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where a treble light corresponds with that at the southern transept , and iu the case of a curiously narrow splayed light at the east side of the same transept , which is of similar width to the slits mentioned as lighting the crypt . At the west end there are two double lights ; and a single one lights the vestry built against the north side of the tower . We have said the

stamed glass is of deep brillrant hue . Unfortunately , that is all that can be said of it . It was bought second-hand not long since , and bears no relationship to the general design of the fabric , nor to the intensely interesting history of the Early Church in this district , nor

even to the loving bravery of the lighthousekeeper ' s daughter . The chancel is nearly as long as the aiave ; the one measuring 60 ft . by 28 ft ., the other , without the tower , 68 ft . by 80 ft . Many will be glad to hear that Grace Darling ' s brother now fills the situation once occupied by

her father . The lighthouse is a marvel of cleanliness and neatness . After climbm

, painted red is painted white , appears strikingly different from terra-firma objects . The spiral staircase conducts the visitor past room after room , all scrupulously neat , and decorated with marine curiosities , till it terminates in the glass chamber containing the revolving lights . These

are triplets of moderator lamps , each having a reflector of surpassing brilliancy behind it . The three lights appear as one from a distance , and as

the revolutron of the machinery takes these out of sight before the next three come into view , that intermittent effect is produced that makes it distinguishable from any other .. Not a smut or a fiyspot is perceptible on any part of the brilliant gear ; nor , indeed , a mark of any kind , except one

dent in a reflector that the keeper vainly endeavours to efface : a bird bewildered in a long-ago storm had dashed its breast through the glass walls and fell dead in its dearly-sought shelter . The rocks or islets that make this part of the sea so dangerous for navigation , are the breeding

places of myriads of cormorants and other large sea-birds , which , as boats approach them , flap their wings , and with fierce noises object in a most unmistakeable manner to any oue landing . The island nearest to the shore , with the lighthouse upon itknown as the near lighthas a

, , pele tower upon it of Edwardian architecture . The largest chamber on the inincipal floor has a small recess in it , which , from the opening in the masonry , appears to have been a confessional ; it has lately been rendered habitable , and is now in use as a marine seat . St . Cuthbert's Chapel ,

upon the same island , has also been put into repair , and furnished with some old carved oak fittings brought from the mainland , and divine

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servrce is occasionally performed in ifc in the summer months . The memory of the two vigorous ascetic ecclesiastics , St . Aidan and St . Cuthbert , with that of their first regal convert , the good St . Oswald , is still green on this part of the coast .

Barnborough appears to have been as much knocked about by the Danes and Normans as Sebastopol was by the English aud French . And the poetic faculty of Mediasval times seems to have idealised some such tragedy as that of the " thin red line " at Balaclava in the ancient

Northumbrian poem , " The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Houghs , " the long loathsome horror doubtless representing an armed and hostile force .. —Builder .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

SCEPTICISM AtfD BEEEMASOSlir . A correspondent thinks that , inasmuch as the sceptic does not deny the existence of God , there would be no impropriety in permitting him to become a member of the Craft . My opinion is wholly different . Iu Freemasonry it is not enough that there is

no denial of the first cause . There must be au express recognition of that Diviue Being whom we invoke as tbe Great Architect of the Universe . It is scarcely necessary to state that such recognition would he quite inconsistent with the principles of scepticism , bothancientandmodern . —CiiAiiiiES PUETOS COOPEE .

CHANGES or ? LODGE LOCALITIES . A brother lent me a book with a list of lodges , and their places of meeting , in 1 S 11 , a few of the changes , of locality of some of those in the metropolis , aud others for their curious names , may he amusing if placed ou record . No . 3 . Friendship , Thatched

house Tavern : the house is pulled down . 5 . Westminster and Key Stone , King's Arms , Palace yard ; pulled down . G . Fortitude , the Wrekin , Broad Court . 7 . Mary-le-Bone lodge ; Mary-le-bone Coffee house , Where was that ? 9 . Dundee-arms , their private room , Red Lion-street , Wapping . 11 . King ' s Arms Ant

lodge , at "Wandsworth , Surrey . 12 . Emulation , - werp Tavern , Threadneedle-street . 13 . Fraternal lodge , Deal , Kent . 18 . Castle Lodge of Harmony , Horn , Doctors' Commons . 20 . Cordiality , Swan Tavern , Walham Green . 2 S . Well-disposed Lodge , CockWaltham Abbev . 30 . Sociable LodgeAntwerp

, , Tavern . 41 . Strong Man , East Smithfield . 43 . Union Lodge of Freedom and Ease , Crown and Anchor , Strand . 72 . Lodge of Unity , Lord Cochrane Spring Gardens . US . Moira Lodge , New London Tavern , Cheapside . 12 S . Burlington Lodge , Red Lion , Old Cavendish-street . 134 . Lodge of Apollo

and Amphion , private room , Jolm Street , Fitzroy Square . 161 . Door to Eternity Lodge , Heidelsham , Germany . 178 . Lodge of Constitutional Attachment , Wheat-sheaf , Lombard Street . 182 . Royal Theatric Covent Garden Lodge , Feathers , Hart Street . 194 . St . Luke ' s , Orange Coffee-house , Q . ueeu Street , Chelsea .

20 S . St . Nicholas Lodge , the Chancellor's Head , Newgate Street . 227 . Lodge of Friendship , Bull Iun , Barking . 230 , Manchester Lodge , Salutation ,