Architecture And Archæology.

¦ otherwise than generally convenient ; ' brta , by -choosing ^ ( co mposition that does not form Itself symmetrically , the door hoiMg placed nearer to one side than the other , I would show that ihe employment of the classical sty le does not tie us dowis to so strict an observance of regularity as to involve any sacrifice in point of convenience . It is true that glaringly needless Irregularities are offensive erhaps mere so in Classic than in Gothic ; andin most

; p , cases , it is the part of the architect to combine regularity with convenience . The problem is generally one that can be solved in a . satisfactory maimer ; but , where it cannot , as in the case we have been considering , the want of . 'Symmetrical regularity is felt to be no defect . Aw utter disregard of symmetry is not to he 'tolerated m any architectural . composition , be it Gothic or Classic ; though an occasional interference with itwhether it be accidental ,

, as when it results from the incomplete carrying out of design , partial -ruin , or change of architects , or whether it he owing to the . exigencies of the building , often gives life and picfcuresqueness to a composition ; and there are many incomplete and irregular fronts , —such , for instance , as that of Eouen cathedral , — which we should ibe sorry to see reduced to a formal symmetry . But , if T .-e build for the picturesque , we must he careful that our

aim be not too apparent ; for irregularity ceases to possess the charm of picturesqueness the moment it ceases to appear accidental , or forced upon us hy circumstances . ( To be continued . )

General Architectural Intelligence.

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE .

A few days ago , tho ceremony of consecrating the church dedicated to St . Luke , situate in the Euston-road , near King ' s Cross , and to which one of the newly-created ecclesiastical districts of Sfc . Pancras has been assigned , was performed by the Lord Bishop of London . The church is capable of accommodating about 1200 persons , some 500 free . Sfc . Peter ' s Church , Bock , Worcestershire ( diocese of

Hereford ) , has recently undergone considerable alterations , and been re-opened for Divine service . The soil round the outside has been lowered to the floor level . The church has been re-arranged as regards the seating ; the old materials having been converted into open benches wifch solid bench ends . The two small galleries afc the west-end have been removed . The chancel has been re-seated wifch

carved oak benches , facing north and south , and separated from the ante-chapel by a screen of carved oak . The floor of the chancel and sanctuary are paved with Minton ' s fciles . The walls have been tooled , to show the stone throughout the building . The south aisle has been rebuilt on deeper and wider foundations . The old stonework has been reused or coped where quite decayed . The whole of the

windows , except the west window , have been restored , most of them having required new stonework . The roofs have been thrown open to the oakwork . The roofs have been stripped , retiled , and ventilated , and a new roof placed over the south aisle and chapel , covered wifch lead . Other improvements have been effected ; and three of the windows have been filled with stained glass , as memorial windows , containing

subjects from the life of St . Peter . Ifc is proposed hereafter to fill all the windows with the history of St . Peter ' s life . The cost of the restoration , exclusive of stained glass , has amounted to nearly £ T 700 . The new mortuary chapel , in . tho parish cemetery at Wednesfield , has been opened . The building is in the Gothic style , with tower and spire ; and the cost was about £ 300 .

The ' chief stone of a new Eoman Catholic church afc ^ StalToi'd , to be dedicated to Sfc . Austin , has been laid . The st ylo will be decorated Gothic , and the edifice will consist of a nave , ending in a semi-octangular apse , aud flanked by two aisles , each ending in chapels , one of which will be dedicated to the Virgin Mary . The nave will be supported by ten columns of Derbyshire marble , surmounted by the usual

clerestory windows . There ivill also be three windows in the apse , and one largo window in the western end . The dimensions of the building will bo 100 ft . by 50 ffc ., and the whole is calculated to seat about 500 persons , —300 iu tho nave , and 100 in each of the aisles . Tho design includes a tower over tho porch at tho end of the western aisle , from which will rise a spire 110 ft . high . The estimated cost of the building is . £ 212-4 which with extras will probably aiiipijj . it to £ 2500 ,

General Architectural Intelligence.

The Bishop of Ripon recently consecrated St . Michael ' s Church , Westgate Common , "Wakefield , and laid the cornerstone of the Church Institution new building . —Mr . G-. Latham , tho contractor for the restoration of the tower and spire of the parish church , has written to the local papers citing the contents of certain documents taken from the ball ,

of the old vane , giving the dates of prior restorations and information connected therewith . These wei-e in 1715 ,. 1803 , and 1823 . By thafc noiv completed fche height of the combined structures has increased from 235 to 247 ft . ~ Z ^ HZ The foundation-stone of a now chapel , which is " to be erected by the Methodist body , has been laid in Sticker-lane , BradfordYorkshire . The building will be in the Italian

, style of architecture , and Slffc . by c ! 3 ft ., there being a small apse at the end for an organ . There will bo a vestry on one side , and a school and kitchen on the other . The school will be Slffc . by 18 ft ., and the large vestry 18 ft . by 14 ft . There will be 260 sittings in the chapel , exclusively of room for the scholars . The school will accommodate 250 scholars . The estimated cost of the building is about £ 1200 .

International Exhibition Of 1862.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862 .

The Prince Consort presided on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., afc tho Society of Arts , at the Society's rooms , in the Adelphi . The speciality of the evening was a paper by Hir . W . Halves , on "The International Exhibition of 1 SG 2 . " " He first directed attention to the origin and progress of the Great Exhibition of 1 S 51 , in Hyde Park ; and then sketched the subsequent progress of science , art , and manufactures down to the present time , embracing the electric telegraphhotographyglasscoloursthe extended

, p , , , application of steam , new systems of shipbuilding , as exhibited in the Great Eastern , the Black Prince , and the Warrior , arms of precision , and a variety of other objects . After stating also that the guarantee fund had receiVed signatures representing £ -111 , 700 , Mr . Halves adduced reasons for the opinion which he entertained ofthe entire success ofthe coming Exhibition ; and he then called attention to three points—namelythe system of prizes adopted in

, 1851 and 1855 ; the arrangement of manufactures and works of industry , whether it should be geographical or in classes , and the rates of admission . Of the prize system ho did not approve . The geographical arrangement he thought the most satisfactory , especially , to small states . The price of admission , he thought , should at all events for a day or tivo in each week , be at prices lower than a shillingso as to enable the workman and his familto visit the

, y Exhibition . The reading was loudly applauded . Earl Granville said there was only one point of the admirable lecture of Jlr . Haives which ho did not entirely agree with , and that was with regard to the prizes . After much deliberation on that point , the Council had not entirely made up their mind even at the present moment ; and they would be grateful for the opinion and advice of those best qualified to form a correct judgment in the

matter , and they ivould be naturally guided to a considerable extent by the opinion of foreigners AA'ho intended to compete ivith us . One portion of the lecture had brought to his recollection much of what passed on the last occasion , especially the grave description of the opposition to the Exhibition of 1 S 51 , before its great success became manifest . On this occasion there ivas scarcely opposition enough to keep the Commissioners up to the marl :. At this moment he was not acquainted with any obstacle in the way cf the

Exhibition of 1862 ; or , to use a vulgar expression , there AA'as no hitch likely to interfere with our success . This certainly ivas a source of great gratification . The colonies were coming forward to exhibit , and he learned from Lord Canning that , notwithstanding the paucity of the funds , the productions of India Avere likely to be very satisfactorily represented . Nearly all the countries of the world had given assurances of support . Last week he spent some days in

Paris , and there found that a committee , composed of the most distinguished persons connected ivith the L ; --Yiiniment of Vranee , and presided over by Prince Napoleon , had been formed for the purpose of carrying out the wishes of the Emperor , who desired that no expense should be spared ivith regard to the French portion of the Exhibition , which promised to be a very great success . There was a most cordial desire to co-operate with ling-land , and to

take care that France should distinguish herself in the encounter . In fact , such exertions ivould be made by France , that if England did not put her right foot foremost she ivould be unable to maintain the creditable position occupied at the last Exhibition . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one other point which he must not omit to mention , and that was the extreme gratification and gratitude which the commissioners of ISO'S felt at tin . " cnintenaiico given to the undertaking by the presence of the I ' rc-ident . liut for the-