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India.
at Calcutta , we believe there are only two in active operation at present . The Brethren of one of these two Lodges , ( Humility with Fortitude , Fort AVilliam ) , should this article meet their eye , will not fail to recognise among the names given above , some of their old members ; who , though separated several hundred miles from their mother Lodge , carry their Masonic spirit with them wherever they go . What are the Brethren at Agra about ? No procession to Church on last St .
John ' s day , and no " feast of reason and flow of soul" at the festive board , as in 1 S 37 ! Simla is a large sanitarium , where officers go every summer for the restoration of their health , when the medical men think it necessary . There being consequently a large society , the establishment of a Masonic Lodge will have a useful tendency , and will , no doubt , be well attended . It is therefore to be hoped that no difficulty will be thrown in the way of the Brethren continuing their praiseworthy and useful course ; but that , on the contrary , the zeal and activity which has thus risen superior to slumbering apathy , will be appreciated .
ALLAHABAD , 550 . —It is with feelings of deep regret , that we learn from our correspondent in India , that this Lodge has sustained a very heavy misfortune . On the 24 th of August last , the river wall or embankment burst , in consequence of several days continued rain , and the Ganges overflooding the country ; two villages were swept wholly away . The water in many places was fourteen feet deep on the high roads adjacent the fort ; and for several days , the only communication was by
means of boats . The devastation is awfull y great ; and amongst the loss of valuable papers , & c , is included the warrants of the above Lodge and Chapter . The entire furniture is irretrievabl y destroyed ; it is doubtful whether the Lodge itself will not give way : it has been discovered that the outer wall has cracked , and it is considered that its foundation is sapped . The waters have subsided , and the building has been examined—it is several inches deep in mud ; and a long time will
elapse before any meeting can be held . Our correspondent hopes that duplicates of the warrants will be speedily sent out ; meantime , there can be no doubt , but that under the affecting circumstances , the Lodge and Chapter may resume their labours .
MEERUT . —HOPE , S 96 . —A practical instance of the vicissitudes of Masonry in India , is shown in the fact , that almost every member of this Lodge is about to quit on service in the expedition against Cabool : we must trench upon our reserved funds to pay our establishment . All we can say is , that it is good to have a reserved fund . We should be doing an injustice to the merits of a most distinguished and indefatigable Mason , for such he is , if we did not take the
present opportunity of acknowledging the deep obligation we are under to our esteemed Bro . R . C . Macdonald , for his careful observance of the trust reposed in him by the Craft ; for his spirited and zealous exertions , by which a revived spirit has been renewed in the far-East—thereb y creating a hope , that the promise which his Masonic talents and social worth have given rise to , will shine forth ere long as the advent of a lustrous zenith . Whoever may be entrusted with the Provincial Chair in Bengal , will doubtless be too happy to reward services , thus rendered doubly valuable by their example on the Masonic community ; and by the moral aid which his promotion will ensure to authority itself .
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India.
at Calcutta , we believe there are only two in active operation at present . The Brethren of one of these two Lodges , ( Humility with Fortitude , Fort AVilliam ) , should this article meet their eye , will not fail to recognise among the names given above , some of their old members ; who , though separated several hundred miles from their mother Lodge , carry their Masonic spirit with them wherever they go . What are the Brethren at Agra about ? No procession to Church on last St .
John ' s day , and no " feast of reason and flow of soul" at the festive board , as in 1 S 37 ! Simla is a large sanitarium , where officers go every summer for the restoration of their health , when the medical men think it necessary . There being consequently a large society , the establishment of a Masonic Lodge will have a useful tendency , and will , no doubt , be well attended . It is therefore to be hoped that no difficulty will be thrown in the way of the Brethren continuing their praiseworthy and useful course ; but that , on the contrary , the zeal and activity which has thus risen superior to slumbering apathy , will be appreciated .
ALLAHABAD , 550 . —It is with feelings of deep regret , that we learn from our correspondent in India , that this Lodge has sustained a very heavy misfortune . On the 24 th of August last , the river wall or embankment burst , in consequence of several days continued rain , and the Ganges overflooding the country ; two villages were swept wholly away . The water in many places was fourteen feet deep on the high roads adjacent the fort ; and for several days , the only communication was by
means of boats . The devastation is awfull y great ; and amongst the loss of valuable papers , & c , is included the warrants of the above Lodge and Chapter . The entire furniture is irretrievabl y destroyed ; it is doubtful whether the Lodge itself will not give way : it has been discovered that the outer wall has cracked , and it is considered that its foundation is sapped . The waters have subsided , and the building has been examined—it is several inches deep in mud ; and a long time will
elapse before any meeting can be held . Our correspondent hopes that duplicates of the warrants will be speedily sent out ; meantime , there can be no doubt , but that under the affecting circumstances , the Lodge and Chapter may resume their labours .
MEERUT . —HOPE , S 96 . —A practical instance of the vicissitudes of Masonry in India , is shown in the fact , that almost every member of this Lodge is about to quit on service in the expedition against Cabool : we must trench upon our reserved funds to pay our establishment . All we can say is , that it is good to have a reserved fund . We should be doing an injustice to the merits of a most distinguished and indefatigable Mason , for such he is , if we did not take the
present opportunity of acknowledging the deep obligation we are under to our esteemed Bro . R . C . Macdonald , for his careful observance of the trust reposed in him by the Craft ; for his spirited and zealous exertions , by which a revived spirit has been renewed in the far-East—thereb y creating a hope , that the promise which his Masonic talents and social worth have given rise to , will shine forth ere long as the advent of a lustrous zenith . Whoever may be entrusted with the Provincial Chair in Bengal , will doubtless be too happy to reward services , thus rendered doubly valuable by their example on the Masonic community ; and by the moral aid which his promotion will ensure to authority itself .