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alabaster , AA-hich will , I believe , bo presented for that purpose . The rector ' s donation of £ 500 I propose to be expcnded on the fitting-up of the interior , stained glass AA'indoAvs , and tile flooring ; so that the cost at Avhich I haA'e estimated the rebuilding simply relates to structural improvements . The chancel in its present state is greatly dilapidated externallyand so wretched in design as greatl

, y to disfigure the noble church to Avhich it belongs . I haA'e been requested to provide for rebuilding the A'estry in in connexion with the chancel ; but the cost of this , as it Avould be paid by the parishioners , is not included in my estimate . " Tho various expenses connected Avith rebuilding the chancel would not cost less than £ 4000 , and the total expenses of restoring the chancel , transepts , and churchyard

are estimated at from £ 5000 to £ 6000 . The restoration Committee have determined to commence the work next year . When fully restored , this church Avill probably be second to none in Staffordshire for beauty . Linton ( Kent ) Parish Church has been undergoing a complete restoration , nearly the Avhole having been rebuilt , considerably enlarged ancl beautified . Before the works

Avere begun , the church consisted of a Avest tower , nave , and tAvo aisles , three chancels , and south porch . The toAver Avas a rude and perfectly plain structure , despoiled of the slight architectural characteristics it may haA'e originally possessed , and surmounted by a modern spire coA'ered Avith shingles . The south aisle and porch were of the late perpendicular date , and there Avere two arches of decorated character

between this aisle and the naA'e ; the north aisle was modern . The three chancels Avere in the perpendicular style , the northern ( used as a monumental chapel ) being of later date than the others . The pristine church seems to have consisted only of a naA'e and chancel , and to have been of early

JNorman date , as portions of the original quoins remained at both ends of the building , and these Avex-e in part formed of tufa , a material not unfrequently found iu Norman churches in this country . The IIOAV Avorks include a prolongation of the building towards the Avest , the rebuilding of the porch aud south aisle on au enlarged plan in addition to the length of the chancel , the erection of a vestry on the

north side of the chancel , a new tower with a stone spire at the Avest end of the north aisle , and the introduction of two arches between the nave and the north aisle ; the ceilings also have been reneAved and arched , and decorated with Avood ribs and appropriate ornaments . The whole of the UOAV works aro in the perpendicular style , except the additional arch on the south side of the nave ,

Avhich is of a decorated character , like the two old arches Avith Avhich it is connected . The AvindoAvs in the south chancel , AA'hich Avere greatly decayed , haA'e been restored , and the other windows and doorways have been , as far as possible , copied from the old work . The Avhole of the interior of the building has been refitted . The old high pews have given Avay to most commodious parallel sittings ,

and the hideous gallery having disappeard from the west end , the seats , screens , reredos , communion rails , & c , in the chancel , as Avell as the pulpit and reading desk , are of carved oak ; the other sittings are of deal , stained and varnished . The south chancel , of Avhich part Avas formerly used as a vestry , has been formed inao a music chamber . It is further contemplated to remove a large four-liht AvindoAV on the

g north aisle , and insert two AvindoAvs of three lights each , similar to those in the south aisle . The north chancel also , which Ave have said has been used as a monumental chapel , is about to be restored , so as to harmonise Avith the rest of the church .

An appeal is again being made to the nation at large on behalf of the fund for the proposed decorations of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , according to the unfinished plan of our renowned Grand Master , Sir Christopher Wren . The committee say : — "While funds are shoAvered ivith lavish hand for various works connected with religion , industry , and art , may it not bo hoped that something will be spared towards

fully embellishing the too long , neglected interior of this great national edifice in a manner worthy of the designs of its famous architect , of the unrivalled majesty of its exterior , and of the religious objects for which the first and noblest Protestant cathedral was erected . " At the annual congress of the British Archeological

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Association , which commences on the 19 th inst ., at Exeter , and continues to the 26 th inst ., excursions are to be made to Credit-on , Ford Abbey , Ottery St . Mary , Harcombe , Compton Castle , Torquay , Kent's Cavern , Tiverton , Bradfield House , Dartmouth , Darlington Hall , Berrey Pommeroy , Totness , ancl Dartmoor ; and the various churches and castles , with the cathedral of Exeter , Avill be examined ancl explained .

Memorial To Bro. Sir Charles Barry.

MEMORIAL TO BRO . SIR CHARLES BARRY .

At a meeting held on Tuesday , August 6 th , 1 SG 1 , at the Booms of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects ,- AVilliam Tite , M . P ., President , in the chair . The following report ivas read ancl adopted , and in conformity therewith , the following gentlemen ivere appointed a Working Committee , with power to enter into the necessary airangements for expending the funds subscribed in accordance with the condition upon which subscriptions had been invited .

The Trustees of the Memorial Fund—viz ., the Eight Hon . AA . F . Cowper , M . P . ; Lieut .-Gen . the Hon . Sir E . Cust , K . C . H . ; Sir Charles Eastlake , P . E . A . ; C . E . Cockerell , Esq ., E . A ; W . Tite , Esq ., M . P ., F . R . S ., P . B . I . B . A . ; and T . L . Donaldson , Esq . ; , T . Gibson , Esq . ; G-. Godwin , Esq ., F . R . S . ; A . J . B . Beresfbrd-Hope , Esq .,- H . A . Hunt , Esq . ; Owen Jones , Esq . ; T . Hayter Lewis ,. Esq . ; Charles Lucas , Esq . ; J . E . McClean , Esq . ; D . Eoberts ,. Esq ., E . A . ; J . L . Wolfe , Esq . ; , T . H . AVyatt , Esq ., ; ivith the Honorary Secretaries of the Memorial .

To the Subscribers to the Harry Memorial Fund . The Honorary Secretaries to the Barry Memorial Fund have the honour to lay before the subscribers the following report of the progress hitherto made in the attainment of their object . Shortly after the demise of the late Sir Charles Barry , which took place on the 12 th of May , last year , a few of the most ardent admirers of their late friend placed themselves in communication

with the leading officers of the Council of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects , in whose hands the arrangements for the funeral of Sir Charles in AA'estminster Abbey had mainly rested , with the view of considering the extent of co-operation likely to be met with from the profession ancl the public generally , in any attempt to procure the erection of a suitable memorial to the late distinguished architect . At a meeting held in consequence of such communication , on the 9 th of June , the following resolutions were passed : —•

" 1 . That in the opinion ofthe gentlemen present , it is desirable that a memorial be erected to the memory of the late Sir Charles-Barry , in his great work , the New Palace of Westminster . " 2 . That the opinion of her Majesty ' s Government be ascertained on the subject , ancl the steps that they may be pleased to take in order to carry it into effect . That Professor Donaldson and Mr . M . Digby Wyatt be requested to see the Duke of Newcastle upon the subject . "

Previous to this meeting a strong expression of sympathy with the object in view had heen received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , a circumstance which may account for the communication with her Majesty ' s Government being opened through his ; Grace ' s kind intervention . His Grace was pleased to receive the deputation on the 13 th June , I 860 . He on that occasion expressed his personal approval of what had been proposedand undertook to bring the subject

, under the notice of H . R . H . the Prince Consort , and of Lord . Palmerston . Messrs . Donaldson and AVyatt ivere subsequently informed that his Grace's promise had been fulfilled , and that the matter had been favourably viewed . As this occurrence took place on the eve of his Grace ' s departure for Canada , it was , of course , impossible for him to press the subject further at that time , and he was pleased to refer the deputation to Lord Palmerston , with whom an interview was subsequently sought and

granted on the 9 th of July . The Premier then expressed his personal estimation of Sir Charles Barry ' s claims , and promised that he would take an opportunity of speaking to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , upon Avhom it would devolve to inquire into the feasibility of providing the requisite funds . The Council's deputation did not hear the result of his lordship ' s communication with Mr . Gladstone , but conceiving it probable that some difficulthad arisenand knowing the

y , Premier ' s intense occupation ivith more urgent and important matters , thoy did not again trouble him . Pending the Duke of Newcastle ' s absence , it was resolved by those with whom the movement had originated , that in the events of its being either impossible to obtain funds for the purpose from the puhlig revenues of the country , or of any grudging spirit being manifest