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indulge in . Later , and after he had been made in the self-constituted Lodge organised in February 1731 , we must believe he would not have so written ; while , as late as 1731 , he does not admit to Price there was another Lodge but that in the City , or in the Province , except that style of " rebells , foreigners " who would make a boon
companion acquainted with all they knew about Freemasonry for a bowl of punch . Indeed , there is printed testimony that in 1754 there were bnt three Lodges in Philadelphia , and none elsewhere in tin Province , so far aa there is any such information . For Masonry did not spread
freely nnder the Franklin or William Allen regime , and which may be said to have terminated with the advent of tho Dermott Provincial Grand Warrant in 1766 , and upon which the Freemasonry of
Pennsylvania from that time to the present ia really founded , as the Grand Lodge , organised after the war of the Eevolution , did not change its style . Kespectfnlly and fraternally , J . FLETCHER BKENNAN . Cincinnati , 0 ., U . S . A .. 2 nd November 1887 .
District Grand Lodge Of Northern China.
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF NORTHERN CHINA .
A EEGULAE Communication was held at the Masonic Hall , Shanghai on Thursday , 22 nd September . There were present Bros . J . I . Miller D . G . M . in the chair , C . H . Dallas P . D . G . M . of Japan , T . W . Kingsmill Deputy D . G . M ., J . Morris D . G . S . W ., R . D . Starkey D . G . J . W ., A . Johnsford P . D . G . W ., W . H . Short D . G . Treas ., A . M . A . Evans D . G . Registrar , J . Findlay President District Board of General
Purposes , G . M . Hart D . G . Secretary , F . J . Marshall P . D . G . S . D . as D . G . S . D ., A . B . Menzies P . D . G . J . W . as D . G . J . D ., T . F . Hough D . G . Director of Ceremonies , E . P . Wickham M . M . 1027 acting D . G . Sword Bearer , R . W . Astill D . G . Standard Bearer , J . J . Mansfield D . G . Steward as D . G . Org ., F . M . Gratton D . G . Assist . Sec , J . West
D . G . P ., J . Cryer D . G . A . P ., S . R . Gale , 0 . W . Ure , R . E . Toeg D . G . Stewards , C . Merrifc D . G . Tyler ; with representatives of the Royal Sussex , No . 501 , the Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , and of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 1027 . There were also several visitors . The brethren having assembled in their respective places in the Lodge ,
Bro . Miller , accompanied by Bro . Dallas , and by the District Grand Officers entered , and was received . The District Grand Lodge was opened in due form , with prayer , at 9 ' 20 o'clock p . m . The circular calling the meeting was read . On the motion of the D . G . Master , the minntes of the last regnlar communication , held 7 th Jannary , and
special communications held 3 rd March and 21 st June 1887 , having bean printed and circulated among the brethren , were taken as read , and on being put to the meeting were unanimously confirmed , and signed by the District Grand Master . The D . G . Master said , the next bnsiness was to receive the Report of the District Board of
General Purposes , and called upon Bro . Findlay , tho President , who read as follows : — Minutes of a meeting of the District Board of General Purposes , held in the Masonio HaU , Shanghai , on Thursday , 8 th September 1887 , at five o ' clock p . m .
Present—Bros . J . Findlay President , A . Johnsford P . M . 501 Vice-President , Rt . Wor . J . I . Miller D . G . M ., R . D . Starkie D . G . J . W ., A . M . A . Evans D . G . Registrar , G . M . Hart D . G . Secretary . The circular convening the meeting was read . Bro . Johnsford proposed , and Bro . Starkie seconded , " that the
minutes of the last meeting of tho Board , held 23 rd December 1887 , having been road and received in District Grand Lodge on the 7 th January Inst , should be taken as read . " This was agreed to , and the minntes signed by the President . Revision of Bye-laws in conformity with revised Book of
Constitutions , edition of 1884 . The Bye-laws of the District Grand Lodge were read and considered separately , when , after some discussion , alterations were suggested in Nos . 3 , 9 , 10 , 12 and 14 . It waa decided to publish as an addendum to the proposed new
issue of the Bye-laws , a list of present and past members of the District Grand Lodgo since its inauguration , with their rank and the year in which they were appointed to office . Tho District Grand Master stated that in future it would be one of the duties of the District Grand Assistant Secretary to attend the
meetings of the District Board of General Purposes , and take minntes of its proceedings , and thus relieve the District G . Secretary of some of the work .
It was resolved that on the occasion of the next Regular Communication of the District Grand Lodge , to be held on the 22 nd September , at 9 o'clock p . m ., the nsual invitations be issued inviting all Master Masons to attend .
The order of business to be bronght before the District Grand Lodgo was then discussed , and the District Grand Secretary instructed to issue circulars in accordance with the views of the Board . There being no other business , the meeting separated at 6 ' 45 p . m . GEO . M . HART , D . G . Secretary .
This Report was adopted , nnd the District Grand Secretary was instructed to enter it on the minutes . Some consideration was then given to the Bye-laws , and some alterations adopted . The District Grand Master said , that since the last regular meeting no startling event had taken place to call for remark . It must bo a matter for
congratulation that the District , thongh small , worked harmoniousl y ; the Lodges here and at Chinkiang progressed favourably . There was however , one exception , the TJnion Lodge , No . 1951 , afc Tientsin
which had been somewhat lax in sending returns and holding meetings . The Deputy District Master had recently visited Tientsin , and had communicated with some of the members on the subject ; the District Grand Master therefore hoped that when tho next communi .
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cation took place he conld say that all the Lodges were working well . During tho past season we had to deal with , the question of Her Majesty ' s Jnbilee , and it was a subject for congratulation that the response of this place to the call had been so general : and he especially thanked the members of the sister Lodges for their
co-operation , which had resulted in so good an attendance nt the Cathedral on that occasion . There was one matter respecting the Jnbilee Celebration which called for special notice in this District Grand Lodge . It was that the Most Worshipful Grand Master had conferred the Grand Lodge rank of Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
on Bro . Kingsmill . It was an honour both to himself ancl the Distriot , and could not have been conferred upon a more worthy brother . Tbe District Grand Master , in wishing health and happiness , trusted that the Officers would exert themselves to add further prosperity to their already prosperous district . The District Grand Secretary then
announced that since the last Regnlar Communication several Reports of Proceedings had been received and were now upon the table . A letter of apology for non-attendance was read from Bro . Allcot ,
Doric Lodge , 1453 , Chingkiang . The District Grand Master then thanked the visiting brethren for their presence , and expressed a hope to see them in the District Grand Lodge on future occasions . District Grand Lodge was closed in due form .
East London Hospital For Children.
EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN .
THE Ninth Annual Festival in aid of this invaluable Institution , at Shadwell , in connection with which is a Dispensary for Women , was held on Thursday evening , at Willis's Rooms . There was a very large attendance , nearly two hundred ladies and gentlemen being present ; and amongst the company we noticed several prominent members of the Masonio body , who are ever ready to lend a helping
hand in promoting charitable objects . Mr . Charles Cheston , Chairman of the Board of General Purposes , presided , in the unavoidable absence of the Earl of Meath , who had been announced to take the chair . A sumptuous repast was provided , and the general arrangements made by Bro . W . Dawkins , manager ( late of the Freemasons '
Tavern ) , were all that could be desired . We lately entered into such a lengthy and detailed description of this humane and beneficent enterprise in our columns that we do not deem it necessary to recapitulate the facts here . Sufficient will be gathered from the speech of the Chairman , who , in giving the toast of the evening ,
observed that it was now some twenty years since the founder of the hospital , Dr . Heckford , in a sail-loft at Shadwell , started a dispensary for children and women , and afterwards a hospital with ten cots , which was the parent of the larger hospital of to-day . They had now some ninety-two cots , and last year they found room for 1 , 015
children as in-patients and for nearly 15 , 000 out-patients as well . Where their work was done there was a population of nearly 500 , 000 , who depended for their livelihood on weekly wages , and there were nearly 100 , 000 of the children of tho poor , for the wants of whom the hospital strove to do its best . It lacked the means , however , of
doing all that was required . There was work enough in the district for at least two such hospitals . Since this Institution was founded no fewer than 116 , 000 out-patients , 51 , 000 casualty patients , and more than 11 , 000 in-patients had been treated . Although the hospital waa more economically managed than any of its kind , they
were obliged daily , for want of funds , to refuse relief in many deserving cases . Hitherto they had managed to keep out of debt , but to enable them to continue to do so greater support was needed . He appealed , therefore , to those who loved children and sympathised with the poor of the East-end to come forward with subscriptions ,
which he was sure would nofc be withheld if ladies and gentlemen would go down to the Hospital and see for themselves the beneficent woik it was doing . Mr . E . S . Norris , M . P ., the hon treasurer , responded . Several other toasts were considered , and before the company withdrew , the Secretary ( Mr . Ashton Warner ) announced
subscriptions to the amonnt of nearly £ 1 , 800 , £ 1 , 107 8 s 6 d being on the Chairman's list . We congratulate our esteemed Bro . 0 . Lacey , P . M . and Treasurer of the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 174 , npon hia success in being able , as a Steward , to take up a list of fifty pounds ,
which mnst have required much effort , considering the short notice upon which ho volunteered the duty . The Sincerity Lodge had , aa we have previously stated , voted five guineas to Bro . Lacey's list . No doubt some other of the contributions announced were the result of efforts made by our Masonic Brethren .
The Kingston and Surrey Neivs , which should be in possession of reliable information , seeing that the proprietor , our esteemed Bro . Drewett , takes so active apart in Surrey Masonry , informs us that application has been made to the
proper authorities for the formation of a new Lodge , to be held at the Castle Hotel , East Moulsey . The petition of the founders has been granted , and the consecration will take place on the 22 nd of next month .
The Arnold Lodge , says the same journal , which was established at the Bell Inn , East Moulsey , about five years ago , will shortly remove to Mr . Mayo ' s , as Mr . Pinckley is unable to givo the necessary room for the number of members now on the books . This looks as though
Freemasonry were increasing in the district of Kingston-upon-Thames .
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FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country , by Bro . G . A . HUTTON , 17 Newcastle Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
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indulge in . Later , and after he had been made in the self-constituted Lodge organised in February 1731 , we must believe he would not have so written ; while , as late as 1731 , he does not admit to Price there was another Lodge but that in the City , or in the Province , except that style of " rebells , foreigners " who would make a boon
companion acquainted with all they knew about Freemasonry for a bowl of punch . Indeed , there is printed testimony that in 1754 there were bnt three Lodges in Philadelphia , and none elsewhere in tin Province , so far aa there is any such information . For Masonry did not spread
freely nnder the Franklin or William Allen regime , and which may be said to have terminated with the advent of tho Dermott Provincial Grand Warrant in 1766 , and upon which the Freemasonry of
Pennsylvania from that time to the present ia really founded , as the Grand Lodge , organised after the war of the Eevolution , did not change its style . Kespectfnlly and fraternally , J . FLETCHER BKENNAN . Cincinnati , 0 ., U . S . A .. 2 nd November 1887 .
District Grand Lodge Of Northern China.
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF NORTHERN CHINA .
A EEGULAE Communication was held at the Masonic Hall , Shanghai on Thursday , 22 nd September . There were present Bros . J . I . Miller D . G . M . in the chair , C . H . Dallas P . D . G . M . of Japan , T . W . Kingsmill Deputy D . G . M ., J . Morris D . G . S . W ., R . D . Starkey D . G . J . W ., A . Johnsford P . D . G . W ., W . H . Short D . G . Treas ., A . M . A . Evans D . G . Registrar , J . Findlay President District Board of General
Purposes , G . M . Hart D . G . Secretary , F . J . Marshall P . D . G . S . D . as D . G . S . D ., A . B . Menzies P . D . G . J . W . as D . G . J . D ., T . F . Hough D . G . Director of Ceremonies , E . P . Wickham M . M . 1027 acting D . G . Sword Bearer , R . W . Astill D . G . Standard Bearer , J . J . Mansfield D . G . Steward as D . G . Org ., F . M . Gratton D . G . Assist . Sec , J . West
D . G . P ., J . Cryer D . G . A . P ., S . R . Gale , 0 . W . Ure , R . E . Toeg D . G . Stewards , C . Merrifc D . G . Tyler ; with representatives of the Royal Sussex , No . 501 , the Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , and of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 1027 . There were also several visitors . The brethren having assembled in their respective places in the Lodge ,
Bro . Miller , accompanied by Bro . Dallas , and by the District Grand Officers entered , and was received . The District Grand Lodge was opened in due form , with prayer , at 9 ' 20 o'clock p . m . The circular calling the meeting was read . On the motion of the D . G . Master , the minntes of the last regnlar communication , held 7 th Jannary , and
special communications held 3 rd March and 21 st June 1887 , having bean printed and circulated among the brethren , were taken as read , and on being put to the meeting were unanimously confirmed , and signed by the District Grand Master . The D . G . Master said , the next bnsiness was to receive the Report of the District Board of
General Purposes , and called upon Bro . Findlay , tho President , who read as follows : — Minutes of a meeting of the District Board of General Purposes , held in the Masonio HaU , Shanghai , on Thursday , 8 th September 1887 , at five o ' clock p . m .
Present—Bros . J . Findlay President , A . Johnsford P . M . 501 Vice-President , Rt . Wor . J . I . Miller D . G . M ., R . D . Starkie D . G . J . W ., A . M . A . Evans D . G . Registrar , G . M . Hart D . G . Secretary . The circular convening the meeting was read . Bro . Johnsford proposed , and Bro . Starkie seconded , " that the
minutes of the last meeting of tho Board , held 23 rd December 1887 , having been road and received in District Grand Lodge on the 7 th January Inst , should be taken as read . " This was agreed to , and the minntes signed by the President . Revision of Bye-laws in conformity with revised Book of
Constitutions , edition of 1884 . The Bye-laws of the District Grand Lodge were read and considered separately , when , after some discussion , alterations were suggested in Nos . 3 , 9 , 10 , 12 and 14 . It waa decided to publish as an addendum to the proposed new
issue of the Bye-laws , a list of present and past members of the District Grand Lodgo since its inauguration , with their rank and the year in which they were appointed to office . Tho District Grand Master stated that in future it would be one of the duties of the District Grand Assistant Secretary to attend the
meetings of the District Board of General Purposes , and take minntes of its proceedings , and thus relieve the District G . Secretary of some of the work .
It was resolved that on the occasion of the next Regular Communication of the District Grand Lodge , to be held on the 22 nd September , at 9 o'clock p . m ., the nsual invitations be issued inviting all Master Masons to attend .
The order of business to be bronght before the District Grand Lodgo was then discussed , and the District Grand Secretary instructed to issue circulars in accordance with the views of the Board . There being no other business , the meeting separated at 6 ' 45 p . m . GEO . M . HART , D . G . Secretary .
This Report was adopted , nnd the District Grand Secretary was instructed to enter it on the minutes . Some consideration was then given to the Bye-laws , and some alterations adopted . The District Grand Master said , that since the last regular meeting no startling event had taken place to call for remark . It must bo a matter for
congratulation that the District , thongh small , worked harmoniousl y ; the Lodges here and at Chinkiang progressed favourably . There was however , one exception , the TJnion Lodge , No . 1951 , afc Tientsin
which had been somewhat lax in sending returns and holding meetings . The Deputy District Master had recently visited Tientsin , and had communicated with some of the members on the subject ; the District Grand Master therefore hoped that when tho next communi .
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cation took place he conld say that all the Lodges were working well . During tho past season we had to deal with , the question of Her Majesty ' s Jnbilee , and it was a subject for congratulation that the response of this place to the call had been so general : and he especially thanked the members of the sister Lodges for their
co-operation , which had resulted in so good an attendance nt the Cathedral on that occasion . There was one matter respecting the Jnbilee Celebration which called for special notice in this District Grand Lodge . It was that the Most Worshipful Grand Master had conferred the Grand Lodge rank of Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
on Bro . Kingsmill . It was an honour both to himself ancl the Distriot , and could not have been conferred upon a more worthy brother . Tbe District Grand Master , in wishing health and happiness , trusted that the Officers would exert themselves to add further prosperity to their already prosperous district . The District Grand Secretary then
announced that since the last Regnlar Communication several Reports of Proceedings had been received and were now upon the table . A letter of apology for non-attendance was read from Bro . Allcot ,
Doric Lodge , 1453 , Chingkiang . The District Grand Master then thanked the visiting brethren for their presence , and expressed a hope to see them in the District Grand Lodge on future occasions . District Grand Lodge was closed in due form .
East London Hospital For Children.
EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN .
THE Ninth Annual Festival in aid of this invaluable Institution , at Shadwell , in connection with which is a Dispensary for Women , was held on Thursday evening , at Willis's Rooms . There was a very large attendance , nearly two hundred ladies and gentlemen being present ; and amongst the company we noticed several prominent members of the Masonio body , who are ever ready to lend a helping
hand in promoting charitable objects . Mr . Charles Cheston , Chairman of the Board of General Purposes , presided , in the unavoidable absence of the Earl of Meath , who had been announced to take the chair . A sumptuous repast was provided , and the general arrangements made by Bro . W . Dawkins , manager ( late of the Freemasons '
Tavern ) , were all that could be desired . We lately entered into such a lengthy and detailed description of this humane and beneficent enterprise in our columns that we do not deem it necessary to recapitulate the facts here . Sufficient will be gathered from the speech of the Chairman , who , in giving the toast of the evening ,
observed that it was now some twenty years since the founder of the hospital , Dr . Heckford , in a sail-loft at Shadwell , started a dispensary for children and women , and afterwards a hospital with ten cots , which was the parent of the larger hospital of to-day . They had now some ninety-two cots , and last year they found room for 1 , 015
children as in-patients and for nearly 15 , 000 out-patients as well . Where their work was done there was a population of nearly 500 , 000 , who depended for their livelihood on weekly wages , and there were nearly 100 , 000 of the children of tho poor , for the wants of whom the hospital strove to do its best . It lacked the means , however , of
doing all that was required . There was work enough in the district for at least two such hospitals . Since this Institution was founded no fewer than 116 , 000 out-patients , 51 , 000 casualty patients , and more than 11 , 000 in-patients had been treated . Although the hospital waa more economically managed than any of its kind , they
were obliged daily , for want of funds , to refuse relief in many deserving cases . Hitherto they had managed to keep out of debt , but to enable them to continue to do so greater support was needed . He appealed , therefore , to those who loved children and sympathised with the poor of the East-end to come forward with subscriptions ,
which he was sure would nofc be withheld if ladies and gentlemen would go down to the Hospital and see for themselves the beneficent woik it was doing . Mr . E . S . Norris , M . P ., the hon treasurer , responded . Several other toasts were considered , and before the company withdrew , the Secretary ( Mr . Ashton Warner ) announced
subscriptions to the amonnt of nearly £ 1 , 800 , £ 1 , 107 8 s 6 d being on the Chairman's list . We congratulate our esteemed Bro . 0 . Lacey , P . M . and Treasurer of the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 174 , npon hia success in being able , as a Steward , to take up a list of fifty pounds ,
which mnst have required much effort , considering the short notice upon which ho volunteered the duty . The Sincerity Lodge had , aa we have previously stated , voted five guineas to Bro . Lacey's list . No doubt some other of the contributions announced were the result of efforts made by our Masonic Brethren .
The Kingston and Surrey Neivs , which should be in possession of reliable information , seeing that the proprietor , our esteemed Bro . Drewett , takes so active apart in Surrey Masonry , informs us that application has been made to the
proper authorities for the formation of a new Lodge , to be held at the Castle Hotel , East Moulsey . The petition of the founders has been granted , and the consecration will take place on the 22 nd of next month .
The Arnold Lodge , says the same journal , which was established at the Bell Inn , East Moulsey , about five years ago , will shortly remove to Mr . Mayo ' s , as Mr . Pinckley is unable to givo the necessary room for the number of members now on the books . This looks as though
Freemasonry were increasing in the district of Kingston-upon-Thames .
Ad00604
FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country , by Bro . G . A . HUTTON , 17 Newcastle Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .