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charged with setting up an authority in opposition to the Grancl Lodge of England , whose authority , as well as that of the Grand Chapter of England , they were most desirous to respect and uphold ; whereas Dr . Grant has made himself responsible for the acts his want of forbearance ancl judgment compelled the members to adopt ; to prove this , they . sought to have their chapter named the " Zetland . " The following extract from a letter from Companion Morris Leon
, Scribe E ., of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , will be conclusive evidence on a most important point . "Respecting the charter granted to the E . C . Townsend and others in Bengal , called Chapter Kilwinning in the East , No . 64 on the roll of the S . G . It . A Chapter of Scotland , the saicl charter was granted upon a proper application made in the usual manner as prescribed by the laws , all the forms & c . being faithfully complied with , ancl no
other means were used than were legal and constitutional . " After much severe recrimination , a Provincial and District Grand Lodge was held , the minutes of which we feel it necessary to give at some length .
Extract from the proceedings of the Provincial and District Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Bengal and its Territories . At a quarterly communication holden at Freemason ' s Hall on Saturday , the 24 th of June , 1848 . Read a circular issued to the several Calcutta lodges on the 15 th inst ., cautioning their members against joining a Royal Arch Chapter , which , the Prov . Grand Aiaster had been informed was attempted to be set upunder a charter obtained from the Supreme
, Grand Chapter of Scotland , of which AVorshipful Bro . Townsend , Blaster of Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 740 , was to be the First Principal . AVith reference to this circular , which the Provincial Grand Master stated he had caused to be issued , lest any brother should unwittingly identify himself with the chapter alluded to , and with those brethren who , unmindful of the allegiance they owe to him as the representative in this
province of the Most AVorshipful the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England , had offered him an insult , by procuring a warrant from a body which coulcl exercise no authority whatever in a province appertaining to the Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter of England . The Prov . Grand Aiaster alluded to an application which had been made to him in course of the past year , for a dispensation to hold a Royal Arch Chapter in connection with lodge Kilwinning in the East , which , for good anel sufficient reasons , he had declined to arant at that time .
ancl he further considered that Chapter Hope was sufficient as regards Royal Arch Masonry for the city of Calcutta for the present ; but under any circumstances , in the event of another chapter being formed , the youngest one in Calcutta , which Kilwinning in the East was , would not have been the one selected to have joined it to , to the prejudice of older and better lodges , which- had much stronger claims to such an honour . Subsequently a worshipful brotherJohn Cameron ( one of the
, applicants for the dispensation , and Past Master of Lodge Kilwinning in the East ) , when proceeding to Europe obtained from him a letter of introduction to the Grand Secretary in Scotland . He was not a little astonished , therefore , to learn that Bro . Cameron had apparently made use of that in : roduction , in the face of his express interdiction , in sending out a charter from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland for
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India.
charged with setting up an authority in opposition to the Grancl Lodge of England , whose authority , as well as that of the Grand Chapter of England , they were most desirous to respect and uphold ; whereas Dr . Grant has made himself responsible for the acts his want of forbearance ancl judgment compelled the members to adopt ; to prove this , they . sought to have their chapter named the " Zetland . " The following extract from a letter from Companion Morris Leon
, Scribe E ., of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , will be conclusive evidence on a most important point . "Respecting the charter granted to the E . C . Townsend and others in Bengal , called Chapter Kilwinning in the East , No . 64 on the roll of the S . G . It . A Chapter of Scotland , the saicl charter was granted upon a proper application made in the usual manner as prescribed by the laws , all the forms & c . being faithfully complied with , ancl no
other means were used than were legal and constitutional . " After much severe recrimination , a Provincial and District Grand Lodge was held , the minutes of which we feel it necessary to give at some length .
Extract from the proceedings of the Provincial and District Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Bengal and its Territories . At a quarterly communication holden at Freemason ' s Hall on Saturday , the 24 th of June , 1848 . Read a circular issued to the several Calcutta lodges on the 15 th inst ., cautioning their members against joining a Royal Arch Chapter , which , the Prov . Grand Aiaster had been informed was attempted to be set upunder a charter obtained from the Supreme
, Grand Chapter of Scotland , of which AVorshipful Bro . Townsend , Blaster of Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 740 , was to be the First Principal . AVith reference to this circular , which the Provincial Grand Master stated he had caused to be issued , lest any brother should unwittingly identify himself with the chapter alluded to , and with those brethren who , unmindful of the allegiance they owe to him as the representative in this
province of the Most AVorshipful the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England , had offered him an insult , by procuring a warrant from a body which coulcl exercise no authority whatever in a province appertaining to the Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter of England . The Prov . Grand Aiaster alluded to an application which had been made to him in course of the past year , for a dispensation to hold a Royal Arch Chapter in connection with lodge Kilwinning in the East , which , for good anel sufficient reasons , he had declined to arant at that time .
ancl he further considered that Chapter Hope was sufficient as regards Royal Arch Masonry for the city of Calcutta for the present ; but under any circumstances , in the event of another chapter being formed , the youngest one in Calcutta , which Kilwinning in the East was , would not have been the one selected to have joined it to , to the prejudice of older and better lodges , which- had much stronger claims to such an honour . Subsequently a worshipful brotherJohn Cameron ( one of the
, applicants for the dispensation , and Past Master of Lodge Kilwinning in the East ) , when proceeding to Europe obtained from him a letter of introduction to the Grand Secretary in Scotland . He was not a little astonished , therefore , to learn that Bro . Cameron had apparently made use of that in : roduction , in the face of his express interdiction , in sending out a charter from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland for