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Masonic Notes And Queries.
1715 , Avhen Prince Charles Edward , the young Pretender , sidled from Port St . Nazaire , and succeeded in lauding in the Hebrides ; and as the Craft has ever been noted for its loyalty , it is interesting to know that Bro . Thomas Sandby ivas the first person who conveyed intelligence of that CA-cnt to government . His talents and loyalty immediately procured for him the appointment of draughtsman to William , Duke of Cumberland , and after the
rebellion ivas subdued in Scotland , he followed "the royal butcher" in his campaigns in Flanders . In 1740 , the duke appointed him deputy ranger of Windsor Great Park , an appointment Avhich he held until his death , fifty-two years afterwards . If "A Master Builder" has ever visited that lovely sylvan tract , stretching from Windsor Castle to the A'illagc of Siumyside , and has treasured up in the chambers of his brain ictures from the
p park and forest to gaze upon Avith his mental A'ision , when far away from the ori ginal scenes , he has just cause to be thankful for Bro . Thomas Sandby ' s appointment to the sub-rangcrship , for there ho made art ancl nature go hand in hand . That one instance is a sample of his true taste . Near the A'illagc I have just mentioned , until 1754 , there ivas a noisome swamp , into ivhich a Filstaff once pitched headlong Avould never have cvaAvled out
again to revel at the Garter . But Bro . Thomas Sandby , though lie could not drain this bog , on account of the lowness of the situation , hit upon the happy expedient of forming the largest artificial lake in the kingdom—Virginia Water . It is due to Bro . Thomas Sandb y to state that the bad taste of erecting artificial ruins belongs to a later period and a ivcaker brain . A scries of eight folio views , published by Bro . Thomas Sandby about that period , ivill give "A Master Builder" some idea of the architect's
abilities as a landscape gardener ancl artist , as they illustrate the improvements he had made about Windsor . His skill in drawing or delineating the intended building in a draft or plan Avas such , that he received tho appointment of architect to the king prcA-ious to his labours just mentioned . In 1755 , I find him labouring to establish an English academy for the cultivation of the arts ; in 17 ( i 6 he was a member of the Society of Incorporated Artists of
, Great Britain ; and Avhen the Eoyal Academy AVUS formed , iu 17 GS , he was considered qualified to be appointed the first Professor of Architecture , ancl he annuall y delivered lectures on architecture , illustrated b y his OAVU draAvings , from the opening of the Academy to the period of his death . In 1708 , he gained the first prize for a desi gn for the Dublin Eoyal Exchange , equally ivith Tiiomas Cooley , but the latter received the commission in
consequence of his being an Irishman . I need not tell "A Master Builder" that Freemasons' Hall , iii London , ivas erected in 1775 , from a design Avhich Bro . Thomas Sandb y drew for the guidance and instruction of the operative craftsmen ; though Bro . Preston , in the twelfth edition of his " Illustrations of Masonry , " 1812 , omits all mention of Bro . Sandby ' s name in his account of the hall . The lectures to the Eoyal Academicians never Avere published
, but the late John Britton presented the ori ginal manuscript to the library of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects ; and ' ^ A Master Builder" ivill find a great number of drawings b y Bro . Thomas Sandby iu the Soane Museum , and in the print room of the British Museum . He ivas the author of a much admired design for _ an ornamental bridge over the Thames at Somerset i louse , Avhich was never erected , on account of the expense . He died the
on 25 th of June , 1798 , in the seventy-seventh year ofhis age , and his bod y was interred at Old Windsor . Perhaps some other brother may be able to add to this information , so as full y to satisfy " A Master Builder" and other readers of your interesting " Masonic Notes ancl Queries , " —a feature in-the Maqazine likely to accomplish much good . —GEORGE MAIIKHAM TWEDDELL .
1 ? AUL SANDBY , K . A . Was the Paul Sandb y , E . A ., mentioned iu the foregoing ' Note , " a member of the Craft ' > And , if so , when and where ivas he initiated ?—GEO . M . TWEDDELL .
MASOXIC STATUE or AVASHINGI ' OX . —General Washington was a member ol the Masonic Lodge at Fredericksburg , Va ,, and ivas initiated November Sth , 1752 . Tho fact is especially a source of pride to the old Lodge at Frcdencksburgh . It has been deemed proper to procure a statu e of AVashington , by Powers , and an order to that effect Avas given some time since . The statue arrived at " Sew York from Leghorn a few dayssmcc . It is the property of tho h Lodgeand has
Fredericksburg , been , paid for by voluntary contributions of the Masonic Order generally It cost $ 5 , 000 , and is somewhat larger than life . It ivas proposed also to erect a building at Fredericksburg h suitable for the statue , and to inaugurate it with appropriate ceremonies . —Rob Morris ' s Voice of Masonry .
Literature.
Literature .
REVIEWS . A Life-Lung Story : or , Am I my Sister ' s Keeper ? Pacts and Phases for the Times . Dedicated to the "Women of England . By ONE OETIIEJISKLVES . London : Siuipkin , Marshall and Co . WE had hoped , for the honour of poor humanity , that the religious novel had become pretty nearly obsolete ; for it is a painful thing to find one sect bitterly accusing another , and that too in a Avork of
fiction , an acknowledged falsehood . With some persons the end is often pleaded as a sanction to the means , but try them on this ground and assail their Avcak points , and they -will burst forth in a mighty cry of shame . Then again the motive is paraded before us as an excuse for all the gall and bitterness that can be heaped on their opponents ' heads . This is lamentable , and such principles cannot expect to find favour among Masons , Avhose Avatclnvord is ,
" Peace on earth ; goodwill towards man . " AVe arc told in the preface that" To tho literary epicure , revelling in a measured and majestic How of thought , or to the reading dissipatiouist ( sic ) seeking to satisfy an unhealthy idealism iu records of startling adventures by ' flood and field , ' tlle story ivill have no charms . " This statement AVC can fully endorse ; for story , iu the usually
accepted sense of the Avord , there is none . The book is an indescribable jumble of unintelligible meaning , dealing freely Avith the name of the Author of all good , and perverting the holy scriptures in every possible Avay to Avrcst a meaning from them that ivill suit the preconceived intentions of the Avriter . So , also , Avith another ] iaragi-aph of the preface , cordially agreethat "there is nothing new under the sun" ancl"of
, , , making books there is no end ; " probably it may be less needful to produce "things new" than to reproduce the old Avith a fresher pathos . Many , if not all , of the subjects introduced into these pages have been dealt Avith , ancl dealt ivith infinitely better . AVe are then told that in the chronos " there arc some inaccuracies ;" AVC bclicA'c it . There arc not some , but many . AVe must not say Avhat AVC think of the performance of even the
preface , but Avill ask our readers if they can understand the following extracts , Avhich are far above our comprehension : — "ALL THINGS the last death-sob of those illustrious men—Lawrence , Havclock , Hodson , and a sacred baud—whose memory will never grow old , and from whose graves shall issue a stream of light and glory till the Heaping Angel shall lift up his hand and swear ' that time shall bo no longer . ' " AVe are then treated to three more paragraphs that touch on .
" ALL THINGS ! " and to a final " Ancl yet once more !" The force of folly can no further go . AVe come upon another passage , more painful , because of its utter profanity . AVe arc told , " There lacketh , even in the heart of God ' s people , more reverence for the teaching of God's word than at this day appcareth among us ;" , and then Ave have the name of the Great Architect of the universe bandied about in all
sorts of doggrcl lines , Avhich Ave pass OA * er , as they contain a long tirade against the Pope ancl in honour of the flag of Protestantism . And all this is part of the preface of a book , a novel , that is published to SIIOAV how badly sempstresses are treated , and in favour of the early closing movement . AVe have not patience to take our readers through the ivork , but offer a ious extracttaken haphazardto show the writer ' s
cop , , style : — " Say now , you Avhose hearts bave not been preserved iu ice , and are not cutting fragments of flint and steel , never Hearing each other to produce fire and warmth , is it wonderful that as her trusting cry fell on his ear , and her gentle bosom pulsated for one moment close to his own as the fair creature clung to his encircling arm , his love smouldering and stifled—down as it was , attracted by its kindred essence , should have out
leaped and united Avith hers into one pure , bright flame , destined to burn for ever and ever ?—and though , as some frigid beings—who would have made capital inmates of the ice-palace of the imperial murderess of Russia—declare that 'it is very wrong for ministers to have feelings and affection like other people , ' we prefer appealing to those who have loved , and struggled , and sorrowed , to judge our young pastor ; let the sinless cast the first stone . "Header , canyon ?
" - ® ° > you cannot ! Ah , 'tis even so . 'If we say Ave have no sin Ave deceive ourselves . ' " And now Ave may go over the old philosophically macadamized road , and acid to the skeleton-Avorn remarks , ' —hat a strange thing the human heart is ! How it is ever playing at cross purposes !' "' AVhat a mysterious thing love is , ever eluding the dictates of policy and prudence and ensconcing itself Avith a mischievous chuckle into the most unlikely corners ! '
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
1715 , Avhen Prince Charles Edward , the young Pretender , sidled from Port St . Nazaire , and succeeded in lauding in the Hebrides ; and as the Craft has ever been noted for its loyalty , it is interesting to know that Bro . Thomas Sandby ivas the first person who conveyed intelligence of that CA-cnt to government . His talents and loyalty immediately procured for him the appointment of draughtsman to William , Duke of Cumberland , and after the
rebellion ivas subdued in Scotland , he followed "the royal butcher" in his campaigns in Flanders . In 1740 , the duke appointed him deputy ranger of Windsor Great Park , an appointment Avhich he held until his death , fifty-two years afterwards . If "A Master Builder" has ever visited that lovely sylvan tract , stretching from Windsor Castle to the A'illagc of Siumyside , and has treasured up in the chambers of his brain ictures from the
p park and forest to gaze upon Avith his mental A'ision , when far away from the ori ginal scenes , he has just cause to be thankful for Bro . Thomas Sandby ' s appointment to the sub-rangcrship , for there ho made art ancl nature go hand in hand . That one instance is a sample of his true taste . Near the A'illagc I have just mentioned , until 1754 , there ivas a noisome swamp , into ivhich a Filstaff once pitched headlong Avould never have cvaAvled out
again to revel at the Garter . But Bro . Thomas Sandby , though lie could not drain this bog , on account of the lowness of the situation , hit upon the happy expedient of forming the largest artificial lake in the kingdom—Virginia Water . It is due to Bro . Thomas Sandb y to state that the bad taste of erecting artificial ruins belongs to a later period and a ivcaker brain . A scries of eight folio views , published by Bro . Thomas Sandby about that period , ivill give "A Master Builder" some idea of the architect's
abilities as a landscape gardener ancl artist , as they illustrate the improvements he had made about Windsor . His skill in drawing or delineating the intended building in a draft or plan Avas such , that he received tho appointment of architect to the king prcA-ious to his labours just mentioned . In 1755 , I find him labouring to establish an English academy for the cultivation of the arts ; in 17 ( i 6 he was a member of the Society of Incorporated Artists of
, Great Britain ; and Avhen the Eoyal Academy AVUS formed , iu 17 GS , he was considered qualified to be appointed the first Professor of Architecture , ancl he annuall y delivered lectures on architecture , illustrated b y his OAVU draAvings , from the opening of the Academy to the period of his death . In 1708 , he gained the first prize for a desi gn for the Dublin Eoyal Exchange , equally ivith Tiiomas Cooley , but the latter received the commission in
consequence of his being an Irishman . I need not tell "A Master Builder" that Freemasons' Hall , iii London , ivas erected in 1775 , from a design Avhich Bro . Thomas Sandb y drew for the guidance and instruction of the operative craftsmen ; though Bro . Preston , in the twelfth edition of his " Illustrations of Masonry , " 1812 , omits all mention of Bro . Sandby ' s name in his account of the hall . The lectures to the Eoyal Academicians never Avere published
, but the late John Britton presented the ori ginal manuscript to the library of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects ; and ' ^ A Master Builder" ivill find a great number of drawings b y Bro . Thomas Sandby iu the Soane Museum , and in the print room of the British Museum . He ivas the author of a much admired design for _ an ornamental bridge over the Thames at Somerset i louse , Avhich was never erected , on account of the expense . He died the
on 25 th of June , 1798 , in the seventy-seventh year ofhis age , and his bod y was interred at Old Windsor . Perhaps some other brother may be able to add to this information , so as full y to satisfy " A Master Builder" and other readers of your interesting " Masonic Notes ancl Queries , " —a feature in-the Maqazine likely to accomplish much good . —GEORGE MAIIKHAM TWEDDELL .
1 ? AUL SANDBY , K . A . Was the Paul Sandb y , E . A ., mentioned iu the foregoing ' Note , " a member of the Craft ' > And , if so , when and where ivas he initiated ?—GEO . M . TWEDDELL .
MASOXIC STATUE or AVASHINGI ' OX . —General Washington was a member ol the Masonic Lodge at Fredericksburg , Va ,, and ivas initiated November Sth , 1752 . Tho fact is especially a source of pride to the old Lodge at Frcdencksburgh . It has been deemed proper to procure a statu e of AVashington , by Powers , and an order to that effect Avas given some time since . The statue arrived at " Sew York from Leghorn a few dayssmcc . It is the property of tho h Lodgeand has
Fredericksburg , been , paid for by voluntary contributions of the Masonic Order generally It cost $ 5 , 000 , and is somewhat larger than life . It ivas proposed also to erect a building at Fredericksburg h suitable for the statue , and to inaugurate it with appropriate ceremonies . —Rob Morris ' s Voice of Masonry .
Literature.
Literature .
REVIEWS . A Life-Lung Story : or , Am I my Sister ' s Keeper ? Pacts and Phases for the Times . Dedicated to the "Women of England . By ONE OETIIEJISKLVES . London : Siuipkin , Marshall and Co . WE had hoped , for the honour of poor humanity , that the religious novel had become pretty nearly obsolete ; for it is a painful thing to find one sect bitterly accusing another , and that too in a Avork of
fiction , an acknowledged falsehood . With some persons the end is often pleaded as a sanction to the means , but try them on this ground and assail their Avcak points , and they -will burst forth in a mighty cry of shame . Then again the motive is paraded before us as an excuse for all the gall and bitterness that can be heaped on their opponents ' heads . This is lamentable , and such principles cannot expect to find favour among Masons , Avhose Avatclnvord is ,
" Peace on earth ; goodwill towards man . " AVe arc told in the preface that" To tho literary epicure , revelling in a measured and majestic How of thought , or to the reading dissipatiouist ( sic ) seeking to satisfy an unhealthy idealism iu records of startling adventures by ' flood and field , ' tlle story ivill have no charms . " This statement AVC can fully endorse ; for story , iu the usually
accepted sense of the Avord , there is none . The book is an indescribable jumble of unintelligible meaning , dealing freely Avith the name of the Author of all good , and perverting the holy scriptures in every possible Avay to Avrcst a meaning from them that ivill suit the preconceived intentions of the Avriter . So , also , Avith another ] iaragi-aph of the preface , cordially agreethat "there is nothing new under the sun" ancl"of
, , , making books there is no end ; " probably it may be less needful to produce "things new" than to reproduce the old Avith a fresher pathos . Many , if not all , of the subjects introduced into these pages have been dealt Avith , ancl dealt ivith infinitely better . AVe are then told that in the chronos " there arc some inaccuracies ;" AVC bclicA'c it . There arc not some , but many . AVe must not say Avhat AVC think of the performance of even the
preface , but Avill ask our readers if they can understand the following extracts , Avhich are far above our comprehension : — "ALL THINGS the last death-sob of those illustrious men—Lawrence , Havclock , Hodson , and a sacred baud—whose memory will never grow old , and from whose graves shall issue a stream of light and glory till the Heaping Angel shall lift up his hand and swear ' that time shall bo no longer . ' " AVe are then treated to three more paragraphs that touch on .
" ALL THINGS ! " and to a final " Ancl yet once more !" The force of folly can no further go . AVe come upon another passage , more painful , because of its utter profanity . AVe arc told , " There lacketh , even in the heart of God ' s people , more reverence for the teaching of God's word than at this day appcareth among us ;" , and then Ave have the name of the Great Architect of the universe bandied about in all
sorts of doggrcl lines , Avhich Ave pass OA * er , as they contain a long tirade against the Pope ancl in honour of the flag of Protestantism . And all this is part of the preface of a book , a novel , that is published to SIIOAV how badly sempstresses are treated , and in favour of the early closing movement . AVe have not patience to take our readers through the ivork , but offer a ious extracttaken haphazardto show the writer ' s
cop , , style : — " Say now , you Avhose hearts bave not been preserved iu ice , and are not cutting fragments of flint and steel , never Hearing each other to produce fire and warmth , is it wonderful that as her trusting cry fell on his ear , and her gentle bosom pulsated for one moment close to his own as the fair creature clung to his encircling arm , his love smouldering and stifled—down as it was , attracted by its kindred essence , should have out
leaped and united Avith hers into one pure , bright flame , destined to burn for ever and ever ?—and though , as some frigid beings—who would have made capital inmates of the ice-palace of the imperial murderess of Russia—declare that 'it is very wrong for ministers to have feelings and affection like other people , ' we prefer appealing to those who have loved , and struggled , and sorrowed , to judge our young pastor ; let the sinless cast the first stone . "Header , canyon ?
" - ® ° > you cannot ! Ah , 'tis even so . 'If we say Ave have no sin Ave deceive ourselves . ' " And now Ave may go over the old philosophically macadamized road , and acid to the skeleton-Avorn remarks , ' —hat a strange thing the human heart is ! How it is ever playing at cross purposes !' "' AVhat a mysterious thing love is , ever eluding the dictates of policy and prudence and ensconcing itself Avith a mischievous chuckle into the most unlikely corners ! '