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Ireland.
IRELAND .
PKOVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BELFAST AND NORTH DOWN . Owing to the resignation of his office by the late Grand Master of this Province , the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Master of Ireland has appointed the Marquis of Donegal to be Prov . G . M . for Belfast and North Down . His lordship has already nominated W . S . Tracy , Esq . R . M ., as D . Prov . G . M . ; and G . A . Carruthers , Esq ., as Prov . G . Sec . —Belfast News Letter .
India.
IND I . A .
The half-yearly communication of the District Grand Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on Tuesday , the 24 th June , 1856 , there being present : — B . Ws . Octavius P . L . Watson , P . D . Prov . G . M ., as Prov . G . M . ; John J . L . HofT ( P . J . G . W . ) , D . Prov . G . M . for N . W . P . and Prov . G , Sec . ; Longueville Clarke , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; William J . Judge , P . J . G . W ., as Prov . S . G . W . ; Duncan Monteith , P . Prov . S . G . W ., as Prov . J . G . W . ; Y . Ws . William Clark , P . G . T . ; Michael S . Staunton , P . Prov . G . B . ; Rowland Hamilton , P . Prov . G . S . of W . I . : W . John Gray , P . S . G . D . : Michael R . Crawford , P . J . G . D . ;
JohnB . Boberts ( P . Prov . J . G . D . ) , Prov . G . D . of C . ; Henry Angelucci ( visitor ) , as Prov . G . S . of W . ; Robert "F . Boss , Prov . GA , as Prov . G . S . B . ; William H . HofT , Assist . Prov . G . Sec . ; Louis A . Emanuel , Prov . G . Org . ; John E . Clinger , P . Prov . G . Org . ; Charles E . Tonnerre , Prov . G . P , ; and a large number of other Brethren .
The District Grand Lodge was opened in form . The minutes of the quarterly communication held on the 27 th December last were read and confirmed . The Prov . Grand Secretary stated that he had received a printed report of a communication of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Madras held on the 1 st February last , and that the reports of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal continued to be sent to the Prov . Grand Lodge of Madras , as well as to that of Bombay . A deputation from the District Grand Lodge of Bengal and its territories proceeded to Government House on the afternoon of Tuesdav . the 4 th March , for ¦ -
— - - - - , / / - the purpose of presenting a valedictory address to the Most Noble and Most Worshipful the Marquis of Balhousie , K . T ., Lord Patron of Masonry in Bengal , on the occasion of his approaching departure from India , who was pleased to make a most fraternal reply ( the address and reply have been already published ) . The Prov . G . Sec . also announced that the Brov . Grand Master had conferred the honorary rank of a P . Brov . S . G . D . on the undermentioned Brethren , in recognition of their long and meritorious services to the Craft , and the high estimation in which thev were held in it , viz .: —W . Bros . Edward Knollys , P . M .,
Lodges Nos . 823 and 852 ; Alexander Chisholm , B . M ., Lodge , No . 550 ; and that these Brethren had been furnished with patents accordingly . W . Bro . W . H . Owen having resigned the office of Brov . G . Steward , in March last , his resignation was accepted by the Prov . G . M . with regret ; and the following appointments have been made to fill existing vacancies : —W . Bros . John Brown , W . M ., Lodge No . 126 ; Thomas E . Carter , Lodge No . 265 ; Benjamin R . Wheelright , Lodge No . 715 , to he Brov . G . Stewards . Bead the following from the Secretary to the Freemasons' Hall Association : —
To THE B . W . J . J . L . HOFF , Prov . G . Sec , & c , Freemasons' Hall . Bight Worshipful Sir , —The committee of the " Freemasons' Association " request you will convey to the B . W . the Prov . Grand Master their most hearty VOL . IT . 5 A
BENGAL
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Ireland.
IRELAND .
PKOVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF BELFAST AND NORTH DOWN . Owing to the resignation of his office by the late Grand Master of this Province , the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Master of Ireland has appointed the Marquis of Donegal to be Prov . G . M . for Belfast and North Down . His lordship has already nominated W . S . Tracy , Esq . R . M ., as D . Prov . G . M . ; and G . A . Carruthers , Esq ., as Prov . G . Sec . —Belfast News Letter .
India.
IND I . A .
The half-yearly communication of the District Grand Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on Tuesday , the 24 th June , 1856 , there being present : — B . Ws . Octavius P . L . Watson , P . D . Prov . G . M ., as Prov . G . M . ; John J . L . HofT ( P . J . G . W . ) , D . Prov . G . M . for N . W . P . and Prov . G , Sec . ; Longueville Clarke , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; William J . Judge , P . J . G . W ., as Prov . S . G . W . ; Duncan Monteith , P . Prov . S . G . W ., as Prov . J . G . W . ; Y . Ws . William Clark , P . G . T . ; Michael S . Staunton , P . Prov . G . B . ; Rowland Hamilton , P . Prov . G . S . of W . I . : W . John Gray , P . S . G . D . : Michael R . Crawford , P . J . G . D . ;
JohnB . Boberts ( P . Prov . J . G . D . ) , Prov . G . D . of C . ; Henry Angelucci ( visitor ) , as Prov . G . S . of W . ; Robert "F . Boss , Prov . GA , as Prov . G . S . B . ; William H . HofT , Assist . Prov . G . Sec . ; Louis A . Emanuel , Prov . G . Org . ; John E . Clinger , P . Prov . G . Org . ; Charles E . Tonnerre , Prov . G . P , ; and a large number of other Brethren .
The District Grand Lodge was opened in form . The minutes of the quarterly communication held on the 27 th December last were read and confirmed . The Prov . Grand Secretary stated that he had received a printed report of a communication of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Madras held on the 1 st February last , and that the reports of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal continued to be sent to the Prov . Grand Lodge of Madras , as well as to that of Bombay . A deputation from the District Grand Lodge of Bengal and its territories proceeded to Government House on the afternoon of Tuesdav . the 4 th March , for ¦ -
— - - - - , / / - the purpose of presenting a valedictory address to the Most Noble and Most Worshipful the Marquis of Balhousie , K . T ., Lord Patron of Masonry in Bengal , on the occasion of his approaching departure from India , who was pleased to make a most fraternal reply ( the address and reply have been already published ) . The Prov . G . Sec . also announced that the Brov . Grand Master had conferred the honorary rank of a P . Brov . S . G . D . on the undermentioned Brethren , in recognition of their long and meritorious services to the Craft , and the high estimation in which thev were held in it , viz .: —W . Bros . Edward Knollys , P . M .,
Lodges Nos . 823 and 852 ; Alexander Chisholm , B . M ., Lodge , No . 550 ; and that these Brethren had been furnished with patents accordingly . W . Bro . W . H . Owen having resigned the office of Brov . G . Steward , in March last , his resignation was accepted by the Prov . G . M . with regret ; and the following appointments have been made to fill existing vacancies : —W . Bros . John Brown , W . M ., Lodge No . 126 ; Thomas E . Carter , Lodge No . 265 ; Benjamin R . Wheelright , Lodge No . 715 , to he Brov . G . Stewards . Bead the following from the Secretary to the Freemasons' Hall Association : —
To THE B . W . J . J . L . HOFF , Prov . G . Sec , & c , Freemasons' Hall . Bight Worshipful Sir , —The committee of the " Freemasons' Association " request you will convey to the B . W . the Prov . Grand Master their most hearty VOL . IT . 5 A
BENGAL