Colonial.

Kilwinning Lodge ( No . 32 ) . —The following are the namcs ' of the officers for the year 1859 : —F . AV . Thomas , AV . M . ; John Harrison , S . AV . ; J . H . Flock , J . AA . ; R . Lewis , S . D . ; J . AVylie , J . D . ; T . H . Buckley , Treas . ; T : R . AVestcott , Sec . ; AV Noble , I . G . ; T . F . M'Mullen , Tyler ; AV . G . Chambers , C . L . Dayis , Dirs . of Cers . ; AV . C . L . Gill , and T . Bulwer , Stewards .

SINGAPORE . LODGE OP FIDELITY ( No . 1042 ) . —The progress of Masonry in this settlement since 1845 , when Lodge Zetland in tho East was set on foot , mainly through the zeal and indefatigable exertions of R . AV . Bro . J . Colson Smith , has been so great that grounds , in the opinion of many Brethren , existed for establishing another Lodge , without detriment to No . 748 . Application accordingly having been made to the 51 . AV . the Grand Mastera warrant was received in due course from England

, , constituting a second Craft Lodge at Singapore , under the title of the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 1042 , and nominating ( in accordance with the wish of the Brethren ) the R . W . Bro . J . Colson Smith , Prov . S . G . AVarden for the Eastern Archipelago , as its first Master . Thursday evening , August 5 th , 1858 , having been fixed for Bro . Smith ' s installation , upwards of fifty Brethren assembled at them handsome hall , on the Esplanade , to take a part in the interesting ceremony ; which was ably conducted by V . AV . Bro . R . TaylorProv . G . Reg . for the Eastern Archipelagoand

, , the present Master of Lodge Zetland iu the East . The Brother nominated in the warrant of constitution having left the settlement , ( R . AV . Bro . the Rev . T . C . Smith , M . A . P . Prov . G . Chaplain , and P . Prov . J . G . AY . of Bengal ) , theD . Prov . G . M . of the Eastern Archipelago , undertook that office at the wish of the Brethren . The officers of the Lodge , who were duly invested after the R . AV . Master ' s installation , are R . AA . and Rev . Bros . Smyth , S . AV . ; Paul Lessler , J . AV . ; G . A . Reme , Sec . ; F . H . Gottleib , Treas . ( since resigned , and Bro . D . Rodger , elected in his

place ); J . B . Leicester , S . D . ; F . Henderson , J . D . ; Atwell Coxon , I . G . ; C . Perrean , Tyler . The Rev . Bro . J . J . Every , B . A ., Chaplain of H . M . S . Ssk , has been subsequently appointed aud invested as Chaplain , after receiving his second and third degrees in the Lodge . The above named ceremonies ho . ving been concluded , a ballot was taken for the admission into Masonry of four gentlemen . This proving unanimously in favour of the applicants , they were all initiated in ancient form , the customary charge and lecture on the tracing board being ably given to the newly admitted Brethren by the Senior AA arden . The Brethren

then adjourned to their spacious and handsome dining hall , where the evening ' s proceedings were closed with a banquet , at which the trite spirit of Masonic harmony aud social enjoyment , combined with due temperance , was fully maintained . The Lodge of Fidelity , since its establishment as described * has proved so prosperous , that meetings frequently twice in the week have been absolutely requisite for satisfactorily performing the amount of work which has attended its proceedings . May it still continue to diffuse extensively the principles of our ancient and noble order—principles so long and so eminently displayed bits

y present respected and excellent Master ; and so beautifully illustrated by the admirable lectures delivered by its present gifted Senior AA arden , whose appointment to the Chaplaincy of the station has been a very fortunate event for the new Lodge , and for the success and position of the Craft in tho straits of Malacca and the Eastern Archipelago .

MALTA . A / ALHITA . — Lodge of St . John and St . Paul ( No . 437 ) . —This Lodge , which is the senior and most flourishing in the island , met on the 27 th December , to celebrate the festival of St . John , and also to iustal the Worshipful Master elect , Bro . tho Most Noble the Marquis of St . George . The ceremony of inducting the noble Brother into the chair of K . S . was efficiently performed , and the AA orshipful Master