Masonic Facts.

Eoger de Pykryng , Master of the B . Virgin ' s Altar . John de Eyston , Hostler . Thomas de Butterwick , Sub-Chanter . John de Wkittleb y ) William de Garfcon > Monks . Hugh de Garton )

—Young ' s History of Whitby . 220 . Aecompts of the Manor of Savoy 16 ancl 17 Rich . 2 . —( 1393 , 1394 . ) Cost of the Tower called Syineon Tower . —John Teifs , Mason , working thereabout the said Tower , for 39 days at Gd . per day , 19 s . Gd . ; ancl for the wage for

one servant for the same , working there 34 daj-s at 4 td ., lis . 4 Ld . —Arehasologia , vol . M , p . 303 . 221 . Expenses of Sir John Mallorie , Sheriff of Northamptonshire , in 1393 , in repairing the Avail of the King ' s Park of Multon . —Eor wages of 4 masons for 45 days at Sd . per day each , 45 s . ; and for the

wages of 3 labourers for 44 days to work with , and assist the said masons at l ^ d . a day each , 16 s . 6 c ? . — 24 th Oct ., 17 Eich . 2 nd . —Baker ' s Northamptonshire , p . 52 . 222 . Eicbard 2 nd issued letters patent on 21 st January , 1394 addressed to John Godmerstoneclerk

, , , appointing him to " repair the Great Hall within the parish of Westminster , to take masons , carpenters , and other workmen , and set them to the said repairs , & c "

In 139 o , as appears from an indenture of ISth March , preserved in the Pell office , Eichard Washbourne ancl John Swalve ( Swallow ) , Masons , were engaged to heighten the entire walls of the Hall , to the extent of two feet of assize , with Eeigate , Ashlar , and Caen stones , where necessary , according to the purport of a form and model devised bMaster Henry

y Zeneley , and delivered to the said Masons by Watldn Waldron his Warden ; they were also properly to secure the upper course of the said work " par lynel " ( bats and cramp irons ) , receiving payment for their labour , at the rate of 12 c ? . per foot lineal measure . They were likeAvise to construct ancl securely fix in

the inner Avails , 26 " souses " ( under props ) , or sustaining corbels of Caen stone ; ancl to carve every corbel in conformity to a , pattern , sheAvn to them by the treasurer , for each of these corbel supports so wrought , and certain connecting facings of Eeigate stone , they Avere to be paid 20 s .

_ Every necessary for the said works , namely , " stone , lime , sand , scaffolding , engines , & c , " was to be supplied at the King ' s expense , ( together with lod gings " herbergage , " for the Masons ancl their companions ) , except manual labour ancl the instruments used by the Masons in their art . —Brayley and Britton ' s Westminster Palace , p . 437 .

Architecture Of Palestine From The 'Earliest Times To The Crusades.*

ARCHITECTURE OF PALESTINE FROM THE 'EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CRUSADES . *

Permit me to offer you my heartfelt thanks for the favour you confer upon me , in alloAviug me to present myself before you to address your honourable society . This is nofc the first instance of courteous hospitality Which I have received since I have been in England ,

Architecture Of Palestine From The 'Earliest Times To The Crusades.*

though it is the first time that I have undertaken tc treat of my present subject—the Architecture of Palestine from the earliest ages to fche Crusades . I have made many investigations , and gone very fully into the study , and , as I have never hesitated to impart mj discoveries to others , they havo sometimes been made use of without acknowledgment . Such has been the

case in France . But this evening , in the presence oi your distinguished society , and in the country of a greal people , among whom I am sure my claims will be dulj recognised ; " I have great pleasure in imparting the information which I possess , and Avhich I hope to communicate more fully in England . I have already been amply rewarded for the eight years of toil ivhich I

underwent in Palestine ; audi trust also to meet with friendly encouragement in the publication of my forthcoming work , entitled " Jerusalem explored . " The limited time allotted for this lecture compels me to restrict my observations within the briefest space possible . Hence , I plead guilty , in anticipation , to the charge which I fear may be brought against me , of dryness and Avant of minuteness of details in my descriptions . I Avish ifc fco be understood , hoivever , thafc I shall be glad to offer any information or explanation to

those ivho Avill apply to me ; and thafc I shall gratefully accept ;' any criticisms or observations ivhich may he made fco me . Ifc now only remains for me to solicit your indulgent attention while I address you . i £ . le Conte de Yogue , of Paris , thus writes in the introduction to his Avork upon the Churches of the Holy Land : — " Setting aside the ancient momuments—ivith

ivhich I Avas sufficiently Avell acquainted , through my first visit to Jerusalem , of 24 days' duration , ancl with , regard to which bufc little remains to be said—I have occupied myself in the search after monuments of the Middle Ages . " This is more than I can say after a residence of eight years in Palestine ; and , more particularly , in Jerusalem . I am compelled to own fchat much still

remains for investigation and study iu the monuments of antiquity ; Avhile those of the Middle Ages are well known ; greatly owing , ifc must be confessed , to the labours of M . de Yogue , who has rendered true service toscience , although he has fallen into the error of ascribing all church Architecture to the period of the Crusades . I shall lto this in due timeand will

repy , IIOAV proceed to speak of the Jewish works , both before Solomon ancl during his reign ancl that of Herod . Thence , I shall come to Constantine , Justinian , and the Saracens , in order to reach the period of the Crusades .

Before the reign of Solomon . The condition of the country of Canaan previously to the conquest of Joshua was nofc that of barbarism . It AA'as certainly , | to some extent , a state of civilisation . Arts , trade , industry , and commerce Avere already considerably dei-eloped . We are nofc left ignorant that the country possessed "great and goodly cities , " and houses full of all

" good things . " ( Deufc . vi . 10 , 11 . ) But hoAv are we to investigate the remains of its edifices ? HOAV ascertain their style of architecture ? Certainly ifc is a study not unattended with difficulty . When the chosen people entered fche promised land , they hacl come from Egypt , Avhere art , trade , and luxury flourished . In the Avildnerness Moses found artists of sufficient

ability to construct the tabernacle . It may , therefore , be inferred that they introduced their knowledge into Palestine ; but Avhere are the monuments in proof ? We well ICIIOAV that the Hebrew people neglected everything else in favour of agriculture , the knoAvledge of God , and the endeavour to make Him kuown to others . Such was their indifference to aught

else thafc fchey did not even possesss artisans capable of sharpening their implements of husbandry , of Avhich they always made use in war ; and for this they AA ' ere obliged to have recourse to the Philistines . If they Avere wanting then in tbe most necessary handicraft , how was it possible that they should employ themselves in erec-