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The Ancient And Accepted Rite.
'iij ^^ hfeg ^ ^ ch time as a re-arrangemeht of numbers shall be deemed & d $ wi ^ ^ f f : Tbero shall be ho fee ob the registration of any Brethrehj whose nam es shall be returned as members of any Such uni ^
" Every Mark Master who shall give to the Lodge satisfactory proof of havi hg served the office Of W . M ; of a Lodge of Mark Masters , or of h JDegree upon tyvo Of more Brethren previqus to the month of June , 1856 , shall be deerhed to be a Past Master of a Lodge of M vlleges of that rank , during such time as they shall continue subscribing members of any Lodge On the rolh " We ma ^ on thesame day , when Lord Garhary
Scotland.
t /^ i ^^ Wi
Sfc Jo ^ the Royal Oak Hotel , for the purpose of affiliating Sir ^ J the Hanoverian Guelphic Gf der , late Physician-General to th army in Lidiarand Grand Master of Masonry in that country . After business had been concluded , the Proxy-Master ( Mr > W . Do wning Bruce ) said 1 — - " I haye on many occasions had the honour of introducin g into this Lbdge
men of high rank and varied talents . But I never had greater pleasure than in introducing this evening as an affiliated Brbthef the B . W . Master of Western India ; not because my gallant friend is perhaps the greatest Mason in Europeit is not because he is the near relation of Scotland ' s greatest bard , or that he is the brother of those gallant and distinguished soldiers , Col . Sir Alexander Burnes
and Lieut . Charles Burnes , both of whom , all will recollect , perished' in the deplorable catastrophe at Cabool—it is because Dr . Burnes has by his own energy , industry , and talents , raised himself to be chief of the medical department of the army , the greatest Britain ever possessed ; he has shared in all its dangers and participated in all its victories . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Bruce then went oh to relate some of the services of Sir J . Burnes . He stated'" that from 1821
to 1827 , Sir J . Burnes served with the army in the field , and in the latter year was selected as envoy to the Ameers of Scinde , between whom and our Government a very uhfri en dly feeling had subsisted for years . For his services on that occasion he received the thanks of the Government . The narrative of his visit to Scinde has gone through numerous editions both in India and in Europe . Gn the return of Sir J . Burnes to Europe , in 1833 , he received the honour . of knighthood from his sovereign— was elected a Doctor of Laws by
the University of Glasgow —and on bis departure for India , a public entertainment was given to him , at which the Marquis of Dalhousie was in the chair , when he received the present of a magnificent silver vase bearing an appropriate inscription ; the committee for its presentation consisting of the Marquis of Dalhousie , Admiral Sir David Milne , Sir George Ballingall , Sir Eeginald Macdonald Seton , and other eminent individuals , Gn the return of Sir J . Burnes to India , and before a year bad elapsed , we find his Masonic Brethren
there voting him three massive silver pillars , surrounded by the emblems of Faith , Hope , and Charity , ' To mark their deep-felt gfatitude for his conduct to themselves , and their , high sense of his brilliant efforts in the cause of charity , friendship , a : n 4 love to all men . ' His next prominent appearance was on the occasion of his laying the foundation-stone of the hospital founded by Sir Jarhsetjee Jeejeebbpy , which ceremony created great sensation at Bombay , in 1843 . He established the celebrated Masonic £ odge ' Kising Star / for the admission of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ancient And Accepted Rite.
'iij ^^ hfeg ^ ^ ch time as a re-arrangemeht of numbers shall be deemed & d $ wi ^ ^ f f : Tbero shall be ho fee ob the registration of any Brethrehj whose nam es shall be returned as members of any Such uni ^
" Every Mark Master who shall give to the Lodge satisfactory proof of havi hg served the office Of W . M ; of a Lodge of Mark Masters , or of h JDegree upon tyvo Of more Brethren previqus to the month of June , 1856 , shall be deerhed to be a Past Master of a Lodge of M vlleges of that rank , during such time as they shall continue subscribing members of any Lodge On the rolh " We ma ^ on thesame day , when Lord Garhary
Scotland.
t /^ i ^^ Wi
Sfc Jo ^ the Royal Oak Hotel , for the purpose of affiliating Sir ^ J the Hanoverian Guelphic Gf der , late Physician-General to th army in Lidiarand Grand Master of Masonry in that country . After business had been concluded , the Proxy-Master ( Mr > W . Do wning Bruce ) said 1 — - " I haye on many occasions had the honour of introducin g into this Lbdge
men of high rank and varied talents . But I never had greater pleasure than in introducing this evening as an affiliated Brbthef the B . W . Master of Western India ; not because my gallant friend is perhaps the greatest Mason in Europeit is not because he is the near relation of Scotland ' s greatest bard , or that he is the brother of those gallant and distinguished soldiers , Col . Sir Alexander Burnes
and Lieut . Charles Burnes , both of whom , all will recollect , perished' in the deplorable catastrophe at Cabool—it is because Dr . Burnes has by his own energy , industry , and talents , raised himself to be chief of the medical department of the army , the greatest Britain ever possessed ; he has shared in all its dangers and participated in all its victories . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Bruce then went oh to relate some of the services of Sir J . Burnes . He stated'" that from 1821
to 1827 , Sir J . Burnes served with the army in the field , and in the latter year was selected as envoy to the Ameers of Scinde , between whom and our Government a very uhfri en dly feeling had subsisted for years . For his services on that occasion he received the thanks of the Government . The narrative of his visit to Scinde has gone through numerous editions both in India and in Europe . Gn the return of Sir J . Burnes to Europe , in 1833 , he received the honour . of knighthood from his sovereign— was elected a Doctor of Laws by
the University of Glasgow —and on bis departure for India , a public entertainment was given to him , at which the Marquis of Dalhousie was in the chair , when he received the present of a magnificent silver vase bearing an appropriate inscription ; the committee for its presentation consisting of the Marquis of Dalhousie , Admiral Sir David Milne , Sir George Ballingall , Sir Eeginald Macdonald Seton , and other eminent individuals , Gn the return of Sir J . Burnes to India , and before a year bad elapsed , we find his Masonic Brethren
there voting him three massive silver pillars , surrounded by the emblems of Faith , Hope , and Charity , ' To mark their deep-felt gfatitude for his conduct to themselves , and their , high sense of his brilliant efforts in the cause of charity , friendship , a : n 4 love to all men . ' His next prominent appearance was on the occasion of his laying the foundation-stone of the hospital founded by Sir Jarhsetjee Jeejeebbpy , which ceremony created great sensation at Bombay , in 1843 . He established the celebrated Masonic £ odge ' Kising Star / for the admission of