Western India.

its Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . G . S . Judge , whilst the matter was under discussion , and unconfirmed in lodge . "This District Grand Lodge also entirely approves of tho letters of its Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . G . S . Judge , of the 31 st July and 25 th November last , and considers that he has entirely exonerated himself from blame , and it concurs with him in maintaining that no Provincial Grand Lodof AVestern

ge India under Scotland existed in the early part of this year . " 2 . " That if the Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India under Scotland do not , within three weeks after this ' resolution is communicated to them , make the reparation demanded by Bro . G . S . Judge in his letter of the 25 th November last , the whole correspondence , together with these resolutions , be sent to the Grand Lodge of England , with a request that the matter

may be laid before the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " 3 . " That the resolutions just passed be communicated to tho Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India under Scotland , with a copy of Bro . G . S . Judge ' s letter of the 25 th November last , aud that these resolutions , and the whole of the correspondence , be printed in the form of a pamphlet and distributed , and that the same be sent to the Indian Freemasons' Friend and

the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE for publication therein , in order to counteract any effect ivhich may have arisen from the publication of the charges without Bro . G . S . Judge's reply thereto . ( Signed ) ALFRED KING , Prov . G . Sec . of Bombay .

Provincial Grand Lodge of AA estern India under Scotland , Bombay , 3 rd March , 1861 . To Bro . ALFRED KING , Prov . G . See . to the District Grand Lodge of Bombay and its Territories under- England . SIR AND BROTHER , —Tho accompanying letter was drafted on the same date which it bears , but through some cause or

other the Provincial Grand Secretary seems to have neglected to forward it to its destination . Tho Provincial Grand Master has now ordered me to direct the letter to your address , ivhich I have great pleasure in doing .

I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) K . It . C . OIA , Officiating Secretary Provincial Grand Lodge of AA esteni India under Scotland . Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India under Scotland , Bombay , 2 Sth December , 1 SG 3 . To Bro . ALFRED KING .

Prov . G . Sec . to the District Grand Lodge of Bimbay and its Territories under England . Sin AND BROTHER , —I am desired by tho Provincial Grand Master of AVestern India and the Provincial Graud Lodge under Scotland , to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , dated Bombay , the 10 th December , 1 S 63 , and its voluminous accompaniments .

Y ' our letter aud its accompaniments were considered at a meeting of the Provincial Gram ! Lodge of Western India , held on the 19 th day of December instant ; and in accordance with the resolutions then passed , I have to inform you , that through the inadvertence of the late Secretary , Bro . Summers , two sentences had been added to the resolution passed on the recoptiou

of Bro . Judge ' s letter of explanation regarding the opening by him of a letter which was not addressed to him , and tho detention of another which also was not addressed to him , and it was resolved that those sentences should bo expunged from the minutes of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge held on the 26 th September Jast , so that the resolution referred to as it now . ends and stands as confirmed , reads—" and that tho explanation of Bro . Judge is satisfactory ; " a copy of the confirmed

minutes will be sent to the District Grand Lodge of Bombay and its Territories , and the lodges working under Scotland , and also to the Grand Lodge of Scotland as soon as the proceedings shall have been completed . It was also resolved that tho Provincial Grand Lodge of AVestern India deprecates and disapproves most highly of the publication of an attack upon a brother without waiting for his

answer , considers such a proceeding to be unfair and un-Masonic , and regrets that any such publication should have been made . I am at the same time to state , that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India , under Scotland , took no part in the publication referred to of the offensive epithets applied to Bro . Judge , nor did it authorise such publication .

I am further desired to express the hope of the Provincial Grand Lodge of AA estevn India , that this explanation may be considered satisfactory , and that we may , in future , work amicably together in the good cause of Masonry . I am further directed to say , that tho Provincial Grand Lodge having made such amends as is in its power , this communication may be received in the spirit it is intended .

I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) K . P . " . CA : WA , Officiating Secretary Provincial Grand Lodge of AVestern India under Scotland . District Grand Lodge of Bombay , Bombay , 17 th March , 1 S 01-.

To K . R . CAJIA , Esq ., Officiating Prov . G . Secretary , Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India , Bombay . SIR AND BROTHER ,- —I have the honour to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of tho 3 rd instant , addressed to my predecessor , enclosing another letter similarly addressed , dated the 28 th December last , which you inform mo tho Prov . G . Secretaryfor whom you aro officiating lected to forwardand I

, , neg , am directed by the Provincial Grand Master of Bombay to say , that these letters were read at the half-yearly communication of his District Grand Lodge , held on the 9 th instant , when it was resolved that , in tho opinion of tho District Grand Lodge of Bombay , the apology offered to Bro . G . S . Judge by the Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Lodge of AA estern India under Scotland in your letter of the 2 Sth December last is

insufficient for the four following reasons : —¦ 1 st . Because the following charges made against Bro . G . S . Judge are not retracted , nor is any apology offered for their having been made , although Bro . G . S . judge has clearly proved them to be false . I . Tho having misrepresented to the Secretary of Lodge Hope , Kurrachee , that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Western

India was not in existence on the 27 th January , 1 S 63 . Whereas , the fact is , that his representation to that effect was true . II . Tho having evinced a most studied desire to mislead one of the daughter lodges working under the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Tho fact being that he gave that lodge correct information . III . The acting under the influence of a spirit of opposition

to the interests of Scotch Masonry in AA estern India . The fact being that no such spirit existed . IA . Tho having stated what he must have known was not the case . The fact being that his statement was true . 2 nd . Because no apology is offered for having ignored Bro . G . S . Judge as a Mason by styling him " a Mr . Judge" and " this Mr . Judge" in the written and printed minutes of

thesoi-disant Provincial Grand Lodge adopted and confirmed by your Provincial Grand Lodge at its meeting of the 26 th September last , and by so styling him in a letter to Lodge Hope , Kurrachee . 3 rd . Because your Provincial Grand Lodge has not expunged from its record all mention of tho un-Masonic charges made against Bro . G . S . Judge as unworthy of a place in

them . 4 th . Because your Provincial Grand Lodge has not directed its apology to be published iu the FiiEiaiASONS' MAGAZINE and Indian Freemasons' Friend , although the charges wore published in these periodicals by some one who had access to the minutes of the soi-disant Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India , which your Provincial Grand Lodge has adopted as its ownand we are not informed that he has been punished for

, having committed so grave a Masonic offence as that of publishing minutes of lodge proceedings without authority , though we are informed that Bro . G . A . Summers , in whose custody these minutes ivere , has been rewarded by being publicly thanked in your Provincial Grand Lodge for what he had done whilst ho held the office of Secretary both of the soi-disant and of your Provincial Grand Lod one of his acts being the

ge , ignoring of Bro . G . S . Judge as a Mason by styling him " a Mr . Judge" and " this Mr . Judge" in lodge minutes , and in a letter to the Secretary of Lodge Hope Kurrachee ; another , tbe bringing of false charges against Bro . G . S . Judge ; and a third , the permitting of lodge minutes in his custody to be published without any authority to do so .