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Otjk Architectural Chapter
Architectural JJnion , in Conduit-street , Kegent-st ^^ westward ; but in compensationr-the exhibition will be open as usual for the evening conversaziones in March , April , May , and June , instead of in the winter months . It will thus get the benefit of the London season , vvhick will , it is to be hoped , bring more spectators to the exhibition , add to its interest , and increase its funds . Eor the Architectural Mnseum ^ n ^
a colirse of eight lectures is provided , to which art workmen can obtain admission by cards . The lectures are " On Comrnon Sense in Art , ' by A . Beresfe ment of the Thirteen ^ Centu of the Ancients , ' by Frede ^^ of Art w ^ plying Colour during the Thi
Octayius Hridson ; On the Application of Orn ^ ment , ! V Clarke , F . S . ^ L . Petit ; and " On Forin and Colour , '' by George Scharf , j un ., F . S A . A rumour has got afloat , which has added to the irritation in artistic circles , respecting $ ieK Milnes ' s Mend ^ ^^ remitting in their endear the commission for hirn | and
Sir Edwin Landseer ' s seem equally determined to keep it . He therefore proposes , instead of setting a sculptor to carve the lions , to have them cast from his models , and so evade the difficulty of sculptural treatment .
A European Potentate . —An amusing letter from Monaco appears in the Pout . It seems that the dominions of Charles III . are now strictly confined to that town —Menton , Roquebrunne , and the surrounding parishes Irving ungratefully established their independence . Nevertheless , the sovereign possesses all the privileges of a royal position . He can create nobles , dispense decorations and honours , and coin money ; His predecessor was one of the most notorious smashers " of his dr % y—he inundated France and Piedmont with sous of no intrinsic value , and at length the nuisance became so intolerable that those states were compelled ,
in-selfdefence , to prohibit the" circulation-of the coinage in question , in France , the " sou de Monaco" is still remembered with awe by the petty tradesman . The sovereign , moreover , enjoys the power of raising armies and equipping fleets ; and nothing could prevent him , if he felt so inclined , from declaring war against Enssia or France . But , happily for the human race , Charles IIL , is of a pacific disposition , aud hostile to those ambitious ideas which must be manured by blood * He , howevez * , possesses a standing army composed of volunteers . This force is divided into two corps—the police and the carbineers . The first-named corps comprises
four non-commissioned officers and three privates ; the second is composed of two non-commisHionetl . officers and three privates . This army is very fat and shortwinded . It sometimes embarks in shial I divisions on boats in the port , and proceeds—not on any scheme of invasion—but a 4 ishing . There in one brigadier who ought to be made a field-marshal , so keen is the glance with which he detects the presence of fish off the coast . The army is very good humoured , and lias but one fault—an excessive love for garlic . The maritime power of Monaco is defunct , its last representative * a pilot , sells cabbages at Nice .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Otjk Architectural Chapter
Architectural JJnion , in Conduit-street , Kegent-st ^^ westward ; but in compensationr-the exhibition will be open as usual for the evening conversaziones in March , April , May , and June , instead of in the winter months . It will thus get the benefit of the London season , vvhick will , it is to be hoped , bring more spectators to the exhibition , add to its interest , and increase its funds . Eor the Architectural Mnseum ^ n ^
a colirse of eight lectures is provided , to which art workmen can obtain admission by cards . The lectures are " On Comrnon Sense in Art , ' by A . Beresfe ment of the Thirteen ^ Centu of the Ancients , ' by Frede ^^ of Art w ^ plying Colour during the Thi
Octayius Hridson ; On the Application of Orn ^ ment , ! V Clarke , F . S . ^ L . Petit ; and " On Forin and Colour , '' by George Scharf , j un ., F . S A . A rumour has got afloat , which has added to the irritation in artistic circles , respecting $ ieK Milnes ' s Mend ^ ^^ remitting in their endear the commission for hirn | and
Sir Edwin Landseer ' s seem equally determined to keep it . He therefore proposes , instead of setting a sculptor to carve the lions , to have them cast from his models , and so evade the difficulty of sculptural treatment .
A European Potentate . —An amusing letter from Monaco appears in the Pout . It seems that the dominions of Charles III . are now strictly confined to that town —Menton , Roquebrunne , and the surrounding parishes Irving ungratefully established their independence . Nevertheless , the sovereign possesses all the privileges of a royal position . He can create nobles , dispense decorations and honours , and coin money ; His predecessor was one of the most notorious smashers " of his dr % y—he inundated France and Piedmont with sous of no intrinsic value , and at length the nuisance became so intolerable that those states were compelled ,
in-selfdefence , to prohibit the" circulation-of the coinage in question , in France , the " sou de Monaco" is still remembered with awe by the petty tradesman . The sovereign , moreover , enjoys the power of raising armies and equipping fleets ; and nothing could prevent him , if he felt so inclined , from declaring war against Enssia or France . But , happily for the human race , Charles IIL , is of a pacific disposition , aud hostile to those ambitious ideas which must be manured by blood * He , howevez * , possesses a standing army composed of volunteers . This force is divided into two corps—the police and the carbineers . The first-named corps comprises
four non-commissioned officers and three privates ; the second is composed of two non-commisHionetl . officers and three privates . This army is very fat and shortwinded . It sometimes embarks in shial I divisions on boats in the port , and proceeds—not on any scheme of invasion—but a 4 ishing . There in one brigadier who ought to be made a field-marshal , so keen is the glance with which he detects the presence of fish off the coast . The army is very good humoured , and lias but one fault—an excessive love for garlic . The maritime power of Monaco is defunct , its last representative * a pilot , sells cabbages at Nice .