Ancient And Accepted Rite.

METROPOLITAN CHAPTER OP SOVEREIGN PRINCES ROSE CROIX OR HEREDOM . —This chapter held its regular meeting on Tuesday , July Sth , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queenstreet . The 111 . Bro . Dr . George Harcourt , M . W . Sov ., presided , assisted by the 111 . Bros . Hyde Pullen , 32 ° G . Sec . Gen ., Dr . William Jones , 32 ° , 1 st and 2 nd Generals ; Dr . R . II . Goulden , 32 ° as Prelate ; Major IT . G . Burney , 30 ° , G . Marshal ; W . Blonkiu , 30 ° , Raphael ; Col . J . Goddavd , 30 ° , Capt . of Guard ; J .

How , 30 ° , Dir . of Cers . There were also present the 111 . Bros . Dr . H . B . Leeson , Sov . G . Com , 33 ° ; Sir John De la Pole , Bart ., 33 ° , and Col . H . A . Bowyer 33 ° ; Geo . Barlow , 31 ° ; R . Spencer , and S . R , P . Shilton , 30 ° ; also H . J . Sparkes , J . R . Lvon , W . Bollaert , J . Weickbrodt , R , Hamilton W . E . Gumbleton , S . IX Washburn , Brackstone Baker , and George Lambert , 18 ° . Bros . Lt . Henry Hamer Stansfield , James Gibbs , and William E . Miehell , were admitted to the degree . This being the usual

period for election of M . W . Sov . and Treasurer , Bro . Hyde Pullen , was elected to the first , and Dr . Goulden was re-elected to the latter office . The installation ceremony was most efficiently gone through by the several officers , assisted by an excellent selection of music by Bros . Fielding , Winn , nad Shoubridge . All business ended the chapter was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet , which in viands and wines sustained the good taste of the establishment of Messrs . Shrewsbury and

Elkington . The cloth removed " The Health of our Beloved Queen , " was duly honoured , and "The M . W . S ., " then with a few remarks on the benefits derived from a well formed ruling body , and a recognised head , observed that although the Masonic government was somewhat divided in this country at present , in the Rite under which they were then assembled , fealty to the Supreme Council was acknowledged , especially to

the M . P . Sov . G . Com ., Dr . Leeson , by whose patient industry and extensive Masonic learning the working of the I ! ite had been brought to perfection . Dr . Leeson , in acknowledgment , referred to the encouragement with which his labours had been received by the chapter , and more especially by the zealous efforts of the several Sovereigns . He congratulated the chapter on its having elected to the chair so able a brother as Hyde Pullen , and suggested that means should be adopted for meetings for

instruction , so that each officer might he perfect when called upon . Before he resumed his seat , Bro . Leeson proposed the "Health of the present M . W . Sov ., " a brother -who , in private life as well as in Masonry , carried out all the great principles of the Institution . —Dr . Harcourt , in reply , after referring to his hesitation in accepting the high office of presiding over the Metropolitan chapter , could not but acknowledge that his labours had been amply rewardedand he felt the greatest amount of satisfaction

, in having for his successor one who had so ably aided him in working the ceremonies . ' — " The Supreme Council" was acknowledged by the 111 . Bro . Col . Bowyer , and the " Councils of other States , " by the 111 . Bro . A . Perrier , 33 ° , of France . —The M . W . Sov ., then , in complimentary terms , proposed the "M . W . Sov . Elect , " to which Bro . pullen , in response , said he could have , wished , seeing he bad already presided over a chapter , that the chapter had selected any other than himselfone whose location

, afforded better means to serve them . He referred to the meetings being so few and far between , and taking the hint of their M . P . chief , he trusted that ere long a chapter of instruction might be organised . The "Healths of the P . M . W . Sov ., Dr . Jones , and the Treasurer , " were also received with applause , and Bros . Jones and Goohlen , having made 'their acknowledgments , the brethren separated at an early hour .

Vestiges Of Freemasonry In The Australian Provinces.

VESTIGES OF FREEMASONRY IN THE AUSTRALIAN PROVINCES .

, """' " BY BRO . JOHN LOTSKY . 'When I arrived , in the year 1832 , at Sydney , I found that several of the notable personages of Sew South Wales belonged to the Masonic Fraternity . Such were Sir John Jamicson , one of the wealthiest settlers of the laceMr— Stephenbrother of the under secretary

p , . , " Stephen , the brothers rTichoUs , Dr . Bland , and others ; but hitherto no endeavour had been made to combine the members of our Royal Craft into any regular body or lodge . An occasion for so doing presented itself by the demise of one of the brothers in Sydney ; and we arranged

Vestiges Of Freemasonry In The Australian Provinces.

to celebrate the funeral rites by a procession , where the fraternity should assemble with all their emblems and paraphernalia . This was the first public exhibition of Freemasonry in Australia ; it was favoured by a splendid sim , and made many of the natives stare , who had never known that there existed an organization aloof from worldly affairsand which might be turned to useful and

, important purposes in various ways . This procession produced at once , a good result , because although the funeral took place in a place of . worship belonging to the Church of England—the clergyman , wishing probably to make a good impression on us , preached a sermon of what may be called advanced Christianity . After this first attempt , we now seriously thought of

assembing the first lodge meeting in these lands , arid wedid so accordingly . The first lodge thus held assembled , in the winter of 1834 , in one of the saloons of the Great Hotel , Gcorge ' s-street , Sydney , and presented a respectable appearance , about forty members being present . We called it after our new fatherland , " Australia . " As many of the brethren had nearly forgotten the ritual , on

account of their long absence from England , we were obliged to hold lodges of instruction , where also lectures were delivered . Many of the native Australians sought admission at our doors , which was cheerfully granted to them , and it is hoped that the virtue , honour , and love of liberty which form the essential points of the Freemason ' s creed , will thus germinate and fructify in their

hearts . When I , a few years afterwards , left Sydney to ' return to Europe , the Sydney Lodge made preparationsfor obtaining its incorporation with , and its charter from , the Grand Lodge of England . 43 , Frederick-street , Hampstead-road , July 10 , 5 SG 2 .

Poetry.

Poetry .

OLD-TIME TYPOGRAPHICAL ODE . —1701 > ON THE ART AND MYSTERY OR PRINTING . Printing ! thou fair diffusive ray ; Thou ! next to the meridian day , Come spread thy influence : Let all the worldconvine'ddeclare

, , , That Thou , alone , art only fair , The head of aits and science . Hail ! queen of manners , light of truth ; Hail ' . charm of age , and guide of youth 1 Sweet refuge of distress : In business , thou ! exact , polite ;

Thou giv ' st retirement its deli ght , Prosperity its grace . Of wealth , power , wisdom , thou the cause ; Foundress of order , cities laws , Of arts , inventress thou ! Without thee , what were human kind ! How vast their wants ! their thoughts how blind ,. Their joys how mean ! how few ;

Sun of the soul ! thy beams unveil ! Let liberty direct the sail , In all her colours drest ; To guide thee on from land to land ; And girded with her armour stand , To truth's severest test . And when corruption's flood down

pours , Fix sure thy standard in the ground , And drive her to her sea : Shew ' tis thy province to detect Those Sycophants , that would reject , Great Britain's Liberty .