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original ironwork , of elaborate and excellent design , which will be carefully preserved . The tower is red brick , of Tudor date , relieved ivith black diamond work . St . Andrew ' s Church , Bradpole , near Bridport , has been opened . The edifice is intended as a Chapel of Ease to the parish church of Bradpole . The church is in the Early Decorated style of architecture . The interior comprises a

nave and chancel , with a robing room on the south side , wbich also serves as an organ chamber . The edifice is capable of receiving more than 300 persons . The length of the nave is 84 feet , and its width 26 feet . The chancel—24 feet long by 18 feet wide—is separated from the nave by a moulded arch . All the seats are open : those in the nave are of stained dealthose in the chancelof oakcarvedThe

; , , . pulpit and font are of Hamhill stone , - carved . The east window is of stained glass , representing the Baptism , the Holy Supper , and the Crucifixtion . The quatrefoil window , of stained glass , in the gable , represents the Ascension . Nearest the east window , on the north side , is an angel window , intended as a memorial to the father and

mother of the vicar of the parish . There are two figures . Another stained glass window , by the side of the one just mentioned has been raised by the laudable exertions of the organist and choir . On this are figures of the prophets Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , and Daniel . The south window in the chancel is erected in memory of a brother of the vicar of the parish : it represents , in a style corresponding

with that of the others , St . Peter and St . Andrew . The reveals of each of the side windows are ornamented with wreaths of passion flowers . The end wall of the chancel is decorated with ornamented foliation . A wreath of grapes and corn ears runs along under the wall plate on each side of the chancel . This is the work of Mrs . Broadley ( the wife of the vicar . ) The chancel is paved with ornamental

and plain tiles . The five windows on each side of the nave , are respectively surmounted by a text in scroll . The eighteen corbels of the building are adorned with shields , each bearing a sacred emblem . A border of passion flowers runs the whole length of the nave , on each side , under the wall plate . The roof is open , the rafters being filled in with plaster , coloured .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

MASONS WAGES IN EDINBURGH IN 1500 . In Maitland's History of Edinburgh , fob Lond . 17-53 , p . 11 , is the annexed passage , A . D . 1500 . I think it will not be amiss to show the wages of Masons at this time , whereby the hire of other workmen may be guessed at . The Common Council of the City , having resolved to rebuild the Tower , or steepleof the old Tolbooththe of John Marser

, , wages , Master Mason , was ten shillings , and the journeymen , each nine shillings . Scottish money , weekly . —BAILLIE B . GRAND SECRETARY ' S SALARIES . What is the amount of tho salaries paid to the Grand Secretaries by foreign Grand Lodges ?—FINANCIER . [ We trust some of our brethren will be able to help the

querist to replies ; our own share of such knowledge beingsmall . The Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodged of New York , receives 2 , 000 dollars per annum . ] THE FATHER OF MASONRY . Who is the oldest Mason in England ? I have heard several mentioned , but they are all comparatively young men , to what should

I expect . —CAVE . AN INDIAN PRINCE VISITING A LODGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 1803 . Prince John Konkipot , son of the Grand Sachem , of the Oneida tribe of Indians , honoured the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire with his company , and favoured them after

dinner with the v . av song and dance of his tribe ; but the reason for which he will be holden in Masonic memory for over is the following : —The M . W . requested his toast . He advanced to the head of the table , and , throwing himself into an attitude of heart-felt devotion , pronounced these words with admirable grace : "Put ?/ ot : r trust i , i Gov , a , ul you shall le Lappii "—IOTA .

THE GENEROUS FREEMASON . The words " By Masons' art the aspiring dome" arc printed in some of the Masonic song books as sung by Bro . Gates in The Generous Freemason , 1731 . What is the plot of the piece ?—CAVE . MASONRY IN THE FIRST 1 ITE GUARDS . Iii 1811 or 1812 there was a Lodge of Truth held , in connection with the First Life Guards , at the Gadogan Arms , Sloane Street . If it now exists or has merged into another lodge , how is it to be traced ?—A LOVER OF TRUTH .

GUIDE-BOOK FOR TIIE HIGH GRADES . While the authorities are slumbering in England , instead of putting out a reliable book of information , Bro . Davidson , of St . Enoch Square , Glasgow , states that he has resolved to issue an annual work , to be entitled : —¦ " The British and Colonial Masonic Calendar , JPocTcet-Book , and Diary , which will contain , in a form as concise and as easily

referable to as possible , all requisite information relative to Lodges , Chapters , Encampments , and Higher Degrees in England , Scotland , Ireland , Canada , and the other British Dependences , with a Vidimus of Lodges in America and Europe ; to accomplish which , blank Forms have been sent to all the JIasonic Bodies soliciting the requisite information . " For the purpose of enabling him to carry out his design , heherewith transmits Schedulesivhich he earnestl

printed Forms or , y and respectfully requests the Office-Bearers of the several Masonic Bodies to fill up , and return to the Compiler , BRO . DOKAM > CAMPBELL , at his address , 60 , Oswald Street , Griasgoiv , at their earliest convenience , as it is upon the information thus afforded that the Calender depends for its fullness and accuracy . " And , if this is properly carried out , it will most certainly supersede the crude , ill-digested sheet put forward by the SS . GG . II . G . 33 ° , which is next door to useless for any of the purposes of information . —D .

AGE FOR INITIATION . Is there any limits of age over which a candidate would not be received for initiation?—N . A . X . —[ None that we ever heard of . ] WASHINGTON AND AMERICAN MASONRY . Were there great demonstrations among the American brethren on the death of their President , George Washington ?

For a long time it was doubted if ho was a brother , but that point having been settled , did the Craft , when he died , mark the event with any particular honours ?—L . A . F . —[ See An , Fulogy on the Life , Gliaracter , and Services of Bro . George Washington , Deceased . Pronounced before the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , by the request ofthe Grand Lodge , at the Old South Meeting House , Boston , on Tuesday , Feb . ll , 1800 , being the day set apart by them to pay Funeral honours to their deceased brother . By Bro . Timothy Bigclow . Printed by J . Thomas and E . T . Andrews , 45 , Newbury Street .

AMERICAN-GERMAN YEAR-BOOK FOR FREEMASONS . For some years the editor and publisher of a German Masonic periodical ( The Triangle , published at Williamsburg ) has issued an American-German Tear-Book for Freemasons . Does any English brother know it , and coulcl tell us of what it treats ?—A LEX . T . SCENES OF TIIE GRECIAN MYSTERIES .

Where ivere the Grecian mysteries performed ?—HANS . — [ Sec Dod . icdl's Tour Through Greece , 2 vols . 4 to . London .-1819 . ] KNIGHT OF TIIE SWORD 01 ' SAMPSON . Are there any Knights of the Sword of Sampson in this country?—ENQUIRER . —[ None that AVC ever heard of , here or elsewhere . Some one has been hoaxing you , for in no portion of Scripture is there a sivord mentioned as belonging to Sampson . The only notice of a weapon , wc find , in hfs hands was the jaw-bone of an ass !]

MASONRY AND M 0 RMONISM . The following extract from a letter of one Bro . O . E . Dodge to an American paper , called the Cleveland Herald ,, throws sonic light on Masonry and Mormonism at Nauvoo , and may be acceptable to your readers . —F . T . B . " In a late letter ho describes his visit to Nauvoo , Ills ., the home of Mormonisin and its founder , Joe Smith , and now the residence of his AVidow' and her sons . He says : 'There are at present but three thousand people in Xauvoo , the majority of these being German