India.

Masters , iu the District Grand Lodge . On thc 27 th December , 1850 , Bro . King was appointed a Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Bengal , while I held a similar appointment for the N . W . provinces . In 1851 , when on the eve of departure for Australia , Bro . King was presented with a testimonial . The proceedings connected with this presentation having boon recorded in tho minutes of thc District Grand Lodge , I have to refer you for them to thc printed report of the quarterly communication hold on the 21 st March , 1851 , which I have appended to this paper . I

ivould 2 > ropose that tho expense to be incurred in giving effect to this resolution should be defrayed out of the funds of District Grand Lodge . Probably the numerous friends of the late Bro . King ivould prefer contributing towards the object ; but as it is intended to preservoihis memory in the District Grand Lodge , in ivhich his services were rendered for many years , aud iu which ho was held in high esteem , the expense should , I think , be most appropriately met from the general fund of the District Graud Lodge . " Carried unanimously . ..

Tho Prov . Grand Secretary being about to leave Calcutta for a time , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master announced the appointment ol : AV . Bro . F . C . Hoff ; Master of Lodge Courage with Humanity , No . 551 , to officiate in that capacity . ^ j . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master stated that he had , ivith much regret , accepted the resignations of Y . AY . Bro . Gray , Prov . G . Reg ., and AV . Bro . AVray , Prov . G . S . B . Bro . Gray having withdrawn from his Lodge as a subscribing member , tendered his resignation in March last , but it was

not then accepted by tho Deputy Prov . Grand Master , owing to his unwillingness to make any change in the offices of the District Grand Lodgo under the uncertainty of his own tenure of office ; but as it appears now that he is to continue acting for the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Gray ' s resignation has been accepted . Several brethren who had rendered meritorious services to the Craft , and who , by reason of their absence from Calcutta , were unable to hold office in tho District Graud Lodge , having been rewarded by tho Prov .

Grand Master b y having honorary rank conferred upon them , the Deputy l ? rov . Grand Master announced his intention of conferring the rank of a Past Prov . Junior Grand Warden on AA . Bro . Henry AVickham , P . M . of Lodge Star of Burmah , No . S 07 , ut Rangoon , in consideration of the valuable services ho had rendered , and the estimation in which he is held by the Craft . The Provincial Grand Treasurer ' s accounts for tho second quarter of 1859 were examined and found correct ; and on a motion made by AV . Bro . AVray , seconded by R . AV . Bro . Judge , the Provincial Graud Treasurer ' s accounts , as audited ,

were passed . Thc Deputy Provincial Grand Master intimated that , in the mutiny and massacre at Cawnporo in 1857 , the Lodge there—Harmony , No . 641—had been utterly annihilated ; but that an application has now been received by him for the revival of that Lodge . A letter was read from the W . M . of Lodge Courage with Humanity , No . 551 , dated Sth August , reporting the exclusion from that Lodge , of Bro , A \ . Merton , for inebriety aud conduct most unbecoming a Mason . This exclusion has been confirmed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master .

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master brought before tho District Grand Lodge a case ivhich had been forwarded to him b y R . AV . Bro . E . K . Money , Pro Deputy Provincial Grand Master , N . AV . P ., at Umballah , regarding tho unmasouic conduct of Bro . the Hon . AValter H .-u-bord , late a member of Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , No . ( . 73 , at Simla . It appeared that this young person after his initiation , had ( probably from a natural tendency to weakness of intellect ) allowed himself tube guilty of most unmasouic language with regard to thc Order and its ceremonies

, he having only received tho first degree . The AA . M . of No . 673 ( Bro . Hoghton ) ive regret to state did not display the firmness of a Hiram , nor the wisdom of a ruler in the Craft . He resigned his post without investigating the matter . Bro . Major J . C . Curtis , who succeeded , insisted upon explanations from Bro . H ' arbord ; when that very silly young person nas permitted to resign the Lodge , after having- expressed his regret at hurting the feelings ofthe members of the Lodgo . Ho continued to abuse thc Ordersaying that he hot-rayed no secretsand was

, , entitled to expressing opinion ; and this conduct having caused great scandal aud astonishment among non-Masons , the D . Prov . G . M . thought it his duty to bring the matter beforo the District Grand Lodge . After due consideration by a Committee of the District Grand Lodge , it was recommended that sentence of expulsion from thc Antient ancl Honourable Order be passed upon Bro . AVilliam Harbord . On a motion made by ii . W . Bro . Roberts , seconded by Bro . AV'hitteii , it was unanimously resolved , " That Bro . the Hon . AV . Harbord

be expelled from Freemasonry , for grossly unmasonic conduct , at Uniballa , on or about the 1 st June , 1859 , and subsequently . " Formal proclamation of Bro . Harbord ' s expulsion from Frcomasoniy ivas then mado b y the Provincial Grand Pursuivant . Bros . AV . Kh'kpati'iek aud E . M . Rebciro , who had been suspended from Masonic privileges at the last Provincial Grand Lodge , having been found still contumacious , the duration of the sentence was extended to tho next meeting of tho District Grand Lodge . Thc District Grand Lodge was then closed in antient and solemn form .

Australia.

AUSTRALIA .

SYDN'EY . CAMH _ . T _ . TOW . \ -. —A Grand MasonicBall was holden nt thc MasonicHall , Ganipbelltoivn , under the patronage of tho D , Prov . Grand Master and

Australia.

Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge of England , on Thursday , the 17 th November , being the anniversary of thc Southern Cross Masonic Lodge . Thc AVorshipful Master , Officers , and brethren of Lodges under the different constitutions in the colony , appeared in great numbers , and being in full costume , contrasting with that of tho non-Masons present , and the dresses of the ladies presented a very pleasing coup d ' ceil . The ball was well attended , and everything passed off in the greatest harmony .

South America.

SOUTH AMERICA .

PERU . The following letter appears in the American . Mirror and TKeystonci addressed to the editor : — " Callao , Nov . 27 , 1859 . —You will remember that in the year 1857 a considerable number of tho Masons of Lima and Callao , in consequence of the tyrannical acts of the Supreme . Grand Council , separated themselves from the jurisdiction of that body , and formed themselves into a Symbolic Grand Lodge . I have now the pleasure to inform you that a reunion has taken place between both partiesforiu

, , cousequence of repeated acts of oppression on the part of the Supreme Grand Council , all the Symbolic Lodges , Chapters , and Encampments working under their charters , separated themselves from that body ; after which they invited the former seceders to a general meeting , which was held on Sunday last , 20 th inst ., there being present about three hundred and fifty ofthe brethren of Lima and Callao , at which meeting the Masters aud Wardens of all the Lodges in this j urisdictiou—symbolic and otherwise—formed themselves into a Grand East , claiming for

themselves the jurisdiction of the whole Masonic body of Peru . They have appointed a committoo to frame a new constitution , to be based on liberal principles , which is afterwards to be submitted to the decision of the Grand East , for their approval or reform . But the old Supreme Grand Council , with a pel-severance worthy of a better cause , seem determined that the li g ht which has so long emanated from that body , shall not be snuffed out of existence without an expiring effort to reestablish their authority ; for , since thc secession of all their subordinate Lodges—they numbering among themselves some twenty membershave formed two Symbolic Lodges ; whereas the seceding party , including Chapters and Encampments , count seventeen working Lodges .

MEXICO . . AVo ( American . Mirror and Keystone ) call the attention of our reader .., announcing to them thc organization of a spurious Supreme Grand Council of the 33 ° aud last degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , in and for the Repmblio of Mexico , by Messrs . J , imes Foolhouso Atwood and Co ., all expelled Masons , who have no rig ht whatever over the sublime degrees of the said Ancient Bite . Thc officers of the new

spurious i body are : —M . de la Concordia , M . P . S . G . Commander ; T . Gomer Cano , Lieut . Grand Commander ; J . Dimas Gongora , Grand Orator ; V . L . Confrere , Grand Sec . ofthe H . E . ; Elizio Zabulon , Grand Treas . Wo caution our brethren , and especially tlie Spanish Masons , not to have anything to do with said clandestine body . 111 . Bro . Andres Cassard , 33 ° , of Now York , has been appointed by the Supreme Grand Council fur thc southern jurisdiction of the United States , as Special Deputy and Representative over the Island of Cuba , AVest Indies ,

Alexieo , and Central America , with full powers in all appertaining to thc ancient rite , with the authority to establish one Supreme Grand Council of tho 33 ° in Cuba , and ono in Mexico . AA e are aware that a Supremo Council of the 33 ° has been established in Cuba for tho whole island avid all thc West Indies , and that the said Bro . Cassard has mado the proper arrangement for tho establishment of a legal Supreme Council in Mexico , for the Mexican Republic , and Central America . AA e hope that we shall be able to announce to our brethren thc establishment of this now body iu a very short time . In the meanwhile the brethren must bo on their guard in regard to the spurious body recently established by Foolhouse and Co ., the head of which is M . do la Concordia .

West Indies.

WEST INDIES .

ST . CHRISTOPHER . ( From a Correspondent . ) On Monday , tho 19 th of December , A . D . 1859 , A . L . 5859 , the Lodge Mount Olive , holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , No . 336 ( formerly No . 2-11 ) , assembled at its rooms , at 7 o ' clock , I' . li ., for the election of office bearers for tho ensuing year , when the brethren , of which a list is appended , were elected office'bearers . On the 27 th , being tho festival

of St . John the Evangelist , the R . AV . M . was duly installed , and the office bearers wore invested , some in person and others by proxy , with the exception of thc Rov . Chaplain , ivhose translation to thc bishopric of Sierra Loonc had boon in the meantime made known . The following is a list of the office bearers : —Joseph H . Wakley , AV . M . ; AVilliam Daniel Beard , S . W . ; Edward 0 . Rawlins , J . AV . ; Rev . Edward H . Beckles , Chaplain ; Joseph L . Foster , Treasurer ; John ' Hardin , Secretary ; James Gordon , S . D . ; Robert Bruce , J . D . ; AVilliam Jiihusiii

II . Bull , I . C . ; II . N . ., Tyler . Encouraged by tho invitation "To our Colonial Brethren , " a short sketch of this ancient Lodgo ( the survivor of five Lodges which had hitherto existed iii this island ) may not bo uninteresting .