Order Of The Secret Monitor.

the 16 years he had been a Mason he had endeavoured to be a good Mason by carrying out the precepts learnt at his initiation . He was proud of Masonry in general , and of their conclave in particular . He esteemed it an honour to be the first S . R . of that conclave , and to be at the head of the founders . As long as he lived the Order of

the Secret Monitor would be dear to his heart . " 1 he Inductees " was next given , and duly responded to . Bro . W . ANDREWS , in replying , said that no brother had more right to feel honoured than himself , for they had honoured the memory of his brother by naming that conclave after him . " The Visitors " was next proposed , and ably replied to

by the visiting brethren present . In giving " The Treasurer and Secretary , " the S . R . attribu'ed the foundation of the conclave to Bro . J . J . Pakts , Sec , whose work had been indefatigable . Bro . J . J . PAKES , Sec , said it seemed natural for Bro . Andrews to stand up with him to reply , for he was his father in Masonry . It had been felt that brethren required some

kind of inner circle in Masonry , and when he was inducted into that Order he felt it filled up the gap . He also felt that in his native town he should like to see a conclave started . He said it advisedly that no brother existing in their time had done more than Bro . George Andrews , and , in naming their conclave after him , they were erecting a monument that would last longer than any monument they

might erect over his grave . After a consultation he felt they could not do better to commemorate his name than by having a conclave , and by endeavouring to carry out those principles that Bro . George Andrews dedicated the whole of his life to further . . " The Officers" was next given , after which the bentinel ' s toast closed the proceedings .

Queensland.

Queensland .

CONSECRATION OF THE ALBION LODGE , No . 2286 , BRISBANE . The ceremonies of consecrating a new lodge under the English Constitution , and installing the first Master and officers , to-k place on Monday , August 20 th , at the Albion Public Hall , in the presence of over 80 brethren , of whom not lewer than 32 were Installed or Past Masters of the Craft . The provisional warrant for the establishment of the Albion Lodge was granted by the District G . Master

on the petition of about 20 Master Masons , who had nominated Bro . J- R . Dickson as the first Master , and Bros . C . Holmes a'Court and A . M'Nish Fraser as the first Wardens . Shortly after 7 . 30 the brethren assembled in the lodgeroom , which had been exceptionally well furnished owing to assistance received from the Prince of Wales , Noith

Australian , and other lodges . The District Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . A . C . Gregory , M . L . C ., was accompanied by Bro . the Him . John Douglas , D . G . M . under the Scottish Constitution , and , later in the evening , Bro . E . Mac Donnell , Dep . Provincial G . M . under the Irish Constitution ; also Bro . Barron L . Barnett , Deputy D . G . M ., P . G . D . England ;

W . P . Townson , P . D . G . Secretary ; J . T . Brigg , P . D . G . Pursuivant ; B . Burton , P . D . J . G . W . ; Stanley Baldwin , P . P . G . R . Worcester , Eng . ; the Rev . Manley Power , M . A ., D . G . Chaplain ; J . H . Daniells , D . G . Supt . of Works ; and the W . M . ' s of the Prince of Wales , North Australian , and Victoria Lodges . The following officers were temporarily appointed to the various positions

in the lodge : Bros . E . Mansfield , S . W . ; J . Clark , J . W . ; W . Finucane , Treasurer ; J . G . Appel , President of the Board of General Purposes , D . G . R . ; J . D . Reeve , D . G . Reg ., D . of C ; Joseph Dean , P . D . S . G . W ., and J . E . Meyer , P . D . S . G . D ., Standard Bearers ; D . Jones , P . D . S . G . W ., Sword Bearer ; C . S . Young , D . G . Pursuivant ; P . Atkinson , D . G . Organist ; and J . Harlen , D . G .

Tyler . At the request of the District Grand Master , the position of Presiding Officer was undertaken by Bro . Barron L . Barnett , who dtlivered the several charges and performed the necessary ceremonies in a singularly impressive manner .

He was ably assisted by all the District Grand Lodge Officers , but most notably by the District Grand Chaplain . Indeed , it was generally held that the whole ceremony was the best and most efiective of its kind yet seen in this colony . The D . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . MANLEV POWER , M . A ., during the ceremony delivered an excellent

oration . The musical portions of the ceremony were exceptionally well performed by the District Grand Organist , assisted by a quartette , consisting of Bros . Rev . Manley Power , R . Mills , P . H . Robertson , and G . F . Scott . The lodge having been constituted , the installation of the new Master ( Bro . the Hon . J . R . Dickson , P . M . ) was

then proceed with by Bro . Barnett . The newly-installed Master then invested his officers as follows : Bros . C . Holmes a'Court , S . W . ; A . M'Nish Fraser , J . W . ; H . Stanwix , Treas . ; G . H . Parminter , Sec ; J . R . H . Lewis , S . D . ; L . Flegeltaub , J . D . ; A . L . Petrie , I . G . ; and Harlen , Tyler . The final charge having been delivered , lodge business

was proceeded with . Four well-known citizens were proposed for initiation , and several votes of thanks were accorded . A banquet was subsequently held in the public hall , where an excellent repast had been prepared by Bro . F . Whitehouse .

The usual loyal and preliminary toasts were proposed by the newly-installed Master . In proposing " The Health of the District Grand Master and of the Deputy District Grand Master , " he spoke of both Bros . Gregory and Barnett in terms of eulogy .

The latter proposed " The Health of the Newly-Installed Master , Bro . the Hon . J . R . Dickson , " and the latter spoke at some length on the necessity for Freemasons to live their principles in daily life . The remaining toasts were— " The Rirdit Worshipful the

Provincial Grand Master Irish Constitution and the District Grand Master Scotch Constitution , " proposed by the W . M . ; "The Visitors , " proposed by Bro . W . H . RYDER ; and " Our Poor and Distressed Brethren , " proposed by the J UNIOR WARDEN . The proceedings closed shortly after midnight .

India.

India .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . LORD CONNEMARA AS DIST . G . M . MADRAS . A special communication of the District Grand Lodge of Madras was held on Saturday , November 24 th , in the large banqueting hall attached to Government House , Madras , to install his Excellency Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Connemarathe new District Grand Master . The brethren began

, to assemble at 5 p . m ., and by 5 . 45 the largest gathering of brethren ever seen in Madras had assembled , nearly 250 brethren , representing all the lodges in the district , being present , and ranged under the banners of their respective lodges . At 6 . 15 the Deputy D . G . M . in charge , Bro . Col . G . M . 1 . Moore , entered , attended by the following District Grand

Officers : Bros . M . Punchaterum Moodelliar , D . G . P . ; S . P . D'Silva , J . A . F . Cole , and P . R . Naidoo , D . G . Stwds . ; A . Row , E . H . J . Ellis , P . M . ; W . Kelly , P . M . j S . P . Andy , WM . 2031 , D . G . Std . Brs . ; F . H . D . Pinsert and J . H . Ensor , P . M ., A . D . G . D . C . 's ; C . Pinsert , I . P . M . 150 , D . G . D . C ; M . Abraham , W . M . 465 , C . Eduljee , P . M ., A . Gerdes , P . M ., and J . Bernard , P . M ., D . G . S . ' sof

W . 's ; A . B . Pilcher , F . W . Kirkman , and H . M . Apslon , D . J . G . D . 's ; A . Edwards and W . H . Bartlett , D . S . G . D . ' s ; James Gray , D . G . President of Board of General Purposes ; J . T . Greatoiex , P . Ai . G . D . C ., D . G . Sec ; T . V . P . Pillay and A . Champion , D . G . Reg . 's j J . H . Peebles , D . G . 'Treas . ; the Ven . Archdeacon drowne , D . G . Chap . ; J . J . Franklin , J . E . Atkinson , H . B .

Bernard , W . F . Hooper , and J . W . Hayes , D . J . G . W . ' s ; F . M . Wilkinson , A . S . Massey , J . Steven , A . Curtois , W . Grant , and J . H . Spring Branson , D . S . G . W . 'sj and W . M . Scharlieb , P . D . D . G . M . Bro . Lol . Moore , D . D . G . M . in charge , having opened Grand Lodge in form , and the D . G . Sec . having read the summons convening the special communication , the roll of

lodges was called , and the District Grand Master designate announced . The patent from the M . W . the G . M . was handed in and declared to be in order . Seven Masters of lodges in Madras then retired and introduced Bro . Lord Connemara , who was conducted to the pedestal . The patent was then read by the P . G . SEC , and the D .

G . Chaplain , Bro . the Ven . Archdeacon BROWNE , offered a prayer . The D . D . G . M . then addressed the D . G . M . designate on the duties of his office , and obligated him . Lord Connemara was then invested with the insignia of his office , and inducted . Alter an eloquent speech , in which his LORDSHIP thanked the brethren for ihe honour they had done him in r .

commending him for election to preside over them , the District Grand Master proceeded to appoint , obligate , and induct his Deputy , Bro . Col . G . M . J . Mooie , at the same time declaring the District Grand Lodge Officers appointed till end of the year . The D . G . SEC . then read letters and telegrams of congratulation from the other Grand Lodges in India , and Bro . Col . Travers Drapes , Deputy District Grand Master of Burmah , tendered " Hearty good wishes " from the District

Grand Lodge of Burmah . Bro . F . DUNSTERVILLE , W . M . 150 , then rose and presented Bro . Col . Moore with the jewel of a Deputy District Grand Master , which had been subscribed for by all the lodges in the District , at the same time drawing attention to the great progress which had been made in Masonry during the past two years under the rule of Bro . Colonel Moore .

The D . D . G . M . having thanked the brethren for their handsome gift , 1 he District Grand Master closed District Grand Lodge in due form , and retired with the District Grand Lodge Officers .

At 8 p . m ., a banquet was held in the gallery of the banqueting hall , at which 120 brethren sat down . Alter " The Queen and the Craft" and "The Grand Master of England " had been proposed and drunk , his Excellency the new DIST . G . M . proposed "The Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland , " and then Bro . Col . G . M . J . MOORE , Deputy District Grand

Master , rose , and said : —The toast which I now have the honour of proposing is one to which I feel confident it requires no words on my part to make you heartily respond , when I tell you it is the toast of " Ihe Right Worshipful the District Grand Master . " It is rather an awkward position for me as a subordinate officer to be placed in , to have to propose the health and talk of the

good qualities of my official superior , but the necessities of my office compel me to do so , and from what you have seen already , I am sure you may congratulate yourselves on the choice you have made in recommending to his Royal Highness that our Right Worshipful District Grand Master should be appointed . From the words he addressed to you in the District Grand Lodge we may augur well for the Craft in this District . As he has said , he has been a

Mason for upwards of forty years . I think it was fortyeight years ago that he was initiated into the Craft . I have been intimately associated with our illustrious brother , and all I can say is that 1 feel certain that the District of Madras will never regret the day when their choice fell upon our right worshipful brother , I , therefore , call on you to fill your glasses and to drink , with full Masonic honours , the health of our Right Worshipful District Grand Master .

The toast met with the most enthusiastic response , the band playing , " For he ' s a jolly good fellow . " His Excellency , in reply , said : I am sure I feel deeply grateful for the honour you have conferred upon me in drinking my health with so much kindness and enthusiasm , and I thank my worshipful brother on my right for the kind terms in which he proposed the toast of my health . He has , brethren , given me credit for living a

little longer in this world than I believe I have done , while as the same time I am sure that I have not been quite so long a Mason as I and my worshipful brother on my right thought I had been , foe , on consideration , I find that a person must be of full age before he becomes a Mason , and I should be a deal older than I now am if I had been 40 years a Mason after attaining 21 years of age . However , I assure you that 1 have entertained the greatest gratitude for the kindnesss with which I have been received upon this occasion . You have just drunk the health of

India.

the Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland . I did not think of it at the moment , but , if the Grand Master and those who represent the lodges of Ireland were present , I am sure they would thank you as heartily as I do for being so kind to me—a humble member of their lodge—as to make me your District Grand Master , an honour of which the Grand Lodge of Ireland would be extremely p oud .

Unfortunately , other duties have called me to other spheres and to other countries , away from the lodges of Ireland , and I , therefore , cannot speak with authority on Masonry in Ireland . But 1 am quite certain that every person connected with the Masonic Order in Ireland would hear with joy and satisfaction that a humble member of their Society had become your ruler . I do not think that upon this

occasion it is necessary for me to detain you at any length , but I should not be doing justice to my own feelings unless I acknowledged and appreciated the numerous attendance which graces this hall to-night ; and it has given me the greatest possible satisfaction to think that the first Grand Lodge which I have had the honour of attending should have been held in the banqueting hall . I hope this will not

be the last of such meetings ; I hope many more social gatherings of a Masonic character will take place here . If any of the brethren wish to make use of it , this hall will be entirely at their service . Nor should 1 be doing justice to the feelings of any of my own British-born brethren upon this occasion if I did not express the great satisfaction that has been afforded me to-night in seeing so many

native brethren here . 1 sincerely hope that the principles which we and they practise as Masons will permeate the whole body of native society , making us all what we nominally are—one nation , devoted to her Majesty and to the British Constitution . It has also given me great gratification to have heard that the ceremony which has been gone through in this hall has met with the approval

and gratification of all the District Grand Lodges in India . All \ can say is that it will not be my fault if in this presidency the practice of Freemasonry is not much augmented during the time I may have the honour of being your District Grand Master . Bro . Hall then sang "The Anchor ' s weighed , " after which his EXCELLENCY proposed the toast of " The Deoutv

District Grand Master and the District Grand Officers " Bro . Col . G . M . J . MOORE , D D . G . M ., onbehaltofhimself , returned thanks forthecordial mannerin which thecompany had responded . Any labours he might have gone through on behalf of Freemasonry were more than amply repaid by the way in which his brethren had appreciated them . He assured them that all his energies would be devoted to

the Craft and to every member of the Craft in the District . Bro . Justice WILKINSON , in replying for the officers of the Distu ' ct Grand Lodge , said he regretted that the honour of doing so had not fallen on the shoulders of somebody more competent than himself . He assured the District G . M . that , as far as the officers were concerned , their services would alway be cordially placed at his disposal .

The next toast proposed by his EXCELLENCY was that of "The Sister Districts of India and Burma . " Bro . Col . TRAVERS DRAPES , whose name was associated with it , said he had very great honour in returning thanks . 'The district ot Burma was the newest in the political world as well as in the Masonic world , and he was the first Deputy District Grand Master of the Masonic District of Burma .

One of the first Masonic duties he had been called upon to perform in that capacity was the opening and consecrating of a lodge in Mandalay , recently the capital of a barbaric king . 'That lodge had been instituted in the centre of the Palace , and was at the present time the most flourishing of all the lodges in Burma , both as regards numbers and financial position . Masonry in Burma had taken a

step in advance , and since the annexation he felt sure that it would progress , and emulate even a District such as that of Madras . Bro . F . DUNSTERVILLE , W . M . of Lodge Perfect Unanimity , replied to the toast of " Prospeiity to the Lodges in the District , " which he said were in the most prosperous condition . The numbers had , in the present

year , increased 50 per cent ., and it was still more gratifying that the lodges which had been in a state of suspended animation for some time past were again coming to the front and resuming work ; and Lodge Carnatic having also been complimented , and the Tyler ' s toast honoured , the whole company rose and sang " Auld Lang Syne , " the band playea the National Anthem , and the brethren dispersed in the utmost harmony .

An English Brewery In Upper India.

AN ENGLISH BREWERY IN UPPER INDIA .

, < % l n'J- Wh yroP" ^ whose recently published work on the Religion of Freemasonry " has attracted so much attention and been on the whole so favourably received , has evidently no idea of allowing his Masonic studies to interfere with his ordinary avocations . He has his theory about the Christian

origin of Freemasonry , and he has found time to make that theory known to the Craft generally . But he does not forget that he is the Bass or Allsopp of India , and that the taste for the national beverage of England may be cultivated advantageously among the Anglo-Indian and native populations of Upper India . The beer brewed by the Murree Company , of

which he is the managing director , is very popular throughout the Punjab , and a new brewery has recently been established at Rawal Pindi , which , to judge from the glowing reports that have reached us , appears likely to be a great success . It was only at the beginning of May last that the ground on which the premises are being erected was acquired ; yet the first brick was laid early the

following month , and , from the rate at which the work is progressing , there is little doubt the Company will be able to commence business at an early date . No expense is being spared in the erection of the brewery , which will be of very great capacity , solidly built , and , with every possible security , provided against fireandwhen finished

, , , the fittings and appurtenances will be ot the newest and best character . We wish the enterprise all success , and that the wholesome beverage purveyed by the Murree Company will find a profitable market in the new locality into which it is on the point of being introduced , and surpasses the vile drinks so common in India .

The Prince of Wales , having concluded his visit to Mr . de Murrieta , at Warhurst Park , Surrey , returned to Marlborough House on Tuesday , and will unveil the Wellington Statue at Hyde Park Corner to-day ( Friday ) .