General Architectural Intelligence.

of the transept , when the workmen found the ancient steps beneath the modern ones ; and immediately under one ofthe steps was a Purbeck marble slab or coffin lid , representing some distinguished person , the style of whose drapery , and general appearance of the carving , indicate the workmanship of probably the early part of the thirteenth century . Care will be taken of the slab .

The parish church of Gilmorton , Leicestershire , has been re-opened . The church has been entirely rebuilt , with the exception of the tower and spire . The north aisle has been lengthened towards the east , and a new south aisle added ; and the arch of the tower has been thrown open . The church is in the stylo of the fourteenth century . The external walls are of granite rubblewith dressings of Ancaster

, and Attleborough stones , which are 2 ilaced in alternate blocks . The floor of the church is paved with stone , banded with encaustic tiles , those in the chancel being glazed . The chancel is lighted by one window , and there is a sedilia on the south side . The clerestory contains two windows on each side , and the roof is of varnished deal . The pulpit is of unvarnished oakon a stone base . The lecternwhich

, , has been presented by the architect , the chancel stalls , and the altar rails , are all of unvarnished oak . The seats throughout the church are of oak . There is now accommodation foi" about 450 persons . The cost of the restoration was upwards of £ 2000 .

The foundation-stone of a new Congregational chapel , Moseleo , has been laid . The site is close to St . Paul ' s Church , Balsall-heath . The estimated cost is £ 2200 . The ground plan is in form of a parallelogram , being 77 feet long and 45 feot 6 inches wide . The sittings will be in four widths and divided by two passages , each 4 feet 9 inches wide , communicating with the main principal central

entrance , which will front the Alcester turnpike road . It will consist of a double doorway , supported on coupled stone columns , with ornamental carved caps . Galleries are also to be placed on either side and at the west end of the chapel , and will be approached by stone stairs with sejsarate lobbies at the front . The front of tho chapel will be recessed back from the turrets and principal entrancethe

, space between the turrets being filled up with a range of double lancet windows . The side elevations will be divided into seven bays by buttresses , each bay giving light to the chapel by two tiers of double-pointed windows . There will be a large oval window at the east end over some enriched panelling at the rear of the pulpit . The style is Early English , and the materials used in the erection will be red

bricks for the walls , with blue and white bricks worked in patterns in strings , bands , and arches , and Bath stone for dressings . The total amount of accommodation provided for is _ 1024 sittings , 860 of which are for adults , and the remainder for children .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

INITIATION OI ? THE LATE DUKE OE SUSSEX . Where and in what lodge was the late Duke of Sussex , formerly M . W . G . M ., initiated?—SPES . —[ H . R . H . was initiated in 1798 , in a a lodge at Berlin , in which he served several offices , and as one of the Wardens was chosen a representative at the Grand Lodge of England . ] SIK SIDNEY SMITH ' TEMPLAR ' S CROSS .

It is said that Sir Sidney Smith wore the self-same cross which Richard Coeur de Lion daily bore on his neck while in the Holy Land . In whoso possession is so valuable a relic?—H . A . T . BULL OF POPE EUGENIUS . Where can I get an idea of the Bull of the Pope against the Freemasons ?—BRO . C—[ WC append a part of tlminost

celebrated of these documents for Bro . C . ' s information . It has come to our knowledge , even from public report , that certain societies , companies , meetings , assemblies , clubs , or conventicles , commonly called De Liberi , Murelori , or free-masons , or by whatsoever name the same in different languages are distinguished , spread far and wide , and are every day increasin" - ; in which persons , of whatever religion or sect , contented with a ° kind of an affected shew of natural honesty , confederate together in a

close and inscrutable bond , according to laws and orders agreed upon between them ; which likewise , with private ceremonies , they enjoin and bind themselves , as well by strict oath taken on the Bible , as by the imprecations of heavy punishments , to preserve with inviolable secrecy . AVe therefore resolving in our minds the great mischiefs which generally accrue from these kind of societies or conventicles , not

only to the temporal tranquillity of the state , but to the spiritual health of souls j and that therefore , they are neither consistent with civil nor canonical sanctions ; since we are taught by the divine word to watch , like a faithful servant , night and day , lest this sort of men break as thieves into the house , and like foxes endeavour to root up the vineyard ; lest they should pervert the hearts of the simple , and privately shoot at the innocent : that we might stop up the broad way , which from thence would be laid

open for the perpetration of their wickedness with impunity , and for other just and reasonable causes to us known ; have , by the advice of some of our venerable brethren of the Roman , church , the cardinals , and of our own mere notion , and from our certain knowledge and mature deliberation , by the plenitude of the apostolical power , appointed and decreed to be condemned and prohibited , and by this our present ever-valid constitution , we do condemn and prohibit the same societies , companies , meetings , assemblies , clubs , or conventicles , De Liberi Muretori , or freemasons , or by what other name they are distinguished or known . AA * herefore all and singular the faithful in Christ , of whatever

state , degree , condition , order , dignity , and pre-eminence , whether laity or clergy , as well seculars as regulars , worthy all of express mention and enumeration , we strictly , and in virtue of holy obedience , command that no one , under any pretext or colour , dare or [ presume the aforesaid societies De Liberi Muretori , or freemasons , or by whatever other manner distinguished , to enter into , promote , favour , admit , or conceal in his or their houses , or elsewhere , or be admitted members of , or be present with the same , or

be any-wise aiding and assisting towards their meeting in any place ; or to administer any thing to them , or in any means publicly or privately , directly or indirectly , by themselves or others , afford them counsel , help , or favour ; or advise , induce , provoke , or persuade others to be admitted into , joined , or be present with these kind of societies , or in any manner aid and promote them ; but that they ought by all means to abstain from the said societies , under the penalty of all that act contrary thereto , incurring

excommunication ipso facto , without any other declaration ; from ivhich no one can obtain the benefit of absolution from any other but us , or the Roman Pontiff for the time being , except at the point of death , & c . Dated , from Koine at St . Mary's the Greater , hi the year of the incarnation of our Lord , 173 S , the fourth of the calends of May ( 28 th April _ N . S . ) ,. in the Sth of our pontificate . A . CARD , vice-detory . C . AMATVS , vice-secretary . A * ISA DE CUBIA JST . A-iTOXE __ l _ US . ( Place of the leaden-seal . )

J . B . EUGENIUS . ] THE NUMBER Ol ? STEPS IN THE AVINDING STAIR . What is the right number of steps in the winding stairs alluded to in 1 Kings , vi . 8 . ?—THEO . A . DEPUTY PltOYINCIAL GRAND MASTER . When was the office of D . Prov . G . M . instituted , and who . was the first who held that oifice , and for what province

was it first created ? All the lists of Prov . G . M . ' s are equally well known , but my query is about the Prov . G . M . ' s deputy , the working officer of the province , of whom little or nothing is known . —Ex . Ex . now OLD ' S YOUR MOTHER ? I ivas asked the other day , "How old ' s your Mother ?" and laughed at because I could not tell . What answer

should I have given ?—CE . —[ Tbat all depends on circumstances . If the query had been put to us , we should have said " AVhat ' s that to you ? " We never talk of such delicate things as a lady ' s age , more particularly when she is our maternal "paricnt . " ]

TIIADDEUS MASON HARRIS . I have seen some Orations of Thaddeus Mason Harris . Who was he?—F . N— [ A distinguished Mason of Charlestown , America . ] BRO . na . CKUCEEIX . ' Who can enumerate the late Bro . Dr . Crucefix ' s various Masonic titles , ancl oblige ?—T . W . IV . WILSON . ( Was W . Wilson , printer , of 4 , Greville-street , Hatton Garden , a Mason ? He printed many Masonic books early in the present century . —Tyro .