The New Philadelphia Theory.

( Boston ) , the Lodge was regularly organised , but was soon after discontinued . " And now Price brought an English Warrant to Boston in 1733 , and eighteen Masons forthwith signed a petition to be organised under its authority . If , therefore , the old

Lodge had not been perpetuated there would have been no Masons in 1720 , nor in 1733 ; besides which the marks attached by Charles Pelham to some of the signatures of

the said petition proves conclusively that some were initiated in Boston before the arrival of Price ; " if so , " they must have been initiated in a Lodge , and , " if so , "

it must have been in the old Lodge that John Eliot belonged to in 1654 , which was established in Boston about or near 1630 , which derived its authority from the original , the first American Lodge at Plymouth , of the year 1620 . Now I respectfully appeal to my readers as to whether my authorities , arguments , and demonstrations in behalf of the antiquity of Boston Masonry does not put in the shade all the arguments of all the advocates ( even those of Brother Gould ) in behalf of the antiquity of Philadelphia Masonry ? Franklin , indeed , wrote in his paper in December 1730 , that there were then several Lodges in the Province , but tho question is , was it true ? The fact of the matter was simply this ; Franklin got hold of a catch-penny , viz .: an expose of Masonry , printed in London in July 1730 . My

friend Bro . Abbott , showed me a copy of the same expose ; in the preface the author thereof ridiculed Masonry . Franklin , in his preface , ridiculed Masonry even more strongly than the author of the expose did , and in order to attract

attention , among other nonsense he said , that there were then several Lodges in the Province . Now , as Bro . Gould would not vouch for the remainder of Franklin ' s preface , why does he regard Franklin ' s statement about " several Lodges in the Province " as an established fact ?

The truth is , there is not a particle of evidence to corroborate Franklin ' s statement about " several Lodges , " all that we know about the first appearance of Masonry in Pennsylvania is , that a Lodge , of which William Button

was Master , was held in Philadelphia in January 1731 , consisting of eleven ( not thirteen ) members . At that , or at the subsequent meeting in February , Franklin and another man were initiated . Immediately after the said initiations ,

the W . M . Button removed to Newfoundland . On the 24 th of June 1731 , the Lodge numbered only twelve members , when William Allen was elected and dubbed

Grand Master . I shall only add that neither Bro . Gould nor any one else knows more about the origin of Masonry in Pennsylvania than above indicated . BOSTON , U . S ., 17 th October 1887 .

Number Of Freemasons In The World.

NUMBER OF FREEMASONS IN THE WORLD .

A GREAT many exaggerated statements have been made as to the number of Freemasons in the

world , some designedly , some ignorantly . The extravagant fears of the Ultramontanes have led them to give from time to time mythic and most unreliable estimates of the numbers of a society feared and hated by

them , not the least on account of its very universality . The enthusiasm of friends has also conduced to an unwise and habitual , and harmless , if grandiloquent assertion , unmindful of the inevitable tendency of such a procedure in the old lines ,

" Now nothing into numbers grows , Now numbers into nothing fly . " We give below , from the Masonic Token of Portland

, U . S ., an approximate estimate , which though not by any means correct , is alike modest and rational . Several jurisdictions are omitted , as Denmark and Greece .

s P aiQ ----- - 483 14 , 300 Cuba 53 2 , 973 Porto Kico ..... 20 1100 Portugal 120 ' 5 OO ™ ce 476 23 , 800 Germany . . ' . . - 289 32 , 527 ^ el ginm 20 1 . 550

Holland - -80 4 , 398 Imxembonrg ... . . 4 g 00 Hungary 39 3 , 000 " aly - 224 21 , 000 Koumania and Bulgaria 24 1 , 200 Sweden and Norway ... 33 3000 Switzerland ..... 34 0 353

Number Of Freemasons In The World.

Turkey 5 250 Egypt --..-. 8 400 Costa Rica .... 7 350 Argentine Kepnblic 60 3 , 000

Brazil . 240 12 , 000 Chili 11 1 , 000 Mexico 314 10 , 535 Peru -.-..- 39 2 , 033 Uruguay .... 53 2 , 650

Venezuela ... 44 2 , 200 Australia , Independent - - - 100 5 , 000 England 2 , 173 217 , 000 Scotland 600 69 , 255

Ireland - 381 88 , 000 United States and Canada - - - 9 , 864 605 , 408 U . S . Colombia , New Granada , Greece , & o . — estimated 40 2 , 000

15 , 838 1 , 082 , 992 If now we take 1 , 082 , 992 , and add thereto the coloured Masons , say 23 , 500 , you have a total of 1 , 106 , 492 . And when to this you further add both the jurisdictions

which are wanting , and the under estimate clearly of others , you reach a grand total which we think is not really and truly far off the mark—namely , 1 , 500 , 000 in round numbers .

Bros. Gould And Yorston.

BROS . GOULD AND YORSTON .

WE take from the Masonio Token , Portland , Maine , U . S ., Bro . Drummond ' s reply to Bro . Gould , which we think it well to reprint in the FBBBMASON ' S CHRONICLE : —

BRO . BERRY ••—What I have fco say in relation to the article of Eobert Freke Gould , concerning Yorston & Co . 's edition of his history and my connection with it will be brief . The simple facts are that Gould sold the entire copyright to hia English publisher Jack . The latter so stated in his correspondence

with Yorston , and I have information , which I believe to be true , that Gould himself so said . Jack negotiated with Yorston , and so far committed himself to Yorston that the latter went on and expended money for plates and obtaining subscriptions on the faith of Jack ' s assurances , and advertised the proposed work very extensively .

Through Bro . Carson , I waa induced to agree to prepare a portion of the American part of the work , and without any consideration therefor •' in the same way , Bro . Parvin was secured to prepare another portion , and Bro . Carson undertook another portion . This was widely advertised .

In the meantime , Jack made arrangements with another party to issue an American edition of the work , in spite of what he had done with Yorston , who , when he ascertained what Jack had done , found himself in the condition of losing all he had expended and of breaking

all the subscription contracts which he had made , or going ahead with the work , and instead of receiving duplicate plates or sheets of the work from England , being at the additional expense of reprinting the work . He chose to go ahead .

' When I heard something of the matter , I wrote Bro . Carson , and he assured me that he had examined the correspondence between Jack and Yorston , and the latter was right . Afterwards , I examined it myself , and came to the same conclusion . In regard to the advertisements , that Gould was " assisted " by ns

the fact is that all , except the title page of some copies , specified precisely what the assistance was ; on the title page in some of tha copies issued a short time ago , the obnoxious expression was used , but as soon as attention was called to it , it was promptly changed .

I have good ground for believing and saying that at an early day , Gould's attention was called to the advertisements of Yorston & Co ., and he replied that he had sold the copyright and the matter did not concern him .

The copyright apparently has now come back into his hands , after the failure of bis publisher to make more than a very limited sale , and he now imputes dishonourable conduct to us , seeming to forget that in endeavouring to sustain the dishonourable action of his publisher , he is acting dishonourably himself .

When Gould published his articles , he knew that we were acting in good faith in the belief that Jack had placed Yorston in such a position as fully justified Yorston in going on with the work , and yet in his attack upon us he suppresses this fact : if he did not con . cede that Jack had done so , still knowing that we believed so , it waa

the part neither of a mason nor an honourable gentleman , to accuse us of dishonourable conduct , much less to suppress a fact which , if he had published it , would have shown that his accusation was a false one .

I dislike very much to be obliged to say these things , but I do not propose to be called a " Fraternal Pirate" and charged with dishonourable conduct in the Masonic prints , without showing the facte , even if their statement does not redound to the credit of the accuser JOSIAH H . DRUMMOND .

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