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Our Architectural Chapter.
the most modern fashion how this Town Hall was opened by Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen , F . D . ; H . R . H . the Prince Consort , of Saxe Gotha : and H . R . H . the Princess Alice ; on the 7 th of September 1858 .
Sooner than leave the building so bare , Thomas Mimes , the sculptor , might have been summoned to decorate the building with some of the woolbearing animals he has bestowed on Titus Salt ' s Saltaire Memorial y and on the frieze reaching round the building , shepherds , stookmasters , rancheros and arrieros might have driven flocks of sheep , long and short horned , shawl and other goats , llamas , alpacas and vicunas . As it is , the only evidence of art around is a statue of the Duke of Wellington , in front of the Town Hall , and which is the noble gift of the mayor , Mr , Peter Fairbairn .
The mausoleum of Wellington excites some interest , and the show of it some rebuke , for on certain days there is a fee of sixpence , under the plea of paying for the gas-lights ; and Punch cannot bear that the glory of a hero should thus be made a show , and the claim for a toll . The annual meeting of the Builders' Benevolent Institution shows
progress . We observe that several worthy Brethren e ^ ert theinselves for this praiseworthy charity , and follow out the lessons , which , if they profess charity , teach likewise that charity , which begins at home , does not end at home , but is to be practised on all legitimate occasions . We commend the charity to such builders as are among our readers , and to all members of the building trades , as likewise to
those members of the Craft who feel . a desire to promote the laudable efforts made in behalf of a trade charity . At the meeting of the Archaeological Institution , in Bath , Mr . H «
V . Lansdosvn read a paper on the houses in Bath , Avhich contains much matter of interest , and which will appear in an early number of the Magazine .
A New Field for Speculation . —It is intended by the British government to establish a sanitarium for European soldiers , on the hill of Pounghur , in the
district of Guzerat . The hill , when looked at from Champaneer , has a very picturesque appearance . The top leans over in a rugged mass , but yet preserving an oblong shape ; from it , again , rises a small second hill approached by stone steps regularly cut and built , on the top of which is a very ancient temple , the images of Avhich , and the door , are said to be of solid silver . The Brahmin priests are possessed of a book said to be nearly two thousand years old , and persons who
have seen it , and , I believe , one ofthe most clever men of the day , have pronounced it genuine . However , the priests will not trust it out of their hands . In it are curious stories with regard to tho hill and the neighbouring country . Could a Layard or a Eawlinson get a glance at this record of the early world , Pounghur would stand a chance of being famous in history . There are also some Jain temples , and others of more recent date , that are well worth notice . —Letter from an officer in India . VOL V . S
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Our Architectural Chapter.
the most modern fashion how this Town Hall was opened by Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen , F . D . ; H . R . H . the Prince Consort , of Saxe Gotha : and H . R . H . the Princess Alice ; on the 7 th of September 1858 .
Sooner than leave the building so bare , Thomas Mimes , the sculptor , might have been summoned to decorate the building with some of the woolbearing animals he has bestowed on Titus Salt ' s Saltaire Memorial y and on the frieze reaching round the building , shepherds , stookmasters , rancheros and arrieros might have driven flocks of sheep , long and short horned , shawl and other goats , llamas , alpacas and vicunas . As it is , the only evidence of art around is a statue of the Duke of Wellington , in front of the Town Hall , and which is the noble gift of the mayor , Mr , Peter Fairbairn .
The mausoleum of Wellington excites some interest , and the show of it some rebuke , for on certain days there is a fee of sixpence , under the plea of paying for the gas-lights ; and Punch cannot bear that the glory of a hero should thus be made a show , and the claim for a toll . The annual meeting of the Builders' Benevolent Institution shows
progress . We observe that several worthy Brethren e ^ ert theinselves for this praiseworthy charity , and follow out the lessons , which , if they profess charity , teach likewise that charity , which begins at home , does not end at home , but is to be practised on all legitimate occasions . We commend the charity to such builders as are among our readers , and to all members of the building trades , as likewise to
those members of the Craft who feel . a desire to promote the laudable efforts made in behalf of a trade charity . At the meeting of the Archaeological Institution , in Bath , Mr . H «
V . Lansdosvn read a paper on the houses in Bath , Avhich contains much matter of interest , and which will appear in an early number of the Magazine .
A New Field for Speculation . —It is intended by the British government to establish a sanitarium for European soldiers , on the hill of Pounghur , in the
district of Guzerat . The hill , when looked at from Champaneer , has a very picturesque appearance . The top leans over in a rugged mass , but yet preserving an oblong shape ; from it , again , rises a small second hill approached by stone steps regularly cut and built , on the top of which is a very ancient temple , the images of Avhich , and the door , are said to be of solid silver . The Brahmin priests are possessed of a book said to be nearly two thousand years old , and persons who
have seen it , and , I believe , one ofthe most clever men of the day , have pronounced it genuine . However , the priests will not trust it out of their hands . In it are curious stories with regard to tho hill and the neighbouring country . Could a Layard or a Eawlinson get a glance at this record of the early world , Pounghur would stand a chance of being famous in history . There are also some Jain temples , and others of more recent date , that are well worth notice . —Letter from an officer in India . VOL V . S