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India.
Master be authorized , on permanently quitting the Province , to nominate a successor , until the pleasure of the Most AVorshipful Grand Master be known ; and in the event of his death , his Deputy be empowered to exercise the functions of the office until a successor be appointed by the Most AVorshipful Grand Master . " Finally—That the Petitioners respectfully submit , that advantage would result from limiting the number of Officers required to carry on
the duties of a District Grand Lodge in this country , and that such rules , either in modification of , or in addition to the Constitutions , as the circumstances of the Provincial Grand Lodges in India may seem to require , may be enacted . " ¦ And your Petitioners , as in duty bound , shall ever pray . " Signed by the AV . M . and all the Brethren of the Sussex Lodge , No . 629 , and also by several Brothers at Neemuch . "
" Neemuch , 11 th August , 1837 . The deep anxiety which pervades the working Masons in the East , the wishes they entertain that the Craft should he now roused from the apathetic indifference in which it has for so many years been permitted to slumber away , from causes not necessary to explain , leads us to enter fully into their earnest hopes ; for the time has now arrived when the infusion of fresh vi the accession of much talent and great
gour , respectability , give an earnest that the immediate appointment of a Provincial or District Grand Master will be productive of the happiest effects . We observe in the petition from Neemuch , that no names are mentioned in reference to granting of its prayer . This , on the part of the petitioners , is perfectly correct ; nor shall we take upon ourselves to supply such deficiency . It is , however , only due to the petitioners to bring into prominent notice the names of three eminent Masons of
high station , in order to show that there is no want of evidence that the appointment may be safely conferred upon Brethren of talent and merit , ancl either of whom would cheerfully accept ancl honourably discharge the duties of the office . We allude to Colonel Alexander Lindsay , C . B ., of the Bengal Artillery , Mayor Henderson , and to Alexander John Colvin , Esq ., senior judge at Allahabad . The line of boundary between the north western provinces ancl those of Bengal ,
and all the stations to the west of Ghazeepoor , Gorrukpoor , and Mizzapoor , forms a most extensive range for the exercise of Masonic advancement . AVe sincerely hope the prayer of our Brethren may be granted , and that we may be shortly called upon to record their activity , both in labour and profit . The dauntless Major Macdonald , is , we are happy to learn , in good health , and untiring in his Masonic duties . To him a journey of two and
hundred miles is looked upon as a pastime ; he is ever on the alert , surprises even the most zealous . There is scarcely a Lodge in India that does not most thankfully acknowledge the services derived from his instruction .
MADRAS , Sept . la . —A requisition or memorial has been forwarded to England , requesting that Bro . Eneas M-Donnell may be appointed D . P . G . M . for the Coast of Coromandel .
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India.
Master be authorized , on permanently quitting the Province , to nominate a successor , until the pleasure of the Most AVorshipful Grand Master be known ; and in the event of his death , his Deputy be empowered to exercise the functions of the office until a successor be appointed by the Most AVorshipful Grand Master . " Finally—That the Petitioners respectfully submit , that advantage would result from limiting the number of Officers required to carry on
the duties of a District Grand Lodge in this country , and that such rules , either in modification of , or in addition to the Constitutions , as the circumstances of the Provincial Grand Lodges in India may seem to require , may be enacted . " ¦ And your Petitioners , as in duty bound , shall ever pray . " Signed by the AV . M . and all the Brethren of the Sussex Lodge , No . 629 , and also by several Brothers at Neemuch . "
" Neemuch , 11 th August , 1837 . The deep anxiety which pervades the working Masons in the East , the wishes they entertain that the Craft should he now roused from the apathetic indifference in which it has for so many years been permitted to slumber away , from causes not necessary to explain , leads us to enter fully into their earnest hopes ; for the time has now arrived when the infusion of fresh vi the accession of much talent and great
gour , respectability , give an earnest that the immediate appointment of a Provincial or District Grand Master will be productive of the happiest effects . We observe in the petition from Neemuch , that no names are mentioned in reference to granting of its prayer . This , on the part of the petitioners , is perfectly correct ; nor shall we take upon ourselves to supply such deficiency . It is , however , only due to the petitioners to bring into prominent notice the names of three eminent Masons of
high station , in order to show that there is no want of evidence that the appointment may be safely conferred upon Brethren of talent and merit , ancl either of whom would cheerfully accept ancl honourably discharge the duties of the office . We allude to Colonel Alexander Lindsay , C . B ., of the Bengal Artillery , Mayor Henderson , and to Alexander John Colvin , Esq ., senior judge at Allahabad . The line of boundary between the north western provinces ancl those of Bengal ,
and all the stations to the west of Ghazeepoor , Gorrukpoor , and Mizzapoor , forms a most extensive range for the exercise of Masonic advancement . AVe sincerely hope the prayer of our Brethren may be granted , and that we may be shortly called upon to record their activity , both in labour and profit . The dauntless Major Macdonald , is , we are happy to learn , in good health , and untiring in his Masonic duties . To him a journey of two and
hundred miles is looked upon as a pastime ; he is ever on the alert , surprises even the most zealous . There is scarcely a Lodge in India that does not most thankfully acknowledge the services derived from his instruction .
MADRAS , Sept . la . —A requisition or memorial has been forwarded to England , requesting that Bro . Eneas M-Donnell may be appointed D . P . G . M . for the Coast of Coromandel .