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chapter to constitute Chapter Morning Star was then read and handed to the Grand Superintendent , who thereupon installed Comp . George O'Donnell in the three chairs , to enable him to fill the chair of P . Z . of the new chapter . AVith this the proceedings of the evening closed . The Freemasons' Hall at Rangoon is a brick building , designed in the form of a Tuscan temple , 95 ft . by 35 ft ., with the front so arranged as to form a porch for carriages to drive under , in the same way as the

Metcalfe Hall in Calcutta is contrived . This building is being erected at almost the sole expense of the Lodge Star of Burmah , assisted only by such casual subscriptions as visiting brethren may feel inclined to give . The cost of the Hall will be about 15 , 000 rupees . On the following evening a chapter was again held , and ALE . Principal George M'Donnell , Z ., assisted by M . E . Principals Richards and Duncan , P . H . ' s , installed Comp . Berrill in the chairs of J . and H ., and Comp . Dr . John Dawson in the

chair of J . A pplications were received for exaltation from eleven brethren ; but it was decided to defer conferring the degree until such time as the arrangements for holding chapter could be made more complete than they were just then .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . ALEX . ROBERTSON . PROVINCIAL GRAND TYLER FOR SUFFOLK . AVe regret to announce the death , of Bro . Alexander Boberfcsou , which occurred on tho 4 th inst ., at the age of 59 . He has been connected with . Masonry for a period extending over thirty years , and was , at the time of his

decease , Prov . G . Tyler for the province of Suffolk—an office he has honourably filled for many years . He was also Tyler for the British Union , St . Luke , Perfect Friendship , and Prince of AVales Lodges , in Ipswich . He was a man who was deservedly respected by all with whom he was brought into contact , and especially so by the Masonic brethren of Suffolk . His funeral took place

at the cemetery on Wednesday , the 11 th inst ., when members of the various lodges in the town attended to pay their last tribute of respect to so excellent a brother . The service was performed by the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , Prov . G-. Chap ., assisted by the Rev . Charles Ward , of St . Nicholas Church . The deceased leaves a widow and family .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

Wines and other Fermented Liquors ; from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time . By JAMES RICHMOND SHEEN . London .- Robert Hardwicke . The author of this useful and comprehensive little work truly states that those already existing on the subject are too voluminous and expensive for general use . Mr . Sheefi commences with an account of the

wines of the ancients , an early history of the vines and the climates suitable to its growth , not forgetting that there have been , and still are , some celebrated vineyards in this country , though our climate will not allow of our becoming producers of wiuo as an article of commerce—of course we do not regard the so-called British wines as worthy of the name . The chapter on wines

chemically considered , with their adulteration , will be read with interest by all consumers of fermented liquors , whilst the list of writers who have written in praise or dispraise of wine shows how popular a theme it has been in all times . The wines of France , Spain , Portugal , Germany , Italy , Hungary , and of all the various countries which produce anything that can be fairly

considered as coming under the denomination are concisely treated of ; and tho author brings to bear upon the subject a fund of information , backed by competent authorities , which renders this portion of the work of great value to the general reader . Valuable as is the work as regards the history and proper management o

wine , it is no less so respecting tho more national beva rage—malt liquors , which are nowhere so well understood as in England , Allsopp and Bass having become household words throughout the world . British and foreign spirits have a chapter devoted to their consideration ; and . though we do not expect that this work will ever become popular with the Band of Hope , who would

deprive all men of the enjoyments of the cheering glass , we can strongly recommend it to those who think , with , the author , that a glass of good wine or of sparkling October is not to be despised nor foreswoi'n because there are some men in society who do not know how to use it .

Lucas ' s Tables for Finding the Longitude by the Meridian Altitude at Sea without the Aid of a Chronometer . By WILLIAM LUCAS . Swansea Journal Office . This is a highly valuable work to a large class of our brethren—those who live upon the ocean , and whose bread is derived from the navigation of the seas . The author informs us that his plan is based on " simple

calculations , found to be correct by my own experience in the conduct of valuable ships and propert } 7 at sea ; " and , moreover , Capt . Sopwith , with whom Mr . Lucas sailed as mate to and from the AYest Indies , for the purpose of testing the system , recommends it to mariners , behaving found ifc to correspond with his chronometer . Mr . Lucas ' s modus operandi is first to ascertain the altitude at noon

by means of the gradient or sextant , and next , the mean time at Greenwich , by woi'king the altitude back from tho latitude at Greenwich . He then takes the polar distance and the latitude at Greenwich , and with the altitude works as in the old form . Ho next takes the secant and co-sccant , co-sine and sine , as iu the system generally in use . He then takes ( when south 45 ° ) half the meridian

altitude at noon , and , correcting it with the latitude and polar distance , half sum and remainder , works in the same way as in finding the mean time at Greenwich . This gives the apparent time at ship , and applying the equation as in the old system , brings it to the mean time at ship . The difference between the mean time at ship and mean time at Greenwich is the longitude . All this

is explained and illustrated by a series of examples which have evidently been prepared with great care ; and however involved the rule of work may appear to be , when reduced to figures it becomes remarkably simple . To the work are attached a series of logarithms for working the system , and a calendar , showing the sun ' s declination at noon , equation of time , hig h water at London

Bridge , & c , for the year . The volume is excellently got up , and Mr . Lucas is much indebted to the editor and compiler ( Mr . J . C . Manning ) for tho way in which he has produced it .

The Railway , Mining , Insurance , and Commercial Almanach . London : Railway Record Office . Excepting the popular companion to the Almanack , wo know of no work of the kind worthy to be compared with that now before us . Comprehensive as is the title , it tells but little the nature of the contents , which comprise not only the usual information of an almanack ; with

a summary of the leading events of the past year , but well written aud carefully prepared statistical essays on cotton supply , mines and mining , railways at home and abroad , agriculture aud agricultural machinery , financial and joint-stock companies , banks and banking , trade and finance , and , in short , something of interest to every class of the community .

Abbott , Barton , and Go ' s Almanacls . London : Abbott , Barton , and Co . This is a short almanack , issued by the well-known advertising agents whose name it bears . It will bear a fair comparison with other short almanacks , and is of greater use than the majority , which are issued a little