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Channel Islands.
CHANNEL ISLANDS .
JERSEY . ST . AUBIH ' S LODGE ( No . 958 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of the above lodge was held at the Masonic Rooms , St . Aubin's , on Tuesday , August 16 th . The lodge was opened in the first degree at eight o ' clock by Bro . E . C . Malet de Carteret , W . M ., assisted by Bros . Mannaii , acting S . AV . ; Joseph Stevens , acting J . AV . ; and A . Smidt as I . P . M . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Alfred Wayland ,
a candidate for the second degree being present , was duly examined as to his proficiency by the W . M ., he was then entrusted and retired . The lodge was opened in the second degree and Bro . AVayland was introduced properly prepared and regularly passed to the F . C . degree in a very able manner by the AV . M . The lodge was resumed in tbe first degree . The AV . M . read a portion of a letter addressed by Bro . Dr . Hopkins , I . P . M ., to Bro . C . Lo Sueur , acting Treas . and Sec , which was received with much pleasure by all the brethren present . No further business offering , the lodge with the usual formalities closed at nine o ' clock .
India.
INDIA .
( From the Indian Freemason ' s' Friend-. ) DELHI . —Lodge Star of Delhi , which was established in 1857 , about one month before the mutiny broke out , was revived after the disturbances had been quelled ; but after languishing for a time fell into abeyance , and its warrant was returned to England a few months ago . Some of the resident brethren of Delhi have now submitted a petition for the formation of a new lodge ,
and have proposed that their first Master shall he Bro . T . C . Fenwick , the present Senior AVarden of Lodge Hope , at Meerut ^ For the last two years Bro . Fenwick has been a member of the Meerut Lodge , and except on one occasion , he has gone all the way from Delhi , month after month , to its meetings , whenever they have been held , at great inconvenience and some cost to himself . He has , therefore , we think , shown zeal sufficient for earning jibe confidence of the brethren who have proposed to
elect him to the eastern chair . SIMLA . —Tho members of the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , at Simla , have held a preliminary meeting for the purpose of electing a Master for the ensuing season . There being no other eligible brother willing to take office ( Bros . General Lines , T . Graham , & c , having declined ) , the brethren have voted for the election of Bro . T . AVood ; but that brother having already been two years consecutively in the chair , an application has been
made to the Provincial Grand Master for a dispensation , to enable him to hold the hiram for a third year . The lodge-r-ooms here are very good , and the walls of the banquet hall are ornamented with framed photographs of several of the members . A
handsome chandelier is suspended over the table . Divine service was performed in the hall on Sunday , the 29 th May , by the Rev . R . Henderson , Junior Chaplain of St . Andrew ' s Kirk , Calcutta . The Governor-General was present . Duo-SHAIE . —Lodge Triune Brotherhood , at Dngshaie , has not yet re-opened for the season . Last year , Bro . Adam Ferguson and other brethren of the 42 nd Highlanders , having obtained permision for tbe removal of the warrant from Kussowlie , where
it had been lying in abeyance , resuscitated it . The lodge was originally established at Subathoo , and tbe members of it , in 1856 , obtained a loan of 2 , 000 rupees from the Simla Bank , for the purpose of purchasing a building for themselves . That debt has not yet been entirely , if at all , liquidated ; and the interest , which has accumulated round it , must amount to a pretty round sum . The lodge shortly afterwards fell into abeyance , but was revived at Kussowlie , where the members purchased another
building for themselves , but without contracting any debt . It fell again into abeyance , and has now been revived , as I have already stated , by the brethren of the 42 nd Highlanders , who had no connection with the former members . The question now is , who is to pay the Simla Bank , which , I believe , is pressing its demand ? AVere Bro . Ferguson and his colleagues aware that they were about to incur a heavy responsibility , moral or legal , when they applied for permission to revive the lodge ? If they
had not revived it , the warrant would have been returned to England by the Provincial Grand Master , in December last , along with the warrants of the Delhi and Dinapore Lodges ; and , in that case , who would have been the responsible parties ?
India.
Jui & UNDER , PUNIAUB . —Lodge Wahah or Benevolent ( No . 988 ) . —You will , I dare say , be glad to hear of the progress made by this lodge , since , through the energy of our Master , a new Warrantof Constitution was got out from the Grand Lodge of England . AVe meet on the 1 st and 3 rd Thursday of each month , and should any brother be passing through our station at that time , he may be sure of receiving a hearty welcome from the members of Lodge Wahab or Benevolent . Since last St .
John's day we have got through the following : —Seven Initiations , nine passings , and four raisings . We have had great difficulties to contend with . Our Master left with his lodge early in the year for Kussowlie . He visited us a short time since , but I am sorry to say his health suffered from the trip . Being many of us young Masons , tbe loss of so valuable and energetic a Master is all the more-severely felt . Our Senior Warden , Bro . Bishop , has also migrated for the hot weather to the cool
atmosphere of Mussourie . Until the other clay , we had no officiating Junior Warden , but our Master , at his last visit , appointed Bro . Martin to that office , and he now rules the lodge to the satisfaction of all the members . It seems to me a great drawback to Masonry in this country , that , in the hot weather , such difficulty is experienced in lodges like ours , which are not expressly built for the purpose , in keeping the room cool . If any brother could give us a few hints how punkas could be slung , aud so arranged as to be efficient , we should be very grateful . We
have adopted a practice here , which were it carried out by all lodges , would form a very interesting record . All members are requested to give their " Carte de Visite" for the lodge album ; those members who are unavoidably absent , or who may , at any time , have belonged ta the lodge , are still kept in the remembrance of those who have , or may succeed them . MOULMEIN . —AA o have long been desirous of building new lodge rooms . A t last we have set to work in earnest , and , on
the 21 st of March , laid the foundation-stone ( a perfect ashler ) indue form , but without any public ceremony . The plan , carried out in full , will require a large sum ( large at least for tbe Freemasons here)—about 10 , 000 rupees ; and then the filling up will be at least 1 , 000 more . The brethren here have subscribed very liberally towards the building ; still much more has to be done in the way of subscriptions . Wo have received assistance in a manner we could not have anticipated . Bro . McCullon
arrived here with his troupe , and gave several performances ; the last of which was for the benefit of the new building fund . He gave the whole proceeds of the evening , without deducting a single rupee for tbe necessary expenses . This gave us 1 , 004 rupees ; a good help . It will be , I feel assured , one of the finest buildings in the east—not of tbe Presidency towna : —built for a Masonic purpose . The lodge room will be 75 ft . by 35 ft . The grounds , four acres in extent , are excellent for building a lodge on . There is no building near it , and the situation is one of the finest in Moulmein .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
The Liberators of Italy . ByE . H . NOLAN , P . H . D ., LL . D ., Author of "The History of the . War against India , " "History of India , " & c . London : James S . 'V irtue . What a theme for a noble mind to illustrate , and who more fitted for the purpose thau our respected Bro . Nolan ? A more industrious , a more careful , and , as far as we can judge , a more impartial writer does not
exist , thoug h , we are far from agreeing with all his opinions . And who are the Liberators of Italy our Bro . Nolan has selected to form the subjects of his volume ? Garibaldi—Oavour ( before the name of such a man we cannot write Count)—Victor Emmanuel—and Napoleon III . ; we would we could exclude the last from the list , talented , as no doubt , in some respects , he is . All have
played their parts in the great game of Italy ' s liberation , and but . for the falsehood of the last-named ib might have been complete . We , however , in this mundane world , are compelled to be thankful for " small mercies , " and looking ab Nice and Savoy , ib appears to us but a very " small mercy" that Italy is indebted for to Napoleon , Italian though Dr . Nolan would prove him to be by descent . We would that the liberation of Italy had been left to her own patriot sons , and amongst the fore-
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Channel Islands.
CHANNEL ISLANDS .
JERSEY . ST . AUBIH ' S LODGE ( No . 958 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of the above lodge was held at the Masonic Rooms , St . Aubin's , on Tuesday , August 16 th . The lodge was opened in the first degree at eight o ' clock by Bro . E . C . Malet de Carteret , W . M ., assisted by Bros . Mannaii , acting S . AV . ; Joseph Stevens , acting J . AV . ; and A . Smidt as I . P . M . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Alfred Wayland ,
a candidate for the second degree being present , was duly examined as to his proficiency by the W . M ., he was then entrusted and retired . The lodge was opened in the second degree and Bro . AVayland was introduced properly prepared and regularly passed to the F . C . degree in a very able manner by the AV . M . The lodge was resumed in tbe first degree . The AV . M . read a portion of a letter addressed by Bro . Dr . Hopkins , I . P . M ., to Bro . C . Lo Sueur , acting Treas . and Sec , which was received with much pleasure by all the brethren present . No further business offering , the lodge with the usual formalities closed at nine o ' clock .
India.
INDIA .
( From the Indian Freemason ' s' Friend-. ) DELHI . —Lodge Star of Delhi , which was established in 1857 , about one month before the mutiny broke out , was revived after the disturbances had been quelled ; but after languishing for a time fell into abeyance , and its warrant was returned to England a few months ago . Some of the resident brethren of Delhi have now submitted a petition for the formation of a new lodge ,
and have proposed that their first Master shall he Bro . T . C . Fenwick , the present Senior AVarden of Lodge Hope , at Meerut ^ For the last two years Bro . Fenwick has been a member of the Meerut Lodge , and except on one occasion , he has gone all the way from Delhi , month after month , to its meetings , whenever they have been held , at great inconvenience and some cost to himself . He has , therefore , we think , shown zeal sufficient for earning jibe confidence of the brethren who have proposed to
elect him to the eastern chair . SIMLA . —Tho members of the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , at Simla , have held a preliminary meeting for the purpose of electing a Master for the ensuing season . There being no other eligible brother willing to take office ( Bros . General Lines , T . Graham , & c , having declined ) , the brethren have voted for the election of Bro . T . AVood ; but that brother having already been two years consecutively in the chair , an application has been
made to the Provincial Grand Master for a dispensation , to enable him to hold the hiram for a third year . The lodge-r-ooms here are very good , and the walls of the banquet hall are ornamented with framed photographs of several of the members . A
handsome chandelier is suspended over the table . Divine service was performed in the hall on Sunday , the 29 th May , by the Rev . R . Henderson , Junior Chaplain of St . Andrew ' s Kirk , Calcutta . The Governor-General was present . Duo-SHAIE . —Lodge Triune Brotherhood , at Dngshaie , has not yet re-opened for the season . Last year , Bro . Adam Ferguson and other brethren of the 42 nd Highlanders , having obtained permision for tbe removal of the warrant from Kussowlie , where
it had been lying in abeyance , resuscitated it . The lodge was originally established at Subathoo , and tbe members of it , in 1856 , obtained a loan of 2 , 000 rupees from the Simla Bank , for the purpose of purchasing a building for themselves . That debt has not yet been entirely , if at all , liquidated ; and the interest , which has accumulated round it , must amount to a pretty round sum . The lodge shortly afterwards fell into abeyance , but was revived at Kussowlie , where the members purchased another
building for themselves , but without contracting any debt . It fell again into abeyance , and has now been revived , as I have already stated , by the brethren of the 42 nd Highlanders , who had no connection with the former members . The question now is , who is to pay the Simla Bank , which , I believe , is pressing its demand ? AVere Bro . Ferguson and his colleagues aware that they were about to incur a heavy responsibility , moral or legal , when they applied for permission to revive the lodge ? If they
had not revived it , the warrant would have been returned to England by the Provincial Grand Master , in December last , along with the warrants of the Delhi and Dinapore Lodges ; and , in that case , who would have been the responsible parties ?
India.
Jui & UNDER , PUNIAUB . —Lodge Wahah or Benevolent ( No . 988 ) . —You will , I dare say , be glad to hear of the progress made by this lodge , since , through the energy of our Master , a new Warrantof Constitution was got out from the Grand Lodge of England . AVe meet on the 1 st and 3 rd Thursday of each month , and should any brother be passing through our station at that time , he may be sure of receiving a hearty welcome from the members of Lodge Wahab or Benevolent . Since last St .
John's day we have got through the following : —Seven Initiations , nine passings , and four raisings . We have had great difficulties to contend with . Our Master left with his lodge early in the year for Kussowlie . He visited us a short time since , but I am sorry to say his health suffered from the trip . Being many of us young Masons , tbe loss of so valuable and energetic a Master is all the more-severely felt . Our Senior Warden , Bro . Bishop , has also migrated for the hot weather to the cool
atmosphere of Mussourie . Until the other clay , we had no officiating Junior Warden , but our Master , at his last visit , appointed Bro . Martin to that office , and he now rules the lodge to the satisfaction of all the members . It seems to me a great drawback to Masonry in this country , that , in the hot weather , such difficulty is experienced in lodges like ours , which are not expressly built for the purpose , in keeping the room cool . If any brother could give us a few hints how punkas could be slung , aud so arranged as to be efficient , we should be very grateful . We
have adopted a practice here , which were it carried out by all lodges , would form a very interesting record . All members are requested to give their " Carte de Visite" for the lodge album ; those members who are unavoidably absent , or who may , at any time , have belonged ta the lodge , are still kept in the remembrance of those who have , or may succeed them . MOULMEIN . —AA o have long been desirous of building new lodge rooms . A t last we have set to work in earnest , and , on
the 21 st of March , laid the foundation-stone ( a perfect ashler ) indue form , but without any public ceremony . The plan , carried out in full , will require a large sum ( large at least for tbe Freemasons here)—about 10 , 000 rupees ; and then the filling up will be at least 1 , 000 more . The brethren here have subscribed very liberally towards the building ; still much more has to be done in the way of subscriptions . Wo have received assistance in a manner we could not have anticipated . Bro . McCullon
arrived here with his troupe , and gave several performances ; the last of which was for the benefit of the new building fund . He gave the whole proceeds of the evening , without deducting a single rupee for tbe necessary expenses . This gave us 1 , 004 rupees ; a good help . It will be , I feel assured , one of the finest buildings in the east—not of tbe Presidency towna : —built for a Masonic purpose . The lodge room will be 75 ft . by 35 ft . The grounds , four acres in extent , are excellent for building a lodge on . There is no building near it , and the situation is one of the finest in Moulmein .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
The Liberators of Italy . ByE . H . NOLAN , P . H . D ., LL . D ., Author of "The History of the . War against India , " "History of India , " & c . London : James S . 'V irtue . What a theme for a noble mind to illustrate , and who more fitted for the purpose thau our respected Bro . Nolan ? A more industrious , a more careful , and , as far as we can judge , a more impartial writer does not
exist , thoug h , we are far from agreeing with all his opinions . And who are the Liberators of Italy our Bro . Nolan has selected to form the subjects of his volume ? Garibaldi—Oavour ( before the name of such a man we cannot write Count)—Victor Emmanuel—and Napoleon III . ; we would we could exclude the last from the list , talented , as no doubt , in some respects , he is . All have
played their parts in the great game of Italy ' s liberation , and but . for the falsehood of the last-named ib might have been complete . We , however , in this mundane world , are compelled to be thankful for " small mercies , " and looking ab Nice and Savoy , ib appears to us but a very " small mercy" that Italy is indebted for to Napoleon , Italian though Dr . Nolan would prove him to be by descent . We would that the liberation of Italy had been left to her own patriot sons , and amongst the fore-