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India.
INDIA .
Ihe Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS and Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . TIIACKEU and Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . TO CORRESPONDENTS . THE SUSPENSION- OF A MASTER AND HIS SENIOR WARDEN—Thc submission of the
Master to the fiat of his Masonic government is a clearance of character . The suspension being fully and honestly complied with , he may resume bis rank and station , and the dues , of course , baing paid up , he may be invested as a Past Master . In the case uC the Senior Warden there appears a great difference as to > the lengthened term of suspension ; but the members of the Lodge alone can judge of the propriety of electing him Master . In our opinion , the length ot the supervision is a purification . Both of the Brethren can return to their Lodge as natural members , paying their arrears . Suspension is not expulsion ; and when the Masonic law is satisfied , charity should ti _ -as * ex _ het uatural rights . THE TB .-IIPI . AR QUESTIONS A reply will be found elsewhere . BRO . G . K . TKUI - . —The Agents for Bro . Spencer ' s publication in Bengal are Messrs . Ostell anil Lepage , Calcutta . The laws of tbo K . T . and higher degrees are not yet in print . Those of the Irish Grand Council , <__ c . ( 7 s- O'rf . l , are on sale at Bro . Spencer ' s .
CALCUTTA . —Star in the East . —Bro . AV . A . Laurie , F . S . A ., Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , has been unanimously elected an honorary member . AA e understand that a similar compliment has been paid him in Bombay , by the Lodge Rising Star , of AVestern India .: SCINT - , Sept . 16 . —The ceremony of laying the foundation storie of a Masonic Hall took p lace . The Brethren of Lodge Hope assembled in considerable force at the house of the Senior AA ^ ardenand proceeded
, in procession , accompanied by the full band of H . M . 86 th Regiment . On arriving at the site , the AVorshipful Master of the Lodge delivered an oration , and the officiating officer having handed Sir C . Napier the necessary implements , his Excellency proceeded to lay the stone , and enclose in it a bag containing coins and a paper . This portion of the ceremony being performed and the stone fixed , Sir C . Napier proceeded to address the assembly . AVe do not pretend to do more than offer a
faint outline of the address , which was in delivery fluent and impressive . It commenced by stating that his position was a difficult one , owing to the suddenness of the call ; that his attention having been diverted , to other objects for many years , he was probably one of the worst Masons present , but as there might be some less acquainted with the subject even , than himself , he would endeavour to give a sketch of the history of Masonry from the earliest times . It might be said to be coeval with
creation , ; fbr when order and harmony arose Masonry might be said to exist ; that the first faint trace of it in England was to be found amongst the Druids and that subsequently during the Heptarchy it assumed a substantial form ; that the Masons were then engaged in the erection of cathedrals and churches both in England and Wales . They were at first ' a persecuted sect , but subsequently obtained immunities , and were
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India.
INDIA .
Ihe Agents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs . LATTEY , BROTHERS and Co ., Government-place ; and Messrs . TIIACKEU and Co ., St . Andrew ' s Library . TO CORRESPONDENTS . THE SUSPENSION- OF A MASTER AND HIS SENIOR WARDEN—Thc submission of the
Master to the fiat of his Masonic government is a clearance of character . The suspension being fully and honestly complied with , he may resume bis rank and station , and the dues , of course , baing paid up , he may be invested as a Past Master . In the case uC the Senior Warden there appears a great difference as to > the lengthened term of suspension ; but the members of the Lodge alone can judge of the propriety of electing him Master . In our opinion , the length ot the supervision is a purification . Both of the Brethren can return to their Lodge as natural members , paying their arrears . Suspension is not expulsion ; and when the Masonic law is satisfied , charity should ti _ -as * ex _ het uatural rights . THE TB .-IIPI . AR QUESTIONS A reply will be found elsewhere . BRO . G . K . TKUI - . —The Agents for Bro . Spencer ' s publication in Bengal are Messrs . Ostell anil Lepage , Calcutta . The laws of tbo K . T . and higher degrees are not yet in print . Those of the Irish Grand Council , <__ c . ( 7 s- O'rf . l , are on sale at Bro . Spencer ' s .
CALCUTTA . —Star in the East . —Bro . AV . A . Laurie , F . S . A ., Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , has been unanimously elected an honorary member . AA e understand that a similar compliment has been paid him in Bombay , by the Lodge Rising Star , of AVestern India .: SCINT - , Sept . 16 . —The ceremony of laying the foundation storie of a Masonic Hall took p lace . The Brethren of Lodge Hope assembled in considerable force at the house of the Senior AA ^ ardenand proceeded
, in procession , accompanied by the full band of H . M . 86 th Regiment . On arriving at the site , the AVorshipful Master of the Lodge delivered an oration , and the officiating officer having handed Sir C . Napier the necessary implements , his Excellency proceeded to lay the stone , and enclose in it a bag containing coins and a paper . This portion of the ceremony being performed and the stone fixed , Sir C . Napier proceeded to address the assembly . AVe do not pretend to do more than offer a
faint outline of the address , which was in delivery fluent and impressive . It commenced by stating that his position was a difficult one , owing to the suddenness of the call ; that his attention having been diverted , to other objects for many years , he was probably one of the worst Masons present , but as there might be some less acquainted with the subject even , than himself , he would endeavour to give a sketch of the history of Masonry from the earliest times . It might be said to be coeval with
creation , ; fbr when order and harmony arose Masonry might be said to exist ; that the first faint trace of it in England was to be found amongst the Druids and that subsequently during the Heptarchy it assumed a substantial form ; that the Masons were then engaged in the erection of cathedrals and churches both in England and Wales . They were at first ' a persecuted sect , but subsequently obtained immunities , and were