The Mason's Last Request.—A Sketch Of The Battle-Field .

widow's son was safe , for the sword which would have slain was now a shield—the foe whose arm had just been raised was now a brother , whose extended hand was ready to lift him who lay upon the earth in such distress . But ah ! fatal pause ! that generous bosom , so full of fraternal love , which did not forget duty even there , amid the wild carnage of battle , was pierced by a bullet ; and the

brave Carroll sank , dying , by the side of him who had called for help and had not been refused . Washington ' s eyes were on him—he kneAv Avho and what he was , for he had sat with him in a place where light abounded ; but he could not Avait—the enemy are flying and must be pursued . " On ! " cried the ding hero to his men . " Forward !"

y he shouted to his boys . "We are victorious , and I am content . " The battle was over . The British had been swept back over the gory field Avhich they had taken , and night had drawn its njantle over the horrors which the day had exposed . And by Major Carrol's side knelt the only one of his race that was left to life—his youngest born . His two oldest

sons had fallen on the dear-bought field—like himself contented that they died for their country , and fell in the hour when victory Avas theirs . "Father , Avhat can I do for yon ? " said the boy-hero , as he grasped his dying sire by the hand , and sustained his head ripon his breast . " Be a manand do duty to country firstand to

, your your , your mother next . And lad , save my Masonic regalia . He , our nation' s father , invested me Avith it ! Save it , and act so worthily , that when you are of full age yon may become entitled to wear it . It is my last request ! And soon the noble spirit of that brave , good , man , left his body , and went to dwell with the Great Architect of the Universe .

And , years after , when peace smiled on our land , the son fulfilled the father ' s request , and that cherished regalia is yet in the possession of his descendants . —Masonic Casket ( Collinsville , U . S . )

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . A memorial windoAV has been put up in the nave of Lincoln Cathedral , by the Revs . A . and F . Sutton . The AA'indoAV contains twelve subjects from the life of Joshua , and is the companion Avindow to that recently put up , containing scenes from the life of Moses ; the two being a

memorial to the late Sir Eichard Sutton , Bart ., and Lady Sutton . Beneath , the AA'indoAV is a small mural tablet in brass , with the inscription . The work of restoration in Wellingborough Church commenced in 1850 , under the advice and direction of Messrs . G . G . Scott and E . E . LaAV , and the chancel and chancel aisles were then reseated with oak seats : the oak

open screen , and the stone work of the pillars , arches , and windows Avere restored , and two unsightly galleries were removed from the aisles , at a cost of about £ 1 , 250 , the whole of Avhich was defrayed . Last year it Avas resolved to finish the work so commenced . The restoration of the nave and aisles is UOAV completed . The plaster ceiling of the naA-e has been replaced by a neAV panelled roof : two galleries at

the Avest end of the nave have been removed ; the whole nave and aisles reseated with oak to correspond Avith the chancel ; the tower arch throvra open and restored ; the woodAvork of the western Avheel-Avindow replaced by stone tracery and filled with stained glass ; all the other windoAvs restored and re-glazed ; and many other improvements made . The works have been executed at a cost of about

£ 1 , 500 , of Avhich about £ 600 remains as a debt . The neAV Wesleyan chapel at Hampton has been formall y opened for divine worship . The chapel ( erected from the designs of Mr . M . P . Manning ) , is in the Gothic style . It is about 50 ft . in length , and 25 ft . wide , and is capable of accommodating above 200 people . At present a portion of

Architecture And Archæology.

the chapel is used as a school-room , but it is intended , as funds accrue , to complete the gallery and add the staircase turret , increasing the number of sittings to betAveen 300 and 400 . Holy Trinity Church , TroAvbridge , Avhich has been closed for some months past , for the purpose of undergoing repairs and renovationhas been re-ened by the Bishop of

, op Salisbury . The church , Avhich is Early English in style , has been renoA-ated in the interior . The organ has been freshly stained , and the pipes adorned Avith gold and blue . The pulpit is new , and of Bath stone . A carved oak lectem has been presented to the incumbent , the Rev . Digby Walsh , M . A ., by the Rev . Edwin Palmer , Fellow of Baliol College , Oxford . The church provides sittings for 1033

persons . Lady Huntingdon's Connection Chapel , Basingstoke , has ; been opened for divine service . The new pews , which are of an ecclesiastical design , are deal , stained and varnished . The Avhole of the interior has been altered to accord withthe pews . The Bochym aisle of Gury Church , Cornwall , has been

lately decorated Avith two painted Gothic windoAvs , at the expense of Mr . S . Davey . A feAv members of the Independent denomination , Avith the assistance of friends , have purchased a site at the corner of Noi-Avood Grove , and West Derby-road , Liverpool , and are about to erect upon it a chapel and schools , AA'hich are estimated to cost , with the land , about £ 7 , 000 . It is expected that the foundation-stone will be laid early in tho

coming spring . St . Mary's Church , Lowton-common , Manchester , has ' been consecrated by the Bishop of Chester . The want of a church havin ' g been much felt , Miss Leigh , of Hale , gave £ 1 , 000 tOAvai-ds a building and endowment fund , and Mr . W . J . Legh , M . P ., and Mr . T . Brideoak , gave the land . Thechurch cost about £ 2 , 000 .

A memorial windoAV has just been placed in the church of St . Thomas , Winchester , by Miss Lavie . It consists of two lights : the subjects being the Good Samaritan ancl Abraham entertaining the three angels ; the inscription beneath being as follows : — " Be not forgetful to entertain strangers , for thereby some have entertained angels unawares . " Beneath the subjects are panels containing tracery and foliage on a

highly-coloured ground . At the base of the memorial is thetext , " ' Be ye doers of the word , and not hearers only . " The quatrefoil in the head of the windoAV contains a cross surrounded with grapes and vine-leaves . A brass plate runs along the base of this and the next Avindow , AA'hich was put up in 1858 , and bears the inscription : ¦ — "In memory of ' Augustus Lavie , who departed this life January , 8 , 1861 . "

Beneath the adjoining Avindow , put in about three years back , a brass label bears the folioAving words : — " In memory of Elizabeth Lavie , who departed this life December , 29 ,. 1857 . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE DOCTKINE OF P YTHAGOJIAS . Can you give an account of Pythagoras's doctrines , and oblige . —W . W , ?—[ The following , translated from Lenning ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry , will no doubt answer our querist ' s purpose : — " It were sad , indeed , if nature , in obliging us to tattle with such innumerable evilshad not alsoin her motherllapprepared for

, , y , us consolation , comfort , and the means of defense , Fortunately , however , for us , she has not only laid in death the germ of life , but also in corruption the germ of purification . Even the civilization of man , the unfolding of his social disposition , ancl inclinations , the refining and multiplying of his needs , exhausting enjoyments which Aveaten his race , deprive him of health and strength and contentednessof his Mood

, courage , , pure and of his truth , which will reduce him to a cowardly tenderling ,, a sickly weakling , and to a degraded egotist ; even these unfold in him impulses ancl capabilities which no one Avould expect to havefound there . Tyranny brought forwards-avers of their country j oppression , noble redeemers ; and increasing vice , friends of virtue