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Masonic Notes And Queries.
NO . 373 , SHEFFIELD . The Royal Brunswick Lodge , Sheffield , now No . 373 , . dates from 1793 , and has a Royal Arch Chapter attached to it . It was consecrated on the 28 th July , 1794 , with great ceremony . It is still a distinguished Lodge ; ancl , together with No . 1 G 2 , meets in the Music Hall , Sheffield .
DR . DESAGULIERS , G . M . In the City Notes and Queries of the City Press it is said that the first London lecturer was Dr . - John Theophilus Desaguliers , who died 29 th of February , 1 . 749 , at the Bedford Coffee-house , Covent Garden . He was one of the French protestants , son of a French clergyman , ancl was educated at Christ ChurchOxford . He was the first who lectured on experimental
, philosophy in the metropolis , and his lectures were published in two volumes quarto . In the City Press it is wrongly stated ho died in 1774 . AA c may add that he was one of the first experimentalists of the Eoyal Society , for ivhich he received fees , and he was the first to receive the honour of the Copley medal . To this we add further that he was Grand Master .
GRAND MASTEKS AND PRESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY . It is interesting to notice that of the short lists of Presidents of the Roj'al Society , no less than three have been Grancl Masters of England . M . W . Sir Christopher Wren , G . M ., was President of the Royal Society from 1680 to 1682 . M . W . Martin Folkes , G . M ., was President of the Koval Society from 1741 to 1752 .
M . W . the Duke of Sussex , G . M ., was President of the Royal Society from 1830 to 1838 . There have been various D . G . Ms , and other officers , who have kept up the connexion with the leading scientific academy .
MASONEY IN 1682 . Who were Sir William Wilson , Knt ., Mr . Richard Booth wick , Mr . William William AVoodman , Mr . AA'illiam Grey , Mr . Samuel Taylour , and Mr . AVilliam Wide , initiated in 1 . 682 ? MASONRY IN PHILADELPHIA . " Scriba , " No . 857 , responds to our invitation by sending a very
interesting description of Masonry in Philadelphia , from a work rare in this country , entitled , "The Picture of Philadelphia , by James Meare , M . D ., Philadelphia , 1811 . " The book is rare , "Scriba" states , even in the United States . According to the local Gazettes , a Grand Lodge was held in Philadelphia in 1732 , at the Tim Tavern , then the fashionable hotel , in AVater Street , between AValnut Street ancl . Chesnut Street . AVilliam Allen , Recorder of Philadelphia , and afterwards Chief Justice of Pennsylvania , was the first Prov . Grancl Master .
E . A . SONG , BY BRO . BIRKHEAD . This song is found popularly quoted and parodied as early as Oct . 21 st , 1731 , in the Grub Street Journal , No . 94 , ancl in the Gentleman ' s Magazine for the same month .
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
NO . 373 , SHEFFIELD . The Royal Brunswick Lodge , Sheffield , now No . 373 , . dates from 1793 , and has a Royal Arch Chapter attached to it . It was consecrated on the 28 th July , 1794 , with great ceremony . It is still a distinguished Lodge ; ancl , together with No . 1 G 2 , meets in the Music Hall , Sheffield .
DR . DESAGULIERS , G . M . In the City Notes and Queries of the City Press it is said that the first London lecturer was Dr . - John Theophilus Desaguliers , who died 29 th of February , 1 . 749 , at the Bedford Coffee-house , Covent Garden . He was one of the French protestants , son of a French clergyman , ancl was educated at Christ ChurchOxford . He was the first who lectured on experimental
, philosophy in the metropolis , and his lectures were published in two volumes quarto . In the City Press it is wrongly stated ho died in 1774 . AA c may add that he was one of the first experimentalists of the Eoyal Society , for ivhich he received fees , and he was the first to receive the honour of the Copley medal . To this we add further that he was Grand Master .
GRAND MASTEKS AND PRESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY . It is interesting to notice that of the short lists of Presidents of the Roj'al Society , no less than three have been Grancl Masters of England . M . W . Sir Christopher Wren , G . M ., was President of the Royal Society from 1680 to 1682 . M . W . Martin Folkes , G . M ., was President of the Koval Society from 1741 to 1752 .
M . W . the Duke of Sussex , G . M ., was President of the Royal Society from 1830 to 1838 . There have been various D . G . Ms , and other officers , who have kept up the connexion with the leading scientific academy .
MASONEY IN 1682 . Who were Sir William Wilson , Knt ., Mr . Richard Booth wick , Mr . William William AVoodman , Mr . AA'illiam Grey , Mr . Samuel Taylour , and Mr . AVilliam Wide , initiated in 1 . 682 ? MASONRY IN PHILADELPHIA . " Scriba , " No . 857 , responds to our invitation by sending a very
interesting description of Masonry in Philadelphia , from a work rare in this country , entitled , "The Picture of Philadelphia , by James Meare , M . D ., Philadelphia , 1811 . " The book is rare , "Scriba" states , even in the United States . According to the local Gazettes , a Grand Lodge was held in Philadelphia in 1732 , at the Tim Tavern , then the fashionable hotel , in AVater Street , between AValnut Street ancl . Chesnut Street . AVilliam Allen , Recorder of Philadelphia , and afterwards Chief Justice of Pennsylvania , was the first Prov . Grancl Master .
E . A . SONG , BY BRO . BIRKHEAD . This song is found popularly quoted and parodied as early as Oct . 21 st , 1731 , in the Grub Street Journal , No . 94 , ancl in the Gentleman ' s Magazine for the same month .