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India.
The following is a letter to the Grand Secretary in England , for your and our Proxy-Master ' s information : — To the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England . Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , —I had the honour to address you on the 2 nd August , and again on the 29 th December , 1848 , appealing against the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Master of Bengal
, requesting that those letters , and accompanying correspondence , should be submitted for the consideration of the M . W . Grand Master and the Grand Lodge . As I have not received any reply to either of these communications , and as it does not appear from the printed reports of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge , that my appeals have been in any way noticed , I can only suppose that they have been laid aside , and thus escaped your recollection . As the subject of my appeal is not only of
importance to myself , but of great interest among the masonic Craft generally , I again respectfully solicit that it be submitted for the consideration and decision of the Grand Lodge , with as little further delay as possible . I remain , & c . ( Signed ) ED . TOWNSEND . Calcutta , October 7 , 1849 .
To the Editor . Dear Brother , —I have read with considerable pain in recent numbers of your Review , very erroneous accounts of our Right Worshipful the late Prov . Grand Master , in regard to the establishment of a Royal Arch Chapter in Calcutta , under charter from the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Scotland . You distinctly declare that he has an objection to acknowledge the
authority of the Grand Chapter of Scotland ; I assure you it is no such thing , aud proceed to give you some account of what has taken place on this subject . E . Companion , E . Townsend , for whom the charter was obtained , had been suspended from his masonic privileges for six months , by the then officiating Prov . Grand Master , Col . Boulton , for suffering improper conduct at the refreshment table of his lodge .
It was in this state of things that he , with others , applied for a warrant to hold a chapter , of which he was to be First Principal ; and can you be surprised that the application was rejected ? It would have been a grave direliction of duty had it been complied with . There is only one chapter in Calcutta , and from its having existed for ten years , and being only now free from debt , for expenses incurred in preparing regaliafurniture & cit is manifest that there is no room for a second
, , , chapter . Had Companion Townsend , when thus refused , surrendered the account of his Lodge Kilwinning , or even himself seceded from Masonry under the constitution of England , there would have been no objection to his application to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , either for a warrant for a Craft Lodge , or a charter for a Royal Arch Chapter ; but during this time he attended the Prov . Grand Lodge as one of its officers ,
thereby professing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , and working as Master of a Craft Lodge under that constitution ; and while thus professing and acting , he applies privately to the Grand Chapter of Scotland for a charter for holding a chapter under that constitution ,
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India.
The following is a letter to the Grand Secretary in England , for your and our Proxy-Master ' s information : — To the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England . Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , —I had the honour to address you on the 2 nd August , and again on the 29 th December , 1848 , appealing against the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Master of Bengal
, requesting that those letters , and accompanying correspondence , should be submitted for the consideration of the M . W . Grand Master and the Grand Lodge . As I have not received any reply to either of these communications , and as it does not appear from the printed reports of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge , that my appeals have been in any way noticed , I can only suppose that they have been laid aside , and thus escaped your recollection . As the subject of my appeal is not only of
importance to myself , but of great interest among the masonic Craft generally , I again respectfully solicit that it be submitted for the consideration and decision of the Grand Lodge , with as little further delay as possible . I remain , & c . ( Signed ) ED . TOWNSEND . Calcutta , October 7 , 1849 .
To the Editor . Dear Brother , —I have read with considerable pain in recent numbers of your Review , very erroneous accounts of our Right Worshipful the late Prov . Grand Master , in regard to the establishment of a Royal Arch Chapter in Calcutta , under charter from the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Scotland . You distinctly declare that he has an objection to acknowledge the
authority of the Grand Chapter of Scotland ; I assure you it is no such thing , aud proceed to give you some account of what has taken place on this subject . E . Companion , E . Townsend , for whom the charter was obtained , had been suspended from his masonic privileges for six months , by the then officiating Prov . Grand Master , Col . Boulton , for suffering improper conduct at the refreshment table of his lodge .
It was in this state of things that he , with others , applied for a warrant to hold a chapter , of which he was to be First Principal ; and can you be surprised that the application was rejected ? It would have been a grave direliction of duty had it been complied with . There is only one chapter in Calcutta , and from its having existed for ten years , and being only now free from debt , for expenses incurred in preparing regaliafurniture & cit is manifest that there is no room for a second
, , , chapter . Had Companion Townsend , when thus refused , surrendered the account of his Lodge Kilwinning , or even himself seceded from Masonry under the constitution of England , there would have been no objection to his application to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , either for a warrant for a Craft Lodge , or a charter for a Royal Arch Chapter ; but during this time he attended the Prov . Grand Lodge as one of its officers ,
thereby professing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , and working as Master of a Craft Lodge under that constitution ; and while thus professing and acting , he applies privately to the Grand Chapter of Scotland for a charter for holding a chapter under that constitution ,