Architecture And Archæology.

"Winchester , Sir . " W . Dunbar , Eev . Mr . Tritton , rector of Morden , Eov . Mr . Measor , vicar of Kingston , Eev . Mr . "Haggard , incumbent of Wandsworth , the Mayor of Kingston , and numerous members of the corporation attended the ceremony , and there was a considerable gathering of tho local gentry also present . The church will be built of stono and red brick , and in the Gothic

stylo . Ifc is calculated to hold SOO persons , and a largo portion of the sittings will be free . The cost is estimated afc £ 1 , 500 , and £ 106 13 s . 6 d . was collected after the ceremony had concluded .

A chapel and school have been opened at the tythhig of ¦ Greenham , parish of Ashbrittle , between four and five miles from Wellington , Shropshire . The chapel , which is capable of accommodating from 150 to 200 individuals , is in the early English style , with apsidal chancel ; the walls of the rubble-stone of tbe nei ghbourhood , and Ham stone dressings . A tower of Bath stone decorates tho north-west angle ; wifch

spirelet surmounted in finial ; a gilded metal cross , and a ' belfry . The interior of the building is lofty , compared with its size . The apsidal chancel at tbe cast end is laid wifch encaustic tiles , and is separated from the apse by a communion screen . Over the altar are three lancet windows of stained glass , presented by the Eev . Mr . Eobinson , formerly curate of Ashbrittle . They represent the command of our

Saviour to His disci ples , — " Peed my lambs . " A circular was issued on the 29 fch of May last , stating that £ 100 more was required to carry out Mr . Scott ' s plans for the restoration of Crowland Abbey .- This is one of tho most interesting relics in the country , yet since the issue of this circular , though the front of the building has been shored up , nothing further has been done .

Mr . Geo . Gilbert Scott writing in the Builder , says : "The western midland district seems just now particularly rampant in its destructive propensities . It is only three or four years since the beautiful Town Hall at Leominster—one of a series of beautiful and most interesting timber structures for which that

¦ district is so famous—was ruthlessly removed hy tlie authorities of -that town . Its actual ^ existence has happily been prolonged , owing , I believe , to its having been purchased by a priYate individual , and re-erected in the outskirts of the town . A month since the archaeological public were dismayed by the report that the Dean ancl Chapter of AVorcester , —the natural guardians of the -ecclesiastical antiquities of their city , but doubly so of those of their own precincts—were about to decree the demolition of the "Guesten

Hall" of the ancient monastery , one of the finest specimens existing of the balls and timber roofs of the fourteenth century . This seems , happily , to be a premature alarm , ancl ifc is earnestly to be hoped that this noble monument is reprieved sine die . We are , however , denied the satisfaction of thinking that this district is settled clown into a state of conservatism of its antiquities . A third hall is , ire find now endangered . The very curious and ( so

far as it is preserved ) beautiful Town Hall of Hereford is now threatened , if not actually condemned . I know this building well , ancl can speak most strongly of its value ancl interest , aud can assure the inhabitants of Hereford that if they carry out what they -threaten , they will deprive their city of an object of interest second only to their cathedral . I most earnestly wish that this act of deliberate vandalism be averted through some timely influence

may , -and that the notice of these repeated proofs of the want of appreciation of our national antiquities on the part of those who ought to view themselves as their guardians will influence others who have not yet ventured to hint at the destruction of their ¦ venerable bufc helpless wards . "

LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT . —Great heat without much light is produced by the combustion of hydrogen gas ; and this fact has been successfully applied in the arts to the reduction of metals . Still , we think that if the ease were reversed , ancl great light produced without much heat , a boundless field would be presented for its application to the most useful purposes . In deep mines , for examplewhen the danger arising from explosions bcommon lamps

, y is most imminent , this cold light would at once revolutionise the whole art of mining . Such a light could be employed in powder magazines , the holds of ships , and also in warehouses and manufactories containing combustible materials . Li ght and heat are different in their nature , ancl science seems to have settled the question , that , under certain circumstances , they may be separated ; butfor practical artificial light without heat has not yet

, purposes , been applied . The fire-fly emits a soft ancl beautiful light , without its being apparently accompanied with equivalent heat . May not some mode be yet discovered for obtaining independent light without heat , and rendering it applicable to the purposes we have pointed out ? on i

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE HRST KXIGHT-TEMPLARS IX IRELAXD . I should bo glad to know what is the date of the introduction of Masonic Kni ght Templary into Ireland , and where ifc was first practised ?—0 . E . —[ Wc cannot answer fche first query , perhaps some Irish Templar will inform us . Tiv second part , however , comes within our knowledge . Ifc wa ; . first introduced at Pethard , in Co . Tippcrary , ' as an old

prologue to a play , bespoke by an encampment of Knights-Templars , states . Tho line runs thus : " In Fethard first was polisli'd and refined . " ] MASOXRY AMONG NATIVE IXDIAXS . Several anecdotes are told of native Indians being propitiated by Masonic signs . Where did they learn them p—BEDMAX . —[ See a note in fcho PREEMASONS' MAGAZIXE , vol . iv ., p . 555 , for information on the point . ]

WILLIAM DE-LA-MORE . When the Templars were seized and imprisoned by-Edward IL , it is asserted that William Do-la-More , then Grand Prior of England , died in tho Tower of London about the year 1310 . Where shall I find authorities for this statement ?—P . E . THE LAMBSKIX .

Among the classical scholars , who arc readers of the MAGAZIXE , will some ono kindly point out where , and in what ancient writers , the lambskin is mentioned as a badge of innocence and purity ?—ELLA .

JOHX PEA 11 SOX , BISHOP OP CHESTER . What authority had Do Quincy for asserting , in his attack upon our Order , that the celebrated prolate , John Pearson , Bishop of Chester , was a Freemason ?—CLEEICUS . MASONIC FUNERAL . Where can . I sec an account of a Masonic funeral celebrated in conjunction with the service of our Church ?—GLERICUS .

—[ Afc page 815 of vol . iv . of the PREEMASOXS' MAGAZIXE . ] MASOXIC COLLEGE AT MISSOURI . Our American Brethren established a Masonic College afc Missouri . Wanted to know if it is still in existence , aud what are its objects ?—Ax ENGLISH COLLEGIAX . THE CUBIT IX THE TEMPLE . What was the exact measure of the cubit spoken of in the

construction of Solomon ' s Temple?—X . V . X . —[ There were throe kinds of cubit—the king ' s cubit was three feet , fcho Holy cubit ono foot six inches , fcho common cubit one foot nine inches . The cubit used in tho Temple buildings ivas tho Holy cubit or twenty-one English inches . ]

THE POIXTS OP THE COMPASS . When was the old fashioned way of coverin g the points of tho compass , with little square boxes of lirpinm vike , discontinued , and has ifc any affinity to tlie well known nautical phrase of " boxing the compass ? " —P . E . G . MASOXRY AXD ACTS Ol' PARLIAMENT . What was tho object , and who started ifc , in the last ,

century , of bringing tho Masonic brotherhood under legislative control ?—M . P . —[ The object was to incorporate the society by Act of Parliament , and tho Hon . Charles Dillon , D . G . M ., introduced ifc in 1771 , bufc on the second reading , ifc was postponed sins dine , owing to Mr . Onslow ' s opposition , he having been instructed by several brethren , to defeat the intention , if possible ]

GRAXU STEWARDS LODGE . Iii 1779 , the Grand Stewards' Lodge finding . thoir subscriptions much reduced , applied to the Grand Lodgo for relief , —upon which ifc was resolved , that in future no Grand . Officer should bo appointed who was not at the time , a subscribing member of that Lodge . When did this practice fall into disuse?—A P RESEXT GRAXD S TEWARD .

PRESTOXIAX LECTURER . Ho answer having been given to a former correspondent , as to the appointment of Prestonian Lecturer for this year , may I enquire in whom does the nomination rest , and what becomes of tho interest of the £ 500 , 3 per cent , consols , if tho lecture is not given ? Also , who arc trustees of the stock ?—P . A . C .