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Address To All The Grand Lodges Of The Globe.
MASONIC STATISTICS . —No . 2 . LONDON LODGES IN 1834 AND 1867 . The changes in the habitats of lodges are worth noting .
The G . L . and Nos . 1 and 2 remain at F . M . T . No . 3 , the Fidelity , has removed from the Crown Tavern , Clerkenivell-green , to F . M . T . It has a R-. A . Chapter attached , and is one of the time-immemorial lodges , but it must have lost
its red apron while at the Crown . No . 4 , Somerset House , remains at F . M . T . No . 5 , the St . George ' s and Corner Stone , is a time-immemorial lodge , whicli has migrated ivith its chapter from the George , Commercial-road , to
F . M . T . It has kept its red apron . No . 6 is steady to the Thatched House . It is the first lodge with a date , 1721 . The destruction of the old George and Blue Boar drove a coeval lodge , No . 7 , the Royal York
Lodge of Perseverance , into the F . M . T . No . S , the British , remains at F . M . T . No . 9 , the Albion , a 1721 lodge , has gone from the Bell Tavern , Pall Mall , with its chapter , to F . M . T . No . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , remains at F . M . T .
No . 11 , Enoch , also of the earliest date , has removed its chapter from the Blue Posts , Charlotte-street , Eathbone-place , to the F . M . T . It has now a chapter . No . 12 , the Fortitude , and No . 14 , the Tuscan
Red dpron , remain at F . M . T ., and No . 13 , the i Union , at Woolwich , all are of 1721 . < Another 1721 lodge , the Kent ( No . 1 §) , has moved from the Star , Wilkes-street , Spitalfields , to the Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . It appears
Spitalfields , in its decline , could no longer support Masonic lodges . The R . Alpha ( No . 16 ) , has removed from the Assembly Rooms , Kensington , to the Clarendon . No . 17 , is a Quebec lodge , an early record of
American Masonry . No . IS , the Old Dundee , has got from Marklane to the London Tavern , and No . 19 , the Royal Athelstan , from the Fitzroy Hotel , Charlotte-street , to Anderton ' s .
We noiv begin ivith 1 , 723 , the Royal Kent , still at Chatham , and our eldest provincial lodge . The Emulation ( No . 24 ) has removed from the George and Vulture , to the Albion ; the Neptune ( No . 22 ) , from the Black Boy , Wapping , to Radley ' s . The Globe , of the same date , remains at F . M . T .,
but No . 25 , now the Robert Burns , has reached there from the King ' s Arms Tavern , Goldensquare . The Castle Lodge of Harmony ( No . 26 ) , a lodge
of 1724 , has moved from the Piazza Coffee-house , Covent-garden , to the Westminster Palace Hotel ; it was No . 27 , and acquired the No . of 26 by the failure of a very old lodge , the Lodge of Antiquity , which met at the Mitre Tavern , Portsea .
No . 27 is now the Egyptian , meeting at Anderton ' s , claiming from 1724 , but whicli of the lodges of the old list it represents does nob appear , very likely No . 29 , the George , as No . 28 , tho Lodge of Philanthropy , meeting in the Hall of Mason ' s
Court , at Stockton-on-Tees , has departed . The Old King's Arms ( No . 30 ) , has become No . 28 , ancl still meets at F . M . T . The St . Alban's , now No . 29 , a lodge of 1727 , left the F . M . T . for the London Coffee-house , but the
lease of the latter has now expired , and the lodge will have to move . The United Mariners' has moved from the Coopers' Arms , Crown-street , Finsbury , to the Green Man Tavern , Tooley-street . This Coopers ' Arms was a regular Masonic house .
The Corner Stone ( No . 37 ) , has collapsed into No . 5 ; St . George ' s , -now St . George and Corner Stone . The Corner Stone ivas founded in 1730 , and used to meet in the Piazza Coffee-house ; it had no chapter .
The Britannic ( No . 38 ) , which used to meet in St . James ' s-streot , is now No . 33 , meets in F . M . T ., and has become an engineering lodge , with a chapter . The Mount Moriah Lodge has followed the same
migration to F . M . T . It came from the -Spread Eagle , Limehouse . The old No . 49 , the Lodge of Concord , Avith its chapter , has disappeared . It was founded in 1733 , ancl met at Proctor ' s Hotel ,
Westminsterbridge-road . No . 45 , the Strong Man , which meets at the Falcon Tavern , Fetter-lane , was No . 53 , meeting at the Hole in the Wall , Kirby-street , Hattongarden .
The Old Union keeps constant to Radley's . The Gihon ( No . 49 ) , met at the Three Tuns , Borough , migrated , to the London Coffee-house , and will have to move .
The Constitutional , a lodge of 1736 , has moved from the Buckingham Arms , New Kent-road , to the Ship and Turtle .
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Address To All The Grand Lodges Of The Globe.
MASONIC STATISTICS . —No . 2 . LONDON LODGES IN 1834 AND 1867 . The changes in the habitats of lodges are worth noting .
The G . L . and Nos . 1 and 2 remain at F . M . T . No . 3 , the Fidelity , has removed from the Crown Tavern , Clerkenivell-green , to F . M . T . It has a R-. A . Chapter attached , and is one of the time-immemorial lodges , but it must have lost
its red apron while at the Crown . No . 4 , Somerset House , remains at F . M . T . No . 5 , the St . George ' s and Corner Stone , is a time-immemorial lodge , whicli has migrated ivith its chapter from the George , Commercial-road , to
F . M . T . It has kept its red apron . No . 6 is steady to the Thatched House . It is the first lodge with a date , 1721 . The destruction of the old George and Blue Boar drove a coeval lodge , No . 7 , the Royal York
Lodge of Perseverance , into the F . M . T . No . S , the British , remains at F . M . T . No . 9 , the Albion , a 1721 lodge , has gone from the Bell Tavern , Pall Mall , with its chapter , to F . M . T . No . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , remains at F . M . T .
No . 11 , Enoch , also of the earliest date , has removed its chapter from the Blue Posts , Charlotte-street , Eathbone-place , to the F . M . T . It has now a chapter . No . 12 , the Fortitude , and No . 14 , the Tuscan
Red dpron , remain at F . M . T ., and No . 13 , the i Union , at Woolwich , all are of 1721 . < Another 1721 lodge , the Kent ( No . 1 §) , has moved from the Star , Wilkes-street , Spitalfields , to the Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . It appears
Spitalfields , in its decline , could no longer support Masonic lodges . The R . Alpha ( No . 16 ) , has removed from the Assembly Rooms , Kensington , to the Clarendon . No . 17 , is a Quebec lodge , an early record of
American Masonry . No . IS , the Old Dundee , has got from Marklane to the London Tavern , and No . 19 , the Royal Athelstan , from the Fitzroy Hotel , Charlotte-street , to Anderton ' s .
We noiv begin ivith 1 , 723 , the Royal Kent , still at Chatham , and our eldest provincial lodge . The Emulation ( No . 24 ) has removed from the George and Vulture , to the Albion ; the Neptune ( No . 22 ) , from the Black Boy , Wapping , to Radley ' s . The Globe , of the same date , remains at F . M . T .,
but No . 25 , now the Robert Burns , has reached there from the King ' s Arms Tavern , Goldensquare . The Castle Lodge of Harmony ( No . 26 ) , a lodge
of 1724 , has moved from the Piazza Coffee-house , Covent-garden , to the Westminster Palace Hotel ; it was No . 27 , and acquired the No . of 26 by the failure of a very old lodge , the Lodge of Antiquity , which met at the Mitre Tavern , Portsea .
No . 27 is now the Egyptian , meeting at Anderton ' s , claiming from 1724 , but whicli of the lodges of the old list it represents does nob appear , very likely No . 29 , the George , as No . 28 , tho Lodge of Philanthropy , meeting in the Hall of Mason ' s
Court , at Stockton-on-Tees , has departed . The Old King's Arms ( No . 30 ) , has become No . 28 , ancl still meets at F . M . T . The St . Alban's , now No . 29 , a lodge of 1727 , left the F . M . T . for the London Coffee-house , but the
lease of the latter has now expired , and the lodge will have to move . The United Mariners' has moved from the Coopers' Arms , Crown-street , Finsbury , to the Green Man Tavern , Tooley-street . This Coopers ' Arms was a regular Masonic house .
The Corner Stone ( No . 37 ) , has collapsed into No . 5 ; St . George ' s , -now St . George and Corner Stone . The Corner Stone ivas founded in 1730 , and used to meet in the Piazza Coffee-house ; it had no chapter .
The Britannic ( No . 38 ) , which used to meet in St . James ' s-streot , is now No . 33 , meets in F . M . T ., and has become an engineering lodge , with a chapter . The Mount Moriah Lodge has followed the same
migration to F . M . T . It came from the -Spread Eagle , Limehouse . The old No . 49 , the Lodge of Concord , Avith its chapter , has disappeared . It was founded in 1733 , ancl met at Proctor ' s Hotel ,
Westminsterbridge-road . No . 45 , the Strong Man , which meets at the Falcon Tavern , Fetter-lane , was No . 53 , meeting at the Hole in the Wall , Kirby-street , Hattongarden .
The Old Union keeps constant to Radley's . The Gihon ( No . 49 ) , met at the Three Tuns , Borough , migrated , to the London Coffee-house , and will have to move .
The Constitutional , a lodge of 1736 , has moved from the Buckingham Arms , New Kent-road , to the Ship and Turtle .