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India.
BOMBAY . —Messrs . COLLETT it Co ., Bombay , will supply Urethral with the Freemasons' Quarterly Review immediately on its arrival—we make this announcement to several Brethren who have desired us to send them copies direct from London , which will only needlessly enhance the expense .
LODGES RISING STAR OF AA ' ESTERN INDIA and the PERSEVERANCE both met on the 27 th December , St . John ' s clay , for the purpose of installing their respective officers , after which a large number of the Brethren retired to refreshment , among whom were the Marquis de Ferriere le Vayer , who was that night initiated into the Order of Freemasonry , and Lord Viscount Sandall ; and the following were the toasts proposed and drunk : —
" The Queen , the patroness of the Craft , daughter and niece of two of the most distinguished among all Masons , " was proposed hy the Prov . Grand Master of Western India , ancl drunk with due honours . " The King of the French" was the next toast , proposed by the Right AA ^ orshipful , who remarked , that in everything he had said and done during his late visit to England , that venerable and patriotic monarch had exhibited the most Masonic spirit . He prayed that the
sentiments his majesty had expressed would be steadily maintained , for the result would not onl y be a continental union between the two most powerful nations on earth , but a rapid increase to civilization , ancl a great impulse to the amelioration of mankind in general . The toast was drunk with every demonstration of respect . The MARQUIS DE FERRIERE LE VAYER , in returning thanks for the compliment paid to his sovereignand the honour therebdone to his
, y country , which would not fail to be felt by his countrymen , assured the company of the great gratification which he derived in being present among them that night ; much more so from being initiated into the Order of Freemasonry in India . He felt grateful to those who assisted him on the occasion , ancl proposed the health of " the Right AA'orshipful the Prov . Grand Master of AA ^ estern India . " Bro . DR . BURNES returned thanks for the honour done him by the
Marquis in proposing his health—he proposed in return the next toast , which was , " the Duke de Caze , the Most Venerable of the Grand Orient at Paris , and chief of the Order in France ; " and it was responded to with every honour . CAPT . LA RUE acknowledged the compliment paid to Freemasonry in France , and that the compliment would be sincerely felt by the venerable duke there can be no doubt . He proposed in return the health of " the Most AVorshipful the Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland ; " which was drunk with all honours .
lhe next toast was " the M . AV . the Grand Master of Ireland , followed by that of " all poor and distressed Masons , however distressed , wherever dispersed . " The R . AA . P . G . MASTER next proposed the health of " the two noble visiting Brothers , whom both the Lodges ' Perseverance' ancl the ' Rising Star' of AVestern India have that night unanimously elected respectively as their honorary members . " The Marquis de Ferriere le A ^ ayer , the Right AVorshipful added , was on his way to France , after having creditably helcl the high office of principal secretary to the embassy from the King of France to the Emperor of China ; and his conduct that night , both in and out of the Lodge , had been such , as to entitle him to their
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India.
BOMBAY . —Messrs . COLLETT it Co ., Bombay , will supply Urethral with the Freemasons' Quarterly Review immediately on its arrival—we make this announcement to several Brethren who have desired us to send them copies direct from London , which will only needlessly enhance the expense .
LODGES RISING STAR OF AA ' ESTERN INDIA and the PERSEVERANCE both met on the 27 th December , St . John ' s clay , for the purpose of installing their respective officers , after which a large number of the Brethren retired to refreshment , among whom were the Marquis de Ferriere le Vayer , who was that night initiated into the Order of Freemasonry , and Lord Viscount Sandall ; and the following were the toasts proposed and drunk : —
" The Queen , the patroness of the Craft , daughter and niece of two of the most distinguished among all Masons , " was proposed hy the Prov . Grand Master of Western India , ancl drunk with due honours . " The King of the French" was the next toast , proposed by the Right AA ^ orshipful , who remarked , that in everything he had said and done during his late visit to England , that venerable and patriotic monarch had exhibited the most Masonic spirit . He prayed that the
sentiments his majesty had expressed would be steadily maintained , for the result would not onl y be a continental union between the two most powerful nations on earth , but a rapid increase to civilization , ancl a great impulse to the amelioration of mankind in general . The toast was drunk with every demonstration of respect . The MARQUIS DE FERRIERE LE VAYER , in returning thanks for the compliment paid to his sovereignand the honour therebdone to his
, y country , which would not fail to be felt by his countrymen , assured the company of the great gratification which he derived in being present among them that night ; much more so from being initiated into the Order of Freemasonry in India . He felt grateful to those who assisted him on the occasion , ancl proposed the health of " the Right AA'orshipful the Prov . Grand Master of AA ^ estern India . " Bro . DR . BURNES returned thanks for the honour done him by the
Marquis in proposing his health—he proposed in return the next toast , which was , " the Duke de Caze , the Most Venerable of the Grand Orient at Paris , and chief of the Order in France ; " and it was responded to with every honour . CAPT . LA RUE acknowledged the compliment paid to Freemasonry in France , and that the compliment would be sincerely felt by the venerable duke there can be no doubt . He proposed in return the health of " the Most AVorshipful the Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland ; " which was drunk with all honours .
lhe next toast was " the M . AV . the Grand Master of Ireland , followed by that of " all poor and distressed Masons , however distressed , wherever dispersed . " The R . AA . P . G . MASTER next proposed the health of " the two noble visiting Brothers , whom both the Lodges ' Perseverance' ancl the ' Rising Star' of AVestern India have that night unanimously elected respectively as their honorary members . " The Marquis de Ferriere le A ^ ayer , the Right AVorshipful added , was on his way to France , after having creditably helcl the high office of principal secretary to the embassy from the King of France to the Emperor of China ; and his conduct that night , both in and out of the Lodge , had been such , as to entitle him to their