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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-

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GRAND LODGE PROPERTY. Article 1
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 1
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF BROTHER P. J. PROUDHON. Article 2
FREEMASONRY IN CHINA. Article 3
HAMILTON PLACE, PICCADILLY, LONDON. Article 5
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
METROPOLITAN. Article 10
PROVINCIAL. Article 10
ROYAL ARCH. Article 14
MARK MASONRY. Article 15
BAHAMAS. Article 15
CHINA. Article 15
INDIA. Article 16
Obituary. Article 17
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 17
MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED. Article 17
LITERARY EXTRACTS. Article 17
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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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-

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