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London, England, 1865-06-23 00:00:00

the country are demanding? Bat whateVer th 6
necessity for a reconstruction, it is not within the
range of things English that we should have it.
If the edifice we have were quite as bad as all its
critics say, there is a practical character in the
national mind under which we should try to tar]
some good money out of it. Its almost infanTe,,
artlessness easily enough suggests the barracks the
gaol, the factory, the workhouse, to the British
in-
tellect familiarised with the contemplation of sue;
objects ; and even people whose estimates are forme",
less on the relations of things, and who are no
accustomed to overdraw on their vocabulary, oil
sigh to think that our architecture of that day, when
liberally subsidised, could invent nothing
the occupation of so fine a site and the answering
such noble ends. The limited space, under the law,
of harmony in the proportions, admitted perhaps 0'
nothing very extraordinary in a building which was'
after all, to be adjudged chiefly as it fulfilled its ,
pur-
pose of being an effective show-room. We do Ile!
therefore demur to the common consent which se.emo.
to have taken upon itself to decide that the architect
has made a failure. The question just now with
is to settle how we are to make the best of it.
statesman may shine in a second role whose qualitte'
finer.
be
condemned him to eclipse in a first, and it .may
that a building which is decided to have fallen she."
as a whole may be made a very successful affair as
part. There may be Shaksperes of architecture as °,
the drama. If, as with Homer, it be the glory of
an architect to combine the new and the great int',
one beautiful result, it is not the less the triurnplle',.
his art if, like Shakspere, he can secure a like effect
out of a skilful modification of the structure fa'
nished him by the past. If we must put up with the
mass of building we have in Trafalgar-square, Ivo
see no reason why it may not be made to underg _
almost any conceivable transformation uncler tne
resources of our decorative art. In any case in tir
proportion in which there would be any difficulty in
making something out of what we have, would pre"
bably be the danger of giving ourselves to the uncer-
tainty of the unknown in architectural art, under
such incubation as it might have under Lord Pal"
merston and Mr. Cowper. The latest of our gTes'
building achievements—the International Exhibition
—did not offer so encouraging an example that we
should be eager needlessly to risk a larger stake 011
the chance of getting an architectural prize. r_sei
must put up, we suppose, with one of our usual
compromises. The old lot ; we have borne it s°
often that it would be mere fastidiousness of.taste
to make much ado about our not getting something
better now. It is something in favour of an en(i
largement that we should sooner get the cornplet e e
building. It would be provoking not to have tha,
gallery by the time—let us suppose—when the Lan
seer Lions will be about putting in their appearenev
the other side of the fountains. It would be some;
thing, too, if it might be added that when the gala
lery is a gallery means were devised to secure 7.
larger use of it by the nation. As a rule, we 80.0"
get our money's worth,out of this sort of institution.
We are asked to think of what it costs the natiell,l,--..,
about eighteen shillings—every time we--we 112:4
vidually—visit an establishment that ought to be y—
of this national collection—we mean the "
rival Gallery." The country pays for the amusement
of those visiting the Kensington Museum about
shilling a-piece. The price we pay for the vislt°rs
10
to a more popular institution—the British Muse,ll
—is about three times that amount, and there IS 10
additional misfortune, which deserves to be node d•
that in some of these establishments, notwithst!ll rs
ing the premium we are offering for them, the vislte
are falling off—the visitors to the British Mu5e11,,,65'
for example, having been less in 1864, by 80,v,„„.
than in 1859. A chief pleasure, however, in geti—or
our new house of the arts will be one which 0
readers have not, perhaps, promised themselves!
that of unhousing the artists who have been nu,
using the old one. It must take a great deal "a
respect for them as distinguished painters 11dne,
accomplished gentlemen, to prevent our being as
lighted at getting rid of them. Just so inne,,,e
we admire their paintings just so much would "„r
not trust them with those of their predecessors or
the training of their successors. They have ,o
much cleverness in showing their own art that
would not for the world let them lose a tnereid
about the art of anybody else. As soon sheh-io
Correggio—were he amongst us—consecrate 4
days and nights to the bustle and beadledore
official academicism. Short of giving them Bnctio
ingham Palace or the Foundling Hospital, wevild
assign them any residence in the kingdom, if
cone
would only house themselves where they calkd co
fine their corporate functions to giving artists„..
liberal use of living models, make an annual bonn't
of all lay figures, and showing under the 011
favourable conditions that masters of the fines„
have been doing for us during the 12 months.
all clear things, the clearest is that the sooner they
t
are made to shift for themselves the better 3°,0
everybody. At present they are helpless under
embarrassment of their riches, and languid no',
the pressure of their good fortune. The eight Wit,
sand pounds it costthem and their friends to aeeelg
plish the labour of buying three thousand Poleir
worth of pictures is the succinct history of all t.OO
administration. Over patronage has all the effect en
them that inanition has cn those who depen„%es
them, and the strenua inertia of the artistic
within, overwhelmed by everybody's kindness, "-of
offers the measure of the neglect, and the miser
ti
the artistic. Lazarus who lies at the gate without.

COUNTRY MARKETS t

MANCHESTER—TininsDAY.
o-t 11°
--
This morning wheat was ia moderate demand
advance of is per qr., and foreign was the turn u'7,.
Fresh made flour was 6d per sack higher, but no Cha&dlall
French. Oats and oatmeal steady. Beaus and
corn quite as dear.

BIRMINGHAM—TRunsDAY. of
At this day's market there was again a short silP„plor
i
wheat, which sold at an improvement of 6d to is r-res 6
Barley tending upwards. Oats 6d per qr. higher.
and beans rather dearer. ect 39°
Currencies :—English wheat, white, 43s to 47s ; „dia.;
to 448 per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 358; pe'
22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 248 to 308 ; Irish, 21s to 2 r.
30 stone. J3eans, 42s to 458 ; and peas, 40s to 42s Per

BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY.
There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to: lot
Prime samples realised an advance of is per qr. 1113°%.001
week's prices ; secondary qualities in most instances,,,ol
not sold. There was no alteration in the value of ""

peas, or y. Oats as dear. .
Talaverabarle wheat, 44s q
touite 49s ; red ditto, 37s to 40s; 4
--
30s to 325; secondary ditto, 27s to 29s per qr. ley, 9*
Averages : Wheat, 1,123 , qrs., 39s 7d; 10 •
qrs., 29s 10d; oats, -- qrs., —s Od.

BRIS T L—T HURSDAY. SW/
On our market to-day there was an unusually sbo— o;
ply of wheat ; the trade ruled very firm, and an advalloireci
is per qr. was readily obtainable. Foreign more irigriel'
for, at fully last week's prices. A good demand for g r
cif•
ing and distilling barleys, at an improvement of 6(1,,P01eP
Oats scarce, and all kinds sold at 6d per qr. more ""
Maize quite as dear. In beans and peas little do/Og'

EDINBURGH—WEDXESDAY. 90,ga
At to-day's market there was a fair attendsnceig
a good feeling prevailed throughout, wheat m'
more money.

Average prices.
Wheat, 40s10d ( Oats, 23s 14d
Barley, 2Bs id ; Beans, 39s id A tip,
Wheat on the top, Os 6d down average, is
,Pci'lip.A.
Barley on the top, is Od up average, Os ,A der:,
Oats on the top, is Od up
Beans on the top, is Od up average,avege 1°: 7ua- do°4-.
Total supply and sales.
Wheat 771. qrs :111
61
Barley 56 qrs
sold 'g"/
Oats 1448 qrs ld " 0
Beans 99 qrs sold eats
, 0
Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, a7EICk"
superfine, 35s Od; superfine, 33s Od; fine, 310 Od•

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GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. a
The home scapplies were small. The tone ef i
nbe
oo 11°0:
has not varied, and previous prices have to be a goo
This day's market was fairly attended. Wheat And co
in limited request at about last week's rates. srr
neglected.
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Births.
FIENN n ES,—On the 20th inst., at 3, Clare don-Place '
SOJ,
GILBERT.—On 10
ington, the Hon. Mrs. No de Viesei Fiennes, °
the 19th inst., at The Priory,ct
wife of Lieut.-Col. Gilbert, of a daughter. 31°.
GLYN.—On the 22d inst., at 51, Berkeley-Sclll3-e'
Leger Glyn, of a daughter. 13oclui

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Deaths. Tijo
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CRAIG.—On the 21st inst., at Rocking, the BO' el
lac
Craig, aged 85. 1 acilf 4i,
HUNT.—On the 21st inst., at 2, "Upper Port-Ao Jali'
Caroline Sophia, the wife of Thomas 14431r111 V
Esq. e Wk°
STonAux.—On the 21st inst., at 18, Durham-terrace,a69o,
bourne-park, Bayswater, Adam Stodart, Esq., 9g Toll;
TOLLINTON.—On the 17th inst., at.Kilburn, ijeurl pi,
ton, Esq., aged 60. Sutton
WALTER.—On the 19th inst., at the Vicarage, '-'
knee, Kent, the Rev. Frank Walter, M.A.

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