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Our Masonic Contemporaries. No. Iv. Bro. William Vincent Wallace.
¦ was to he given in Valparaiso , for the benefit of a charity , and Bro . Wallace , having been app lied to , promised his services . The day was fixed aud entirely forgotten hy the pianist , until reminded by a friend , who , in doing so , expressed his opinion that it was impossible for him to fulfil Wallace ht differentland
bis promise . Bro . thoug y , resolved to ride the distance , 125 miles , on horseback . This , by the aid of thirteen horses , he accomplished in less than eleven hours , and played wonderfully , a feat no other pianoforte player has ever attempted . From Chili he went to Peruand gave a concert in
, Lima which produced the large sum of 5000 dollars . Whilst there his curiosity prompted him to become an eye-witness of a battle between the Peruvians and the Chilians , aud he then became acquainted with Santa Cruz . Crossing the Isthmus of Panama , Bro . Wallace next visited the West Indies , and gave
concerts at Jamaica , Cuba , and the Havannah . Prom thence he went to Mexico , and performed in the city of that name , and at Vera Cruz , and Tampico . Whilst in Mexico he had a very narrow escape from perishing in the Inquisition . In that building the best concerts are now givenandwhilst the audience were
, , assembling in the hall above , our brother ' s antiquarianism induced him to examine the dungeons below without a guide . In the intricacies of the passages he entirely lost his way , and having been missed for a considerable period , search was made for him , and he was fortunately rescued . In Mexico the tribute
paid to his genius was of the most flattering kind , hut the climate was one totally unsuited to him ; and after he had been seven months stricken by fever , during which he was wholly incapacitated from all professional efforts , he was so far recovered as to return
to New Orleans and Missouri , where he was most enthusiastically received . His progress through the then United States was one series of unparallelled successes . The novelty of a violinist , able to hold his place against Bro . Ole Bull , laying aside his instrument and taking to pianoforte playing , greatly astonished the Americans . He visited various States
, and on his determination to- return to Europe , becoming known to the amateurs of several towns , New York in particular , gave him farewell concerts ; after which , he departed for England . Arrived in London , Bro . Wallace allowed himself hut three days stay , ancl then made a brilliant musical tour in
Germany and Holland . In ISM he finally returned to London , ancl appeareclat several concerts as a pianist ; and in 18-15 his opera of Maritana took the musical and general public by surprise , from which time Bro . Wallace has been possessed of a world reputation of the highest class .
Personally , our brother is a modest retiring man , but warms into excitement when recounting the episodes of his romantic career . He is devoted to his art , and in return art is under no small obligations to him .
Bro . Wallace was initiated in the City of New York , in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 , on the twentysecond of June . 1854 , and in the present year joined the _ Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 on the English register . The following are a few of his most popular original productions : ~ The Amber Witch , an opera , 1861 ; Etudes pour le Pianoforte , 1853 ; Idtrline , an opera ,
Our Masonic Contemporaries. No. Iv. Bro. William Vincent Wallace.
1859 ; Maritani , an opera , 1846 ; Matilda , an opera , 1847 ; ballads too numerous to catalogue here ; hosts of fantasias , polkas , nocturnes , waltzes , & o . ; and countless arrangements from the works of Beethoven , Donizetti , Elotow , Handel , Haydn , Mozart , Paganini , Schubert , Spohr , and Verdi ; together with pieces on national and popular melodies of all countries . In
fact his works , of this kind , are not to he reckoned hy dozens , or scores , but by hundreds . Early next month a new opera , by Bro . Wallace , entitled Love's Triumph , will be produced at the Royal , English Opera , Covent Garden . Such is one of the brethren who willwhen
-, oppor tunity oifers , do honour to the post of Grand Organist . His appointment would do credit to the Craft , but , we suppose , the Most Worshipful Grand Master's advisers never heard of Bro . Wallace as a Mason , or are utterly unaware of what has been passing in the world since 1846 , being so far out of the
way of all the humanizing influences of the divine art , as not to recognise true genius when in close proximity to them . In Bro . Wallace ' s case we do not know that he would esteem the appointment as an honour . To a true genius it is not very flattering to perform to a continued shuffle
of feet , or to be stopped hy some Midas ignorantly shouting silence , a reason Avhy one Grand Organist declined re-appointment . Bro . Charles Edward Horsley's appointment was excellent . In him the Craft could say they had a talented musician ; and if some one really conversant with the subject was asked
to submit a list for selection , hundreds of names could be placed before the Most Worshipful Grand Master , respectable for talent , and , in some cases , possessing genius of a high order . Let us hope that next year something of this kind may be done , and then , perhaps , Masonry may get a brother , whose reputation is general and genius undeniable , for its Grand Organist .
A Roman Catholic's Notion Of Freemasonry.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC'S NOTION OF FREEMASONRY .
It is but very seldom that we step into the arena of theological discussion , indeed it is our practice to avoid it , but on the present occasion we should he wanting in our duty if we neglected to reply to a pamphlet which has lately appeared * in which error and inaccuracy play very conspicuous parts .
AlioAving for a difference of creed , Mr . Robertson's statements merit attention , because , and only hecause , he has couched what he has to say in much more gentlemanly terms than Romanists usually select when Ereemasonry is the object of their attack . Much that he asserts has been refuted over and
over again , but once more , approaching the subject with an earnest reverence , we join issue and call upon Christians of every branch of the holy Catholic Church to judge between us whether Ereemasonry is the vile thing he pourtrays , or that Romanists , gene-
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Our Masonic Contemporaries. No. Iv. Bro. William Vincent Wallace.
¦ was to he given in Valparaiso , for the benefit of a charity , and Bro . Wallace , having been app lied to , promised his services . The day was fixed aud entirely forgotten hy the pianist , until reminded by a friend , who , in doing so , expressed his opinion that it was impossible for him to fulfil Wallace ht differentland
bis promise . Bro . thoug y , resolved to ride the distance , 125 miles , on horseback . This , by the aid of thirteen horses , he accomplished in less than eleven hours , and played wonderfully , a feat no other pianoforte player has ever attempted . From Chili he went to Peruand gave a concert in
, Lima which produced the large sum of 5000 dollars . Whilst there his curiosity prompted him to become an eye-witness of a battle between the Peruvians and the Chilians , aud he then became acquainted with Santa Cruz . Crossing the Isthmus of Panama , Bro . Wallace next visited the West Indies , and gave
concerts at Jamaica , Cuba , and the Havannah . Prom thence he went to Mexico , and performed in the city of that name , and at Vera Cruz , and Tampico . Whilst in Mexico he had a very narrow escape from perishing in the Inquisition . In that building the best concerts are now givenandwhilst the audience were
, , assembling in the hall above , our brother ' s antiquarianism induced him to examine the dungeons below without a guide . In the intricacies of the passages he entirely lost his way , and having been missed for a considerable period , search was made for him , and he was fortunately rescued . In Mexico the tribute
paid to his genius was of the most flattering kind , hut the climate was one totally unsuited to him ; and after he had been seven months stricken by fever , during which he was wholly incapacitated from all professional efforts , he was so far recovered as to return
to New Orleans and Missouri , where he was most enthusiastically received . His progress through the then United States was one series of unparallelled successes . The novelty of a violinist , able to hold his place against Bro . Ole Bull , laying aside his instrument and taking to pianoforte playing , greatly astonished the Americans . He visited various States
, and on his determination to- return to Europe , becoming known to the amateurs of several towns , New York in particular , gave him farewell concerts ; after which , he departed for England . Arrived in London , Bro . Wallace allowed himself hut three days stay , ancl then made a brilliant musical tour in
Germany and Holland . In ISM he finally returned to London , ancl appeareclat several concerts as a pianist ; and in 18-15 his opera of Maritana took the musical and general public by surprise , from which time Bro . Wallace has been possessed of a world reputation of the highest class .
Personally , our brother is a modest retiring man , but warms into excitement when recounting the episodes of his romantic career . He is devoted to his art , and in return art is under no small obligations to him .
Bro . Wallace was initiated in the City of New York , in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 , on the twentysecond of June . 1854 , and in the present year joined the _ Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 40 on the English register . The following are a few of his most popular original productions : ~ The Amber Witch , an opera , 1861 ; Etudes pour le Pianoforte , 1853 ; Idtrline , an opera ,
Our Masonic Contemporaries. No. Iv. Bro. William Vincent Wallace.
1859 ; Maritani , an opera , 1846 ; Matilda , an opera , 1847 ; ballads too numerous to catalogue here ; hosts of fantasias , polkas , nocturnes , waltzes , & o . ; and countless arrangements from the works of Beethoven , Donizetti , Elotow , Handel , Haydn , Mozart , Paganini , Schubert , Spohr , and Verdi ; together with pieces on national and popular melodies of all countries . In
fact his works , of this kind , are not to he reckoned hy dozens , or scores , but by hundreds . Early next month a new opera , by Bro . Wallace , entitled Love's Triumph , will be produced at the Royal , English Opera , Covent Garden . Such is one of the brethren who willwhen
-, oppor tunity oifers , do honour to the post of Grand Organist . His appointment would do credit to the Craft , but , we suppose , the Most Worshipful Grand Master's advisers never heard of Bro . Wallace as a Mason , or are utterly unaware of what has been passing in the world since 1846 , being so far out of the
way of all the humanizing influences of the divine art , as not to recognise true genius when in close proximity to them . In Bro . Wallace ' s case we do not know that he would esteem the appointment as an honour . To a true genius it is not very flattering to perform to a continued shuffle
of feet , or to be stopped hy some Midas ignorantly shouting silence , a reason Avhy one Grand Organist declined re-appointment . Bro . Charles Edward Horsley's appointment was excellent . In him the Craft could say they had a talented musician ; and if some one really conversant with the subject was asked
to submit a list for selection , hundreds of names could be placed before the Most Worshipful Grand Master , respectable for talent , and , in some cases , possessing genius of a high order . Let us hope that next year something of this kind may be done , and then , perhaps , Masonry may get a brother , whose reputation is general and genius undeniable , for its Grand Organist .
A Roman Catholic's Notion Of Freemasonry.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC'S NOTION OF FREEMASONRY .
It is but very seldom that we step into the arena of theological discussion , indeed it is our practice to avoid it , but on the present occasion we should he wanting in our duty if we neglected to reply to a pamphlet which has lately appeared * in which error and inaccuracy play very conspicuous parts .
AlioAving for a difference of creed , Mr . Robertson's statements merit attention , because , and only hecause , he has couched what he has to say in much more gentlemanly terms than Romanists usually select when Ereemasonry is the object of their attack . Much that he asserts has been refuted over and
over again , but once more , approaching the subject with an earnest reverence , we join issue and call upon Christians of every branch of the holy Catholic Church to judge between us whether Ereemasonry is the vile thing he pourtrays , or that Romanists , gene-