The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-03 00:00:00

ANCOMT IICOID6

The Town Crane abe nod a letter from Ws Jolts
Remaly, the Banter of the Rolla. stating that the govern-
meat wooded to photograph Dermas inioortaot desements
having reforest* to the early history of Reglead, aid addle
the court to allow the ancient charter panted to the City
of Loodoe by William the Coaqueror to be lest for that
pupae.
Deputy C. MlLDlrsowed that the applaiiitioa be grunted,
which was sesooded by Depety Obbard.
Alderman Roan, said that ',Ablest
.deeming I. the
slightest degree to throw ayimpediment is the way of
acceding to the application, he would merely suggest
whether some steps should sot be takes to prevent the
possibility of such an ancient and ithporient documeet
bung lint, and whether it would not be mineable that it
should be under the theme of some officer of the corpo-
ration while the purism et copying wm going ea. (Hear,
hear.) He suggested, therefore, that the matter should
be referred to the library committee for them to lake the
reiteemasy steps with this view.
The notice was speed to.
Mr. Kama; the chain tan of the Guildhall Improvement
Committee, then brought forward the malice for which the
court was specially conneed—namely, on the MOM°s
relative to the roof ol Guildhall, sad resommeeding that the
design of the proposed roof be modified, so se to make it in
aecordance with the thientioas of the court sad the period
of the ambito:true of the hall ; that the roof should be ara-
strocted of oak ; ales that the socket windows pow blocked
up be opened, sod that the four turrets he pulled down
la the level of the wall—the whole to be earned out at an
additional expense not saceediog 5,9001.
Two model& were pieced upon the table of the court, ow,
of which represented the roof as it would appear under the
cooditiou of the present contract, and the other represent-
ing the proposed alteration ; and the latter appeared to be
considered by all the members of the court who examined
them, u the one clearly most in accordance with the original
intootion of the court and the ancient character of the
building.
KILDAT briefly moved the adoption of the report,
and mid that after coosultiag the City Architect, Br. Horace
JOllOl, and Mr. Digby Wyatt, the eminent archeologist, and
Mr. Roberta, who wee also well versed is such matters, they
had emu to the unanimous opinion that it was not ad.
viable to cony out the original contract, as, if they did so,
the new roof would sot only not be erected in accordance
with the intention of the court, but would be at rename
with the docket architecture of the building, and would
very probably subject the corporation, if not to ridicule, at
all incite to a great deal of comment on the part of the
public and those versed in such matter". The Ince. member
entered into a variety of details in support of the decision
that bad been arrived at by the committee, sad concluded
by moving that the report be agreed to.
The court appeared to be nuaniciossly in favour of the
propoeitioo, and after a few words from Hr. Rowe, to the
effect that it would be better, is his opinion, to pull down
the preempt building sad erect a new one upoa its site, and
a euggeetiou by Mr.IL N. Philipps that the alteration should
be made by tenders to be obtained by advertisement, the
report of the committee woo unanimously agreed to.