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Masonic Bibliography.—No. 2.
MASONIC BIBLIOGRAPHY . —No . 2 .
A curious book was published in the year 1765 , entitled" a defence of Alasonry as practised in the regular Lodges" ^ London ) . It is especially valuable because of a reference to Dr . Dassigny , and also to Bro . Laurence Dermott . It is the only printed notice of Dr . Dassigny we have been able to trace within a few years of
the publication of " Ahiman Rezon , ' A . D . 175 6 , ( which is the first work that is known to allude to that author ) and yet we cannot but think there must be other allusions to his " Impartial Enquiry , " published in 1744 . We shall be glad to correspond with any brother who has discovered a reference to Dr .
Dassigny , or his works between the years 1740 and 1780 , as the value of his books are not easily over-estimated , seeing they contain the earliest printed references to Royal Arch Alasonry known . We have a cojiy of the " Impartial Enquiry , " of 1744 , believed to be unique , but there is still another work of his to be traced . W . J . HUGHAN .
CLAPTON LODGE , No . 1365 . —The installation meeting of this lodge will take place at the White Hart Hotel , Clapton , on Wednesday next , September 17 th . RENFREWSHIRE ELECTION took place on Wednesday . Polling-booths were opened at 8
o ' clock , their localities being Paisley , Neilston , Pollokshaws , Crossbill , Kinning Park , End Greenock . The result of the election was as follows : —Bro . Col . Campbell ( Conservative ) , 1 , 8 ^ ; Bro . Col . Aloore ( Liberal ) , 1 , 677 .
Majority for Bro . Campbell , 178 . Bro . Alontague will re-open the Globe Theatre for the winter season with a play entitled " Chivalry , " by Air . Richard Lee , whose " Ordeal by Touch " obtained a marked success at the Queen ' s last year .
AIEMORIAL WINDOW IN ST . PAUL ' . —One of the five light clerestory windows on the north side of St . Paul's Cathedral has been filled with stained g lass . The five openings are filled with a subject taken from the life of King Solomon in the Temple . Under the window is a brass ,
placed upon one of the piers , with the following inscription : — " The above window was erected by Susannah Woodcock , in loving memory of her husband , William Henry Woodcock , who died November 2 nd , 1870 , in the 73 rd year of his age . "
We regret to announce the death of Air . Francis Tussaud , son of the late Madam Tussaud . The event took p lace on Sunday , Aug . 31 st . The lixibition in Baker-street was closed on the jjih inst ., the date fixed for the funeral .
NEXT YEAR ' FisTi . nm on . —The success of the Mold Eisti-ddvod has g iven an impetus to the committee of next year ' s Bangor Eisteddvod , and at the meeting last week a satisfactory amount of progress was reported . In addition to the list of subjects drawn out by the
committee , and [ Hibiished a short time ago , a number of handsome prizes have been offered by several ladies and gentlcmwi , who take a warm and patriotic inteiest in the suc : ess of the great national gathering . Foremost among the number are Aliss Ediih Wynne and Air . Brinley
Richards , whose sacrifices in the cause of Welsh nationality arc already well known . Air . Brinley Richards announced at Alold , that a trip le harp would be offered as a prize at Bangor , and Aliss Wynne offers a handsome j-rize for the best collection of Welsh proverbs . —Llandudno
Directory . " Nnvi : i ! Ovi : 'i-i-. ' -T ! M . VT-- vi . 111 Snti-Nteni : "—Pain , though laird to I , ear , is cva ' iiitlv rn . ee :-. ' - ; 'iv fen our . saicty vvantinir it iljsoiiler would 1 iconic di :-en-e without our knowledge ; iltat ' t would cm ! tic scene ere danger wan discoveicd . Stifle lint , ' is tic indication of some disorder or disca .--, and -In nil never le la . ' . 'icUcd , for the pain of
today may pole tic A : \ - ny oi to-morrow . I loilowny s it-medics Maud prc-cmmi iniv ioiv . aid , and at <* everywhere commended loi ouicLy i ( .: n ,.. ii' ;; all maladies when the least isr . i-.-isittcs .- I : ib ilj-eii' del rich seat and kind . Thc-e icnicdics MI pmi ' y t ' - . c li ' I ai . d rc . tiiale its circulation , that every ur ^ an ait- ycilccUy ai . d cveiy secretion is natural , which is health : and may be tccured by every in Aalid at atiiliing outlay . —ADVT ,
Obitury.
Obitury .
BRO . JAAIES RICHMOND SHEEN
Freemasonry both in her theoretical teachings and practical operations of charity , has lost a steady supporter in the demise of Bro . Sheen . A long life time of manly exertion and uniform devotions to her best interests cannot but be admired by those good masons who had not
the pleasure aud privilege of his acquaintance , but a deep heart-felt grief must we all experience who have had the delights of his friendship , the aid of his Alasonic teachings , and the intercourse of his cultivated intellect . If his universal charity can be Jsaid to have developed itself
in one position more than another , it was in the direction of the Orphan Institution for the daughters of Freemasons , and , singular to say , it was in that vcry asylum of usefulness that he met with the accident by a fall which proved the exciting cause of his death , at the age
of 65 years . For the greater part of the current year , Bro . Sheen had exhibited signs of graduall y declining health , and proffered his resignation of several of the important posts of trust and honour which he held in the Craft , all of which , however , were thrust back imon
him , and he was in complete Alasonic harness to the time of his death , on the 1 st instant . He was a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School , a permanent member of the Board of Benevolence , Scribe E . of the Jerusalem Chanter , and had only one member standing
before him as Father of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , —Bro . Patten , the late Secretary ofthe Girls ' School . Bro . Sheen , in his long career of usefulness , has had many honours thrust upon him ; but , although not altogether despising the glitter of
outward show , always felt a greater delight in quietly doing good : hence he not onl y never j ) tit himself forward for Grand Lodge honours , but persistently refused to be put forward by others who sought to vary the even path of deserving merit by some of those marks of distinction whicii
only real worth will dispense with . One of his last acts of benevolence , apparently only to add to the amount on the list of the Steward who represented his mother lodge at the Festival of the Girl ' s School , was to make a nephew a Life Governor of that institution . He always
asserted that whatever honour might be paid to deserving merit , none could reach the satisfaction of that which would accrue from a consistent and uniform support of the charities . Thus , on oue occasion , when a Master of the lodge of which Hro . Sheen had already been a P . M . for
years , receiving at the end of his year of office the award of a Past Alaster ' s jewel , preferred to present the five guineas to the funds of the Boys ' Institution , making thereby his" Lewis" a life subscrib'T of that chaiily , liro . Sheen stepped lorward and said , lhat choice , my brethren , 1
consider is fraught with more honour than the display of a score of jewels . At the next meeting , however , he himself presented a Past Mister ' s jewel to the brother , with the following inscription thereon : — " A jewel was voted to Bro . P . AL , by the Jordan Lodge , No .
201 , for his efficient services as W . M . in 18— . He preferred giving the amount to the Alasonic Boys' School , in token of which this jewel is presented to him by his sincere friend , J- R . Sheen , P . M . 20 J . "
His remains were placed in the family grave at Woking , on Saturday , September the 6 th , a large number of relations , brethren , nnd friends attending to pay a last meed of respect to his worth .
The Rev . Reginald Hay Hills , of St . Alartin sin-the-Fields , the parish in which the departed had resided lor up-. v in ! 01 30 ji-ai-., read the sen ice in the sail i-cicmon * . . i ! -e ch . 'pel being full ol mourners , atii ' . in : ; v . h-i , r , we . 1 niced Messrs . W . M . Kedge , II . llvil . ic . il . CiMimhes , J . Blake , W . S . Yonng , H . Il'pkiu-, 1 . Wilson , and
others , the executors , Jirj . s . Diei , Moorman , and Mr . J . Saunders . Among the brotheihood prese ; : ! - 'presenting a large number of lodges were- . — Bros . Raynham W . Stewart , P . Prov . D . G . M . Middlesex ; R . Watts , Holbrook , Harris , T . White , Sheppard , W . Hammond , Davage , Stevens , 'Terry , Genese , Terry , Lane , and others . Many letters of con-
Obitury.
dolence have been received from members ol thc chapters and lodges connected therewith , all manifesting the depth of grief which their loss had occasioned . Thus writes one , all re-echoing similar sentiments : — " In the death of our dear friend , I feel that the course of charity , more
particularl y that important branch connected with the education of orphans , has sustained the loss of one of its most generous , liberal , and judicious advocates and supporters . Personall y I grieve for the loss of a genuine kind-hearted friend . "
Bro . Sheen was the author of a very interesting and valuable book on "Wines aud other Fermented Liquors from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time , " a work exhibiting much careful research and literary taste and ability . " A Four Days' Ramble , " too , from his pen , is a most
readable production , exhibiting much keen thought and close observation in a tour through Surrey and West Sussex . He also wrote at an earlier date , " A Treatise on Chemical Experiments , " a subject to whicii his early life was
devoted , " First Impressions , " "Jottings by the Way , " eke . There are few lives of such usefulness as that of Bro . Sheen ' s , between the time that he left Chislehurst , as an educated young man , starting in life , at ; d that at which he returned to the spot to breathe his last .
A Presentation Gold Medal From His Holiness Pius Ix.
A PRESENTATION GOLD MEDAL FROM HIS HOLINESS PIUS IX .
Bro . John Tweed , Glasgow , has been favoured wilh a presentation from Pio Nono , which , independent of its intrinsic value , is no ordinary compliment to a Scottish publisher . Bro . Tweed is the publisher of a curious volume , entitled " The Catholic History of Scot land , " ' compiled with great care , at a very great expense , and interesting to every class of
Scotchmen . Bro . Tweed forwarded a volume of this work to his Holiness Pio Nono , and in return , has been presented with a solid gold medal , of very considerable value , having a medallion )) portrait of the Pope upon it , being executed with great artistic beauty , and adorned with appropriate
insignia . The presentation has been accompanied with the following gracious letter , and which Bro . Tweed , is bound to treasure as a curious and precious relic . Upon the envelope in which the medal was enclosed , Pio Nono writes , in his own hand , — " To the Rector of the Scottish College , for the Publisher , Pius IX . '
" Dear Sir , —At the request of His Grace Archbishop Eyre , I beg to inform you that the volume of" The Catholic History of Scotland , " some time since received from you for presentation to His Holiness the Pope , was dul y forwarded to Rome , and presented to the Holy
Father b y the Most Rev . Monsignor Siineoni , Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Pro . pagantla Fide . His Holiness admired exceedingly the elegant ajijiearance ol tlie volume . U-i turning over the leaves he recognised , in the steel engravings of the Scottish Bishops , old and
familiar faces . The Italian Address accompanying the volume was also read to His Holiness , who was very much pleased wilh il , and as a substantial proof of his paternal feeling , and an encouragement to the publisher , he immediately brought lorth a beautiful Gold Medal enclosed
in a crimson velvet case , adorned with the Pontifical /' inns , and desired that it should be presented to you . The medal has just arrived , and you can receive it on calling at the residence of His Grace the Archbishop . It is a magnificent work of art , in massive and |) itre gold , iu size
larger than a crown p iece , having un tiie obverse a beautiful profile figure of tie : Hol y Father iu very hig h relief ; on the reverse side is a hi g hl y finished view of the ' Loggi Di Raff . ielle , ' 01 Hall of Raphael , of the Vatican Palace in
Rome . " 1 have the honour to remain , Dear Sir , Your most out diem servant . "H . W . HOWLKV , "Secy , to the Archbishop . "
Thc fellowin ^ r * tand over -. — " I he , n . K ny oitvacti the Bible and t'icemnsoniy ; " Reports of Distiict thand lodge u ( iiergal ; L'jdgcs 754 ; 8 ; 1 ; that , ter 348 .
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Masonic Bibliography.—No. 2.
MASONIC BIBLIOGRAPHY . —No . 2 .
A curious book was published in the year 1765 , entitled" a defence of Alasonry as practised in the regular Lodges" ^ London ) . It is especially valuable because of a reference to Dr . Dassigny , and also to Bro . Laurence Dermott . It is the only printed notice of Dr . Dassigny we have been able to trace within a few years of
the publication of " Ahiman Rezon , ' A . D . 175 6 , ( which is the first work that is known to allude to that author ) and yet we cannot but think there must be other allusions to his " Impartial Enquiry , " published in 1744 . We shall be glad to correspond with any brother who has discovered a reference to Dr .
Dassigny , or his works between the years 1740 and 1780 , as the value of his books are not easily over-estimated , seeing they contain the earliest printed references to Royal Arch Alasonry known . We have a cojiy of the " Impartial Enquiry , " of 1744 , believed to be unique , but there is still another work of his to be traced . W . J . HUGHAN .
CLAPTON LODGE , No . 1365 . —The installation meeting of this lodge will take place at the White Hart Hotel , Clapton , on Wednesday next , September 17 th . RENFREWSHIRE ELECTION took place on Wednesday . Polling-booths were opened at 8
o ' clock , their localities being Paisley , Neilston , Pollokshaws , Crossbill , Kinning Park , End Greenock . The result of the election was as follows : —Bro . Col . Campbell ( Conservative ) , 1 , 8 ^ ; Bro . Col . Aloore ( Liberal ) , 1 , 677 .
Majority for Bro . Campbell , 178 . Bro . Alontague will re-open the Globe Theatre for the winter season with a play entitled " Chivalry , " by Air . Richard Lee , whose " Ordeal by Touch " obtained a marked success at the Queen ' s last year .
AIEMORIAL WINDOW IN ST . PAUL ' . —One of the five light clerestory windows on the north side of St . Paul's Cathedral has been filled with stained g lass . The five openings are filled with a subject taken from the life of King Solomon in the Temple . Under the window is a brass ,
placed upon one of the piers , with the following inscription : — " The above window was erected by Susannah Woodcock , in loving memory of her husband , William Henry Woodcock , who died November 2 nd , 1870 , in the 73 rd year of his age . "
We regret to announce the death of Air . Francis Tussaud , son of the late Madam Tussaud . The event took p lace on Sunday , Aug . 31 st . The lixibition in Baker-street was closed on the jjih inst ., the date fixed for the funeral .
NEXT YEAR ' FisTi . nm on . —The success of the Mold Eisti-ddvod has g iven an impetus to the committee of next year ' s Bangor Eisteddvod , and at the meeting last week a satisfactory amount of progress was reported . In addition to the list of subjects drawn out by the
committee , and [ Hibiished a short time ago , a number of handsome prizes have been offered by several ladies and gentlcmwi , who take a warm and patriotic inteiest in the suc : ess of the great national gathering . Foremost among the number are Aliss Ediih Wynne and Air . Brinley
Richards , whose sacrifices in the cause of Welsh nationality arc already well known . Air . Brinley Richards announced at Alold , that a trip le harp would be offered as a prize at Bangor , and Aliss Wynne offers a handsome j-rize for the best collection of Welsh proverbs . —Llandudno
Directory . " Nnvi : i ! Ovi : 'i-i-. ' -T ! M . VT-- vi . 111 Snti-Nteni : "—Pain , though laird to I , ear , is cva ' iiitlv rn . ee :-. ' - ; 'iv fen our . saicty vvantinir it iljsoiiler would 1 iconic di :-en-e without our knowledge ; iltat ' t would cm ! tic scene ere danger wan discoveicd . Stifle lint , ' is tic indication of some disorder or disca .--, and -In nil never le la . ' . 'icUcd , for the pain of
today may pole tic A : \ - ny oi to-morrow . I loilowny s it-medics Maud prc-cmmi iniv ioiv . aid , and at <* everywhere commended loi ouicLy i ( .: n ,.. ii' ;; all maladies when the least isr . i-.-isittcs .- I : ib ilj-eii' del rich seat and kind . Thc-e icnicdics MI pmi ' y t ' - . c li ' I ai . d rc . tiiale its circulation , that every ur ^ an ait- ycilccUy ai . d cveiy secretion is natural , which is health : and may be tccured by every in Aalid at atiiliing outlay . —ADVT ,
Obitury.
Obitury .
BRO . JAAIES RICHMOND SHEEN
Freemasonry both in her theoretical teachings and practical operations of charity , has lost a steady supporter in the demise of Bro . Sheen . A long life time of manly exertion and uniform devotions to her best interests cannot but be admired by those good masons who had not
the pleasure aud privilege of his acquaintance , but a deep heart-felt grief must we all experience who have had the delights of his friendship , the aid of his Alasonic teachings , and the intercourse of his cultivated intellect . If his universal charity can be Jsaid to have developed itself
in one position more than another , it was in the direction of the Orphan Institution for the daughters of Freemasons , and , singular to say , it was in that vcry asylum of usefulness that he met with the accident by a fall which proved the exciting cause of his death , at the age
of 65 years . For the greater part of the current year , Bro . Sheen had exhibited signs of graduall y declining health , and proffered his resignation of several of the important posts of trust and honour which he held in the Craft , all of which , however , were thrust back imon
him , and he was in complete Alasonic harness to the time of his death , on the 1 st instant . He was a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School , a permanent member of the Board of Benevolence , Scribe E . of the Jerusalem Chanter , and had only one member standing
before him as Father of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , —Bro . Patten , the late Secretary ofthe Girls ' School . Bro . Sheen , in his long career of usefulness , has had many honours thrust upon him ; but , although not altogether despising the glitter of
outward show , always felt a greater delight in quietly doing good : hence he not onl y never j ) tit himself forward for Grand Lodge honours , but persistently refused to be put forward by others who sought to vary the even path of deserving merit by some of those marks of distinction whicii
only real worth will dispense with . One of his last acts of benevolence , apparently only to add to the amount on the list of the Steward who represented his mother lodge at the Festival of the Girl ' s School , was to make a nephew a Life Governor of that institution . He always
asserted that whatever honour might be paid to deserving merit , none could reach the satisfaction of that which would accrue from a consistent and uniform support of the charities . Thus , on oue occasion , when a Master of the lodge of which Hro . Sheen had already been a P . M . for
years , receiving at the end of his year of office the award of a Past Alaster ' s jewel , preferred to present the five guineas to the funds of the Boys ' Institution , making thereby his" Lewis" a life subscrib'T of that chaiily , liro . Sheen stepped lorward and said , lhat choice , my brethren , 1
consider is fraught with more honour than the display of a score of jewels . At the next meeting , however , he himself presented a Past Mister ' s jewel to the brother , with the following inscription thereon : — " A jewel was voted to Bro . P . AL , by the Jordan Lodge , No .
201 , for his efficient services as W . M . in 18— . He preferred giving the amount to the Alasonic Boys' School , in token of which this jewel is presented to him by his sincere friend , J- R . Sheen , P . M . 20 J . "
His remains were placed in the family grave at Woking , on Saturday , September the 6 th , a large number of relations , brethren , nnd friends attending to pay a last meed of respect to his worth .
The Rev . Reginald Hay Hills , of St . Alartin sin-the-Fields , the parish in which the departed had resided lor up-. v in ! 01 30 ji-ai-., read the sen ice in the sail i-cicmon * . . i ! -e ch . 'pel being full ol mourners , atii ' . in : ; v . h-i , r , we . 1 niced Messrs . W . M . Kedge , II . llvil . ic . il . CiMimhes , J . Blake , W . S . Yonng , H . Il'pkiu-, 1 . Wilson , and
others , the executors , Jirj . s . Diei , Moorman , and Mr . J . Saunders . Among the brotheihood prese ; : ! - 'presenting a large number of lodges were- . — Bros . Raynham W . Stewart , P . Prov . D . G . M . Middlesex ; R . Watts , Holbrook , Harris , T . White , Sheppard , W . Hammond , Davage , Stevens , 'Terry , Genese , Terry , Lane , and others . Many letters of con-
Obitury.
dolence have been received from members ol thc chapters and lodges connected therewith , all manifesting the depth of grief which their loss had occasioned . Thus writes one , all re-echoing similar sentiments : — " In the death of our dear friend , I feel that the course of charity , more
particularl y that important branch connected with the education of orphans , has sustained the loss of one of its most generous , liberal , and judicious advocates and supporters . Personall y I grieve for the loss of a genuine kind-hearted friend . "
Bro . Sheen was the author of a very interesting and valuable book on "Wines aud other Fermented Liquors from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time , " a work exhibiting much careful research and literary taste and ability . " A Four Days' Ramble , " too , from his pen , is a most
readable production , exhibiting much keen thought and close observation in a tour through Surrey and West Sussex . He also wrote at an earlier date , " A Treatise on Chemical Experiments , " a subject to whicii his early life was
devoted , " First Impressions , " "Jottings by the Way , " eke . There are few lives of such usefulness as that of Bro . Sheen ' s , between the time that he left Chislehurst , as an educated young man , starting in life , at ; d that at which he returned to the spot to breathe his last .
A Presentation Gold Medal From His Holiness Pius Ix.
A PRESENTATION GOLD MEDAL FROM HIS HOLINESS PIUS IX .
Bro . John Tweed , Glasgow , has been favoured wilh a presentation from Pio Nono , which , independent of its intrinsic value , is no ordinary compliment to a Scottish publisher . Bro . Tweed is the publisher of a curious volume , entitled " The Catholic History of Scot land , " ' compiled with great care , at a very great expense , and interesting to every class of
Scotchmen . Bro . Tweed forwarded a volume of this work to his Holiness Pio Nono , and in return , has been presented with a solid gold medal , of very considerable value , having a medallion )) portrait of the Pope upon it , being executed with great artistic beauty , and adorned with appropriate
insignia . The presentation has been accompanied with the following gracious letter , and which Bro . Tweed , is bound to treasure as a curious and precious relic . Upon the envelope in which the medal was enclosed , Pio Nono writes , in his own hand , — " To the Rector of the Scottish College , for the Publisher , Pius IX . '
" Dear Sir , —At the request of His Grace Archbishop Eyre , I beg to inform you that the volume of" The Catholic History of Scotland , " some time since received from you for presentation to His Holiness the Pope , was dul y forwarded to Rome , and presented to the Holy
Father b y the Most Rev . Monsignor Siineoni , Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Pro . pagantla Fide . His Holiness admired exceedingly the elegant ajijiearance ol tlie volume . U-i turning over the leaves he recognised , in the steel engravings of the Scottish Bishops , old and
familiar faces . The Italian Address accompanying the volume was also read to His Holiness , who was very much pleased wilh il , and as a substantial proof of his paternal feeling , and an encouragement to the publisher , he immediately brought lorth a beautiful Gold Medal enclosed
in a crimson velvet case , adorned with the Pontifical /' inns , and desired that it should be presented to you . The medal has just arrived , and you can receive it on calling at the residence of His Grace the Archbishop . It is a magnificent work of art , in massive and |) itre gold , iu size
larger than a crown p iece , having un tiie obverse a beautiful profile figure of tie : Hol y Father iu very hig h relief ; on the reverse side is a hi g hl y finished view of the ' Loggi Di Raff . ielle , ' 01 Hall of Raphael , of the Vatican Palace in
Rome . " 1 have the honour to remain , Dear Sir , Your most out diem servant . "H . W . HOWLKV , "Secy , to the Archbishop . "
Thc fellowin ^ r * tand over -. — " I he , n . K ny oitvacti the Bible and t'icemnsoniy ; " Reports of Distiict thand lodge u ( iiergal ; L'jdgcs 754 ; 8 ; 1 ; that , ter 348 .