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Bombay.
BOMBAY .
Masonry is at a pause , for some cause or other that cannot be easily explained-the Members in general , under the British constitution , certainly do not display any zeal—nor will they until they shall observe some well-grounded expectation that they shall meet the support and protection of official supremacy , when they will rally round the " Banner " and resume their former moral and social character . ' BELGAUM .-A new Lodge , " The Victoria , " has been established by DrBurnes at this lacewhich is the
. p , head-quarters of the southern division of our arm y . Much zeal has been displayed by the Members of the Lodge mainly through the excellent Master , Captain Harris , an officer of the highest character , and a Mason of the greatest attainments . 1 he following are the Offi cers of the Lodge ¦ Bro . Capt . C . W . Harris , Engrs . . . w M " " F . DurackAssist MG ' '
, . Q ... . ) " Rev . Morgan Davis , Military Chaplain Wardens . " Major GW Gibson , Artdlery / . . Treasurer . Capt . L . W . Hart , « 2 d Regiment . . Secretary . Surgeon Jas . Inghs , jtf . D ., 22 d Reg . . . )„ " Lieut . Shaw , 22 d Reg . . . . \ Deacons . " Major Caruthers , 2 d Foot . . M C " Lieut . Unwin , Artillery . . . . ' Inner Guard .
CEYLON . —THE UNION LODGE -HON . MR . W . GRANViLLE—Although we have not the honor to belong to the Masonic Craft , we feel gratified m giving pubhcity to the information which has been conveyed to us of a compliment paid to the Honourable W . Granville , late Master of the Union Lodge , of Colombo , by the Brethren of that Lodrre on t . hp
evening or Wednesday the 21 st July , Mr . Granville being under the necessity of resigning his charge , on account of the near approach of the time of his departure for England , a special meeting of the Members of the Lodge was held and J . J . Staples , Esq , unanimousl y elected and installed as Master m his place . The official business of the evening being concluded , the Brethren sat down to an excellent supper , after which , occasion was taken by the newlelected Masterand b
y , y several of the oldest members , to convey to Mr . Granvdle the sense they entertained of his brotherly conduct among themselves , and of his amenity and hi gh principles , as a member of society at large . We understand that Mr . Granville ' s residence in this island occupies the space of the third of a century of which time he has for twenty years been a Member of the honorable fraternity which met to pay him this hi ghly-deserved compliment of respect , esteem , and affection . As uninitiated persons , we can regard other
* ^ uttge n no light than as a bod y of men meeting occasionally for the sake of good fellowship , and laying aside the formal restraint of out-of-door formality-but when we find a gentleman who enioys so large a share of public regard as Mr . Granville does , not only during a very long period of time a Member of the Fraternity , but actually a leader of its ceremonies , and a director of its forms , we are bound to look upon the Society as one in which princiles of the hi honor
p ghest and gentlemanl y feeling must be predominant . We arc informed that Mr . Granville takes with him an application from the Union Lodge of Columbo , to the National Grand Lodge for an English warrant , its present warrant having been obtained from the wand Lodge of France . —Ceylon Paper .
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Bombay.
BOMBAY .
Masonry is at a pause , for some cause or other that cannot be easily explained-the Members in general , under the British constitution , certainly do not display any zeal—nor will they until they shall observe some well-grounded expectation that they shall meet the support and protection of official supremacy , when they will rally round the " Banner " and resume their former moral and social character . ' BELGAUM .-A new Lodge , " The Victoria , " has been established by DrBurnes at this lacewhich is the
. p , head-quarters of the southern division of our arm y . Much zeal has been displayed by the Members of the Lodge mainly through the excellent Master , Captain Harris , an officer of the highest character , and a Mason of the greatest attainments . 1 he following are the Offi cers of the Lodge ¦ Bro . Capt . C . W . Harris , Engrs . . . w M " " F . DurackAssist MG ' '
, . Q ... . ) " Rev . Morgan Davis , Military Chaplain Wardens . " Major GW Gibson , Artdlery / . . Treasurer . Capt . L . W . Hart , « 2 d Regiment . . Secretary . Surgeon Jas . Inghs , jtf . D ., 22 d Reg . . . )„ " Lieut . Shaw , 22 d Reg . . . . \ Deacons . " Major Caruthers , 2 d Foot . . M C " Lieut . Unwin , Artillery . . . . ' Inner Guard .
CEYLON . —THE UNION LODGE -HON . MR . W . GRANViLLE—Although we have not the honor to belong to the Masonic Craft , we feel gratified m giving pubhcity to the information which has been conveyed to us of a compliment paid to the Honourable W . Granville , late Master of the Union Lodge , of Colombo , by the Brethren of that Lodrre on t . hp
evening or Wednesday the 21 st July , Mr . Granville being under the necessity of resigning his charge , on account of the near approach of the time of his departure for England , a special meeting of the Members of the Lodge was held and J . J . Staples , Esq , unanimousl y elected and installed as Master m his place . The official business of the evening being concluded , the Brethren sat down to an excellent supper , after which , occasion was taken by the newlelected Masterand b
y , y several of the oldest members , to convey to Mr . Granvdle the sense they entertained of his brotherly conduct among themselves , and of his amenity and hi gh principles , as a member of society at large . We understand that Mr . Granville ' s residence in this island occupies the space of the third of a century of which time he has for twenty years been a Member of the honorable fraternity which met to pay him this hi ghly-deserved compliment of respect , esteem , and affection . As uninitiated persons , we can regard other
* ^ uttge n no light than as a bod y of men meeting occasionally for the sake of good fellowship , and laying aside the formal restraint of out-of-door formality-but when we find a gentleman who enioys so large a share of public regard as Mr . Granville does , not only during a very long period of time a Member of the Fraternity , but actually a leader of its ceremonies , and a director of its forms , we are bound to look upon the Society as one in which princiles of the hi honor
p ghest and gentlemanl y feeling must be predominant . We arc informed that Mr . Granville takes with him an application from the Union Lodge of Columbo , to the National Grand Lodge for an English warrant , its present warrant having been obtained from the wand Lodge of France . —Ceylon Paper .