India.

INDIA .

CALCUTTA .

A Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal and its Territories , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on Friday , the 22 nd September , 1854 . Present : —R . W . James Ramsay , Prov . G . M . ; John J . L . Hoff , ( Past J . G . W . ) D . P . G . M . & P . G . S . ; O . P . L . Watson , D . P . G . M . ; J . Chaunce , P . D . P . G . M . & P . G . T . ; H . Howe , P . S . G . W . ; W . Abercrombie , P . J . G . W . ; T . W . Rev . J . . . C . M . Bellew , P . G . C . ; J . M . Harris , P . P . G . R . ; W . H . Hoff ,

Assist . P . G . S . ; W . J . Gray , P . S . G . D . ; M . R . Crawford , P . J . G . D . ; H . Eraser , P . G . S . of W . ; J . B . Roberts ( P . P . J . G . D . ) , P . G . D . of C . ; W . Clark ( D . P . G . R . ) , as P . G . S . B . ; L . A . Emanuel , P . G . O . ; J . E . Clinger , P . P . G . O . ; J . Jenkins ( P . G . Steward ) , asP . G . P . ; W . A . Cohn , 0 . 1 , Tonnere , G . T . Price , J . O'Dwyer ( Acting ) , Prov . G . S . ; David J . Daniel , G . T . ; J . O'Dwyer , J . R . A . S . Lowe , of Lodge No . 80 , Visitors . Representatives of Lodges : —W . F . P . Strong , P . M . as W . M . ; A . M . Dowleans , J . D . as S . W . ; J . Leven , J . G . as J . W ., Lodge No . 80 , Star in

the East ; C . F . Burgett , Sec . as S . W . ; E . W . Burgett , J . D . as J . W ., Lodge Noi 126 , Industry and Perseverance ; W . J . G . Llewellyn , P . M . as W . M . ; A . Davis , J . W ., Lodge No . 265 , True Friendship ; M . S . Templeton , S . W . as W . M ; J . M . Melany , J . W ., Lodge No . 279 , Humility with Fortitude ; T . C . Howe , S . W . as W . M . ; W . J . Judge , P . M . ; J . S . Collins , J . W . as S . W . ; W . McDermott , S . D . as J . W ., Lodge No . 282 , Marine ; W . W . S . De Courcy , W . M . ;

H . Gahagan , J . W . as S . W . ; J . B . Bourke , S . D . as J . W ., Lodge No . 551 , Courage with Humanity ; W . B . Barlas , S . D . as S . W . ; F . Hodoul , I . G . as J . W ., Lodge No . 715 , St . John ' s ; G . H . T . Tayler , S . W . as W . M . ; W . C . Hughesden , P . M . ; W . Burroughs , J . W . as S . W . ; D . Paxton , S . D . as J . W ., No . 740 , Kilwinning in the East . The District G . L . was opened in due form and with prayer .

The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication held on the 24 th of June last , and of the Special Meeting held on the 29 th idem were read and confirmed . The Prov . G . M . announced the constitution of a Lodge at Darjeeling , called Fidelity , of which the first Master is Bro . A . Hervey , C . B ., Col ., B . A . A letter from Bro . E . R . Gregg , Major , H . M . 96 th regiment , was read , in which he " brought to the notice of the Prov . G . M . the misconduct of Serjt . J . J . Robinson , who was employed under him in the office of Brigade Major , H . M .

Troops in Fort William , in having made away with over 6 , 000 Rupees public money , besides nearly 700 Rupees of his own private money , for which he had been tried by court-martial , convicted , and sentenced to imprisonment , after having been reduced to the rank of a Private ; and he stated , that he had heard of 4 Robinson' having been recently initiated in one of the Calcutta Lodges . Bro . Gregg submitted , for the Prov . G . M . ' s consideration , whether such an unworthy man should continue to be a member of the Order , admissible into any Lodge ;

and he expressed a hope , that measures would be adopted to prevent his reception among Masons . " The Prov . G . Sec . stated , that he had ascertained that " Robinson " was initiated in the Marine Lodge , No . 282 , as a " Merchant , " in the month of February last , but that he had resigned the Lodge on the 8 th of May . The W . M . of the Marine Lodge explained , that at the time " Robinson " was initiated ,

he had had no reason to believe him to be of any other profession than that to which he was represented to belong , namely , that of a merchant . The Prov . G . M . observed , that as " Robinson" was not now a member of any Lodge , and was moreover undergoing the sentence of imprisonment , nothing more could be done in the matter than to make this record of the case for the general information of all the Lodges in this Province .

The Prov . G . M . expressed his regret that , in consequence of the want of a quorum , the G . T . ' s accounts for the current quarter had not been audited , as usual , by the audit committee . As , however , it was proper that the accounts