Architecture And Archæology.

of Greek statues . It also contains some historic pictures by Rubens , some portraits by Lely , and some hunting subjects by Snyders . The most celebrated apartment , however , in the Uffizi gallery is the Tribune , which also affords the best example of the exhibition together of works of the two arts . The works therein exhibited are of the highest excellence , repucontained in

tation , and value . The works of sculpture this room are five in number , the celebrated Yenus de Medicis , the Apollino , the Dancing Faun , and the group ofthe AVrestlers , boxers or jiancratiasts , as they are variously called ; also the Knife-grinder or slave whetting his knife . The pictures are almost of equal celebrity , and are from forty to fifty in numberAmong them is one icture by

. p Michel Angelo , and several by Raff'aelle ; as the Madonna with the goldfinch , St . John preaching in the Desert , and the portraits of Pope Julius , the Fornarhia , and of a Florentine lady . Titian also has here his celebrated A enus , also another Ar enus , and a portrait of an archbishop .. Paul Veronese has a Holy Family with St . John ancl St . Catherine . Also , there arc examples within these walls of the works of

other celebrated painters , as Annibal Caracci , Sjiagnoletti , Guercino , Daniel di A olterra , Correggio , Andrea del Sarto , and Vandyke , as well as the grand Isaiah and Job , by Era Bartolomeo , so that this room presents an associated exhibition of works in both the arts , not to be surpassed for beauty and excellence . Although I acknowledge I have met with some who have taken exception to the arrangement of this room , yet by most it is highly admired . I think it may

be said generally to be by far the most interesting room of art in the world . One more often hears it spoken of , and that with high admiration , than any other room of art , and in this the works of painting and sculpture are associated . ' There are some other examples on the continent of galleries of exhibition ( for to that section I restrict myself ) in which works of painting and sculpture are associated more

or less happily . Occasionally , also , on a very small scale , we have seen this done in London , as at tho British Institution . Also , in the International Exhibition in Paris , in 1855 , this was done with good effect . In some degree , indeed , we set the example on that occasion , as mentioned at page 81 of our bound reports of that Exhibition , in which it is stated , " After many applications , the imperial commission at length

assented to statues being placed down the centre of our picture gallery ; " when arranged , tho general effect was so satisfactory that it lead to a like treatment being adopted for foreign statues in the corresjionding galleries of the building . This theory , however , of combination is , I conceive , capable of much more development than it has as yet attained ; and that in practice , with due attention and scope ,

the exhibition together of the works of these two sister Muses of the fine arts may be made eminently attractive and complete in effect , jierhajis moro so than by any other method . As such I would submit it as a worthy subject for discussion . The time , however , warns me of my limits , and I now leave this subject in the hands of -those who , I hope , will oblige tho audience ancl the society with their remarks and experience in elucidation of tbo above subjects .

General Architectural Intelligence.

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE .

About two years ago the Earl of Rosslyn consulted an architect as to the jiracticability of repairing the greatly decayed stones in some parts ofthe east end of Roslin Chapel ; and , shortly afterwards , gave orders for the sharpening of some ofthe stones , and the relaying of the pavement in places where it had been broken . The work thus begun has grown from less to more , until the whole east end , known as tho

Lady ' s Chapol , has been overhauled . Almost all the carvings of this part of the buildings havo been gone over with tho chisel , and sharpened . AVhere this could not be done , from the stone being too much decayed , a new stone ( fete simile of the original ) has been inserted , and afterwards stained of the present colour of those around it . The most serious and startling change is that ivhich has been made on the appearance of the exquisitely ornamented column , popularly

General Architectural Intelligence.

A school forchildren is being built at the Castle , Guernsey . It originated with the Misses Carey , so as to make their endeavours more permanent and useful . It has been determined to erect a plain and commodious edifice . The cost is estimated at £ 416 . Tho price of the ground is £ 1-0 . A wall 6 feet high round the premises is a condition niado by the person from who in tiie ground was bought . Itis proposed to place it in connection with the National Socicti ' , atid hereafter , if possible , under the inspection of the Committee of Council on Education .

known as the 'Prentice Pillar , though properly the Princess Pillar , so named in honour ofthe Princess Elizabeth Douglas , the wife of AVilliam St . Clair , Prince of Orkney , the founder of the chapel . An Edinburgh paper says it would scarcely be recognised now , so great is the change that has been made upon it . The lime with which it hacl at one time been overlaidaccidentally or otherwisehas been taken away ; and

, , the green lichens , that rendered it an object of so much attraction to the artist , have been washed off , so as to show completely the character of the stone of which it is composed . From its having been constructed of alternate layers or courses of brilliant red and yellow sandstone , it now says this paper , presents a gay appearance which , at first sight , is somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the building

, and can scarcely fail to be displeasing to thoso who admired its look of stained and mouldy antiquity . AVith tho exception of new steps to the north and south doors , no alterations are contemplated in the other parts of the chapel . The re-building of the church of Aberlotir , Scotland , has been contracted for . The building is to be in the Norman stylein order to be in keeping with the towerand is to

, , contain sittings for from 700 to 800 , —about 200 more than the former church . Callander Free Church has been re-opened for public worship , by Dr . Beith , of Stirling . The building- is in the Italian style , to correspond with a tower attached to the west gable , which was built a few years ago . The roof is ceiled and arched . It is ornamented with five ribs panelled

over each pilaster , which are coupled , ancl form tho supports between the windows . The windows also aro coupled , with circular heads . The end window — which is filled with stained glass , the gift of a member of the congregation , — -is triple , and about 21 feet by 16 feet . The breadth is 54 feet , and the length 71 feet . The building , which is of freestone , will accommodate 700 persons .

The rector of St . Sampson ' s , Guernsey , is submitting to his parishioners the desirability of making an infant school in that jiarish out of the old parish one , ivhich is not now used for educational purposes .

The Jewels—A Tradition Of The Rabbins.

THE JEWELS—A TRADITION OF THE RABBINS .

Translated by the late S . T . Coleridge . The celebrated teacher , Eabbi Moir , sat during tho whole of ono Sabbath-day in tho public school , instructing the people . During his absence from his house his two sons died , both of them of uncommon beauty , ancl enlightened in the law . His wife bore them to her bed-chamber , laid

them upon the marriage-bed , and spread a white covering over their bodies . In the evening Rabbi Moir came home . "Where are my two sons , " he asked , "that I may give them my blessing ? I repeatedly looked round the school , and I did not see them there . " She reached to him a goblet ; he j praised the Lord at tho going out of the sabbath , drank , and again asked , — "AVhere arc my sons , that they too may drink off

ofthe cup of blessing ? " "They will not bo far , " she said , and placed food before him that he might cat . He was in a gladsome and genial mood , and when ho hacl said grace after tho meal , she thus addressed him : — - "Rabbi , with thy jiermissiou , I would fain propose to thco one question . " "Ask it then , my love ! " ho replied . "A . few clays agoa entrusted some jewels to custodyancl now

, person my , ho demands them again ; should I g ive them back again ?" "This is a question , " said Eabbi " Moir , " ivhich my wife should not have thought it necessary to ask . What , wouldst thou hesitate or be reluctant to restore to every one his

own ? " "No , " she replied ; "bnt yet I . thought it best not