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SUSSEX . LEIVES . —South Saxon Lodge ( 390 ) . —The installation ( ivifch banquet following ) of Bro . AV . li . Ciiifcfcerden as AV . M . of this lodge , took place on Wednesday last , a report of which will appear in our next impression . AVARWICKSHIRE .

AA ABAVicic . —Shatspeare Dodge , ( No . 356 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of the members of this lodge Avas held at the AVanvick Arms Hotel , on Tuesday the 9 th inst ., when there ivas a good attendance—Bro . C . W . Elkington , Deputy Prov . G . M ' . ivas present , and there were also present—Bro . J . Mac-hen , AV . M . ; H . Blenkeusop , P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; G . J . Kain , P . Prov . G . Sec ; Rev . T . B . Dickens , Prov . G . Chaplain ; J . Rose , P . M . ; F . Tibbets , S . AV . ; AA . H . PayfconG . M . ; Rev . H . B . FaulknerJ . D . ; Rev . G . F . Clark ; E . G .

, , Miintz ; G . M . Heathcote ; C . Redfeni ; B . C . Heath , Sec ; William Green ; and John Purser . Bro . J . Wright , of the Royal Somerset House , ancl Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , P . G . S ., was also present as a visitor . The lodge was opened in due form by the AV . M . The Dep . Prov . G . M . then took the chair , and expressed the pleasure ivhich he felt in meeting fche Shakspeare Lodge , the first in the province ivhich he had visited since his appointment . After examining fche minutes of fche lodge , which lie approved and

passed , the D . Prov . G . M . vacated the chair , ivhich was taken by Bro . Machen , AV . M . The business of the evening was then proceeded with , and the Rev . Thos . Peters , curate of St . Nicholas , Warwick , and Lieut . Edward Edwards , Adjutant of the 2 nd Battalion of AVarwickshire Volunteer Rifles , were severally introduced and initiated into Masonry . The ceremony was performed in each case by the AV . M ., Bro . J . Machen , in his usual able and impressive style . The lodge ivas closed in perfect harmony at nine o ' clock .

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COLONIAL .

GIBRALTAR . INHABITANTS' LOD & E ( 178 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , 1 st October , with an interesting business paper before it . Bro . Gorham , W . M ., presided , Bros . Jackson , S . AV ., and AVilkinson , J . AV ., assisting at their respective columns , and about sixty brethren being present , among AA-IIOUI we noticed the following P . M . s and visitors : —Bro . Bueno , AV . M . 132 ; Bros . Taylor , P . M . 132 ; Warrell , P . M , 178 ; Riera , P . M . 178 ; Ingram , P . M . 3-15 ,

( 178 ); Major Middleton , P . M ., 611 ( 178 "W . M ., 322 G . R . J . ); Bueno , Jun . ; Garcia , Romero , and others from No . 132 ; Yiesolm , 654 ; and several from 325 G . R . J . The lodge having been opened , Bro . Capt . Tewarfc , No . 345 , and Bro . Viesohn , 654 , were unanimously elected joining members of the lodge , and Lieut . Bradford , ( Her Majesty's 8 fch , the King ' s Regiment , ) as a candidate . The latter was then regularly admitted into Masonry , after which the propriety of introducing music into the ceremonies of this lodge

was considered , anel being highly approved of , it was determined that a harmonium should be purchased ; and Bro . Viesohn , having kindly undertaken to act as organist , he ivas authorised to select an instrument . A grant of money to the widow of a P . M . in another lodge in the garrison , to the widow of a late member of this lodge , and it sum of 25 dols . towards the relief and passage home of a clistressed brother from America , having been voted , the lodge was closed , Avhen , about forty of the brethren sat down to an excellent supper , and , having spent a short time in the interchange of raternalsentiments , intersiiersedwifchappropriate songs , they bro tight this very pleasant meeting to a close about 11 p . m .

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Masonry seems to have received an impetus at the Cape of Good Hope during Prince Alfred ' s -visit . At Cape Town the Craft made a loyal demonstration . At King AVilliam Town they laid the foundation-stone of a new Masonic Hall . At Graham ' s Town the Albany , No . 545 , has invoke out of sleep , anel assisted by a number of non-members , managed to make a very respectable procession afc the laying the foundation-stone of " Alfred ' s Tower" And now a

. new Avarrant has been applied for at Graham ' s Town , the first AV . M . to he B . Comp . Gen . Drake , C . B ., P . M . of Lodges No . 712 ancl 753 , P . 1 ) . Prov . G . M . AA ' est Australia , whose past exertions and energetic activity in the cause of Masonry , in Australia and Gibraltar , argue well for the future of the new lod ge and of Masonry in South Africa generally . £ 80 was subscribed and sent home at once for -warrant , jewels , & c .

NORTH AMERICA . VICTORIA , BRITISH COLUMBIA . — AVe take great pleasure in announcing that a Masonic Lodge , under the " name of Victoria Lodge , No . 1085 , has been recently organized in Victoria . This is the first lodge of the . Order ever est-. vbiUlied here , or in fact , in any

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part of the British possessions in the Pacific . The charter was obtained from the Grand Lodge of England . The petition for the charter was forwarded to England in December , 1858 , but oiving to some imforuiality , and to the charter being " sent out via Cape Horn , nearly eighteen months expired before it arrived . Since its arrival the installation of officers has been delayed for some time , in order to suitably fit up the lodge room . The manner in AA'hich that has been done reflects great credit on the Order ; in fact ,

there are few Masonic Halls on the Pacific coast better furnished , or more in keeping- with fche ancient landmarks of the fraternity . The officers ivere installed by P . M . Robert Buraaby , assisted by P . M . Henry Aquilar , of H . M . S . Grappler . The names of the office bearers are J . J . Southgate , AV . M . ; George Pearkes , S . AV . ; AVm . Jeffray , J . AV . ; J . N . Hain , Treas . ; A . de Cosmos , Sec . ; AVm . H . Thain , S . D . ; K . Gambitz , J . D . ; L . Franklin , I . G . ; J . li . McDonald , Tyler .

NEAV ZEALAND . ATJCEXAXD . —A new Freemasons' Hall is about to be built here . The front elevation will he constructed in tAvo orders—the loivei story or ground floor being in the Doric , and the upper story in the Ionic order of architecture . The front will be relieved by a highly wrought pediment , supported by graceful pilasters . Colonial sandstone is the material of which the building is to be constructed . To take away that disagreeable appearance of sameness which

sometimes attaches to large buildings , the front elevation of the ground floor will he in the rustic style , and the front elevation of the first floor in rubbled stone . Five semicircular-headed windows in the first story , and four square-headed windows in the ground floor will suffice to light the interior of the building from the front . The total height of the front elevation is to be 60 feet , by a width of 57 feet . The great hall will be upstairs , and a most roomy one it will be , judging from its area , which will occupy the ivhole of

the first floor . It measures 73 feet long , 50 feet wide , and 30 feet high . On the ground floor will be two lodge-rooms measuring 35 feet by 22 feet , and a supper-room 35 feet by 20 feet . It is unnecessary to state there is to be a capacious vestibule , neat cloak rooms , and sundry out offices . This noble edifice is to cost £ 6000 , and is to be completed in ten months from the 4 th of April last . The architectural supervision of the building is in the hands of Mr . G . A .. Mansfield ; whilst the practical portion of the work is under

the control of Messrs . A . ancl S . Leveridge and Mr . Austin . The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday , June 13 . The brethren , under the different constitutions , assembled in large numbers iu front of the old hall , and walked in procession from that place to fche site of the new Hall in Clarence-street . The stone was laid with great ceremony , ancl in the afternoon there were two banquets to commemorate the occasion .

India.

INDIA .

POONA . —Dodge St . Andretv in the East ( No . 345 ) . — -This lodge helcl its regular monthly meeting afc the Masonic Hall , at the station on Monday the 20 th August , when there were present , the Hon . Bro . E . R . Bourke , in the chair , as W . M . ; Bros . F . <" ' Sherren , P . M . ; J . Dracuss , D . M . ; D . Hepworth , S . M . ; A . F . V < --vm , S . AV . ; F . Stevenson , J . AA . ; G . A . Summers , Sec . and Trea » . S . G- > rdoii , S . D . ; H . Brewer , J . D . ; G . McCullen , I . G . ; J . A . Rwl-ilL O . G . ; and Bros . A . S . BullCarpenterLidoHudsonPresscottGillin

, , , , , , Smith , Bayne , Letivitch , and Thomas . The lodge Avas opened in the E . A . D ., and a candidate ( Mr . A . Smith ) , having passed the ballot , Avas initiated into the ancient mysteries of i ? reemasonry . The lodge ivas then passed to the F . C . D ., and Bros . Presscott , Gillin , Smith , Lido , and Thomas having on examination been found qualified , were passed . The lodge on being raised to the Sublime degree of M . M ., Bros . Bayne ancl Let-witch ivere raised by Bro .

Dracus , the D . M ., The loelge was then lowered to the E . A . D ., for the despatch of business . Mr . AV . Calclougli was proposed for initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry , Bro . A . Smith for passing , and Bros . Gillin , G . Smith , and Thomas , fbr raising afc the next meeting of fche lodge . Bro . G . A . Summers then addressed the lodge , and said that it ivas ivith painful feelings that he rose to inform the W . M . and brethren , that duty called him away to Bombay , aud that in consequence the painful hour of resigning his office of Sec . anel

Treas ., and bidding the brethren adieu , had arrived ; that he ivould alw-ays , with a longing eye , look forward to see loelge St . Andrew ' s-in-the-East prospering , as in its ivelfare he hail a ttvely interest , for it Ai-asin that very room that li ght was imparted to him and invested with that badge ivhich Masons prized as more honourable , than the Star anel Garter , here it was that he listened with pleasing admiration to the beautiful emblems imparted to him , in connection with the Masonic Tools ; and here again it ivas , when he still further advanced , ha had his attention drawn to fchat centre , ivhich should be theanibitionof all Masons ; aud he hoped that