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India.
Officers of the Grand Lodge of Bengal present on the 22 nd September : —R . W . Bros . J . Grant , Grancl Master ; R . W . VV . C . Blacquierre as D . G . M . ; R . W . H . Boulton , and II . B . Henderson , G . Wardens ; V . W . J . King , G . Treasurer ; , G . Registrar ; A . Grant , G . Secretary ; W . F . W . Birch , H . Torrens , G . Deacons ; J . Chaunce , G Sword Bearer ; H . Hamerton , G . Organist ; — Chew , Assist . G . D . C . ;— LazarusG . Pursuivant ; and many Past Grancl Officers ,
, with the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Calcutta Lodges . After minutes of confirmation , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Brother A . Grant , for his unremitting exertions iu fitting up the temple at Freemasons' Hall with so much Masonic taste . After Grand Lodge closed , the Brethren adjourned to a banquet , seasoned by the purest Masonic feeling .
STAR IN THE EAST . —This Lodge has not met since February , but will shortly proceed to the election of its Master ; it is expected that the Grand Master will accept the office , and if so , its regeneration will commence , and unanimity prevail . Its meetings are fixed for the first and third Friday . INDUSTRY AND P ERSEVERANCE has regularly met on the last Wednesday in the month , and has reached an era of prosperity hitherto unequalled . Sir Edward Ryan , its Master , has won laurels that ivill long endure ; but the prospect of his returning to England next year has already created much regret .
TRUE FRIENDSHIP is not less prosperous ; the able and indefatigable Brother Birch has stimulated Brother Captain Boileau , to whom the Brethren look with certainty , that the interests ancl honour of the Lodge cannot be confided to a better trust . HUMILITY WITH FORTITUDE is a staunch pillar of the Craft ; harmony and good will prove its . social worth , discipline and practice mark its operative value .
THE MARINE LODGE has only to observe ancl emulate the zeal and determination of the others to entitle it to commendation . ANCHOR AND HOPE . —Here there is but one heart—one mind—true friendship and harmony , are its characteristics . The Master possesses the confidence and affection of the Brethren ; and although his departure is dreaded , the present Senior Warden , his probable successor , having the knowledge of the Art , has only to preserve the working and discipline , which now is of the first order .
COURAGE WITH H UMANITY , Dum Dum . The head quarters of the Artillery might do more . ST . JOHN ' LODGE prospers under the guidance of the scholar and the gentleman , Bro . Torrens , who works the lectures , and never allows the members to separate without some knowledge being imparted . TIIE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMKNT meets every Saturday eveningand for two hours on Sunday ; at ivhich all Masons in turn
, attend ; and whereas previously scarcely any Brother could undertake any simple office , now nearly all can at order assume even the Masters ! Among $ iose Brethren who have recently distinguished themselves as staunch pillars of Masonry are Bros . A . and E . Boileau , engineers , and Longueville Clark , barrister . Our Grand Master does not forget that VOL . VIII . 3 T
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India.
Officers of the Grand Lodge of Bengal present on the 22 nd September : —R . W . Bros . J . Grant , Grancl Master ; R . W . VV . C . Blacquierre as D . G . M . ; R . W . H . Boulton , and II . B . Henderson , G . Wardens ; V . W . J . King , G . Treasurer ; , G . Registrar ; A . Grant , G . Secretary ; W . F . W . Birch , H . Torrens , G . Deacons ; J . Chaunce , G Sword Bearer ; H . Hamerton , G . Organist ; — Chew , Assist . G . D . C . ;— LazarusG . Pursuivant ; and many Past Grancl Officers ,
, with the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Calcutta Lodges . After minutes of confirmation , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Brother A . Grant , for his unremitting exertions iu fitting up the temple at Freemasons' Hall with so much Masonic taste . After Grand Lodge closed , the Brethren adjourned to a banquet , seasoned by the purest Masonic feeling .
STAR IN THE EAST . —This Lodge has not met since February , but will shortly proceed to the election of its Master ; it is expected that the Grand Master will accept the office , and if so , its regeneration will commence , and unanimity prevail . Its meetings are fixed for the first and third Friday . INDUSTRY AND P ERSEVERANCE has regularly met on the last Wednesday in the month , and has reached an era of prosperity hitherto unequalled . Sir Edward Ryan , its Master , has won laurels that ivill long endure ; but the prospect of his returning to England next year has already created much regret .
TRUE FRIENDSHIP is not less prosperous ; the able and indefatigable Brother Birch has stimulated Brother Captain Boileau , to whom the Brethren look with certainty , that the interests ancl honour of the Lodge cannot be confided to a better trust . HUMILITY WITH FORTITUDE is a staunch pillar of the Craft ; harmony and good will prove its . social worth , discipline and practice mark its operative value .
THE MARINE LODGE has only to observe ancl emulate the zeal and determination of the others to entitle it to commendation . ANCHOR AND HOPE . —Here there is but one heart—one mind—true friendship and harmony , are its characteristics . The Master possesses the confidence and affection of the Brethren ; and although his departure is dreaded , the present Senior Warden , his probable successor , having the knowledge of the Art , has only to preserve the working and discipline , which now is of the first order .
COURAGE WITH H UMANITY , Dum Dum . The head quarters of the Artillery might do more . ST . JOHN ' LODGE prospers under the guidance of the scholar and the gentleman , Bro . Torrens , who works the lectures , and never allows the members to separate without some knowledge being imparted . TIIE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMKNT meets every Saturday eveningand for two hours on Sunday ; at ivhich all Masons in turn
, attend ; and whereas previously scarcely any Brother could undertake any simple office , now nearly all can at order assume even the Masters ! Among $ iose Brethren who have recently distinguished themselves as staunch pillars of Masonry are Bros . A . and E . Boileau , engineers , and Longueville Clark , barrister . Our Grand Master does not forget that VOL . VIII . 3 T