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China.
CHINA .
( From our own Correspondent . ) Perhaps there is no place in the East where Freemasonry has made such rapid strides as in Shanghai : a l-etrospect of its progress may not here be out of place . Early iu 1 S 63 there was but one lodge , that one was the Northern Lodge of China , established 1849 . By a dispensation granted by the P . G . M . at Hong-Kong , the Royal Sussex Lodge , the oldest in China ,
was moved from Canton to Shanghai , and re-opened at this latter port in 1863 . The American portion of the community during this time were not idle , tor in May of 186-1 a provincial warrant was received from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts authorising the establishment of a Masonic lodge . The rule adopted by the Grand Lodge of the United States when granting
charters to form lodges is to sanction the working of the lodge for one year prior to its being regularly enrolled on the list of lodges . This was the case with the Ancient Land Mark Lodge . The warrant arrived allowing it to work for one year . The lodge was governed in the most able and efficient manner by Bro . Charles G . Hill , of the Lodge St . John of Boston , Mass ., the oldest lodge in America , dating back to 1731 , whose zeal for the Craft is well known to all the Masons in
Shanghai . The Land Mark Lodge , by the end of the first year , swelled its numbers to the extent of being one of , if not the strongest , lodges at the port . This lodge worked its first year , and at the completion , by some unaccountable mischance , the regular warrant had not reached by the time it was due ; as may be anticipated , this
was a disappointment to all its members , but the inconvenience was only temporary , for since writing thus far I learn that the charter which was confidently looked for in June last , the party entrusted in America with business of forwarding the warrant after it was obtained , the parchment was sent round the Cape , and only came to hand late last month , just in time
to enable the officers to arrange for a proper inauguration of the lodge on its regular night of meeting on Tuesday , the 5 th of September . Perhaps on this evening the largest number of Freemasons that ever asseaibled together in Shanghai to witness the ceremony of installing a Master , assembled . Amongst those present were , Bros . Dunlop , P . M . ; Tilby , P . M . ; Nutt , W . M . Northern Lodge of China ; G . E . Hill , M'Gr . idy , Eatnes , Titus , MackieLewisStevens
, , , Burne , Benning , M'AIillan , Suits , Hallett , Eriekson , Forsyth , Erven , Martin , Groom , Gunther , Bndden , Stewart , Cromartre , Hutchison , Mnller , Emery , Louis , Canham , Forrester , Stevenson , Forks , Ward , Gardner , Lorrell ,
M'Laughlin , Simmons , Hall , Farnham , Rodgers , Scott , Harrold , Broadhnrst , Anderson , Taylor , De Lander , W . Jackson , Bert , Hertz , G . F , Jackson , Inglis , Scanncll , Seamen , Talbot , Pearson , Holdsworth , F . N . Primrose , Birfc , Irrnancl , Haskell , Taylor , Borrodaile , Ryder , Ray , Lord , Eckfeldt , Stibbolt , Penrose , Endieott , Hall , Johnston , Wmchurst , Nixon , Russell , Smith , Rice , and others . The lodwas opened at nine . m . BroDunlopPMtaking
ge p , . , .., the chair , with Bros . Nutt , AV . M . Northern Lodge , S . W ., and Tilby , P . M ., J . W . The other officers' chairs were filled by the officers of the youngest lodge at the port , the Tuscan Locigo ( No . 1027 ) . After the opening in the first degree , according to the English ritual , Bro . Nutt , WM ., presented Bro . Charles Eugene Hill as first Worshipful Master appointed b y the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
, to preside over and govern during the present year , or until such time as a successor is appointed to the Ancient Land Mark Lodge . The lodge was then opened in the second , and subsequently the third degrees , when all below the rank of Installed Masters having retired , Bro . Hill was placed in the chair of King Solomon , according to ancient form , Bro . Dunlop , P . M ., acting as Installing Master . The board of installed Masters having been closed , all Master Masons were readmitted , and the lodge was successively closed in the third and second degree , Bro . Hill , W . M ., being pro-
China.
claimed respectively in the E . AV . and S ., and receiving the salutations of the various grades . The W . M . then inveated his officers as follows : — Bro . W . C . Blanchard S . W . „ I . J . Raymond J . W . „ I . B . Eames Treas . „ Thos . L . McCready Sec . „ Benjamin Titus S . D .
„ AVm . C . Eppes J . D . „ B . R . Lewis Sen . Steward . „ J . II . Mackie Jun . Steward . „ AV . Phillips Tyler . At the conclusion of these installations R . W . Bro . Dunlop , addressed the newly-installed Master and officers very feelingly and appropriately , the lodge closing for a short time at halfpast ten p . m .
The lodge having resumed , with solemn music , amongst other business a resolution was carried , tendering the warm thanks of the Ancient Land Mark Lodge to the Worshipful Past Masters Dunlop , Tilby , and Nutt for their kindness , and for the able manner in which they conducted the installation ceremony ; thanks were also votecl to the other visiting brethren for their , assistance , the Secretary being directed to communicate the same to his colleague Secretaries in the lodges represented .
Bro . Tilby , W . M ., on behalf of himself and Bros . Dunlop and Nutt , could not allow the lodge to close without promptly acknowledging the kind words said of them . It had been his good fortune to see the working of the Ancient Land Mark Lodge under Bro . Hill on vavio as occasions , and he congratulated the members of the lodge on their having , for their first Master , one so zealous for the interest and honour of the Craft —one so able and experienced—and one in whom they could
but recognise a true and worthy Mason ancl a brother . In what hael been done by the Masons of other lodges that evening , the honour and pleasure were theirs , in being permitted to participate in the ceremonies on such an interesting occasion . It was his earnest hope that the Ancient Land Murk Lodge , now finally inaugurated , might have a long career of Masonic usefulness and success . The lodge finally closed at midnight . Since the first opening of the Ancient Land Mark Lodgetwo
, other Masonic bodies have been established in Shanghai , the Cosmopolitan Lodge ( No . 42 S ) , under the Scotch Constitution , and the Tuscan Lodge ( No . 1027 ) , under the English . Yet it may appear strange that at a place where there are five Masonic lodges , a Royal Arch Chapter , a Knight Templar ' s Encampment , and a chapter conferring the Royal Order of Scotland , the head quarters of English Freemasonry in China
should be at Hong Kong , where there are but two lodges and a chapter ; yet , though the P . G . M . at Hong Kong has considerately refrained from calling upon the lodges holden under the English Constitutions , to send representatives from this port which might at times be inconvenient , is duly acknowledged , yet the bestowal of every provincial offer upon the members of two lodges but too plainly evidences tho necessity apparently existing for the lodges which constitute the Masonic province of China being unrepresented and unrewarded , being too speedily remedied .
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Os Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . H . J . Thompson , of Little Britain , was married at the district church of St . Mary , Hornsey-iise , to the amiable ancl talented sister of Bro . J . A . Hatch , ofthe Crouch-end Schools . The interesting bride was elegantly attired in Masonic blue satin , with a very beautiful wreath of orange blossoms and voluminous white veil ; the bridesmaids in white tarletan , trimmed with crimson silk , and very elegant wreaths . Tlie service was most impressivel
y read by tho respected incumbent , and the church was numerously attended by respectable parishioners . About eighty of the pupils of Bro . Hatch accompanied the teachers . There were also present many brethren of the Craft . After the usual forms in the vestry , the bridal party ( in four carriages ) returned to the hospitable mansion of Bro . Hatch , and partook of a most rec / terc / ie' dejeHner ; and after the usual toasts and kind wishes
, the happy pair started for Brighton to spend the honeymoon . In the evening many of the younger portion of the daughters of the neighbouring gentry visited the schools , where they and the pupils were entertained by Bro . Hatch with a ball and supper ; every one present appeared to have spent a most delightful day . We must now conclude with sincerely wishing Mr . and Mrs . Thompson every happiness .
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China.
CHINA .
( From our own Correspondent . ) Perhaps there is no place in the East where Freemasonry has made such rapid strides as in Shanghai : a l-etrospect of its progress may not here be out of place . Early iu 1 S 63 there was but one lodge , that one was the Northern Lodge of China , established 1849 . By a dispensation granted by the P . G . M . at Hong-Kong , the Royal Sussex Lodge , the oldest in China ,
was moved from Canton to Shanghai , and re-opened at this latter port in 1863 . The American portion of the community during this time were not idle , tor in May of 186-1 a provincial warrant was received from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts authorising the establishment of a Masonic lodge . The rule adopted by the Grand Lodge of the United States when granting
charters to form lodges is to sanction the working of the lodge for one year prior to its being regularly enrolled on the list of lodges . This was the case with the Ancient Land Mark Lodge . The warrant arrived allowing it to work for one year . The lodge was governed in the most able and efficient manner by Bro . Charles G . Hill , of the Lodge St . John of Boston , Mass ., the oldest lodge in America , dating back to 1731 , whose zeal for the Craft is well known to all the Masons in
Shanghai . The Land Mark Lodge , by the end of the first year , swelled its numbers to the extent of being one of , if not the strongest , lodges at the port . This lodge worked its first year , and at the completion , by some unaccountable mischance , the regular warrant had not reached by the time it was due ; as may be anticipated , this
was a disappointment to all its members , but the inconvenience was only temporary , for since writing thus far I learn that the charter which was confidently looked for in June last , the party entrusted in America with business of forwarding the warrant after it was obtained , the parchment was sent round the Cape , and only came to hand late last month , just in time
to enable the officers to arrange for a proper inauguration of the lodge on its regular night of meeting on Tuesday , the 5 th of September . Perhaps on this evening the largest number of Freemasons that ever asseaibled together in Shanghai to witness the ceremony of installing a Master , assembled . Amongst those present were , Bros . Dunlop , P . M . ; Tilby , P . M . ; Nutt , W . M . Northern Lodge of China ; G . E . Hill , M'Gr . idy , Eatnes , Titus , MackieLewisStevens
, , , Burne , Benning , M'AIillan , Suits , Hallett , Eriekson , Forsyth , Erven , Martin , Groom , Gunther , Bndden , Stewart , Cromartre , Hutchison , Mnller , Emery , Louis , Canham , Forrester , Stevenson , Forks , Ward , Gardner , Lorrell ,
M'Laughlin , Simmons , Hall , Farnham , Rodgers , Scott , Harrold , Broadhnrst , Anderson , Taylor , De Lander , W . Jackson , Bert , Hertz , G . F , Jackson , Inglis , Scanncll , Seamen , Talbot , Pearson , Holdsworth , F . N . Primrose , Birfc , Irrnancl , Haskell , Taylor , Borrodaile , Ryder , Ray , Lord , Eckfeldt , Stibbolt , Penrose , Endieott , Hall , Johnston , Wmchurst , Nixon , Russell , Smith , Rice , and others . The lodwas opened at nine . m . BroDunlopPMtaking
ge p , . , .., the chair , with Bros . Nutt , AV . M . Northern Lodge , S . W ., and Tilby , P . M ., J . W . The other officers' chairs were filled by the officers of the youngest lodge at the port , the Tuscan Locigo ( No . 1027 ) . After the opening in the first degree , according to the English ritual , Bro . Nutt , WM ., presented Bro . Charles Eugene Hill as first Worshipful Master appointed b y the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
, to preside over and govern during the present year , or until such time as a successor is appointed to the Ancient Land Mark Lodge . The lodge was then opened in the second , and subsequently the third degrees , when all below the rank of Installed Masters having retired , Bro . Hill was placed in the chair of King Solomon , according to ancient form , Bro . Dunlop , P . M ., acting as Installing Master . The board of installed Masters having been closed , all Master Masons were readmitted , and the lodge was successively closed in the third and second degree , Bro . Hill , W . M ., being pro-
China.
claimed respectively in the E . AV . and S ., and receiving the salutations of the various grades . The W . M . then inveated his officers as follows : — Bro . W . C . Blanchard S . W . „ I . J . Raymond J . W . „ I . B . Eames Treas . „ Thos . L . McCready Sec . „ Benjamin Titus S . D .
„ AVm . C . Eppes J . D . „ B . R . Lewis Sen . Steward . „ J . II . Mackie Jun . Steward . „ AV . Phillips Tyler . At the conclusion of these installations R . W . Bro . Dunlop , addressed the newly-installed Master and officers very feelingly and appropriately , the lodge closing for a short time at halfpast ten p . m .
The lodge having resumed , with solemn music , amongst other business a resolution was carried , tendering the warm thanks of the Ancient Land Mark Lodge to the Worshipful Past Masters Dunlop , Tilby , and Nutt for their kindness , and for the able manner in which they conducted the installation ceremony ; thanks were also votecl to the other visiting brethren for their , assistance , the Secretary being directed to communicate the same to his colleague Secretaries in the lodges represented .
Bro . Tilby , W . M ., on behalf of himself and Bros . Dunlop and Nutt , could not allow the lodge to close without promptly acknowledging the kind words said of them . It had been his good fortune to see the working of the Ancient Land Mark Lodge under Bro . Hill on vavio as occasions , and he congratulated the members of the lodge on their having , for their first Master , one so zealous for the interest and honour of the Craft —one so able and experienced—and one in whom they could
but recognise a true and worthy Mason ancl a brother . In what hael been done by the Masons of other lodges that evening , the honour and pleasure were theirs , in being permitted to participate in the ceremonies on such an interesting occasion . It was his earnest hope that the Ancient Land Murk Lodge , now finally inaugurated , might have a long career of Masonic usefulness and success . The lodge finally closed at midnight . Since the first opening of the Ancient Land Mark Lodgetwo
, other Masonic bodies have been established in Shanghai , the Cosmopolitan Lodge ( No . 42 S ) , under the Scotch Constitution , and the Tuscan Lodge ( No . 1027 ) , under the English . Yet it may appear strange that at a place where there are five Masonic lodges , a Royal Arch Chapter , a Knight Templar ' s Encampment , and a chapter conferring the Royal Order of Scotland , the head quarters of English Freemasonry in China
should be at Hong Kong , where there are but two lodges and a chapter ; yet , though the P . G . M . at Hong Kong has considerately refrained from calling upon the lodges holden under the English Constitutions , to send representatives from this port which might at times be inconvenient , is duly acknowledged , yet the bestowal of every provincial offer upon the members of two lodges but too plainly evidences tho necessity apparently existing for the lodges which constitute the Masonic province of China being unrepresented and unrewarded , being too speedily remedied .
Ar01701
Os Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . H . J . Thompson , of Little Britain , was married at the district church of St . Mary , Hornsey-iise , to the amiable ancl talented sister of Bro . J . A . Hatch , ofthe Crouch-end Schools . The interesting bride was elegantly attired in Masonic blue satin , with a very beautiful wreath of orange blossoms and voluminous white veil ; the bridesmaids in white tarletan , trimmed with crimson silk , and very elegant wreaths . Tlie service was most impressivel
y read by tho respected incumbent , and the church was numerously attended by respectable parishioners . About eighty of the pupils of Bro . Hatch accompanied the teachers . There were also present many brethren of the Craft . After the usual forms in the vestry , the bridal party ( in four carriages ) returned to the hospitable mansion of Bro . Hatch , and partook of a most rec / terc / ie' dejeHner ; and after the usual toasts and kind wishes
, the happy pair started for Brighton to spend the honeymoon . In the evening many of the younger portion of the daughters of the neighbouring gentry visited the schools , where they and the pupils were entertained by Bro . Hatch with a ball and supper ; every one present appeared to have spent a most delightful day . We must now conclude with sincerely wishing Mr . and Mrs . Thompson every happiness .