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Our Architectural Chapter.
tion . A . bill Avas next introduced to enable the government to purchase the site ancl proceed with tho Avorks . The bill passed through committee and Avas deemed safe , when Lord Jolm Manners ancl his friends opposed it , and it was thrown out . Nothing further could . then be done , and shortly afterwards a change took place iu the government .
Lord Llanover being succeeded by Lord John Manners as first commissioner , another committee of the House of Commons was appointed , of which Lord Llanover ancl Lord John Manners were both members , aud as nearly as possible the same site as that previously opposed by the last named noble lord , was agreed to , it being further arranged that one ofthe three successful designs should be adopted . Lord John gave
the requisite notices , and a bill was brought in for obtaining the site , which will no doubt this session receive the royal assent . In the meantime , rumours became rife that Lord John , who is Well known to have peculiar views with regard to Gothic architecture , had determined to throw the first two designs on one sideand that the author of the third had
, received directions from Lord John to make out working drawings , prepare a model , and make an . estimate . The Government , however , has been again changed , and certain members of the House of Commons not so deeply impressed with the necessity of resorting to the Gothic upon all and every occasionAvithout regard to the purpose for which the
, building is designed , as the noble lord appears to be , called for the plans to be again brought before them . They were consequentl y produced , and are now exposed to public view in the ante-room of the- House of Commons , where any one
may see them . They stand No . 1 , No . 2 , and No . 3—the latter being the design of tho favoured arcliitect of the late first commissioner—ancl ivhich does not meet Avith that approbation from others which it elicited from his-lordship . A few clays aftenvards , one of the reading rooms of the House of Commons was filled ' with a large pasteboard model of the
structure , ancl a more decided opinion seemed to set in against it . The Observer informs us that all that IIOAV will be done with it " will be , to pay a heavy bill to the architect , " for Aidiich a vote will have to be asked from " the House of Commons , ancl probably lead to a discussion not very complimentary to the taste of Lord John . The Observer thus
sums up the results of the opposition to the bill of Lord Llanover in 18 : 17 . "Two years Avill have been lost , and great injustice been done to the two first architects . A bill of probabl y four or five thousand pounds or moro will haA'e to be paid , besides expenses incurred to keep up the present dilapidated buildings . The owners ancl occupiers of propert
y to be acquired have had nearly three years more to cook their accounts for compensation . Two sets of parliamentary notices have been given instead of one , and consequently two surveyors and two parliamentary agents' bills have to be paid instead of one , besides various other charges necessarily consequent on the delay . "
The Building News , however , appears in a perfect ecstacy of deli ght ivith this much discussed design , ancl says : — " The great opponents of Gothic architecture will be glad to hear that there are no mullions or other impediments to light . Sculpture is generously yet judiciously introduced , and not the dry wry-necked figures with ivhich Gothic architecture
is too often unjustly associated , but such as can be executed without sacrifice of beauty or of truth . There does not seem a single requirement either of climate or of comfort which has not been met with the corresponding elasticit y of the stylo . There is none ofthe trivial stone panelling which , fashioned to enrichdisfi the Westminster Palacebut
, gures ; borrowing the rich fulness and boldness of the foreign Gothic , Mr . Scott has , with Avondrous skill , welded it to its more stubborn development in England . Unhampered as was Sir Charles Barry , with the choice of a style , he has taken Gothic art when it reached its ripe manhood , and by these designs he has shown that to no worthier hands could the much-
Our Architectural Chapter.
coveted task have been committed . Should the building be erected as wo here see it , it will be tho finest of its style ivhich has for four hundred years been reared in England " - — an opinion from which ive unequivocally record our dissent . On the 21 st , a new church dedicated to St . John the Evangelist , was consecrated at Putney by the Bishop of
London . The church , built from the designs of Mr . Charles Lee , is in the early English style , having clerestory , aisles , transepts , and chancel , with ojjen timber roof , and poppy headed open seats . The exterior is faced with ragstone , with Bath stone designs . The cost will be about four thousand six hundred poundsof which two thousand five hundred
, pounds ( in addition to the site ) has been subscribed by Mr . John Temple Leader , formerly M . P . for Westminster . There are sittings for five hundred adults , without galleries . In connection with architecture , we may state that a strike , has taken place in the building trade , owing to a demand of the men to be allowed only to work for nine hours
instead of ten , at the same rate of wages . The strike has commenced at Messrs . Trollopes ' , and the master builders , in order to suppress it , have held a meeting , and resolved upon closing all their shops on the Oth August , a committee , however , being appointed to consider the best means of opening the doors to such men as may be willing to ivork
independently ofthe rules of any society . In the course of the proceedings , Sir Samuel Peto , M . P ., stated that the strike which his firm had to contend with , during the erection of the Houses of Parliament cost his firm between fifteen and sixteen thousand pounds . A strike , which in the ivinter months would have been of greater consequence than at present , has also taken place in the various metropolitan gas works , the men demanding a rise of about twenty per cent , on their present ivages .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
EXTRACTS FUOJt TIIK " Fl . KE _ . IASOXS' CAI . KXDAII , '' FOK TIIE ' YEAliS 1775 AND 1776 . Ai / e of Initiates . —The old Regulation IV . decreed that "No Lodge shall make more than five new brethren at one time , nor any man under the age of twenty-five , who must be also his own master , unless by a dispensation from the Grand Master , or his Deputy . —[ N . B . Masons are now admitted at the age of
twentyone ; but there appears to he no authori ty for this alteration . ] Clothing . —Now Regulations , March 17 , 1 . 731 . None but the Grand Master , his Deputy , and Wardens , who are the only Grand Officers , shall wear their jewels pendant to blue ribbons about their necks , and white leather aprons lined with blue silk ; which sort of aprons may also be worn by former Grancl Officers , and by Provincial Grand Mastersduring the continuance of their
Pro-, yincialship . —[ N . B . The Grand Treasurer , Secretary , ancl Sword Bearer , are now permitted to wear the clothing of Grand Officers , as are also Provincial Grand Officers in their several provinces . ] Clotliimj II . —Masters ancl Wardens of particular Lodges may line their white leather aprons with white silk , aud hang their jewels at white ribbons about their necks .- — - [ N . B . Members of private Lodges are now permitted to wear the same clothing . ]
Oliarit . il Fee from New Lotlr / es . —December 27 , 1 . 729 . Every now constituted Lodge shall pay two guineas to the general charity . — [ N . B . Every new constituted Lodge , within the bills of mortality , now pays four guineas to the charity . ] Membership and Visitiny Jlhjlits . —No brother shall belong to more than one Lodge within the bills of mortality , though he may visit them all , except the members of a foreign Lodge . —
[ N . B . This regulation having become obsolete , was neglected for several years ; but it has been again confirmed by a resolution of the Grand Lodge within these ten years . ( 1775 ) . ] Appointment of Grand Secretary . —The Grand Secretary is now appointed by the Grand Master , and not by the Grand Lodge . ( Regulations made iu Oct ., 1 . 7 GS . )—LEX MASOXTCA . Il ' . ISII UECOCiNITIOX OP TIIE IHCill PECiltEES .
According to the Freemasons' Calendar , published yearly at Dublin , the issues ofthe years 1848-57 being now before me , I find the Grand Lodge of Ireland to acknowled ge the following : — Supreme Grand Council of the 33 ° ; Order of Mizraim ; Knights
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Our Architectural Chapter.
tion . A . bill Avas next introduced to enable the government to purchase the site ancl proceed with tho Avorks . The bill passed through committee and Avas deemed safe , when Lord Jolm Manners ancl his friends opposed it , and it was thrown out . Nothing further could . then be done , and shortly afterwards a change took place iu the government .
Lord Llanover being succeeded by Lord John Manners as first commissioner , another committee of the House of Commons was appointed , of which Lord Llanover ancl Lord John Manners were both members , aud as nearly as possible the same site as that previously opposed by the last named noble lord , was agreed to , it being further arranged that one ofthe three successful designs should be adopted . Lord John gave
the requisite notices , and a bill was brought in for obtaining the site , which will no doubt this session receive the royal assent . In the meantime , rumours became rife that Lord John , who is Well known to have peculiar views with regard to Gothic architecture , had determined to throw the first two designs on one sideand that the author of the third had
, received directions from Lord John to make out working drawings , prepare a model , and make an . estimate . The Government , however , has been again changed , and certain members of the House of Commons not so deeply impressed with the necessity of resorting to the Gothic upon all and every occasionAvithout regard to the purpose for which the
, building is designed , as the noble lord appears to be , called for the plans to be again brought before them . They were consequentl y produced , and are now exposed to public view in the ante-room of the- House of Commons , where any one
may see them . They stand No . 1 , No . 2 , and No . 3—the latter being the design of tho favoured arcliitect of the late first commissioner—ancl ivhich does not meet Avith that approbation from others which it elicited from his-lordship . A few clays aftenvards , one of the reading rooms of the House of Commons was filled ' with a large pasteboard model of the
structure , ancl a more decided opinion seemed to set in against it . The Observer informs us that all that IIOAV will be done with it " will be , to pay a heavy bill to the architect , " for Aidiich a vote will have to be asked from " the House of Commons , ancl probably lead to a discussion not very complimentary to the taste of Lord John . The Observer thus
sums up the results of the opposition to the bill of Lord Llanover in 18 : 17 . "Two years Avill have been lost , and great injustice been done to the two first architects . A bill of probabl y four or five thousand pounds or moro will haA'e to be paid , besides expenses incurred to keep up the present dilapidated buildings . The owners ancl occupiers of propert
y to be acquired have had nearly three years more to cook their accounts for compensation . Two sets of parliamentary notices have been given instead of one , and consequently two surveyors and two parliamentary agents' bills have to be paid instead of one , besides various other charges necessarily consequent on the delay . "
The Building News , however , appears in a perfect ecstacy of deli ght ivith this much discussed design , ancl says : — " The great opponents of Gothic architecture will be glad to hear that there are no mullions or other impediments to light . Sculpture is generously yet judiciously introduced , and not the dry wry-necked figures with ivhich Gothic architecture
is too often unjustly associated , but such as can be executed without sacrifice of beauty or of truth . There does not seem a single requirement either of climate or of comfort which has not been met with the corresponding elasticit y of the stylo . There is none ofthe trivial stone panelling which , fashioned to enrichdisfi the Westminster Palacebut
, gures ; borrowing the rich fulness and boldness of the foreign Gothic , Mr . Scott has , with Avondrous skill , welded it to its more stubborn development in England . Unhampered as was Sir Charles Barry , with the choice of a style , he has taken Gothic art when it reached its ripe manhood , and by these designs he has shown that to no worthier hands could the much-
Our Architectural Chapter.
coveted task have been committed . Should the building be erected as wo here see it , it will be tho finest of its style ivhich has for four hundred years been reared in England " - — an opinion from which ive unequivocally record our dissent . On the 21 st , a new church dedicated to St . John the Evangelist , was consecrated at Putney by the Bishop of
London . The church , built from the designs of Mr . Charles Lee , is in the early English style , having clerestory , aisles , transepts , and chancel , with ojjen timber roof , and poppy headed open seats . The exterior is faced with ragstone , with Bath stone designs . The cost will be about four thousand six hundred poundsof which two thousand five hundred
, pounds ( in addition to the site ) has been subscribed by Mr . John Temple Leader , formerly M . P . for Westminster . There are sittings for five hundred adults , without galleries . In connection with architecture , we may state that a strike , has taken place in the building trade , owing to a demand of the men to be allowed only to work for nine hours
instead of ten , at the same rate of wages . The strike has commenced at Messrs . Trollopes ' , and the master builders , in order to suppress it , have held a meeting , and resolved upon closing all their shops on the Oth August , a committee , however , being appointed to consider the best means of opening the doors to such men as may be willing to ivork
independently ofthe rules of any society . In the course of the proceedings , Sir Samuel Peto , M . P ., stated that the strike which his firm had to contend with , during the erection of the Houses of Parliament cost his firm between fifteen and sixteen thousand pounds . A strike , which in the ivinter months would have been of greater consequence than at present , has also taken place in the various metropolitan gas works , the men demanding a rise of about twenty per cent , on their present ivages .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
EXTRACTS FUOJt TIIK " Fl . KE _ . IASOXS' CAI . KXDAII , '' FOK TIIE ' YEAliS 1775 AND 1776 . Ai / e of Initiates . —The old Regulation IV . decreed that "No Lodge shall make more than five new brethren at one time , nor any man under the age of twenty-five , who must be also his own master , unless by a dispensation from the Grand Master , or his Deputy . —[ N . B . Masons are now admitted at the age of
twentyone ; but there appears to he no authori ty for this alteration . ] Clothing . —Now Regulations , March 17 , 1 . 731 . None but the Grand Master , his Deputy , and Wardens , who are the only Grand Officers , shall wear their jewels pendant to blue ribbons about their necks , and white leather aprons lined with blue silk ; which sort of aprons may also be worn by former Grancl Officers , and by Provincial Grand Mastersduring the continuance of their
Pro-, yincialship . —[ N . B . The Grand Treasurer , Secretary , ancl Sword Bearer , are now permitted to wear the clothing of Grand Officers , as are also Provincial Grand Officers in their several provinces . ] Clotliimj II . —Masters ancl Wardens of particular Lodges may line their white leather aprons with white silk , aud hang their jewels at white ribbons about their necks .- — - [ N . B . Members of private Lodges are now permitted to wear the same clothing . ]
Oliarit . il Fee from New Lotlr / es . —December 27 , 1 . 729 . Every now constituted Lodge shall pay two guineas to the general charity . — [ N . B . Every new constituted Lodge , within the bills of mortality , now pays four guineas to the charity . ] Membership and Visitiny Jlhjlits . —No brother shall belong to more than one Lodge within the bills of mortality , though he may visit them all , except the members of a foreign Lodge . —
[ N . B . This regulation having become obsolete , was neglected for several years ; but it has been again confirmed by a resolution of the Grand Lodge within these ten years . ( 1775 ) . ] Appointment of Grand Secretary . —The Grand Secretary is now appointed by the Grand Master , and not by the Grand Lodge . ( Regulations made iu Oct ., 1 . 7 GS . )—LEX MASOXTCA . Il ' . ISII UECOCiNITIOX OP TIIE IHCill PECiltEES .
According to the Freemasons' Calendar , published yearly at Dublin , the issues ofthe years 1848-57 being now before me , I find the Grand Lodge of Ireland to acknowled ge the following : — Supreme Grand Council of the 33 ° ; Order of Mizraim ; Knights