Cursory Remarks On Freemasonry .— No. Vi.

mixed festivity Avith their Masonic ceremonies , Avill be difficult to conA'ince that Ave are not seeking to remove the ancient landmarks of the Order ; but Ave must bear Avith their weaknesses , and indoctrinate our young members with healthier ideas . As LOKGPEILOW sings : — " Let us , then , be up and doing ,

With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving , still pursuing , Learn to labour and to ivait . " G . M .

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

ST . THOMAS ' CIIUKCII , Islington , Avas consecrated last week . The church is situate in Hemingford Terrace , a little to the east of the Caledonian Eoad . The edifice is in the decorated Gothic style , and consists of a naA'e and chancel 87 feet long and 27 feet wide , Avith north and south aisles of about the same length and 12 feet wide . The aisles and west end of the church have galleries , Avhich ar . e

approached by stone staircases at the ends of the aisles . The principal entrance to the church is through a deeply moulded and recessed double doorway on the north side . The naA'e is divided into five bays , supported by columns alternately circular and octagonal , Avith high pointed arches . The chancel avch , 45 feet in height , is carried Avestward into the naA'eat the steps of Avhich stands the

, stone pulpit , of an hexagonal shape , Avith carved panels and columns at the angles , Avith sculptured angels and foliage introduced . At the east end of the chancel , and occupying nearly the whole of the wall , is a largo five-light window . At the west end of the churches a large circular window of the same diameter , and filled with tracery . The Avhole of the windows are filled with green cathedral glass , Avith

white glass borders , except the large circular portion in the east vrindow , which has been filled Avith stained glass containing the subject of our Saviour ' s Resurrection , by Mr . Warrington , the gift of the architect , being one of a series of subjects intended to illustrate the life of our Saviour . The ' whole of the roofs are of stained deal open framing , and the height of the nave is 57 feet . The church is built of Kentish rag-stone , at a cost of £ 3 , 375 . The ratepayers of the parish of St . Nicholas , Rochester , have resolved to have tbe church of St . Nicholas altered

according to plans by Mr . Gough , architect . The contemplated alterations include the erection of a gallery ancl rearrangement of tbo seats in the body and chancel of the church , by which a number of additional sittings ivill be obtained . The sum required to make the whole of the alterations ivill bo about 1 , 40 ( X , to be raised by A'oluiitaiy contributions . About 500 Z . have been already subscribed .

The Church of Pontardawe , South Wales , according to the Cambrian , is UOAV completed . The style is decorated Gothic . The pulpit is carved , and embellished with figures of several of the Apostles . The steeple and tower , 200 feet high , are seen from SAvansea , a distance of eight miles . The want of a commodious place of Avorship in the rapidly-increasing suburb of Solly Oak , Birmingham , is

about being supplied by the erection of a church . The foundation stone of the edifice has just been laid . The church , will be cruciform in plan , having a nave 70 feet 6 inches long , and 21 feet 6 inches Avide , ivith north and south aisles , 11 feet 6 inches wide ; north and south transepts , 20 feet 3 inches wide , and 21 foot deep ; and a chancel , o 2 feet long , and 20 feet ivide ; ivith a A'estry and organ chamber on

the north side , and an aisle for children on the north . A tower , with a spire , is to be placed at the ivest end of the north aisle : the height to the top ivill bo 145 feet 6 inches . The extreme height of the nave roof will be 46 feet . Sittings will be provided for 617 persons ; A'iz ., 263 free , 172 for adults , and 182 for children . The style adopted is the early decoratedand the materials for tho Avails are to be

, bricks , faced with Bromsgrove stone , and Bath stone for the tracery , the dressings , and the spire . The nave , the chancel , and aisle arches and columns arc to be of Bath stone , Avith Weoley Castle stone introduced in tho arches . To improve the effect , marble shafts are to be used under tho chancel arch , and in the sedilia . Bands of Weoley Castle stone are

Architecture And Archæology.

also to be introduced at intervals on tho inside of the walls , thus forming a contrast to tbeir plastered surface . The roof ' s ivill be open timbered , stained , and varnished , and plastered betAveen the rafters , and Avill be coA'ered Avith tiles laid in patterns . The seats Avill be open , no distinction being made in appearance between free and appropriated . It is proposed to fill the principal AvindoAVS Avith stained

glass . At Wroxeter the men are UOAV partly occupied in preparing the ruins for tho expected visit of the Archajological Association on Saturday , August 11 , under the conduct of Mr . AVright . SeArei-al neAV features await their inspection : tho remains of another Avorkshop for one , conjectured , from the fragments of material found near it , to have been that

of an enameller . Among other objects Avhich have just lately been discovered is a well -preserved steelyard . The room containing the forge has also been further uncovered . The architectural Institute has adjourned the further consideration ofthe A'exed question of setting on foot examinations and diplomas in architecture till " the second Monday in November . " EA'idently they find it a difficult matter to stir

in , though portions of the profession are clamorous for a little more buckram . At a committee meeting of the Ecclesiological Society on the 11 th ult ., Mr . Slater , the architect engaged on the restoration of the choir of Chichester Cathedral , exhibited his design for tho largo Mosaic paA'ement to be executed in the opus Alexandrinum method , and to be placed in the presbytery of that Cathedral , before the high altar .

Bro. Ossian E. Dodge.

BRO . OSSIAN E . DODGE .

AN AMEHICAN l'OllTKAIT . BY BKO . EOB MOllEIS . Buo . DODGE deseiwes notice . His humanity equals his urbanity ; his A'ocality is only excelled by his spirit of sodality , and to give or take a pun , he , in all senses of the expression , is one . At our recent visit to Iowa he Avas present as a guest of the Grand Lodge , and had the freedom of the townthe county , and the state . His visit there

, forms an epoch from which Burlingtonians henceforth Avill date . AVo heard him , and of him every hour . Wherever he went a roar of delight folloived him ; Avherever a roar was heard , no matter in Avhat out-of-the-Avay comer , look for its cause , and lo 1 Dodge Avas there . The wits of Iowa ivere quenched . Scott and Guilbert succumbed ; Wallace and Langridge dragged fire ; Griffith aud Hatch were

silent . Wo alone kept up a feeble response , feeling that AVe ought not to loAver our column before any man . Bro . Dodge sung frequently before tho G . L ., sometimes pieces of his oivn , sometimes our " Level and Square . " As to that , AVO opine few of us will ever forget the Avay he did . it . One old Iowan who had dropped tears ivhile listening , emphatically enquired of us at its close , " What ought the

Gr . L . to pay Dodge to go and sing that song in every Lodge in lowaf" Wo didn't tell him the truth in our reply , but ive thought such a course of melodious lecturing ivould cure some eruptions ! Wo don't know what to say on the subject of our heading . AVe want everybody to know him , for to know him is to discover that the singer and the Avit is a genuineloving

, , and loveable man . WhereA'er he goes then , boys , get around him . Draw him out . Make him sing . Take him privately , a dozen of you , into a room ( he never drinks ) , and whisper in his ear . Then look at his astounding mouth , and mark his Avords !

PILLIONS . —AVhat is a pillion ? some fair dweller in our modern cities may be disposed to ask , if indeed she can spend even a passing tbought upon a thing so obsolete ancl forgotten . Tbe thing in itself , however , does not deserve to be forgotten , as I ivill endeavor to show . In tbe first place it was very comfortable ( to those who liked it ) , ancl enabled many a timid matron and gentle maid , who would have been afraid to ride alone , to pass , under cover of her cloak and boodmany a long mile through the countrywithout

, , ever being rulHed by wind or weather , and all the while in the safe and close protection of a man—perhaps the man she liked best in the world—and was that nothing ? In the joint partnership of this mode of travelling , a man to ride first was almost indispensable ; ancl this , no doubt , to many female minds imparted a zest , as well as a sense of security . — Once a Week .