Punjab Masonic Educational Institution.

" Right Worship ful Sirs and Brethren , —I cannot exress to you how grateful 1 am for the kind things you l ' ave said of me . When you tell me my efforts have met villi your approval , when you recognize that I have to thc utmost of my power served the Institution faithfully and vith all mv heart , Y l ' ay me the highest compliment I

ever coveted . It has been a labour of love . My whole heart has been in my work , and in resigning the Secretaryship , I feel as it I was putting away from mc apart , I was "oing to say a vital part , of myself . It is a noble mission to labour in the cause of education . I cannot realize any more gratifying position than that of being the servant of an Institution like this , providing as it does

the means of earning a livelihood in this world . Indeed more , for wc place such an education within the reach of our adopted sons , that they may , if they strive , win a foremost place in thc race of life . Without such an institution what would be the fate of thc children of our indigent or deceased brethren ? Right Worshipful Sirs and Brethren , think of it for a moment , we have colleges and high stan

dard schools for natives , but for the European simply no provision whatever . If it is intended therefore , that our boys are to hold their own in the battle of life , it is absolutely essential that they should be educated , and it is to provide this means of competing with the natives of the country , to meet the pressing want of the age , that this institution has been formed ; and it has been to attain

this end that I have laboured during the past three years . It has been earnest service , and I am more than delighted to find that it has been approved service . I find I now need rest , I must , therefore , make over my duties to some one else ; but by and by , when our newly elected brother finds himself in my present position , I need not say how delighted I shall be if you will permit me then to resume

my old position as your Secretary . And now , R . W . Sir and Brethren , you have been pleased to recognize my services in a way most pleasing and congenial to myrelf , but will you allow me to add one word to it . I am now a Vice-President , will you allow mc to add my Rs . 300 to the Rs . 500 you have granted , and make it Rs . 1000 , to be used in the way already

proposed ? Only one word more . Do not 1 beg of you suppose that I am severing njy connection with the Institution , but rather consider me as an invalid in hospital , husbanding strength for future efforts in support of this monument of Masonic love in the Punjab . " Before thc R . W . D . G . M . had time to put thc proposition of Worshipful Bro . Adlard to the vote it was carried by

acclamation . The R . W . D . G . M . then proposed Worshipful Bro . George Davies , D . G . S ., as Honorary Secretary to Ihe Institution , which , being duly seconded by Worshipful Bro . W . E . Ball , was carried unanimously . There being no more business before " the meeting it was declared closed at 7 pm .

Roman Catholics And Freemasonry In India.

ROMAN CATHOLICS AND FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .

On this subject the " Englishman " says : — Some sensation has been caused during the week by a harmless onslaught by Father Lafont on the ancient Craft

of Freemasonry . The influence of Freemasonry , at least in England , has always been so entirely social in its nature , the conduct of the Craft is so non-aggressive , and it has in modern times so completely got rid of the odium that might once have attached to it as a secret Society , that it is difficult to understand the motive which could

have dictated such an attack so late in the day . It may have been , that , thc elevation of the Prince of Wales to the Headship of the Order in England has conferred on Masonry a prestige intolerable to the Jesuits ; or it may have been , that the offence was the exclusion of the Head of the Roman Catholic Church from the lodge , of which , under a different name ( sic dicunt ) , he was once a member . At

any rate , a large multitude , impelled in most instances , no doubt , by that curiosity which the supposed mysterious character of Freemasonry excites in the vulgar , and naturall y expecting that a man who had undertaken to prove its impiety would have something more than the outside world knew to tell of its esoteric character , repaired to St . Thomas's to hear the Rev . Father ' s Philippic . Never were

expectant hearers more disappointed . Instead of having any secrets to impart to them , Father Lafont candidly confessed , that he knew nothing more of the Craft than that it inculcated morality on independent grounds . His address is a unique specimen of illogical and uncalled for ecclesiastical literature . Doubtless the brotherhood , whose tight million members , according to Father Lafont , are distributed over our planet , and almost all of whom , he

le " us , are blue , will be made considerably bluer by the attack of this clerical Don Quixote . They will feel , that what the combined strength of the Popes could not achieve in past centuries , a simple and very foolish discourse , delivered in a Calcutta church , is certain to accomplish immediatel y . The result , so desirable for the future progress of mankind , will be the speedy decay of the Craft , and the abandonment of lodges for the bosom of the "other Church .

MCNEIL GIIEIG ' S PATENT SANITAIIY TIIAPS . —Amongst sin- ? " y invemio ,, s of 'ate years for the improvement of ¦ nitary matters in connection with buildings we may Ira f the trai > P alentc ! l by Bro - Greigi which for excel-Un 1 ° j construction and completeness of action stands « n , ' ii By'ts appliance to closets and sinks all nauseous

dea 11 r ° " cc staye ( l ' anli so typhoid fever and other in diseases are eradicated . Another important item connection with this trap is its simplicity of construction , rear if W ' th its chea P" « ss , which brings it within the uerf . - Very household . No mansion is to be considered f" -ncct without this sanitary arrangement .

District Grand Lodge Of Bengal.

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF BENGAL .

A Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal was held at Freemasons' Hall , 35 , Bentinck-strcet , Calcutta , 011 Thursday , thc 24 th of June , 1875 . Present : W . Bros . John B . Roberts , Past Dep . D . G . M ., as District Grand Master ; F . Jennings , Past Dep . D . G . M ., as Dep . District Grand Master ; W . B . Mactavish ,

D . S . G . W . ; J . L . Taylor , P . D . S . G . W ., as D . f . G . W . ; W . H . Fitze , Offg . D . G . Treas . ; W . C Bonnerjee , D . G . Regr . ; D . J . Zemin , Past D . G . Regr . ; H . II . Locke , Past Dep . D . G . M ., as D . G . Sec . ; W . Girling , Past D . G . Dir . of Cer ., as D . S . G . Deacon ; A . LeFranc , D . J . G . Deacon ; C . II . Wilson . Past D . G . Deacon ; J . Blackburn , Past D . G . Supdt . of Works ; Jas . Watson ' , D . G . Dir . of Cer . ; P . C .

Dutt , D . G . Assist . Dir . of Cer . ; J . II . Turner , Past D . G . Sword Bearer , as D . G . Sword Bearer ; C . II . Compton , Past D . G . Organist , as D . G . Organist ; W . H . T . Ayres , D . G . Pursuivant ; Bros . G . Kemp , of Lodge 75 ( 1 , D . G . Master ' s Banner Bearer ; C . F . Egeiton Allen , Bar .-at-law ; H . M . Rustomjee , J . L . Anderson , Lieut . B . D . Hayes , Robt . Monk , G . Alexander , and D . G . Tyler , D . G . Stewards .

There were also present representatives from Lodges Star in the East , No . 67 ; Industry and Perseverance , No . 109 ; True Friendship , No . 218 ; Humility and Fortitude , No . 229 ; Marine , No . 232 ; Anchor and Hope , No . 234 ; Courage with Humanity , No . 392 ; Harmony , No . 438 ; St . John , No . 486 ; Excelsior , No . 825 ; Star of Orissa , No . 1106 ; Temperance and Benevolence , No . 1160 ;

Sandcman , No . 1374 ; and Pioneer , 1490 , The visitors were Bros . J . W . Browne , P . AI . 21 S ; G . H . Maflin , 229 ; G . Kemp , 73 6 ; J . Giles , 1374 ; H . J , Walker , 1374 ; and F . Fletcher , 1490 . District Grand Lodge was opened in form at 6 . 45 p . m . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 20 th March , 1 S 7 ; , and of a Special Communication held

on the 13 th April , 1873 , having been printed and circulated , were , on the motion of W . Bro . W . B . Mactavish , D . S . G . W ., and P . M . 109 , seconded by W , Bro . P . C . Dutt , W . M . 234 , and D . G . Assist . Dir . of Cer ., taken as read , and W . Bro . P . C . Dull further moved that they be confirmed . The motion was seconded by W . Bro . W . H . Fitze , P . M . 218 , and Acting D . G . Treas ,, and on being put

to the vote was carried . The District Grand Master in the Chair addressed the District Grand Lodge as follows : — I think it right to address a few words to you—in fact you will , I have no doubt , fully expect that I should do so —on the subject of the intended visit of His Royal Highness our Most Worshipful Grand Master .

The interest which this visit of our beloved Queen ' s son , the Prince of Wales , has awakened among all classes of Her Majesty ' s subjclts in this land , must undoubtedly be stronger and warmer among those to whom His Royal Highness stands in the double relation in which he does to all who bear the honourable name of Freemasons . " I speaking for myself , feel more than a glow of the

old ardour for Masonic work—nay , I mean not the old , but the young , bright ardour of nearly three years decades gone , now dimmed , perhaps , but as yet unbroken—and altogether confident am I that the members of the Craft in Bengal ( to speak now only of the Province with which I am more immediately connected ) will desire , perhaps will even demand , that so important and so interesting a

landmark in the history of Masonry in India , as the actual presence among us of our Queen ' s son , the Grand Master of our Ortler , should not pass by unheeded or unhonoured . I hasten , therefore , to assure the Craft in Bengal , how completely alive I am to the great responsibility devolving upon me , and upon District Grand Lodge , in respect to meeting what are certain to be the views and wishes of the

brethren generally upon this important matter ; and as a first step towards considering with you the ways and means by which these may best be accomplished , I will proceed to sketch those broad outlines of the question as they have presented themselves to me . It appears then to me , in the first place , that at every town or station at which His Royal Highness may stop ,

even for a short time , the lodge , if there be a lodge there whether a large one or a small one , will desire to come forth , as a lodge of Benevolence should , and meet their Grand Master with the homage due to him ; and I am disposed to think that the Grand Master , beset though he is sure to be with many scores of public bodies and

distinguished individuals desiring to approach him , will yet , nevertheless , as far as it may be possible to him , accord the opportunity for every lodge thus lying in thc path of his tour , to present itself before him for the expression of those sentiments which so rare and gratifying an occasion must infallibly call forth . [ The report of the proceedings will be continued next week . ]

Lodge Of Benevolence.

LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , and was one of the most numerously attended ever witnessed . Although the board-room in which the lodge is held is very large and lofty , owing to the great number of brethren present it soon became insufferably hot . The three chairs were

occupied by their appointed holders , Bros . John M . Clabon , P . G . D ., president ; Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., S . V . P . ; and James Brett , P . G . P ., J . V . P . Among the other brethren present were Bros . E . P . Albert , A . G . P . ; H . Bartlett , Joseph Smith , Wm . Smith , C . E . ; W . T . Howe , P . M . 1445 ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; S . Rawson , Dist . G . M . China : James Mason , P . G . S . B . ; H . W . Hcmsworth , W . Clifton , Crick , James Wright ,

Lodge Of Benevolence.

G . P . ; R . Scott , Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P . ; JE . J . Mc Intyrc , G . R . ; II . Mautlcslay , P . G . S . D . ; R . | . Spiers , P . G . S . B . ; James Ebenezcr Saunders , P . G . D . ; ' — Ward , T . II . Waterworth , E . Witts , , J . Bingemann , J . M . Stedwell , J . A . L . Barnard , L . " Keays ^ H . T . Wood , Francis Buckland , Charles Horsley , C . Driver , J . Kennett , James Willing , jun ., J . Austin , F . Binckes , II . Smith , W . Ashworth , J . Oalk , D . Betts , H . I .

Gardner , C . T . Dorey , C . Wise , M . S . Larlham , M . L . Alexander , J . Gingle , W . R . Marsh , R . Mansfield , G . A . Rooks , W . Pennefather , J . Jones , J . J . West , W . V . Bedolfe , M . L . Hayward , H . Massey , and Robert Ayton . Nincpctititioners were relieved by the board with £ 103 ; 2 were recommended to the G . M . for £ 60 ; and 3 to Grand Lodge for £ 300 , making altogether £ 463 . Two cases were deferred , and the lodge was closed .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

Bro . William Worrell , secretary of the Royal Albert Orphan Asylum , has been robbed while bathing at Brill ' s Baths , Brighton . His watch and chain , his return ticket to London , and some money were taken from his pocket , his loss altogether amounting to £ 25 . Other robberies at the baths have been reported .

Sir Frederick Gooch ' s Coralie won the Southampton Yacht Club cutter match on Saturday last , although she lost her topmast early in the race ; ( he Bloodhound , bclnng ii ^ r to the Marquis of Ailsa , taking second . The preparations for the reception of the Prince of Wales in India continue on a grand scale . The Bombay Municipality has requested the Government to permit it to spend

fifty thousand rupees towards the suitable reception of his Royal Highness . Lord Northbrook will meet the Prince at Bombay , and accompany him to Calcutta , via Madras and Ceylon . Already Colonel Earle , military secretary to the Viceroy , is in Calcutta superintending the preparations for the reception of the Prince . The investiture of his Royal Highness with thc Grand Cross of the Star of India is fixed for thc last day of the year .

Our Glasgow correspondent telegraphs that Bro . H . H . II . Prince Leopold intends honouring Bro . Colonel Campbell with a visit to Blythswood House , near Glasgow , on 21 st September . Preparations are about to be made for the

Royal visit at the Mansion House . The Prince will probably remain at Blythswood for several days . His Royal Highness has long been intimately acquainted with Bro . Campbell ' s younger brother , Mr . Walter Campbell , while studying at Christ Church College , Oxford .

M . Desanges has had the honour of submitting to her Majesty a portrait of thc Prince of Wales , painted by him for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons . The Ecuador authorities profess to expect an attack at Guayaquil by an armed force organised in Peru . It is

asserted that Urbini , the leader of the movement , has obtained the funds for the expedition from the Masonic brethren . This is , however , believed by some parties to be merely a ruse of Garcia Mouno to send a strong force here until after his reinstatement by the Senate .

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE CHILDREN ' S HOSPITAL . —The Royal Infirmary for the Diseases of Women and Children , situated in the Waterloo Road , of which the Prince of Wales is patron , and which in 1810 was founded by his late grandfather , the Duke of Kent , is built on a plot of land the property of the Duchy of

Cornwall . This was up to a short time ago held by the Council of the Institution on a 35 years' lease at a ground rent of £ 40 per annum from the original lessee . Considerable inconvenience having arisen , the committee purchased the lease for a sum of £ 800 , and then communicated with his

Royal Highness , who , on the representation of that body , generously sold them the freehold for £ 1000 ( being only about a third of its valuc ) . The hospital authorities are now engaged in enlarging the hospital , at a cost of £ 3 °°° i and propose to double the bed accommodation of the institution .

Bro . ex-President Andrew Johnson was buried with " Masonic honours " and amidst popular demonstrations of respect and sympathy at Greenville , East Tennessee , on the 3 rd inst . In pursuance of a wish expressed by him s » me time back the body was wrapped in thc national flag , and a copy of the United States Constitution was placed

between his hands . In obedience to an executive order issued from Washington and signed by President Grant all the public offices were dressed in mourning for several days before the funeral , and the War and Navy Departments paid " suitable honours on the occasion to the memory of the illustrious dead . "

The annual fete of the Foresters took place on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace , and was as successful as beautiful weather , a full programme of amusements , and large crowds of visitors could make it . Nearly fifty-four thousand persons were present .

The Earl of Carnarvon , accompanied by the Countess of Portsmouth , has arrived at Highclere Castle , near Newbury , from Cowes . Bro . Ward Hunt and some of his colleagues at the Admiralty have been to Portsmouth , but not on an official visit . The Admiralty yacht Enchantress is to be sent to Devonport to be repaired for the reception of the Duke of Connaught , who is about to proceed to Gibraltar ,