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330 fought upon the continent of Europe. When he died at Amsterdam in 1733, Huchtenburg had done much by his pictures and prints to make Prince Eugene, King William, and Marlborough popular. Though clever in depicting a melee or a skirmish of dragoons, he remained second to Philip Wouvermans in accuracy of drawing, and inferior to Van der Meulen in the production of landscapes. But nevertheless he was a clever and spirited master, with great facility of hand and considerable natural powers of observation.

1em  HUDDERSFIELD, a and ary and - of, in the  of, is beautifully situated on the slope of a  in the  of the , a  of the , 15  south of , and 16 south-west of. It is surrounded by a network of s, and is connected with the extensive system of  and. The is  principally of, and has undergone within  very extensive improvements, in regard to both its external appearance and its. The older portions of the, where the s were mean-looking and narrow, have almost disappeared, making way for handsome, spacious, and well- s, whilst many of the premises possess considerable  merit. Among the es deserving special mention are StPeter’s, the, in the Perpendicular , rebuilt in  at a cost of 10,000, possessing , , s, , and  with peal of ten ; Trinity , erected in  at a cost of 12,000, in the Pointed , with an   at the west end; StPaul’s, built by the ary commissioners in , in the Early English , with a  surmounted by a light spire; StThomas’s, in the Transition Early English , completed in  at a cost of 10,000. Of the numerous places of, Ramsden  , Queen  and Buxton  , and Brunswick   s are remarkable for their capacity, whilst High  , New North  , and Highfield and Hillhouse  have considerable  beauty. The principal other s, in addition to the many fine s, are the -, by  in, and extended in ,—a  two-storied  , having a  of 80 , now fallen almost into disuse; the ,  as a -, but now the headquarters of the  , and also used for  and large public meetings; the Victoria , a capacious  recently erected by the Huddersfield ; the  , in the , originally used for s and public meetings, afterwards converted into a , and  almost to the ground  15, ; the  , erected in , capable of accommodating 1000 persons, and transformed into public  in ; the ,  in , a large and elegant  edifice of the  with wings and a , the latter supported by four  s, a large ward and   being added later; the General  Station, in the ,  in , having in front a handsome  of ; the Huddersfield , in the Baronial , established in  for sons of  and ; the Collegiate , in the , erected in ; the Huddersfield ; the Borough ; the   ; the  offices, in the Classic  ; the , also in the Classic , but much richer ; the Guardians’ offices ; the Ramsden  s, a handsome and extensive block of the mixed Italian order; the Chamber of ; and a remarkably fine new -, in the , with a - and spire 106  in height, founded in , and opened in.

The cost of the was 28,000, and the sum paid by the  to, for the - and site, was 25,790, in addition to 15,273 for the site and  of the -. A public, off New North , the of the , with  s for men and s, was completed in ; and the  at Almondbury was taken over by the  in. The extensive are the  of the, as are also the , which afford an ample supply of excellent , the s being capable of storing 900,000,000 s. The cost has been over 750,000. A  of 21 s, called the Beaumont, is the  of ; the first  was cut on  29,. There are fourteen handsome board s, at a cost of about 120,000, twenty-one  s, and one. The principal public are the ’ institution, the  for which, a large  in the Italian, was opened in , and the  institutes at Lindley and Lockwood, each possessing handsome s. Huddersfield is a place of considerable antiquity, being mentioned in , and is supposed by some to derive its  from 