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ment ? The viands form the " corn of nourishment" she liquids the " wino and refreshment ; " and , may we not almost say , the harmony of sweet sounds t ' lvnn musical instrument and human voice divine , represent the " oil off joy ? " —Keystone .

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W * do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must heir the name and address of the "Writer not necessarily for publication , but a . s a guarantee of good faith . ll « cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

— : o : — PHILADELPH 1 AN CLAIMS . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHKONICLE . DEAK SIR AND BROTHER , —I fear that , I shall draw down upon my devoted head the wrath of Bro . Jacob Norton when I say that a close study for some days of all the evidence in respect , of the two Patent * granted to Cexe and Price has not only convinced me of their

absolute correctness , but has confirmed me in an idea which has been gradually impressed upon tny mind , that Philarlelphian Freemasonry cues , so to say , b ' hirxi Coxe altogether . As regards Price , I cannot see how Bro . Gonld ' s argument can be resisted , that Price undoubtedly did receive a Patent from

Grand Master Montagu , and certainly hold that the original argum tit of Grand Muster Gardner is really and truly incontestable . Our lanieuted Brothers Gray Clarke and John Hervey , Grand Secretaries , seem to have put the matter clearly when they say it was not astonishing that no record existed , na the appointment of

Provincial Grand Master was the prerogative of tho Grand Master . The early minutes of tho Grand Lodge of England are fnrrber proofs of the carelessness « -jth which such matters were then conducted . There are many affairs on which now we should like to know much , about which we are compelled to remain in absolute

uncertainty , owing to the laches of those who ought to have kept correct minutes of proceedings , and a careful record of letters and replies . If Price ' s Deputation was a , forgery , all I can yay is successive Grand Secretaries and Grand Masters iu England must bo a party to it .

Thero may have been some little rivalry , not nrtfrieudlv , as between B s'on and Philadelphia . Price m .- . y have hail some of tho weaknesses of our kind ; " we are all moi'taN ; " as the French say , " noas S'inimes tons runnels , " and he may have come to consider himself the senior Provincial Grand Mister in America .

When he says hi * was the first Patent , issued to North America , as Brother Gould points oat , he is so clearly incorrect that it barely requires the tiouhle of confutation : in that Darnel Coxo was appointed Provincial Grand Mas ^ r in 17-JO . by the Duke of Norfolk , was not only recos / tiised as such in the English Grand Lodge in 1731 ,

when he was present in "orS'in , but the fact is socertaiu , that no one can doubt but that Coxe ' s Deputation is the first issued to any part of North America . .. hy he did not exoroiso it is indeed a puzzle . Thanks to Bro . Gould , we now know that Price was a member of

No . 75 . England , 1 /< •h Jnly 1 < 30 , so that this fact is now befoio us that Governor Belcher , Coxe , nnd Price were all English Masons , Coxe being member of No . 8 ; where Governor Belcher was made in 170-not being yet clear . Coming then to this conclusion , that tho Patent both of Coxe and

Price are undoubtedly genuine , we have the evidence of Price in Boston at work 31 st . Auirrisc 17 : 33 , his Patent , dated 30 ih April 1733 , three years after Coxe ' s , oth June 1730 . Liber B proves that in 1731 a Ledge at Philadelphia was at work , and here comes in tho grave questio i , —tinder what authority ?

That Price constituted a Lodge at Philadelphia in 1734 , with Bro , Gould , I hold to be an error , which has probably arisen from Franklin's letter , aud therefore , pice Bro . Norton , wo are thrown back , as both . Bros . MacCalla aud Gould see now , on even an anterior authority to Coxe , unless indeed any proof of Coxe ' s exercise of authority turns up . But can that be found ? Yours fraternally , A STUDENT or BRO . GOULD ' HISTORY

THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . To the Editor of the FREKJIASOX ' CKRO . VICIIE . DEAR Snt AND BROTHKR , — The Liberal Freemason of Boston , U . S . A ., in its June number has the following : — "The History of Fre ? muw : iry— . \ . - . John C Yorston and Co ., Publishers . This title page . * . is followed bv another , tcllin" us that

the work is by Robert , Freko Gould / . assisted b y William J . Ifiiirhan . ' . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford . - . David Murray Lyon . - . Enoch T . Carson . Deputy of Northern Supreme Council , 33 ° , for Ohio , and Past Grand Com , K . T . of Ohio ; Josiah H . Drummond P . G . M . of Maine , aud P . G .

Com . Northern Supreme Council of tho United States ; T . S . Pc . rvin P . G . M . of Iowa , and Grand Recorder G . E . K . T . of the United States . This is a formidable array of talent , and suggestive of the fact that great care has been exercised in bringing out an American edition of Gould ' s History . "

Permit mo to state that the edition is a piratical one , and that if issued with " with great care , " it has been brought out with singular impudence , of which the unauthorised and unwarrantable

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use of my name by the publishers and their canvassers affords a ready illustration . Nor should I omit to add that the " assistance " derived from Bros . E . T . Carson , Josiah H . Drummond , and T . S . Parviu , was altogether unknown to me , a 3 none of these distinguished brethren took me into their confidence , or hinted in any way at the surprise they had in store for me .

Yours fraternally , R . P . GOULD ,

The Jubilee address to the Queen from the Grand Lod ge of South Australia , signed by Bro . Chief Justice Way M . W . G . M ., H . E . Downer , M . P ., D . G . M ., and J . H . Cunningham G . Secretary , was presented to his Excellency

the Governor for transmission to Her Majesty . It was beautifully engraved and illumiuated , the seal of the Grand Lodge being affixed , and it was enclosed in an elaborate

case in dark morocco with purple ribbons and gold tassels . The Governor expressed his admiration of the Address , aud promised it should be forwarded at once .

The following poem was written for the Centennial Celebration of ihe Introduction of Freemasonry into Maryland . It was composed especially for the occasion by Bro . Brewer , who read it at the meeting : — Time Dauses to-day with his sickle at rest ,

Having garnered a cycle of years , And looks to the future , bat points to the past , With hope in the first , and with pride in the last , For a moment suspending his cares j For his work has been fruitful , his harvest sublime , In the field which ha 3 hardly yet entered its prime .

He points to the glories and triumphs of years , To a century ' s marvellous hoard , The pathway of Progress , the tributes of tears ,

lho monuments mighty , the hopes and the fears Of the millions with trowel and sword , Whose patience and pain made that era sublime , Tho proudest and best of the epochs of Time .

He poiuts to the haze at the dawn of the age , When onr land took its first lease of life , When Liberty , seeking war ' s wounds to assuage ,

With the Angel of Peace agreed to engage In removing the traces of strife , And summoned from Heaven the mystical three , i Faith , Hope , and —tho greatest of all—Charity .

thus the cycle began , the brightest of all The centuries labelled by Time . And Commerce aud Industry , Science and Art ,

Invention and Learning and Justice in part , Foimed a congress of virtues sublime , To guide a republic , a continent span , Dedicated to GOD , to Freedom and Man .

In that hundred years what a story is told Of the triumphs of sickle and sword ! Of steam and the wonders the magnets nnfold ,

Of an empire builded of iron and gold , Firmly wrought by the hand of the Lord ! j A century rising in blinding array From the gloom of its dawn to the glare of to-day .

He points to the past with a finger of pride , For he knows all the treasures behind ; He looks to the future , so long aud so wide ,

With a hope and an aim that to him ware denied , When our birthday a future outlined , As he stalked up the hill of the century steep , Surprised at the field he was destined to reap .

Oh , Brothers , from Time take a lesson discreet , Turn your eyes to the future and wait , The past is a memory , grand and complete ,

' Tho fnbwe is trodden by angelic feet Leading up through the highway of Fate ; And terraced with triumph each decade appears , To crown with their splendours the next hundred year 3 .

A new Lodge is shortly to be consecrated in the Provinces of H . o . mp . shire and Isle of Wio-ht , to be called the r ' tinibor-nngu aud North Camp Lodge , No . 2203 . Bro . Rix CM . l : ) ol , ' Past Provincial Grand Standard Bearer , is the Worshipful Master designate .

Ifoi . r . owAv ' s 1 ' it . T . s . —Kpidemic Diseases . —The alarming increase of English c ' . olera nnd dinrrboea should he a warning to every one to subdue at once any invgularity tending towards disease . Holloway's Pills should bo in every household , to rectify nil impure stales of the blood , to remedy weakness and to ( ivere- ' . itie impaired general hc ; i ' th . Nothing can be simpler than the

instructions Ibv t-. ikiiig this corrective medicine , nothing more efficient than its cleansing powers , nothing more harmless than its vegetable inaredieats . Hollo way s is the best physio during the summer senson , when decaying fruits and unwholesome vegetables arc frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing ii . iiMSiirids , through their negligence in peimitting disordered action , to tho ii . risers ol'dmrrWn , dysentery , and ebolev ; i .