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The proposed building ' was designed by Bro . Edmund W ; Wright , architect , in January , 1856 , when it was confidently expected that the scheme would be carried outv The foundations were laid in June , 1856 , since which period nothing has been done . The design is Roman Doric , surmounted by a handsome cornice which rises over a pediment in the centre . The interior , as now arranged , and which is capable of any future extension that may be required , consists of a hall , 80 feet by 40 feet , 24 feet high , lighted by windows elevated considerably above the ground ,
and ornamented by pilasters and cornices in keeping with the exterior . This portion it is not contemplated to erect immediately . The front portion , for which contracts are now taken by Messrs . English and Brown , builders , Adelaide , con * sists of an entrance 27 feet long by 8 feet wide , supper-room 27 feet long by 14 feet wide , and two waiting-rooms and stairs on the ground floor , and a lectureroom over all , 40 feet long by 27 feet wide , and 15 feet high . The building , when finished , will be a handsome addition to North Adelaide , where the want of a public hall has long been felt .
The Week
THE WEEK
The Queen and her family continue in good health at Windsor . Her Majesty rides or walks daily in the Home Park * There have been several dinner and evening parties during the past week , at the Castle . The Gazette of the 9 th inst ., contains a notice of the appointment of the Prince of Wales as colonel in the army . Next season will probably witness the entrance of the Princess Alice into the Court circle . The Emperor and Empress of the French are still at Compiegne . The trial of Comte de Montalembert was fixed for this day , Nov . 17 . Pursuant to the regulations invented by Napoleon III . with regard to cases of this kind , the
public will not be admitted , and no report of the trial will be allowed to be published . The judgment alone will appear in the French newspapers . ——The King of Prussia , says a letter from . Meran , has become much better , and regained , in some measure , his former portly appearance . It adds that his Majesty appears in good spirits . Baron de ManteufTel , the ex-minister has respectfully declined to acecpt the title of Count and a seat in the chamber of nobles , offered him by the Prince Regent . At the opening of the Portuguese chambers , the King , in his
speech , expressed his regret that the ( negotiations in the affair of the Charles-et-Georges did not lead to a result more conformable to the wishes of his government The inhabitants of two villages in the suburbs of St . Petersburg had been attached to the glebe as serfs since Peter the Great's time , and were forced to work as carpenters . The Emperor , Alexander II ., by a ukase published in the month of March this year , enfranchised them , giving them the power of becoming citizens . The Neva has been closed with ice since Friday morning ; the navigation is consequently stopped . ——The Spanish Government seem likely to order
their fleet at Cuba to proceed at once to demand satisfaction from Mexico on the matter in dispute between the two countries . Accounts from Cadiz inform us that preparations have been made in that port to reinforce the Spanish garrison in the island of Cuba . A Spanish fleet , consisting of eight steamers , actually sailed from Cadiz on Wednesday , for Tangiers , with orders , after presenting the demands of the Spanish Government , to scour the coast of Africa , aud destroy all vessels manned by the Riff Moors which may bo found without regular papers , and treat them
as pirates . From Constantinople w e learn that Fuad Pacha has arrived there . It is probable that he will be made Grand Vizier , and that Aali Pasha will become minister for foreign affairs . The body of Ghalib Pasha , who was drowned in the Bosphorus , has been found . The Pressed Orient says that the plague has disappeared from Bengazi . The Dutch government has presented to the States General three bills , the first two for the abolition of slavery at Surinam and ' iu the Dutch East India Islands , and the third for regulating the indemnity to bo paid to the owners of slaves .- — -A telegram from Copenhagen announces the abrogation
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Colonial
The proposed building ' was designed by Bro . Edmund W ; Wright , architect , in January , 1856 , when it was confidently expected that the scheme would be carried outv The foundations were laid in June , 1856 , since which period nothing has been done . The design is Roman Doric , surmounted by a handsome cornice which rises over a pediment in the centre . The interior , as now arranged , and which is capable of any future extension that may be required , consists of a hall , 80 feet by 40 feet , 24 feet high , lighted by windows elevated considerably above the ground ,
and ornamented by pilasters and cornices in keeping with the exterior . This portion it is not contemplated to erect immediately . The front portion , for which contracts are now taken by Messrs . English and Brown , builders , Adelaide , con * sists of an entrance 27 feet long by 8 feet wide , supper-room 27 feet long by 14 feet wide , and two waiting-rooms and stairs on the ground floor , and a lectureroom over all , 40 feet long by 27 feet wide , and 15 feet high . The building , when finished , will be a handsome addition to North Adelaide , where the want of a public hall has long been felt .
The Week
THE WEEK
The Queen and her family continue in good health at Windsor . Her Majesty rides or walks daily in the Home Park * There have been several dinner and evening parties during the past week , at the Castle . The Gazette of the 9 th inst ., contains a notice of the appointment of the Prince of Wales as colonel in the army . Next season will probably witness the entrance of the Princess Alice into the Court circle . The Emperor and Empress of the French are still at Compiegne . The trial of Comte de Montalembert was fixed for this day , Nov . 17 . Pursuant to the regulations invented by Napoleon III . with regard to cases of this kind , the
public will not be admitted , and no report of the trial will be allowed to be published . The judgment alone will appear in the French newspapers . ——The King of Prussia , says a letter from . Meran , has become much better , and regained , in some measure , his former portly appearance . It adds that his Majesty appears in good spirits . Baron de ManteufTel , the ex-minister has respectfully declined to acecpt the title of Count and a seat in the chamber of nobles , offered him by the Prince Regent . At the opening of the Portuguese chambers , the King , in his
speech , expressed his regret that the ( negotiations in the affair of the Charles-et-Georges did not lead to a result more conformable to the wishes of his government The inhabitants of two villages in the suburbs of St . Petersburg had been attached to the glebe as serfs since Peter the Great's time , and were forced to work as carpenters . The Emperor , Alexander II ., by a ukase published in the month of March this year , enfranchised them , giving them the power of becoming citizens . The Neva has been closed with ice since Friday morning ; the navigation is consequently stopped . ——The Spanish Government seem likely to order
their fleet at Cuba to proceed at once to demand satisfaction from Mexico on the matter in dispute between the two countries . Accounts from Cadiz inform us that preparations have been made in that port to reinforce the Spanish garrison in the island of Cuba . A Spanish fleet , consisting of eight steamers , actually sailed from Cadiz on Wednesday , for Tangiers , with orders , after presenting the demands of the Spanish Government , to scour the coast of Africa , aud destroy all vessels manned by the Riff Moors which may bo found without regular papers , and treat them
as pirates . From Constantinople w e learn that Fuad Pacha has arrived there . It is probable that he will be made Grand Vizier , and that Aali Pasha will become minister for foreign affairs . The body of Ghalib Pasha , who was drowned in the Bosphorus , has been found . The Pressed Orient says that the plague has disappeared from Bengazi . The Dutch government has presented to the States General three bills , the first two for the abolition of slavery at Surinam and ' iu the Dutch East India Islands , and the third for regulating the indemnity to bo paid to the owners of slaves .- — -A telegram from Copenhagen announces the abrogation