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cannot forget the merry days when we were younger than we are now , and the era in my life when , at your hands , < I received the light ; ' the more so from the interesting fact that having revived our very old Regimental Lodge at this station , on the 4 th of April last , working under the warrant of the venerable age of ninety-six years ( 3 rd May , 1759 ) , we are now revising the old bye-laws , and have adopted some of the articles in the bye-laws of 766—my Mother Lodge j thus

my Masonic parent has been present in my thoughts to some purpose . Our twenty-ninth Lodge is an Irish one , No . 322 . I was , I rejoice to say , the means of reviving it after a dormant state of many years standing ; and although nominated W . M . by the voice of the Brethren applying , still the M . W . G . M . appointed our Lieutenant-Colonel ( a Companion of the Bath and a distinguished officer , and through whose aid freely granting his sanction to the revival , a M . M . himself , we obtained the permission ) as Master , my humble self S . W ., and

another captain J . W . However , the W . M . being absent on staff employ , I have been ruling in his absence , making the third Lodge I have sat as Master of since 1852 . It is not in the spirit of boasting that I thus write ; but to mark my feelings of gratitude to the W . M ., Wardens , and Brethren of 766 , ' Old timehonoured Lancaster ' s * namesake , in the good old town of Leicester , through whose instruction and example I have thus been sustained in my Masonic career . I was fortunate enough to obtain the approbation of the Brethren of No . 609 ,

< True Brothers , ' at Dinapore , who unanimously voted me a very handsome gold P . M . jewel on leaving the chair . The Brethren of 794 , ' Philanthropy , ' at Maulmain , in the same way , passed a minute appointing me an honorary member for life , and voted me a tea-service of plate ; and , to crown all , the R . W . the Prov . G . M . of Bengal was pleased to appoint me , for the little service I was able to render during my occupancy of the chair , Past Prov . S . G . D . of the Grand Lodge of Bengal ; for each and all of which , W . M ., I return sincere and

heartfelt thanks to you , and the Wardens and Brethren of my Mother Lodge . And I trust that , some of these days , I may have the pleasure of visiting the Lodge , and , in person , say what I now write . Rumours are afloat that the 29 th are for Europe this year ; if so , and I can get a spare moment , I will , of a certainty , if the G . A . permit it , visit your town ; although , perhaps , few of my acquaintances are now left . Should any of them think of me , pray give them my sincere and warmest regards . The recruiting subaltern , although now a captain , never forgets the kindness experienced by him there . Your reply to my former letter

was duly received , but since then I have travelled over much space , and never had the opportunity of giving you the information sought , regarding the Masonic emblems on the Allahabad Port . It is perfectly true that our emblems appear in many places in India ; and , although not a Mason at the time , I remember seeing carved on the face of the marble rocks , in the Run Nerbuddah in Central Hindoostan , figures which I was at the time informed were Masonic , and now know to be so . I have also heard , from undoubted authority , that a R . A . Brother can enter the holy places of the Brahmins , while another person would be driven away with insults and abuse , perhaps death , if he attempted to enter .

" Believe me to be , my dear Brother Kelly , " Yours fraternally and sincerely . " The Brethren afterwards adjourned to the banquet , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . Provincial Grand Lodge .- —A meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge was held in the Lodge-room of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 348 , Leicester , on the 26 th of September , at which the Right Hon . and R . W . Bro . Earl Howe , Q . C . H ., Past Dep . G . M . of England , and one of the oldest Past Masters of St . John ' s Lodge , presided , in the absence of the Prov . G . M ., Sir F . G . Fowke , Bart .

The P . G . Sec , Bro . Kelly , read a letter from the worthy and highly respected Prov . G . M ., in which he expressed his deep regret and disappointment that he was not sufficiently recovered from his long and painful illness to allow of his personal attendance on the occasion , and his gratification that Earl Howe had kindly consented to preside in his absence .