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Scene had been adopted, which I was, to refer to the general design of Inigo Jones for the Palace of Whitehall, and to select such a divi sion or portion from it as might be adapted, in the interior distribution, to the purposes of the Trade and Council offices, and might adorn the street, by a front not discordant from the style and character of the only portion of that grand building which now remains and decorates the opposite side. 7.) f.war finest WILLIAM BAANARD, Ketper: PUPILS. .TWO Vacancies for PUPILS will occur in the family of a Clergyman after the present Vacation, which terminates on the 26th h.q. The advantages will be found, on enquiry, of a very superior kind, and the terms moderate. Particulars may be had by applying (post-paid) t o Martin and Co., News Agents, 6, Cornhill, London. TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. ACLERGYMAN residing i n a most plea cant Vicarage Howe, in the County of Nottharop *on, will receive into his Family the SON of any Nobleman or Gentleman who may he desirous of placing him where he will meet with the comforts of a Genteel Home, and the advantage of exclusive Tuition. The most satisfactory references will be given, and University and other testi monials from distinguished persons exhibited as to literary attainments, competency to instruct, &c. Terms and further information, by personal application (or if by letter, post-paid,) to the Editor of the Sun, 112, Strand. EDUCATION. -At Mr. CHAPAIAN'S , ACADEMY, Headlam Hall, near Darlin g t on , i n the County of Durham, YOUNG GENTLEMEN are carefully Instructed in the English, Latin, and Greek t anguages, Arithmetic. Book-keeping, an d th e pract i ca l ,ranches of the Mathematics, with Geography and the 1 - 1,, c of the Globes. They are also plentifully Boarded, 'sstly Cloathed, and amply supplied with Books and all °lb " necessaries, at 20 guineas per annum.—Cards of particulars, and the most minute and satisfactory informa tion respecting the school, may be obtained by applying to lVi. Cook, No. 1, Pratt-street, Lambeth • Mr. Robin- Munday's Coffee-house, Maiden-lan e , Covent-garden ; kr. Bishop, Agent, No. 10, Southampton•place, New toad, near Tottenham-court-road; and at No. 31, Bart lett's-buildings, Molborn-hill, from Three to Eight; or of Mr. Chapman, jun., at Furnival's Inn Cuffee-house, Hol born, from Twelve till Two daily. 'This day was publishet;, in small Svo. price 10s. 6J., illustrated with numerous .Engravings on W oo d, F LY-FISHING. A Series of Conversa tions on the Art of Fly-Fishing for the species and varietigs of the Sahno ; and on the habit of these Fishes. BY AN ANGLER. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. This day was publi s h e d, i n B vo . pr i ce 4 s. G d. THE BRIDE. A_TRAGEDY. By JOANNA BAILLIE, Authoress of " Plays on the Passions," &c. Printed for Henry Colburu, 8, New Burlington -street. This day was published, in 4 vols. 12roo, price 1/. 2s. KATHERINE, a Tale. Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., London. Where may be had, published this Year— MANFRONF, or One-Handed Monk, 3d Edition, Four price 11. FATAL VOW, or St. Michael's Monastery, 2d Edition, vole., 10s. ITALIAN, or Black Penitents, large type, Gth Edition, vols., 1/. DUNCAN and PEGGY, a Scottish Tale, 3d Edition, 3 v ale., 15s. BANDIT'S BRIDE, or Maid of Saxony, 3d Edition, 4 I ' o c, 1/. 2s. TWO EMILYS, by Sophia Lee, sth Edition, 2 vols., 10s. FARMER of INGLEWOOD FOREST, 4th Edition, 4 vols., I/. 2s. -------- This day were published, in one large vol. Svo., price 12s. SERMONS, preached before the KING, By HUGH PEARSON, D.D. Ootneatic Chaplain to his Majesty, and Dean of Salisbury. Printed for T. Cadell, Strand ; and sold by Messrs. Rivingtou, St. Paul's Church. )9; Messrs. Llatebard a n d Son, Piccadilly; and W. BlackWil, Edinburgh. ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKSPEARE. Recently was published, No. VIII., with Eighteen Plates, illustrative of The MERCHANT of VENICE, price l2s. demy Svo., or in quarto, with India paper Proofs, One Guinea, THE SPIRIT of the PLAYS of SHAK SPEARE, exhibited in a Series of Outline Plates, illustrative of the Story of each Play, drawn and engraved By FRANK HOWARD. '`ceornpanied by appropriate Quotations and Descriptions. Printed for T. Cadell (bookseller to the Royal Academy); C -u_' and Rivington ; Baldwin and Cradock ; and J. The Public are respectfully informed that this W ork will not extend beyond Twenty-five Numbers. The Plays already illustrated are— No. i . The Tempest, 20 Plates. 2. Macbeth, 20 ditto. 3. As You Like It, 20 ditto. 4. Midsummer Night's Dream, IS ditto. 5. All's Well that Ends Well, 22 ditto. G. Taming of the Shrew, 20 ditto. 6 . Julius Cwear, j 22 ditto. I Anthony and Cleopatra, No. IX., containing " Much Ado about Nothing," and Rich ar d the Second," will be published on t h e let of `I A ugust. 64 Sunday, July 13, will be published, price Ninepence, the Second Number of :lIHE SPECTATOR, a Weekly News paper, by the late Editor and Contributors of the Atlas," with the aid of other Literary Associates. Th e late Editor, and the leading Contributors of the Atlas" Newspaper, having terminated, ou the Bth of l une, their engagement with that Journal, are about to 4 Pply themselves to a new an d s i m i lar periodical work, to " called the SPECTATOR. To those who are familiar W !tli the result of their combined efforts in the " Atlas," it 1 ' 4 44 1 he enough to intimate, that al most a l l which gave a the SPECTATOR; character to it will be f oun d aga i n united in in general conduct the same unde '4'4ting impartiality ; in Politics, the same temperance 1 14 , determination fairly to appreciate and . faithfully to ex -41'44 the conflicting opinions of the day; in Literary, D ra _ j, 4 tie ' and Musical Criticism, the same spirit and h onesty ; t ; the Essays on general subjects, and the lighter coalmen t,h44 on men and manners, the same endeavour to blend ti,'llftement and instruction ; in a word, tle srne pens, va ' s _ _ l( ied by th e same principles—the same mind in a reno -1,44 body. In form and arrangement, indeed, the new %ler will be very unlike the old one; for the Editor re v,;gbaences after an experience of two years, and after the th:'litleration cf many suggestions which have occurred in ,tourse of it. t ltere is a proverb in favour of the advantages which a tZtator enjoys ' - but whether he may or may not in this L ti Lsee mor e than thwe who are actually engaged in e , 11 -w ea , o f life, he proposes, a t a ny rate, to keep his e th y question e t k Very even t or which can affect the interests ii4Yrupathie s o f an y class whatever. The Editor will not k iir, t lige in th e customary p ro mises of a prospectus ; hut he ii tki *b that th e i n t e lligence of the week may be condensed a t nethodized on a better plan, and that a greater vitaty p a be breathed throughout the details of a Weekly News end', than it has hith er t o b een t h oug ht worth while to wiettvour after, in this nominally minor, but really most P .4 . 4 tial part of a Journal f News. It is the aim of the p:or to give originality to o his design, not only' in the de • ` 4l entsofcomposition,where it will be looked for, but 1 41 , p oe 44 se of compilation, where, perhaps, it will not be ex ,;„4l‘l to be found. i he peculiar dimensions of the SPECTATOR , an d the tap, ovements intended to be introduced in its method, will ( „ 0 !'le the Editor to combine elegance of appearance with ,o!Notness of matter. The variety of its contents will fa 4l ., i !ntly adapt it f or c i rcu l a ti on in the c ountry, and in t/ 1 ' 4 B ; for, while it is hoped in each branch to sat i s f y Wants of thos e wh o on ly l oo k t o o ne branch—as tie p011 g c ,,,, 44 to politics, th e l over o f lit era t u re to books, th e p l ay _ hi,' to the drama—it is the design of the Editor to corn_ of t ti them into a proportionate whole, to gratify the taste general reader. And that this Pa per may be . sub tio to th e most indiscriminate perusal, without distinc -104 °f sex o r age, the scrupulous may rely on the preserva -1,A7,,?f a moral tone, which will always render the SPEC t,r• ei : . °ll, at least, a harmless intruder into the domestic general competency of the parti es t o thi s new undei:-. k ung is known to the public, which has crowned their exertions with its favour. To what extent they have t,fited by experience and friendly advice—the improve tOts they have made, and the accession of fresh strength ofY haie acquired—will best appear from an inspection lie Second Number of the SPECTATOR itself. Atublishe4 by Mr. WESTLEY, 159, Strand, where cOrtisements and Communications of all kinds are re- Sold by all Newsmen in Town and Country. eh of I . the inted with xduf+ ►wing dered corn• e the nnei f the other wines h, the lined, upon '9 and er in• etusti e mo- , xst of ;, the 47 46 ------ is. it* 4. 40a 43s id the td fa g/ but f this &era ected, eipate ife of Fre !er aC No. 11,180. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW No. LXXV. WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY. ASYLUM FOREIGN and DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE, For Foreign Climates, Precznancy, Disease, and ad vancedAge, ALTERNATIVE SELECT BRANCH, With three different 1C211P9 of Premium for Healthy Persons. 70, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS, The Hon. WILLIAM FRASER, Chairman. Colonel LL'SHINGTON, C.E. M.P. Deputy Chairman. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Capt. G. Harris, R.N., William Pratt, jun. Esq. C. B. John Rymer, Esq. Sir James Gambier Francis Kemhle, Esq. I W. E. Ferrers, Esq. C. W. Hallett, Esq. Thomas Fetal, E..q. George Farren, Esq., Resident Director. MFrucAr. OrrleF.rts.—R. Gooch, M.D. H. Mayo, Esq. F. R. S. Consulting Surgeon for Southwark.—Thos. Callaway, Esq. Lower Rates than in any other Office in England, both for Foreign and Domestic Insurances. FOREIGN RATES. EAST INDIES.-- - Premium for Insuring '£.loo. ----- attLsgionce . , ruTAtty StRVICE 1 7 YEARS. LIFE. - AGE. 1 YEARS. 1 11E1% 1--...-...--„. -......-............, ...MM.. £2 I! 2 _ £3 p 7 £3 10 ii XI 5 1 DOMESTIC RATES. • ENGLAND.—For assuring XlOO. 21 roes. LIFE. IA3CENDI NG RATE. I DESCENDING RATE. 11:0 Is 4 I.£l 11 51 X 1 5 7 z£2 8 9 PREGNANCY, DELICATE HEALTH, S.-. OLD AGE. Females need not appear; in slight cases of disease the rates are extremely moderate ; and insurances are granted to persons of advanced age. Prospectus may be had at the Office, or by letter ad dressed to the Resident Director. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Capital Freehold Villa Residence, Pleasure Grounds, Pad docks, and Gardens, on the banks of the Wye, vis-a-vis to Chepstow Castle and Piereefield. 3 I ESSRS. BROOKS and Co. have the - 11 - honour to announce for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, opposite the sank of England, on WpoNrsuav, Aug. 27 (unless previously Let or Sold by Private Treaty,) the truly elegant stone-built Villa called TUTSHILL HOUSE, seated on the summit of the ro mantic cliff, which bounds the Gloucestershire side of the river Wye, and commanding- an infinite variety of pic turesque views, including Chepstow Castle, Piercefield, and the Wye, to its junction with the Severn ; coach houses, and stabling for seven horses, beautiful pleasure grounds, flower and kitchen gardens, and paddocks, in the whole 15 Acres. The Premises may be viewed and particulars had of Mr. Briggs, builder, and at the Beaufort Arms, Chepstow ; and the principal inns at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Oxford, Clifton, Bath, and Reading ; and of -- Young, Esq., solicitor, Essex-street, Strand ; and of Messrs. Brooks and Co., 28, Old Bond-street. ENFIELD. Capital Freehold Residence, and 54 Acres of fertile Land. MESSRS. BROOKS have instructions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on WEDNES DAY, July 23 (unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty), BYCULLAII HOUSE, a truly elegant and sub stantial modern Freehold Villa, commanding extensive views, and affording ample accommodation to a family of distinction, approached byVa lodge and carriage drive through park-like paddocks mid pleasure grounds, laid out with great taste in lawns, pfterres, and walks, shaded by fine trees and shrubs ; excellent domestic offices, double coach-house, six-stall stables, productive garden, orchard, agricultural buildings, and several enclosures of extremely fertile meadow and arable land, in the whole 54 Acres, pre senting a park-like appearance, studded with numerous luxuriant oak trees, and plantations ; tithe free, and Land Tax redeemed. May be viewed, and particulars had at the King's Head Enfield ; Bell, Edmonton ; Angel, Tottenham ; the Mart; and of Messru. Brooks, estate agents and surveyors, 28, Old Bond-street. EXCELLENT INVESTMENTS, OXFORD-STREET. Long Leaseholds, held under Earl Grosvenor, at trifling Ground Rents, producing a Net Rental of 450/. per annum. MESSRS. BROOKS and Co. have instruc tions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, oppo site the Bank of England, on WEDNESDAY, July 23, in Lots (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract), a capital LEASEHOLD ESTATE, an advantageous and safe Investment, comprising five excellent brick dwelling houses and shops, very eligibly situated, and being Nos. 3,4, 5,7, and 8, in Thomas-street, between Lower Brook street and Oxford-street. The Houses have each 25 feet frontage, snbstantially built four years since, and the whole let to excellent tenants upon leases, for whirls premiums have been paid at net rents of 901. each house, and amount ing to 450/. per year; held of Earl Grosvenor for 60 years at very low ground rents of 51. per annum fur each house. The premises ma d • be viewed by leave of the tenants and particulars had at the Auction Mart, and of Messrs. Brooks and Co., architects and surveyors, 28, Old Bond. street. YALE OF BERKS. Capital Freehold Investment. MESSRS. BROOKS and Co. will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, opposite the Bank of England, ou WEDNESDAY, July 23, at Twelve, a desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, called DIDCOT FARM, si tuate in the parish of Dideot, near the high road from London to Farringdon, about six miles from the market towns of Abingdon and Wallingford, and eight from Wan tage, with dwelling-house, five barns, stables, cart sheds, and other outbuildings ; with five labourers' tenements, and 202 Acres of rich meadow, pasture, and arable land, with right of common. The soil extremely fertile, abound ing with game. Let on lease to a highly respectable and responsible tenant, at a very low rent, forming a very safe and eligible investment for the capitalist. May be viewed, by permission of the tenant, and particu lars had at the Journal Office, Oxford ; Crown and Thistle, Abingdon ; Lamb, Wallingford ; Alfred's Head, Vantage; Messrs. H o l mes and Elsom, solicitors, 25, Great James:- street, B e df ord-row; at the Mart, London ; and of Mers. Brooks and Co., estate agents and surveyors, 28, Old Bond -street. FAMILIES about to FURNISH, will find " inspecting the. Ware-rooms of HENRY L. COOPER, 9 3, Bisliopsgate-street, Within, the following Articles, at Prices decidedly reasonable, for Furniture of anperior Style and Manufa c t ure: UPROLSTERY—Comprising the improved Elastic Steel Sniffing f or Carriage Cushions, Chairs, Sofas, 3-.-ttsht i c " - Mattrass es , &c. in addition to a handsome assort- Al e° soanlidd pFaisernintguerenefoßer silent of Bedstead Furnitures, Window Cornices, Curtains, &e. CAIIINET WORK —Of the first ualit • and Materials— SHIPPING—Cabins fitted lip with Elegem: and . Des qFgeurweiltgeon Climates. Des patch, CHAIRS --Appropriate for Dining,. Drawing Rooms, Bed 4e. 6d, per yard Rooms, &c. per Brussels Carpets,- (no inferior quality leapt), Kidderminster and Venetian equally moderate. . CARPETS —Su LOOKING -GLASSES—From the most roagnifiemat to the smallest, for Chimnieo, Piers, and Toilettes ; on the larger sizes, the Reduction will be found to amount from Fifty to Seventy-five per cent. CARVING and GILDING —Some very beautiful speci mens for Console Tables, Glasses, &c. PAPER-HANGING and PAINTING—In the Richest as \veil as the Plainest Style. FUNERALS —Attended in the m ost respectful M anner , and p art i cu l ar reg ard paid to Fionom. HOUSE AGENCY—Houses and Estates registered for Lettino. or Disposal, without Charge. SALES, APPRAISEMENTS, and COLLECTION of RENTS, FURNITURE WAREHOUSED. H. L. COOPER, SS, Bi s h te _ stmt , Within, Lou. don, has tbe honour of being employed and pa - tronized' by seine of" the first Families_ in the Kingdom; aud, for style and price; challenges competition with any respectable Establishment. AGE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1828. LAST WEEK. Royal Academy, Somerset House. OTICE is hereb}• . given, that the EMU BITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY will finally Close on SATURDAY NEXT, the 12th instant, at SEVEN o'CLOCK PRECISELY. Admission (every day from Eight o'Clock till Seven) One Stilling. Catalogue One Shilling. • HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Se e .. Exhibitors are requested to send for their works on Tuesday thp 15th, or Wednesday the 16th inst. THE LONDON STOVE GRATE BAZAAR, Fish-street-hill, near the Monument, (on a very extensive scale) established for the Manufacture and Sale of Superior STOVE GRATES, of new and elegant designs, improved KITCHEN RANGES, with or without STEAM APPARATUS; improved PATENT WARM AIR STOVES with ascending or descending Flues, adapted for offices, balls, shops, conservatories, or churches ; FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, patent French and English LAMPS for dinucs• tables and side boards, in bronze, plated, or ormolu, on new and economical prin ciples; elegant bronze and ormolu CHANDELIERS (from six to tilv guineas, and upwards) : Papier Mackie and other TEA TRAYS; Teaand Cuffee URNS; superior PLATED ARTICLES ; Town made KNIVES and FORKS ; Brass CURTAIN POLES (requiring no drapery); Patent DISH COVERS (635. per set); Culinary Utensils, &c. in Coppc;r, Iron, and ftlosk Tin. J. EVANS respectfay suggests to the Nobility and Gentry who are refitting or furnishing, that the above Establishment will be found peculiarly worthy tbeir atten tion, as every requisite for the fitting up a Cottage or Mansion, is always ready (in the greatest variety) far im mediate delivery, and the Proprietor warrants every article of the most superior kind, and the price front to 50 per cent. under any retail house in the kingdom, selling goods of equal quality. The lowest price is affixed to each article, front which no abatement will be made. BELLS and ALARMS, on Scientific and Economical Principles; Plain and Ornamental IRON WORK, ex ecuted by estimate or otherwise, in town or country. SMOKEY CHIMNIES effectually cured by experieneed and careful workmen. There being a number of hands in the various branches, constantly employed on the premises, Architects and Surveyors have the opportunity of superin tending the executing of their own orders. *,'" A variety of elegant Italian and other Marble Chimney-pieces. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON TITT OITICE OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The Select Committee appointed to ino i nire into the state of the Pmblic Buildings in the Department of the Office of Works, under Statute 54 Geo. HI c. 157; and into the application of part of the Land Revenue of the Crown, under Statute 6 Geo. IV. c. 77, and ander 7 and 8 Geo. W. c. 68, for the management and improvement of the Land Re venues of the Crown in Ireland ; and into the Works now in progress, under 7 Geo. IV. cap. 77, for improving Charing-cross, and of granting Leases of the site of Carlton Palace; and to report theame, with their observations, to the House, began their inquiry into the mode of conducting the business of the Office of Works, by examining the Surveyor- General ; who informed your Committee, that soon after the passing of the Act 54 ,Geo. 111., c. 147, a code of instructions was drawn out by the Commis sioners of the Treasury, and laid before Parliament, in conformity to the 9th section of that Statute ; and that no alteration of any consequence has been made since. This Code, dated 10th March, 1815, is printed and preserved among the miscellaneous ac counts and papers of the Session 1815. The regulations under which public works and buildings were previously carried on form the sub ject of an elaborate Report from the Commissioners of Inquiry into the conduct and business of that de partment, printed 3d June, 1813, (No. 258), and preserved among . the several Reports of Commis sioners in that year. It was enacted in 1782, by the 22d Geo. 111., cap. 82, which suppressed the then existing Board of Works, together with several other offices, that all his Majesty's buildings hitherto under the manage ment of that Bond should be under the direction of an architect or builder by profession, as surveyor or controller of the works; which office was held for many years by Sir William Chambers, and after his death by Mr. Wyatt; but the want of punctuality and exactness of the latter in kee'ing his accounts, and the extreme disorder into which they had fallen, gave occasion, in 1814, to new regulations, by the introduction of the system under which that office is now conducted. The intention of the framers of that Act appears to have been, to establish an efficient control and superintendence in the Surveyor-General, attaching to his office a council of three of the most eminent architects, to assist and advise him by their united talent, in all such matters, either of design or execu tion, as might require the knowledge and skill of persons professionally educated. A salary of 500/. was assigned to each of them, and their commission upoti new buildings conducted under their direction was settled at 31. per cent. in stead of Si., which is the usual charge of architects; but they were relieved from the expense of clerks of the works, and of making out the accounts and bills of -fie workmen, which occur when they are empiord in the usual co urse o f t h e i r b us i ness. Vpoti-teference to the evidence it will be seen, that for conducting the works both at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, the commission to be received is the full commission of 51. per cent., al though the business of measuring and settling the accounts is conducted and paid by the office; the grounds of which allowance are stated in the cor respondence, and the Treasury minutes contained in the Appendix. Mr. Nash's salary of 500/. is not paid during the progress of the works at the Palace. The three attached architects are certainly not excluded by the 6th section of the Act from under taking and conducting public works, but it does not seem to have been designed or contemplated that they should be exclusively employed; nor that separate and distinct di visions of the metropolis should be allotted to them, as in severalty, so that one only of this Council (if it may be so denominated) should be referred to, or consulted, within the limits of his peculiar province, without any professional competi tion or concurrence. Objections might undoubtedly he raised against referring the designs and plans of one of these three architects to the other two, for their examination and criticism, on account of that difficulty and deli cacy which very properly exist among men of high reputation in the same profession, and belonging to the same department, who would naturally be un willing to give opinions or suggest corrections upon the works of their colleagues; but the effect of this system has been, and must continue t o b e , th e een , nar rowing and limiting the choice of those who are to determine upon the general taste and character of public buildings, whose judgment ought to be as sisted by some variety and diversity of design, and some increase in the power of selection. The faculty of originating and inventing what is excellent in architecture, as in every thing else, is undoubtedly confined to few; but many of those who are at all conversant in works of art, particu larly if they have had opportunities of observing the best examples of ancient and modern architecture, aro capable of forming a correct judgment upon de signs or models which are placed before them, and will seldom fail to prefer the best to the worst. The inconvenience of this want of choice, supposing no more essential change to be made in the constitution of the office, may certainly be obviated by directing each of the attached architects to give a general no tion or representation, or a slight sketch, of the style and character in which he would propose any public building to be treated, which is either to he newly erected, or considerably enlarged or altered ; and slight sketches might also be called for f rom ot h er architects of experience and reputation, so as to afford some opportunity of competition, without in curring the inconveniences attending unlimited tenders. In all cases where any considerable work is to be undertaken, as soon as any one general plan shall have been preferred and selected, it is indispensable that a model should be constructed, showing both the elevation, and the internal accommodation and distribution of the whole ; and that this model should be reconsidered and settled (with alterations, if ne cessary) before the work is begun. A correct esti mate should then be formed ; and the commission of the architect should not in any case be allowed upon the amount of expenditure beyond the original estimate ; for no mode of payment can be more ab surd or contrary to economy, than that of a per ten tage upon the ultimate charge, which makes it the interest of those who conduct extensive works to ren- der them as expensive as they can, and affords to them a premium upon their own unrestrained inaccuracy an d extravagance. A, considerable difference of opinion exists with regard to the check and control over expellee which the present system affords; and those parts of the conflicting evidence of Mr. Nash and Mr. Smirke, which relate to this specific point, exhibit the defects and the advantages belonging to it. But it must be confessed that the responsibility of the architect is extremely diminished, when the examination of the several charges is taken out of his hands, as well as which is stat e d univer lstihanlegly,mateonadsblte a l i r o iP t unfrequently of Imp o si t i o n and source gofthe of '-v g ° r r e k a uncertainty an d cavil 't over charge. Mr. Nash distinctly s ays, that nothing is so unreasonable is to think that an , architect can be answerable in any way for his es.timate .when he himself does not contr o l th e pri ces an d make out the bills; and he avows his inability of judging how nearly the expense of the Palace has come to his PRICE 7D estimate, becaase he has nothing to do with the measuring or making out the accounts. A mode of - proceeding which affords so plausible an excuse or justification for excess and deviation (unless some great counterpoise can be alleged in favour of its utility in some other point of view), is. hardly to be maintained or continued with advantage to the public. For the purpose of investigating this question, and endeavouring to determine as to the present method of conducting public works, your Committee entered into further inquiries, and examined several persons of respectability and high character, as architects and builders, not connected with the Office of Works ; among whom they found the same diver sity of opinion as between the two architects already referred to. The preponderance of opinion, however, among those most capable of forming a correct judgment, who have been examined upon this question, is cer tainly in favour of the present practice of contracts for prices, as contrasted with contracts in gross. Mr. Wyatville, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Burton, give it a decided preference; but the contracts in gross are considered by Mr. Rowles and Mr. Cubitt as more advantageous to the employer, and not ne cessarily liable to the objestions which are alleged against them. In the evidence of Mr. Rowles are also some detailed observations upon the Code of Instructions of 1815 well deservin, of attention, and suggesting some improvements in that system. The certainty of a work being performed within the sum allotted to it is unquestionably a powerful recommendation to contracts in gross; but if, as it is alleged, such works are more liable to be slighted in the execution, and frauds are more frequently practised in carrying on and conducting the several parts; and if such frauds and evasions of the speci fications are less capable of being detected than when the works are undertaken under contracts for prices (which is the regulation in the Office of Works), the latter mode would certainly be preferable, even at an increased charge. But with the superintend ence of clerks of the works and other men bred to the profession, belonging to and dependent upon the office, and with such accuracy in the specifications as the ability and experience of the attached archi tects cannot fail to ensure, your Committee consider that the method which appears the most prudent and economical for individuals to adopt could not prove disadvantageous to the public ; and they are therefore inclined to think that with precise specifi cation and careful superintendence, and where all deviations from the original plan are avoided, the system of contracts in gross might be found to be the least expensive. Within the last 15 or 20 years a larger field has been opened for architectural talent and exertion than at almost any other period of our modern an nals; a greater slumber of brides and churches, and of both public and private works upon an extended scale, have been conipletpd, than in an hundred years before. The appearance and convenience of the parts of this metvpolis 'to the north of Pall mall and Piccadilly have been much improved by the grand line of Regent -street, and the buildings leading to and connected with it ; of which the ge neral design and many of the details are excellent; but on the other hand it may be observed, with re gret, that the taste and style of some of the public edifices do not indicate such a state of improvement as might have been desired and expected from the increased opportunities which have been thus afforded. It would be an invidious and unpleasant task to criticise the labours of living architects, who have deservedly risen to a distinguished station in their profession; and it is only with regard to such parts of their productions as they profess themselves dis satisfied with and condemn, that your Committee venture to express their full concurrence in these unfavourable opinions; but in some of these it must be observed, that much of the defect is to be attri buted to changes and alterations in their plans, even during the execution of the buildings, and to the want of due consideration and determination upon the entire edifice, before any portion was begun. The inconvenient line of the new Council Office, both in Downing-street and Whitehall, discordant from the lines of those streets, and encroaching most awkwardly and incommodiously upon the foot pave ment of the latter (if it should be continued), could hardly have been resolved upon, if all the conse quences attendant upon that design, in relation to the line of street and the height of the adjoining and neighbouring buildings, had been laid before the Lords of the Treasury at one view, and the objec tions pointed out to them. The addition of the Pavilion towards Downing -street, was entirely an after thought, and it now seems to require a corre sponding and ornamented projection, which, if it be placed before the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and kept in the same allign ment, will essentially disfigure the fine street of Whitehall; or if returned upon an obtuse angle to wards Melbourne House, will excite in every ob serving passenger, a sentiment of regret that this in convenience was not foreseen in the beginning, and obviated. It will be noticed in the evidence of Mr Soane, that a second pavilion, towards the Home Office, was never in his contemplation; but he pro duced to your Committee a design for erecting a corresponding pavilion on the other bide of Down- ing-street, at angle of King-street, with abiiltit. Mg extending into King-street, similar to that it Whitehall. The Council Office should have been much higher, if taste only were considered, as Mr. Soane acknowledges in his evidence, and his first design for a much less decorated building was made accord ingly; but a desire of restricting the expenee, which must have been incurred by making the rooms nn necessarily high, was one of his reasons, as he al leges, for not carrying the building to a more digni fied elevation. A balustrade connecting the line of eltimnies was, during a short time, placed upon the roof of this dwarfish front; but the architect states hat he had nothing to do either with the putting it on or taking it off. - Such is the unsatisfactory state in which this large and costly structure stands, from being begun without a plan which had been maturely considered, from injudicious alterations and changes having been . made during its progress, and contrary, as it appears by his own s t a t ement, to the opinion of the archi tect; but under whatever direction this work may have proceeded, there can be only one opinion of the work itself; and although your Committee es .ie l s ' - not clearly a scerta i n t o w h om t h e bl ame a ttach es, the sy s t em cannot b e goo d w hi c h has pro duced i suchihow a result. It therefore now remains it can either be left as it is, or how I.t for, as to the com pleted on the end towards the north and similar project of balancing it by symmetricala o ,ithe other side of range of pavilion and building with a decorated Downing-street in King-stree t, such an addition arch connecting those two streets, for public utilit -y,nor will probably never be requi r ed't should be does it seem desirable that ever carried quenstioen, Council office, your C ommittee !into effect. me ntioned in Mt. S oane ' s evidence The name of Lord Viscoun t Goderich havi ng r b e e l e a t t l in f g reg to uet requested his Lor dshi p to inform them as to ki s re collection of the circumstances connected w i t h that blinding, which is given at l engt h i n his evidvlce. In this place it may be sufficient to ob serve, that with the exception of the lin e so i na d vertently taken, the other defects could no t h ave occurre d , i f the sugges tion made by L or d G o d er i c h i n one of his confe telynew Another larger and much more expensive build ing, which is in progress for his Majesty's palace in Sr. James's-park, is now undergoing very consider able alterations, not originally contemplated, for the ' purpose of rectifying a defect, which scarcely •could have occurred, if a model of the entire edifice had previously been made and duly examined. Mr. Nash says, in answer to a question relating to the two de tached three-windowed houses at the extreme angles of the win g s, I was not at fi r st aware t h at. t h e ef feet w ou ld have been so bad ; and I am sorry to say v that I was di sappo i nte d myse lf i n the effect of them." The c onsequence o f t hi s a l terat i on, thus occasioned, will incre ase t h e i nter i or accommo d at i on by adding 27 new a p artments to the present numbers, hut it is tkaarsdh deems to it unfortunate dome above oe estireated at n o l ess a sum t h an 50,000/. With re .the th r a o t o ift of fs the visible la a ft e •o e ! ' n the park side, which was not intended by him, nor was he aware that it would have been seen except as be longing exclusively to the garden front. It was proposed when this great work was first undertaken in 1825, under the title of repai-ring and i mproving Buckingham House (6 Geo. IV. c. '77), that the expenses, then estimated at 252,69 W., should be defrayed out of the land revenue of the Crown, in the department of the Woods and Forests: but in consequence of extraordinary charges upoN that revenue to a very considerable amount, some of which had not been foreseen or ascertained at the time of passing that Act, and also from the unex pected rapidity with which the alterations had pro ceeded at the Palace, the work must soon have been suspended for want of funds to continue it, if a sup ply from a source wholly unlooked fur and unex pected had not been advanced by orders from the Commissioners of the Treasury in aid of this defi ciency. Your Committee conceive that it does not come within their province to do more than to no tice this transaction, as having enabled the Office cf Woods and Forests to meet the heavy charge by other resources than those which were by law ap propriated to it. This supply amounted to 954,000/. What has hitherto been actually paid from the land revenue is 27,760/. in addition to that sum ; and there is a probability that the surplus of t h at revenue will in this year be capable of affording abo u t 60,000/., and in 1829 about 100,000/. The land revenue varies from year to year, in consequence of tines upon renewals ; but the whole, including that of the woods and forests, may be taken at about 200,000/. a year. The estimated charge for completing the whole palace is 432,9264, including the above sum of 277,767/., which has been already paid. Upon the site of Carlton House, the several honsv es which are erecting for individuals must be conf . o rtn _ able to a general design for the exterior, but the pro prietors are at liberty to select their own nrchitectc or builders; and the annual rents which win accrue to the Crown from these new houses are ealeulated at 6,4521., the particulars of which will be found exactly detailed in the evidence of Mr. Arbuthnot. It was imagined by Mr. Nash, that a large sum would at once be raised by a sale of the greater part of these annual ground -rents to the proprietors of tht, houses at 20 years' purchase (the freehold being stiff retained by the Crown), but that expectation bavinie not hitherto been realised, no present pecuniary ad vantage of that sort having accrued to the Ccown in aid of this undertaking, but on the contrary, a con,i derable and immediate charge having been incurred in forming the around, makin g a l arge sewer, poi-. chasing the land-tax, and other incidental outgoings, before any part of the annual rents has been received. It is, however, stated in Mr. Arbuthnot's evidence, that although the proprietors themselves may not choose to buy up their rents, it would be in the power of the Government to sell to any other indi. viduals such a proportion of them as might be thought fit to dispose of. By the Act 7 Geo. IV., e. 77, the Crown is authorised to take fines from the lesseQ.o for any portion of their rent, which is a deviatim from the usual practice, with regard to other ziev,' buildings; nor is it the practice to alienate new buildings in fee, to which rule it appears expedient to adhere. The expenditure upon the alterations in F.,. James's-park, which are in some measure con-cet ed with these new houses, amounts to 16,0;,3/:, in cluding the iron railing; but exclusive of the plant ing within the railing. It is proposed to erect a fountain, estimated to cost 8,000/., with the addition of a large annual charge for a constant supply of water, in the centre of the continuation of Waterloo-place, towards Lie which as will be seen in th e ev id ence of Mr "Ne as h ; which being the first i ns t ance o f a founta'n surround-. ed by columns, wi t h a d ome or covering over it, gave occasion to some questions from ycnr- Commit tee, which appear in the evidence of Air. Nash, toge ther with his answers; and they cannot but here observe, that this fountain, if it is to be encireled by a peristyle, and covered by a cip or dome, is not likely in itself to be an ornamental object, and that it would obstruct the opening, and the view of tie- Park from Regent -street and Waterloo-place. A spacious and hamlsome flight cf steps in the centre of that terrace, leading into the Mall, would form an ornamental and commodious communication between Regent -street and the park, and 'could afford to the public a very general accommodation, and an appropriate termination of that fine opening. Your Committee are informed that the central diN i sion of St. James's-park, newly enclosed by iron rails, is int en d e d to b e open to the public y in the same way with th e other parts of that p ar k. u % 18 7p 2 a 7 l'a ce ; and toward;;Your Committee find, u p on i nqu i ry, that no Sam', tion has hith er t o b een g i ven by the Commissioners of the Treasu r y to t h e extension of the plan en -1411,IrnebdorionngtlhA-eitloGusdernaainsdofS7t..thim .Tune, they cannot consider such an extension, nor any fur ther encroachments upon tilt , par_ k as fit to re commended. lanheid. finsCanerwWlBo,o(:lo/., in (oos tn inner in which . the Cuatoni-hou se was laid, addition to T f h o e un f d r a a t u i d on ule o n f occasioned, by its total failure. in 18 25, a c h arge of the original expenditure of 255,000 t : bu of this blame affects Office of 'Workso part t n nor the architects attached to it. no less than 170, 000 t This g reat structure was unfortunately placed under the conduct of Mr. Lainv. the person who happened, in the sur veyor of building s i n that de artment,—a c ourse w hich your Committee p year 1813, t o b e conceive to be exceedingly objectionable, being of opinion tha t description should be e - ' 1 and management o f the execution of more str ong l y suc h not informed that a ll work s this of h arnec on under the direction t h e office specially appointed fur works; and they would ani madvert on this point if they Were the Treasury have already put a stop to the i practice, and have now un d er t h e i r con sideration some new regulations upon the subject. It is also to be observed, that no estimate was laid before the House; nor any sanction given by a vote, either before the undertaking or during the progress, the expense having been defrayed out of the revenue of the Customs. This mode of proceding, although in conformity with the practice which has hitherto existed with respect to buildings occupied by the Revenue Departments, appears to be at variance with the general principles by which, the public ex penditure is governed, and to be open to much ob jection. They recommend, therefore, that in future no' new buildings for any of these department•; should be undertaken except under the authority o, a grant of Parliament, upon an estimate to be laid before the House for that purpose, as in the case of any other subject of miscellaneous expenditure. No department should be allowed to ord. r any !fling beyond mere incidental repairs, without re. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, July 8.) VIENNA, JUNE 27.—We received from Cremsier the news that his Excellency the Cardinal Archduke Rudolf is much better. He was considered yester day in a state of convalescence. .JUNE 28.--Metalliques, 92i. Bank Shares, 1,085. HERAimisTADT, JUNE 18.—The accounts from Bucharest, lated the 15th, say, that the Governor- General Count Pahlen had demanded a contribution of 3,000,000 of piastres, which the Divan is to raise by means of loans. Requisitions in kind for an army of 80,000 men have also been demanded, and the fugitive Boyards have been invited to return home. A Colonel of Cossacks has arrived with 60 men at the defile of the Red Tower.—Augsburgh Gazette. PARIS, JULY 7.—T r hs evacuation of Cadiz is certain : it will take place by sea. The following regiments,—namely, the 9th of Light Infantry, the 15th, 27th, and 34th of the line, the 13th and 14th of Chasseurs, and part of the Artillery, will bt. con veyed to 'Brest; the 35th and 36th is arriverwitl the remainder of the artillery; the' engineers, the stair, commissioners, &e., will go to Toulon. (From the Messager des Chambres of Monday.) PARts, JULY 6.—According to the official ac counts published by the Board of Customs, the ge neral result of our foreign commerce has been as follows :-- ARRIVED. • 3,350 French ships, measuring together 353,102 tons, with cargoes of the value of 230,140,293 Under foreign flags, 3,959 ships, measuring 408,873 tons, value of the cargo 111,626,559 4SO rims, measuring 60,636 tons, value.., 24,415,44S By land 199,621,926 Total.. 565,804,226 „ - - SA MED. French ships, 3,522, measuring 3,046,370 tons, value of the cargoes 235,129,660 Under foreign ilage, 4,141, measuring 346,733 tons, value of cargoes I,l3o,tiers, measuring 93,109 tons, value of cargoes .. By land 156,767,385 Total 602;301,276 The amount of coin could not be precisely calcu lated ; as far as could be collected the result was-- Fs. Imported Exported FILENCJI FUNDS.—Five per Cents. 10.5 f 6oc. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 1,862 5O. ; Neapo titan, 76. 25. ; Spanish, 72k. Exchange on London— One Month, 25. 30. ; Three Months, 25. 20. CORONER'S INQUEST. Tuesday evening an Inquisition was taken at the Elephant and Castle Tavern, New Road, St. Pan cras, before Thomas. Stirling, Esq., Coroner, on the body of James Yateman, a fine.young man, v♦ho was drOwned in the Paddington Canal.. John Yateman, a green-grocer, of No. 18, Drury lane, was the deceased's brother. On Friday morn ing last they were bathing in the Paddington canal, when the deceased got out of his depth. Witness, not being able to swim, was afraid to go in to his assistance, but called to a yottog man near the spot, who dived after him, but could not get him out.-- Drags were procured, and in about twenty minates the deceased was taken from the water. They car ried him to a public-house in St. Pancras, where the landlord refused to receive the body, and they car ried it from one place to another for nearly an hour, until it was taken to the house of Mr. Austin, the Freemasons' Arms, St. Pancras, who rendered every possible assistance. A surgeon was sent for, but the deceased was quite dead. A JUROR inquired whether a Licensed Victualler was not bound by law to receive bodies of drowned persons into their houses. Mr. STIRLING—There is certainly no law to com pel a Licensed Victualler to do so ; but humanity might dictate the necessity of aff or di ng ass i stance to a fellow-creature in distress. Mr. Austin, of the Freemasons' Arms, wished to be informed whether a Licensed ViCtualler was not wairanted in refusing to receive dead bodies into his house. He never had refused to render every assistance, and never, would do so : b ut i t was ex tremly hard that dead bodies should be brought to the house of a publican, and left there until they be came putrid, to the annoyance of the family and customers. Juror. --It is a most shameful thing not to have some fund in order to pay individuals for the trouble oud expense they go to on such occasions. Several Licensed Victuallers were present to hear the law upon the subject, they expressed their in tention never to refuse lending their aid if t h ere was the least h ope o f recover ?, "hue tr usted that some remedy would be adopted to remunerate them. The Jury returned a verdict of Accidentally Drowned." -- . The French Ambassador had. a .conference _ ~ . wish the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury. Vail BATHURST and Sir GEORGE Cott; BURN hail also in terviews with his Grace yesterday. 'arlia- Com- i the EEK. Met A reek ; maple; Ilene.; doing Flou r --s. ft2c. Stis. 8 gas. eY. 9 n the Mni. Itrcet, Id, to vhich tore, iessed wit! s and sigh t r e los 4 week, 'Et, of Scott, i,e a nt late 110 1 . r