Masonic Statue Of General Albert Pike, 33°.

Masonic Statue of General Albert Pike , 33 ° .

No more striking personage in American Masonry has appeared in that fruitful sail of Masonic celebrities than the late General Albert Pike , 33 ° , a man whose commanding presence , scholarly erudition , and life long zeal in the service of Masonry justly entitle him to the admiration and gratitude of all seekers after Masonic knowledge . At once a scholar , a

soldier , and a poet , he devoted nearly a lifetime to the service of the Order he loved so well , and the statue that has been erected to his memory by the Supreme Council , 33 , and which is placed in one of the squares of Washington , near the head-quarters of that body , is a fitting tribute to his worth . It was designed by the famous Italian sculptor , G . Trentanove ,

who is also a Mason . The size is heroic . The female figure at the base of the pedestal represents Masonry holding the banner of the Supreme Council . It is to be unveiled at the annual meeting of the Supreme Council during the coming month .

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An Installation Ceremony.

An Installation Ceremony .

IN view of the great interest taken in the recent ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall , we think the following extract from the London Chronicle of 1814 reporting a similar will be interesting to our readers : — " AXCIEXT FREEMASONS . "

"On Monday lastithe Installation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master of Ancient Freemasons of England , took place at Freemasons' Hall . The whole was conducted with strict regard to its ancient solemnities , and was a magnificent ceremony . His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent , his Grace the Duke of Athol , his Grace the

Duke of Devonshire , his Excellency the Count de la Gardje , and other illustrious and distinguished persons , assisted in the procession , and in the business , which can neither be printed nor described . The Right Hon . Lord Dundas was at the same time installed as Deputy Grand Master . There

were present a number of Provincial Grand Masters , Visitors from the Grand Ledges of Scotland and Ireland , and the Representatives of the Lodges holding of the United Grand Lodge of England . The spectacle was heightened by the happy union which has taken place between the two

Fraternities , so successfully brought about by the fraternal and conciliatory efforts of the two Royal Dukes , under the sanction of the Prince Regent , the Patron of the Order , and to which the truly disinterested conduct of the Duke of Athol , who had been the Grand Master of the one body for

a period of near forty years , mainly contributed . The Representatives of the Lodges of both Orders were so completely intermixed , and the costume so uniform , as to make but one body , and they were not more perfectly united in appearance than in brotherhood . The ceremony was accompanied by music . A sublime anthem , composed

by-Mr . Wesley , was performed with great effect on the organthe vocal parts Hiy , 'Mr . Leete , Mr . Goss , Mr . Evans , and others ; and different parts of the solemnity were relieved by other pieces of music , composed by Mr . Kelly , and an Ode , appropriate to the occasion , spoken by Mr . Pope . The Duke of Kent ' s band , being all Masons , were in the Gallery .

The service of the ( day was rendered most truly interesting by a Discourse which the Grand Master gave on the subject of Masonry , its antiquity , its traditions , its long preservation in primitive simplicity , its universality , and its beneficent objects . His Royal Highness stated his determination to

preserve the Craft in its genuine purity , and trusted he should meet the countenance of the numerous Lodges , in raising such an . Establishment in the metropolis of the British Empire , for the Grand Lodge , as should make it the central point of masonic communion to the Fraternity

throughout the world . As an object of literary and antiquarian research , the science was highly curious to the scholar as well as the divine . For this purpose , it was His Royal Highness's wish , among other things , that a Library should be formed for masonic investigation ; and it would be

found that this would be by no means a trilling or an easy acquisition ; for such a library would not contain any of the trash foisted on the vulgar as masonic histories , but would embrace a very numerous collection of rare and valuable books in the Hebrew , Celtic , Greek , Latin , and Oriental languages . This was received by the numerous body of Masons assembled with the most heartfelt applause .

"The ceremony lasted for four hours ; after which the Masters of more than 2 C 0 Lodges were severally introduced to His Royal Highness , and received his hand as Brothers . " The Banquet is to be held at Freemasons' Hall on Saturday next , when his Royal Highness the Grand Master

will be in the Chair , and when he will be honoured with the presence of all the illustrious Members of the Craft now in London . "