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The English Rite Of Freemasonry.
remarks that his brother author had modified this view n coiiM-queiice of d > .- * eoverios mude by him ( l » ro . llug ' iaiil that the said Chapter did not nicer , for the lust time on tii said 12 th June . The grounds which Bro . Hugh-m adduced . and which had the --fleet of ir . fluencinir Br : * . Gould to alfe *
his origimil opinion arc reasonable enough . In tho tir *> r place , the Bye-Laws in the Minute book of the Royal Arch Chapter open with n declaration in which it is stated that on the Pith June 1705 the " Companions of tho E . G . and R . C , " after " having dn . lv considered and maturely
deliberated on the present state of the , Clnptr . r" havo . & c . & c . from which it is very naturally inferred that the said meeting " was not the first held by tho Companions . " It seems also to have been resolved on the same occasion thafc " / or the future , tho expense of Passing fche Royal Arch should
bo raised to two guineas each , " which , as Bro . Hughan rightly argues , is still further evidence " that fche Chapter had a prior existence . " There is also the fact that the " anniversary" was celebrated on * " Jan . 18 th , 1766 , " but , to crown all , Bro . Hughan notes a " minute of a meeting
on 22 nd March 1765 , when ' The Most , Excellent Grands and Brethren met afc Mr . Inge ' s . Bro . Bourcard , Br . Palm , and Br . Vander Upwick pass'd the Arch . ' " The actual date of the constitution of this Chapter , Bro . Hughan , to his great regret , is unable to furnish , but he considers it
had a prior existence to the Caledonian Chapter mentioned in a resolution of 26 th December 1760 , on the ground that " sufficient time hacl not elapsed " between the period of its known activity and " the constitution of the ' Caledonian Lodge , ' on November 15 fch , 1764 , " from which the said
" Caledonian Chapter " may or may uot have derived its origin . The point is a nice one , but in order thoroughly to grasp the purpose and nature of Bro . Hughan ' s contention it will be as well perhaps that the reader should study carefully the passage in which it is contained .
The rest of the Chapter is highly interesting , and will well repay the time devoted to its perusal by those who are desirous of learning more about the Royal Arch degree . Our next paper will be devoted to the subsequent portions of Bro . Hughan ' s work . ( To be continued . )
Hogarth's Portraits Of Masons, And Masonic Caricatures.
HOGARTH'S PORTRAITS OF MASONS , AND MASONIC CARICATURES .
BY BRO . JACOB NORTON . A BROTHER recently informed me that Desagnliers portrait is in Hogarth ' s works . After examining some editions , I found ifc in Nichol ' s edition of 18 ! 0 . page 142 , viz ., in the Plate of the " Sleeping Congregation . " The editor says : —
" The pr . acher was desfg-ned as the representative of Dr . Desagnliers . This print was first publishel in October 1736 , price Is . under the t tie of " A Print representing a Sleepy Congregation iu Country Chnrch . By W . Hogarth . "
y-ientleman ' s Magazine , 1736 , page 624 . ) It was afterward--improved b y the author in l ' i 62 , and i . s found in three different states . In the first , Bieu Mon Droit is wanting under the King ' s Arms , the Angel with one wing and two
pair of thi ghs , that supports the motto , is smoking a pipe ; and the lion has not his present magnificent genitals . In the second , the words already mentioned are added ; the angel ' s pipe is obliterated ; the insignia of the lion ' s
sex rendered ostentatiously conspicuous ; the other distinctions are chiefly such as a reiteration of en g raving would naturally produce , by adding strength to the fainter parts of tlie composition . Changes
of this kind are numberless in all repaired prints of our artist . There i . s also a pirated copy of this p late , It is not ill executed , but in size is somewhat , shorter tlm * i its predecessor , and has no price annexed . In the original
picture , which was in the collection of the lare Sir Edward Walpole , the clerk ' s head is admirabl y well painted and with great force , bat he is dozing , and nofc leering at the young woman near him , as in fche print ; .
It is evident from the above that Bro . Hogarth did not regard Bro . DesaguHers as a very stirring preacher . The next , portrait of a distinguished . Mason I found in
the same edition of Hogarrh is that of Martin Folks . Anderson says thafc , after the Dnke of liiehmond was installed Grand Master in 1724 , the new " Gcaud Muster , standing
Hogarth's Portraits Of Masons, And Masonic Caricatures.
up , call * d Forth ( as if it were by accident ) and appointed M : II ; in Folk--, !'> q , his Deputy Grand Master , invested and ' nstille 1 b" the last , Deputy in the Chair of Hiram A hi ft " . "
Uro Ai dcrsnii must , have made a mistake here , for I always . indersf i *>< i thafc Bro . Hiram A biff was oue of Solomon ' s ' iiand YVardeus , and not his Deputy . Indeed , I have iiev . M * hjiavd that Grand Master Solomon had a Deputy at ¦ ill .
The ollowing brief sketch of Bro . Polks is annexed to Ihe pnr rait by the editor of Hogarth , p 156 . "Martin Folks was a mathematician and antiquary of nmeh c 'lebvity in the p hilosophical annals of this country . He was , at the early age of twenty-four , admitted a member
of the Royal Society , whero he was greatly distinguished . Two years afterwards he was chosen oue of the Council , and was named by Sir Isaac Newton himself as
Vice-President . He was afterwards elected President , and held this high office till a short time before his death , when he resigned it on account of ill health . In the Philosophical Transactions are numerous memoirs of this learned man .
His knowledge of coins , ancient and modern , was very extensive , and fche last work he produced was on that subject— " The History of the English Gold and Silver Coin , from the Conquest to his own time . " He was President
of tho Society of Antiquaries afc the time of his death , which happened 28 th June 1754 , at the age of sixty-four . A few days before his death he was struck with a fit of fche palsy and never spoke after this attack . "
The portrait of Pino the engraver , by Hogarth , I have described several months ago . I will only add , that in the plate called "The Gate of Calais" Pine is represented in the character of a friar , but the figure is too small to be recognised as a portrait of Pine .
On the Plate called " Night , " representing a scene in London , of about the year 1736 ; among other pictures , the principal or foremost figure is a bermiddled Freemason , wearing an apron ancl collar , from which hangs a Mason ' s Square ; tbe old Mason stares wildly , as if he did not know
where he had been , or where he is going to ; he is , however ^ in charge of a waiter , carrying a lauthorn , and leading him , the Lord knows where . Of course , Masons never get tipsy now a days ; because temperance and prudence are now numbered , among our Masouic virtues ; but in those days our
ritual made no reference to cither temperance or prudence ; it is , therefore , possible that Masons may have indulged too much iu those days , and who knows whether fche subsequent introduction of " Temperance " into our ritual may not
have been due to that very picture by Bro . Hogarth . The account about that p late , in Nichol ' s edition of Hogarth is very meagre , so I shall cull some information from the Rev . John Trusler ' s edition , he says :
"The wounded free-Mason , who , in his zeal for brotherly lovo , has drank his bumpers to the Draft till he is unable to fircl his way home , is under the guidance of a waiter .
This has generally been considered as intended for Sir Thomas de Veil , and from an authentic portrait , which I have seen , I am , says Mr . Ireland , inclined to think it is , nofcv * ithstandinu- Sir John Hawkins asserts that he could
dii-. ee ver no resemblance . When the Knighfc saw him in his Magisterial capacity , he was probably sober and sedate , here he i . s represented a little disguised . * * * On the resignation of Horace Walpole iu February 1738 , De Veil was appointed inspector-general of the imports and exports ,
and was so severe against rebuSevs oi spirituous liquors , thai / one Allen headed a gang of rioters for the purpose of pulling down bis house , and bringing to summary punishment two informers who were there concealed , Allen was tried for this offence , and acquitted npon the jury ' s verdict declaring him a lunatic . "
Now , I know nothing more about De Veil than is given above * . he certainly held no office in the Grand Lodge up to the time the picture "Night" was painted , nor do I know whether he was a Mason afc all . Bnfc be that as ifc may , Ireland died in [ 80 S . He did nofc know Do Veil
personally , but saw only De Veil ' s picture . Now , in the first placo , I have seen some pictures of George Washington that did not look fco me like other pictures of that distinguished man . And second , if De Veil was so severe as a magistrate upon liquor dealers , ifc is nofc very probable thafc
ire would get drunk in a Masonic Lodge ancl cut such a figure n-i represented on tlie plate . Their , is a . ph . to in Nichol ' s edition , viz ., " The mystery ¦ f . ' ¦ ' asenry brought to li g ht , by the Gormagons . " I have desi r . 'hf d that plate in Vol . VII ., p l'JO , of the Masonic Magazine . Bufc I must briefly state here thafc the Gorma-
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The English Rite Of Freemasonry.
remarks that his brother author had modified this view n coiiM-queiice of d > .- * eoverios mude by him ( l » ro . llug ' iaiil that the said Chapter did not nicer , for the lust time on tii said 12 th June . The grounds which Bro . Hugh-m adduced . and which had the --fleet of ir . fluencinir Br : * . Gould to alfe *
his origimil opinion arc reasonable enough . In tho tir *> r place , the Bye-Laws in the Minute book of the Royal Arch Chapter open with n declaration in which it is stated that on the Pith June 1705 the " Companions of tho E . G . and R . C , " after " having dn . lv considered and maturely
deliberated on the present state of the , Clnptr . r" havo . & c . & c . from which it is very naturally inferred that the said meeting " was not the first held by tho Companions . " It seems also to have been resolved on the same occasion thafc " / or the future , tho expense of Passing fche Royal Arch should
bo raised to two guineas each , " which , as Bro . Hughan rightly argues , is still further evidence " that fche Chapter had a prior existence . " There is also the fact that the " anniversary" was celebrated on * " Jan . 18 th , 1766 , " but , to crown all , Bro . Hughan notes a " minute of a meeting
on 22 nd March 1765 , when ' The Most , Excellent Grands and Brethren met afc Mr . Inge ' s . Bro . Bourcard , Br . Palm , and Br . Vander Upwick pass'd the Arch . ' " The actual date of the constitution of this Chapter , Bro . Hughan , to his great regret , is unable to furnish , but he considers it
had a prior existence to the Caledonian Chapter mentioned in a resolution of 26 th December 1760 , on the ground that " sufficient time hacl not elapsed " between the period of its known activity and " the constitution of the ' Caledonian Lodge , ' on November 15 fch , 1764 , " from which the said
" Caledonian Chapter " may or may uot have derived its origin . The point is a nice one , but in order thoroughly to grasp the purpose and nature of Bro . Hughan ' s contention it will be as well perhaps that the reader should study carefully the passage in which it is contained .
The rest of the Chapter is highly interesting , and will well repay the time devoted to its perusal by those who are desirous of learning more about the Royal Arch degree . Our next paper will be devoted to the subsequent portions of Bro . Hughan ' s work . ( To be continued . )
Hogarth's Portraits Of Masons, And Masonic Caricatures.
HOGARTH'S PORTRAITS OF MASONS , AND MASONIC CARICATURES .
BY BRO . JACOB NORTON . A BROTHER recently informed me that Desagnliers portrait is in Hogarth ' s works . After examining some editions , I found ifc in Nichol ' s edition of 18 ! 0 . page 142 , viz ., in the Plate of the " Sleeping Congregation . " The editor says : —
" The pr . acher was desfg-ned as the representative of Dr . Desagnliers . This print was first publishel in October 1736 , price Is . under the t tie of " A Print representing a Sleepy Congregation iu Country Chnrch . By W . Hogarth . "
y-ientleman ' s Magazine , 1736 , page 624 . ) It was afterward--improved b y the author in l ' i 62 , and i . s found in three different states . In the first , Bieu Mon Droit is wanting under the King ' s Arms , the Angel with one wing and two
pair of thi ghs , that supports the motto , is smoking a pipe ; and the lion has not his present magnificent genitals . In the second , the words already mentioned are added ; the angel ' s pipe is obliterated ; the insignia of the lion ' s
sex rendered ostentatiously conspicuous ; the other distinctions are chiefly such as a reiteration of en g raving would naturally produce , by adding strength to the fainter parts of tlie composition . Changes
of this kind are numberless in all repaired prints of our artist . There i . s also a pirated copy of this p late , It is not ill executed , but in size is somewhat , shorter tlm * i its predecessor , and has no price annexed . In the original
picture , which was in the collection of the lare Sir Edward Walpole , the clerk ' s head is admirabl y well painted and with great force , bat he is dozing , and nofc leering at the young woman near him , as in fche print ; .
It is evident from the above that Bro . Hogarth did not regard Bro . DesaguHers as a very stirring preacher . The next , portrait of a distinguished . Mason I found in
the same edition of Hogarrh is that of Martin Folks . Anderson says thafc , after the Dnke of liiehmond was installed Grand Master in 1724 , the new " Gcaud Muster , standing
Hogarth's Portraits Of Masons, And Masonic Caricatures.
up , call * d Forth ( as if it were by accident ) and appointed M : II ; in Folk--, !'> q , his Deputy Grand Master , invested and ' nstille 1 b" the last , Deputy in the Chair of Hiram A hi ft " . "
Uro Ai dcrsnii must , have made a mistake here , for I always . indersf i *>< i thafc Bro . Hiram A biff was oue of Solomon ' s ' iiand YVardeus , and not his Deputy . Indeed , I have iiev . M * hjiavd that Grand Master Solomon had a Deputy at ¦ ill .
The ollowing brief sketch of Bro . Polks is annexed to Ihe pnr rait by the editor of Hogarth , p 156 . "Martin Folks was a mathematician and antiquary of nmeh c 'lebvity in the p hilosophical annals of this country . He was , at the early age of twenty-four , admitted a member
of the Royal Society , whero he was greatly distinguished . Two years afterwards he was chosen oue of the Council , and was named by Sir Isaac Newton himself as
Vice-President . He was afterwards elected President , and held this high office till a short time before his death , when he resigned it on account of ill health . In the Philosophical Transactions are numerous memoirs of this learned man .
His knowledge of coins , ancient and modern , was very extensive , and fche last work he produced was on that subject— " The History of the English Gold and Silver Coin , from the Conquest to his own time . " He was President
of tho Society of Antiquaries afc the time of his death , which happened 28 th June 1754 , at the age of sixty-four . A few days before his death he was struck with a fit of fche palsy and never spoke after this attack . "
The portrait of Pino the engraver , by Hogarth , I have described several months ago . I will only add , that in the plate called "The Gate of Calais" Pine is represented in the character of a friar , but the figure is too small to be recognised as a portrait of Pine .
On the Plate called " Night , " representing a scene in London , of about the year 1736 ; among other pictures , the principal or foremost figure is a bermiddled Freemason , wearing an apron ancl collar , from which hangs a Mason ' s Square ; tbe old Mason stares wildly , as if he did not know
where he had been , or where he is going to ; he is , however ^ in charge of a waiter , carrying a lauthorn , and leading him , the Lord knows where . Of course , Masons never get tipsy now a days ; because temperance and prudence are now numbered , among our Masouic virtues ; but in those days our
ritual made no reference to cither temperance or prudence ; it is , therefore , possible that Masons may have indulged too much iu those days , and who knows whether fche subsequent introduction of " Temperance " into our ritual may not
have been due to that very picture by Bro . Hogarth . The account about that p late , in Nichol ' s edition of Hogarth is very meagre , so I shall cull some information from the Rev . John Trusler ' s edition , he says :
"The wounded free-Mason , who , in his zeal for brotherly lovo , has drank his bumpers to the Draft till he is unable to fircl his way home , is under the guidance of a waiter .
This has generally been considered as intended for Sir Thomas de Veil , and from an authentic portrait , which I have seen , I am , says Mr . Ireland , inclined to think it is , nofcv * ithstandinu- Sir John Hawkins asserts that he could
dii-. ee ver no resemblance . When the Knighfc saw him in his Magisterial capacity , he was probably sober and sedate , here he i . s represented a little disguised . * * * On the resignation of Horace Walpole iu February 1738 , De Veil was appointed inspector-general of the imports and exports ,
and was so severe against rebuSevs oi spirituous liquors , thai / one Allen headed a gang of rioters for the purpose of pulling down bis house , and bringing to summary punishment two informers who were there concealed , Allen was tried for this offence , and acquitted npon the jury ' s verdict declaring him a lunatic . "
Now , I know nothing more about De Veil than is given above * . he certainly held no office in the Grand Lodge up to the time the picture "Night" was painted , nor do I know whether he was a Mason afc all . Bnfc be that as ifc may , Ireland died in [ 80 S . He did nofc know Do Veil
personally , but saw only De Veil ' s picture . Now , in the first placo , I have seen some pictures of George Washington that did not look fco me like other pictures of that distinguished man . And second , if De Veil was so severe as a magistrate upon liquor dealers , ifc is nofc very probable thafc
ire would get drunk in a Masonic Lodge ancl cut such a figure n-i represented on tlie plate . Their , is a . ph . to in Nichol ' s edition , viz ., " The mystery ¦ f . ' ¦ ' asenry brought to li g ht , by the Gormagons . " I have desi r . 'hf d that plate in Vol . VII ., p l'JO , of the Masonic Magazine . Bufc I must briefly state here thafc the Gorma-