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 Stanley increased beyond what his most ardent wishes could have desired. Most of the nobility, and many of the rich commoners, in imitation of their Sovereign, erected magnificent palaces; it grew the fashion among the higher order of his subjects to erect houses at Stanley. The Dukes of Suffolk, Buckingham, Richmond, Kent, and Bridgewater, the Earls of Surry, Winchelsea, Middleton and Bury, and Mr. Molesworth, particularly distinguished themselves by the splendour of their palaces, amongst many others. But what gave a prodigious increase to this noble city was the erection of the senate house: that noble building, which is now the admiration of all Europe, was the master-piece of the celebrated Moor. The front is certainly one of the finest pieces of architecture in the world. It was finished in 1913. The same year the parliament assembled in it; and here I can-