The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-17 00:00:00

DALIKEI

The quantity ni
prices as under :

Wheat.
First Ms Od
Second
Third

TRURO.—Wheat (average) 2ls. 118.—Oats, Ps.6(l.
Hatirroir—Wheat, 21s. Id.—Barley, 11s. 4d.
21s. to 21s.—Barley, 10s. to 12s.—Oats,
888 T. 'otsu.4"Li—Wheat'
LBoAnu (average) 245. Od.—Barley, 14a.—Oats, Os. Od.
mrsrirsrWorth—eaWt heat (average) 14s.6d.—Barley, Bs. Od.—Oats,
pd.—Beef, 6d.—Mutton,' sd.
LiaKßAßD—Wheat. 203.3 d. to 244.—BarIey, 13s.6d.—Oats, 10s.
to 118. Od.
Sr. COLUMB—Wheat, 228. to 266.—Barley, —s. to 12s.—Beef,
and Mutton, 6d. to 601.—Veal and Lamb, Od
.4t 235. to .271.—Barley, Ifs. to 16s.—Oats,
lls. to —s. Od.—Beef
Butter, Ild. per lb. and Mutton, 4(1. to 6d.—Pork, 4d. to bd.—

QuantityMlNlNG 1 NTELLIGNCE. Tons. Cwt.
nf f',-,
-- —PPer Ore sold at Redrutkliat Thursday 2,931 0
Average Product 6yi 0
Quantity of fine Copper 902 12
Amount of Sale. 11.6441.25. 6d.—.Averaan Standard. 1161. I* Od.

CLUB-HOUSES IN ST. JAMES'S STREET•

We had lately an opportunity of inspect-
ing the new Club-houses in St. James's-street,
namely, Crockford's and Arthur's, both of which
are in a state or considerable forwardness.

The exterior of Crockford's is an imposing
structure ; and if the details be not all we could
wish, the general effect is broad and simple.—
The substituting a massive balustrade parapet to
the area wall, for the usual iron palisades, must
be regarded as a great improvement in street ar-
chitecture. It is, however, but just to say, that
Mr. Soane set the example at Whitehall. Much
as we approve of the tout ensemble, we cannot
help thinking, that as the building is surmount-
ed by a balustrade, the interstices of the parapet
at the base would have formed a variety if filled
with boldly wrought iron-work ; and that any-
thing would have been better than the apertures
which disfigure the ground story—such windows
have not even the plea of " ancient usage" to
sanction their introduction. With these ex-
ceptions, we consider the front to be of superior
order.

The interior is said to be the production of
two architects, the brothers Benjamin and Philip
Wyatt, we could almost venture, in passing
through the rooms, to apportion to each his due
meed of praise or reprehension.
The entrance-hall, at the end of which stands
a staircase of ordinary dimensions, but of very
i extra-ordinary parts, s cased with black and
white Scagliola. Turning to the right, you enter
the Coffee-room, finished in a common-place
manner. Opposite to this room, and on the
south side of the hall, is the Library, fitted up
in a very classical style, with Sienna columns
and anti; of the lonic order, taken from the
temple of Minerva Polias : this room has two
fire-places with black and gold marble chimney-
pieces, and occupies two-fifths of the whole
length of the building. Here we should say a
pure taste had been exercised throughout, but
for the circular flowers in the
there, we suppose, to receive chandeliers, which
seem to have strayed from Baker-street, or some
other street in Marylebone. Behind the Library
is the Dining-room—a common sort of apart-
ment, corresponding with the Coffee-room. .

We now come to the principal stairs, winding .
round three sides of the area—the walls panelled
with Scagliola of various colours and tints. The
mouldings forming the panels are, to our unini-
tiated eye, infinitely too large, and produce an
appearance of clumsiness ill-agreeing with the
exuberantly decorated ceiling and lantern-light.
The landing is sustained by Corinthian columns,
over which—on a balustrade with Scagliola pe-
destals and balusters, and a marble capping, or
hand-rail—is placed another tier of Corinthian
columns, supporting a grotesque cornice, ela-
borately enriched and gilt. Above this cornice
is the eliptical, coved lantern-light, glazed with
painted glass of very miserable execution. The
railing on the steps is formed of brass foliage, of
exquisite design and workmanship. These splen-
did stairs conduct you to the Drawing-room, or
evening suite, consisting of four chambers ; the
first, an Ante-room (over the Coffee-room),
opening to a saloon, embellished to a degree,
almost beyond description ; thence, to a small
curiously formed Cabinet, or Boudoir, which
oinpge_nr againm .) t
Aou the Supper-room
these
ese rooms
are
(overpai
le ltehde
nD i n-
the
fanciful, gorgeous, and frequently absurd styles
which prevailed in France during the reigns of
Louis XIV. and Louis XV.
The ceilings are divided into so many oddly
fashioned panels and sinkings, and so richly gilt,
that it is next to impossible to convey by writing
an idea of their forms or magnificence. In
splendour and variety, the walls are not inferior
to the ceilings; the whole surface being resolved
into curiously shaped panels, to be filled either
with looking-glass, silk, or gold enrichments.
A Billiard-room, on the upper floor, we believe,
completes the number of apartments within this
singular building.
Looking at the character and variety of the
ornaments, we should come to the conclusion,
that every one of the French palaces had been
resorted to for the decorations displayed in this
house. On the whole, we think it a work of
considerable merit, and certainly a great novelty
in London. How far such meretricious env
bellishments will suit the English taste, is not
for us to determine : and after all, though. it
comes to be considered under our scientific head,
of Architecture, as one of the Improvements of
London, its use is too notorious to merit any
strict remarks as a creditable work of art, espe-
cially in the interior arrangements.
With regard to Arthur's, we should say, that
for the purposes of a Club-house, there is in
all probability sufficient accommodation ; but
that the architecture is not of an order to bring
it within the pale of criticism.—Literary
Gazelle.