Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night.

V . She , Avith light stej ) , bounded forward , sprang Avithin the old church-door , Left the old man coming slowly , paths he'd trod so oft before , Not one moment paused the maiden , but

Avith cheek and brow aglow , Staggered up the gloomy toAvcr Avhcro the bell SAvung to and fro ; Then she climbed the slimy ladder , dark , Avithout one ray of light , Upwards , still her pale lips saying , "Curfew shall not ring to-night !"

VI . She has reached the topmost ladder , o ' ct her hangs the great dark bell , Ancl the awful gloom beneath her , like tho pathway down to hell ; See , the ponderous tongue is swinging , ' tis the hour of Curfew now , Ancl tho sight has chilled her bosom , stopped

her breath , and paled her broAv , Shall she let it ring ? "No , never . '" hei eyas flash with sudden light , As she springs and grasps it firmly , " Curfew shall not ring to-night , "

VII . Out she SAvung , far out—tho city seemed a tiny spec below , There ' tAvixt heaven and earth suspended , as the bell swung to and fro , And the half-deaf sexton ringing ( years he

had not heard the bell ) , And he thought the twilight Curfew rang o o o young Basil's funeral knell ; Still the maiden clinging firmly , cheek and brow so pale and Avhite , Still her frightened heart ' s Aviid beating , " CurfeAv shall not ring to-night 1 "

. It Avas o ' er , the bell ceased swaying , and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder , whore for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted , and

Avhat this night she had done Should be told long years after , as the rays of setting-sun Light the sky Avith melloAV beauty , and aged sires Avith heads of Avhite , Tell the children why the " Curfew did not ring that one sad night . "

Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night.

is . O ' er the distant hills came CroniAvell ; Bessie saw him , and her brow , Lately Avhite Avith sickening horror , gloAvs Avith sudden beauty noiv . At bis feet she told her story , shoAved her

hands , all bruised and torn , And her sweet young face so haggard , with a look so sad and worn , Touched his heart with sudden pi ty , lit his eyes witli misty lig ht ; " Go , your lover lives , " cried Cromwell , " CurfeAv shall not ring to-night !" Keystone .

The Freemasons And Archtecture In England.

THE FREEMASONS AND ARCHTECTURE IN ENGLAND .

BY BRO . JACOB XOIiTON . AMONG some errors abounding in Bro . Holmes ' s article in the September ancl October "Masonic Magazine , " I shall at present call attention to only a few of them , Bro . Holmes informs

usthat—, " Under the auspices of Henry VII . the fraternity once more revived their assemblies , and Masonry resumed its pristine splendour . On the 21-th of June , 1503 , a Lodge of Master Masons Avas formed in the Palaceat which the King presided as

, Grand Master , AVIIO . having appointed John Lslip , etc ., as Wardens , proceeded in ample form to the oast end of Westminster Abbey , where he laid the foundation stone ... [ of what is ] known by the name of Henry VII . ' s Chapel . "

Hie truth is , Henry VII . was never a Masonic Grand Master , nor did he preside OA'er ; i Lodge of Master Masons in his palace on the 24 th of June , 1502 ; nor did he march in Masonic procession , " in ample form , " to lay the foundation-stone of his chapel on the 24 th of June . Henry VII . did

not lay the foundation-stone of his chapel " at all , at all , " as faddy Avould say , and he was not even present Avlien the foundationstone was laid . And last , and not least , tho foundation-stone of the said chapel AA'as not laid on the 24 th of Junoli / 02 but seA'en

, , months later , viz . January 24 th , 1502 , old style , 1503 new style , as the following extract from Holinshed ' s Chronicle will show : "In this eighteenth yeare [ of the King ' s reign ] , the twentie-fourth daie of Januarie , a quarter of an houre afore three of the