Masonry In South America.

draw him on to a further investigation of the mysteries of the Order and a knowledge of those ideas which appeal to the highest , noblest , and best faculties of mankind . There is the doctrine of equality which makes the

Prince of Wales when a Mason no greater than the humblest member of his Lodge , this captivates the Spanish mind , as do the principles of the Fraternity , of good will , of mutual forbearance , and all those kindly pledges which

are embraced by tho initiate at every step in his Masonic progress . The Spaniard in becoming a Mason acquires a familiarity with the principles of freedom and equality which lie at the very foundation of national and individual

greatness . These people are thus becoming infiltrated with the noblest ideas of our American life , and they are receiving them in such a way as to make them antagonistic to the superstition with which the early life was familiarised .

And there can he but one end , to wit , as a man becomes truer and better himself , as he becomes more truthful , more honest , more pure in all the relations of life in that degree he is a truer Mason and is taking upon himself

the highest character belonging to humanity . And the Spaniard in becoming familiarised with these great truths perceives the advantages they possess for himself and his brethren .

I do not then wonder at Dr . Trumbull's statement , that among the forces which are destined to uplift and ennoble and liberalise these people none will be found more puissant and constant in its tendency than that of Freemasonry . —Light .

Masonry In Hayti.

MASONRY IN HAYTI .

EROM a very interesting letter to A . P . Moriarty 33 ° , from James Theodore Holly , says the Hebrew Leader , we are permitted to make the following oxtracts : — Haytian Masonry was established in Port-au-Prince under tho auspices of tho Grand Lodge of England , in 1809 , by a Charter given fco a Lodge numbered GOfi on the Registry of that Grand Lodge , but

•which is now ! No . 1 , under the Grand Orient of Hayti . This was done five years after the Haytians had pained their individual liberty and established their national sovereignty and political independence . Masonry in coming to this bruised and bleeding nation , l ying in the great highway of tho world ' s commerce , to pour its soothing balm

into its dreadful wounds , thereby performed the part of the good Samaritan set forth in the Scriptures . Hayti has testified its grati . tude for this Blasonic sneconr , by making it a national institution . The Chief of Siafe is the Grand Protector of the Order . In 1824 a Provincial Grand Lodge was organized under the Grand Lodge of

England . In 183 f 5 an independent Grand Lodgo was established under the title of the Grand Orient of Hayti , and the A . A . Scottish Eite was cumulated in being added to the York Eito under the administration of tho Grand Order of Hayti . The Haytian Grand Orient is organized similar to that of France ,

with several Grand Chamber . " , but so as to take in both Rites in their entirety—I mean the York Eite , with its appendant Orders , and the Scottish Eite up to the 33 rd and last degree . Hence ivo have a Grand Symbolic Chamber , a Royal Arch Chamber , a Grand Conclave of Knights Templar , and a Supreme Chamber of the 33 rd decree

A . A . S . Rite . The Grand Symbolic Chamber ocenpies itself with the superior administration of Symbolic Lodges of the two Rites , many of which Lodges cumulate both Rites . The Grand Capitular Chamber occupies itself with the subordinate Royal Arch Chapters ; the Grand Conclave

with subordinate Knighfc Templars and Commauderies ; and the Supreme Council Chamber with tho subordinate Ruse Croix Chapters of the 18 th and the Areopagil of the 30 :, h degrees of the A . A . S . Rite . Separate Grand Lodges of Perfection or Councils of Princes

of Jerusalem do noD exist . These degreed are conferred iu Chapters of the Rose Croix . The Slat , 32 nd , aud 33 rd degrees are conferred iu the Supreme Council Chamber ; heuue there are no subordinate Consistories .

The New Agricultural Hall.

THE NEW AGRICULTURAL HALL .

\ T /" jdILE the Colonial aud Indian Exhibition lias Leon eonceu-» * _ trating tho interest of the United Kingdom upon South Kensington , there has barm quietly nnd somewhat slowl y riding in : t . existence a buiJdiug which seeui 3 destined , not perhaps to eclipse the recent Int-rtiat-ioual Expositions , but at all events to taka t ' n <; is place in : ; , more or lesa pvv : un > n . 'ut fvrni . A hy ,- years have elapsed since the initiation of the schema fcr tho erection of a National

Agricultural flail at Kensington , hut for almost tho same length o time tho execnu ' ort of ( ho project has OMU a certainly , and only thr earliest comers htwe been able to obtain a financial into : est in flu enterprise . Tho that idea naturall y Migge .- - -ted by this venture v .-at

that there already c-sUed an Agriculture ! Hall ia Idiugtou , which ,.-far at least as certain horse and uiftlo arrows Y .-ULV concerned , was a national institution , and therefore there was no room for anythin" of a similar nature . A small amount of reflection , however , ptifc " ± be matter in a totally different aspect , and this ouca realised , tho capital

The New Agricultural Hall.

required was easily procured , and tho shares in the company were rapidly taken up . The scope of the new pr . jocfc is extensive , for although nominallv an agricultural hall , the building will bo a centra for almost any and every display that mniern ingenuity in the direc . tion of exhibitions and onterfcainmenfcs can devise . Tho one great

objection to , and sooner or later tho fatal defect in , the Agricultural nail at Islington , has been its inaeessibility . No railway runs to ha doors , and tho nearest of the underground stations is at all events a mile away ; and whether tho direction bo from . King ' s-cross or Moor . gate-street , there is an uphill drag which ordinary people very much

dislike . If that consideration were all , it would tell more and more vear by year against the Islington Hall ; but there is another and a possibly more important element of disadvantage . The most truly national and the most popular of tho shows at Islington are those of animals and agricultural machinery , and the trouble and cost of

transferring hors > s and cattle and sheep , steam ploughs , and other mechanical appliances from the several metropolitan termini to Upper-street constitute a serious and substantial disadvantage , mili . tnfcing powerfully against ; the success of tho Agricultural Hall , well , established and well-known as it is . Hitherto , the absence of any

adequate substitute has enabled this institution to retain a large degree of popularity , but the time is rapidly approaching when a powerful rival will bo created which may not only compete in regard to shows with the hall at Islington , but will certainly possess advantages , and offer inducements in all directions , such as the existing

head centre of miscellaneous displays cannot pat forward . One consideration alone from which the National Agricultural Hall afc Kensington may and does cbaim superiority is that of railway facilities , and that is . almost everything . After Clapham Junctionwhich has b ° en described as the centre of the Universe , by reason oE

the almost direct communication between there and everywhere elso —comes in rank the Addison Road Station , Kensington . At this centre almost all the railway systems in England converge more or less directly . This has been demonstrated by the enormous number of provincial visitors who have been brought from all parts of the

country to Addison Road for the several exhibitions at South Ken . sington ; but even so , there has beau the disadvantage of a mile or two to be traversed by the travellers in order to reaoh the Fisheries , Healtheries , Inventories , and Coloneries , on foot or by omnibus , or other vehicnlar means . This difficulty will , however , not exist with

regard to the new hall , either in regard to people , animals , machinery , or of the exhibits in the contemplated exhibitions . The National Agricultural Hall is being erected upon a site immediately adjoining , and on one side within a few yards of the Addison Road Station , and an inspection of the gronnd , building , and arrangements made on

Tuesday by the Society of Engineers affords a suitable opportunity for describing the scope and progress of this project . The promoters , animated by no feeling of rivalry , regard tho hall as a means simply

of serving the West of London in tho same way in which the Agricultural Hall at Islington has served the metropolis generally , and app irent as may be the probable supersession of the latter by the former , it is sufficient for the moment fco look at the scheme from the

some limited point of view . Gradually , and almost without notice , rising into existence , the Kensington Flail is now within a few weeks of completion and r adinoss for the popnlar uses for which ifc ia designed . At present , it is trne , there is an appearance of incompletere * -, nnd even chaos , in the building , bni ; the main structure is

finished , and already a portion of the roof is glazed ; and with respect to this roof it should be observed at once that ifc is not only the largest in span in this country after the roof of St . Pancras Station , bnfc is one of the most gracefully arched roofs ever designed and constructed . The hall was originally designed by the late Mr . H . E . Cox ,

fco whom are due the general arrangement of the buildings and some of the principal elevations . His work as architect has been taken up and ably carried out by Mr . James Edmiston ; the contractors for the buildings generally being Messrs . Lucas and Son , of St . James ' s House , Kensington . The ironwork of tho roof and structure

gererally has been designed nnd its erection superintended by Messrs . Max am Ende and A . T . Walmisley , engineers , and is being constructed by Messrs . Handyside and Co ., of Derby . The main hall is 440 ft . loDg by 250 ft . wide , roofed in three spans , of which the centre one is 170 ft . wide and 100 ft . high to the soffit of the crown of tho main

arched ribs . These are placed 34 ft . apart and are 7 ft . deep , their ends resting on columns pivotted at top and bottom , so that the coinpredion must necessarily pass Ihrongh their centre lines . The thrust from tho arched ribs is transmitted through the roof girders ou tho side galleries , aud thence carried down to the foundations , 12 ft . btdoW

the ground , by an arrangement of bracing of whic ' i tho flooring girders of the galleries abo form part . One speciality of the construction will be , the screens—tit present hardly commenced—which will consist of verticil ridge and furrow construction , thus presenting great ; resisting power fco the wind , while avoiding tho heavy

horizontal members usual in largo screens . The main roofing is carried by main and infcermediat ; purling , and is glazed ou Mr . T . VV . Helliwoll ' s principle , who ! : ' , also executing tho wor ! :. The superficial ar :- ; a of th ' ,- grotin 1 11 . or is over 100 , 000 feel square , and from these figures ifc will be readily realised that , the new hall is one of va . st extent , and

fuiiy capable of accommodating the exhibition-. ! and " shows of every description " for which it is intended . Agricultural , fishing , sporting , vycling , industrial and ofcu .-r exhibitions ; dog shows , poullry » ho . . ' , cattle shov ,-,-,- , aihleliu and other spoits , circus , and Dvevy coueei" bio descri ption of entertainment .- ! aro ia contemplation , and if

but half of the hopes and ambirion of tho company aro fulfilled , thi-J . National flail will become one of tho moat important and most popular institutions iu tho "United Kingdom . Tho first purpose to which it v .-ill probably be do . a . fcjd will be a gigantic hippodrome , but fc ' es is more or loss undecided .

iiio visitors on Tuesday numbered something like 50 members' ! of the or , ei ; ty oi * Engineers , and they were received and taken over tho works by Mr . Max am Ende , Mr . ' Wa ' miyley , Mr . Ed . vki Lucas , and other gentlemen most directl y concernod in the undertaking . qxrough the trying ordeal of this scientific aud learned ins . oeufciou tho