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India.
Royal Arch Chapter , by a greater accession of Past Masters , to qualify for the office of Principal , induced the Brother to waive the intended honour in favour of the S . AV . Brother Wemyss . The Brethren have voted their late W . M . Brother Macdonald an honorary jewel , as a mark of their esteem , ancl return for the benefit conferred on Lodge Sincerity . Brother Brooke has been elected AV . M . of Lodge Harmony , 641 ,
Cawnpore . The M E . Companion , Major Macdonald , has been re-elected First Principal , Z . of the Royal Arch Chapter ; the M . E . Companion Porter , elected Second Principal , H . ; and Brother Reid , P . M ., 641 , elected Third Principal , J . The ceremonial of installation of Brother AVemyss into the Chair of Lodge Sincerity , took place on the Sth , in consequence of Brother Macdonald's departure , in presence of both Lodges ; the office of Installing Master being performed by Brother Macdonald with considerable effect .
MADRAS . —The Masonic Temple which has been gradually rising on the beach near Capper ' s St . Thome , has of late assumed a peculiarly neat and imposing aspect , as regards its exterior ; and promises to rear its proud fane very shortly . To the Masonic zeal of Lord Elphinstone we are much indebted for the strenuous exertions he has made , which the Madras Brethren have been stimulated to emulate . It was intended to have had a ball , that our fair sisters might be invited to grace the building by their patronage , but this pleasure is
unavoidably postponed . We are in a very excellent state of order . It is pleasing to observe that the Masonic Fraternity is increasing in various quarters of the globe , and as one instance , we refer to its progress in Europe . The Masons in Edinburgh mustered , in procession , upwards of one thousand strong lately on the occasion of the Scott Monument , and if we turn to India , the exertions in Calcutta and numbers
Bombay have been singularly successful , and the accession in very great . At Madras the Masonic Brethren throw their potent aid into the scale with no less zeal and energy than their Brethren elsewhere .
In 1834 , the collections for the Friend-in-Need Society , on St . John ' s Day , were , we understand ----- rupees 1015 0 1 1836 ditto ditto ditto „ 833 7 0 1837 ditto ditto ditto „ 932 6 6 1838 ditto ditto ditto _ , 809 2 9 1839 ditto ditto ditto „ 753 8 3 Thus we have a sum of 4343 rupees collected on this Masonic
Festival in five years for this noble charity of Madras , besides the collective aid of the Brethren privately dispensed to objects exclusively Masonic . AVe trust that the gathering this year will be larger than usual , and if the Fraternity shall be so fortunate as to obtain the advocacy of some one or other of the eloquent preachers , with whom Madras is at this time so fortunately blessed , the aggregate amount realized for the Friend-in-Need Society will , in all human probability , be greater than ever , and thus the Brotherhood will have the satisfaction of increasing the assistance which is annually received , through their enlightened
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India.
Royal Arch Chapter , by a greater accession of Past Masters , to qualify for the office of Principal , induced the Brother to waive the intended honour in favour of the S . AV . Brother Wemyss . The Brethren have voted their late W . M . Brother Macdonald an honorary jewel , as a mark of their esteem , ancl return for the benefit conferred on Lodge Sincerity . Brother Brooke has been elected AV . M . of Lodge Harmony , 641 ,
Cawnpore . The M E . Companion , Major Macdonald , has been re-elected First Principal , Z . of the Royal Arch Chapter ; the M . E . Companion Porter , elected Second Principal , H . ; and Brother Reid , P . M ., 641 , elected Third Principal , J . The ceremonial of installation of Brother AVemyss into the Chair of Lodge Sincerity , took place on the Sth , in consequence of Brother Macdonald's departure , in presence of both Lodges ; the office of Installing Master being performed by Brother Macdonald with considerable effect .
MADRAS . —The Masonic Temple which has been gradually rising on the beach near Capper ' s St . Thome , has of late assumed a peculiarly neat and imposing aspect , as regards its exterior ; and promises to rear its proud fane very shortly . To the Masonic zeal of Lord Elphinstone we are much indebted for the strenuous exertions he has made , which the Madras Brethren have been stimulated to emulate . It was intended to have had a ball , that our fair sisters might be invited to grace the building by their patronage , but this pleasure is
unavoidably postponed . We are in a very excellent state of order . It is pleasing to observe that the Masonic Fraternity is increasing in various quarters of the globe , and as one instance , we refer to its progress in Europe . The Masons in Edinburgh mustered , in procession , upwards of one thousand strong lately on the occasion of the Scott Monument , and if we turn to India , the exertions in Calcutta and numbers
Bombay have been singularly successful , and the accession in very great . At Madras the Masonic Brethren throw their potent aid into the scale with no less zeal and energy than their Brethren elsewhere .
In 1834 , the collections for the Friend-in-Need Society , on St . John ' s Day , were , we understand ----- rupees 1015 0 1 1836 ditto ditto ditto „ 833 7 0 1837 ditto ditto ditto „ 932 6 6 1838 ditto ditto ditto _ , 809 2 9 1839 ditto ditto ditto „ 753 8 3 Thus we have a sum of 4343 rupees collected on this Masonic
Festival in five years for this noble charity of Madras , besides the collective aid of the Brethren privately dispensed to objects exclusively Masonic . AVe trust that the gathering this year will be larger than usual , and if the Fraternity shall be so fortunate as to obtain the advocacy of some one or other of the eloquent preachers , with whom Madras is at this time so fortunately blessed , the aggregate amount realized for the Friend-in-Need Society will , in all human probability , be greater than ever , and thus the Brotherhood will have the satisfaction of increasing the assistance which is annually received , through their enlightened