Architecture And Archæology.

dedicated to St John the Evangelist , aud consecrated by the new Archbishop of York . Mrs . Cholmley , of Howsham Hall , Yorkshire , has caused a new church to be erected at the pleasant village of Howsham , which is only three or for miles from Whitwell , where Lady Lechmere ' s church has just been opened . Mrs . Cholmley ' s church has been built in memory of her late husband , Ool .

Cholmley . Like Lady Lechmere , she has also endowed her church , the entire cost of which amounts to between £ 2 , 000 and £ ' 3 , 000 . The church is dedicated to St . John the Evangelist . The style of architecture is Geometrical Middle Pointed . The nave is 40 ft ., and the chancel 29 ft . in length . The breadth of the nave is 20 ft . Oin ., and of the ebancol 15 ft . Accommodation has been providedforaboutthesamcnumbor

of persons as in Whifrwcll church . Tho jiorch occupies a portion of tbe extreme west end of the building , the remainder of which is occupied by tho tower , which has a pyramidal capping , supported by Mansfield stone ancl marble columns . In the tower are lour bells . The church is built of Whitby stone , relieved by coloured bands . The chancel terminates with an apse in the wooden groined

roof of the same , which is in seven compartments , and hasbeen painted , in varied colours . The remaining portion of the roofing is opened timber , and of stained deal . The three apse windows contain six li ghts . The one to the north represents the Last Supper and the Agony in the Garden ; the centre one contains the Crucifixion , and tho Taking-down from the Cross ; and the next represents tho

Resurrection and the Ascension . The south window of tho chancel is of three lights , and represents the Six Acts of Mercy , as recorded by Christ , in the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew . The two easternmost windows of the nave are of two lights each , and represents the Four Evangelists . The third window of three lights , rejirescnts the Baptism of Christ , Christ inviting little Children to come unto Him ,

and the other represents Him as Feeding the Lambs . The circular west window represents Christ Jud ging the AVorld , and six lights contain the evangelistic symbols . The window in tho chancel , representing the Six Acts of Mercy , was given b } - the tenantry on the Howsham estate . The paving of the floor of the church is the same as at Whitwell , being composed of Mintoii tiles ; and the chancel is figured with encaustic tiles and white marble .

St . John ' s Church , DewsburyMoor , Yorkshire , has recently undergone some necessary repairs . The roof of the tower has been entirely renewed . It had been for some time in a very dilapidated condition , owing to the decayed state of tho woodwork . The exposed parts of the exterior of the church bave _ been pointed with mastic , to exclude damp . The interior of the building has also been renovated . The ceiling has been coloured in panels with , a brown matter , and the ribs or spandrils arc thrown up in white . The walls arc clone a warm , stone colour .

A short time ago several architects were invited to furnish designs for the new independent Chapel proposed to bo erected at Harrogate . London , Bristol , Leeds , Bradford , Cardiff , and Darlington , responded to tbe call . The design sent in by Messrs . Lockwood & Mawson , of Bradford , was selected . The building will occupy a prominent position at the entrance of tbe Victoria Park . The stylo is Geometric .

A tower and spire rise at tho south-east angle to a height of 150 ft . The estimated outlay is £ -1 , 000 . The foundation of a lage Roman Catholic church for the Benedictine order has just been commenced , upon a site close to the railway station , Blyth . It will consist of nave 120 ft . in length , and transepts , with a bell-turret , and when completed will contain about 1 , 000 sittings .

NEW I ' DXALTY ox DRUNKEXXDSS . — "An Attorney" calls tho attention of a provincial , journal to the following important section ( sec . 11 ) in "The Kefreshinent House and AViue Licences Act" ( 23 and 21 A ic , e . 27 ) : — "Every person found drunk in any street or public thoroughfare , and while drunk U guilty of any riotous or indecent behavour , shall , upon summary conviction " of such an offence before two Justices , be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings for every such olfence , or may be committed , if the justices or magistrates before whom he is convicted think lit , instead of inflicting on him any pecuniary penalty , to tho House of Correction lor any time not more than seven days . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

BITE FRTJirTIF DE NAMim . A foreign brother tells mo ho belongs to the Rite Primlfcif do rTamur , which is a series of 33 ° , but not the same as the Ancient and Accepted Rite . I cannot make out- what Rite it is . Perhaps some one better acquainted with the high grades will kindly assist me in understanding it , and oblige Ax ENGLISH R . O .

MASONIC ADOPTION " . Where can I ascertain the method of adoption practised by Masons abroad ? — Ex . — [ See vol . v . FUEEJIASOXS MAGAZINE ( 1858 ) , page 112-5 . ] TEEMS I'OIl MASONIC I-OH 3 IS . Why are the various kinds of Masonry termed Symbolic , Capitular , Cryptic , and Ckivalric ?—THOMAS . —[ We have

hoard of Symbolic , Capitular , and Ckivalric Masonry ; but where did our correspondent pick up Cryptic ? Symbolic Masonry is the use of the Three Degrees ; Capitular , that portion practised in Chapters ; Chivalric , the Masonic Orders of Knighthood ; Cryptic , —bosh !]

IKON TOOLS AND TUB TKMI'LK . It is a tradition that no iron tools were used in the building of the Temple . What was the reason ?—C . A . G . —[ To [ U'cscrve it from pollution . In the Holy Scriptures' , wherever a command is issued to build au altar to God , it is always composed of unhewn stones . At the erection of tho Tabernacle in the wilderness , Gocl commanded Moses .-" Thou shaft build an altar unto the Lord thGod ; an altar

y of stones ; thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them . " ( Dcut . xxvii . 5 . ) And , again , at tho building of the Temple , it is said . that , "The house was built of stone , made ready before it was brought thither ; so that there was neither hammer , nor axe , nor any tool of iron , heard in tho house while it was in building . " ( 1 Kings , vi . 7 . ) And tho idea of the pollution of iron tools "was so prevalent amongst

the Jews , that David , speaking of the desecration of the Temple by tho heathen , says : "The ) ' break down tho carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers . They have cast fire into thy sanctuary ; they have defiled by casting down tho dwelling place of Thy namo to tho ground . "—Read the late Bishop ' Hebers lovely poem , " Palestine . " ]

KIGUTS op Tin : Lotion or AxirQurrv . Occasionally we hear and see allusions made to tho lights of the Lodge of Antiquity . This is especially the ease with regard to the Preston suspension ; he , pleading tho rights of the Lodge of Antiquity , and being at length re-instated , and those rights admitted . Every Mason should know what those special rights are , and I , for one , should be

obliged for such information . —A Momtiix . lunar . NAUits . Who gives the names to lodges "when they arc first formed , and what principle guides the selection . —M . M . [ Read tho form of petition for a now lodge in the book of "Constitutions , " and you will sec its name emanates from the petitioners , who are chiefly guided by the name of

some one they respect—the locality chosen — the class of brethren it is intended for—or any other cause that induces men to affix a particular nomenclature to that which they originate . ] KNIGHTS TEMH . AliS TOAST . Lot mo add another to your list of old toasts , it belongs to the Knights Templar , and tells us , —

" Twelve once were highly iov'd , But oue a Judas prov'd : Put out his fire . " —EcilMOHTOX .

MASOMiV IN WAR . Reading your account of Bro . Sir Hem ;) - Srracey ' s speech at the Cabbell banquet last week , iu which , lie stated thai ; he had met Bro . Sir Archibald Allison , and from the lips of the latter , beard him . verify the oft-repeated anecdote of his wife ' s father being saved by au American brother during the war of independence , I send you an extract from a book , which fell into my possession some few years ago , not knowing if it has before appeared in your pages , but thinking it worthy of preservation among the ii'te ,- ; to bo found there .