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The Week.
hacl been on the establishment before the Indian mutiny . He said the number of men in the United Kingdom was 105 , 000 , which was sufficient for the protection of the country . The Armstrong gun was to be generally adopted , and the artillery further improved . The total of the estimates ho stated , at £ 11 , 508 , 000 . He now asked for a vote of 122 , 055 men . After a long discussion the vote was agreed to . On Jtonday Lord Stanley moved the second reading of the India Loan Bill . _ Sir finance of Indiais
George Lewis said , the only way in which we can relieve the , that of charging a portion of her military expenses upon our home revenue ; hut we ought to make the Indian population feel , by an increased pressure of taxation , how unjustifiable was their rebellion . Mr . Bright made a long speech , in which he condemned tho English policy in India , ancl said wo must treat the change of last last year as only provisional , aud reconstruct our Indian government at homo and in India itself . The bill was then read a second timo .
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THE Brethren and others are requested to notice , that George AV . Bower has no connection with the Freemasons' Magazine ; and all persons are cautioned against paying him anything on our account , Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock pn Jtonday morning .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
PANMORE LODGE , NO . 1025 . —AVe are requested to correct an error in the report of the proceedings at p . 32 ; it is there state 1 that Bro . Parrott was re-appointed Secretary ; we should have said he was appointed , Bro . AA illiam AVhite having previously held that office . EAST LANCASHIRE . —Two Lodges in t ] iis province , those at Bury ( No . 220 ) , and Heywood ( No . 333 ) , were , by mistake , in our last number , placed under the head
" AVest Lancashire . " "Z . " —A P . JI . who has ceased to belong to a Lodge for some years , and afterwards rejoins , does not lose his rank , though ho loses his position as a member of Graud Lodge by ceasing for twelve months to subscribe to a Lod ge . It will be necessary for him to re-pass the chair to regain that position , but there is no necessity for his again serving the office of AVarden .
" P . JI . "—AVe have several times stated that no part of the insignia of the Royal Arch , but the jewel , can be worn in a Craft Lod ge . The apron and sash are alike inadmissible . MARK MASONRY , Knights Templar , ancl other reports , aro necessarily postponed , owing to the length of the proceedings in Grand Lodge . Our correspondents would much facilitate our business arrangements by forwarding their communications so as to reach us not later than Saturday .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
hacl been on the establishment before the Indian mutiny . He said the number of men in the United Kingdom was 105 , 000 , which was sufficient for the protection of the country . The Armstrong gun was to be generally adopted , and the artillery further improved . The total of the estimates ho stated , at £ 11 , 508 , 000 . He now asked for a vote of 122 , 055 men . After a long discussion the vote was agreed to . On Jtonday Lord Stanley moved the second reading of the India Loan Bill . _ Sir finance of Indiais
George Lewis said , the only way in which we can relieve the , that of charging a portion of her military expenses upon our home revenue ; hut we ought to make the Indian population feel , by an increased pressure of taxation , how unjustifiable was their rebellion . Mr . Bright made a long speech , in which he condemned tho English policy in India , ancl said wo must treat the change of last last year as only provisional , aud reconstruct our Indian government at homo and in India itself . The bill was then read a second timo .
Notices.
NOTICES .
THE Brethren and others are requested to notice , that George AV . Bower has no connection with the Freemasons' Magazine ; and all persons are cautioned against paying him anything on our account , Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock pn Jtonday morning .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
PANMORE LODGE , NO . 1025 . —AVe are requested to correct an error in the report of the proceedings at p . 32 ; it is there state 1 that Bro . Parrott was re-appointed Secretary ; we should have said he was appointed , Bro . AA illiam AVhite having previously held that office . EAST LANCASHIRE . —Two Lodges in t ] iis province , those at Bury ( No . 220 ) , and Heywood ( No . 333 ) , were , by mistake , in our last number , placed under the head
" AVest Lancashire . " "Z . " —A P . JI . who has ceased to belong to a Lodge for some years , and afterwards rejoins , does not lose his rank , though ho loses his position as a member of Graud Lodge by ceasing for twelve months to subscribe to a Lod ge . It will be necessary for him to re-pass the chair to regain that position , but there is no necessity for his again serving the office of AVarden .
" P . JI . "—AVe have several times stated that no part of the insignia of the Royal Arch , but the jewel , can be worn in a Craft Lod ge . The apron and sash are alike inadmissible . MARK MASONRY , Knights Templar , ancl other reports , aro necessarily postponed , owing to the length of the proceedings in Grand Lodge . Our correspondents would much facilitate our business arrangements by forwarding their communications so as to reach us not later than Saturday .