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America.—United States.
27 ie Mexican War . —Major-generals Cooke , Scott , Taylor , Worth , ancl others , have in their respective departments much to be proud of , for their personal attendance at the seat of war—whether in act , word , or deed—whether at the point of the sword or in secret combat—while all have , no doubt , equal claim to public honour , who has more decided command than Major-general Cooke ? if only—just think ! for his invaluable bomb shells . The largest , best , and most systematic cannon
ever invented , has lately been patented by Major-general Cooke , who has it in successful operation . Safe , not apt to explode ; and as it can be , at a moment ' s notice , armed and equipped , it is a desideratum—not unlike his invulnerable bomb shells .
Major-general Cooke , of Albany , New York , has recently been appointed by the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , one of the peers of the British realm , representative of the Grand Lodge of England , to the Grancl Lodge of New York in the United States of America , with the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden , holding also a seat and vote with that august body . While the General is just the sort of a man to support so dignified a positionwith honour to himself and equal credit to the Craft
, , the noble lord could not have selected a better citizen of the Union , on whom this mark of respect could be more worthily bestowed . The General has requested Lord Zetland to enrol his name as a Steward from the Prince of Wales' Lodge , on the ensuing festival for the Girls' School in London . —New York Papers .
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . THACKER & Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . CALCUTTA . —Dec . 27 being the anniversary of St . John the Evangelist , the Provincial and District Grand Lodge of Bengal , accompanied by the other lodges at the Presidency , walked in procession from the Freemasons' Hall to St . John ' s Church . On arrival at the entrance to
the church the procession halted , ancl the Grand Master , with the brethren , entered in reversed order . The morning service was performed by the Reverend Mr . Ruspini , and a sermon was afterwards preached by the Reverend Mr . Hamilton , taking his text from the Epistle to Titus , xi . 10 , " That they may adorn the doctrine of God our
Saviour in all things . " After some practical remarks as to how Christians ought to adorn their profession as followers of Christ , he adverted to the Saviour ' s inculcation of the sacred duty of benevolence , as recorded in Matt . xxv . 36 , and expressed Shis gratification at having been requested to officiate on an occasion on which the masonic brotherhood had come forward to establish a Fund of Benevolence for the relief , not only of the indigent of their own society , but also ( if means permit ) of charitable objects generally . After divine service , the procession returned in the same order to the Freemasons' Hall , where the Grand Lodge , which had heen opened in the morning , was closed , with unanimous votes of thanks to the two clergymen for their kind compliance with the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
America.—United States.
27 ie Mexican War . —Major-generals Cooke , Scott , Taylor , Worth , ancl others , have in their respective departments much to be proud of , for their personal attendance at the seat of war—whether in act , word , or deed—whether at the point of the sword or in secret combat—while all have , no doubt , equal claim to public honour , who has more decided command than Major-general Cooke ? if only—just think ! for his invaluable bomb shells . The largest , best , and most systematic cannon
ever invented , has lately been patented by Major-general Cooke , who has it in successful operation . Safe , not apt to explode ; and as it can be , at a moment ' s notice , armed and equipped , it is a desideratum—not unlike his invulnerable bomb shells .
Major-general Cooke , of Albany , New York , has recently been appointed by the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , one of the peers of the British realm , representative of the Grand Lodge of England , to the Grancl Lodge of New York in the United States of America , with the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden , holding also a seat and vote with that august body . While the General is just the sort of a man to support so dignified a positionwith honour to himself and equal credit to the Craft
, , the noble lord could not have selected a better citizen of the Union , on whom this mark of respect could be more worthily bestowed . The General has requested Lord Zetland to enrol his name as a Steward from the Prince of Wales' Lodge , on the ensuing festival for the Girls' School in London . —New York Papers .
India.
INDIA .
The Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS & Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . THACKER & Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . CALCUTTA . —Dec . 27 being the anniversary of St . John the Evangelist , the Provincial and District Grand Lodge of Bengal , accompanied by the other lodges at the Presidency , walked in procession from the Freemasons' Hall to St . John ' s Church . On arrival at the entrance to
the church the procession halted , ancl the Grand Master , with the brethren , entered in reversed order . The morning service was performed by the Reverend Mr . Ruspini , and a sermon was afterwards preached by the Reverend Mr . Hamilton , taking his text from the Epistle to Titus , xi . 10 , " That they may adorn the doctrine of God our
Saviour in all things . " After some practical remarks as to how Christians ought to adorn their profession as followers of Christ , he adverted to the Saviour ' s inculcation of the sacred duty of benevolence , as recorded in Matt . xxv . 36 , and expressed Shis gratification at having been requested to officiate on an occasion on which the masonic brotherhood had come forward to establish a Fund of Benevolence for the relief , not only of the indigent of their own society , but also ( if means permit ) of charitable objects generally . After divine service , the procession returned in the same order to the Freemasons' Hall , where the Grand Lodge , which had heen opened in the morning , was closed , with unanimous votes of thanks to the two clergymen for their kind compliance with the