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Oim Architectural Chapter.
The opening of the gallery was celebrated by a banquet , given by the directors , and which was one of the choicest gastronomic displays of Brothers Sawyer and Strange of the Crystal Palace , for which the directors had spared no expense , and the cooks had spared no labour or skill . The celebration was made to partake of a Masonic
character , by a lapse of Bro . Horsley , the director officiating as chairman . Being surrounded by Bro . England and several zealous Masons , Bro . Horsley was induced to jileclge all the Masons present , when about two thirds stood up , and answered to the pledge . Bro . Ifforsley then pledged the non-Masons , thereby establishing an invidious distinction .
The practice of calling up Masons by a pledge of this kind , is by no means' uncommon with some persons ; but it is one which is not commendable . There is no call on Masons so to display themselves , and it does no good , while it may be made offensive , in the way of doing it , to non-Masons .
The Crystal Palace has never shown itself to such advantage as now , for the very warm weather , as in all other gardens , has brought forth a profusion of flowers . The grounds , with their stately trees , their tasteful parterres , and their gushing fountains , now form one of the finest gardens in the world ; and AveUhave they been enjoyed by the throngs of visitors , old and young , metropolitan and provincial , who , this year , have spent hours of pleasure in the palace .
The East India House , in Leadeiihall Street , has now become a government building , under the direct authority of the government ; so that the East India Company have not even the power of holding meetings . The transfer to the government includes the public offices , library , and museums . At present great inconvenience is occasioned by the separation of the offices in Cannon Row and Leadenhall Street , but the latter are the larger and more commodious .
The free carvings on the outside of the National Discount Office , in Cornhill , are much admired , particularly the keystones of the doorways . It is , however , to be regretted that the building itself is injured by the Birchin Lane frontage being splayed to take in about eighteen inches width of irregular frontage .
The Metropolitan Board of W orks continue in dispute as to the plans to be adopted . Mr . Golds worthy Gurney advocates the burning of the sewage gases , which certainly might be partially adopted , though inapplicable generally . Deoclorization has its advocates , and experiments are being successfully made , so that this is likely to be one expedient recognized . Mr . Morewood has made another attempt
to enforce his plan , but unsuccessfully . Dr . Barnes continues to gain ground in enforcing that the mud banks are the chief source of the pollution of the Thames , and that embankment should be forthwith continued . Mr . Mechi and others are making a strenuous cry for saving some of the manure threatened with deodorization and suicing . At the Board of Works Mr . John Leslie has brought for ward an old plan of Mr . Hyde Clarke ' s , of 1840 , in which he proposed vol v . x
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Oim Architectural Chapter.
The opening of the gallery was celebrated by a banquet , given by the directors , and which was one of the choicest gastronomic displays of Brothers Sawyer and Strange of the Crystal Palace , for which the directors had spared no expense , and the cooks had spared no labour or skill . The celebration was made to partake of a Masonic
character , by a lapse of Bro . Horsley , the director officiating as chairman . Being surrounded by Bro . England and several zealous Masons , Bro . Horsley was induced to jileclge all the Masons present , when about two thirds stood up , and answered to the pledge . Bro . Ifforsley then pledged the non-Masons , thereby establishing an invidious distinction .
The practice of calling up Masons by a pledge of this kind , is by no means' uncommon with some persons ; but it is one which is not commendable . There is no call on Masons so to display themselves , and it does no good , while it may be made offensive , in the way of doing it , to non-Masons .
The Crystal Palace has never shown itself to such advantage as now , for the very warm weather , as in all other gardens , has brought forth a profusion of flowers . The grounds , with their stately trees , their tasteful parterres , and their gushing fountains , now form one of the finest gardens in the world ; and AveUhave they been enjoyed by the throngs of visitors , old and young , metropolitan and provincial , who , this year , have spent hours of pleasure in the palace .
The East India House , in Leadeiihall Street , has now become a government building , under the direct authority of the government ; so that the East India Company have not even the power of holding meetings . The transfer to the government includes the public offices , library , and museums . At present great inconvenience is occasioned by the separation of the offices in Cannon Row and Leadenhall Street , but the latter are the larger and more commodious .
The free carvings on the outside of the National Discount Office , in Cornhill , are much admired , particularly the keystones of the doorways . It is , however , to be regretted that the building itself is injured by the Birchin Lane frontage being splayed to take in about eighteen inches width of irregular frontage .
The Metropolitan Board of W orks continue in dispute as to the plans to be adopted . Mr . Golds worthy Gurney advocates the burning of the sewage gases , which certainly might be partially adopted , though inapplicable generally . Deoclorization has its advocates , and experiments are being successfully made , so that this is likely to be one expedient recognized . Mr . Morewood has made another attempt
to enforce his plan , but unsuccessfully . Dr . Barnes continues to gain ground in enforcing that the mud banks are the chief source of the pollution of the Thames , and that embankment should be forthwith continued . Mr . Mechi and others are making a strenuous cry for saving some of the manure threatened with deodorization and suicing . At the Board of Works Mr . John Leslie has brought for ward an old plan of Mr . Hyde Clarke ' s , of 1840 , in which he proposed vol v . x