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the establishment of the Border , none of the Companions had even any working or Chapter-room decorations . St . John ' s day was very pleasantly kept up . Among the speeches that were made was one by the Prov , G . M ., proposing the W . M . ' s health ; and another by the venerable Past Master of the Lodge , who said that he met the Brethren as Brethren in Masonry , and as brethren in arms . He felt himself bound to them both by the ties of the Order , and by those of the profession which he had loved from his childhood .
Thayetmyo . — " On St . John s day , our new Chaplain , the Rev . H . W . Crofton , who is a Mason at heart , though not in name , preached a sermon on behalf of the Irish ( Masonic ) Female Orphan School , which is under the patronage of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and is supported by the Irish Masonic body . We collected upwards of Rs . 200 , which will be remitted to Dublin . At seven P . M . the Lodge attached to H . M . 's 29 th regiment , No . 322 of Ireland , was opened , and a vote of thanks passed to the rev . chaplain , who joined the Brethren at the
banquet . Our commanding officer , who was also present , expressed his wish to join our body . We were delighted to receive as a member a Brother who has lately returned from Europe , and who formerly belonged to the Lodge at Dinapore , the son of the last W . M . of that Lodge before it became dormant . One of the toasts of the evening was ' The Prov . Grand Lodge of Bengal , ' coupled with the names of R . W . Bros . Ramsay , Prov . G . M ., and J . J . L . Hoff , Past J . G . W . and P . G . Sec . Since our opening night we have steadily increased , and now number thirty members . "
Lodgte St . David ' s , in" the East ( No .-S 71 ) . —This Lodge invited the Masters and Wardens of all the English Lodges in Calcutta to a banquet on St . John ' s day , which fell on the 10 th of January , according to the old style . With one exception , the Officers of the several Lodges were present on the occasion , and were individually presented to and welcomed by the W . M . of St . David ' s , Bro .
John Cameron , and afterwards conducted to the places appointed for them at the banquet . At about eight o ' clock the supper was served . W . Bro . Cameron presided , with R . W . Bro . LeGeyt , Past P . G . M . of Western India , on his right , and R . W . Bro . Hoff , D . P . G . M . of the North-West Provinces , on his left . The guests were placed at the upper end of the table , and the members of the Lodge ( among whom were many English Masons affiliated into it ) at the lower .
The room was tastefully decorated with the British and French flags at the back of the E . Chair , the banner of St . David ' s in the East at the opposite end of the room , and the banners of the Calcutta English Lodges on the sides .
America.
AMERICA ,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the State of New York , held their forty-second annual conclave at the city of Albany , on Friday , the 8 th of February , Anno Ordinis 738 : the representatives of fifteen encampments being present . The report of the M . E . G . M . was an elaborate document , well arranged , and entitles him to great credit . The Committee on foreign correspondence , through their Chairman , Sir Robert Tompkins , presented an interesting and
welldigested summary of the condition of Templarism in Indiana , Vermont , Kentucky , Maine , Connecticut , Texas , Massachusetts , and Rhode Island , from which it appears that the Knightly Orders are flourishing in those states like a green bayfcree . Tliey pay a very high and well-merited compliment to our Illustrious Bro . Sir Knight Gourdin , of Charleston , South Carolina , for his excellent Historical Sketch of the Order of Knights Templar , " delivered before South Carolina Encampment , in Charleston , on the 23 rdof March , Anno Ordinis 737 ( 1855 ) . Sir Knight Edwards , of Elmira , offered a resolution to the effect that the New York
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the establishment of the Border , none of the Companions had even any working or Chapter-room decorations . St . John ' s day was very pleasantly kept up . Among the speeches that were made was one by the Prov , G . M ., proposing the W . M . ' s health ; and another by the venerable Past Master of the Lodge , who said that he met the Brethren as Brethren in Masonry , and as brethren in arms . He felt himself bound to them both by the ties of the Order , and by those of the profession which he had loved from his childhood .
Thayetmyo . — " On St . John s day , our new Chaplain , the Rev . H . W . Crofton , who is a Mason at heart , though not in name , preached a sermon on behalf of the Irish ( Masonic ) Female Orphan School , which is under the patronage of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and is supported by the Irish Masonic body . We collected upwards of Rs . 200 , which will be remitted to Dublin . At seven P . M . the Lodge attached to H . M . 's 29 th regiment , No . 322 of Ireland , was opened , and a vote of thanks passed to the rev . chaplain , who joined the Brethren at the
banquet . Our commanding officer , who was also present , expressed his wish to join our body . We were delighted to receive as a member a Brother who has lately returned from Europe , and who formerly belonged to the Lodge at Dinapore , the son of the last W . M . of that Lodge before it became dormant . One of the toasts of the evening was ' The Prov . Grand Lodge of Bengal , ' coupled with the names of R . W . Bros . Ramsay , Prov . G . M ., and J . J . L . Hoff , Past J . G . W . and P . G . Sec . Since our opening night we have steadily increased , and now number thirty members . "
Lodgte St . David ' s , in" the East ( No .-S 71 ) . —This Lodge invited the Masters and Wardens of all the English Lodges in Calcutta to a banquet on St . John ' s day , which fell on the 10 th of January , according to the old style . With one exception , the Officers of the several Lodges were present on the occasion , and were individually presented to and welcomed by the W . M . of St . David ' s , Bro .
John Cameron , and afterwards conducted to the places appointed for them at the banquet . At about eight o ' clock the supper was served . W . Bro . Cameron presided , with R . W . Bro . LeGeyt , Past P . G . M . of Western India , on his right , and R . W . Bro . Hoff , D . P . G . M . of the North-West Provinces , on his left . The guests were placed at the upper end of the table , and the members of the Lodge ( among whom were many English Masons affiliated into it ) at the lower .
The room was tastefully decorated with the British and French flags at the back of the E . Chair , the banner of St . David ' s in the East at the opposite end of the room , and the banners of the Calcutta English Lodges on the sides .
America.
AMERICA ,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the State of New York , held their forty-second annual conclave at the city of Albany , on Friday , the 8 th of February , Anno Ordinis 738 : the representatives of fifteen encampments being present . The report of the M . E . G . M . was an elaborate document , well arranged , and entitles him to great credit . The Committee on foreign correspondence , through their Chairman , Sir Robert Tompkins , presented an interesting and
welldigested summary of the condition of Templarism in Indiana , Vermont , Kentucky , Maine , Connecticut , Texas , Massachusetts , and Rhode Island , from which it appears that the Knightly Orders are flourishing in those states like a green bayfcree . Tliey pay a very high and well-merited compliment to our Illustrious Bro . Sir Knight Gourdin , of Charleston , South Carolina , for his excellent Historical Sketch of the Order of Knights Templar , " delivered before South Carolina Encampment , in Charleston , on the 23 rdof March , Anno Ordinis 737 ( 1855 ) . Sir Knight Edwards , of Elmira , offered a resolution to the effect that the New York