The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-20 00:00:00

THE JUNIOR A7HENIEUM CLUB.

Pall-mall and St. James's-st reet have been hitherto
rile favourite haunt of clubs—those modern neces-
ides of society. But Piccadilly bids fair to rival
both of them. When Cambridge House was vacated
After the death of Lord Palmerston, it was almost
immediately occupied by the Naval and Military
Club. The Diplomatic Club has now taken a man-
don a few doors further to the westward ; and on
Monday the Junior Athenaeum Club took up its
:tome in the magnificent house until lately occu-
pied by Mrs. Henry Hope. Every one who knows
London knows that noble mansion of cat stone
and polished granite at the corner 'of Down-street
,nd Piccadilly, on which Mr. Donaldson lavished

his skill as architect. The interior was chiefly the
work of M. Dusillion, a French architect of re-
pute ; but both of the gentlemen evidently worked
in the same spirit, and between them they designed
a house, which has few equals of its size in London.
Facing the Green-park the front windows command
splendid view, and from the upper floors, on a
clear day, it is possible to make out the Grand Stand
at Epsom. This mansion became vacant when the
Junior Athenaeum Club, consisting of " members
of both Houses of Parliament, members of the uni-
versities, fellows of the learned and scientific socie-
ties, and gentlemen connected with literature,
science, and art," founded in 1864, and opened in
a temporary house in King-street, St. James's,
wanted a more permanent local habitation. Such
an opportunity was not to be lost, and the
Juior Athenaeum became the proprietors for a
term of sixty years, of a house which could
hardly have suited their purpose better if it had
been specially designed for their use. Some alte-
rations, however, were necessary, and Mr. Edward
Roberts, F.S.A., was entrusted by the committee
with the superintendence of the requisite changes.
Under his direction a new porch has, after some
opposition from the Metropolitan Board of Works,
been thrown out to the line of the railings inDown-
street. The staircase is wide, and bounded on the
side by balusters in bronze and goad, the handrail
being of variegated marble. At the top a partitifil
of good stained glass, from the firm of Laurent'
Gsell, shuts in the lobby, which is spacious and lofty.
the grand staircase curves to the first floor, the
balusters being of gilt bronze, and the handrail of
crimson velvet. Tablets of marble and other

coloured stone adorn the walls, and guilding is used
profusely but with perfect taste on the pannelling
of the staircase. Ou the left of the lobby is a 3
apartment wainscoted with oak, and having a fine
mantelpiece of variegated stone, in waich a clock of
blue enamel and gold marks the time. This will be
A private dining room when. a member of the club
wishes to receive his friends, but it will be used at
other times as a waiting room. On the other side
of the lobby is the visitors' dining room, and coin'
Inunicating therewith is the general salle a manger'
On the first floor the library, looking on Down'
street, is a magnificent apartment. The walls are
covered with paper in crimson flock almost hidden
by the wealth of gold encircling the monogram of
the Hope family. The ceiling is beautifully painted
with Cupids floating under a sky of Italian blue.
Next to this are the morning and reading rooms
en suite. The door connecting the library with the
morning room is a marvel of combinations of dark
fancy woods; and in the reading rooms panels of
coloured stone are a regular study for a mineralo-
gist. The ceiling of this room is painted in the
same style as that of the library, and with equal
care and effect. The "depth" of the atm9o'
phere has been well caught by the artist, wii°'
himself forgotten, has here produced a work that
would deserve to live. On the second floor is thB
smoking-room, as yet unfinished. Three small
rooms have been thrown into one, which is lit frau
a cleerestory moulded in carton pierce, and two saw'
lyarners will at once give light at night, and secure
ample ventilation. On the same floor is the amok'
hag billiard-room, furnished with one of Burrough°
and Watts's best tables, and with plenty of light
and space. Next is the billiard-room for Will:
smokers, and both of these salles are papered with

a new material, virtually paper mache,
em-
bossed with the owl amphora and AOE —taker/
from the reverse of the Athenian tetradracho
—which are the emblem and motto of the club,
and are used on its plate, linen, and glas.s'
Lavatories, or dressing-rooms, are provided 011
each floor, and on the upper floor are very comfort-
able rooms for the servants. The kitchens, whicil
are spacious, well-lit, and well ventilated, are fitted
with every contrivance that a chef could possibly re•
quire, and the larders are both roomy and cool. itl
every respect the Junior Athenaeum Club is to 13e
envied the possession of such a house, and the gieli3;
bers on making it their home on Monday, follo"
that Mr. George R. Wright, F.S.A., their secretary
and librarian, who was at once the originator ati,
organiser of the club, had spared no pains to anticl;
pate their utmost wishes. Among the many De
clubs of London the Junior Athenmum will hold itva
own if only because it has such a secretary an
such a club-house, while it has the decided advan-
tage of being the club which is nearest to Rotten
-
row. Probably it will not enjoy this advantage
..,
long, for the mansions of Western Piccadilly see'e
destined to be one and all transformed into thclj
palaces of bachelors and refuges of Benedicks whic
were hardly known to society 60 years ago.

CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Ct
tar resumed the adjourned inquest, at the Crayford Arei:r
Crayford, on the body of a child that had been found rie'd,
Dartford Heath. The infant had evidently been murder° a
having sustained a fracture of the skull, while a tape /I ,
also been tied tight round its neck. The jury follo'r
verdict of "Wilful murder against some person or Pe

sons unknown.
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y of a young man was
yesterday morning in a ditch in Crab Tree ManorvOli
Erith Marshes. His brains were blown out, and a Pill
was found lying near him. On him were found a gv(ciio
watch, a cameo pin, and a purse containing money. r.
collar was marked with the name of "L. Loorch." Y-1,1
Carttar opened an inquest on the body in the afternoooo
the Ship, Erith, and after hearing evidence to the al)t)
effect adjourned the inquiry. yes'
COURT-MARTIAL.—A court-martial was held
torday on board the Victory, at Portsmouth, for the ir.g,
of Thomas Robinson, a private of Royal Marines. 101°Pof
ing to her Majesty's ship Minotaur, on the chargesocl
having absented himself from the ship without 100%,
with having appropriated moneys of the ship to his
ti
use. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment 6"
naval prison at Lewes.

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