Architecture And Archæloogy.

A church has recently been erected at Charnock Richard , Lancashire , mainly through the instrumentality of Mr . James Darlington , aud on the 21 sfc September it was consecrated . Tho church is callable of accommodating about 1-50 , and is situated a little off the high road from AVTgan to Preston , and about four miles from Chorley , the nearest market-toAvn . It is built of freestone . The architecture is

Pointed Gothic . Mr . Darlington has provided for the Avhole cost of its erection and endowment , excepting a grant of £ 200 from the Manchester Diocesan Society , and £ 150 from the Incorporated Society . A mixed school is about to be erected at Diss Haywood , a hamlet of Diss , Norfolk . The walls will bo built of rubble , with stone Avindon s and quoins . The style will be

Early-Decorated , partaking somewhat of the character of a small collegiate chapel , as one of the objects for Aidiich it will be built is to enable the Rev . C . R . Manning , the rector , to hold service in it on Sunday evenings , as the inhabitants of this part of the parish are upwards of tivo miles from the church . Though the efforts of tho rector , the Rev . C . E . Chide , and of the Rev . J . B . Wilkinson , who once held the living of

Hofbrook , Suffolk , two now schools have , during the present year , been erected in . the village . One is a small mixed school , with class-room and porch , and is situated at tho extreme end of the parish . It is so planned as to be convenient for service , which is conducted by one of the curates every Sunday evening . Tho exterior is red brick , the bond being Flemish , and every header a grey brick . The other school is being built in the centre of the parish , and consists of a boys ' , girls ' , and infants' school , with class-rooms attached to each , and a comfortable masters' residence . Upwards of

200 children can ivith convenience be taught in this school . The style is Early Gothic , with bands of red , grey , and white brickwork , the voussoirs of the arches being relieved in the same manner . The schools have open trussed rafter roofs , and are covered with green and purple slates , in hands . Tho Rev . C . B . Wilkinson gave the site , including upwards of two acres of play-ground attached . The cost of the smafl

school ivas £ 250 , and the large one about £ 1 , 100 . About two years ago more than one half of the oast window of the church of St . Paul ' s , Shipley , a window of large dimensions , was filled with stained glass ; and the original design has just been completed by the filling in of the remaining lights . The subject of the . window is a series of full-length figures of the twelve apostlesivith our Lord

, and St . Paul occupying the central lights , the whole number of principal lights being fourteen . Each apostle is represented as bearing his appropriate symbol . The ivhole of the figures are placed within enriched canopies , and are draped in diapered garments of varied colours . Beneath the upper division of the apostles is a series of medallions , representing scenes in our Lord ' s history : —the Angel appearing

to Mary ; the Birth of Christ ; the Presentation in the Temple ; the Plight into Egypt ; Jesus in the midst of the Doctors ; the Burial of Jesus . Above and beloiv five of these medallions aro legends , setting forth the donors , and the persons to whose memories they , along with the lights above , have been erected . The tracery iu tho head of the Avindow is filled with the evangelistic symbols , the Resurrection , the Ascension , the Pelican with its Young , tho Lamb and Ribbons . The treatment of the glass is in the Perpendicular style .

Ax- effort is being made by a number of gentlemen who sympathise ivith the working classes of the east ol London , to provide a public museum , combining a library , Tending , and lecture rooms , for the eastern districts of the metropolis . The working men of the neighbourhood hearing of this , and understanding that a select committee of the House of Commons had recommended the formation

of branch museums in tho crowded districts of tho metropolis , have formed a society , called " The East London Museum and Library AYorking Men ' s Association , " and have forwarded a petition to Parliament , signed by 10 , 500 working men , praying them to grant their assistance towards establishing a museum for the east of London . Tho secretaries , addressing us on the subject , say : — "We invite your attention to the actual condition of our toiling artizans , weavers , mechanics , labourers , & c , of the east of London , Wc long for improvement ; but , alas ! ivhat have AVC after

our daily toil ? little else than a public-house , the cheap theatre , low concert-rooms , or to stroll the public streets . Thousands of our young people ( the hope of our country ) aro being ruined by these means , and poverty and idle habits fostered , which must- degrade and impoverish those who arc thus led . A committee of working men are noiv actively employed in endeavouring to establish a museum , library ,

reading-rooms , lecture hall ( on a large scale ) , to be opienecl from ton till four o ' clock as an ordinary museum , and from six till ton o ' clock ( free ) for reading , lectures , classes , and . study . We have sent a petition to Parliament signed , in sixteen evenings , by 10 , 630 bond fide working men . Wo hope to raise from tho working classes themselves £ 5 , 000 towards this object , and , by public meetings , advertisements , & c ., -to

secure the cordial assistance of those who obtain their wealth by tho toil of tho working man . " Looking to tho interests of the thousands of Whitechapel , Spitalfields , Bethnal-grccn , Shorcdifcch , Limehousc , Poplar , Shadwell , and their suburbs , wo entreat assistance for them . Here is a good practical work wants doing-, and surely aid will not be waiting . There is no reason whthe cast should be left

y unprovided with intellectual resources any more than tho Avest . Tho officials of the South Kensington Museum aro understood to be perfectly willing to co-opcrato iu the provision of a museum for the district in question . Objects would be lent and given if a proper building wore provided . The means of healthful and instructive enjoyment should bo widely afforded .

The works at the New Church , Onslow-squaro , Bormpfcon , have been prosecuted so vigorously within the last few months that the structure is expected to be opened on the first week in November next . Contrary to usual practice , the pulpit is to bo placed immediately opposite tho centre of the altar , in order that the whole of the audience both on the groivndjfloor and in tho galleries , may see tho minister .

In describing the interior , we may remark that there are no specific divisions as to nave and aisles , but in the centre there is an avenue 10 feet in width , on ivhieh is a raised surface 5 feet wide , adapted for free-sittings , tho other portions of the ground-floor surface , with the exception of tho side avenues , being arranged in open seats . The roof , although somoivhat plaindisplays an exceedinglgood

, y example of tho carpenter ' s art , having a clear span of 60 fcefc , and illustrates tho adaptation of curved timbers as tho bracings of the principals , in contradistinction to the old angular system , and consequently giving much additional strength . The principals arc in three divisions , the central one being a full ellipsis and the side ones formed of sections of the ellipse , abutting against the triangular ends that rest

on the wall-plates . Between tho principals , apertures are planned for the purposes of ventilation in communication with outer surfaces of tho roof , and in this rospect the church is expected to be rendered agreeable in temperature .

Internal !} 7 , in tho clear , tho church measures 96 ' feofc 6 inches from tho communion to the eastern wall , exclusive of tho entrance , above which is the toivor . There aro galleries along both sides , and across the eastern end . Those galleries arc supported b y sixteen cast-iron columns , and the distance from the pulpit to the extreme points at the north-eastern and south-eastern angles is 80 feet . The

altar is raised on steps , and tho reredos , not yet completed , Avill form an excellent specimen of joinery in oak , as regards moulded work and carvings . In design it is in five divisions , tho central one being the widest , and the whole to be surmounted ivith arches , embellished with , crockets and appropriate finials . The exterior of the building , when completed , will present a good example of tho Gothic style in

what is termed the perpendicular period of its development , the chief characteristic of which is that the mullions of the windoAvs arc carried up to and intersect ivith the mouldings of the main arch . The walls externally aro faced with . ' Kentish rag-stone , and the windows , copings , and other moulded work are of Bath-stone . Adjoining the church a house has been erectedivhiehas forming a

parsonage , , portion of the western , side of Onslow-sqtiare , has been very appropriately designed to harmonise with the three sides of the square already completed . Tho building is fitted internally ivith ail conveniences adapted for such a dwelling , both as regards domestic comfort and luxury . The tower is 20