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 . Junn 14, 1872.” THE BUILDING NEWS. 491 SSS that he believed he could. The Chairman then told Mr. Powell that there were several things that were faulty in his design, and that: it would, perhaps, be better if he could send another plan, but on condition that no charge should be made. Mr, Powell agreed, and had forwarded another plan.” I shall make no further remarks upon this, the first premiated design out of 63 submitted, but shall be curious to learn what alterations have been made, and what will be decided upon when the subject is again brought before the Commissioners, who must feel a difficulty in altering this design, for fear they may copy the features of some other design they themselves approved, but have not premiated.—I am, &e., A CoMPETITOR. Artercommunication, QUESTIONS. the necessary implements, according to usual practice, an architect’s assistant is supposed to provide for his Own use in the office? If some experienced corres- pondent will assist by informing me of the same I shall be greatly obliged.—Junror. (2583.]—Ink for Drawings.—Are Mr. Street's and Mr. Shaw’s drawings exhibited in the Academy drawn in common writing-ink on London board- paper ?—ROBERTS. (2584.]—A Church Query.—Is the wall separating the chancel from the nave of achurch a party wall? or does it exclusively belong to the chancel, or to the nave >—W, (2585.|—English Rendering.—wWill some one tell me the English rendering of the words bahut, blochets, chantignolle, chevrons portant fermes, coyau, élégis, and murs goutterots? I am unable to find them in either of three dictionaries, or if found they have unsuitable meanings.—C, P. (2586.]—Ties and Struts.—How must I distin- Suish between the ties and struts in the diagram of a roof ?—CARPENTER. [2587.]—The Human Figure.—Is there any rule for the division of the human figure in drawing besides that of taking a line of eight equal parts and setting off one to the head, another to the breast, and so on? Also, how is the system mentioned applied to such a figure as that called the Discobolus 2—C. P, REPLIES. (2564.]—Practice of the Profession, — This question not having been answered, I send the follow- ing. 1. The client must pay the surveyor either direct or through the architect. 2. Paid on the amount of the lowest tender, based on the original quantities, the Suryeyor’s work is done, and should be paid. These replies are given upon the understanding that the client was aware of the employment of a surveyor by the architect. W. R. A. ee PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. BIRMINGHAM SEwaGe Bii~—The adjourned debate on Mr. C. Forster's motion was resumed on Thursday week. Sir C. Adderley opposed the mo- tion.— Lord Henley gave explanations as to the objects of the Bill—Sir. R. Peel renewed his opposi- tion, and contended that the principle of the Bill was one that affected the interests of every land- owner in the country.—The question was then put that the order for the third reading be discharged, when Mr. Denison took occasion to complain of the language which had been used by the right hon. baronet the member for Tamworth on the previous evening respecting a learned relative of his (Mr. Denison’s).— Sir R. Peel publicly withdrew any- thing that he had said which could give offence to the learned gentleman.— The order for the third reading of the Bill was then discharged. BrrMIncHaM Srewacr.—Sir R. Peel, on Monday, said he wished to put an important question to the right hon. gentleman at the head of the Government. He wished to ask the right hon. gentleman a ques- tion with reference to the Bills which had been for some time on the table of the House. One was pro- moted by the Town Council of Rochdale, and the other by the Town Council of Birmingham. These two Bills have been referred to Committees upstairs. The Committee on the Rochdale Bill threw it out. The Rochdale authorities asked permission of this House by a private Bill for a town of 45,000 inhabi- tants to take 1,300 acres of land belonging to the Earl of Derby in that county. The Corporation of Bir- mingham, in a town of 350,000, asked permission to take 1,000 acres of land belonging to himself for the purpose of putting their sewage upon it. The sew- age of Birmingham was from 18 to 22 millions of gallons a day. That was a matter which affected him most deeply. It was proposed by this Bill to place from 18 to 22 million of gallons of sewage daily upon these 1,000 acres of bis land. In eyery gallon of that sewage there were five grains of am- monia, and there were no known powers 1m chemis- try which could relieve the sewage of its deleterious influence of ammonia. He wanted to ask the right ing great public interests, ought not rather to be made public Bills than private ones. He had no opportunity of discussing the merits of this Bill upon a former occasion.—The Speaker said the discussion was altogether irregular, for whether the right hon. gentleman concluded with a motion or not, it was quite irregular to anticipate the discussion of a Bill, whether public or private-—Sir R. Peel said that, bowing to the decision of the Chair, he would at once put his question to the right hon. gentleman at the lead of the Government.—Mr. Gladstone said that, with respect to the question of his right hon. friend, the Government had taken no part whatever in its discussion, nor did they oppose or support it. His right hon. friend might think that in a Bill of such importance he ought to have made himself thoroughly acquainted with it, but he had to confess that le was not. With regard to the question of whether Bills of great importance should be made public or private, he apprehended that was a matter for consideration when arrangements were being entered into with respect to private business. His right hon. friend must be aware that the Govern- ment had no power over the distribution of public or private Bills. Measures were either public or private Bills according to the rules of the House. —<———— STAINED GLASS. PiLymMouTH.—A stained glass window has been placed in the south aisle of Emmanuel Church, Mannamead, Plymouth, by Messrs. Fouracre & Son, of Stonehouse; as a memorial to the late wife of Samuel Jackson, Esq., of Plymouth. The windowis of two lights, with a geometrical tracery head, and the principal lights are occupied by figures of SS. Thomas and Peter under canopies. Underneath the figures are quatrefoil panels of conyentioral foliage, with the inscription at bottom. The principal tracery light has the sacred monogram enclosed in a trefoil with conventional foliage. The colouring of the window is rich and harmonious, but subdued in tone; the use of glaring colours having been avoided, and the legitimate treatment of glass adhered to through- out. Woop GREEN.—Two stained glass windows have been recently erected in the church of 8. Michael, Wood Green. he subjects are—“ The Healing of the Sick,” “The Reading in the Synarogue,” “ he Sermon on the Mount,” and. “The Miracle at the Marriage in Cana of Galilee.” The artists are Messrs. Ward & Hughe, Soho-square, London. — —»___ CHIPS. The Memorial Stone of a new Nonconformist Chapel has been laid at Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The chapelis to seat 350 persons, and to cost about £1,000. The style of architecture is Romanesque. The archi- tect is Mr. Tait, of Leicester. A general meeting of the creditors of William Perry, lately carrying on business in Acton-street and Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, in partnershi with Thomas Archbutt, as a timber merchant, is summoned for the 4th of July, at 14, Old Jewry. The parish church, Finchley, is to be restored and enlarged. A new south aisle and chapel are to be added, and a new chancel erected. Additional ac- commodation will thus be provided for 259 persons at a cost of £3,050. The Archbishop of Westminster is reported to have purchased the Guards’ Club House in West- minster for £15,000. The building adjoins the site bought for the new Roman Cathedral, and is probably intended to be conyerted into an archiepiscopal residence, A Reuter’s telegram from Berlin states that Mr. Gilbert Scott and Mr. John Scott are among the architects to whom a prize has been awarded by the jury appointed to judge the designs for the new palace for the Reichstag. New Schools were opened at Fristock on Wednes- day week. The cost has been £700. Mr. Lewis, of sicester, was the architect, and Mr. J. White, of Tritwell, the contractor. Attempts have been made during the week to blow up two statues in Dublin. If London could but be selected as the field of operations, these Fenian iconoclasts would be benefiting the public while providing a suitable safety-valve for the escape of surplus Irish loyalty. The foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel was laid at Tunbridge on Tuesday week. Messrs. Cattermole & Hades, of Ipswich, are the architects, and Messrs. Punnett are the builders. The style will be Gothic and the cost £1,746, A new school chapel was opened at. Groombridge by the Bishop of Chichester on Saturday last. The cost, including curate’s house, is £1,000. The chapel will seat 150 people. Mr. Norman Shaw was the architect. On Thursday, the 23rd of May, a new Wesleyan Chapel was dedicated at New Town, Trowbridge. Mr. Stent, of Warminster, was the architect, the style is a free adaptation of the Late Italian. New schools hon, gentleman whether Bills of this nature, affect- | are also to be erected contiguous. ‘ Ow Office Table, A New Lieur.—At the meeting of the Inventors’ Institute on Thursday week, Mr. Carl Molchin, of Hamburg, exhibited lamps burning a new compound oil to be used for lighting purposes, which was found to afford a steady even light, very closely approxi- mating in power, clearness, brillianey, and intensity to the electric light, at a cost somewhat less than that of colzaoil. Itresulted from experiments made with this oil, burnt in a moderator lamp, that alight of 17} spermaceti candles was obtained. This light is considered as very valuable for lighthouses, rail- way signals, railway carriages, and other purposes. Tur Mip-Lonpon Rarttway.—At a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works, on Friday last, the Parliamentary Committee reported that they had received from the Mid-London Railway an amended proposal that the Board shall contribute towards the cost of the formation of the street from Giltspur- street to Moorgate-street the sum of £277,200 in- stead of £500,000, as originally asked. The com- mittee had considered this new suggestion, but it appeared to them that the grounds on which the Board opposed the Bill before the Committee of the House of Commons still remain, and they were un- able to recommend the Board to accede to it. This recommendation was adopted by a majority of 25 to 16. Tue Porreries Presentation to Mr. Joun Bricur.—The collection of artistic pottery, which is shortly to be presented to Mr. John Bright by his admirers in the Potteries has been on view during the week at Hanley, to subscribers. The pottery is enclosed in a handsome carved cabinet, designed by Mr. F. W. Moody, of the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington, in the style of the period of Louis XVI. The cabinet is divided laterally into two parts : the upper portion is glazed and the lower is open. In the enclosed portion are a number of vases and other articles, illustrating the art industry of the district in its highest form. In the open por- tion below are three noble pieces of majolica. Stand- ing on the outside of the cabinet, on about a level with the floor of the enclosed portion, are two large parian statuettes representing ‘‘ Chastity” and “S. Filomena” (Miss Nightingale). The committee engaged the services of Messrs. Minton & Co., Messrs. Wedgwood & Sons, and Messrs. Copeland & Sons, in the production of these articles. Tue Compcetion or S, Paut’s.—At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the S. Paul’s Comple- tion Fund, held this week, the following resolution was moved by Mr. Oldfield, seconded by Mr. Beres- ford Hope, M.P., and carried unanimously :—“ That it be an instruction to Mr. Burges in preparing his plans for the completion of S. Paul’s that he con~ sider himself limited to a style of decorative design for which authority is to be found either in any such models or drawings of Sir Christopher Wren as may be in existence, or, failing these, in the best works of the Italian architects and artists of the first half of the sixteenth century.” Mr. Ruskin’s Crosstne Swrepers.—The un- pleasant condition of the streets consequent on the recent strange June weather leads the Globe to inquire: What has become of Mr. Ruskin’s erossing- sweepers? A little while ago Mr. Ruskin promised to set. a good example in the matter of street cleanli- ness. He proposed, with the consent of the inhabi- tants, to take the complete control of some street or portion of a street, and keep a small army of crossing-sweepers constantly employed. It is just possible that the execution of this laudible design may have been deferred to the winter months, when the good example would have more striking effect. Tue Artists’ BENEVOLENT FuNpD celebrated its Sixty-third Anniversary Dinner at Freemasons’ Tavern, on Saturday the 8th inst., R. N. Fowler, Esq., M.P., in the chair. In recognition of the rising power of femaleartists, agraceful innovation has been made at these festivals, and the ladies (instead of being consigned:to a gallery) are made a constituent of the assembly. There was some well-executed music by Mr. Lawler, Mr. Coates, and Mesdames Edmonds, Severn, and Thompson. In addition to speeches by the Chairman and the Hon. Secretary, toasts were re- sponded to by Mr. George Godwin and Mr. Thomas Morris, members of committee; Captain Dighton and Mr. Simmons, stewards; Mr. Cave Thomas, Miss Faithfull, &e. The number of annuitant widows on the fund is 52. ——— +> —- - A crowded public meeting of the inhabitants of Shoreditch and the surrounding district was held on Wednesday at the Town-Hall, Shoreditch, to protest against the proposed closing of Sun-street, Bishops- gate-street as a public thoroughfare by the Great Eastern Railway Company.
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