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India.
Dec . 27 , 1838 . —St . John ' s day was celebrated b y the Brethren ofthe Mystic Tye with unusual spirit . In the morning there was a procession to the church in the Fort . In the evening , a meeting of Lodge of Industry and Perseverance was held at the Town Hall . The AV . M . and the Brethren of that Lodge , with their usual hospitality , had invited many Brethren to join them , and the number assembled was greater than has met together in Lodgewe believefor many . After the
, , years Lodge was closed , the whole of the Brethren assembled sat down to an elegant banquet , which was worthy of the hospitality of Lodge Industry and Perseverance , and creditable to Mr . Spence , who supplied and arranged the materiel . Sir Edward Ryan , who is a distinguished member of a Cape Lodge , was present , as also , among the visiting Brethren , the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of all the Lodges in Calcutta . The number assembled on this " happy occasion " was about
fifty , and the evening passed off with great conviviality , but not without a due regard to the important objects of the Masonic Institution , which were duly stated in some very good speeches made in the course of the evening , and especially in one ivhich commemorated that distinguished member ofthe Fraternity , the late M . AV . G . M . of India , the Marquis of Hastings . The evening was hailed by many of the Brethren as the revival of Masonry in Calcutta , where , of late , owing to various untoward causes , it has been rather in abeyance .
CALCUTTA . —To THE EDITOR OF THE ENGLISHMAN . —Sin , —As I observe that any little scrap of Masonic intelligence ivhich is published in your paper , is afterwards republished in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review in England , probably the following account of our doings in this remote corner , may not prove uninteresting to the Brethren in England , as well to those in the Indian metropolis . In May , 1838 , about five or six individuals of the Masonic Fraternity ,
who happened then to be congregated at Simlah , applied for , and obtained a dispensation from Lodge " Light of the North , " at Kurnaul , and commenced operations forthwith , under the direction of Brother R . C . McDonald , as AVorshipful Master . The initiation of some , and the admission of a few , continued gradually to increase the number of members , until November , 1838 ; when the departure of the Governor-General from the Hills taking away a majority of the Brethren , put a stop
to further proceedings , until his Lordship ' s return in March last . In April the Lodge re-opened with brighter prospects : a considerable accession of members has since taken place ; and the Lodge now musters twenty-one ; as great a number , I believe , as usually , on an average , contained in any Calcutta or Mofussil Lodge . The following is a list of the Officers of the Simlah Lodge , "Himalayan Brotherhood" for the current year .
H . G . Gouland , ( late Master of the Lodge at Agra ) , Master ; R . C . McDonald , Past Master ; Jacob L . Hoff , Past Master of Lodge , No . 279 , Fort AVilliam ; G . Cox , Senior Warden ; D . Seaton , Junior AVarden ; W . S . Blackburn , Past Senior Warden ; D . O . B . Clarke , Past Junior AVarden ; E . Webb , Past AVarden of Lodge " Freedom and Fraternity , " at Agra ; C . J . French , ( the first Mason made on the Himalaya Mountains , ) Treasurer and Secretary ; J . H . Staines , Senior Deacon ; H . AA . Torrens , Junior Deacon ; J . Wood , Tyler . I may as well add that our Chief Magistrate ( Colonel Tapp ) is a VOL . vi . 4 B
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India.
Dec . 27 , 1838 . —St . John ' s day was celebrated b y the Brethren ofthe Mystic Tye with unusual spirit . In the morning there was a procession to the church in the Fort . In the evening , a meeting of Lodge of Industry and Perseverance was held at the Town Hall . The AV . M . and the Brethren of that Lodge , with their usual hospitality , had invited many Brethren to join them , and the number assembled was greater than has met together in Lodgewe believefor many . After the
, , years Lodge was closed , the whole of the Brethren assembled sat down to an elegant banquet , which was worthy of the hospitality of Lodge Industry and Perseverance , and creditable to Mr . Spence , who supplied and arranged the materiel . Sir Edward Ryan , who is a distinguished member of a Cape Lodge , was present , as also , among the visiting Brethren , the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of all the Lodges in Calcutta . The number assembled on this " happy occasion " was about
fifty , and the evening passed off with great conviviality , but not without a due regard to the important objects of the Masonic Institution , which were duly stated in some very good speeches made in the course of the evening , and especially in one ivhich commemorated that distinguished member ofthe Fraternity , the late M . AV . G . M . of India , the Marquis of Hastings . The evening was hailed by many of the Brethren as the revival of Masonry in Calcutta , where , of late , owing to various untoward causes , it has been rather in abeyance .
CALCUTTA . —To THE EDITOR OF THE ENGLISHMAN . —Sin , —As I observe that any little scrap of Masonic intelligence ivhich is published in your paper , is afterwards republished in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review in England , probably the following account of our doings in this remote corner , may not prove uninteresting to the Brethren in England , as well to those in the Indian metropolis . In May , 1838 , about five or six individuals of the Masonic Fraternity ,
who happened then to be congregated at Simlah , applied for , and obtained a dispensation from Lodge " Light of the North , " at Kurnaul , and commenced operations forthwith , under the direction of Brother R . C . McDonald , as AVorshipful Master . The initiation of some , and the admission of a few , continued gradually to increase the number of members , until November , 1838 ; when the departure of the Governor-General from the Hills taking away a majority of the Brethren , put a stop
to further proceedings , until his Lordship ' s return in March last . In April the Lodge re-opened with brighter prospects : a considerable accession of members has since taken place ; and the Lodge now musters twenty-one ; as great a number , I believe , as usually , on an average , contained in any Calcutta or Mofussil Lodge . The following is a list of the Officers of the Simlah Lodge , "Himalayan Brotherhood" for the current year .
H . G . Gouland , ( late Master of the Lodge at Agra ) , Master ; R . C . McDonald , Past Master ; Jacob L . Hoff , Past Master of Lodge , No . 279 , Fort AVilliam ; G . Cox , Senior Warden ; D . Seaton , Junior AVarden ; W . S . Blackburn , Past Senior Warden ; D . O . B . Clarke , Past Junior AVarden ; E . Webb , Past AVarden of Lodge " Freedom and Fraternity , " at Agra ; C . J . French , ( the first Mason made on the Himalaya Mountains , ) Treasurer and Secretary ; J . H . Staines , Senior Deacon ; H . AA . Torrens , Junior Deacon ; J . Wood , Tyler . I may as well add that our Chief Magistrate ( Colonel Tapp ) is a VOL . vi . 4 B