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acceptance . The wily queen , concentrating all her arts and charming devices , reminded him of the unpledged faith consequent on his refusing her proffered test of honourable hospitality and mutual reliance . Thereat the offended reason and acute sense of the subtle hero became so impatient thatdrawing his swordhe

, , threatened Circe with instant annihilation if she delayed a moment longer in restoring his missing followers , uninjured , to their original form and powers , as when they entered her palace . Strange to say , regardless of his peremptory conduct towards her , Circe had suddenly felt captivated by the grace , courage , and wisdom of her

commanding visitant , and with ardent love , far surpassing her more fearful apprehension , she apprised him of her ¦ willing consent and immediate compliance . In the same breath she commanded her attending ladies to bring directly from then * stye the hogs , that is to say , the transformed warriorswhom shehoweverwas pleased to

, , , designate as his most honoured envoys . A few mystical murmured words , and a gyration or two performed by the arch enchantress with her magic wand , sufficed to reinstate the Grecian youths in their natural shapes , and restore to the now delighted Ulysses that urbanity and cheerfulness of disposition which had always been his

characteristic . A Latin apophthegm exists to this effect : — " Virtue is called vice , and vice is often called virtue ; but yet virtue is not vice , nor is vice virtue . " In spite of all his prudence , virtue , and fortitude , the charms of the bewitching Circe , -were not ineffectual in their operations upon the wisdom

and habitual discipline of the famed ancl great Ulysses . Eorgetting his duty as a loving husband , and his fame as a wise general , he succumbed to the fascinations of the island queen , who bore him a son , afterwards , named Telegonus . *

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . The completion of the works connected with the restoration of the chancel of the church of St . James , at Louth ' Lincolnshire , having been effected , it has been re-opened . The east window has been partially filled with stained glass . The style of the window is the Late Perpendicular , and in

arrangement is divided into seven lights , or fourteen compartments , separated by a transom : to fill ifc completely with stained glass will cost aboufc £ 900 . The lower central compartment is occupied with the scene of the crucifixion . In the upper compartment the Ascension is shown . The subject of the lower right hand compartment is our Lord before Pilateand above this the Transfiguration is iven

, g . The upper left hand compartment is filled with the representation of Mary Magdalene washing our Lord ' s feet . The central light , forming the cross in the window is filled , with stained glass . Over the Ascension is the Agnus Dei , and in the spandrils above this are the sacred monograms . In the remaining part of the cross are ten angels bearin g shields containing symbols of our Lord ' s passion . In the

two upper compartments are the figures of St . Peter and St . Paul . The rest of the tracery is occupied with angels bearing ribands with texts , the Alpha and Omega , Seraphim and Cherubim , & c . The complete exposure of the whole of the east window has necessitated the removal of the old paintings which at one time formed a feature of the east end of the chancel , and hid the lower portions of the window .

Trinity Church , Heigham , has been consecrated . The building is a chapel of ease , and a poor man's church ; of tho 1150 sittings which it contains , 638 being free . The building and site havo cost nearly £ 7000 , of which about £ 6150 have been raised . The building consists of a nave , 104 . ffc . 9 in . long by 43 ft . wide , containing 700 sittings in front of the pulpit , without pillars to break the view or sound . *

There are two transepts , 21 ft . by 31 ft . ; a chancel 18 ft . wide , and , including an apse , 30 ft . long . There are also two chancel transepts , each about 16 ft . by 10 ft . The total length of the church is 138 ft ., and the height , * from nave floor to ridge , 50 ft . The church is of flint , with stone dressings and tracery to tbe windows , having a string course of red brick running round it . The roof is constructed of

laminated arched ribs . The church has a tower and spire , but nofc high enough for the building ; tbe latter is constructed of wood . The style of the structure is decorated . The church has been objected to because it does not stand east and west ; tbe chancel being N . N . E ., and tbe opposite end of course S . S . W . The object of the architect and the

committee was to place the church in the centre of the piece of land they bought , so as to leave room to build a parsonage bouse , and to be at right angles with the proposed new streets now in progress . The first stone of a new church at Romford , Essex , has been laid . The contract for the new building was taken at £ 3 , 300 , hut it is estimated the total cost will be £ 4000 , of

which £ 3000 have been already raised . The building will be in the Gothic style , and in exact imitation of the mother church . It is to be dedicated to St . Andrew , and will have a nave , chancel , and south aisle , and a gallery at the west end , to be approached by a spiral stone staircase . There will also be an octagonal vestry , and a porch and lobby with screenThe building will be of Kentish with Bath

. rag , stone dressings . The roof will be of open deal , stained and panelled , and will be slated over ; and at the west . end there will be a bell-turret in ornamental oak . The external dimensions of the building will be 75 ft . by 33 ft . ; the south aisle will be 10 ft . wide , and the chancel 35 ft . by 30 ffc ; and , including the free sittings , there will be accommodation for 550 worshippers .

The parish church of Linton , during tbe past year , has been undergoing a . complete restoration ; nearly the whole having been rebuilt , considerably enlarged , and beautified . The new works include a prolongation of the building towards the west , the rebuilding of tho porch and south aisle on an enlarged plan , an addition to the length of the chancel , the erection of a vestry on the north side of the

chancel , a new tower with a stone spire at the west end of the north aisle , and the introduction of two arches between the nave and the north aisle . The ceilings also have been renewed and arched , and decorated with wood ribs and ornaments . The whole of the new works are in the Perpendicular style , except the additional arch on the south side of the navewhich is of a decorated character like the

, two old arches with which it is connected . Tho windows in the south chancol , which were greatly decayed , have been restored , and tbe other windows and doorways have been , as far as possible , copied from the old work . Tho whole of the interior building has been been refitted . The old high pews have given way to parallel sittings , and the gallery has disappeared from the west end . The seatsscreens

, , reredos , communion rails , & c , in the chancel , as well as the pulpit and reading-desk , are of carved oak ; the other sittings are of deal , stained and varnished . The south chancel , of which part was formerly used as a vestry , has been formed into a music-chamber . It is further contemplated to remove a large four-light window in the north aisleand insert two windows of three lights

eachsimilar-, , fco those in the south aisle . The north chancel , also , which has been used as a monumental chapel , and contains the monument to Lord Broome , son of the last Earl Cornwallis , and the family vaults of the owners of Linton Park , is about to be restored by the trustees of the Lady Julia Cornwallis , so as to harmonize with the rest of the church .

The inhabitants of Pershore , Worcestershire , have held a / public meeting , " to take into , consideration the restoration of the Abbey Church , and to determine the course to be taken thereon . " There was a numerous attendance , aud