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Masonic Anecdotes.
government being contented with the confiscation of all his property . Bro . Lagratia was' put on board a vessel bound to New York , where he made himself known to Bro . James Herring , the Grand Secretary , who caused him to be relieved , and who also gave him a recommendatory letter to the Lodge of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge of England , to which he presented his petition on the 31 st of July , for aid to procure a passage to Barcelona , where he hacl some commercial as well as general relations . We need hardly say that his petition was favourably entertained .
The Masonic Province Of Sumatra.
THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF SUMATRA .
rr Anui alteram partem . ' * To THE EDITOR . —In your last number ( p . 188 ) , your correspondent " Quid Nunc" appears to have been so much in error , that the following explanation maybe acceptable . About the year 1821 ( asl have heard ) , the present P . G . M . for Sumatra , at that time a member of the Lodge of Felicity , now 60 , was an aspirant for the honour of the Crimson
, but as he was about to return to Sumatra , and as the late Colonel Macdonald , * the retiring Provincial Grand Master of that district was anxious for his appointment , he being considered " a Resident , " although absent in England on business , the late Brother W . Meyrick ( G . R . ) , brought the subject before the notice of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , who appointed Brother Lewis to the vacant office ; and he accordingly took his seat for the first time in Grancl Lodge on the 6 th March , 1822 ,
as Provincial Grand Alaster for Sumatra , without any " et ceteras . " He appears to have attended Grand Lodge pretty generally during that year , and occasionally until June , 1824 , when , although at tlie time a newly appointed Prov . G . M . for Sumatra lie was actually nominated on the Board of General Purposes ! At the Annual Festival in 1825 , the Brother appears to have the " et ceteras" attached to his officebut was not re-appointed on the Board
, , probably because he returned to Sumatra , as from May , 1825 to April , 1827 , 1 find no mention of him in the papers of the Grand Lodge ; then , however , he re-appears , but without the " et ceteras , " which however will be found appended in June following ; but were finall y discontinued in September . These " el ceteras" are , or rather , were , I presume , a " vagary'' of the Right Worshipful Brother . It is believed ( I do not vouch for tbe fact ) that the P . G . M . did
really visit the seat of his Masonic jurisdiction , but his sojourn there must have been but brief ; from April , 1827 , he is reported to have been present in Grand Lodge , and was again appointed on the Board of General Purposes , a sufficient proof that he was not likely to enlighten the gentles of his o ' wn district , but very likely to make one of a quorum ,
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Masonic Anecdotes.
government being contented with the confiscation of all his property . Bro . Lagratia was' put on board a vessel bound to New York , where he made himself known to Bro . James Herring , the Grand Secretary , who caused him to be relieved , and who also gave him a recommendatory letter to the Lodge of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge of England , to which he presented his petition on the 31 st of July , for aid to procure a passage to Barcelona , where he hacl some commercial as well as general relations . We need hardly say that his petition was favourably entertained .
The Masonic Province Of Sumatra.
THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF SUMATRA .
rr Anui alteram partem . ' * To THE EDITOR . —In your last number ( p . 188 ) , your correspondent " Quid Nunc" appears to have been so much in error , that the following explanation maybe acceptable . About the year 1821 ( asl have heard ) , the present P . G . M . for Sumatra , at that time a member of the Lodge of Felicity , now 60 , was an aspirant for the honour of the Crimson
, but as he was about to return to Sumatra , and as the late Colonel Macdonald , * the retiring Provincial Grand Master of that district was anxious for his appointment , he being considered " a Resident , " although absent in England on business , the late Brother W . Meyrick ( G . R . ) , brought the subject before the notice of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , who appointed Brother Lewis to the vacant office ; and he accordingly took his seat for the first time in Grancl Lodge on the 6 th March , 1822 ,
as Provincial Grand Alaster for Sumatra , without any " et ceteras . " He appears to have attended Grand Lodge pretty generally during that year , and occasionally until June , 1824 , when , although at tlie time a newly appointed Prov . G . M . for Sumatra lie was actually nominated on the Board of General Purposes ! At the Annual Festival in 1825 , the Brother appears to have the " et ceteras" attached to his officebut was not re-appointed on the Board
, , probably because he returned to Sumatra , as from May , 1825 to April , 1827 , 1 find no mention of him in the papers of the Grand Lodge ; then , however , he re-appears , but without the " et ceteras , " which however will be found appended in June following ; but were finall y discontinued in September . These " el ceteras" are , or rather , were , I presume , a " vagary'' of the Right Worshipful Brother . It is believed ( I do not vouch for tbe fact ) that the P . G . M . did
really visit the seat of his Masonic jurisdiction , but his sojourn there must have been but brief ; from April , 1827 , he is reported to have been present in Grand Lodge , and was again appointed on the Board of General Purposes , a sufficient proof that he was not likely to enlighten the gentles of his o ' wn district , but very likely to make one of a quorum ,