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Our Architectural Chapter.
Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works of Northumberland . Now , without any disrespect , it may be observed , that excepting about two names , there is hardly one of these dignitaries known to the profession or even of any provincial note . The catalogue of their works would be of a very meagre character ; and we are confident that no contribution to architectural literature is to be found under their
names . There can be no harm done , therefore , in calling attention to this state of affairs * There are , if not in the provincial , at any rate in the metropolitan , Lodges , architects enough of knowledge and note who rnight be called upon to discharge provincial duties with more credit to the Craft . We are sorry to note , that on the occasion of laying the first stone of the new wing of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , which was
made a great display of , the ceremonial was not Masonic , his Royal Highness the ' -. Prince- Consort , having been called upon to officiate . The licensed victuallers derive so many benefits from the Craft , of which they are allowed to be members , that they rnight be expected to be more mindful of the position they occupy as Masons . There is some prospect that the decorations of St . Paul ' s will be
proceeded witix , and an endeavour is being made to obtain lor the fabric fund , a portion of the revenues of the prebend of Finsbury , and other prebendal estates about to fall into the . hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . Dean Milman is working at this ; and as the cathedral has no fabric fund , and the prebendal estates let on building leases and consisting of houses in the metropolis , are becoming yearly of greater value , there ought to be no difficulty in obtaining some endowment for this noble ecclesiastical edifice .
iit the annual meeting of the Architectural Association , held at Lyon ' s Inn Hall , Mr . J . Norton , A . S . B . A ., was elected President ; Sir J . W . Penfold , Vice President ; Mr . B . A . 0 . Herring , Treasurer ; and the latter gentleman , with Mr . A . Graham , Secretaries . Some modifications were made in the rules of the association . We hope that next year the Architectural A ssociation will proceed with its
former vigour . Blackwood has bestowed , in tlie number just out , some share of his attention on an eminent authority on architecture and art , and in which the spirit of the olden times is quite recognizable , hi Mr . 'Dusky \ s opinions on art will be found a ludicrous caricature of the mannerisms of the enthusiastic author of " The Seven Lamps of Architecture , " and whose u Notes on the Royal Academy Exhibition , " if followed up in this style , will have a critic as little reverent as was Peter Pindar
^ o contemporary critics on Academy exhibitions . Mr . Dusky says of i \ o . 650 , ' This artist had better go without delay to Venice . He Wj lliiml in one of tlie vaults of one of tin ? church . es there ( I forget } H ^ V i - . lirc ^ khout a name , but which . I know to be an iudubi-, a -de . Pant Veronese . The whole composition is fine ; but I would )> art ] cularl y note the third hair from the top in the right whisker ol > ne cat ui the corner , the painting of which is very precious . This u" shoul d study in a reverential spirit , and T will answer for the
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Our Architectural Chapter.
Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works of Northumberland . Now , without any disrespect , it may be observed , that excepting about two names , there is hardly one of these dignitaries known to the profession or even of any provincial note . The catalogue of their works would be of a very meagre character ; and we are confident that no contribution to architectural literature is to be found under their
names . There can be no harm done , therefore , in calling attention to this state of affairs * There are , if not in the provincial , at any rate in the metropolitan , Lodges , architects enough of knowledge and note who rnight be called upon to discharge provincial duties with more credit to the Craft . We are sorry to note , that on the occasion of laying the first stone of the new wing of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , which was
made a great display of , the ceremonial was not Masonic , his Royal Highness the ' -. Prince- Consort , having been called upon to officiate . The licensed victuallers derive so many benefits from the Craft , of which they are allowed to be members , that they rnight be expected to be more mindful of the position they occupy as Masons . There is some prospect that the decorations of St . Paul ' s will be
proceeded witix , and an endeavour is being made to obtain lor the fabric fund , a portion of the revenues of the prebend of Finsbury , and other prebendal estates about to fall into the . hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . Dean Milman is working at this ; and as the cathedral has no fabric fund , and the prebendal estates let on building leases and consisting of houses in the metropolis , are becoming yearly of greater value , there ought to be no difficulty in obtaining some endowment for this noble ecclesiastical edifice .
iit the annual meeting of the Architectural Association , held at Lyon ' s Inn Hall , Mr . J . Norton , A . S . B . A ., was elected President ; Sir J . W . Penfold , Vice President ; Mr . B . A . 0 . Herring , Treasurer ; and the latter gentleman , with Mr . A . Graham , Secretaries . Some modifications were made in the rules of the association . We hope that next year the Architectural A ssociation will proceed with its
former vigour . Blackwood has bestowed , in tlie number just out , some share of his attention on an eminent authority on architecture and art , and in which the spirit of the olden times is quite recognizable , hi Mr . 'Dusky \ s opinions on art will be found a ludicrous caricature of the mannerisms of the enthusiastic author of " The Seven Lamps of Architecture , " and whose u Notes on the Royal Academy Exhibition , " if followed up in this style , will have a critic as little reverent as was Peter Pindar
^ o contemporary critics on Academy exhibitions . Mr . Dusky says of i \ o . 650 , ' This artist had better go without delay to Venice . He Wj lliiml in one of tlie vaults of one of tin ? church . es there ( I forget } H ^ V i - . lirc ^ khout a name , but which . I know to be an iudubi-, a -de . Pant Veronese . The whole composition is fine ; but I would )> art ] cularl y note the third hair from the top in the right whisker ol > ne cat ui the corner , the painting of which is very precious . This u" shoul d study in a reverential spirit , and T will answer for the