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20 ft, and tablets, under cover, 330 feet in length, and
qkiPrt, in height. The accommodation in the proposed
t6s ngle on the site of New Palace-yard, would be for
e Itues • and for mural monuments and tablets, under
',it'll, a su;face of wall 369 ft et in lere_ti., and 16 et in
thegbt• Thus the entire number of putt alum: nts that
hupailding and its quadrangles could accommodate
414,', be, in isolated monuments or statues, 270 ; and in
who monuments and tablets, about 400 ; or in the
Abis', 670 monuments of all kinds. In Westminster
4couielY, the number or monuments of all kinds, forming
erid efetton commenced (with a few exceptions) from the
_1? the thirteenth century, amounts to 357 ; of which
e table and other monuments, with figures in a re-
bent or or devotional attitude ; 15 are isolated statues
erect position ; 98 are mural monuments, with
teimtit?!llre for the most tart allegorical ; 122 are tablets
14:ttitscriptions only ; 20 are 'nuts ; 8 are brasses let
"tervement withd 31 consist of table monuments,
eler„Lan stones, sculpture either decomposed or
to such an extent as to be nearly obliterated."
vet'. e have all heard that the great Nelson, in leading,
ti is Ida resistless intrepidity, tine of his most mag-
txoe,nt and successful attacks on the enemy's fleet,
" A peerage—or a tomb in Westminster
ik "V. Mr. Barry repudiates this " longing after
to mortality" in sculptured marble, if the record is
nth his raised in our cathedrals. We have been amused
reasons for this discouragement of an ancient
aetice,
founded, we suspect, in part, on the caprices
oh,.,l3°lvii somewhat apocryphal taste in such matters ;
%lei on the pharisaical prudery of certain prelates
Parsons of the Established Church. Of St. Paul's,
us discourses :
heiein St. Paul's Cathedral, the number of monuments,
ofiet.uoollection of the last fifty years, amounts to 43,
tign,luo. 14 are isolated statues of the men they are de-
lete t° Commemorate ; 5 are historical reliefs ; 3 are
mod historical and partly allegorical ; and 21 consist
lee Yof allegory. Of this number, those which have
then„erected at the public expense amount to 36. From
hir °Ye statement of the existing monuments in St.
tare,Cathedcal and in Westminster Abbey, it may
the Q. inferred, that the accommodation afforded by
klsn. Palace of Westminster, for public monuments
whie`es Would suffice for ages to come ; and if the feeling
tlui" now very generally prevails in favour of the ex-
-Ire,.„?st.l of all monuments from places set apart for Divine
ta"ll3, which, from their character, are not calculated
kter,elte in the mind of the beholder emotions of piety
140,4evotion (in which number would be included,
tion: 20,0 in Westminster Abbey, and with two excep-
toe entire collection at St. Paul's Cathedral),
ofoald vi ultimately lead to their removal, the New Palace
Jerimight afford accommodation for those of
leri "de character, either in the open arcades, or in gal-
tien", to be provided above them in the proposed addi-
tat,tinadrangle, on the site of the New Palaceard.
iho he this removal and transfer of monum-yents
he dor should Hot ultimately take place, it might per-
It le' beWorthy the consideration of Parliament, whether
iht,,,Quid not be advisable, both for the sake of encoura.g-
taV' and evincing a renewed and grateful remem-
stikt "e of services rendered to their country, to. order
Ler
LLlell to be erected in the New Palace of Westmlniter,
" Public expense, to the memory of a certain num-
ter uf the most eminent of its public characters and be-
tertitetors of bygone times, in order that a collection of
lightureents, to the memory of all whom the country de-
tverB to honour, may be at once commenced, and be
after maintained and increased within the walls of
and the same public ediffce."
we
1)04 have lamented the apparent absence of all the
tell:3' of art from this gentleman's conceptions of a
Itt of decorative illustration for the New Palace
off, eStrninster. He first recommends the adoption
tea licit devices for portraiture in sculpture as we see
whb4ted to by the Bubbs and Bacons of bygone years,
el represent Britannia weeping over an unintelli-
dilhe ask of a decayed hero, on a sort of marble
110,,,,e°ver, and then very coolly, ex cathedra, de-
klirees that true poetry which ancient and modern
ip their
and painting have embodied or transferred
,Pith
most sublime productions :
tle,"_,ith respect to monuments which may hereafter be
pen:vo by Parliament to be erected at the public ex-
-44"; to the memory of not only those eminent men who
4,te. distinguished themselves in the civil and military
ko'nees of their country, but also of those who have pro-
klyttp, its honour and advantage in the cultivation and
ttatCluotnent of urt, science, and literature, no building
kpLO my opinion, with greater propriety or effect, be
te'',°Peiated for their reception than the Palace of the
t'slature, whose site is hallowed by the most interest •
4historical recollections connected with it from the
kik! ;emote periods. Such monuments might be ar-
k' 'led With considerable effect, both within the building,
4Well as in the New Quadrangle, which I have already
4gested as an addition to it, on the site of the New
tle,ce-yard ; and in order that due importance and
opt;"1° ' may be given to them, they should not, in my
ar;, be confined by, or form part of, the architectural
lehlut .oionent of the design of the interior; but should be
to t°llllY detached from the walls, and be restricted either
e statues of the men they are designed to comme-
likritte, or simply to mural monuments and tablets, with
ions
ses of the deceased in the form of busts or me-
with suitable inscriptions ; BUT ALL ALLEGORY,
Lts absurdities, should be carefully avoided."
334 Likenesses of the deceased or medallions :" Why
11'4, Cheap profiles, scissors cut, in black paper?
‘l;'‘ here is a wholesale exile pronounced against that
Aisegory in which, not to remount to antiquity, Michael
in
4.ubens
h.. 010
Kulpt.ure as well as painting, Raffaelle and
Lie Painting particularly, have left such terri-
,_ or beautiful, such rich or impressive, ex-
With this flippant condemnation by
iehr: Ilarry, let us contrast, for a conclusion to the pre-
Da"' article, the following eloquent passage from a
diddle
by the accomplished and gifted author of the
I:iiddle Ages" (Appendix, No. 8. Mr. Hallam s
etter)
4
the Would there not be something ridiculous in covering
4.1 I s of our Houses of Parliament with Cresar or
3c
us us ? that is, if we determine to exclude all
katreligion, or mythology, or poetry, or classical history,
tiht,
IKI offer, and at the same time are compelled to ex-
by the infelicity of recent times, which prefer
14,73' to picturesqueness, and choose what is convenient
),4,metaselves, rather than what would look well on a
ttusk. the most important events, and the most distin-
th. oed personages of our annals. In a larger view,.
twat 18, if we give full scope to the artist's genius, neither
ar for Caractacus need be set aside."
14:1id what does Mr. Gaily Knight—fresh from his
u'orable tour devoted; to the pictorial illustration
magnificent school of Ecclesiastical architecture
e,"btbe Continent--what does he propose among his
solutions ?" (Appendix, No. 9.)
th4,,:hat if allegorical figures should be :excluded from
it' nails and galleries of the Houses of Parliament, yet
t,toight not be improper that in the Queen's porch, the
ilea of the Sovereign should first be met by statues em-
6urtbutie of religion, justice, mercy, and fortitude.
, '
these extracts we shall close our notice of Mr.
—frs paper.

COURT CIRCULAR.
PriWINDSOE, TUESDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the
forn`'e of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken
the'Learriage airing this morning, accompanied by
3ger Lady Lyttelton.
4jßoyal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
Fe Castle in the forenoon from her residence,
r
t,?ginore Lodge, to see the Royal Family previous
Iheir departnre for Brighton.
I4he lion. Miss Dever eux, Maid of Honour to. the
„
bio-,ege, left the Castle yesterday. Colonel Drum-
rto gut Groom in Waiting, also left the Castle on a

beAt two o'clock this afternoon their Royal High-
,B.Bes the Prince of \Vales, Prince Alfred, and the
er,neess Alice, left the Castle, accompanied by the
th'e-wager Lady Lyttelton, in a carriage and four, for
.tile Slough station of the Great Western Railway.
t lion. Colonel Grey and Mrs. Brown followed in
aeAndance on the royal children, in another carriage
Ad
four.
t Slough a special train was in readiness, which
tal,s'veYed the illustrious party to the Paddington ter-
-,,"1181 where they arrived soon after three o'clock.
II„`ot: Prince cf Wales, Prince Alfred, and the
th,"riceas Alice, went from Paddington, accompanied
C',,the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, in a carriage and
Two other royal carriages and four followed,
Athe first containing the Hon. Colonel Grey and Mr.
rown.
tioll The royal party proceeded to the New Cross sta-
lk and left by a special train of the Brighton Rail-
ItY for the Pavilion at Brighton.

.11 The Hon. C. A. Murray, Master of the Household
as arrived. at Fenton's Hotel on his way to Brighton,
Deputations,
the royal family.
th".°Putations, consisting of Mr. J. Parker, M.P.,
airroan, and of Mr. Michael Ellison, Mr. Stevenson,
j
th'tall Mr. Tie on the part of the Sheffield and Man-
-I,4"ter Railway Company ; of Mr. Westhead, Chair-
of of the Birmingham and Manchester Company ;
4tl kr Aldam, M.P., on the part of the Huddersfield
Manchester Railway and Canal Company ; of
tor' Tie, Chairman, and Messrs. Shepard and Tyas,
iel.thrs of the Barnsley Junction Company ; and of
tht Gainsford, Mr. Fowler, and Mr. Humfrey, on
'Railway of the proposed Sheffield and Lincolnshire
in connexion with the Sheffield and Man-
dCompany. attended at the Board of Trade
8n y, and had a long interview with Mr. Laing;
b 'lr. O'Brien, the joint secretaries of the Railway
apartment.
,1 Afterwards, Mr. Parker, M.P., Mr.
;met, M.P., Mr. Westhead, Mr. Tie, Mr. Randall,
iwir• Ire, had an interview with the Earl of
ar„.uousie, at the office of the Board of Trade.
44-he accounts received in town of the health of
141%8 Peel continued unfavourable yesterday, both
p'ling and afternoon. The family of Sir Robert
,tetil at Drayton Manor, remained in the greatest
ath. °f uneasiness and anxiety respecting the state of
la Young lady.
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A . 11.8TERIOUS SUICIDE.—In this journal of yester-
-141)',. under the above bead, appeared an account of' a
sot nade committed by a young man, on board the Wa-
t"l/I.xli steam-boat, No. 7. The name of the unfort.u-
4te man is Henry Terry. His parents, with
ik P.? he' was residing, are in affluent circumstances,
41'4 live in. Clareftdon-square, Somers'-town, and not at
isoxtun IsTeNv-town, as incorrectly stated. The deceased
o,_twenty-fouy years of age, and had he lived, would
buortlY have come Ir4o the possession of considerable
croperty.