The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

THE NEW NATIONAL ART TRAINING SCHOOLS.

The new central art schools in connexion with the
Kensington Museum will be throws open to the &Stabiles
on Monday next for the winter maim The rooms, which
seem even yet to be scarcely finished were inspected yea-
tarday by a comideratile number of visitors, all of whom
seemed to be fully ratistied of the fitnerg of the MOW
mental for the purpose intended, which has hitheetea=
carried out in temporary buildings. The original school of
design was, it will be recollected, held in • second floor is
Somerset-bouse, the legacy of the Royal Academy, and
ems, in 1852, removed to Marlborough-house, when
apartments wen granted by the QUM'S at the
intercession of the Triune Consort. When
Marl-
'borough-Louse was handed over to the Priam of
Wales, the out students hid again to migrate to
temporary bin/dins in Kensington, io close vicinity to which
they are now, we trust, to be permanently settled in the
new buildings. The rooms are entirely mama archi-
tectural pretensions, the oaly prate ,aimed Miming plenty
of space for the students, and plenty of light for their work.
They are of plain hitch, built fireproof, and cambia all the
requisites which the expiwisooe of a quarter of a century
has proved to be essestieL Ventilation and beating have
been smeotilically attended to, although we fear tliat
the atmosphere generated by hot water will not
be found to be either healthy or agreeable. Some
yams since the hot water pipes were introduced into
the long room at the custom-bouse, and, if our re-
eoUectioo be correct, were obliged to be removed
in coneetmenos of the numerous complaints of the clerks.
The male and female clung will be oo separate floors, and
in each series there will be separate rooms 'edged for
drawing, ;Mating, and modelling, with a common lecture-
room for both male and female classes. The whole aeries
of buildings forms the north and west sides of the inner
quadrangle of buildings, and is constructed on the plan
which was approved of by the select committee of the
House of Commons in 1860. They appeared to us to be
admirably ormatrected, sod that the only thing left to be
wished for was that the walls should not he quite so damp as
they are at present when the students assemble twiddle
them on Monday evening next. As the season for influenza
and bronchial affection' is sow commencing, we should re-
commend the authorities to use all possible means to get the
building dried as rapidly as poetible. The total number of
schools and branches is cermezioe with the central imitate-
tioe is 88, and of students 87,380, towards whose instruction
the State coetributes 38,5501., being an average of Bs. Old.
for each student per annum.

INDECENT PUBLICATIONS.—It will be remem-
bered that a Frenchman earned Dim applied some time
ego to the magistrate at the Lambeth polioe court to order a
printer at Newington Butte to deliver up the maamoript of
a pamphlet which he bad entrusted to him for publication.
He had paid the printer sf. on account, but the tradesman
when be had " setup' about a third of the lid disowned
that it wee of so foul a 'stun) that be refused to complete
the work, sad retained the 5/. for the labour already be
stowed upon it. Yeetarday Dire y cued him for the money
it the Southwark County Court, but the dge had no mouer
examined the II& Chas be exclaimed, "Turn the plaintiff
out ; sad ne bogie let hie preesece pollute the ael this
hooourable court." Diner ems thee eitoereeteeirsely cr-
ooned by the oaken, mid his papers throws out after him.
The judge also made as order upon hire for the defendant's
code.