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India.
INDIA .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . IlnoTHKtt A . CHANT . — The substance of his letter has ber . n communicated to the proper quarter . S . W . —Tlie Right , —N-CT the Left , —is the proper mode . gt §*— Aiessrs . A . Pittar , Lattey ancl Co ., Government Race Library , Calcutta , as Correspondents of Aiessrs . Parbury ancl Co ., 8 , Leadenhall Streetwill supply the Freemasons' QuarterlReview .
, y The Back Numbers , from the first inclusive , can now be obtained . Subscriptions in aid of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons are most early solicited . Letters may be addressed to the Editor , care of Aiessrs . Sherwood and Co ., 23 , Paternoster Row , or to Dr . Crucefix , the Treasurer , Lancaster Place , Strand .
CALCUTTA . —We perceive by our Aladras file of newspapers that the mysteries of the Craft are progressing at that presidency . A Masonie procession having taken place in honour of the Anniversary of their Patron Saint , " St . John the Evangelist , " similar to that which we witnessed here on the 27 th of last month . AVe noticed also the circumstance of a New Alasonic Lodge having been opened at Agra ; very latelwe have heard of another at
Nagy poor , ancl we now observe the equally interesting circumstance of a Masonic Hall having been openeel at Allahabad with the forms and ceremonies usually adopted on such occasions . AA e have not the happiness to belong to the Craft ourselves , though we profess the hi ghest respect for the Association . AVe use the term happiness , because we heard the venerable preacher on the occasion to which we have alluded , announce from the pulpit that Freemasons were
linked together by the indissoluble tie of brotherly love , connecting it with charity , and the whole frabic supported by truth . An Association therefore which is based on such principles may fairly be considered to constitute happiness itself . —Calcutta Englishman , Jan . 13 , 1837 .
MADRAS . —AVe have been requested to notice , and we do it with pleasure , the establishment of a New Lodge at Aladras by Gentlemen of the Armenian Community . —The New Lodge , under the designation of " Armenia Lodge , " we have been informed , was constituted in clue and ancient form , by the Alost AA'orshipful Brother , A . de Babick , of Pondicherry , under the constitution of the Grancl Lodge of France , on AVednesday last , AVorshipful Brother A . Seth Sam being , according to
ancient custom , and in due and solemn form , installed the first AA'orshipful Master , and Brothers V . Seth Sam and S . Lazar the Senior and Junior AA- ' ardens . AVe understand the mode of working to be observed will be strictly ancient , and from the respectability of the individuals that have been named to us as . Members of the New Lodge , under the advice and assistance of that well informed and zealous Alember of the Craft , the Al . AV . B . A . cle Babick , we feel assured the Armenia Lodge
will be a credit to the Craft . AVe understand the meetings of this New Lodge will be held in a house opposite to the AVesley ' an Chapel , near Royapettah , on the road leading to the Luz .
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India.
INDIA .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . IlnoTHKtt A . CHANT . — The substance of his letter has ber . n communicated to the proper quarter . S . W . —Tlie Right , —N-CT the Left , —is the proper mode . gt §*— Aiessrs . A . Pittar , Lattey ancl Co ., Government Race Library , Calcutta , as Correspondents of Aiessrs . Parbury ancl Co ., 8 , Leadenhall Streetwill supply the Freemasons' QuarterlReview .
, y The Back Numbers , from the first inclusive , can now be obtained . Subscriptions in aid of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons are most early solicited . Letters may be addressed to the Editor , care of Aiessrs . Sherwood and Co ., 23 , Paternoster Row , or to Dr . Crucefix , the Treasurer , Lancaster Place , Strand .
CALCUTTA . —We perceive by our Aladras file of newspapers that the mysteries of the Craft are progressing at that presidency . A Masonie procession having taken place in honour of the Anniversary of their Patron Saint , " St . John the Evangelist , " similar to that which we witnessed here on the 27 th of last month . AVe noticed also the circumstance of a New Alasonic Lodge having been opened at Agra ; very latelwe have heard of another at
Nagy poor , ancl we now observe the equally interesting circumstance of a Masonic Hall having been openeel at Allahabad with the forms and ceremonies usually adopted on such occasions . AA e have not the happiness to belong to the Craft ourselves , though we profess the hi ghest respect for the Association . AVe use the term happiness , because we heard the venerable preacher on the occasion to which we have alluded , announce from the pulpit that Freemasons were
linked together by the indissoluble tie of brotherly love , connecting it with charity , and the whole frabic supported by truth . An Association therefore which is based on such principles may fairly be considered to constitute happiness itself . —Calcutta Englishman , Jan . 13 , 1837 .
MADRAS . —AVe have been requested to notice , and we do it with pleasure , the establishment of a New Lodge at Aladras by Gentlemen of the Armenian Community . —The New Lodge , under the designation of " Armenia Lodge , " we have been informed , was constituted in clue and ancient form , by the Alost AA'orshipful Brother , A . de Babick , of Pondicherry , under the constitution of the Grancl Lodge of France , on AVednesday last , AVorshipful Brother A . Seth Sam being , according to
ancient custom , and in due and solemn form , installed the first AA'orshipful Master , and Brothers V . Seth Sam and S . Lazar the Senior and Junior AA- ' ardens . AVe understand the mode of working to be observed will be strictly ancient , and from the respectability of the individuals that have been named to us as . Members of the New Lodge , under the advice and assistance of that well informed and zealous Alember of the Craft , the Al . AV . B . A . cle Babick , we feel assured the Armenia Lodge
will be a credit to the Craft . AVe understand the meetings of this New Lodge will be held in a house opposite to the AVesley ' an Chapel , near Royapettah , on the road leading to the Luz .