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The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs LATTEY , BROTHKRS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . TIIACKBK & Co ., St Andrew ' s Library . The Freemasons of India have again resolved to raise a subscription in aid of the suffering poor of Ireland . The subscriptions will amount to five thousand pounds , exclusive of large sums from wealthy Hindoos of high caste , who have latterly been admitted into the Order , " by authority of the Grand Lodge of England .
MADRAS . —The Lodge Social Friendship ( 32 fi ) have circulated an appeal to the Craft at large , soliciting its aid in the erection of a Masonic hall . The claims to public attention are made with due consideration , and will , we hope , he met with liberality , and sure we are that abundant success wouldhave attended the appeal , but tbat the case of the millions now suffering b y famine and tlisease will absorb the means , even of the generous . Among the principal claims , to public sympathy is , that their Lod
as ge must close , from circumstances , unless a new hall be erected , nine widows and their families will be thrown helpless on the world—may such calamity be averted ! Extract from Correspondence , Dec . 31 . — "Dear Brother , —Madras has suffered very much this quarter by the breaking up of the S . W monsoon on the 21 st and 22 nd of October last . The rivers overflowed , the streets were inundated , tanks were burst , bridges carried away , and
thousands of the poor made houseless . Lives were lost , and more damage done to life and property by the raging of the elements , whilst the gale continued , than by any similar visitation for thirty years past . The fort was under water to the depth of from four to seven feet in some places , and our Lodge-rooms were flooded to the depth of about three and a-half feet , destroying and damaging more or less our records , books in the library , dresses , and furniture , belonging to the various degrees of Arch , Craft
, and Chivalric Masonry . " The Lodge has made an appeal to the Masonic world for aid , a copy of which was forwarded to you , and hopes are entertained that you will use your utmost exertions to forward the good cause . "Although this Lodge suffered so much , yet it stood forward the first of all the Madras Lodges to aid the sufferers by the flood , subscribing fifty rupees out of its relief fund for their assistance ; thus maintaining the pure principles of Masonry , seeking solace in distress by affording relief arid Consolation to the afflicted in the dark hour of their trouble . "
MONO KONG . —The progress of the Craft in this colony , by the laudable exertions of a zealous and indefatigable Brother , viz ., Bro . Lieutenant Leigh Lambert , of H . M . S . Vestal , is most satisfactory . A Lodge has been established antl profitably worked to the honour and comfort of the originators , as well as to the great ' benefit of all in the vicinity of this hallowed middle chamber .
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The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs LATTEY , BROTHKRS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . TIIACKBK & Co ., St Andrew ' s Library . The Freemasons of India have again resolved to raise a subscription in aid of the suffering poor of Ireland . The subscriptions will amount to five thousand pounds , exclusive of large sums from wealthy Hindoos of high caste , who have latterly been admitted into the Order , " by authority of the Grand Lodge of England .
MADRAS . —The Lodge Social Friendship ( 32 fi ) have circulated an appeal to the Craft at large , soliciting its aid in the erection of a Masonic hall . The claims to public attention are made with due consideration , and will , we hope , he met with liberality , and sure we are that abundant success wouldhave attended the appeal , but tbat the case of the millions now suffering b y famine and tlisease will absorb the means , even of the generous . Among the principal claims , to public sympathy is , that their Lod
as ge must close , from circumstances , unless a new hall be erected , nine widows and their families will be thrown helpless on the world—may such calamity be averted ! Extract from Correspondence , Dec . 31 . — "Dear Brother , —Madras has suffered very much this quarter by the breaking up of the S . W monsoon on the 21 st and 22 nd of October last . The rivers overflowed , the streets were inundated , tanks were burst , bridges carried away , and
thousands of the poor made houseless . Lives were lost , and more damage done to life and property by the raging of the elements , whilst the gale continued , than by any similar visitation for thirty years past . The fort was under water to the depth of from four to seven feet in some places , and our Lodge-rooms were flooded to the depth of about three and a-half feet , destroying and damaging more or less our records , books in the library , dresses , and furniture , belonging to the various degrees of Arch , Craft
, and Chivalric Masonry . " The Lodge has made an appeal to the Masonic world for aid , a copy of which was forwarded to you , and hopes are entertained that you will use your utmost exertions to forward the good cause . "Although this Lodge suffered so much , yet it stood forward the first of all the Madras Lodges to aid the sufferers by the flood , subscribing fifty rupees out of its relief fund for their assistance ; thus maintaining the pure principles of Masonry , seeking solace in distress by affording relief arid Consolation to the afflicted in the dark hour of their trouble . "
MONO KONG . —The progress of the Craft in this colony , by the laudable exertions of a zealous and indefatigable Brother , viz ., Bro . Lieutenant Leigh Lambert , of H . M . S . Vestal , is most satisfactory . A Lodge has been established antl profitably worked to the honour and comfort of the originators , as well as to the great ' benefit of all in the vicinity of this hallowed middle chamber .