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India.
and the strict order of departure at midnight , admitted not of much eloquence . The few toasts drank were enthusiastically received ; and among them , the Grand Master , —the Deputy who had so kindly visited them , —the Grand Secretary , Brother Grant , the oldest Member of the Lodge , —and Dr . Crucefix , the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . It was a happy meeting ,, and may there be many more sucli . Calcutta , March 9 , 1840 .
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY . — Companion A . Grant has opened his Chapter , and has already exalted eight Brethren of the first respectability —among them the Chief Justice . The Provincial Grand Master has been elected Second Principal , vice Companion Guest resigned . The Prov . Deputy Grand Master has alread y left Calcutta for the north-we : tern provinces , and will proceed to Agra via Allahabad and Cawnpore . He intends visiting all the Lodges in due form ; at Cawnpore he will have the advantage of the advice ancl experience of Major Macdonald , who is there stationed , and having with him a warrant for a Royal Arch Chapter , he will probably appeint the major as Z .
AGRA . —LODGE OP FHEEDOJI AND FRATERNITY lately held a meeting of emergency , to enable Brother Macdonald to take his seat as an honorary member , a compliment awarded to him in return for his Masonic assistance on a former visit . The invitation extended to all the Brethren of the regiment . Brother Gouland was again in the chair , and welcomed his friends with true Indian hospitality . A report had been prevalent that the major ' s regiment would have been detained in
Agra , and that , in consequence , Brother Gouland would have resigned the chair to him . The major worked the first lecture , and promised that others of the Brethren would regularly introduce the sections . CAWNPORE . —Royal Arch Masonry is looking up . We are expecting Brother Neave with his warrant for a Chapter , and Major Macdonald is desirous of entering upon his public duty as a Principal . This aid has not come inopportunely , as in all Bengal there is but one regular Chapter , although some Companions have been doing their best in practising the system .
SIMILAH . —THE LODGE OF HIMALAYAN BROTHERS works very well It consists of military men and men of fortune , who are very liberal in their Lodge appointments , & c . The fees are high in consequence . NEEMUCH . —After two years' and a half residence , Major Macdonald has left us for Cawnpore . The relieving corps we understand contains many Brethren , who , with those remaining , will doubtless profit by the example set them by those who have left . A Past-Master ' s Jewel will be presented to Brother Major Macdonald by the Senior Lodge , 629 , as a memorial of his public services .
CAWNPORE . —Major Macdonald is here . Lodge Sincerity , 552 , is composed of the aristocracy . Lodge Harmony , 641 , of the middle class . The former has been in a dormant state . The Deputy G . M ., Robert Neave , Esq ., who arrived by dawk ( post ) , advised that the care of the Lodge should devolve on the Major , who has revived it with great eclat . A meeting of the Lodge was convened b y him to receive the Deputy Grand Master , at which Major Macdonald officiated as his Deputy , ancl addressed Brother Neave on his appointment in an appropriate speech , to which Brother Neave replied at considerable length , embracing the following points . The patent constitutes him the Dep . Prov . G . M . for
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India.
and the strict order of departure at midnight , admitted not of much eloquence . The few toasts drank were enthusiastically received ; and among them , the Grand Master , —the Deputy who had so kindly visited them , —the Grand Secretary , Brother Grant , the oldest Member of the Lodge , —and Dr . Crucefix , the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . It was a happy meeting ,, and may there be many more sucli . Calcutta , March 9 , 1840 .
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY . — Companion A . Grant has opened his Chapter , and has already exalted eight Brethren of the first respectability —among them the Chief Justice . The Provincial Grand Master has been elected Second Principal , vice Companion Guest resigned . The Prov . Deputy Grand Master has alread y left Calcutta for the north-we : tern provinces , and will proceed to Agra via Allahabad and Cawnpore . He intends visiting all the Lodges in due form ; at Cawnpore he will have the advantage of the advice ancl experience of Major Macdonald , who is there stationed , and having with him a warrant for a Royal Arch Chapter , he will probably appeint the major as Z .
AGRA . —LODGE OP FHEEDOJI AND FRATERNITY lately held a meeting of emergency , to enable Brother Macdonald to take his seat as an honorary member , a compliment awarded to him in return for his Masonic assistance on a former visit . The invitation extended to all the Brethren of the regiment . Brother Gouland was again in the chair , and welcomed his friends with true Indian hospitality . A report had been prevalent that the major ' s regiment would have been detained in
Agra , and that , in consequence , Brother Gouland would have resigned the chair to him . The major worked the first lecture , and promised that others of the Brethren would regularly introduce the sections . CAWNPORE . —Royal Arch Masonry is looking up . We are expecting Brother Neave with his warrant for a Chapter , and Major Macdonald is desirous of entering upon his public duty as a Principal . This aid has not come inopportunely , as in all Bengal there is but one regular Chapter , although some Companions have been doing their best in practising the system .
SIMILAH . —THE LODGE OF HIMALAYAN BROTHERS works very well It consists of military men and men of fortune , who are very liberal in their Lodge appointments , & c . The fees are high in consequence . NEEMUCH . —After two years' and a half residence , Major Macdonald has left us for Cawnpore . The relieving corps we understand contains many Brethren , who , with those remaining , will doubtless profit by the example set them by those who have left . A Past-Master ' s Jewel will be presented to Brother Major Macdonald by the Senior Lodge , 629 , as a memorial of his public services .
CAWNPORE . —Major Macdonald is here . Lodge Sincerity , 552 , is composed of the aristocracy . Lodge Harmony , 641 , of the middle class . The former has been in a dormant state . The Deputy G . M ., Robert Neave , Esq ., who arrived by dawk ( post ) , advised that the care of the Lodge should devolve on the Major , who has revived it with great eclat . A meeting of the Lodge was convened b y him to receive the Deputy Grand Master , at which Major Macdonald officiated as his Deputy , ancl addressed Brother Neave on his appointment in an appropriate speech , to which Brother Neave replied at considerable length , embracing the following points . The patent constitutes him the Dep . Prov . G . M . for