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India.
and if really continued in uninterrupted observance , would require to be studied with deep attention and care . Yet is the modern system ( the land marks being preserved ) more philosophical , and equally sublime , but not so imposing . Some of the district Lodges , particularly several that are composed ot non-commissioned officers ancl privates , have commenced the neucleus of a Masonic library , by which means the minds of members are directed to the especial affairs of the Order . Besides Major Macdonald , Captain Tottenham has patronised this excellent plan , and in their Lodges the good effects are already discernable .
In our last publication , * we expressed an opinion that a compilation of the various addresses delivered on the revival of Masonry in India , was a desideratum . The following extract from the Englishman will show how truly we heralded what was about to follow : — DR . BURNES AND F REEMASONRY . —We have been favoured with a duodecimo volume , containing all the addresses of Dr . Burnes to the different Masonic Lod of Calcuttathe address of Dr . Grant to the
ges ; Provincial Grand Lodge ; the new Masonic songs , by Mr . Torrens , Captain Boileau , Mr . Hamerton , D . L . Richardson ; and a variety of notices of the honours and compliments bestowed on Dr . Burnes by sundry lodges in Edinburgh and Bombay , & c . & c . The volume has been compiled by Captain F . AV . Birch , P . G . D . C . and W . M . Lodge , True Friendship , at the desire of the Lodge Industry and Perseverance , and is printed by Messrs . Smith and Co . gratuitously , the proceeds of evidence of '
the sale being devoted to Masonic charity . As Dr . Burnes ardour in a good cause , and of the warmth with which his praiseworthy endeavours have been every where received ancl seconded , this volume is valuable ; and we have no doubt that its perusal will animate many a man . —Englishman . We would , if we could , lay claim to a copy of this desirable volume .
CALCUTTA . —( From Supplement to the Calcutta Courier . )—The I Sth of December must henceforth be a red letter clay in the Calcutta annals , for it has this year witnessed the commencement of a superstructure which , whilst it will afford fitting accommodation for two of the most useful institution in India , will , at the same time , commemorate one of the most enlig htened and liberal vicegerents who ever presided over this our adopted country . the General
The leading banners of the Lodges and Governor- s carriage reached the ground almost simultaneously at half-past three , and when the Brethren were all seated—the leading officials of the Craft in their gorgeous habiliments arranged around the stone-and the eye embraced these , with the groupes of elegantly dressed ladies in the elegant pavilions prepared for their accommodation ; the heading of military , which encircled the ivhole , and the multitudes of natives crowding the tops of the surrounding buildings , or packed m dense masses on every elevation from whence a peep of the arena could be obtained ; the various banners and other rich insignia of the Masons ,
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India.
and if really continued in uninterrupted observance , would require to be studied with deep attention and care . Yet is the modern system ( the land marks being preserved ) more philosophical , and equally sublime , but not so imposing . Some of the district Lodges , particularly several that are composed ot non-commissioned officers ancl privates , have commenced the neucleus of a Masonic library , by which means the minds of members are directed to the especial affairs of the Order . Besides Major Macdonald , Captain Tottenham has patronised this excellent plan , and in their Lodges the good effects are already discernable .
In our last publication , * we expressed an opinion that a compilation of the various addresses delivered on the revival of Masonry in India , was a desideratum . The following extract from the Englishman will show how truly we heralded what was about to follow : — DR . BURNES AND F REEMASONRY . —We have been favoured with a duodecimo volume , containing all the addresses of Dr . Burnes to the different Masonic Lod of Calcuttathe address of Dr . Grant to the
ges ; Provincial Grand Lodge ; the new Masonic songs , by Mr . Torrens , Captain Boileau , Mr . Hamerton , D . L . Richardson ; and a variety of notices of the honours and compliments bestowed on Dr . Burnes by sundry lodges in Edinburgh and Bombay , & c . & c . The volume has been compiled by Captain F . AV . Birch , P . G . D . C . and W . M . Lodge , True Friendship , at the desire of the Lodge Industry and Perseverance , and is printed by Messrs . Smith and Co . gratuitously , the proceeds of evidence of '
the sale being devoted to Masonic charity . As Dr . Burnes ardour in a good cause , and of the warmth with which his praiseworthy endeavours have been every where received ancl seconded , this volume is valuable ; and we have no doubt that its perusal will animate many a man . —Englishman . We would , if we could , lay claim to a copy of this desirable volume .
CALCUTTA . —( From Supplement to the Calcutta Courier . )—The I Sth of December must henceforth be a red letter clay in the Calcutta annals , for it has this year witnessed the commencement of a superstructure which , whilst it will afford fitting accommodation for two of the most useful institution in India , will , at the same time , commemorate one of the most enlig htened and liberal vicegerents who ever presided over this our adopted country . the General
The leading banners of the Lodges and Governor- s carriage reached the ground almost simultaneously at half-past three , and when the Brethren were all seated—the leading officials of the Craft in their gorgeous habiliments arranged around the stone-and the eye embraced these , with the groupes of elegantly dressed ladies in the elegant pavilions prepared for their accommodation ; the heading of military , which encircled the ivhole , and the multitudes of natives crowding the tops of the surrounding buildings , or packed m dense masses on every elevation from whence a peep of the arena could be obtained ; the various banners and other rich insignia of the Masons ,