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only be done by the Grand Lodge of Scotland protesting to the Grand Lodge of England against the arbitrary and illegal acts of their Prov . Grand Master for Bengal ; for what is the use of our warrant , when none of the brethren of No . 353 are allowed to visit the English lodges , nor will they acknowledge us as Masons . I know several of their members feel a very great inclination to visit us , but are precluded from doing so by the veto passed against us by the Prov . Grand Master of Bengal .
On Grant resigning , he appointed Birch ; the latter having taken the benefit of the insolvent act , he is ordered to the rightabout , and has started off to join his regiment in the Punjaub , and Longueville Clarke has been appointed officiating Prov . Grand Master . Now these two officiating appointments were not done at home—then in whose gift are theyhere ? There is some screw loose in these appointments , being , I think , irregular . G .
( COPIES . ) To J . J . L . Hoff , Esq ., Prov . Grand Secretary of Bengal . Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , —Some of the members of Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 353 , holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , complaining that they have been refused admittance to some of the lodges in Calcutta , because , as they were told , they belonged to the Scotch lodge ; as I am not aware that any prohibitating order has been
issued on the subject , except the one which had reference to the Royal Arch Chapter , and the lodges pendant thereto , and as the Craft lodges under Scotland ( unlike those of England ) are entirely independent and distinct from Royal Arch Masonry , 1 am induced to hope that the lodges alluded to are labouring under a misapprehension . As none of the members of our lodge . belong to any other lodge , and as a large majority of them have never belonged to other than a Scotch
lodge , I trust the Prov . Grand Master will be pleased to make it known that the prohibition above alluded to does not extend to Craft Masonry . I request the favour of your forwarding this solicitation to the Prov . Grand Master ; and should he be pleased to grant it , I have reason to believe that it would be a source of much gratification to the majority of the brethren in Calcutta ; and with a sincere hope that ere long all differences will ceaseand that we shall again associate together with
, that harmony and unanimity which should always exist among Freemasons , I remain , very worshipful Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , R . W . M . Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 353 , holding of the G . L . of Scotland , No . 119 of 1849 . Calcutta , August 31 , 1849 .
To Mr . E . Townsend , Calcutta . Sir , —I have submitted your letter to me of the 31 st August to the Right Worshipful Officiating Prov . Grand Master , and he has directed me to inform you , in reply , that as you have been excluded from English Masonry , he will not sanction any brethren , working under his Hiram , holding communication with you on masonic subjects . He has further directed me to return to youunanswered future
, , any letters which you may address to me as Prov . Grand Secretary of Bengal . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant ( Signed ) J . J . L . HOPE , Calcutta , Freemesons' Hall , Prov . Grand Secretarv . September 5 , 1849 . VOL . VII . 3 L
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only be done by the Grand Lodge of Scotland protesting to the Grand Lodge of England against the arbitrary and illegal acts of their Prov . Grand Master for Bengal ; for what is the use of our warrant , when none of the brethren of No . 353 are allowed to visit the English lodges , nor will they acknowledge us as Masons . I know several of their members feel a very great inclination to visit us , but are precluded from doing so by the veto passed against us by the Prov . Grand Master of Bengal .
On Grant resigning , he appointed Birch ; the latter having taken the benefit of the insolvent act , he is ordered to the rightabout , and has started off to join his regiment in the Punjaub , and Longueville Clarke has been appointed officiating Prov . Grand Master . Now these two officiating appointments were not done at home—then in whose gift are theyhere ? There is some screw loose in these appointments , being , I think , irregular . G .
( COPIES . ) To J . J . L . Hoff , Esq ., Prov . Grand Secretary of Bengal . Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , —Some of the members of Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 353 , holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , complaining that they have been refused admittance to some of the lodges in Calcutta , because , as they were told , they belonged to the Scotch lodge ; as I am not aware that any prohibitating order has been
issued on the subject , except the one which had reference to the Royal Arch Chapter , and the lodges pendant thereto , and as the Craft lodges under Scotland ( unlike those of England ) are entirely independent and distinct from Royal Arch Masonry , 1 am induced to hope that the lodges alluded to are labouring under a misapprehension . As none of the members of our lodge . belong to any other lodge , and as a large majority of them have never belonged to other than a Scotch
lodge , I trust the Prov . Grand Master will be pleased to make it known that the prohibition above alluded to does not extend to Craft Masonry . I request the favour of your forwarding this solicitation to the Prov . Grand Master ; and should he be pleased to grant it , I have reason to believe that it would be a source of much gratification to the majority of the brethren in Calcutta ; and with a sincere hope that ere long all differences will ceaseand that we shall again associate together with
, that harmony and unanimity which should always exist among Freemasons , I remain , very worshipful Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , R . W . M . Lodge Kilwinning in the East , No . 353 , holding of the G . L . of Scotland , No . 119 of 1849 . Calcutta , August 31 , 1849 .
To Mr . E . Townsend , Calcutta . Sir , —I have submitted your letter to me of the 31 st August to the Right Worshipful Officiating Prov . Grand Master , and he has directed me to inform you , in reply , that as you have been excluded from English Masonry , he will not sanction any brethren , working under his Hiram , holding communication with you on masonic subjects . He has further directed me to return to youunanswered future
, , any letters which you may address to me as Prov . Grand Secretary of Bengal . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant ( Signed ) J . J . L . HOPE , Calcutta , Freemesons' Hall , Prov . Grand Secretarv . September 5 , 1849 . VOL . VII . 3 L