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in Paris , ancl partaken , under the auspices of" La Grande Mailrcsse , " and about sixty Sisters , of a Masonic banquet ivhich excectled in enjoyment , socially and gastronoinically speaking , any similar entertainment on this side of the ivater . What will Lord Durham and the English Ladies say to this 1 More anon . A Masonic treaty of alliance betAveen France , South America , the United StatesBraziland Beliumhas been ratifiedAvhich must
im-, , g , , prove the means of social intercourse among the Fraternity . Sept . 15 . —Loge des Trinesophes . Dr . Crucefix Avas unanimously elected au honorary member . The son of the Due de Choiseul , M . W . G . M . was this clay initiated into the order of Freemasonrv .
BARBADOES , July 6 . — -The Lodges in this island are recovering from their misfortunes , and promise considerable re-action . The Brethren have been stimulated to exertion by the circumstance of a military Lodge having been imprudent enough to initiate several persons who Avould not have been made in civil Lodges . The inadvertence has been attended ivith inconvenience , but the civil Lodges having been brought into actii'ify , the military Lodge has no longer the right of making
Brethren but from among the military . A distinguished member of our island , Brother Codd , is now in London , making some definitive arrangements ivith the Masonic authorities , mean time the following account of Lodge meetings for July may net be unacceptable . July 1 . •—Alb . Loclge , 232 , the first ' Wednesday under the English constitution . July 1 . — Amity Lodge , 277 , the first Thursday under the Irish
constitution . July 6 . —United Seaforth Loclge , 577 > the . first Monday , under the English constitution . July 8 . —Hibernian Lodge , 622 , the first Tuesday , under the Irish constitution . The Lodges are held in a house rented by the members until they raise funds to erect a Masonic hall ; the rent at present costs them sixty pounds a year .
ST . KITT ' . August—A dreadful hurricane has visited this unfortunate island , and has not only destroyed houses and valuable property , but several lives have fallen a sacrifice to the awful scourge . Cattle and all other live stock have also severely suffered . All Masonic business in the Lodges ( 69 and 600 ) has of course been suspended ; indeed neither temple nor altar remains but tho bare earth ancl the grand firmament of heaven . Hope however is left , and the Brethren having rallied from the desolation that surrounds them , are reviving their energies .
MADRAS . —The affairs of the Lodges are going on pretty well . In the Lodge of " Perfect Unanimity , " No . 175 , there has been considerable improvement . It is much to be regretted that more frequent communications are not made to the Grancl Lodge in England , as the Lodges generally in India would deri \ 'e considerable advantage from ; i regular correspondence ; but , what , is of more importance , bv neglecting to correspond , they neglect their Masonic duty .
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in Paris , ancl partaken , under the auspices of" La Grande Mailrcsse , " and about sixty Sisters , of a Masonic banquet ivhich excectled in enjoyment , socially and gastronoinically speaking , any similar entertainment on this side of the ivater . What will Lord Durham and the English Ladies say to this 1 More anon . A Masonic treaty of alliance betAveen France , South America , the United StatesBraziland Beliumhas been ratifiedAvhich must
im-, , g , , prove the means of social intercourse among the Fraternity . Sept . 15 . —Loge des Trinesophes . Dr . Crucefix Avas unanimously elected au honorary member . The son of the Due de Choiseul , M . W . G . M . was this clay initiated into the order of Freemasonrv .
BARBADOES , July 6 . — -The Lodges in this island are recovering from their misfortunes , and promise considerable re-action . The Brethren have been stimulated to exertion by the circumstance of a military Lodge having been imprudent enough to initiate several persons who Avould not have been made in civil Lodges . The inadvertence has been attended ivith inconvenience , but the civil Lodges having been brought into actii'ify , the military Lodge has no longer the right of making
Brethren but from among the military . A distinguished member of our island , Brother Codd , is now in London , making some definitive arrangements ivith the Masonic authorities , mean time the following account of Lodge meetings for July may net be unacceptable . July 1 . •—Alb . Loclge , 232 , the first ' Wednesday under the English constitution . July 1 . — Amity Lodge , 277 , the first Thursday under the Irish
constitution . July 6 . —United Seaforth Loclge , 577 > the . first Monday , under the English constitution . July 8 . —Hibernian Lodge , 622 , the first Tuesday , under the Irish constitution . The Lodges are held in a house rented by the members until they raise funds to erect a Masonic hall ; the rent at present costs them sixty pounds a year .
ST . KITT ' . August—A dreadful hurricane has visited this unfortunate island , and has not only destroyed houses and valuable property , but several lives have fallen a sacrifice to the awful scourge . Cattle and all other live stock have also severely suffered . All Masonic business in the Lodges ( 69 and 600 ) has of course been suspended ; indeed neither temple nor altar remains but tho bare earth ancl the grand firmament of heaven . Hope however is left , and the Brethren having rallied from the desolation that surrounds them , are reviving their energies .
MADRAS . —The affairs of the Lodges are going on pretty well . In the Lodge of " Perfect Unanimity , " No . 175 , there has been considerable improvement . It is much to be regretted that more frequent communications are not made to the Grancl Lodge in England , as the Lodges generally in India would deri \ 'e considerable advantage from ; i regular correspondence ; but , what , is of more importance , bv neglecting to correspond , they neglect their Masonic duty .