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British Architects.
plr . je , is now the property of a widow lady of wealth , who has done , without ^ ostentation , and withou asking , more than one pious act in and about St . Alban ' s . Is she aware , I often ask myself , of the ill fate her predecessor ' s gravestone and monument have come to ? It is vexatious to see thus set aside and stowed away , as of no value and of no manner of interest , a work of art , for
such it is , erected to the memory of a man whose name will remain inseparably associated with Wren ' s great master-piece of Protestant chuch ai-chitecture . Your calling attention to this buried monument will , I have no doubt , prompt an excellent widow to the pious act of rebringing into light Wren ' s master-mason ' s grave and monument . There is a blank wall on the north side of
the chopped-down chancel , which would receive the monument admirably , and improve at the same time the appearance of the church . A word with the worthy vicar would possibly effect so good a work . I will see our vicar , and let your readers know , Mr . Builder , to what end .
Quitting St . Alban ' s , I will now turn to other sources for materials of moment . Here is Ripley ' s estimate for building the present Admiralty at Whitehall , minus Adams ' s handsome screen of concealment : — " To the Lords of the Admiralty , Ath March , 1722 , "Pursuant to your lordships' directions , I have drawn a plan and considered the charge to rebuild the
Admiralty , aud find that , if it be built in a plain and substantial manner , that is , the out as well as tho in walls with the best brick aud mortar , with stone in proper places , to preserve and make the said building durable , and to arch and groyne all the ground story , and to cover the building wholly with lead , the charge will be about the sum of £ 22 . 400 .
" ( Signed ) THOMAS RIPLEY . " Make a survey of the Admiralty , Mr . Editor , and let your readers know what you think of Ri pley and his estimate . From what I can learn , Ripley actually built within his estimate , —a rare virtue now-a-days . Yet another bit about " Ripley and his rule" made immortal by Pope . Thomas Ripley , of Wormwood-street ,
in London , was admitted to the freedom of the Carpenters ' Company by virtue of an order of the Court of Aldermen , dated 14 th March , 1705 . He died , as is well known , in 1778 . That Riploy put good materials into his houses , Houghton , built by him for Sir Robert Walpole , is still a lasting testimony . No better or more massive drawiugroom and withdrawing-room doors are to be seen in .
England . Kent-and-Nature Kent died iu 1748 , leaving property to the amount of about ten thousand pounds , which he divided , we are told , "between his relations and an actress with whom he had long lived : " What actress ? I often asked myself , and learnt , at the cost of one shilling ; for a single shilling , I saw in Doctors' Commons
the last will and testament of William Kent . The actress , whose name has escaped the biographers of Kent , was Elizabeth Butler , of the parish of St . Paul , Covent Garden . That Kent divided his money between bis relations and the actress is not borne out by his will . To Mrs . Butler he bequeathed six hundred pounds ; and to her son and daughter , three hundred pounds each . One
legacy came too late , " a bust of Raphael to Alexander Pope , Esq ., " of Twickenham . A last request in the will of the same architect is tainted with his well-known vanity : "I desire to be buried in the vault balonging to the Earl of Burlington , in the parish church of Chiswick , and request of my executors that leave be asked of his lordship for that purpose . " That leave was granted ,
the burial register of Chiswiek , in Middlesex , thus informs us : — " William Kent , Esq ., from Loudon , buried in a vault in the chancel , April 17 , 1748 . " In my next communication I shall have something to relate , new and of moment , touching Wren and his works : — " Great Christopher takes all the room . " PETER CUXSIXGIIAJI IX Tins BUILDER .
Masonic Notes And Queries .
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
GEKJLWnSED ROSICllTJCIAXISM . Many of your readers will be acquainted with Hudibras ; some , however , may not be aw are that it is filled with allusions to Rosicrucianism . That tho learned and witty Butler , who wrote the book 200 years ago , had a shrewd guess of the media of the Order , and was no admirer , at any rate in its Germanised form , the following short note appended to the first part will prove : —
" In Rosy- Crucian lore as learned , As lie that Vere-Adeptus earned . "The fraternity of the Rosy-Crucians is very like the sect of the Ancient Gnostics , who called themselves so from the excellent learning they pretended to , although they were really the most ridiculous sots of mankind . Vere-Adeptus is one that has commenced in their phanatiek extravagance . "
SIASOXKY AND THE EOMISU UIEHAItCHY . As a further exemplification to those already printed in THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , showing the hostility of the prelates of the Church of Rome to Masonry , and other secret societies , the following pastoral of Archbishop Caruana , issued at Yaletta , Malta , in 1843 , deserves to be put oil record iu its entirety . The precious document runs thus : —¦
"We , Don Franciscos Xaverius Caruana , by the favour of God and of the Apostolic See , Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta , Domestic Chaplain and Assistant to the Pontificial Throne , etc ., of our Most Holy Lord , Gregory XVI , by Divine Providence Sovereign Pontiff , to the venerable brotherhood and beloved children , to the Chapter , the Clergy , and the people ' oi this diocese of Malta , greeting . In the name of the Eternal God .
" Whereas , the duty properly belonging to our pastoral ministry , of concealing crime as much as possible when secretly committed by a few , in order that others may not be enticed to imitate the depraved example , lias induced , till now , to follow the dictates of the church , where it is taught by the Holy Spirit to listen for a certain time , forbearing to speak publicly , and in the meantime to make diligent enquiry , " andidacens simul et querens" Eccl . chap 32 verse 12 and this as regards the wicked
, , , society , the destestable lodge , we do not correctly know under what denomination existing amongst us , and actually installed in a house in the city of Senglea , so the very great mortification we have experienced , in seeing rendered usless measures adopted by us with evangelical prudence , in order that so pernicious an union might he dissolved and entirely destroyed , imperiously obliges us now publicly to raise our voice , not only with a view to exhort as much as we possibly can in the Lord , every beloved
member in our diocese to keep himself always at a distance from this infernal tribunal , the aim of which is nothing short of shaking every tie , human and divine , and of destroying , if that were possible , every foundation of the Catholic religion ; but also to make manifest the ecclesiastical censures , fulminated by the church against every one unhappily belonging to any secret society , either by being present at , or affording it protection , by favouring even indirectlits meetingsand in general any of its
y , operations . " In fact , we having known among the great afflictions of our heart , almost immediately after its first re-union , of the diabolical creation of this lodge , being in the highest degree desirous that all the country of our diocese , the island of Gazo included , should remain ignorant of what a thing was carried on in a corner of the city of Senglea , in the obscurity of night , among
a few ill-advised individuals , and so much solicitude indeed did we show , in order to prevent anyone of that great portion of our flock , being tempted either through caprice , interest , or any other motive , to approach that pestilential centre of iniquity and of error , we have till now adopted the evangelical course of searching into , of admonishing , and forewarning secretly , continually hoping from on high , the longed for destruction of that , which
in contempt of all law , both human and divine , was attempted to be established among us . Seeing now , however that in spite of the secret measures taken by us , the meetings of this lodge continue without further disguise , and with all that apostolic boldness characteristic of the Catholic Episcopate , in the name of the Omnipotent God , and of his only true Apostolic Roman Catholic Church , authorised thereto , and expressly commanded by the pontificial constitutions we detest and proscribe , and in the most forcible and public manner condemn the installations ,
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British Architects.
plr . je , is now the property of a widow lady of wealth , who has done , without ^ ostentation , and withou asking , more than one pious act in and about St . Alban ' s . Is she aware , I often ask myself , of the ill fate her predecessor ' s gravestone and monument have come to ? It is vexatious to see thus set aside and stowed away , as of no value and of no manner of interest , a work of art , for
such it is , erected to the memory of a man whose name will remain inseparably associated with Wren ' s great master-piece of Protestant chuch ai-chitecture . Your calling attention to this buried monument will , I have no doubt , prompt an excellent widow to the pious act of rebringing into light Wren ' s master-mason ' s grave and monument . There is a blank wall on the north side of
the chopped-down chancel , which would receive the monument admirably , and improve at the same time the appearance of the church . A word with the worthy vicar would possibly effect so good a work . I will see our vicar , and let your readers know , Mr . Builder , to what end .
Quitting St . Alban ' s , I will now turn to other sources for materials of moment . Here is Ripley ' s estimate for building the present Admiralty at Whitehall , minus Adams ' s handsome screen of concealment : — " To the Lords of the Admiralty , Ath March , 1722 , "Pursuant to your lordships' directions , I have drawn a plan and considered the charge to rebuild the
Admiralty , aud find that , if it be built in a plain and substantial manner , that is , the out as well as tho in walls with the best brick aud mortar , with stone in proper places , to preserve and make the said building durable , and to arch and groyne all the ground story , and to cover the building wholly with lead , the charge will be about the sum of £ 22 . 400 .
" ( Signed ) THOMAS RIPLEY . " Make a survey of the Admiralty , Mr . Editor , and let your readers know what you think of Ri pley and his estimate . From what I can learn , Ripley actually built within his estimate , —a rare virtue now-a-days . Yet another bit about " Ripley and his rule" made immortal by Pope . Thomas Ripley , of Wormwood-street ,
in London , was admitted to the freedom of the Carpenters ' Company by virtue of an order of the Court of Aldermen , dated 14 th March , 1705 . He died , as is well known , in 1778 . That Riploy put good materials into his houses , Houghton , built by him for Sir Robert Walpole , is still a lasting testimony . No better or more massive drawiugroom and withdrawing-room doors are to be seen in .
England . Kent-and-Nature Kent died iu 1748 , leaving property to the amount of about ten thousand pounds , which he divided , we are told , "between his relations and an actress with whom he had long lived : " What actress ? I often asked myself , and learnt , at the cost of one shilling ; for a single shilling , I saw in Doctors' Commons
the last will and testament of William Kent . The actress , whose name has escaped the biographers of Kent , was Elizabeth Butler , of the parish of St . Paul , Covent Garden . That Kent divided his money between bis relations and the actress is not borne out by his will . To Mrs . Butler he bequeathed six hundred pounds ; and to her son and daughter , three hundred pounds each . One
legacy came too late , " a bust of Raphael to Alexander Pope , Esq ., " of Twickenham . A last request in the will of the same architect is tainted with his well-known vanity : "I desire to be buried in the vault balonging to the Earl of Burlington , in the parish church of Chiswick , and request of my executors that leave be asked of his lordship for that purpose . " That leave was granted ,
the burial register of Chiswiek , in Middlesex , thus informs us : — " William Kent , Esq ., from Loudon , buried in a vault in the chancel , April 17 , 1748 . " In my next communication I shall have something to relate , new and of moment , touching Wren and his works : — " Great Christopher takes all the room . " PETER CUXSIXGIIAJI IX Tins BUILDER .
Masonic Notes And Queries .
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
GEKJLWnSED ROSICllTJCIAXISM . Many of your readers will be acquainted with Hudibras ; some , however , may not be aw are that it is filled with allusions to Rosicrucianism . That tho learned and witty Butler , who wrote the book 200 years ago , had a shrewd guess of the media of the Order , and was no admirer , at any rate in its Germanised form , the following short note appended to the first part will prove : —
" In Rosy- Crucian lore as learned , As lie that Vere-Adeptus earned . "The fraternity of the Rosy-Crucians is very like the sect of the Ancient Gnostics , who called themselves so from the excellent learning they pretended to , although they were really the most ridiculous sots of mankind . Vere-Adeptus is one that has commenced in their phanatiek extravagance . "
SIASOXKY AND THE EOMISU UIEHAItCHY . As a further exemplification to those already printed in THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , showing the hostility of the prelates of the Church of Rome to Masonry , and other secret societies , the following pastoral of Archbishop Caruana , issued at Yaletta , Malta , in 1843 , deserves to be put oil record iu its entirety . The precious document runs thus : —¦
"We , Don Franciscos Xaverius Caruana , by the favour of God and of the Apostolic See , Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta , Domestic Chaplain and Assistant to the Pontificial Throne , etc ., of our Most Holy Lord , Gregory XVI , by Divine Providence Sovereign Pontiff , to the venerable brotherhood and beloved children , to the Chapter , the Clergy , and the people ' oi this diocese of Malta , greeting . In the name of the Eternal God .
" Whereas , the duty properly belonging to our pastoral ministry , of concealing crime as much as possible when secretly committed by a few , in order that others may not be enticed to imitate the depraved example , lias induced , till now , to follow the dictates of the church , where it is taught by the Holy Spirit to listen for a certain time , forbearing to speak publicly , and in the meantime to make diligent enquiry , " andidacens simul et querens" Eccl . chap 32 verse 12 and this as regards the wicked
, , , society , the destestable lodge , we do not correctly know under what denomination existing amongst us , and actually installed in a house in the city of Senglea , so the very great mortification we have experienced , in seeing rendered usless measures adopted by us with evangelical prudence , in order that so pernicious an union might he dissolved and entirely destroyed , imperiously obliges us now publicly to raise our voice , not only with a view to exhort as much as we possibly can in the Lord , every beloved
member in our diocese to keep himself always at a distance from this infernal tribunal , the aim of which is nothing short of shaking every tie , human and divine , and of destroying , if that were possible , every foundation of the Catholic religion ; but also to make manifest the ecclesiastical censures , fulminated by the church against every one unhappily belonging to any secret society , either by being present at , or affording it protection , by favouring even indirectlits meetingsand in general any of its
y , operations . " In fact , we having known among the great afflictions of our heart , almost immediately after its first re-union , of the diabolical creation of this lodge , being in the highest degree desirous that all the country of our diocese , the island of Gazo included , should remain ignorant of what a thing was carried on in a corner of the city of Senglea , in the obscurity of night , among
a few ill-advised individuals , and so much solicitude indeed did we show , in order to prevent anyone of that great portion of our flock , being tempted either through caprice , interest , or any other motive , to approach that pestilential centre of iniquity and of error , we have till now adopted the evangelical course of searching into , of admonishing , and forewarning secretly , continually hoping from on high , the longed for destruction of that , which
in contempt of all law , both human and divine , was attempted to be established among us . Seeing now , however that in spite of the secret measures taken by us , the meetings of this lodge continue without further disguise , and with all that apostolic boldness characteristic of the Catholic Episcopate , in the name of the Omnipotent God , and of his only true Apostolic Roman Catholic Church , authorised thereto , and expressly commanded by the pontificial constitutions we detest and proscribe , and in the most forcible and public manner condemn the installations ,