinage . By GEORGE MAIIKIIAII TWEDDELL , F . S . A , Scot , & c , & c . London : John Russell Smith , 36 , Soho-sqnare . Manchester : Abel Heyivood , Oldhamsfcreefc . The fourth part of Bro . Tweddell ' s work has reached us , and it is quite equal in interest to the preceding

numbers . It contains the biographies of Francis Mewburn , a local celebrity , and a man of considerable culture , as ivell as philanthropy ; of Lionel Charlton , author of The History of Whitby , and of Whitby Abbey , collected from- the Original Itecords of the Abbey , ancl other Authentic Memoirs , never before made public ,- and of John Jackson , of Rndby , a celebrated classical and mathematical teacher , as well as a poet of no inconsiderable standina- .