shafts are insulated; thus a double contrast is produced, first between the columns and the square pillars, next in respect to the closed and open spaces between the latter. The north front presents a projecting hemicycle in which the order is continued in attached columns; thus, while that part is so far in keeping with the rest, a very agreeable variety is produced, and the view of the building from the north-east differs considerably from that from the south-east, given in our cut. Whether contemplated or not, one advantage resulting from the north end of the building being brought out semicircularly is, that that projecting part will catch the sun much earlier than it would else strike upon a front so unfavourably placed as to aspect. This portion of the plan will form a concert-room to which there will be a separate entrance, and it makes the entire extent from north to south, including the steps leading up to the south portico, 500 feet. Taking into account its unusual altitude, this structure will in point of magnitude alone have very few rivals in the kingdom; and how far it will have any for beauty and magnificence as an example of modern Grecian architecture, we will leave our readers to judge.

As regards the interior, we shall at present content ourselves with merely pointing out its principal divisions and their intended purposes. St. George's Hall (indicated in the plan by the letter G), measuring 161 by 75 feet, and 75 high, will be further extended along the upper part of its sides by a series of recesses 13 feet deep, apparently obtained out of the thickness of the walls, but in reality coming over the corridors which surround this part of the interior, and both separate it from, and -connect it with, the two Law Courts AA. On the west side of the hall the light will be admitted laterally through windows within those recesses, and on the opposite one through small domes, one in each recess. During the assizes this spacious hall will be opened to the public as the approach to both the courts. At other times it will be appropriated, at the discretion of the council, to public or private meetings. The two courts, which are lighted from above, are similar in size, viz. 60 by 50 feet, and 35 high; and the concert-room at the north end of the building is 75 feet from east to west, and of the same extent in the other direction, measured through the spacious hemicycle on its north side. The other principal apartments and their dimensions are as follows:

The whole of the building will be thoroughly ventilated under the joint direction of Dr. Reid and the architect, and in such manner that the whole power of the apparaus may be directed

to any one or more of the apartments according as circumstances may require. All the flues from the fireplaces will descend into the vitiated-air tunnel, which will pass under the road to a distance of 300 or 400 feet, where it will pass up a shaft 30 feet in diameter and 150 high, to which it is purposed to give externally the form of an octagonal tower (T), somewhat in the style of the "Temple of the Winds."

Liverpool Collegiate Institution.-Altogether different in character from the preceding, although by the same architect, is this other important structure now in progress in Liverpool, for which Mr. Elmes' design obtained the first premium from among those sent in by 28 other competitors, all of whom were restricted to the Tudor style. A piece of ground for the purpose had been originally purchased in Soho Street, but it was afterwards determined to abandon that site for the present one in Shaw Street, on the south of Augustine's Church, from which the building will be separated by a wide street on its north side, and will be similarly detached on its south, so that it has three distinct elevations, of which the west or principal one faces Shaw Street. The first stone was laid, Oct. 22, 1840, by Lord Stanley, with an inscription upon it purporting that the institution is for "the education of the commercial, trading, and working classes, in accordance with the doctrines and principles of the Church of England." Although incapable of doing more, the annexed cut will serve to explain the general design of the façade towards Shaw Street, which is a uniform composition, 280 feet in extent, collegiate in its aspect, and consistently decorated throughout. It is composed of three main divisions, viz. a centre and two slightly projecting wings; for, though advanced forward, the middle compartment (containing the entrance-porch below, and an open arch above it

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forming a balcony) identifies itself with the central portion, and hardly interrupts its continuity, it not being carried up like a tower rising above the rest. As little too do the wings or extreme compartments break the general mass, being distinguished in their outline merely by the slight gable form given to their parapet by the canopied niche and statue there introduced. In other respects, those portions of the design are agreeably varied from the body or principal division of the front, and the lofty oriel windows carried up through two stories acquire additional effect in consequence of there being no windows below them on the ground-floor, a circumstance that gives solidity and repose to the angles of the structure. The elevation contains three tiers of windows, those of the two upper floors being combined together into a general composition producing the effect of a single range of lofty windows. The apartments on the ground-floor are 14 feet high, and consist of six school-rooms (two 25×20 feet, two 40 × 25, and two 50x25), dining-rooms, and keepers' rooms, besides vestibules, waiting-rooms, and others of a subordinate nature. On the first floor are the board-room, secretary's room, nine schoolrooms (two 50 x 25, three 40 × 25, and four 25 x 20), lecturers' room, laboratory, &c., all 17 feet high. On the second are nine school-rooms (six 50 x 25, two 40 x 25, and one 25 × 12), all 14 feet high. The theatre, which is an octagonal building affording seats for 2000 persons, communicates with both the first and second floors, and behind it is a spacious music-room capable of being thrown open to, or shut off from, it at pleasure. There is besides a third or attic floor, containing several spacious rooms, lighted from the rcof, intended to serve as a museum, rooms for drawing, &c., and a sculpture gallery, which last is 115 feet in length. The material used for the building is red sandstone from the neighbourhood; and the works were contracted for at 21,3797.

British and Foreign School Society's Normal School, Borough Road. Although the front of this structure, about 150 feet in extent, is now nearly completed, with the exception of an additional wing at the west end, we shall reserve our description until next year, when we hope we shall be able to enter into fuller particulars than it is now in our power to do. It is by Mr. James Field, the architect of St. Olave's School (described in our volume for 1836), and is in what may be called the Anglo-Italian style of the 17th century. The basement floor is faced with stone, and the rest of the building of red brick with stone columns, entablatures, rustic quoins, and other dressings. The portion now executed is complete in itself, forming a centre with two wings slightly set back from it. We hope that the part which remains to be added will be kept distinct from the rest, instead of being made, according to the original design, a repetition of the wings; because, should the latter mode be pursued, the front will appear incomplete for want of a corresponding compartment at the end, which abuts against a public road.

St. Pancras School, Paradise Street, Gray's Inn Road.The situation of this building is in a lane of hovels. The front elevation (facing the west) is a small but pleasing design in the later Tudor style, with gables, pinnacles, and chimney-shafts constituting its chief decorations. The school itself is a hall 79 feet in length by 40 wide, with two large bays at the end (21 × 8 feet), and is lighted by long windows placed in pairs within arched recesses on its sides, and by larger ones at its east and west ends. The height of the side walls, or up to the cornice, is 18 feet, but from the floor to the ridge of the roof 29 feet. This last has arched beams and a panelled ceiling painted to imitate oak, while the other is paved with Claridge's patent asphalt. In addition to the ordinary modes of ventilation, a free circulation of air is obtained by means similar to those employed by the ancients for heating or cooling their baths, viz. by a number of pipes passing both vertically and horizontally through the walls and communicating with the external air by iron gratings with moveable valves; and the same means used for keeping the place cool in summer will, with some slight variation, be made to serve for the transmission of fresh but warm air in winter. This hall will accommodate about 600 children, and on Sundays will be used as a chapel, a moveable communion-table and pulpit being at such times placed in it. In that part of the building which forms the master's house, towards the street, there will be a committeeroom. The total cost will not exceed 2000l. The architects are Messrs. Gough and Romieu.

Surrey Pauper Lunatic Asylum.-96 acres of land at the south west corner of Wandsworth Common having been purchased for the purpose by the county of Surrey in 1839, a limited number of architects were invited to send in plans for the building, on the understanding that the successful candidate should be employed conjointly with the county surveyor, who was also permitted to send in designs. Twenty-three designs were submitted to the Committee. The design selected for execution was that by Mr. W. Moseley, the county surveyor for Middlesex, while premiums of 2007. and 100%. were awarded to those by Mr. A. H. Hunt, and Mr. J. B. Watson. The building stands on a gently rising ground, and forms a very extensive pile of the architecture of the latest Tudor period; its exterior is marked by an air of cheerfulness and comfort. The building has a certain degree of lively variety and picturesque richness, belonging not to the individual portions, but arising from the manner of grouping them and the general combination. This effect is considerably aided by the material, namely, red brick and stone, the brickwork itself being variegated with interlacings and devices formed by black headers, and the stonework, copings, string-courses, rusticated quoins, and windowdressings producing a mixture of horizontal and vertical lines; so that great relief and effect is obtained by colour alone, independently of light and shade. The façade, which is