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separate churches may have entirely and for ever passed away ! ( Applause . ) Votes of thanks were passed to the Chaplains of St . Paul ' s Cathedral for the use of that edifice , to the Reverend Brethren Dr . Mazuchelli and J . Cave-Browne for having performed divine service , to the Rev . Bro . J . C . Thompson for his edifying discourse , to the members of the choir , and to Col . Cox and the officers of the 13 th Regiment for the use of their band .

It was further resolved that the Rev . Bro . Thompson should be asked to permit the publication of his sermon for the benefit of tbe Masonic Fund of Benevolence , and that 100 rupees should be tendered to the bandsmen of the 13 t ! j . Regiment , through Col . Cox , in recognition of their services that day to the Masonic body , as well as , on other occasions , to the community at large to which the Freemasons of Calcutta belonged . * Read the report of a committee appointed bthe Provincial

y Grand Master to consider the proceedings of W . Bros . Jordan and O'Mealy at Cawnpore , and to record their opinion as to the manner in which those brethren should be dealt with . After a careful elimination of all matter admitting of controversy , the committee specified the following offences with which Bro . Jordan was clearly chargeable , viz ., with * having acted in contravention of the " Constitutions" ( edition of 1861 ) , page 47 , sec . 6 ; page 68 sec . 30 ; page 66 sec . 23 ; page 75 sec . 5 ; and

, , , of the 41 st , 42 nd , and 55 th by-laws of the District Grand Lodge ; with having refused to acknowledge the authority of the Provincial Grand Master , and to be examined by him before a committee assembled at Cawnpore on the 24 th October , 1863 ; and with having called upon the brethren , in a circular dated the 23 rd October , to ignore the authority of the Provincial Grand Master , thereby displaying a persistence in

insubordination . The committee considered that , " with due regard to a preservation of order and discipline in the province , and to the importance of adequately malting a disapproval of proceedings opposed to the interests of the Craft at large , the expulsion of Bro . Jordan from Freemasonry is highly necessary . " With regard to Bro . O'Mealy , the committee were of opinion that he had shown gross insubordination and contumacy , by advisising Bro . Jordan to initiate an Asiatic ( Prince

Saeedood-Dowlah ) without a dispensation from tho Provincial Grand Master , thereby contravening the provisions of the 55 th bylaw of the District Grand Lodge , and by asserting and continuing to maintain the opinion that Bro . Jordan was justified in disregarding the orders issued by the Provincial Grand Master with reference to the provisions of the aforesaid by-law . The committee recommended that " Bro . O'Mealy be suspended from his Masonic privileges for one yearand that ifon the

expira-, , tion of that term , full submission be not made by him , he be considered as expelled from the Craft . " Read also a letter from tho Senior Warden in charge of Lodge Harmony , dated the 28 th November , 1863 , and the following enclosure : — Questions addressed , verbally , on Friday , 30 th October , 1863 , to W . Bro . F . J . Jordan , Cawnpore , by Bro . Stewart Allen ,

S . W ., in charge of Lodge Harmony ( No . 43 S ) , in presence of Bros . B . Edmonds , J . W ., and C B . C . Speke , S . D . of the lodge . Q . —Have you received the notification of my being appointed by the Provincial Grand Master of Bengal to take charge of Lodge Harmony during your suspension from your Masonic privileges , and which was forwarded by me yesterday , as

acknowledged by your signature in my office dak book ? Declines to answer the question . On this , ny my direction , Bro . Speke read aloud to Bro . Jordan the above notification , as contained in letter No . 199 from the Provincial Grand Secretary . Q . —Will yon make over to me , as requested yesterday in terms of this letterand now repeated to verball under

, you y , the authority given me by the Provincial Grand Master of Bengal , the dues of the Grand Lodge and the District Grand Lodge , all books , papers , and everything else appertaining to the lodge ? A . —I refuse : and do not admit the authority of the Provincial Grand Master in putting yon , the Senior Warden , in charge of my lodge , which I had previously suspended .

Q . —l demand the jewels and clothing of Lodge Harmony now illegally in your possession , and which were surreptitiously obtained by you from the Tyler , and removed by you from the lodge ?

A . —I refuse to give up any lodge property now in my possession until the decision of the Grand Lodge of England is received ; and I now suspend you from your office of Senior Warden of Lodge Harmony . ( True copy . ) ( Signed ) STEIVAET ALIEN , S . W . B . EDJIONDS , J . W . C . B . C . SPEKE , S . D . Of Lodge Harmony ( No . 438 . T-

Bro . Howe observed that tho misconduct of Bro . Jordan , appeared to him to be sufficiently clear in the printed correspondence circulated with the agenda of business , and that the committee appointed to investigate the case had very correctly , described the nature of that brother's offences . Bro . Jordan had refused to recognise the authority of the Provincial Grand Master , had acted in violation of several of the laws , and . had offered no vindication of his conduct in reply to the

charges framed against him by the committee . R . W . Bro . Howe therefore moved , that Bro . F . J . Jordan be expelled from Freemasonry . The proposition was seconded by W . Bro . J . Bennett , and was = carried unanimously . The sentence of expulsion was thrice formally proclaimed by the Provincial Grand Poursuivant . The Provincial Grand Master stated that , besides

communicating the above sentence lo the lodges in India generally , he further considered himself bound to bring to the notice of the-Chapters working in Bengal under the Constitution of Scotland a report made to him of certain proceedings of Mr . Jordan in Royal Arch Masonry . It had been reported to him that Mr . Jordan , although not a Principal Z , had presided in a Scotch Chapter , and had conferred the degree without the aid of a sufficient number of Companions . Sneh conduct , and , in short ,

the whole of Mr . Jordan's proceedings , showed an unexampled disregard for all authority , and even for the restraints imposed upon every Master by the solemn obligation administered to him . For the preservation of order and discipline , therefore , such conduct called for the most serious notice . ( Applause . ) Bro . R . V . Baker , of the Scotch Chapter Kilwinning in the East ( No . 64 ) begged that the promised communication miht

, g be made to that Chapter , in order that Mr . Jordan might be properly dealt with there . With regard to Bro . O'Mealy , who had also received due notice of the charges preferred against him , it was proposed by Bro . Wvman that he should likewise be expelled from

Freemasonry . Bro . F . Jennings was of opinion that Bro . O'Mealy had not been guilty in the same degree as Mr . Jordan , and that a difference should be made in their treatment . Bro . B . S . 3 . Parlby seconded Bro . Wyraan ' s proposition , because he considered that Bro . O'Mealy , being a Past Master ,, ought to have been better acquainted with his duty than Mr . Jordanwho had had less experienceand that his conduct was

, , , therefore , if anything , more inexcusable . Bro . C Piffard , S . W . of Lodge 486 , proposed that the recommendation of the committee should be adopted , but that the sentence should have effect , not immediately , but after Bro . O'Mealy had had an opportunity of knowing the view taken by the District Grand Lodge of his conduct , and of retracting the opinions which had led to his contumacy .

Bro . S . Fenn seconded the above amendment . Bro . G . B . Hadow , S . W . of Lodge SIS , observed that Bro O'Mealy had already had an opportunity of retracing his steps , and that the brother wdio had last spoken had apparently misapprehended the recommendation of the committee , which was this— "That Bro . O'Mealy be suspended from his Masonic privileges for one year , and that if , on the expiration of that term ^ fall submission be not made bhimhe be considered as

exy , pelled from the Craft . " Under this recommendation , Bro . O'Mealy would have a further opportunity of submitting to authority and regaining his lost position . Bro . T . B . Lane , a representative of Lodge 67 , seconded by Bro . R . Eames , of the same lodge , moved that the recommendation of the committee be adopted . The Provincial Grand Master observed that Bro . O'Meal

y had begun his course of misconduct by advising the Master of Lodge Harmony to break through one of the rules of the province . He and two other Past Masters had written to the Master to violate the rule , and had promised to support him ; but when the impropriety of their conduct was pointed out to