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India.
by requests for warrants , and for advice on many subjects consequent upon the revival of Masonry here , after a trance of perhaps twenty years ! And will it be believed , that instead of as speedy answers as possible being sent , that the delay caused by distance may be felt as little as possible , we are literally without either acknowled gments of our payments , advice , or direction ! In one respect , however , the officials have been strenuous in their for there has
speed ; appeared a circular betraying unusual haste , prohibiting all communication of Masonic proceedings with the Freemasons' Quarterly Review ! It is to be hoped—for it is earnestly believed—that few will be found to obey this most despotic mandate , the manifest purport of which is to close the mouths and tie the hands of the Brethren , ancl to have them bound hand ancl foot , powerless sacrifices to the caprice of those from whom the publication in question ever offered a sure and safe refuge . But it will not be . In England , we trust there
is a Masonic spirit to repel this attempt—in India , certain we are that it was owing to the dauntless courage of the Review , by makino- our wants known , and by giving publicity to our desires , we at length imbibed so much of the moral strength as to find delegates ro accomplish ourobject , and raise Masonry in India even beyond its once resplendent station . So we never can consent to abandon that fortress of adamantine grandeur—the Review—b y which we have been so well sustained , and for which sih in vain for
we may g protection , if envy ancl hatred of its power should succeed in razing it . We have already stated that the officials have used speed in transmitting this hateful intelligence /" ' the more hateful because it is the only intelligence they have thought we require . After all , it may be viewed , although certainly not intended , as a compliment . Those who singled out India for this favour , have , no doubt , felt the great moral power of the Review , and would fain make us as ungrateful as themselves .
The deatli of Major Macdonald , noticed in our last advices to England , has deprived us of a first-rate Craftsman ; his loss , we fear Is irreparable , and is felt dail y by all classes ; he was a repository of Masonic knowledge . In the Chapter at Cawnpoor , of which he was the sun , ' the companions are at a stand-still . AA ' e await the hope that time will ere long supply his place . At present it is difficult to adhere to the forms of installation ; there is but one lace ( viz ) out of
p ., Cawnpoor Calcutta where there is more than one Lodge , the others being several hundred miles distant ; and all Lodges being weak , how can qualified boards for installation be formed ? On this head the cry is loud ancl just , and the difficulty in R . A . Masonry is still greater . Grand Lodge of England ! we implore you , in the spirit of Freemasonry , to consider our position , and to take those steps that may enable us to abide by our true fealty to the Order . -
CALCUTTA . —The Provincial Grand Master has appointed Brother C C . Fink Assistant Grancl Secretary , in order to aid the Deputy
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India.
by requests for warrants , and for advice on many subjects consequent upon the revival of Masonry here , after a trance of perhaps twenty years ! And will it be believed , that instead of as speedy answers as possible being sent , that the delay caused by distance may be felt as little as possible , we are literally without either acknowled gments of our payments , advice , or direction ! In one respect , however , the officials have been strenuous in their for there has
speed ; appeared a circular betraying unusual haste , prohibiting all communication of Masonic proceedings with the Freemasons' Quarterly Review ! It is to be hoped—for it is earnestly believed—that few will be found to obey this most despotic mandate , the manifest purport of which is to close the mouths and tie the hands of the Brethren , ancl to have them bound hand ancl foot , powerless sacrifices to the caprice of those from whom the publication in question ever offered a sure and safe refuge . But it will not be . In England , we trust there
is a Masonic spirit to repel this attempt—in India , certain we are that it was owing to the dauntless courage of the Review , by makino- our wants known , and by giving publicity to our desires , we at length imbibed so much of the moral strength as to find delegates ro accomplish ourobject , and raise Masonry in India even beyond its once resplendent station . So we never can consent to abandon that fortress of adamantine grandeur—the Review—b y which we have been so well sustained , and for which sih in vain for
we may g protection , if envy ancl hatred of its power should succeed in razing it . We have already stated that the officials have used speed in transmitting this hateful intelligence /" ' the more hateful because it is the only intelligence they have thought we require . After all , it may be viewed , although certainly not intended , as a compliment . Those who singled out India for this favour , have , no doubt , felt the great moral power of the Review , and would fain make us as ungrateful as themselves .
The deatli of Major Macdonald , noticed in our last advices to England , has deprived us of a first-rate Craftsman ; his loss , we fear Is irreparable , and is felt dail y by all classes ; he was a repository of Masonic knowledge . In the Chapter at Cawnpoor , of which he was the sun , ' the companions are at a stand-still . AA ' e await the hope that time will ere long supply his place . At present it is difficult to adhere to the forms of installation ; there is but one lace ( viz ) out of
p ., Cawnpoor Calcutta where there is more than one Lodge , the others being several hundred miles distant ; and all Lodges being weak , how can qualified boards for installation be formed ? On this head the cry is loud ancl just , and the difficulty in R . A . Masonry is still greater . Grand Lodge of England ! we implore you , in the spirit of Freemasonry , to consider our position , and to take those steps that may enable us to abide by our true fealty to the Order . -
CALCUTTA . —The Provincial Grand Master has appointed Brother C C . Fink Assistant Grancl Secretary , in order to aid the Deputy