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[From Tuesday's Gazette.] 
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS- LIEUTENANT. 
2nd Regiment ul Devon Militia— John Mnehem. to be CapUin; 
.lame' Butler. to be Ensign ; Henry Dlmsdolo Parr, lobe Ensign. 
Ros, Caithness. Sutherland. and Cromarty Regiment <>l Militia— 
George William Holmes K<«*. Esq., late Lieutenant in her Majesty's 
92nd Highlanders, to be Captain. 
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia— William Evans, gent, to be 
Ensign, vice Maycock, resigned. 
#!riirnl. 
Aids to Medical Science. — The value of electricity ns 
a means of cure in a variety of complaints, more particularly 
those affecting the nerves, is now generally admitted by the 
faeultj ; and its administration in various forms is constantly 
prescribed. There is one circumstance, however, which has 
hitherto prevented the efficacy of this powerful remedial 
agent being proved by comparatively a few sufferers — viz., 
the absence of any private establishment where it can be 
administered by an experienced operator, under the direction 
of the medical adviser ; except by obtaining admission to 
the electrical room of a public hospital, or by attendance at 
some public institution, such as the Polytechnic ; therefore 
the patient is generally debarred from seeking relief from a 
source which, in innumerable instances, 1ms proved so mar- 
vellously beneficial. The portable galvanic apparatus com- 
monly sold, which, to be of any service, must be extremely 
costly, are inapplicable in a large proportion of coses, and 
useless except iu skilled hands. It cannot, therefore, be said 
that they palliate any in way this deficiency. To Mr. Mahomed, 
of Ryder-street, St. James's, is due the credit of having ade 
quately supplied so evident a want. He has recently added to 
his vapour-bath establishmcut a room fit ted up with every de- 
scription of apparatus for the administration of electricity 
and galvanism, in the various inodes in which it is prescribed. 
The instruments, manufactured by Messrs. Horne, Thora- 
thwaite and Co., are of the most complete and finished make, 
with every recent improvement for regulating and modifying 
the galvanic current. Mr. Mahomed, whose professional 
education and practical experience entitle him to the confi- 
dence of the faculty, presides over the apparatus, and himself 
administers the electric fluid in whatever shape it is pre- 
scribed, and strictly in accordance with the counsel and 
directions of the patients' medical adviser. The existence 
of such an establishment in such hands needs only to be 
known at once to be appreciated, and all medical men are 
invited to inspect and judge for themselves. 
®Jjt dBnjrtte. 
From Friday’s Gazette. 
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. :t. 
1st Regiment of Life Guards — Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Arthur 
Henry Davenport to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Inge9tre, 
who retires ; The Honourable Cecil Duncombe to be Cornet and Sub- 
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davenport, Nov. 3. 
6th Dragoons — Lieutenant John Liivallin l’uxley to be Captain, by 
purchase, vice Wlieatcroft, whoso promotion by purchase on the 20th 
October, 1854, lias been cancelled, Nov, 3. 
11th Light Dragoons — Lieutenant John Inglis to be Captain, without 
purchase, vice Cresswell, deceased. Sept. 20 ; Cornet Roger Palmer to 
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saltmarshe, deceased, Sept 4 ; 
Cornet George Powell Houghton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, 
vice Inglis, Sept 20. 
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards — Lieutenant and Captain Ulllck 
Canning, Lord Dunkellin, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by 
purchase, vice Tierney, who retires, Nov. 3 ; Ensign and Lieutenant 
the Hon. Robert Drummond to be Lieutenant and Captain, without 
purchase, vice Jolliffe, deceased, Oct 5 ; Ensign and Lieutenant Edward 
Amelius Disbrowc, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice 
Drummond, whose promotion, by purchase, on 20th Oct, 1854, lias 
been cancelled ; Sir 'William Forbes, Bart., to be Ensign and Lieutenant 
by purchase, vice Disbrowe, Nov. 3. 
Scots Fusilier Guards — Lieutenant and Captain Henry Green Wil- 
kinson to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Onslow, 
who retires, Nov. 3 ; Ensign and Lieutenant Seymour John Blnne to be 
Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice W. F. Viscount Chewton, 
died of his wounds, Oct 9 ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Charles 
Fletcher to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Wilkinson ; 
Ensign Edward Marcus Bert-sford, from the 51st Foot to be Ensign and 
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Blane; Robert Farquhar Shaw 
Stewart, gent, to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice Fletcher ; 
Lieutenant and Captain Henry Charles Fletcher, to be Adjutant vice 
Wilkinson, promoted, Nov. 3. 
1st Foot — Sergeant-Major James Leggatt, from the 16th Foot, to be 
Ensign, without purchase, Nov. 3. 
7 th Foot — To he Ensigns, without purchase — Ensign the Hon. 
Edward Fitsclarencc, from the 62 nd Foot vice Tyron, promoted, Nov. 
4; William L. L. G. Wright gent, vice I’erasc, promoted, Nov. 6; 
Charles H. Malan, gent, Nov. 6 ; Francis G. Beauchamp, gent, Nov. 7. 
13th Foot — Acting Assistant- Surgeon Edmund Sidney Wason, M.D., 
to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Honbury, promoted on the Staff, Nov. 3. 
18th Foot — Assistant-Staff-Surgeon William Kelinan Chalmers, 
M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Dwyer, promoted in the 34th Foot 
Nov. 3. 
23rd Foot — To be Ensigns without purchase — Seijeant Charles 
Monsell, vice Poole, promoted. Sept 22 ; Ensign Thomas Bernard 
Hackett from the 6th Foot, vice Dyneley, promoted, Nov. 3 ; Edward 
S. Holden, gent., vice Thomas, promoted, Nov. 4 ; Francis Knollys, 
gent., vioe Mostyn, promoted, Nov. 6; Charles G. Blane, gent, vice 
Horsford, promoted, Nov. 6. 
‘28th Foot — Frederick C. Irwin, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase ; 
Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Benjamin William Marlow, M.D., to 
l>e Surgeon, vice William Henry Young, who retires upon half-pay, 
Nov. 3. 
30th Foot — Ensign Stainer Gubbins to be Lieutenant by purchase, 
vice Browne, who retires ; Meyrick Beaufoy Felld, gent, to bo Ensign, 
without purchase, vice Johnston, deceased, Nov. 3, 
38rd F’oot — Francis A. Ball, gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Carr, promoted, Nov. 3. 
34th F'oot — Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Hamilton Dwyer, from the 
18th Foot to be Surgeon, vice Bait, who resigns, Nov. 3. 
47th Foot — Captain Richard Hollis, from half-pay Unattached, to be 
Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant Charles Elgec to be Captain, 
by purchase, vice Hollis, who retires ; Ensign John James Irby to be 
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Elgec ; James Murray Straton, gent, to 
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Irby, Nov. 3. 
50th F'oot — Edmund Leach, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Somerville, appointed to the 23rd Foot ; Staff- Surgeon of the 
Second Class William Green Trousdell, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice 
Augustus Henry Cowen, who retires upon h&lf-pay, Nov. 3. 
51st Foot — Ensign Malcolm Charles Farrington to be Lieutenant, by 
purchase, vice BailLie. who retires ; Martin Build Lewin, gont, to be 
Ensign, by purchase, vice F'arrlngton, Nov. 3. 
64th Foot — Vere Temple Bayly, gent., to be Ensign, without pur- 
chase, Nov. 3. 
66th Foot — John H. Sharpe, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Echalaz, promoted, Nov. 3. 
58th Foot — Andrew H. Russell, |gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Harrison promoted, Nov. 3. 
62nd Foot — Ensign Charles Campbell Cubitt to be Lieutenant, by 
purchase, vice Adeanc, who retires ; the Hon. Edward Fitzclorencc to 
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cubitt, Nov. 3. 
06th Foot — Lieutenant Archibald Hamilton Dunbar to be Captain, 
by purchase, vice Sinclair, who retires; Ensign F'rcderick Hugh Irwin 
Day to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dunbar ; Richard Salisbury 
Buggo, gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Day, Nov. 3. 
72nd Foot — Robert St. John, gent., to be ICnslgn, without purchase, 
Nov. 3. 
76th Foot — Luke K. O'Connor, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Gascoigne, promoted in the Grenadier Guards, Nov. 3. 
77th F'oot — Quartermaster- Sergeant Henry Blissett to be Quarter- 
master, vice Breading, appointed to the Provisional Battalion ; William 
Ennis, gent,, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Orpen, promoted, 
Nov. 3 ; James M. Daly, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Nov. 4, 
79th Foot — Sergeant-Major James Young to be Ensign, without 
purchase, mid Adjutant, Oct. 2 ; Francis F Campbell, gent, to be 
Ensign, without purchase, vice Bell, promoted, Nov. 3. 
86th Foot — Lieutenant George Hewixh Adams to he Adjutant, vice 
Boyd, who resigns the Adjutantoy only, Aug. 26. 
90th F’oot — Sir Charles Pigott Bart to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 
the Hon. J. F\ Pennington, promoted, Nov. 3. 
93rd Foot — Brevet-Major Charles Henry Gordon to he Major, with- 
out purchase, vice Banner, deceased; Lieutenant William Donald Mac- 
donald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gordon, Oct. 10; Lieu- 
tenant James Dnlzell to be Captain, by purchase, rice J. A. Fraser, who 
retires, Nov. 3 ; Ensign Edward Welch to be Lieutenant, without pur- 
chase, vice William Donald Macdonald, Oct. 10 ; Ensign Edward Alfred 
Hall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dalzell, Nov. 3 ; Ewen Henry 
Davidson Mocphcrson, gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bull, 
Nov. 3. 
96 th Foot — To be Ensigns w ithout purchase — Ensign George Robert- 
son, from the 1 2 th Foot, vice BnzaJgette, promoted ; Ensign the Honour- 
able Charles Murray Hay Forbes, from the 1st West India Regiment, 
vice Hill, promoted ; John Budgen, gent, vice Boothby, promoted, Nov. 
3 ; Robert M. B. Maurice, gent., vice Probart, promoted, Nov. 4. 
97th F'oot — lieutenant Hedley S. J. Vicars to be Captain, by pur- 
chase, vice Obert, who retires ; Ensign George Henry Hibbert Ware, to 
be I.ieutonnnt by purchase, vice Vicars ; James Hudson, gent., to be 
Ensign, by purchase, vice Ware, Nov. 3. 
Rifle Brigade — Brevet-Major Edward Rooper to be Major, without 
purchase, vice Brevet-Licutcnant-Colonel Beckwith, deceased ; Lieu- 
tenant Edmund Maiiningham Builcr to be Captain, without purchase, 
vice Rooper; Second Lieutenant William Frederick Thyiuie, to be 
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Buller, Sept 26; Henry Stewart 
Ryder, gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thynne, Nov. 3. 
Unattached — Lieut Thomas Gilley, from the 7 8tli Foot, to be Captain, 
without purchase. Nov. 3. 
.femnsanrij null SUnsnnir 3iitrlligrnrr. 
Monday, Nov. 6th. — Robert Burns, No. 25, Freemasons' Tavern; 
Royal Jubilee Lodge, No. 85, Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street; St. John" 
Lodge, No. 107, Radley's Hotel ; St. Luke's Lodge, No. 168, Builder's 
Arms, Chelsea ; Lodge of Joppa, No. 223, White Hart Hotel, Bishops- 
gate ; Euphrate Lodge, No. 237, George and Vulture ; Lodge of Unions, 
No, 318, Freemasons' Tavern. 
Tuesday, Nov. 7th. — Albion Lodge, No. 9, Freemasons' Tavern; Old 
Dundee Lodge, No. 18, London Tavern; United Mariners, No. 33, 
Checquers Tavern, Providence-road, Finsbury ; United Lodge of Pro- 
vidence, No. 98, Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street , Temple Lodge, 
No. 118, Ship and Turtle, Leadenhall-street; Old Concord Lodge, 
No. 201, Freemasons' Tavern ; Lodge of Stability, No. 264, George and I 
Vulture; La Tolerance Lodge, No. 784, Freemasons' Tavern. 
Wednesday, Nov. 8th. — Com. R. Ben. Inst at 3 : Fidelity Lodge, 
No, 3, Freemasons' Tavern; Enoch Lodge, No. 11, F'reemosons' 
Tavern; Union Waterloo Lodge, No. 13, Queens' Arms, Woolwich; 
Kent Lodge, No, 15, Three Tuns Tavern, Southwark ; Royal Athel- 
stane Lodge, No, 19, George and Blue Bear ; Royal Naval Lodge, No. 70, 
Radley's Hotel ; Vitruvian Lodge, No. 103, White Hart Tavern, College- 
street, Lambeth ; Eastern Star Lodge, No. 112, Wade's Arms, Poplar ; 
Caledonian Lodge, No. 166, George and Vulture ; Lodge of Justice, 
No. 172, New Cross, Deptford ; Pilgrim Lodge, No. 289, Ship and Turtle 
Hotel; Chap. 109, Moira, London Tavern. 
Thursday, Nov. 9th. — Old King's Arms, No. 30, Freemasons’ 
Tavern; Lodge of Friendship, No. 248, George and Vulture ; Polish 
Lodge, No. 778, Freemasons' Tavern. 
Friday, Nov. loth. — Bedford Lodge, No. 183, Freemasons' Tavern; 
Lodge of Union, No. 195, London Tavern. 
Stourbridge Lodoe op Stability. — At the usual meeting of the 
brethren of this lodge, held at Brother Brook's Talbot Hotel, the mem- 
bers had the great pleasure of paying a mark of respect to their W.M. 
(Brother Joseph Aston), who had Ailed the office for two years, and 
whose exertions during that time have been indefatigable in the cause 
of Masonry. The present (to which every member of the lodge sub- 
scribed) consisted of a splendid pin and a set of gold studs, each being 
chastely embellished with masonic symbols. 
Percy Lodge of Instruction, 234. — This old-established Lodge of 
Instruction has resumed its meetings at Brother Wyatt's (The Marquis 
of Granby Tavern) Down-street, Piccadilly. The chair is taken every 
Tuesday evening, at half-past seven precisely. 
Apollo University Lodge. — The first meeting of this lodge this 
term took place on Wednesday evening last, when, on account of the 
death of the Provincial Grand Master (Brother Rev. C. J. Ridley), the 
lodge, as well as the brethren, appeared in mourning. The Worshipful 
Master, Brother W. W. Beach, of Christ Church, being absent from 
Oxford, the Worshipful Master of the Alfred Lodge, Brother T. Ran- 
dall, was solicited to preside in the lodge, and to perform the ceremony 
of initation, which he performed in a masterly and Impressive manner. 
Several brethren were passed, and the raising of nine others was 
deferred until yesterday morning. At the conclusion of their labours 
the brethren withdrew to refreshment, when the Senior Warden, 
Brother J. W. Malcolm presided, supported by the Mayor of Oxford, 
Brother R. J. Spiers, and a large number of the brethren of the Apollo 
and Alfred Lodges. The meeting was a most agreeable one, and was 
rendered the more interesting in consequence of its being the first 
occasion of the two bodies meeting together after a separation of four 
months. The W. M. of the Alfred Lodge announced that his Lodge 
would meet on Tuesday next, and invited the brethren of the sister 
lodge to attend, assuring them that they would meet as cordial a 
welcome and os hearty a greeting as they had given to the Alfred 
brethren on this occasion. 
Polish National Chapter, No. 778. — The sixth convocation of this 
Chapter was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursduy, the 26tli of 
October, for the purpose of installing Principals. The first and second 
Principal elect-Companion Lord Dudley Stuart, who is ill abroad, and 
Companion J. W. Adams being unavoidably absent, the only installation 
was that of Companion H_ J. Warren, as J. The ceremony was per- 
formed by Companion W, Watson, P.Z. — as he only can perform it — in 
which he was assisted by Companions Blackburn, Signist, and Smith, 
P Z's. The companions subsequently banquetted together, at which 
Companion Watson presided, with his usual urbanity and kind-feeling, 
who— in proposing the better health of Companion Lord Dudley Stuart, 
took the opportunity of alluding to the excellent Masonic feeling which 
was inherent in the noble companion ; although ho was identified more 
particularly in the Polish nation, still he (Companion Watson) believed 
that any country groaning under despotism would have found a friend 
in Companion Lord Dudley Stuart ; in fact, he made the cause of suffer- 
ing humanity his own, and should it please the great Architect above to 
snatch from amongst us our excellent Companion, it would leave a 
blank, a void, which we could scarce dare hope to see filled up ; in fact 
he Is a man, take him for all in all, that we shall never look upon his 
like again. Several songs and speeches followed, and the Companions 
departed at a late hour in peace and harmony. 
Royal Yoex Chapter of Perseverance, No. 7. — This Chapter 
hold a meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 24th of October, Com- 
panion Hervey, M.E.Z., presiding, when four qualified brethren were 
exalted into Arch-Masonry ; the visitors being Companion Henriquoz, 
of the Sussex Chapter, Kingston, Jamaica, and Companion Edwards of 
the Chapter of Pythagoras, Cambridge. 
The Bon Accord Mark Masters' Lodge. — The members of this 
lodge met at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday last; the business 
of the evening being the installation of Master for the year ensuing, and 
the advancing of two Brothers to the sublime degree of a Mark Master 
the ceremonies being most impressively performed by Companion Jones, 
the first Master of the lodge, who, about three years since, journeyed to 
Aberdeen, and obtained the warrant which was granted by the Supreme 
Grand Chapter of Scotland, and under which this lodge is held ; and 
Companion Jones was succeeded in the chair by Companion W. Evans, 
who fulfilled the arduous duties of that office in a manner to elicit the 
admiration of the Companions; it, however pleased the Great Geometri- 
cian of the Universe to suddenly summon him to the Grand Lodge above, 
leaving a vacuum, which caused a cessation of meetings of the lodge 
until the present There was a large assemblage of brethren to witness 
the installation of Companion Norton, who, after being duly installed, 
appointed Companion Sir John Delapole, S.W. ; Companion Vigni, J.W.; 
Companions Coles and Wheeler, S.D. and J.I) ; Companion Lepper, 
J.G. . Companion Ridjway, Secretary; and Companion G. F. Taylor, 
Organist. The W.M. also invested Companion I’. L. Collins with the 
Treasurer's collar, he having been unanimously elected to that office 
(vice Companion Norton) at the meeting in April last Companion 
Vigni proposed, and Companion Massy Dawson seconded, that a com- 
mittee lie appointed to carry out a testimonial to the memory of the late 
lamented Companion Evans, and that n letter of condolence, 
expression of the high esteem in which the late Master was held by 
the Companions of the Marks, should be forwarded to the 
widow, which was carried unanimously. Companion King then 
proposed that a committee be formed for the purpose of carrying out a 
proposition of which lie had given notice by circular — that of offering 
a testimonial to Companion James Tucker, P.G.M. for Dorsetshire. 
Companion King said, that many lodges had expressed their earnest 
desire to subscribe to the testimonial proposed, and he was happy to say 
that but one feeling appeared to exist towards companion Tucker, that 
of profound regard and love ; for he was one of the truest friends that 
Masonry hud ever known; the Mark Lodge was particulary indebted to 
him, for he attended the " Bon Accord" in London, a great distance front 
his home, when the state of his health better fitted him for his bed- 
chamber. After some further observations upon the subject, a com- 
mittee was nominated to meet the committees of other lodges, to carry 
out this matter in a manner worthy the object in view, The minutes 
of tlie last meeting have been read and continued, the Companions 
adjourned the meeting to the second Wednesday in December. 
St. Andrew's Lodge. — T he members of this numerous and admirable 
lodge resumed its meetings at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday last, 
for the season, alter a vacation of four months, Br. Richard Mills, W. M., 
in the chair, who initiated a Mr. George Lawrence into Masonry, and 
passed Br. Brooke to the second degree in a manner highly creditable 
to his position. The charge was most impressively and beautifully 
given. Br. Dyke was the Senior Warden, and Br. P. M. Linton, with 
his usual kindness, officiated for the Junior Warden, who was absent. 
Among other matters of business, it was urged by the W. M. that a 
Lodge of Instruction was necessary in connexion with this lodge. There 
was one mentioned in the calendar, which had long ceased to exist, and 
in fact ought to have been erased from the calendar, as it tended to 
mislead the Brothers.* Tim and other matters having been discussed, 
the Brethren, numbering between thirty and forty, sat down to an 
excellent supper. The visitors were, Br. W. A. Kennett (Caledonia 
Lodge), Br. Nealor, of Temperance Lodge, and Br. G. F. Taylor, of the 
Old Concord. In conclusion, it is but just to award some praise to Br. 
Brooks for the perfect manner in which he answered the questions 
necessary prior to passing to the second degree. In all our experience 
we never saw it done better — in fact, never so well. His perseverance 
at so early a period augurs well for the future — let officers of lodges 
follow the example. 
SCOTLAND. 
Banff. — The members of the St. John's Lodge held their first meet- 
ing of the season on the 23rd of October. Br. James Mason, W.M., 
occupied the chair, and iu his usual masterly style initiated Mr. Alex. 
Bairn s father into the mysteries of the craft 
THE COLONIES. 
Cape of Good Hope. — On Thursday, August 3rd, a grand ball was 
given at the Masonic Hotel, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, by the 
Brethren of the British Lodge (No. 419), and the Goede Tronw Lodge 
(which is not on the official list in the calendar) ; the brethren appeared 
in full masonic costume. A tastefully laid out supper was provided ; 
and after ample Justice had been done to tlie profusion of good things 
sot before them, the brethren adjourned to a splendidly decorated 
suite of rooms, adorned with the flogs of all nations, interspersed with 
masonic banners, emblems, and divers devices. Terpsichorean amuse- 
ments then commenced, and were, to use a hackneyed but expressive 
phrase, “ kept up to a late," or rather to an early "hour." Mr. Holt's 
excellent band was in attendance, and performed its part in an admira- 
ble manner. A more agreeable evening has rarely been passed by the 
brethren in that locality, and we arc informed that so gratified were 
they with the entire proceedings, that a similar entertainment is 
speedily to be got up, in order that those who delight to " trip the light 
fantastic toe," may again indulge in their favourite pastime ; to bring 
the brethren, and the fair portion of their families, into fraternal com- 
munion, and thus promote that sociality and good feeling which dis- 
tinguish your ancient and honourable fraternity. 
Australia — Provincial Grand Lodge. — On the 17th of June, the 
various lodges of Freemasons met at high twelve, at the Masonic Hall, 
Adelaide, to celebrate the festival of SL Jolin the Baptist, upwards of 
seventy being present The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due 
form by Brother G. S. Kingston, M.L.C., Acting Provincial Grand 
Master, and the various private lodges afterwards went through their 
routine business. At about six o'clock the officers and brothers ad- 
journed to the assembly-room of the Napoleon Bonaparte, where a 
sumptuous banquet was provided by the host. Brother Ramsay. The 
chair was occupied by the Acting Provincial Grand Master, supported 
on the right by Brothers Dr. Kent, Deputy Provincial G.M. ; Joseph 
Bagot, M.L.C., and Henry, Prov. G, Stewards; and on his left by 
Brothers Alderman Lazar, Prov. G. Director of Ceremonies ; Gleeson, 
J.D. ; Haires, Prov. G. Pursuivant ; Lomax, Prov. G. Steward ; Dodgson, 
P.M , Lambert, and Gosse. Brothers Wickstecd, Prov, J. G. Deacon, 
and Moore, Prov. G, Steward, acted as croupiers. The cloth having 
been drawn, the usual Masonic toasts were honoured, interspersed and 
enlivened by songs and music. At half-past eleven “ Burns's F'arcwell " 
announced that the Sabbath-day was approaching, and the knock from 
the chairman's gavel was followed by instant separation. The universal 
feeling was, that so pleasant a meeting had never before been held by 
the craft in South Australia. 
[The History of Freemasonry will be continued in our next.] 
• Wo quite agree with the W. M. that Lodges of Instruction are neces- 
sary ; and, in fact, ought to be much hotter attended than they are. It 
is a bod compliment to a Master who has taken the pains to make 
himself thoroughly conversant with the duties of his position, that his 
officers arc wanting in proficiency. This remark applies, we regret to 
say, to many lodges in the craft. Our observations arc made with a 
kindly spirit, for the surgeon's best intentions can sometimes only be 
effected through the medium of first giving pain : but it is our intention 
to praise when praise is duo, and censure when deserved. 
Chinese Marrlaoe in California. — In this town on 
Saturday last, Mr. Assim, a gentleman recently from the 
flowery kingdom, was united in the holy bonds of matri- 
mony to his fair countrywoman Miss Ah-How-An-Kow, by 
Justice Husband. The lovely bride accompanied her ma- 
ternal ancestor home, and the latter afterwards refused to 
deliver her blushing daughter to her expectant husband until 
he paid her debts. The matter was finally compromised, 
however, and Mr. Assim is now one of the happiest of the 
happy . — Jackson Sentinel. 
