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procession returned to the Lodge-room , when the Brethren were again addressed by the Provincial Grancl Master , who expressed his entire satisfaction with the proceedings of the day ; after which the Provincial Grancl Lodge was closed in clue form and with solemn prayer , and adjourned . The Masters of the several Lodges , with his AVorship the Mayor , the Commissioners , & c , were entertained at dinner by the Right AA ' orshipful the Provincial Grancl Master , at the St . John Hotel , at seven o ' clock , when the evening was passed with that agreeable conviviality which is so characteristic of the Order .
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . THACKER & Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE have received several letters long over date , especially one from Madras , Oth July , 1846 . As the interest has greatly subsidedwe do not refer to them otherwise than to
, request the most recent intelligence . We observe that complaints are made as to the difficulty of obtaining the F . Q . It . —on enquiry we understand that tbe leading booksellers at all the Presidencies will cheerfully and readily supply the Rcvieiv—and even by overland—if the parties ordering them will incur the expense . LIKUT . SYKES will please to enquire of Bro . J . B . Pharoah and Co ., Madras , who are the appointed agents for Bro . R . Spencer in that Presidency .
CALCUTTA . —AVe understand that some important revelations have been dispatched to the head-quarters in London : the result is abided with fearful anxiety . It is to be lamented that we are not sufficiently regulated , or rather protected by those in authority ; and we fain leave it to the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to watch our case , and throw into the scale the advantage not only of its opinion , but its powerful advocacy . To this end a Brother well acquainted with our position has
been entrusted with a mission , with full authority to explain all our case ; and may his exertions enlist first the sympathy , and next the power of the Masonic organ in our behalf . MADRAS , May 9 , 1847 . — To the Editor of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review . —Dear Sir and Brother , —You will confer a lasting obligation on the members of the Lodge of Social Friendship , No . 326 , and in fact to the whole fraternity of Southern India—where
I am sorry to say "thick darkness" prevails on points of Masonic jurisprudence , and shameful irregularities ancl innovations are practised , constitutions disregarded , and even the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England set at nought—by answering the following queries to us , by return of mail , and , for the benefit of Masonry , in the next issue of your invaluable Review . AVe , as an old and faithful Lodge , have to regret the indifference of the United Grand Lodge to our interests . AVe are left to grope our way in the dark , and to have those rights and privileges , which we have so
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Foreign.
procession returned to the Lodge-room , when the Brethren were again addressed by the Provincial Grancl Master , who expressed his entire satisfaction with the proceedings of the day ; after which the Provincial Grancl Lodge was closed in clue form and with solemn prayer , and adjourned . The Masters of the several Lodges , with his AVorship the Mayor , the Commissioners , & c , were entertained at dinner by the Right AA ' orshipful the Provincial Grancl Master , at the St . John Hotel , at seven o ' clock , when the evening was passed with that agreeable conviviality which is so characteristic of the Order .
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . THACKER & Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE have received several letters long over date , especially one from Madras , Oth July , 1846 . As the interest has greatly subsidedwe do not refer to them otherwise than to
, request the most recent intelligence . We observe that complaints are made as to the difficulty of obtaining the F . Q . It . —on enquiry we understand that tbe leading booksellers at all the Presidencies will cheerfully and readily supply the Rcvieiv—and even by overland—if the parties ordering them will incur the expense . LIKUT . SYKES will please to enquire of Bro . J . B . Pharoah and Co ., Madras , who are the appointed agents for Bro . R . Spencer in that Presidency .
CALCUTTA . —AVe understand that some important revelations have been dispatched to the head-quarters in London : the result is abided with fearful anxiety . It is to be lamented that we are not sufficiently regulated , or rather protected by those in authority ; and we fain leave it to the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to watch our case , and throw into the scale the advantage not only of its opinion , but its powerful advocacy . To this end a Brother well acquainted with our position has
been entrusted with a mission , with full authority to explain all our case ; and may his exertions enlist first the sympathy , and next the power of the Masonic organ in our behalf . MADRAS , May 9 , 1847 . — To the Editor of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review . —Dear Sir and Brother , —You will confer a lasting obligation on the members of the Lodge of Social Friendship , No . 326 , and in fact to the whole fraternity of Southern India—where
I am sorry to say "thick darkness" prevails on points of Masonic jurisprudence , and shameful irregularities ancl innovations are practised , constitutions disregarded , and even the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England set at nought—by answering the following queries to us , by return of mail , and , for the benefit of Masonry , in the next issue of your invaluable Review . AVe , as an old and faithful Lodge , have to regret the indifference of the United Grand Lodge to our interests . AVe are left to grope our way in the dark , and to have those rights and privileges , which we have so