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America, (United States).
in reply to one from ; our Right Worshipful Grand Secretary Brother Herring , which states that ne had called on Brother , who stated that he had ? iever opened a single letter or communication of Brother Boyd's , and that they were all in his oliice just as he had received them . Such conduct requires no comment from your committee . Brother Hoyd has since tendered his resignation to the Grand Lodge of Ireland , as their representative in" this Grand Lodge " A very singular account of a correspondence of the Masonic DIRECTORIUM of Prussia was read , but which , from its especial difference in the principle of universal Masonry , we do not , at present , republish . Dr . ROGERS , as the Representative of Connecticut , was introduced and addressed ; he replied in a very animated manner . June 4 . —Extract from Report of General Regulations :
" 3 rd . —In reference to the several Masonic Periodicals named liy our D . G . Master , if judiciously conducted , as your committee entertains no doubt they will be , they are calculated to accomplish a vast amount of good , by diffusing more extensively those sound , moral , and benevolent principles , which so eminently characterize this venerable Institution ; your committee , therefore , recommend those publications to tlie liberal patronage of the Fraternity . " [ We most earnestly recommend the publication of the transactions of the Grand Lodge of England on the very principle of that of New York . AVe should have , let the practice out of Lodge be what it may , at least the semblance of propriety ; no one would then dare to speak what would not bear reporting . —ED . ]
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this " Review , " are—Messrs THAOKER and Co . ; and Messrs . PITTAR and Co . TO CORRESPONDENTS . A MASTER MASON . —While we cannot but agree in the opinion of our Correspondent , and regret that the unpleasant affair occurred , we , for obvious reasons , decline any further allusion to it ; and hope the good sense of many , and a sense of honour in others , will co-operate to bury it in oblivion .
Our despatches have at length reached us , but their details are mere general accounts of meetings of Lodges , which , as our space has been pre-occupied , we shall briefly dismiss : —That the Calcutta Lodges are in a very fair state of discipline—the country Lodges still labouring under the effects of thinned ranks , owing to the absence of the military . Arch Masonry is not yet in the ascendant ; and Templar Masonry altogether at a stand-still . These latter points are mainly ,
if not entirely , owing to the unreasonable conduct of the Executive in England towards Anglo-Indian Freemasonry . It it also to be regretted that the important subject of the initiation of the Hindoos and Musselmans , referred for the consideration and advice of the authorities in England , has met with no attention . The advocates for the admission of natives , are of opinion that Freemasonry would do more to improve their social condition than any known code of amelioration ; and yet the subject is treated with apathy and indifference .
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America, (United States).
in reply to one from ; our Right Worshipful Grand Secretary Brother Herring , which states that ne had called on Brother , who stated that he had ? iever opened a single letter or communication of Brother Boyd's , and that they were all in his oliice just as he had received them . Such conduct requires no comment from your committee . Brother Hoyd has since tendered his resignation to the Grand Lodge of Ireland , as their representative in" this Grand Lodge " A very singular account of a correspondence of the Masonic DIRECTORIUM of Prussia was read , but which , from its especial difference in the principle of universal Masonry , we do not , at present , republish . Dr . ROGERS , as the Representative of Connecticut , was introduced and addressed ; he replied in a very animated manner . June 4 . —Extract from Report of General Regulations :
" 3 rd . —In reference to the several Masonic Periodicals named liy our D . G . Master , if judiciously conducted , as your committee entertains no doubt they will be , they are calculated to accomplish a vast amount of good , by diffusing more extensively those sound , moral , and benevolent principles , which so eminently characterize this venerable Institution ; your committee , therefore , recommend those publications to tlie liberal patronage of the Fraternity . " [ We most earnestly recommend the publication of the transactions of the Grand Lodge of England on the very principle of that of New York . AVe should have , let the practice out of Lodge be what it may , at least the semblance of propriety ; no one would then dare to speak what would not bear reporting . —ED . ]
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this " Review , " are—Messrs THAOKER and Co . ; and Messrs . PITTAR and Co . TO CORRESPONDENTS . A MASTER MASON . —While we cannot but agree in the opinion of our Correspondent , and regret that the unpleasant affair occurred , we , for obvious reasons , decline any further allusion to it ; and hope the good sense of many , and a sense of honour in others , will co-operate to bury it in oblivion .
Our despatches have at length reached us , but their details are mere general accounts of meetings of Lodges , which , as our space has been pre-occupied , we shall briefly dismiss : —That the Calcutta Lodges are in a very fair state of discipline—the country Lodges still labouring under the effects of thinned ranks , owing to the absence of the military . Arch Masonry is not yet in the ascendant ; and Templar Masonry altogether at a stand-still . These latter points are mainly ,
if not entirely , owing to the unreasonable conduct of the Executive in England towards Anglo-Indian Freemasonry . It it also to be regretted that the important subject of the initiation of the Hindoos and Musselmans , referred for the consideration and advice of the authorities in England , has met with no attention . The advocates for the admission of natives , are of opinion that Freemasonry would do more to improve their social condition than any known code of amelioration ; and yet the subject is treated with apathy and indifference .