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for a purpose foreign to its true interests . When the Supreme Council was formed in 1845 , there existed and bad long existed at Bristol certain Degrees of the Ancient anA Accepted Rite ; of these Degrees I was a member , as . was ;' also ' another member of the Supreme Council , the late Bro . William Tucker . The whole affairs of the Council were carried on by Dr . Crueefix , Bro . Heiiry Udall , and myself . At the request of Dr . Crueefix , I corresponded with the Commanders
of the Degrees at Bristol , with the view of procuring them to submit to the Supreme Council ; but neither at that time , nor for' years afterwards , was it imagined that my position in the Supreme Council rendered my connection with the Bristol Degrees objectionable . I assert most distinctly that , at the time we formed the Supreme Council , there did not exist in the minds of Dr . Crueefix , myself , or Dr . Leeson , the remotest idea that our obligations to the Supreme Council involved the necessity of withdrawing from other Masonic bodies
practising the Degrees included in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . I believe that Dr . Crueefix , the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Order , was , and continued to be , a member of the Order of Mizraim . I know that neither Bros . Leeson , LTdall , Wilson , or Tucker , withdrew from the Chapters Rose Croix , with which they were associated , on taking the obligation to the Supreme Council ; and I know further , that though my connection with the high Degrees at Bristol was
perfectly well known to all the Brethren above mentioned , that neither they required nor would I have permitted them to require that I should withdraw from that connection . For a period of from five to six years , this state of things lasted . On the death of Dr . Crueefix , Dr . Leeson was elected Sovereign Grand Commander ; but for some years the real management of the Order was in the hands of Bro . Henry Udall .
In 1850 , 1 left the neighbourhood of London to reside at Bristol , where I renewed my old connection with the various Masonic bodies of that place , and ultimately became the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Craft and Deputy Superintendent of the higher Degrees . I have always contended , and still contend , that I was and am justified in the course I have pursued . The Degrees at Bristol were recognized as lawful and
legitimate by the Supreme Council , including myself , Dr . Crueefix , Henry Udall , and William Tucker ; nor did Dr . Leeson , at that time , ever raise any objection on that head . Having been so recognized , I maintain that the present Supreme Council cannot , without my consent , or without at least assigning some valid reason for repudiating the decision of their predecessors on this point , declare the Bristol Degrees illegitimate , and myself disobedient and refractory for maintaining now the views which I and my colleagues formerly entertained .
The Supreme ^ Council has , in my opinion , illegally separated itself from me , the majority of its members being necessarily ignorant of the early career of the Order . I regret that it has been induced to come to a decision unjust in itself , and secretly dictated with a view to crash , not a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd Degree , but a Supreme Grand Master of Knights Templar . I remain , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , D . W . NASH .
MASONIC ANTIQUITIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE [ FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —T have just observed at p . 107 , an article on Pritchard ' s " Masonry Dissected . " I possess a copy of De Bonneville ' s " Les Jesuites Chassis , & c , " but my copy differs slightly from that described by your correspondent "X . "
Mine has a double title , and is in two parts or volumes , paged independently . The above title is on the fly-leaf of both . The actual title-page of the first is "La Maconnerie Ecossoise compare ' e avec les trois Professions et le Secret des Ternpliers du 14 me Siecle . —Orient de Londres , 1788 . " The second part has on the title-page , " Mfonete' des Quatre Vceux de la Compagnie de S . Ignace , et des Quatre Grades de la Maconnerie de S . Jean . —Orient de Londres , 1788 . " Your
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for a purpose foreign to its true interests . When the Supreme Council was formed in 1845 , there existed and bad long existed at Bristol certain Degrees of the Ancient anA Accepted Rite ; of these Degrees I was a member , as . was ;' also ' another member of the Supreme Council , the late Bro . William Tucker . The whole affairs of the Council were carried on by Dr . Crueefix , Bro . Heiiry Udall , and myself . At the request of Dr . Crueefix , I corresponded with the Commanders
of the Degrees at Bristol , with the view of procuring them to submit to the Supreme Council ; but neither at that time , nor for' years afterwards , was it imagined that my position in the Supreme Council rendered my connection with the Bristol Degrees objectionable . I assert most distinctly that , at the time we formed the Supreme Council , there did not exist in the minds of Dr . Crueefix , myself , or Dr . Leeson , the remotest idea that our obligations to the Supreme Council involved the necessity of withdrawing from other Masonic bodies
practising the Degrees included in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . I believe that Dr . Crueefix , the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Order , was , and continued to be , a member of the Order of Mizraim . I know that neither Bros . Leeson , LTdall , Wilson , or Tucker , withdrew from the Chapters Rose Croix , with which they were associated , on taking the obligation to the Supreme Council ; and I know further , that though my connection with the high Degrees at Bristol was
perfectly well known to all the Brethren above mentioned , that neither they required nor would I have permitted them to require that I should withdraw from that connection . For a period of from five to six years , this state of things lasted . On the death of Dr . Crueefix , Dr . Leeson was elected Sovereign Grand Commander ; but for some years the real management of the Order was in the hands of Bro . Henry Udall .
In 1850 , 1 left the neighbourhood of London to reside at Bristol , where I renewed my old connection with the various Masonic bodies of that place , and ultimately became the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Craft and Deputy Superintendent of the higher Degrees . I have always contended , and still contend , that I was and am justified in the course I have pursued . The Degrees at Bristol were recognized as lawful and
legitimate by the Supreme Council , including myself , Dr . Crueefix , Henry Udall , and William Tucker ; nor did Dr . Leeson , at that time , ever raise any objection on that head . Having been so recognized , I maintain that the present Supreme Council cannot , without my consent , or without at least assigning some valid reason for repudiating the decision of their predecessors on this point , declare the Bristol Degrees illegitimate , and myself disobedient and refractory for maintaining now the views which I and my colleagues formerly entertained .
The Supreme ^ Council has , in my opinion , illegally separated itself from me , the majority of its members being necessarily ignorant of the early career of the Order . I regret that it has been induced to come to a decision unjust in itself , and secretly dictated with a view to crash , not a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd Degree , but a Supreme Grand Master of Knights Templar . I remain , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , D . W . NASH .
MASONIC ANTIQUITIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE [ FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —T have just observed at p . 107 , an article on Pritchard ' s " Masonry Dissected . " I possess a copy of De Bonneville ' s " Les Jesuites Chassis , & c , " but my copy differs slightly from that described by your correspondent "X . "
Mine has a double title , and is in two parts or volumes , paged independently . The above title is on the fly-leaf of both . The actual title-page of the first is "La Maconnerie Ecossoise compare ' e avec les trois Professions et le Secret des Ternpliers du 14 me Siecle . —Orient de Londres , 1788 . " The second part has on the title-page , " Mfonete' des Quatre Vceux de la Compagnie de S . Ignace , et des Quatre Grades de la Maconnerie de S . Jean . —Orient de Londres , 1788 . " Your