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

THE JUNIOR A7HEN2EUIII CLU.B.

Pall-malland St. James's-street havebeen hitherto
,e favourite haunt of clubs—those modern neces-

ities of society. But Piccadilly bids fair'to rival
-.)0t11 of them. When Cambridge House was vacated
ifter the death of Lord Pa!merston, it was almost
imedi.ltely occupied by the Naval and Military
Club. The Diplomatic Club has now taken a man-
,ion a few doors further to the westward ; and ou
llonday the Junior Athenaeum Club took up its
some in the magnificent house until lately occu-
'ied 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
nis 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
in opportunity was not to be lost, and the
Juior Athenaeum became the proprietors for a
term of sixty years, of a house which could
nardly have suited their purpose better if it had
)een 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 somo
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 gold, the handrail
being of variegated marble. At the top a partiti
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 hut with perfect taste on the pannelling
of the staircase. On the left of the lobby is an
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 com-
municating 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 th©
same style as that of the library, and with equal
care and effect. The "depth" of the atmos-
phere has been well caught by the artist, who,
himself forgotten, has here produced a work that
would deserve to live. On the second floor is the
smoking-room, as yet unfinished. Three small
rooms have been thrown into one, which is lit front
a cleerestory moulded in carton pierre, and two sun-
barners will at once give light at night, and secure
ample ventilation. On the same floor is the smok-
ing billiard-room, furnished with one of Burroughs
and Watts's best tables, and with plenty of light
and space. Next is the billiard-room for non-
smokers, and both of these salles are papered with
a new material, virtually paper mache, em-
bossed with the owl amphora and AOE —takes
from the reverse of the Athenian tetradrachro

—which are the emblem and motto of the club,
and are used on its plate, linen, and glase•
Lavatories, or dressing-rooms, are provided on
each floor, and on the upper floor are very comfort-
able rooms for the servants. The kitchens, which
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. la
every respect the Junior Athena= Club is to be
envied the possession of such a house, and the mem-
bers on making it their home on Monday, found
that Mr. George R. Wright, F.S.A., their secretary
and librarian, who was at once the originator and
organiser of the club, had spared no pains to antici-
pate their utmost wishes. Among the many nevi
clubs of London the Junior Athenaeum will hold itB
own if only because it has such a secretary and
such a club-house, while it has the decided advan'
tare of being the club which is nearest to Rotten'
row. Probably it will not enjoy this advantago
long, for the mansions of Western Piccadilly seem
destined to be one and all transformed into these
palaces of bachelors and refuges of Benedicks which
were hardly known to society 60 years ago.

CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Car'
tar resumed the adjourned inquest, at the Crayford Arius'
Crayford, on the body of a child that had been found near
Dartford Heath. The infant had evidently been murdered,
having sustained a fracture of the skull, while a tape had
also been tied tight round its neck. The jury found e
verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or per-
sons unknown.
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SUICIDE.—The body of kyoung man was foul-
yesterday morning in a ditch in Crab Tree Manorsvait
Erith Marshes. His brains were blown out, and a pintl
was found lying near him. On him were found a go-,g
watch, a cameo pin, and a purse containing money. Ow
collar was marked with the name of "L. Loerch." 3r.
Carttar opened an inquest on the body in the afternoon st
the Ship, Erith, and after hearing evidence to the abo
effect adjourned the inquiry.
COURT-MARTIAL—A court-martial was held yer
terday on board the Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial
of Thomas Robinson, a private of Royal Marines, belong
of
ing to her Majesty's ship Minotaur, on the charges a
having absented himself from the ship without leave, and
with having appropriated moneys of the ship to his 04-
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naval prison at Lewes.
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