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Our Aeghitectijeal Chapter.
Geological Society ' s Museum , and numerous tamed without any yearly grant . A good example is worth very much , and were the conservation of public monuments duly attended to , the public spirit fp he kept alive . Were it hot for the influence of example we should not have such restorations as tliose of the cathedrals , the Temple , the Savoy Chapel , Guildhall crypt , and the many edifices which have been of late
years restored to beauty . The great architectural event of the day is the opening of the Covent Garden Opera House , we cannot say completion , for though the interior is inaugurated with c ; The Huguenots , " the portico even is unfinished , and much remaihs to be done , Mr , E . M . Barry has , however ^ accomplished
the feat he promised , of opening the house in May , so that the proprietors will have the opportunity of profiting by a very fair opera season . This work will ^ public , for though he has already inherited a large ^ s bnilding of this class to identify the son of Sir Charles Barry as a worthy
successor . - The Goyent Garden theatre will engage our attention for some time . UV ^ e ih a ^ elegant proportions , and as remarkable for its internal struc ^ ^^ ments as for its artistic character . Them m enlightened bhilder and the touch of ^ artist . The car e shown for te sculpture of Flaxm for we
honour to Mr . Barry ^ are sorry to say too many architects are destructives , and ^ prompted by their vanity , efface every vestige of an old building which falls under their power . There is the spirit of the true artist in the conduct of Mr . Barry , and likewise in the judicious treatment of the reliefs , for by colouring the background he has shown the figures to greater advantage .
The success of Mr . Barry has been such , that the regret that Brother Albano was not employed will be diminished ; and yet the friends of the latter cannot but regret his disappointments , first in the destruction of a monument in the reconstruction of which he had displayed great taste and skill ; and secondly , that he was not employed in rebuilding the theatre on which he had accprired a natural claim . Such are among the misfortunes of artists , The public knows nothing of them , and its plaudits of the victor add to the disappointment of the vanquished . The fire near the British Museum , fraught as it was with death to so
many of the inmates , will not , it is hoped , be without permanent good . The * coroner and jury very judiciously called in Bro . Thomas Marsh Nelson , an architect of talent and reputation , and a man of high attainments ; and he lias made a report which embraces the whole subject of fire police , and building regulations . Having well considered the
subject , and having a practical acquaintance with it , he has pointed out the defects , and laid down good grounds for the amendment of the several building acts . He shows that the fire brigade is insufficient in strength and casual in organization , being dependent on the contributions of the fire insurance companies , while the parish engines and ladders are utterly inefficient . He calls , therefore , for the reorganization of the whole fire
establishment , for better means of co-operating with the police , and for the provision of telegraph wires . Bro . Nelson has laboured for some time at this measure of fire police , and we should he very glad if his administrative talents could be made available in the reorganization ,
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Our Aeghitectijeal Chapter.
Geological Society ' s Museum , and numerous tamed without any yearly grant . A good example is worth very much , and were the conservation of public monuments duly attended to , the public spirit fp he kept alive . Were it hot for the influence of example we should not have such restorations as tliose of the cathedrals , the Temple , the Savoy Chapel , Guildhall crypt , and the many edifices which have been of late
years restored to beauty . The great architectural event of the day is the opening of the Covent Garden Opera House , we cannot say completion , for though the interior is inaugurated with c ; The Huguenots , " the portico even is unfinished , and much remaihs to be done , Mr , E . M . Barry has , however ^ accomplished
the feat he promised , of opening the house in May , so that the proprietors will have the opportunity of profiting by a very fair opera season . This work will ^ public , for though he has already inherited a large ^ s bnilding of this class to identify the son of Sir Charles Barry as a worthy
successor . - The Goyent Garden theatre will engage our attention for some time . UV ^ e ih a ^ elegant proportions , and as remarkable for its internal struc ^ ^^ ments as for its artistic character . Them m enlightened bhilder and the touch of ^ artist . The car e shown for te sculpture of Flaxm for we
honour to Mr . Barry ^ are sorry to say too many architects are destructives , and ^ prompted by their vanity , efface every vestige of an old building which falls under their power . There is the spirit of the true artist in the conduct of Mr . Barry , and likewise in the judicious treatment of the reliefs , for by colouring the background he has shown the figures to greater advantage .
The success of Mr . Barry has been such , that the regret that Brother Albano was not employed will be diminished ; and yet the friends of the latter cannot but regret his disappointments , first in the destruction of a monument in the reconstruction of which he had displayed great taste and skill ; and secondly , that he was not employed in rebuilding the theatre on which he had accprired a natural claim . Such are among the misfortunes of artists , The public knows nothing of them , and its plaudits of the victor add to the disappointment of the vanquished . The fire near the British Museum , fraught as it was with death to so
many of the inmates , will not , it is hoped , be without permanent good . The * coroner and jury very judiciously called in Bro . Thomas Marsh Nelson , an architect of talent and reputation , and a man of high attainments ; and he lias made a report which embraces the whole subject of fire police , and building regulations . Having well considered the
subject , and having a practical acquaintance with it , he has pointed out the defects , and laid down good grounds for the amendment of the several building acts . He shows that the fire brigade is insufficient in strength and casual in organization , being dependent on the contributions of the fire insurance companies , while the parish engines and ladders are utterly inefficient . He calls , therefore , for the reorganization of the whole fire
establishment , for better means of co-operating with the police , and for the provision of telegraph wires . Bro . Nelson has laboured for some time at this measure of fire police , and we should he very glad if his administrative talents could be made available in the reorganization ,