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bear in mind that the board hAd'do n ;ta pbwor
to afford facilities to every tine. to ;speak. The board
could not allow it to he herteafter ed that the
English shareholders had -nod bepn wed to set
'forth their supposed griev.tntes: pgaln called on
those gentlemen to say wlfttltligtbbeg-ht necessary,
promising them to give an answer to every charge
brought forward.
No reply was made to this appeal.
The operations of the vote being concluded,
The CireiamAx announced that there appeared in
favour of the approbation of the accounts a majority
of 99, the numbers being 516 to 417. The report
would be printed and given to such shareholders as
chose to apply for it.
Nothing else being in the order of the day the
meeting then separated.
Some warm language took place after the meeting
between the adverse parties as the crowd was leaving
the room.

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS.
The first meeting of the present session of the
members of this body was held last night at the In-
stitute, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor .square.
The meeting, which was altogether of a highly in-
teresting character, was presided over by Mr. Samuel
Angel, vice-president, and there were some seventy or
eighty gentlemen present.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read
and confirmed, the Secretary proceeded to read a list
of the donations which had been made to the insti-
tute during the vacation. They comprised a large
number of books and drawings, peculiarly interesting
to professional men, presented by the publishers and
authors, and the transactions of many of the principal
scientific bodies not only in England, but throughout
the continent.
The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the members.
The contributions upon this occasion were very nu-
merous, and he was sure they would feel the greatest
pleasure in thanking the donors for their handsome
gifts. He was happy to see that, notwithstanding the
pressure on the money market, several very important
buildings were at the present moment rearing their
heads in London. Amongst the most successful, he
thought, perhaps, he might allude to the new churches,
which were not indeed confined to the metropolis
alone, but extended to the provinces also. Those he
thought were the most successful works, and he re-
joiced to see that the architects appeared not only to
be imbued with the spirit of the mediaeval ages, but
that recourse was also being had to the same mate-
rials, and that there was every chance of abandoning
brick as an article of building, and having recourse
once more to the Old Kentish Rag.—(Hear, hear.)
After some other general remarks, the chairman con-
cluded by calling on Mr. Wyatt to favour them with
the result of his researches into the subject of tease-
lated pavements.
Mr. WYATT at once proceeded to read a paper OR
the subject, one of great interest to professional and
scientific men, but perhaps not of sufficient gene-
ral interest to warrant any lengthened reference
to it here. Taking for his basis the generally-
admitted axiom that the arts of architecture and
embellishment went hand in hand with the civil-
ization of a nation, he proceeded to trace the pro-
gress of the mosaic art, from the earliest ages
down to the close of the fourteenth century. He di-
vided the practice of the art into two styles—the pic-
torial and the conventional-.-the former illustrating
subjects in mosaic, and the latter consisting in the
disposition of the tessehe into geometrical forms alone.
The ancients observed a greatcongruity in the applica-
tion of the pictorial mosaics; in the halls, for ex-
ample, would be an invitation to the visitor to enter,
in the rooms devoted to females, chaste and delicate
subjects would be chosen, whilst in the grottoes for
the preservation of the Lares, grand and magnificent
designs were adopted. The most beautiful existing
specimen of Roman pictorial mosaic was to be found
in St. Peter's at Rome, and the most beautiful speci-
men of Florentine pictorial mosaic in the chapel of
the Medici, in the San Lorenzo, at Florence. The
former style was probably the one which Mr. Barry
would adopt in the new Houses of Parliament. After
touching upon many other interesting points, Mr.
Wyatt concluded a very able and elaborate lecture
by impressing the importance of the study upon the
architect. as affording him the most beautiful and
durable means of adding to his building the graces of
colour, applicable alike to the severe and classic style
as to the neat, simple furniture of a domestic dwelling.
To practical men, who might inquire whether mate-
rials could now be procured to enable them to compete
with the ancients in this style of graceful embellish..
ment, he would say that every advantage possessed by
the ancients existed now to a greater extent, and
every article necessary to the production of the most
elaborate mosaic might readily be obtained. He
might add, that he had every reason to believe there
were gentlemen now existing, for example, Jr.
Minton, of Stoke-upon-Trent, and Mr. Singer, of
the Vauxhall-road (who had supplied him with most
of his specimens), who could now produce as beautiful
works in mosaic as had been made in the palmiest
days of the art.
Mr. Wyatt was warmly cheered on resuming his
seat, and a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to
him and to the gentlemen who had contributed the
specimens. With regard to these specimens we may
observe that they were extremely beautiful, and that
they appeared to us fully to merit the encomium
which the lecturer passed upon them in his concluding
sentence.

Some conversation ensued, in the course of which
a member observed that he believed that the most
beautiful specimen of mosaic in England— a specimen
equalling, indeed, anything he had seen in Italy—
was to be found in a tallow-chandler's shop iu
Leicester. _

The members subsequently partook of refreshmeot
in an adjoining apartment, and separated soon after.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
MACCLESFIELD, Nov. 1.
The elections for this borough were attended with
more than an ordinary degree of excitement. The
Liberals have been extremely active, and it was their
intention to return Liberals for every ward. Seven
Conservatives retired and five Liberals. The follow-
ing is the result :

CLOSE OF THE POLL.
No. 1 Ward.—Gee (L), 163—D. Clarke (L), 160
—Adshead (C), 132—E. Clarke (C), 118.
No. 2.—Brodrick (C), 190—Slaatwell (C), 184—
Wright (L), 140.
No. 3.—Booth (C), 112—Stringer (C), 110—
Jackson (L), 89—Jesper (L), 76.
No. 4.—Smith (L), 101—Oldham (14), 87—War-
ren (C), 69.
No. s.—Smith (L), 101—Barker (C), fa—Royla
(L), 88—Parrott (C), 56.
No. 6.—May (C), 106—Condron (C), 104—Joule
(L), 87—Carr (L), 79.
HARWICH, Nov. 1.
Francis Hales, Esq. (L), 2 Mr• L. Cottin_gbam
(L), 242—Mr. RNabo ug (L), 155—Mr. James
CLOSE.i orrolE5hBPOL
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ohunrgs),
Liberals4e2rec
Mr.
J.Durrant (T), 135.
ted.
BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM.
Bickmore (L), 146—Mr.Th The first
• Fowling
The municipalele;etsitoenrsday foroay
the borough
stud,ugho ratherfNot-
tingham took place
unexpectedly, there was a contest in every ward.
The council, from which the mayor is elected, con-
sists of 46 members; namely, 14 aldermen, and 42
councillors. The 14 aldermen and 30 of the council-
lors are Whigs, and the remaining 12 Conservatives.
The result of the elections has been, as usual, in
favour of the Whigs, there being 10 Whigs and four
Conservatives returned; but an important victory has
been considered to be achieved by the Conseivadres
in the return of Mr. John Bowley (the nominator of
Mr. Walter at the last general election), and Mr. T.
H. Smith, the chairman of his committee, who now
have seats in the council-chamber as representatives
for Castle ward, in the place of Mr. Thomas Wake.
field and Mr. Richard Biddle, the former councillors.
The numbers at the close of the poll were, fur Mr.
Bowley, 334; Mr. T. H. Smith, 333. For Mr.
Biddle, 144 ; and Mr. Dickenson, 141. The contest
in Sherwood ward was very severe, and it is calculated
that the majority in favour of the Whigs did not ex-
ceed 20. Nothing worthy of particular notice
occurred in any other of the wards.

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the whole place was consumed. The property is not
insured.
`WHITTINGTON CLUB. —The half-yearly general
meeting of the members and patrons of this institution
was held at the London Tavern, Bisbopsgate-street,
yesterday evening. Mr. D. Jones in the chair. The
secretary read the report of the council, detailing the
operations of the association, by which it appeared that,
:Alice the general meeting in May last, 756 members had.
been proposed and elected, making a total of 2,956; of
this number, there were 476 at 215., and 1,610 at Is.
Gd.; 51 country members at ss. 6d„ 16 ditto at los, 6d.
The fire which occurred upon the premises in
Gresham-
street necessarily caused the suspension of the
the
estab-
lishment, but the council were happy to state that
loss was more than covered by the insuranc_es effected
ce
with the Plicenix and Lfgal and Commercial
offices.
be paid
1846. The amount will be paid
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from " C." 101. 12s. Gd. for tax
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delivered of three fine Ngcheilud9ren, who, with the mother,
are doing "as well as can be expected."—Cambrickie
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SATISFACTORY.— Wedonfesmda
Chronicle.