Freemasonry In China.

lights of the South that Canton shall never again be in a position to warrant the possession of a Masonic charter , first the Avarrant for a Royal Arch chapter Avas returned to the Grand Lodge , and afterwards the lodge itself was moved here as sister

to that of North China ; the same , during the past year , having been very efficiently Avorked by Bro . Parker , P . M . The third and last lodge under the Grand Lodge of England is the Tuscan , Avhich was Avas established in Shanghai during the summer of last year , and completed the trio necessary to

enable the Grand Lodge of Ens-land to erect this quarter into a separate province , distinct from that of Hong- Kong ( called the Provincial Lodge of China ) , so far away that it is sometimes impossible for those here to obtain dispensations for certain necessary acts , the doing of which without such

dispensation is unconstitutional , —that is to say , itis not in conformity with the tenets of our Masonic religion .

To revert to the opening line of the remarks , ' ' ' ' Freemasonry iu China made great strides in 1834 , " the Grand Lodge of England is no longer the dictator to all and several of every country . Our American brethren last year established a lodge of their owii , under the designation of the

Ancient Landmark ; Avhile , lastly , the Grand Lodge of Scotland has Avisely seen fit to comply Avith the prayer of a sufficient number of the brethren , and grant the charter for a Scotch lodgo under the designation of " Cosmopolitan" —this announcement bringing us to the object which we had in view when we took pen in hand , namely , to record the installation of its Worshipful Master and other officers .

To resume—Ave have three lodges in Shanghai under the Grand Lodge of England , one under the American , and one under the Scottish constitutions ; ancl though , as we have said , England is not now the sole dictator in Masonry in China , all other lodges here are proud of possessing , in the

person of the Right Worshipful Past Provincial Grand Master Rawson , a brother on whose experience and brotherly regard they can always depend Avhen requiring , as Ave all require to the latest hour of our existence , instruction and advice . And Ave could not have a more perfect illustration of

the harmony of Masonry under an efficient ancl respected chief , than the circumstance that all five lodges work under one roof , and have but one Tyler , Brother Phillips ; whilst , as in the case before us , each lodge lends the other a helping hand when necessary .

The summons for assembling fixed 5 . 30 p . ar . of 'Wednesday , the 28 th December , at Avhich hour the Northern Lodge of China was opened iu ancient form by the Worshipful Past Master , Brother Dunlop ( in the absence of the Worshipful Master , Brother Nntt , who arrived shortly afterwards ) , on the dais , besides Past Provincial Grand Master Rawson , and no less than six past or

presentworking Masters , an assemblage seldom seen ; the number of brethren present in all being between forty and fifty . Our contemporary of the Ifeics gives the folio wiug list of names of brethren present : —•

Bros . Samuel Rawson , P . Prov . G . M . China ; Robert F . Gould , P . M ., P . Prov . S . G . W . Andalusia ; Charles E . Parker , Alfred R . Tilby , Ludovic G . Dunlop , P . M . ' s ; John Nutt , Henry A . Sidford , Charles M . Donaldson , W . M . elect ; R . J . FearonS . W . Northern Lodge of China ; R . S .

, Gundry , J . W . Tuscan Lodge ; Y . Seaman , S . D . Sussex Lodge ; S . Oppert , S . D . Tuscan Lodge ; E . J . Deslandes , J . D . Tuscan Lodge ; J . Jacques , Sec . Tuscan Lodge ; J . M'L . Brown , W . Tarrant , J . Thome , Wood , Benjamin , Jeffrey , Keir , Hobson , and about twenty-five others .

The charter of erection having been read by the R . W . P . Prov . Grand Master , the lodge Avas consecrated in duo form hy Bro . the Rev . J . M . W . Farnham , acting as Chaplain ; after which the W . Master elect , Bro . Charles Melville Donaldson , was installed by the Worshipful Past Master , Bro . ' Gould , Past Master of the Northern Lodge of China .

The Worshipful Master , Bro . Donaldson , then installed the folloAving- brethren to act as officebearers of the Cosmopolitan for the ensuing year : — Bro . J . G . M . Coghill Depute Master . „ John Wilson Senior Warden . ,, W . D CA'ine Junior Warden .

„ James Hooper Treasurer . „ William Tarrant Secretary ( Interim ) . „ T . S . Borradaile Senior Deacon . „ Robert Darling Junior Deacon . j , J . M . W . Farnham . Chaplain . „ F . Fan- Dir . of the Cers . „ L . Segar Inner Guard . „ W . Phillips Tyler .

The business of the evening- having- been satisfactorily got through , the lodge AA as then closed iu due form . We are bound to say that Ave hail this establishment of a Scotch lodo-e in China with a o-ood deal of satisfaction , ancl have no doubt but in the Grand

Lodge of Scotland the brethren Avill be Avell represented by their newly appointed Proxy Master , Bro . John M'Gaan , of the Mother Kilwinning Lodge . That the exertions of a Proxy Master are requisite to keep the lodge properly represented , seems necessary—the date of the charter being in March last , whereas it only came to hand by the mail Avhich reached us a week before Christmas .

The consequence of this delay Avas that , of seven officers named in the charter signed by the Earl of Kinnaird as Grand Master , on the death of the Duke of Athol , only two were here ready to do their duty—two having- died , and the others haviiiQ- left the settlement either for their native land or other parts of the far east . The great difficul-