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India.
Eastern Masonry . The ceremony of installation was admirably gone through by Brother Blaquiere , wdio gave the Right Worship ful Master an affectionate aud appropriate address , which went to the hearts of the Brethren , and in delivering which he was sensibly affected . The R . W . Master on assuming the chair , among the plaudits of the Brethren , addressed them in a manner which for brevity and effect sake , we will characterize as worthy of himself , and it was listened to with profound
attention . . The R . W . M . adverted in strong terms to the unsolicited honour which had been conferred upon him , and expressed his pleasure at being put into the chair by Brother Blaquiere , who was his own friend and the father of Masonry in India . He adverted to the cause of the decline of Masonry , which he in part attributed to the non-observance of some of our wisest laws and established usages , and more especially to the laxity which prevailed in the admission of personswho could do but little
, credit to the Craft , and to the elevation to office of Brethren not sufficiently qualified to rule , govern , and direct the Lodge . In conclusion , he forcibly reminded all present , after adverting to some points in Masonry in respect to which errors had happened which required rectification , that the chief ornaments of Masonry were rectitude of conduct and the practice of all the moral virtues that adorn mankind , which he strongly recommended to all present . The topic of a Masonic hall , or to set for
place of meeting peculiarly adapted one apart Freemasons , as well as the foundation of certain local charities , were alluded to as being contemplated , but as not being yet so definitively arranged as to be brought distinctly before the meeting .
After the address , the officers of the Grand Lodge were appointed and installed , according to due and ancient form , and the necessary business was transacted ; then the Lodge was closed . The Brethren proceeded to the banquet , which was spread by Brotlier Spence , with more than his usual liberality . They were marshalled by our respected and zealous Brother F . W . Birch , of the excellency of whose arrangements too much cannot be said , and the procession was closed by the their
Deputy , the Past , and the Present Grand Master , preceded by own and the Lodge banners . The banquet was sumptuous , and the meeting one continued scene of rational enjoyment , heightened by the prospect which it held forth of the success of Masonry hereafter to be anticipated . It would be impossible to enumerate all the toasts , or to detail the speeches made on this occasion , but we will enumerate a few of the principal . The first four the Duke of rand
toasts were , the "Queen and the Craft ; " " Sussex , G Master of Masons ; " the " Grand Lodge of Bengal ; " and " All poor and distressed Masons . " The Deputy Grand Master then rose and proposed the health of the Right Worship ful the Grand Master , in nearly the following words : — " Brethren , I call on you to fill your glasses a bumper , and to drink itif bumper drankI shall not detain you longbecause
, ever a was . , the subject does not require it , for it at once comes home to yourselves . The R . W . Master has set an example of brevity , and , in one of his speeches has advised us to leave something to the imagination . I shall not ask you to do so , as we have the personification , in the instance before us . Neither shall I make any eulogium on the person whose health I am about to propose , because , when you hear his name , his eulogy will be the spontaneous homage which will arise in every breast .
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India.
Eastern Masonry . The ceremony of installation was admirably gone through by Brother Blaquiere , wdio gave the Right Worship ful Master an affectionate aud appropriate address , which went to the hearts of the Brethren , and in delivering which he was sensibly affected . The R . W . Master on assuming the chair , among the plaudits of the Brethren , addressed them in a manner which for brevity and effect sake , we will characterize as worthy of himself , and it was listened to with profound
attention . . The R . W . M . adverted in strong terms to the unsolicited honour which had been conferred upon him , and expressed his pleasure at being put into the chair by Brother Blaquiere , who was his own friend and the father of Masonry in India . He adverted to the cause of the decline of Masonry , which he in part attributed to the non-observance of some of our wisest laws and established usages , and more especially to the laxity which prevailed in the admission of personswho could do but little
, credit to the Craft , and to the elevation to office of Brethren not sufficiently qualified to rule , govern , and direct the Lodge . In conclusion , he forcibly reminded all present , after adverting to some points in Masonry in respect to which errors had happened which required rectification , that the chief ornaments of Masonry were rectitude of conduct and the practice of all the moral virtues that adorn mankind , which he strongly recommended to all present . The topic of a Masonic hall , or to set for
place of meeting peculiarly adapted one apart Freemasons , as well as the foundation of certain local charities , were alluded to as being contemplated , but as not being yet so definitively arranged as to be brought distinctly before the meeting .
After the address , the officers of the Grand Lodge were appointed and installed , according to due and ancient form , and the necessary business was transacted ; then the Lodge was closed . The Brethren proceeded to the banquet , which was spread by Brotlier Spence , with more than his usual liberality . They were marshalled by our respected and zealous Brother F . W . Birch , of the excellency of whose arrangements too much cannot be said , and the procession was closed by the their
Deputy , the Past , and the Present Grand Master , preceded by own and the Lodge banners . The banquet was sumptuous , and the meeting one continued scene of rational enjoyment , heightened by the prospect which it held forth of the success of Masonry hereafter to be anticipated . It would be impossible to enumerate all the toasts , or to detail the speeches made on this occasion , but we will enumerate a few of the principal . The first four the Duke of rand
toasts were , the "Queen and the Craft ; " " Sussex , G Master of Masons ; " the " Grand Lodge of Bengal ; " and " All poor and distressed Masons . " The Deputy Grand Master then rose and proposed the health of the Right Worship ful the Grand Master , in nearly the following words : — " Brethren , I call on you to fill your glasses a bumper , and to drink itif bumper drankI shall not detain you longbecause
, ever a was . , the subject does not require it , for it at once comes home to yourselves . The R . W . Master has set an example of brevity , and , in one of his speeches has advised us to leave something to the imagination . I shall not ask you to do so , as we have the personification , in the instance before us . Neither shall I make any eulogium on the person whose health I am about to propose , because , when you hear his name , his eulogy will be the spontaneous homage which will arise in every breast .