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one handtherestorations have been effected iu keeping with the style and character of the edifice , of course the main object has been to increase the accommodation . St . Andrew ' s Church , Ealkingham , Lincolnshire , has been 3-eopened , after having undergone a second course of xi-estoration . After the fabric had been reseated ( about two . years ago ) as well as otherwise improved , owing to the

violence of last winter ' s extraordinary gales , some of tho pillars began to twist and to show such evident symptoms of failure that it was immediately considered necessary to consult several architects as to what ivas necessary to be done , and to carry out tho appiwed suggestions , which has been done in a successful manner . Besides the necessary rebuilding of the aisle pillars and much of the outer walls ,

a fine new ivell-pitched roof now spans the nave , and . panelled ones the aisles . The chief attraction is , probably , the stained glass inserted in the new east window of tho ¦ chancel . Tho subjects aro the Birth of our Lord , the Crucifixion , the Resurrection , and Ascension . Tho new church erected at Solly-street , Sheffield , and . dedicated to St . Lukehas been consecrated bthe

Arch-, y bishop of York . The church is a Gothic structure , in tho ^ Flowing Decorated style , the arrangement of the plan being a nave ivith north and south aisles , and an internal chancel . The ground is considerably elevated , and the approach to the principal entrance is by a flight of stone steps . Tho . plan provides for a spire to be erected at the corner

adjoining Solly- street and Garden-street . The height of the spire will be 125 ft . The total length of the building 74 ft ., aud is divided into a nave , 40 ft . by 24 ; chancel , 34 ft . by 24 ; south . aisle , 58 ft . by 18 ; and north aisle , 56 ft by 11 . It accommodates 700 persons , about half free . It is intended to erect ^ galleries at some future period over the aisles . The cost of the building in its present state is £ 2 , 500 , all raised except

£ 300 . It will take about £ 700 moro to complete tho edifice . The church of Hoviugham , Yorkshire , has been rebuilt and restored by Mr . Marcus Worseley , as a memorial of his deceased ivife , and reopened for divine worship . The church consists of a chancel Avith north aisle , ancl a naA'e Avith north and south aisles . The chancel and nave have been entirely rebuiltthe oriinal character of the edifice being

main-, g tained . The old Norman toAver has been repaired , and a neAV roof of stone placed upon it , surmounted by a plain cross . The roof of the chancel is open-timbered and wainscoted : that of the nave also shows tho rafters , which are stained . . The floor of tho chancel within the communion-Tails is laid with encaustic tiles , and the remainder of the chancel floor is paved with self-coloured tiles .

Tho parish church of South Hinskey , after having been closed for three months , for the purpose of restoration , has been reopened by the Bishop of Oxford . Tho edifice was first built in the thirteenth century , but the decay of time , and the so-called taste of the last century , had almost obliterated tho earlier features of the structure . The

interior of the navo and toiver has been restored , and fitted Avith open sittings ; whilst the roof ( which before had a -very unsightly appearance ) is now uniformly covered ivith Stoncsficld slates . A numerous meeting has been held at tho Shire Hall , Brecon , to consider the propriety of restoring a- portion of tbe Priory Church . The Marquis Camden has offered

: £ 1500 towards the restoration of the chancel , provided J 62000 were raised for the tower ancl transept . The chair was occupied by the Bishop of St . David ' s , and among those present Avere the Marquis Camden , the Earl of "Brecknock , Sir Thomas Phillips , Archdeacon Davies , and Mr . Scott , the architect , ivho addressed the meeting , but presented no formal report . He said what they ought to do ,

in the first instance , was to look to the main security of the building . The outer Avails were substantial and firm , but the foundations wanted e . xamining and under-pinning . The roof of tho tower would have to be made new , the pointing attended to , the Avails internally cleaned , and tho accumulation of AvhiteAvash removed , so as to expose the fine old stone of the countryThe roof of the transept

grey . was much decayed , and part must be restored to its proper height . Tbe floors Avould all havo to be taken up , and especial care taken in relaying and replacing those monumental memorials of the past , of Avhich there wero so many . The screen dividing the chancel from the nave would have

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to bfl removed , in order to give the fullest effect to the interior . Tho meeting resolved to moet the Marquis Camden ' s views by raising tho sum required , and of this sum £ 1256 were subscribed at the meeting . The church at Holme Pierreponfc , Notts , has been recently refitted and partially restored , at the expense of the lato Earl Manvers . The square box pews havo been removed

and open benches substituted . The family pew of the Earl , with its armorial bearings and other carved and gilded ornaments , has nob boon spared , aud the family bench is now as one of the rest . The choir of Lichfield cathedral has been reopened , the stonework having been completed . The entire edifice will not bo re-opened until the Avhitewash has been removed

from the nave . There aro six additional figures placed in niches in the choir , representing St . Peter , St . Philip , St . Christopher , St . James , St . Mary , and St . Mary Magdalene , which are the gifts by collection of several ladies and gentlemen . The new church of St . Barnabas , Birmingham , has been consecratedThe edifice is iu the EarlDecorated Style .

. y Provision is made for 850 persons . The dimensions arelength 80 ft . ; width , 44 ft . 4 in . ; height , 50 ft . ; and side Avails , 20 ft . The small Eoman Catholic Church of St . Mary , just

erected at Much Woolton , has been opened ivith the usual solemnities by the E . G . Bishop of Liverpool . The edifice is situated ou a slightly elevated plot of ground . It is in the Early Geometrical style , and scats 650 persons . At the east end , the communion-rail , which is 46 ft . in length , is brought 6 ft . within the chancel arch . The church composed of nave , chancel , side chapels , and transept . The

estimated cost was £ 2200 . The foundation-stone of a now Wesleyan Chapel has been laid on a plot of ground known as Pooley ' s Park , fronting City-road , and near to Stretford Old-road , Manchester . Tho chapel will bo in tho Early Pointed style , with stone dressings , and be capable of seating about 800 persons . Tho frontage to City-road will bo 60 ffc ., and the interior of tho

chapel 72 fb . by 38 ft . 6 in . ; besides the semicircular apso at the end , in ivhich the communion will bo administered . Tho roof will bo constructed so as to gain the effect of the ordinary steep-pitched church roofs : columns ivillbe avoided . Tho gallery will traverse the sides and across the front of the chapel , the body of which will be lighted by three-light windows under the galleryancl above bcircular cusped

, y windows , instead of tho usual long windows , stretching nearly front floor to ceiling . The chancel Avillbe lighted by three cusped lancet windows . A toiver and spiro are to bo raised , the extreme height of which , from tho ground , will be 100 ft . A number ofthe sittincrs will be free .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE COSTU 1 IK 01 ' TUB TYLEB , Being in Melrose , Scotland , on St . John ' s clay in December last year , I witnessed the annual " Avalk , " or procession , of the members of a lodge held there . They paraded by torchli g ht through the ruins of the old abbey ; and that ancient pile , lighted up in such a manner , had a most imposing appearance . The Tyler in the procession Avas clothed in the identical manner described b correspondent in a

y your late number of the MAGAZINE . —DIAGOHAS . THE LA . TINITY 03 ? OUB CERTIFICATES . Certificates are generally admitted to be of a late introduction in the Craft , and , I presume , there is no difficulty in arriving at tho name of the individual Avho first latinised them P—Qu / ESTon . LODGES ON BOARD A Sllir .

Will some one bo good enough to mention any instances , if such thore bo , of lodges having boon held on board ship , -with all particulars of persons and places?—BES . BACKSTAY II . E . The Supreme Council of Grancl Inspectors General have amongst them certain officers Avho sign themselves H . E . after their other titles . This is an abbreviation of Hol

y Empire . I would respectfully ask of what Holy Empire ? The Counts of the Holy Boman Empire , an order well known all ovor Europe , cannot surely be identified with this body ? -f 1 f