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gratification to communicate the operative results of the visits of these two Companions to England . ALLAHABAD . —Judge Colvin left for England to the regret of all persons , and more especially of the Brotherhood . He carries with him the warmest wishes for his future happiness , and the assurance that knowing the wants of his Brethren , he will take care to plead their cause at head quarters . The learned Brother has arrived in London .
_ MADRAS . —The retirement of Sir Herbert Compton from the Provincial Grand Mastership of the coast of Coromandel is no longer a matter of speculation . The worthy Brother finding that his residence in Bombay prevents him from exercising his high function to the advantage of the Fraternity in Madras , has resigned the authority into the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Most Worshipful Grand Master ; and Brother Joseph Barrow , the Provincial Grand
Secretary , a merchant of consideration is the bearer of dispatches to England conveying this information . The wishes of the Fraternity we know point toward Lord Elphinstone , who , as Governor of the Presidency and a nobleman that has always expressed himself anxious to encourage the principles of the < ) rder , is qualified by his exalted station , as by his merit , to shed an influence over the Masonic arrangements which never prosper so well as when they are protected bthe
y sanction of authority . Brother Morris , a civilian of high standing , and universally beloved by the Craft , it is also hoped may be delegated to assist his Lordship in resuscitating the spirit and intelligence of the friends of Masonry in this distant sphere , and under the fostering hopes of reanimating Zeal we look forward to the fulness of time for the development of great results . The Armenian Lodge , which , for want of a careful executive , has in some measure wandered , is , we are happy
to state , embued with a more encouraging unanimity , and is desirous that an active executive should be enabled to regulate and control all the Lodges in the Presidency . It is thought here that district Grand Lodges should be rated to the Lodge of Benevolence , and that the charities of the Order should always be brought under their notice . By such measures a closer identity would be apparent , and the just principles of the Order be carried out effectively .
A sermon was preached before the " Friend in Need Society , " and the Masonic Lodges , on the 27 th Dec , by the Lord Bishop of Madras , The collection was liberal . The Lodge of Perfect Unanimity gave a Ball to the Society of the Presidency , on the evening of the same day . BOMBAY . —We hear that a new edition of Dr . James Burnes' ( K H . ) History of the Templars is in progress . This announcement will
gratify many who could not procure copies of the former . It is also reported that another edition of the same gentleman ' s "Visit to the Court of Sinde , " is in the press . The last accounts from the Provincial Grand Master of Western India are very satisfactory , both as to himself and the success of his Masonic labours . The dispersion , however , of so many military Brethren from Bombay , must , as in other parts of India , occasion temporary checks to Masonic operations .
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India.
gratification to communicate the operative results of the visits of these two Companions to England . ALLAHABAD . —Judge Colvin left for England to the regret of all persons , and more especially of the Brotherhood . He carries with him the warmest wishes for his future happiness , and the assurance that knowing the wants of his Brethren , he will take care to plead their cause at head quarters . The learned Brother has arrived in London .
_ MADRAS . —The retirement of Sir Herbert Compton from the Provincial Grand Mastership of the coast of Coromandel is no longer a matter of speculation . The worthy Brother finding that his residence in Bombay prevents him from exercising his high function to the advantage of the Fraternity in Madras , has resigned the authority into the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Most Worshipful Grand Master ; and Brother Joseph Barrow , the Provincial Grand
Secretary , a merchant of consideration is the bearer of dispatches to England conveying this information . The wishes of the Fraternity we know point toward Lord Elphinstone , who , as Governor of the Presidency and a nobleman that has always expressed himself anxious to encourage the principles of the < ) rder , is qualified by his exalted station , as by his merit , to shed an influence over the Masonic arrangements which never prosper so well as when they are protected bthe
y sanction of authority . Brother Morris , a civilian of high standing , and universally beloved by the Craft , it is also hoped may be delegated to assist his Lordship in resuscitating the spirit and intelligence of the friends of Masonry in this distant sphere , and under the fostering hopes of reanimating Zeal we look forward to the fulness of time for the development of great results . The Armenian Lodge , which , for want of a careful executive , has in some measure wandered , is , we are happy
to state , embued with a more encouraging unanimity , and is desirous that an active executive should be enabled to regulate and control all the Lodges in the Presidency . It is thought here that district Grand Lodges should be rated to the Lodge of Benevolence , and that the charities of the Order should always be brought under their notice . By such measures a closer identity would be apparent , and the just principles of the Order be carried out effectively .
A sermon was preached before the " Friend in Need Society , " and the Masonic Lodges , on the 27 th Dec , by the Lord Bishop of Madras , The collection was liberal . The Lodge of Perfect Unanimity gave a Ball to the Society of the Presidency , on the evening of the same day . BOMBAY . —We hear that a new edition of Dr . James Burnes' ( K H . ) History of the Templars is in progress . This announcement will
gratify many who could not procure copies of the former . It is also reported that another edition of the same gentleman ' s "Visit to the Court of Sinde , " is in the press . The last accounts from the Provincial Grand Master of Western India are very satisfactory , both as to himself and the success of his Masonic labours . The dispersion , however , of so many military Brethren from Bombay , must , as in other parts of India , occasion temporary checks to Masonic operations .