The New Grand Officers.

which was consecrated on the 18 th ult ., since which time he has received the office of Director of Ceremonies in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . We . hear that the brethren of Sussex feel generally gratified by having one of their own members raised to the dais , and that one Brother Pocock .

Our Architectural Chapter.

OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .

IT is one great advantage of the increased attention to practical Masonic details ivhich is given by the Freemasons' Magazine , that individual brethren are induced to do the like , ancl to offer their contributions towards the general store of knowledge , These contributions wo shall be able in time to systematize , or they will suggest to ourselves and other brethren materials for other inquiries . Thus even

where we harp upon one string , we shall get many tunes from it , and the main string now is undoubtedly Masonic Halls , respecting which we have brought together a mass of information and a variety -of correspondence , which no one would a short time ago have hoped for . It is not unnatural that we should look upon anything architectural as important in its connexion with Masonry—but our readers will

say that we are justified in considering Halls and Lodges as important ; because , although the Loclge is only a material object , and the higher purposes of Masonry are spiritual , still the Lodge is an instrument , and one of the first instruments , in our instruction . Its orderly condition , its proper fitting , ancl its suitable decorations , afford some of the earliest lessons to the initiate , on whom it is desirable that a clue

impression should be made in his period of probation . The difference between a proper Hall and a shifty tavern room is so great , that the frequenters of the latter cannot conceive it , nor can those who have had the benefit of a proper Hall ever reconcile themselves to the discomfort and degradation to which an inappropriate Lodge room subjects them .

Among the various communications we have received in furtherance of our plan for recording information for the instruction of the brethren , one not the least interesting is that at p . 939 , signed "M . M ., " whicli describes the new Masonic Hall at St . Thomas ' s in the West Indies , built in 1858 , dedicated in April , 1859 , ancl occupied by the old Harmonic Lodge , No . 458 ( erroneously printed No . 58 ) , which

dates from 1818 . The account of the Hall is given in some detail , and deserves comment ; and we very much wish that wc could obtain the like information as to other Halls , for that would enable us to lay before the brethren data which will be of great value at this period of Masonic extension . The building is three stories high . We should have thought in that country such a height would be dangerous , though it is more con-