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Contents . PAGE . FBEEMABOKS' MAGAZINE : — Postponement of the Grand Festival 341 Notes on American Freemasonry—No . 1 —( contd . ) 341 Masonic Orders of Knighthood 345 The Ancient Mysteries 346 Masonic Jottings—No . 17 348

Masonic Notes and Queries 349 Correspondence 351 Masonic Sayings and Doings Abroad 352 MASOHIO MIRBOB : — Masonic Mems 353 Grand Lodge of England 353 CBAPT LODGE M EETINGS-. — Metropolitan 35 < t

Provincial , 355 Scotland 356 Australia 356 Ancient and Accepted Rite 357 The Canynge Society ' s Anniversary 357 Poetry 359 Maxims of Pythagoras 359 Scientific Meetings 360 List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 360 To Correspondents 360

Postponement Of The Grand Festival.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE GRAND FESTIVAL .

ZONDON , SATURDAY , APRIL 30 , 1870 .

The installation of tbe M . W . Grand Master elect is postponed , under most melancholy circumstances . Our readers must all be well aware of the calamity that has befallen a party of English gentlemen and ladies , who were visiting the classic region of tbe battle field of Marathon , within a short distance of the

capital city of Greece . They were captured on their return by brigands , and Mr . Vyner , Mr . Lloyd , Mr . Herbert , and Count de Boyl were held as hostages for the payment of a large ransom , Lord Muncaster being released to arrange the payment of the ransom , Avhich ,

large as was the amount demanded , Avas immediately forthcoming ; but the mistaken zeal of the Greek Government in pressing too closely upon the brigands , prevented the release of the captives , and finding themselves hard pressed , they murdered iu cold blood ,

tbe whole of their victims . It is a singular and melancholy coincidence that both our M . W . Grand Master elect aud Deputy Grand Master nominate should have a near relative amongst tbe victims of this cruel massacre , Mr . Viner

being brother-in-law to the Earl de Grey and Eipon , and Mr . Herbert , who was attached to tbe British Legation at Athens , being a cousin of the Earl

Carnarvon , Under these melancho ly circumstances , it was impossible that the ceremony of installation and the accompanying festival should take place at the time appointed , aud we are assured that our distinguished brethren and their families will have the sympathy of

the whole body of Preemasons in a bereavement by which those near and dear to them were cut doAvn in the full flow of health and spirits .

Notes On American Freemasonry.

NOTES ON AMERICAN FREEMASONRY .

No . 1 . —GEAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS . ( Continued from Bage 324 ) The installation of Grand Master takes place on St . John's Day , ancl on that day of last year , we learn that M . W . Bro . Sewell Gardner ,

havingbeen re-elected , was installed by the Past Grand Master , Bro . E . 0 . Daine , in the presence of the officers of Grand Lodge , and the Dep . Dist . Grand Masters , of Avhom eleven were present . The M . W . Grand Master of Connecticut was also

present as a visitor . The Past Grand Master delivered an eloquent address , Avhich concludes as follows : —» "Allow me , Most Worshipful , to congratulate you on the honour of being again placed in the

high station of presiding over all the lodges of this State aiid jurisdiction . May the Father of Lights invest you Avith his choicest gifts . May heavenly wisdom illumine your mind . Mayheavenly power give strength to your exertions .

May heavenly goodness fill and enlarge your heart . May your feet rest upon the rock of justice , from your hands may streams of beneficience continually issue ; and round your head may there bend a circle , made splendid by the rays of honour , and

late , very late in life , may you he transmitted from the fading honours of an earthly lodge , to the mansions prepared for the faithful in a better world . "

Proclamation Avas made from the " E ., W ., and S . that " M . W . Bro . William SeAvall Gardner had

been duly elected , and in ample form installed Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts , and as such , would be respected by the Craft . '''' A procession of the brethren was formed , and thrice passing round the lodge room , saluted the Grand

Master with the customary honours . The elected officers , consisting of Senior Grand Warden , Junior Grand Warden , Grand Treasurer and Grand Recording Secretary are then invested . This duty completed , the remaining Grand OfficerSj

and the Dep . District Grand Officers are appointed by the Grand Master , The Grand Master then delivered an address , in Avhich he said the occasion of this assembly around the ancient altar , as their

predecessors had done for more than a century , was most auspicious . The relations between the Grand Lodge and its subordinates Avere most agreeable , peace and tranquility reigned throughout the

jurisdiction , and special congratulation was made upon