The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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period of Dante's existene,.

course, greatly iil7.
position
nthstonlhaetwnhoamt sacimeevedelboyllEghil;gloaind. After alluding
to the peculiar tenderness and sublimity of Dante's poetry,
mrtiewarly as they are evinced in the " Diving Comedic,"
-several instances of which he illustrated by characteristic
quotations, which he read with much delicacy and beauty,
he concluded by thanking the audience for the courteous
attention with which they had listened to him, and inti-
mated that, with a view to obviate any clashing of interests
- a concert to be given on Monday (last night), his
second lecture would not be delivered till Thursday
evening.

PROGRESS AT THE
_PALACE.

CRYSTAL

progress is being,. made in the interior fittings of
WithoGßElru courts an in the formation of the grounds
ut The Pompeian Court is the most advanced, the
g to a considerable extent corn-
coloured decorations being
pleted. The Egyptian Court has also taken shape ; so
less
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the
et ;Pbeouptle
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have already seen than '-
former and some other portions. The
eeik
from antique statues will nevertheless render this a very
attractive point in the exhibition. The shell for the corri-
dors and doorways forming the Byzantine, Italia-Medix-
val, Gothic, and Renaissance Courts is being rapidly con-
structed ; and in the gallery above is a marvellous collec-
tion of casts from all parts of the Iworld, destined to occupy
4elei:irtsees:f hgxe;ad. while of
‘ past
the floor and walls of the apartments thus being prepared
for them. Amongst the casts
varia," from Munich, and the legs of the sitting Memnon
King Charles
tiieo
now in progress, strike the visitor
the Pompeian ourt the equestrian__
name " Char mg-cross" t part
has already given the pip_in
it
h stands. It is impossible to
of the building in which
F. of the extraordinary, t coneeP—on 'nary whole which
form a ins in
ce , present, when the numerous ideas
the Crystal Pain towards fulfilment are realised and o
li working
pened
now a tion of the world.
to the .inspection
In the grounds an immense amount of work has been
done; terraces levelled and formed : here the earth cut
down, and there again brought up to a height of 18 or 20
feet, in thin laye remade solid by continuous ramming,
Flights of granite sps from 40 to 50 feet wide ; thousands
of feet of stone balustradm. g on strong brick substructions
to keep back the ground; and-itone arcades to contain
dolphin-fountains,—are all nearly completed. Upon the
pedestals of the steps and balustrades—the architecture of
which, by the way, might be better—are sphinxes and
statues ; ' Italy" by Monti ; " Australia," by Bell, with
kangaroo by her side and golden nugget in her hand ; and
a series of copies from the antique by Bernini, includinE
the distorted Farnese Hercules,
.ZEsculapius, and Mercury
The first two clever statues are cast in cement merely. I
is worth noticing the large sizes of the granite bloc s f,
steps—many of them 12 feet in length.

!ction of ca&t

The preparations for the water-works are on a colossal
scale. Four pipes, two feet nine inches in diameter, are
being laid down for two cascades, which will run along a
large extent of ground, and at the end fall over and pass
the face of an arcade 200 feet long, where visitors will
walk. The extent of water from end to end

The great basins are 360 feet across, with a high ;A+
in each. In the whole there will be ten great f
For these it was thought desirable to obtain fr,_,
and a competition was accordingly invited on a very
factory footing. Ten architects and sculptors, some foreign,
; -
some English, were selected to give designs, and the sum
of £lOO was paid to each. Amongst them are John Bell
Hector Horeau, Owen Jones, Fist?, (of Berlin), John
Thomas, D. Wyatt, &c. The designs, about 100
ber, have just now been sent in.

ideas

The last project in connectionwith this immense under-
taking is a.series of hotels designed by Joseph Paxton,
t to
-1
character to he
mainbe e
inar
character
with the
rebeuted
ildiiinig i Olointhane dLognlrosn, ssiiniLde, and i
Crystal Palace by glass ways Passing over the public road.
These, it is proposed, which are to be of first, second, and
third class, each containing about 100 rooms, and supply-
ing refreshments at costs suited to the means of the various
orders of visitors, are to be carried out by a separate com-
pany.