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Our Architectural Chapter.
The Lodge Room of No . 1029 , at Collingwood , Melbourne , Australia ; built 1857 ( see Freemasons' Magazine , 1857 , p . 715 ) . Lodge of Cawnpore , destroyed by the rebels in 1857 , and rebuilt 1858 Of taverns and hotels we have but a scanty list—Freemasons' Tavern , London . Thirty-eight Lodges and eight Chapters meet here .
Freemasons' Tavern , Canterbury . Freemasons' Tavern , Dudley . Freemasons' Tavern , Gravesend ; so named in 1858 . Freemasons' Tavern , Manchester . No . 399 meets here . Freemasons' Tavern , Sydney . Freemasons' TavernWoolwich . Nos . 13 and 1008 meet here .
, Freemasons' Hotel , Portsea . Freemasons' Arms , Burslem . No . 115 meets here . Freemasons' Arms , Great Howard-street , Bristol . No . 864 meets here . Masonic Hotel , Cape Town . Masonic HotelAucklandNew Zealand .
, , The list of Freemasons' Halls and Masonic Halls here given is in number seventy-five . Many of these are only taverns so called , but on the other hand a large number of colonial Lodges which have separate buildings are not included , making the number of Masonic Halls and district Lodge rooms far above ti hundred . This again is exclusive
of such places under the Scotch and Irish constitutions . We have shown quite enough to illustrate the desire of the members to have Masonic Halls , if only in name ; and we may observe that the first care of every colonial Mason is to have a distinct Lodge building . Our impression is that there are very likely one hundred Lodge buildings in the colonies . Every colonial and "foreign Mason
who comes to London , expresses his annoyance and disgust at finding the Lodges and Chapters without local habitations , and meeting in taverns . At one firstrate tavern he will find the chambermaids and barmaids drawn up regularly on Lodge nights to join-at the procession of members passing from the Lodge room to the banquet room ; in another he finds a side board of wine glasses left to complete the
fittings for a serious ceremonial , and he notices many unseemly things , which the London Brethren , being accustomed to , submit to—do not think of grumbling about . He attires himself in a passage or corridor , and is prepared for the accommodation which is eked out to him . He is not afterwards surprised to find that there is no preparation room available and that no preparation is undergone , and
would not be surprised if he were told the coal cellar or the washhouse were allotted for such purpose . There is , however , a prospect of something better , and we hope we shall soon be redeemed from the reproaches of our colonial , American , and French Brethren , and reply to their boasting , by showing our own temple . The list we have given above is very imperfect , and we shall be obliged to correspondents for corrections and additions .
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Our Architectural Chapter.
The Lodge Room of No . 1029 , at Collingwood , Melbourne , Australia ; built 1857 ( see Freemasons' Magazine , 1857 , p . 715 ) . Lodge of Cawnpore , destroyed by the rebels in 1857 , and rebuilt 1858 Of taverns and hotels we have but a scanty list—Freemasons' Tavern , London . Thirty-eight Lodges and eight Chapters meet here .
Freemasons' Tavern , Canterbury . Freemasons' Tavern , Dudley . Freemasons' Tavern , Gravesend ; so named in 1858 . Freemasons' Tavern , Manchester . No . 399 meets here . Freemasons' Tavern , Sydney . Freemasons' TavernWoolwich . Nos . 13 and 1008 meet here .
, Freemasons' Hotel , Portsea . Freemasons' Arms , Burslem . No . 115 meets here . Freemasons' Arms , Great Howard-street , Bristol . No . 864 meets here . Masonic Hotel , Cape Town . Masonic HotelAucklandNew Zealand .
, , The list of Freemasons' Halls and Masonic Halls here given is in number seventy-five . Many of these are only taverns so called , but on the other hand a large number of colonial Lodges which have separate buildings are not included , making the number of Masonic Halls and district Lodge rooms far above ti hundred . This again is exclusive
of such places under the Scotch and Irish constitutions . We have shown quite enough to illustrate the desire of the members to have Masonic Halls , if only in name ; and we may observe that the first care of every colonial Mason is to have a distinct Lodge building . Our impression is that there are very likely one hundred Lodge buildings in the colonies . Every colonial and "foreign Mason
who comes to London , expresses his annoyance and disgust at finding the Lodges and Chapters without local habitations , and meeting in taverns . At one firstrate tavern he will find the chambermaids and barmaids drawn up regularly on Lodge nights to join-at the procession of members passing from the Lodge room to the banquet room ; in another he finds a side board of wine glasses left to complete the
fittings for a serious ceremonial , and he notices many unseemly things , which the London Brethren , being accustomed to , submit to—do not think of grumbling about . He attires himself in a passage or corridor , and is prepared for the accommodation which is eked out to him . He is not afterwards surprised to find that there is no preparation room available and that no preparation is undergone , and
would not be surprised if he were told the coal cellar or the washhouse were allotted for such purpose . There is , however , a prospect of something better , and we hope we shall soon be redeemed from the reproaches of our colonial , American , and French Brethren , and reply to their boasting , by showing our own temple . The list we have given above is very imperfect , and we shall be obliged to correspondents for corrections and additions .