Architecture And Archæloogy.

feet square at the base , in ivhieh form it rises to the height of 70 feet , after which it breaks off to an octagonal plan , maintaining this shape to the summit of the spire . The total height from the ground line to the top of the spire is 160 feet . The church is planned to scat a congregation of 1 , 600 persons . The New Church of St . Mary , Hovnsey-rise , Islington , of

which the foundation-stone was laid on the 29 th of June last , has made rapid progress . The roof timbers arc now being raised , and it is confidently expected that the church ivill be completely covered before the winter sets in , with the view to its completion in the spring of next year . The tower , which is placed at tho south-west angle , is only at present built to the level of the plinth , and not more than a

yard out of the ground . Tho arrangement of the structure is that of a nai'o and chancel , north and south aisles , and north and south transepts . The style adopted is that called Decorated Gothic of the fourteenth century . Many of our readers will , doubtless , remember that within the last two years an effort was made to raise subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a monument at

Bnrslcm to the late Josiah Wedgwood , the father of English I pottery , and the introducer of that peculiar kind of ware ivhieh bears his name , and has attained such a world-wide renown . To worthily commemorate , therefore , the life and labours of this justly great man , the inhabitants of Burslem , Etruria , Newcastle , Hanley , Stoke , Longton , & c , resolved to unite and erect a memorial in some locality which was

consecrated , as it wore , by bis labours . In a very few months a goodly sum was raised , and with it the question as to the shape the memorial should assume . Guided , perhaps , iu some little measure , by tho decision of the committee , in the matter of the "liiuton Memorial , " and feeling tho want of a suitable home in that district for " art and science , " they resolved to supply that long-felt want , and associate with the building the name of that man whose whole life

was one long series of devotion to its welfare and advancement . After much deliberation , "instructions , " believed to be ample and complete , were drawn up , and the whole profession of architects invited to compete for the honour of being associated with a building ivhieh would stand as a beacon to future generations , pointing to them at once the goal which rightly-directed labour may reach , and the

reward which follows , and which crowns the brave heart that grapples ivith the difficulties of the contest , and fights its way to success . In the instructions , the committee stipulated for the following accommodation -. —A free library , to contain an area of 600 ft . ; a room for a reference library ; a museum , with 1200 ft , super . ; an elementary class-room of like contents ; a ladies' class-room , 500 ft . master ' s

room . & e . with watcrcloseb and lavatory conveniences . There were also to be apartments provided for a resident keeper . To tin ' s invitation tivcnty-nincarchitccts responded , and the designs were , through the exertions of the committee , publicly exhibited for several days in tho Town-hail of Burslem . Peeling themselves thoroughly incompetent to deal with the task before them in such a manner as to arrive

at a satisfactory solution of their difficulty , they invited the assistance of an architect and an artist—the first being the talented designer of the building in which they were hung ( Mr . G . T . Robinson , of Leamington ) , and the other the master of the School of Art ( Mr . Ilammcrsley ) . After tiro days' laird work , they selected four from among them out of which to choose the premiated designs . The

four reported upon by the referees were as follows : — "Think well out , " by Messrs . Ford and Meycrc , of Burslem ; " Jus supra vim , " by Messrs . AVigginton , Beimel , and Morris , of Dudley and London : " May the Arts flourish , " by Mr . C . II . Cooper , of London : and "Pro Bono Publico , " b y Mr . Murray , of Coventry . After further consideration , tlie committee ultimately awarded the premiums to—first , Messrs . Ford and Meyer , of Burslem ; and , second , Mr . Murray , of Coventry .

A A ' ounirrL EXTJIUSIAST ix JLvi'KiMOxr . —On Monday ; iu industrious painter , of Plymouth , aged twenty-six , led to the hymeneal altar of St . Andrew's Church his fourth bride . He doserves to he " plated " by the fair sex . for his heroism . —Detonport and JPttf month Telegraph .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

ROSE CROIX euxrar . us . How many English lodges have Boso Croix Chapters attached to them , and where do meet ?—CHEVALIER B . C DE GIIAXU OJRIEXT DE PJJ . VXCE . —[ None . There arc thirteen Bosc Croix Chapters iu England , meeting under the auspices of the 33 ° , and not connected ivith lodges . There arc to be found iu Londonthe

Metro-, politan , and the Mount Calvary ; Axminstor , Devon , the Coryton ; Weymouth , All Souls ; Birmingham , the Vernon ; Hath , St . Peter aud St . Paul ; Manchester , Liverpool , and Bolton , alternately , the Palatine ; Ncwcastlc-on-Tync , Royal Kent ; By de , Isle of Wight , the Vcctis ; Portsmouth , the Royal Naval ; AVboIwich , the Invicta ; Taunton , the Alfred ; aud Worcester , the St . Dunstan ' s . ]

THE T 03 IJ 3 STOXES IX 1 'lIE CKIJIEA . I have been told that in the British cemetery in the Crimea , whore so many ofourbravefellows repose , among the tombs arc several with . Masonic emblems . Can you tell meif any drawings of these monumental inscriptions and devices have been published?—A MILITATCY BROTHER —[ AA e cannot , but perhaps some of our correspondents may . AVe

believe , bat are not sore , that there was a general view of the English graveyard in the Crimea , given in the Illustrated Loudon , Nev . s some four or five years since , but have no recollection of seeing in it any particular Masonic designs or memorials . ]

AWEKICAN MASONIC FUFTIXO . In the American Voice of Masonry is the following most absurd notice : — "We have received from our esteemed brother , AVilliam L . Markclh of Rochester , N . Y ., amidst a profusion of compliments and greetings , two bottles of perfume of his own manufacture , styled 'Kni ght Templars ' Bouquet . ' It verily smells as though it were the

quintessence of all the good deeds of all good crusaders since the year 1062 . It is fragrant , delicious , glorious , excelling as far all other perfumes that ever charmed us , as Masonic deeds excel all other classes of good deeds in the world . ' Such puffing is unique , and deserves being placed on record among your Notes and Queries to show something of thespirit of trading Masonry so rife on the other side of the Atlantic—M . T . Y .

EICimoEJT : Wiro AVAS HE f I am a constant reader of that little chatty periodical called Notes and Queries , in the last number of which is a note upon the "Religion of the Druses , " signed J . T . Buckton , Lichfield , a constant contributor to that journal . He begins byalluding to , amongst other works of Eichhorn , his llcpertoriun fiir BibUselie v . rul Morc / enlandisclie Litlercdur , from which

Mr . Buckton condenses some accounts of the religion of tho Druses . With this we have nothing to do here , but the last sentence says Eichhorn furnishes much of their catechism , & c , and concludes by adding , " the Missionary , the Christian Antiquary , and the advanced Freemason , will find these catechisms very interesting . "—Prom this , I presume , Mr . T . J . Buckton is a- Brother , but I want to know

who was Eichhorn , and what is known about him ?—C . C . [ Consult the great German biographical dictionary , ^ lZ /< 7 C ); iei » c LiteratHr-Ziehtitq , ivith its continuations , in 24 volumes . 18-10-19 . ]

COXSECBATIOX OP LODGES . Can any one tell me when the ceremony of the consecration of a lodge first took- place?—P . B . UISTOKY oi ? nns DTIVSIIS . As it has been stated in your columns that the Druses claim some affinity with Freemasonry , where can I find a history of this race ?—Ex . Ex . —[ AVe have scon an

advertisement in The Berhsftire Chronicle ivhieh states that Lord Carnarvon ' s Ilistori ; of the Druses is sold by Edward Lack , bookseller , Newbury . ' AVhother it- contains anything of the kind that our correspondent alludes to wc cannot say , never having seen the work in question ; but if there be any truth in the report that the Druses knoiv something of Freemasonry , we presume , from the high character of our brother , the Earl of Carnarvon ' s scholarship , and his identification with the Craft , that such an important facii has foiuid its way into his lordship ' s history . ]