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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ELECTION , OCTOBER 9 th . AU Brethren , Governors , or Subscribers are earnestly solicited to give their Votes—if unpromised—in favour of MARY NICHOLSON , No . 17 . Votes may be sent to Mrs . Nicholson , 64 , Acre-lane , Brixton , London , S . W .
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BRO . BINCKES PRESENTATION FUND . President—THE EARL OF LATHOM , D . G . M ., & Prov . G . M . W . Lancashire . Treasurer—Bro . G EORGE PLUCKNETT , P . G . D . England , and Treasurer of the R . M . I . B . Hon . Secretary—Bro . C . F . HOGARD , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . Subscriptions to the above Fund will be received by Bro . GEO . PLUCKNETT , 4 6 , Connaught-sq ., W ., or by Bro . C . F . HOGARD , 45 a , Cheapside , London , E . G ., by whom also all further particulars will be furnished .
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-OEQUIRED — A SITUATION of Xv TRUST by a late Company Sergeant-Major Royal Engineers , M . M . Lodge 730 ( I . C . )—Address , Mr . J SHEEN , II , Castlegate , Lower Mortlake-road , Richmond , Surrey . JOINER and CARPENTER , M . M ., Experienced , well recommended , wants EMPLOYMENT . Urgent . —Address , KEYSTONE , 32 , Havelockstreet , King's Cross , N .
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A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( PM . and P . Z . ) . —PRIVATE TUITION in the CLASSICS , MATHEMATICS , ENGLISH , & c . Lectures on various subjects . Schools visited . Foreigners taught English by means of French . —Address , F . D ., 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting-hill , W . CLOSE to Piccadilly and West End Clubs . APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED with Attendance for Gentlemen . Terms moderate . —H . AMELOT , 45 , Brick-street , Piccadilly .
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . | Personal Injuries Railway Accidents . j Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager . £ rl _ .. ] DUER , t '* M 9 . / < L - 146 , NEW BOND ST ., W ., < ty CALLORD & CALLOBJ ) , * ** V Queen ' s Terrace , St . John ' s Wood . —A ^ S / Vanstoall parts Daily . Hampers & Tins «^ J / packed for the country with Biscuits , & c . \/ f French & Vienna Fancy Rolls & Bread . WEDDING * BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED .
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BREECH-LOADERS . LABGEST STOCK IN LONDON . All the Latest Improvements . HAMMERLESS GUNS . The Anson and Deely patents , and other well-made toplevers at reduced prices . 15 guineas and upwards . THE NEWLY-IMPROVED AND PERFECTED EJECTOR HAMMERLESS , So highly approved of late . PIG-EON GUNS of wonderful shooting power . EXPRESS DOUBLE RIFLES , the light , handy 400 , and all other calibres . The best ROOK and RABBIT Rifles . E . M . REILLY and Co ., 16 & 277 , Oxford St ., London ; and Paris .
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4 g _ * CHARLES LANCASTER , t (( ncM-pou \^ Nc ) l- } ( Awarded 15 Frizes and Medals . ) YVi SMOOTH ikt VyJVM . BOR'E / gK IKVHHTOI . AMD TATl ' . XTV . V . OP TUB *^ S ^ 4-BARREL BREECH-GOADING . HAMMEELESS EOEEOOK , GUN , RIFLE , & PISTOL RABBIT , ( Weight 71 b . 4 oz . ) ( Weight 101 b . ) ( -170 bore , 21 b . doz . ) HEraEM " "THE COLHJ-DIAN , " MILITARY A RIFXED GUN F 0 R SHOT AND BALL , and Illustrated Detailed Price List . Free on Application . LAEGE BORE Special I'riee . / or Cast ,. EnXES . 51 , NEW BOND ST ., W . Established 1 S 20 .
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v # ' Joule ' s EARTH System , ^ ° ^ V ^ J * w * fiMIwtratfs Patent , ^ " * M- 5 a ' aARRICK STREET , S" * ^ COYENT GARDEN , LONDON .
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By Eoyal . , _ „ . To Appointment ii « JS" ?| % H . E . H . ™ to H . E . H . * ^ £ telS * APrincess of fe ^ gL CeSS T . /** , ri tr Wales . W ***** Louise . POSY ' * IT ' ' GD , l ?| UaS BOUQUET . BAYSWATER HILL , LONDON , W „ T INVENTOR OK THE NEW STYLE I 11 L . Oi-AOCIX O POSY * BOUQUET-T ' ie Season's Success . SUCCESS . BRIBES' & BRIDESMAIDS' B 0 * CQ . DETS on the Shortest Notice . Goods delivered , carefully packed , IJIMEDIATULY on receipt 01 Order .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
Several communications unavoidably stand over . BOOKS . & c ., RECEIVED . " Freemasons * Repository , " " Cassell's National Library , " "Natal Mercncy , " '' Victorian Freemason" "Organist ' s Quarterly Journal , " " Illustrated Handbook of Victoria , Australia , " "Allen's Indian Mail , " " Cadiz Masdnica , " " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " "Voice of Masonry" ( Chicago ) , " Freimaurer-Zeitung , " " Isle of Man Times , " " Humanitas , " " Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine" " Die Bauhutte" " Imperial
, , Federation , " " Sunday Times " ( London ) , " New York Dispatch , " " Effective Advertiser , " " Citizen , " " La Chaine d'Union , " "Light , " "Freemasons' Journal" ( New York ; , " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " " Piano , Organ , and Music Trades Journal , " "Western Daily Mercury , " "St . Louis Globe Democrat , " " La Gran Logia , " " Masonic World , " " El Libre y Accptado Mason , " " La Masoneriaed Puerto-Rico , " and" Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada . "
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g ) i /^** **^^^ g ^ A > Mi ^^ SATURDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1886 . A
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving 01 the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondentg , but we wish in a spirit of fair * - > lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] > FREEMASONRY IN BENGAL . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to the ciuerv made bv Bro . lohn
Lane , of Torquay , in the Freemason of the nth ult ., I beg to append below a true copy of the warrant of confirmation of Lodge Anchor and Hope , No . 234 , under which it is now working : Seal oE WARRANT OF LODGE "ANCHOR AND HOPE . " G . Lodge ZETLAND , ot England . G . M .
To all and every our Right Worshipful , Worshipful and Loving Brethren , We , Thomas Dundas , Earl of Zetland , Baron Dundas of Aske , in the County of York , & c , & c , & c . Grand Master of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England . Send Greeting , Whereas it appears by the records of our Grand Lodge that in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventythree a Warrant of Constitution was granted authorizing certain Brethren therein named to open and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Calcutta , in the Presidency of Bengal , in the East Indies , which was then registered in the Books of the Grand Lodge , No . 452 , And Whereas by the general alterations or closing up of Numbers which took place in the years 17 S 1 and 1792 respectively , the said Lodge become successively Nos . 360
and 292 , and by the alteration of Numbers consequent upon the union of the Two Fraternities of Freemasons on the 27 th December 1 S 13 it became No . 413 , and again by the general alteration of Numbers in the year 1 S 32 it became No . 2 S 4 , * and is now holden at Calcutta in Bengal aforesaid , under the Title or Denomination of The " Anchor and Hope " Lodge , No . 284 . And Whereas by a petition bearing date the 14 th May 1840 , it has been
represented to us by our Right Trusty and well-beloved Brethren Alexander Grant , the Master of the said Lodge , Henry James Frederick , Senior Warden , John Cameron , Junior Warden , J . A . Guest , D . Monteith , John Cowing , and others , that the original Warrant hath been lost or destroyed , and have therefore prayed us to grant them a Warrant of Confirmation . Now know ye We being satisfied of the reasonableness of the request and from the
confidence reposed in thesaid Brethren DO HEREBY GRANT THIS OUR WARRANT OF CONFIRMATION authorizingand empowering them and their successors to continue to assemble and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Calcutta aforesaid , at such times as to the Brethren thereof may appear requisite and necessary , and be regulated by their By-Laws in conformity v / ith the General Laws oi the Grand Lodge , and then and there when duly
congregated to make , pass and raise Freemasons according to the Ancient Rites and Custom of the Craft in all ages and nations throughout the known World . And we do confirm the said Lodge in its original Rank , Station , and Priority , giving full power and authority to the Brethren to elect a Master from time to time in conformity with General Laws of the Craft and their own By-Laws , strictly charging that every Member who shall be elected to preside
over the said Lodge as Master shall be installed in Ancient form , and according to the Laws of the Grand Lodge that he may thereby be fully invested with the Dignities and Powers of his Office . And we require you the said Alexander Grant and your successors to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are or have been
regularly made Masons . And that you and they and all other thc Members of the said Lodge do observe , perform , and keep the Laws , Rules , and Orders contained in the Book of Constitution , and all others which may from time to time be made by our Grand Lodge or transmitted by us or our Successors , Grand Masters , or by our Deputy Grand Masters for the time being . And we do enjoin you to make
Original Correspondence.
such By-Laws for the government of your Lodge as shall , to the majority of the Members , appear proper and necessary . ^ the same not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General Laws and Regulations of the Craft , a copy whereof you are to transmit to us . And we do require you to cause all such By-Laws and Regulations , and also an account of the proceedings in your Lodge to be entered in Books to be kept for that purpose . And you are in no
wise to omit to send to us or our Successors , Grand Masters , or to the Rjght Honorable Richard William Penn Curzon Howe , Earl Howe , Viscount and Baron Curzon of Penn , and Baron Howe , G . C . H ., Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty Oueen Adelaide , & c , & c ., & c , Our Deputy Grand Master , or to the Deputy Grand Master for the time being , at least once in every year , a List of the Members of your Lodge and the name and description of all Masons initiated
therein , and Brethren who shall have joined the same , together with the fees and monies payablethereon . it being our will and intention that this our Warrant shall be in force so long only as you shall conform to the Laws and Regulations of our said Grand Lodge . Given under Our Hand and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London , this 30 th day of April , A . L . 5 S 44 , A . D . 1844 . By Command of the Most Worshipful Master .
WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . HOWE , D . G . M . The above warrant of confirmation bears the signature of V . Wor . Bro . W . H . White , jun ., who at the time was the Grand Secretary , and whose connection with the Grand Lodge oflice commenced from the year 1 S 01 . From the year rSoi to rSoo he was an assistant in Grand Secretary's office , and in the year 1 S 10 was appointed Grand Secretary jointly with his father ( V . Wor . Bro . W . H . White , sen . ) ,
who also held the office of Grand Secretary . The testimony of a brother who was connected so long with the Grand Lodge of England , and who was quite conversant with the list of then existing lodges under the English Constitution , should , I think , be accepted as conclusive proof that the recital made in the present warrant of confirmation was founded in facts , and that Lodge Anchor and Hope , No . 234 , is no other than the one opened and instituted in
the year 1773 . A brief account of the past history of Lodge Anchor and Hope would , perhaps , throw more light on the subject . The original number of this lodge , under the warrant of ' 773 » . granted by the "Modern" Constitution , was 452 , and in the course of ig years—that is , up to 1792—there were two further changes , viz ., No . 370 in 1781 , and No . 292 in 1792 . In the year 1 S 01 this lod applied for a warrant under
ge the "Ancient" Constitution , and No . 325 was assigned to it , but it never worked under this warrant . Other Calcutta lodges that got similar warrants—viz ., Lodge Humility with Fortitude , and Lodge Marine—worked under them , and fot so doing , when the union of the two Fraternities was established in the year iS 13 , the fresh warrants issued to them by the United Grand Lod ge bore the same dates as
those granted to them under the "Ancient" Constitution . Lodge True Friendship , another of the Calcutta lodges that threw off its allegiance to the " Modern" Consult * . , tion , still works under the " Ancient " warrant ( copy herewith enclosed ) , owing to the United Grand Lodge of England declining to grant a fresh warrant with a date prior to that of the "Ancient" warrant .
When the Union was established Lodge Anchor and Hope was erroneously reckoned as two separate lodges , that is , one as under the "Modern " and another as under the "Ancient" Constitutions , and consequently , at the renumbering of the lodges , got two numbers allotted to it , viz ., No . 371 in the place of 292 , and No . 413 in the place of 325 . This mistake does not appear to have been detected until
the year 1840 , when Bro . Alexander Grant and others applied for a warrant of confirmation , and after a prolonged correspondence , extendiug over four years ( warrant of confirmation applied for on 14 th May , iS 4 o , and granted on 30 th April , 1 S 44 ) , it was proved to the satisfaction of the Grand Lodge Officers that there was really only one Lodge Anchor and Hope , and not two , and hence the lodge got a confirmation of the original warrant of 1771 , bearine the
No . 452 . In this warrant of confirmation , instead of No . 371 being cited ( the number assigned to the lodge at the Union as under the "Modern " Constitution ) , No . 413 is cited . The reason of this is , that by the general alteration of numbers in theyear 1 S 32 , No . 371 , the real number of the lodge , was erroneously closed up , and there was no help
for it but to cite No . 413 . I trust the above remarks will convince your readers , and especially Bro . John Lane , that the Lodge Anchor and Hope , now No . 234 , is no other than the one constituted in the year 1773 as No , 450 . —Yours fraternally , 14 , Sectaram Ghose ' s-street , P . C . DUTT . Calcutta , Sept . 7 th .
NOTICES OF LODGE MEETINGS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The complaint of Bro . Collison and his loss o £ " confidence" in the Book of Constitutions is another curious example of the common fallacy of generalising from too few instances . When the astonishment produced by the reading of Bro . Collison ' s letter had somewhat subsided , 1 took a bundle of the by-laws of ten different
lodges distributed in four province : No . 1 . Specifies the place , date , and time of the regular Iodge meetings , but no time is specified as to notices . No . 2 . Two clear days notice required . No . 3 . *} No . 4 . { -Three clear days notice required . No . 5 . ) No . 6 . Four clear days notice required . No . 7 , Five clear days notice required . No . 8 . "One week ' s notice required . "
No . " 10 ! 5 Sevcn days notice required . Bro . Collison will see these instances that "seven days ' notice of regular lodges is far from ' universal , ' and can only be the ' established usage and custom' of those lodges whose bye-laws require such notice , or , without such
bye-law , may have adopted it . " It is very strange that any brother should have the notion that the Book of Constitutions required lodges to give seven days' notice of regular meetings , as none of the editions contain any rule as to this detail , which is now wisely left for each lodge to determine for itself .
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Ad00902
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ELECTION , OCTOBER 9 th . AU Brethren , Governors , or Subscribers are earnestly solicited to give their Votes—if unpromised—in favour of MARY NICHOLSON , No . 17 . Votes may be sent to Mrs . Nicholson , 64 , Acre-lane , Brixton , London , S . W .
Ad00903
BRO . BINCKES PRESENTATION FUND . President—THE EARL OF LATHOM , D . G . M ., & Prov . G . M . W . Lancashire . Treasurer—Bro . G EORGE PLUCKNETT , P . G . D . England , and Treasurer of the R . M . I . B . Hon . Secretary—Bro . C . F . HOGARD , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . Subscriptions to the above Fund will be received by Bro . GEO . PLUCKNETT , 4 6 , Connaught-sq ., W ., or by Bro . C . F . HOGARD , 45 a , Cheapside , London , E . G ., by whom also all further particulars will be furnished .
Ad00904
-OEQUIRED — A SITUATION of Xv TRUST by a late Company Sergeant-Major Royal Engineers , M . M . Lodge 730 ( I . C . )—Address , Mr . J SHEEN , II , Castlegate , Lower Mortlake-road , Richmond , Surrey . JOINER and CARPENTER , M . M ., Experienced , well recommended , wants EMPLOYMENT . Urgent . —Address , KEYSTONE , 32 , Havelockstreet , King's Cross , N .
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A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( PM . and P . Z . ) . —PRIVATE TUITION in the CLASSICS , MATHEMATICS , ENGLISH , & c . Lectures on various subjects . Schools visited . Foreigners taught English by means of French . —Address , F . D ., 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting-hill , W . CLOSE to Piccadilly and West End Clubs . APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED with Attendance for Gentlemen . Terms moderate . —H . AMELOT , 45 , Brick-street , Piccadilly .
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . | Personal Injuries Railway Accidents . j Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager . £ rl _ .. ] DUER , t '* M 9 . / < L - 146 , NEW BOND ST ., W ., < ty CALLORD & CALLOBJ ) , * ** V Queen ' s Terrace , St . John ' s Wood . —A ^ S / Vanstoall parts Daily . Hampers & Tins «^ J / packed for the country with Biscuits , & c . \/ f French & Vienna Fancy Rolls & Bread . WEDDING * BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED .
Ad00907
BREECH-LOADERS . LABGEST STOCK IN LONDON . All the Latest Improvements . HAMMERLESS GUNS . The Anson and Deely patents , and other well-made toplevers at reduced prices . 15 guineas and upwards . THE NEWLY-IMPROVED AND PERFECTED EJECTOR HAMMERLESS , So highly approved of late . PIG-EON GUNS of wonderful shooting power . EXPRESS DOUBLE RIFLES , the light , handy 400 , and all other calibres . The best ROOK and RABBIT Rifles . E . M . REILLY and Co ., 16 & 277 , Oxford St ., London ; and Paris .
Ad00908
4 g _ * CHARLES LANCASTER , t (( ncM-pou \^ Nc ) l- } ( Awarded 15 Frizes and Medals . ) YVi SMOOTH ikt VyJVM . BOR'E / gK IKVHHTOI . AMD TATl ' . XTV . V . OP TUB *^ S ^ 4-BARREL BREECH-GOADING . HAMMEELESS EOEEOOK , GUN , RIFLE , & PISTOL RABBIT , ( Weight 71 b . 4 oz . ) ( Weight 101 b . ) ( -170 bore , 21 b . doz . ) HEraEM " "THE COLHJ-DIAN , " MILITARY A RIFXED GUN F 0 R SHOT AND BALL , and Illustrated Detailed Price List . Free on Application . LAEGE BORE Special I'riee . / or Cast ,. EnXES . 51 , NEW BOND ST ., W . Established 1 S 20 .
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v # ' Joule ' s EARTH System , ^ ° ^ V ^ J * w * fiMIwtratfs Patent , ^ " * M- 5 a ' aARRICK STREET , S" * ^ COYENT GARDEN , LONDON .
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By Eoyal . , _ „ . To Appointment ii « JS" ?| % H . E . H . ™ to H . E . H . * ^ £ telS * APrincess of fe ^ gL CeSS T . /** , ri tr Wales . W ***** Louise . POSY ' * IT ' ' GD , l ?| UaS BOUQUET . BAYSWATER HILL , LONDON , W „ T INVENTOR OK THE NEW STYLE I 11 L . Oi-AOCIX O POSY * BOUQUET-T ' ie Season's Success . SUCCESS . BRIBES' & BRIDESMAIDS' B 0 * CQ . DETS on the Shortest Notice . Goods delivered , carefully packed , IJIMEDIATULY on receipt 01 Order .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
Several communications unavoidably stand over . BOOKS . & c ., RECEIVED . " Freemasons * Repository , " " Cassell's National Library , " "Natal Mercncy , " '' Victorian Freemason" "Organist ' s Quarterly Journal , " " Illustrated Handbook of Victoria , Australia , " "Allen's Indian Mail , " " Cadiz Masdnica , " " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " "Voice of Masonry" ( Chicago ) , " Freimaurer-Zeitung , " " Isle of Man Times , " " Humanitas , " " Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine" " Die Bauhutte" " Imperial
, , Federation , " " Sunday Times " ( London ) , " New York Dispatch , " " Effective Advertiser , " " Citizen , " " La Chaine d'Union , " "Light , " "Freemasons' Journal" ( New York ; , " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " " Piano , Organ , and Music Trades Journal , " "Western Daily Mercury , " "St . Louis Globe Democrat , " " La Gran Logia , " " Masonic World , " " El Libre y Accptado Mason , " " La Masoneriaed Puerto-Rico , " and" Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada . "
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g ) i /^** **^^^ g ^ A > Mi ^^ SATURDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1886 . A
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving 01 the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondentg , but we wish in a spirit of fair * - > lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] > FREEMASONRY IN BENGAL . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to the ciuerv made bv Bro . lohn
Lane , of Torquay , in the Freemason of the nth ult ., I beg to append below a true copy of the warrant of confirmation of Lodge Anchor and Hope , No . 234 , under which it is now working : Seal oE WARRANT OF LODGE "ANCHOR AND HOPE . " G . Lodge ZETLAND , ot England . G . M .
To all and every our Right Worshipful , Worshipful and Loving Brethren , We , Thomas Dundas , Earl of Zetland , Baron Dundas of Aske , in the County of York , & c , & c , & c . Grand Master of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England . Send Greeting , Whereas it appears by the records of our Grand Lodge that in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventythree a Warrant of Constitution was granted authorizing certain Brethren therein named to open and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Calcutta , in the Presidency of Bengal , in the East Indies , which was then registered in the Books of the Grand Lodge , No . 452 , And Whereas by the general alterations or closing up of Numbers which took place in the years 17 S 1 and 1792 respectively , the said Lodge become successively Nos . 360
and 292 , and by the alteration of Numbers consequent upon the union of the Two Fraternities of Freemasons on the 27 th December 1 S 13 it became No . 413 , and again by the general alteration of Numbers in the year 1 S 32 it became No . 2 S 4 , * and is now holden at Calcutta in Bengal aforesaid , under the Title or Denomination of The " Anchor and Hope " Lodge , No . 284 . And Whereas by a petition bearing date the 14 th May 1840 , it has been
represented to us by our Right Trusty and well-beloved Brethren Alexander Grant , the Master of the said Lodge , Henry James Frederick , Senior Warden , John Cameron , Junior Warden , J . A . Guest , D . Monteith , John Cowing , and others , that the original Warrant hath been lost or destroyed , and have therefore prayed us to grant them a Warrant of Confirmation . Now know ye We being satisfied of the reasonableness of the request and from the
confidence reposed in thesaid Brethren DO HEREBY GRANT THIS OUR WARRANT OF CONFIRMATION authorizingand empowering them and their successors to continue to assemble and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Calcutta aforesaid , at such times as to the Brethren thereof may appear requisite and necessary , and be regulated by their By-Laws in conformity v / ith the General Laws oi the Grand Lodge , and then and there when duly
congregated to make , pass and raise Freemasons according to the Ancient Rites and Custom of the Craft in all ages and nations throughout the known World . And we do confirm the said Lodge in its original Rank , Station , and Priority , giving full power and authority to the Brethren to elect a Master from time to time in conformity with General Laws of the Craft and their own By-Laws , strictly charging that every Member who shall be elected to preside
over the said Lodge as Master shall be installed in Ancient form , and according to the Laws of the Grand Lodge that he may thereby be fully invested with the Dignities and Powers of his Office . And we require you the said Alexander Grant and your successors to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are or have been
regularly made Masons . And that you and they and all other thc Members of the said Lodge do observe , perform , and keep the Laws , Rules , and Orders contained in the Book of Constitution , and all others which may from time to time be made by our Grand Lodge or transmitted by us or our Successors , Grand Masters , or by our Deputy Grand Masters for the time being . And we do enjoin you to make
Original Correspondence.
such By-Laws for the government of your Lodge as shall , to the majority of the Members , appear proper and necessary . ^ the same not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General Laws and Regulations of the Craft , a copy whereof you are to transmit to us . And we do require you to cause all such By-Laws and Regulations , and also an account of the proceedings in your Lodge to be entered in Books to be kept for that purpose . And you are in no
wise to omit to send to us or our Successors , Grand Masters , or to the Rjght Honorable Richard William Penn Curzon Howe , Earl Howe , Viscount and Baron Curzon of Penn , and Baron Howe , G . C . H ., Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty Oueen Adelaide , & c , & c ., & c , Our Deputy Grand Master , or to the Deputy Grand Master for the time being , at least once in every year , a List of the Members of your Lodge and the name and description of all Masons initiated
therein , and Brethren who shall have joined the same , together with the fees and monies payablethereon . it being our will and intention that this our Warrant shall be in force so long only as you shall conform to the Laws and Regulations of our said Grand Lodge . Given under Our Hand and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London , this 30 th day of April , A . L . 5 S 44 , A . D . 1844 . By Command of the Most Worshipful Master .
WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . HOWE , D . G . M . The above warrant of confirmation bears the signature of V . Wor . Bro . W . H . White , jun ., who at the time was the Grand Secretary , and whose connection with the Grand Lodge oflice commenced from the year 1 S 01 . From the year rSoi to rSoo he was an assistant in Grand Secretary's office , and in the year 1 S 10 was appointed Grand Secretary jointly with his father ( V . Wor . Bro . W . H . White , sen . ) ,
who also held the office of Grand Secretary . The testimony of a brother who was connected so long with the Grand Lodge of England , and who was quite conversant with the list of then existing lodges under the English Constitution , should , I think , be accepted as conclusive proof that the recital made in the present warrant of confirmation was founded in facts , and that Lodge Anchor and Hope , No . 234 , is no other than the one opened and instituted in
the year 1773 . A brief account of the past history of Lodge Anchor and Hope would , perhaps , throw more light on the subject . The original number of this lodge , under the warrant of ' 773 » . granted by the "Modern" Constitution , was 452 , and in the course of ig years—that is , up to 1792—there were two further changes , viz ., No . 370 in 1781 , and No . 292 in 1792 . In the year 1 S 01 this lod applied for a warrant under
ge the "Ancient" Constitution , and No . 325 was assigned to it , but it never worked under this warrant . Other Calcutta lodges that got similar warrants—viz ., Lodge Humility with Fortitude , and Lodge Marine—worked under them , and fot so doing , when the union of the two Fraternities was established in the year iS 13 , the fresh warrants issued to them by the United Grand Lod ge bore the same dates as
those granted to them under the "Ancient" Constitution . Lodge True Friendship , another of the Calcutta lodges that threw off its allegiance to the " Modern" Consult * . , tion , still works under the " Ancient " warrant ( copy herewith enclosed ) , owing to the United Grand Lodge of England declining to grant a fresh warrant with a date prior to that of the "Ancient" warrant .
When the Union was established Lodge Anchor and Hope was erroneously reckoned as two separate lodges , that is , one as under the "Modern " and another as under the "Ancient" Constitutions , and consequently , at the renumbering of the lodges , got two numbers allotted to it , viz ., No . 371 in the place of 292 , and No . 413 in the place of 325 . This mistake does not appear to have been detected until
the year 1840 , when Bro . Alexander Grant and others applied for a warrant of confirmation , and after a prolonged correspondence , extendiug over four years ( warrant of confirmation applied for on 14 th May , iS 4 o , and granted on 30 th April , 1 S 44 ) , it was proved to the satisfaction of the Grand Lodge Officers that there was really only one Lodge Anchor and Hope , and not two , and hence the lodge got a confirmation of the original warrant of 1771 , bearine the
No . 452 . In this warrant of confirmation , instead of No . 371 being cited ( the number assigned to the lodge at the Union as under the "Modern " Constitution ) , No . 413 is cited . The reason of this is , that by the general alteration of numbers in theyear 1 S 32 , No . 371 , the real number of the lodge , was erroneously closed up , and there was no help
for it but to cite No . 413 . I trust the above remarks will convince your readers , and especially Bro . John Lane , that the Lodge Anchor and Hope , now No . 234 , is no other than the one constituted in the year 1773 as No , 450 . —Yours fraternally , 14 , Sectaram Ghose ' s-street , P . C . DUTT . Calcutta , Sept . 7 th .
NOTICES OF LODGE MEETINGS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The complaint of Bro . Collison and his loss o £ " confidence" in the Book of Constitutions is another curious example of the common fallacy of generalising from too few instances . When the astonishment produced by the reading of Bro . Collison ' s letter had somewhat subsided , 1 took a bundle of the by-laws of ten different
lodges distributed in four province : No . 1 . Specifies the place , date , and time of the regular Iodge meetings , but no time is specified as to notices . No . 2 . Two clear days notice required . No . 3 . *} No . 4 . { -Three clear days notice required . No . 5 . ) No . 6 . Four clear days notice required . No . 7 , Five clear days notice required . No . 8 . "One week ' s notice required . "
No . " 10 ! 5 Sevcn days notice required . Bro . Collison will see these instances that "seven days ' notice of regular lodges is far from ' universal , ' and can only be the ' established usage and custom' of those lodges whose bye-laws require such notice , or , without such
bye-law , may have adopted it . " It is very strange that any brother should have the notion that the Book of Constitutions required lodges to give seven days' notice of regular meetings , as none of the editions contain any rule as to this detail , which is now wisely left for each lodge to determine for itself .