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have moulded trofoiled arches , supported on light shafts , with richly carved caps and bases , under gablets terminating with carved finials and bosses , aud over each entrance is a single light window , with cinquefoiled tracery . The east and west sides are divided by buttresses into five compartments , having very acute arched windows , divided into two lights , with trefoil and quartrefoil alternately in each

crown . The walls are surrounded with coped parapets , resting on moulded cornices , and the copings to the front walls and gable'have ornamental metal crested ridgings . The south front and towers will be faced with Longridge stone , and the sides with dressed bricks . The roof will be covered with north country slates , and the ridges with terrametallio crested ridging . The internal . fittings are to be of

pitch pine and yellow pine , arranged in a manner to give richness of effect to the framed and panelled work . The constructional timbers of roof and galleries are to be shown . The roof is of single span in one arch , and so connected with the gallery trusses by queen-posts , as to keep the whole of the thrust within the building , at the same time giving a richness of effect and proportion ( to the otherwise squareness of the structure ) by forming an arcade along the gallery aisles ; it will be ceiled under the S 23 ars , and formed with panels between the ribs and principals , and have

centre flowers with open fretwork for ventilation in the central compartments . The pulpit is octagonal in form , and has twelve deeply sunk arched aud moulded panels , with rich cap and base moulds , is supported on an octagonal shaft , with richly moulded and carved cap and base , has a light staircase , supported on two arched ribs , with oak rail and ornamental metal balustrades , and stands within the

communion rail on a raised platform of two steps . The communion rail , of Dantzic oak , polished , is supported by 13 ornamental metal balusters . At the north end is a recessed and moulded arch , 14 ft . span , supported on light banded shafts , and at the south are three open arches , the object of the latter being to absorb any echo and to give effect to the acoustic qualities of the building . The internal

walls will be plastered with stucco line-drawn to imitate stone , and the woodwork and fittings stained and varnished . On Sunday , 17 th ult ., tho United Presbyterian church , St . Andrew ' s , Stockton-on-Tees , was formally opened for service . The style of the new building is Early English Gothic , and the internal appearance is neat . The pews are stained in oak , and have no doors , and there is a small gallery at tho north end , which is to be used for the accommodation of the Sunday schools . The cost of the building is from £ 800 to £ 900 .

On Sunday , the 17 th ult ., the Wcsleyan chapel at Thorne , Yorkshire , was reopened , after undergoing some extensive improvements , by lengthening the " chapel 18 ft ., adding galleries in continuation of tho former ones , making a semicircular recess for a new organ at the east end , and erecting two vestries under the organ loft . The new pulpit now stands on four circular wooden columnsthe top being about

, ¦ on a level with the lower side cf the gallery , and the whole forms a most important improvement , both in appearance and for convenience in seating a larger congregation . The cost will be £ 200 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

BEATJCEANT AXD BANNEB , OI WAIi . How many stripes of black and white did the Banner of War of the Ancient Templars contain , and were they vertical or horizontal ( I believe the former ); and was it charged with the Cross of the Order ? A recent contribution to this department showed the Leauceant , to have been charged with a chief sable , in addition to the cross pafcee , and not as

now made , —the entire field argent . These questions are well worthy the attention of our heralds , and those who manufacture the articles . — % A ST . JOHN 03 ? JEBUSALE 3 I AND IHE HOSPITALLERS . In a recent number of the MAGAZINE this Patriarch is called Johannes Hircanus Maccabeus . Was this his family name or has it some prior allusion ? The Maccabeus and

Assideana were au armed brotherhood—a body of JKnight Templars , aud like them extensive builders ( They werezealous for the honour and maintenance of the temple , to ' which they gave large contributions , and on every day ,, except the great day of atonement , besides the daily oblation , they sacrificed a lamb which was called the sin offering of the Assideans . They practised great austerities and the

usual oath they swore was " By the Temple . " Formed to rescue the Holy Land and put down idolatry , we find them claiming brotherhood with the Romans ( I . Maccabees , Chap , xii ., 9—11 and 21—23 ) , and from them the Society of Essenes is said , with every probability , to have , been derived . Those writers who assign a Templar origin to . Freemasonry may here find a singular paralleland I cannot

, resist the impression that there is a link connecting these associations , —did the Hospitallers form a part of that link ? A " Bible Student" whose query recently appeared ( if a Templar ) , will find these books highly interesting , as well ' as the Seventeenth Chapter of Wisdom , which appears to , describe the Egyptian mysteries . J A .

CANYGES . Can any brother inform me if Canyges , the founder of St .. Mary Redcliffe , was a Mason . NICHOLAS STONE . Is there any biographical notice of Nicholas Stone , whowas Warden , and Sculptor , under Inigo Jones ?—W . STONE

SING HiBAsr AND SOLOMON ' S CORRESPONDENCE . I remember reading that some historian says that Kings-Hiram and Solomon had frequent correspondence together , and that they pi-opounded to each other subtle questious ,. Where is this recorded ?—TYEE .

THE IVOBITES OE WALES . There is in AVales a secret society called Ivorites . From whence is their name derived , and what relation do they bear to Freemasons ?—STEWART . JOHN FENNEL ' S CONSTITUTIONS . Bro . John Pennell issued a Book entitled Constitutions of

the Freemasons , which was printed at Dublin , and is the first Irish book on the subject . Can any brother say what ; it treats of?—OALIX . —[ This book is very scarce , and the following extracts will , perhaps , be deemed acceptable to others beside Oalix : —

" Nor must we forget the famous kingdom of Ireland , which , according to Cambrensis , was inhabited before the flood . Bnt be that how it will , of this we are certain , that about three hundred ' years after the flood , and one hundred and forty-six after the confusion at Babel ( An . Mundi , 1956 , Ante Ch ., 2048 ) Bartholan , sou of Sera , of the offspring of Japhet , came and planted a colony here ; and afterwards JNemethus , a Scythian , with his four sons , came ancl lanted colonies in this islandbut in short time was expelled b

p , y the inhabitants aforesaid ; and about two hundred years after his expulsion , the five sons of Dela , from Greece , of the posterity of JNemethus , brought new colonies into Ireland , ancl having subdued it , divided the kingdom between them . " . About three hundred and seventy years before the birth of Christ , the four sons of Milesius , the Spaniard , with a fleet of sixty sail , came to Ireland , subdued the kingdom , settled themselves in several of it

parts , planted colonies and erected Lodges . " And in short time after many fiimous schools of learning were erected in Ireland , to which the Britons , Saxons and Gauls , resorted for learning . See Bede ' s Eecl . Hist ., Lib . 3 , 27 : Alcunius Lib . 7 , 4 , & c . "AVhen Christianity reached this Island ( Anno Dom . 432 ) JMJasonry began to be much in request ; for when St . Patrick was sent to Ireland

, he converted the natives to the Christian faith , and founded the Cathedral of St . Patrick , at Ardmagh , which was rebuilt hy Patrick Scanlain , Archbishop of Ardmagh , Anno Dom . 1262 , and the Priory of St . Dabeoc , or Avog , in Lough Derg , was founded by St . Patrick ancl St . Dabeoc , nigh the famous cave , commonly called St . Patrick ' s Purgatory . " The ancient and principal Seat-Royal of the kingdom , for a time Parahin the of Heath

long , was , county , where their solemn Feasts and Koyal Assemblies were held at certain seasons ; and there ( Anno Dom . 455 ) King Lagarius kept his royal seat . Small remains of that ancient and noble building is to he seen at this day . " The church St . Mac Nisius , in Connor , was founded by JEngua Ivluc Nisius , about A . D . 490 , and St . Patrick ' s Cathedral , in Down , was founded by St . Cailian , Anno 500 .