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resolution precedes this proclamation ; and further , having considered the report ofthe committee which framed the same , and having previously solicited the will and pleasure of tho Sup . Council of Sov . Gr . Ins . General , as also that of the administrative council , both of which were unanimous in their decisions , including that of the senate ; and having a perfect harmony and concordance with each and all , and also by virtue of the faculties with which tbe Al . S . G . Alaster is invested , according to paragraphs 1 st and 2 nd of the 26 th article of the Constitution , and which is applicable to the case , all of which cletirly points out the genuine Constitution statutes of tbe Order . " It is therefore decreed as follows—to wit :
Art . 1 . Ihe resolution ot the Sup . Gr . Alasonic Senate , dated the 23 rd day of the Alasonic month Ve-Adar , 5864 , ( corresponding to Alarc ' h 26 th , 1 SG 5 , E . V . ) shall have full force and effect in all the extent of the district ' under tbe jurisdiction of this Grand Orient , wherein and whereby the Alasonic rebellion which exists in the G . E . of Bogota is condemned , beginning from Alay last past ; and all Granadian Alasons who shall fail to pay the most absolute obedience to this decreeshall be punished
con-, formably with the grand statutes . " Art . 2 . The following persons , who appear to have figured as the authors and principal accomplices in the above-mentioned rebellion against tlie Alasonic institution , and the government ivhich has been legitimately formed for the last thirty years , shall be provisionally suspended from all Alasonij rights , lights , and benefits , viz .: —SS . ' . G . - . I . - . L * . Generals Thos . C . de
Mosquera , Francisco A aleria Barreja , and Francisco Villalba ; and theS . P . R . S . LeonHeehevarria , Alanuel Ancizar , Juan X . Ponton y Xicolas Anzola Tabar ; tbe Grand I . I . Com . Rafael Elizer Santander , and tho K . D . S . H . Jose de D . Ucros Luis Garcia Evia , Vincente Gutirez de Pinerez and Francis Aquedelo . " Art . 3 . Official notice having been received that Charity Chapter and Star of Tequendama Lodge ( both within this
jurisdiction ) have affiliated themselves with the clandestine body known as the Gran Oriente Columbiano , they are each and both of them hereby suspended from labour . The period of suspension is indefinite , and until such time as these erring bodies realise their delinquency , retrace their steps , and give undoubted proof of sincere repentance . " Art . 4 . All the so-called Alasonic associations created by the
clandestine parties at Bogota—as , for example , the one entitled Propagadores de la Luz , form no part of the Order of Freemasonry . Undor these circumstances , all institutions which are or may hereafter be made , and all increase of wages which they concede , or may hereafter be conceded , or may have heretofore
conceded , are null and void . "Art . 5 . They are declared irregular and aro equally suspended , provisionally , all of those brethren who , in the Chapter R . X . Caridad and in the Lodge Estrella del Tequendama , have contributed to raise the standard of rebellion against the constituted Alasonic government of our country , likewise those who did and have consented to such an outrage , are hereby provisionally suspended from all their rihts and privileges .
g "Art . 6 . The Alasons mentioned in Articles 1 st and 5 th , and those intruders mentioned in Art . 4 , will not be admitted under any excuse or pretext in any of the lodges and bodies of the Grand Orient of New Granada , under the penalty of incurring the responsibility mentioned in Art . 13 of the General Statutes of July 13 , 1 S 57 . "Art . 7 . The bodies in state of rebellion are responsible for
the amounts they have not paid and may hereby become due to tho Treasurer ofthe H . E . ; and the puissant brother who has charge of this department will give tho necessary instructions to the brother charged with the collection of said funds at Bogota ; but if this brother is one of those declared as irregular , then said puissant brother will withdraw the power given to him , demanding of him a proper account .
" Art . S . The visiting brethren , appointed bv the executive power , near the Chapter R . X . Caridad , anil Lodge Estrella del Tequendama , will not make use of their powers till further orders . "Arl . O . The competent Alasonic tribunals , without loss of time , will proceed to try and punish the guilty parties , considering them individually or collectivel .
y "Art . 10 . The present decree will be communicated to all tbe foreign grand bodies , requesting them to adhere to the determination of this grand body , as has been done in similar cases which have occurred over the globe . "Art . 11 . It will also be communicated to the bodies in correspondence , so that they may withdraw their representatives
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from these rebellious bodies , and forbid any communication withthem . "Art . 12 . If within three months from date , these erring brothers will not return to the bosom of the great family , very stringent measures will then be adopted to expel those contumacious , ancl to strike out for ever their names from the golden book . "Art . 13 . Let all the above be communicated aud published
through its proper channel . " Given at the Orient of Cartagena , capital of the Grand Orient of Xew Granada , under the great seal of the Grand Alaster , on the 1 st day of the 1 st month Xisan , 5 SG 5 , corresponding to March 28 th , A . D . 1865 . " DEUS AIEUMQUE . Ins , " ANTONIO A . T ATIS 33 , " First representative , iu charge of the executive power . " JUAN UOEOS , 33 rd , " Secretary-General of State . "
China.
CHINA .
SHANGHAI . CEREMONY OV LAYING THE F OUNDATION STONE OE A XEAV AIASONIC HALT ,. The members of the several lodges in Shanghai met together at tho Hall in Canton-road , and formed at five p . m ., July 3 rd , a procession in the following order : — The Consular Bod .
^ y - ^ ' ? . The Ahinicipal Council . £ - j ^ The Commissioners of Customs S _ u ( Two and Two ) . g S The Shanghai Rangers . ^ c The Rifle Corps . g " 3 Police Band . i ? > Tyler , Brother AicMillan . -
A isiting Brethren , not members of any lodge present ( Two and Two ) . The \ A orshipful Alasters , Past Masters , AVardens , Past AA ardens , Officers , and Members of the lodges present , in the following order : — Tyler . Banner of the Northern Lodge of China . Brethren two and two , Juniors first . Inner Guard . Senior Deacon with AVand . Junior Deacon with AVand .
Secretary . Treasurer . Senior AVarden . Junior Warden . Past Alasters . Steward with AA and . Steward with AVand AA ' orshipful Alasters . Ancient Land Alark Lodge under charge of brother AV . C . Blanchard , S . W . Tbe Cosmopolitan Lod under charge of Bro . Coghill ^ D . M .
ge , The Tuscan Lodge , No . 1027 , under charge of Bro . A . J . Johnston S . AA . Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , under charge of Bro . R . A . Jamieson , J . AV . The Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 501 , under charge of Bro . Holdsworfch , S . W . Band of the 67 th Regiment . Banners .
Steward , C Cornucopia with Corn , borne by Bro . "A Steward , Brother ) C . E . Hill , W . M ., Ancient Land [ Brother W . Rome . ( Alark Lodge . ) A . J . Adams . Ewer wifch Wine , Bro . A . J . AA'heelock . Ewer with Oil , Bro . II . J . Canliam . Assistant Director of Ceremonies , Bro . F . Farr . Director of Ceremonies , R . AA . Bro . Donaldson . Silver Trowel , borne by Past Alaster Bro . Underwood , Xo . 570 .
Acting Grand Superintendent of Works , with plans , Bro . J . Clark . f Secretary , with " Book of Constitutions , " " ! Steward , | Bro . I . AI . Lloyd . 1 Steward , Brother -j Treasurer , carrying a phial containing )¦ Brother Partridge . | Coins , to be deposited in the stone , | Collins . l _ Bro . V . Seaman . J Rough Ashlar , Bro . Forrester . Perfect Ashlar , Bro . Alackenzie .
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South America.
resolution precedes this proclamation ; and further , having considered the report ofthe committee which framed the same , and having previously solicited the will and pleasure of tho Sup . Council of Sov . Gr . Ins . General , as also that of the administrative council , both of which were unanimous in their decisions , including that of the senate ; and having a perfect harmony and concordance with each and all , and also by virtue of the faculties with which tbe Al . S . G . Alaster is invested , according to paragraphs 1 st and 2 nd of the 26 th article of the Constitution , and which is applicable to the case , all of which cletirly points out the genuine Constitution statutes of tbe Order . " It is therefore decreed as follows—to wit :
Art . 1 . Ihe resolution ot the Sup . Gr . Alasonic Senate , dated the 23 rd day of the Alasonic month Ve-Adar , 5864 , ( corresponding to Alarc ' h 26 th , 1 SG 5 , E . V . ) shall have full force and effect in all the extent of the district ' under tbe jurisdiction of this Grand Orient , wherein and whereby the Alasonic rebellion which exists in the G . E . of Bogota is condemned , beginning from Alay last past ; and all Granadian Alasons who shall fail to pay the most absolute obedience to this decreeshall be punished
con-, formably with the grand statutes . " Art . 2 . The following persons , who appear to have figured as the authors and principal accomplices in the above-mentioned rebellion against tlie Alasonic institution , and the government ivhich has been legitimately formed for the last thirty years , shall be provisionally suspended from all Alasonij rights , lights , and benefits , viz .: —SS . ' . G . - . I . - . L * . Generals Thos . C . de
Mosquera , Francisco A aleria Barreja , and Francisco Villalba ; and theS . P . R . S . LeonHeehevarria , Alanuel Ancizar , Juan X . Ponton y Xicolas Anzola Tabar ; tbe Grand I . I . Com . Rafael Elizer Santander , and tho K . D . S . H . Jose de D . Ucros Luis Garcia Evia , Vincente Gutirez de Pinerez and Francis Aquedelo . " Art . 3 . Official notice having been received that Charity Chapter and Star of Tequendama Lodge ( both within this
jurisdiction ) have affiliated themselves with the clandestine body known as the Gran Oriente Columbiano , they are each and both of them hereby suspended from labour . The period of suspension is indefinite , and until such time as these erring bodies realise their delinquency , retrace their steps , and give undoubted proof of sincere repentance . " Art . 4 . All the so-called Alasonic associations created by the
clandestine parties at Bogota—as , for example , the one entitled Propagadores de la Luz , form no part of the Order of Freemasonry . Undor these circumstances , all institutions which are or may hereafter be made , and all increase of wages which they concede , or may hereafter be conceded , or may have heretofore
conceded , are null and void . "Art . 5 . They are declared irregular and aro equally suspended , provisionally , all of those brethren who , in the Chapter R . X . Caridad and in the Lodge Estrella del Tequendama , have contributed to raise the standard of rebellion against the constituted Alasonic government of our country , likewise those who did and have consented to such an outrage , are hereby provisionally suspended from all their rihts and privileges .
g "Art . 6 . The Alasons mentioned in Articles 1 st and 5 th , and those intruders mentioned in Art . 4 , will not be admitted under any excuse or pretext in any of the lodges and bodies of the Grand Orient of New Granada , under the penalty of incurring the responsibility mentioned in Art . 13 of the General Statutes of July 13 , 1 S 57 . "Art . 7 . The bodies in state of rebellion are responsible for
the amounts they have not paid and may hereby become due to tho Treasurer ofthe H . E . ; and the puissant brother who has charge of this department will give tho necessary instructions to the brother charged with the collection of said funds at Bogota ; but if this brother is one of those declared as irregular , then said puissant brother will withdraw the power given to him , demanding of him a proper account .
" Art . S . The visiting brethren , appointed bv the executive power , near the Chapter R . X . Caridad , anil Lodge Estrella del Tequendama , will not make use of their powers till further orders . "Arl . O . The competent Alasonic tribunals , without loss of time , will proceed to try and punish the guilty parties , considering them individually or collectivel .
y "Art . 10 . The present decree will be communicated to all tbe foreign grand bodies , requesting them to adhere to the determination of this grand body , as has been done in similar cases which have occurred over the globe . "Art . 11 . It will also be communicated to the bodies in correspondence , so that they may withdraw their representatives
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from these rebellious bodies , and forbid any communication withthem . "Art . 12 . If within three months from date , these erring brothers will not return to the bosom of the great family , very stringent measures will then be adopted to expel those contumacious , ancl to strike out for ever their names from the golden book . "Art . 13 . Let all the above be communicated aud published
through its proper channel . " Given at the Orient of Cartagena , capital of the Grand Orient of Xew Granada , under the great seal of the Grand Alaster , on the 1 st day of the 1 st month Xisan , 5 SG 5 , corresponding to March 28 th , A . D . 1865 . " DEUS AIEUMQUE . Ins , " ANTONIO A . T ATIS 33 , " First representative , iu charge of the executive power . " JUAN UOEOS , 33 rd , " Secretary-General of State . "
China.
CHINA .
SHANGHAI . CEREMONY OV LAYING THE F OUNDATION STONE OE A XEAV AIASONIC HALT ,. The members of the several lodges in Shanghai met together at tho Hall in Canton-road , and formed at five p . m ., July 3 rd , a procession in the following order : — The Consular Bod .
^ y - ^ ' ? . The Ahinicipal Council . £ - j ^ The Commissioners of Customs S _ u ( Two and Two ) . g S The Shanghai Rangers . ^ c The Rifle Corps . g " 3 Police Band . i ? > Tyler , Brother AicMillan . -
A isiting Brethren , not members of any lodge present ( Two and Two ) . The \ A orshipful Alasters , Past Masters , AVardens , Past AA ardens , Officers , and Members of the lodges present , in the following order : — Tyler . Banner of the Northern Lodge of China . Brethren two and two , Juniors first . Inner Guard . Senior Deacon with AVand . Junior Deacon with AVand .
Secretary . Treasurer . Senior AVarden . Junior Warden . Past Alasters . Steward with AA and . Steward with AVand AA ' orshipful Alasters . Ancient Land Alark Lodge under charge of brother AV . C . Blanchard , S . W . Tbe Cosmopolitan Lod under charge of Bro . Coghill ^ D . M .
ge , The Tuscan Lodge , No . 1027 , under charge of Bro . A . J . Johnston S . AA . Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , under charge of Bro . R . A . Jamieson , J . AV . The Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 501 , under charge of Bro . Holdsworfch , S . W . Band of the 67 th Regiment . Banners .
Steward , C Cornucopia with Corn , borne by Bro . "A Steward , Brother ) C . E . Hill , W . M ., Ancient Land [ Brother W . Rome . ( Alark Lodge . ) A . J . Adams . Ewer wifch Wine , Bro . A . J . AA'heelock . Ewer with Oil , Bro . II . J . Canliam . Assistant Director of Ceremonies , Bro . F . Farr . Director of Ceremonies , R . AA . Bro . Donaldson . Silver Trowel , borne by Past Alaster Bro . Underwood , Xo . 570 .
Acting Grand Superintendent of Works , with plans , Bro . J . Clark . f Secretary , with " Book of Constitutions , " " ! Steward , | Bro . I . AI . Lloyd . 1 Steward , Brother -j Treasurer , carrying a phial containing )¦ Brother Partridge . | Coins , to be deposited in the stone , | Collins . l _ Bro . V . Seaman . J Rough Ashlar , Bro . Forrester . Perfect Ashlar , Bro . Alackenzie .