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liistory of tliat |)(i\\cifiil soci.il nnd iiliil.inthropic 

 society. Hailt^es w ero also used liy tin- moiiil)ers of 

 otlier associations formed in imitation of the 

 Treemasons. Iii<c tlic " Bucks," tlie " Sols," the 

 " Circfjoriaiis " and many otliers. Colonel Sir W. 

 Watts, K.C.H.. has succeeded in ohtaininf; specimens 

 of the badges worn both by the "Bucks" and 

 " Sols." .\ very rare and curious medal of a Masonic 

 character (certainly intended to be worn) is in the 

 possession of the writer. It was thus described in 

 the Buick Sale, of November 27th-29th, 1907, at 

 Sotheby's : — " A large engraved badge (see Figure 

 257) ; on one side is engraved the Royal Anns, and 

 the legend — 



The gift of His Royitl Highness W.D. of Ciimbcrltiiiil 

 To the Famous Mr. Allen I Dec 17r>2. 



The reverse has a number of Masonic emblems 

 and the name of John Campbell of .Armagh." 

 After seeing an illustration of it, the late Mr. W. J. 

 Hughan wrote to me that he regarded the badge "as 

 one of the most curious and valuable in existence." 

 I have already dealt in detail with the history and 

 associations of the Ralph .^llen medal in the pages 

 of The XiiinisiiiiJtic Circiihir. Saiiiersef and Dorset 

 Xofes and Oiieries, and the Transactions of the 

 Dorset Masters Lod;^e. \'o. 3366. It is not absolutely 

 certain that Uukc William was a member of the 

 Masonic Order, but there are grounds for believing 

 that he belonged to it. Tiie inscription on the 

 re\erse is certain!}' posterior to that on the obverse 

 hv at least eleven years, and tiu' late Mr. Hughan 

 was of opinion that the emblems themselves are of 

 the 1752 period if not earlier. The late Mr. Sadler 

 said the postdating of Mason medals is of frequent 

 occurrence, and several examples of it occur in the 

 collection which owes so much to his knowledge and 

 enthusiasm. Possibly Ralph .Allen, not being a 

 Freemason, may have given the inedal to John 

 Campbell, who belonged to the Craft, for the genial 

 owner of Frior Park li\ed (]uite six months after the 

 formation of the lodge at .Armagh. It may be that 

 the relic came to him through Allen's heir, and that 

 the second inscription is older than 1763 or 1764. 

 The only one of the numerous John Campbells in 

 the D. N. B. whose dates coincide with it on the 

 medal, is a gallant sailor w ho went round the world 

 with .\nson. Admiral Campbell was born in 1720 

 and died in 1790. 



The learned Dorset editor of the Somerset and 

 Dorset Notes and Queries added the following note 

 to my original remarks on the Cumberland-Allen 

 Medal, with my entire acquiescence : — 



" I believe that this interesting badge was not. at 

 first, of a Masonic character, but a simjjle pigniis 

 amoris from the Duke of Cumberland to his 



friend. I take it that when it came, by gift or 

 purchase, into the hands of John Campbell, the 

 reverse, hitherto blank, was engraved w ith the present 

 Masonic design, and the two small Mascjnic emblems 

 inserted on the obverse. The engraving of these two 

 emblems, and of those on the reverse, suggest the 

 hand of an inferior workman, and the crookedness of 

 one of the pillars, the want of correctness in the 

 curve of the surrounding oval, the irregularity of the 

 lettering, and the poverty of the mantling on the 

 reverse, .so different from the fine work of the mant- 

 ling above the Royal .Arms, seem to indicate additions 

 by a less skilled or a provincial engraver, who may 

 have copied an old model, or whose want of skill has 

 imparted an antiquated character to his work." 



Edmund Kean, quite earh- in life, became a 

 hreemason, and it was the " brethren of the Mystic 

 Tie " in Dorchester who heljied him on his road to 

 Drury Lane and celebrity, when the chance of a life- 

 time came to him on January 26th, 1814. From the 

 collection of the late Sir H. Irving (also a Freemason) 

 came the fine and curious badge given to Kean by 

 Mr. J. Latrobe Wright, of Lodge No. 230, Waterford. 

 (See Figure 2581. 



.Admission tickets to theatres, masquerades, con- 

 certs and other entertainments are sufficientlv 

 aliundant. They are generallv of metal, but are 

 occasionally engraved on bone or ivory. The unique 

 badge-ticket to Drury Lane (for it has a loop for 

 suspension) which David Garrick gave to his 

 medical attendant, Dr. Isaac Schomberg, is extremely 

 interesting. (See Figure 259). .A full-length figure 

 of Shakespeare appears on the silver pass to the 

 Smock. -Alley Theatre, Dublin, now in possession of 

 .Messrs. Maggs, of 1 09, Strand. It is thus described by 

 the present owners: — ".A very rare silver pass engraved 

 with full-length portrait of Shakespeare shewn 

 leaning on pedestal : on the reverse, inscriptioti 

 along top ■ Theatre in Smock Alley,' and under- 

 neath ' The Rt. Honble. the Countess of Branden.' 

 The Pass is circular in shape and measures about 

 four-and-a-half inches in circumference. Preserved 

 in a neat leather case." (See figure 261). 



In the fine collection of the late Mr. Montague 

 (ktest were several metal passes to Vauxhall and 

 Ranelagh Gardens. The writer possesses similar 

 admission-passes to both the historic theatres in the 

 Haxmarket. They vary from the humble copper 

 pit order, which enabled the possessor to enjoy the 

 drollery of Samuel I'^oote, to the gold and silver medals 

 given to the box-holders of the Italian Opera across 

 the way. The elaborate silver-gilt badge now re- 

 produced was presumably an open sesame to the 

 King's Theatre box of the Prince Regent between 

 1812 and 1820. Its weight must have proved 

 somewhat trying to the wearer. (See Figure 260). 



