Architecture And Archæloogy.

is connected ivith the same by the opening of the arch . The upper , or belfry stage , has been raised ; and in ifc are four trdceried windows surmounted by gables , from the intersection of which rises a plain slated spire to the height of 100 ft . from tho ground . The windows throughout the church are filled with tracery ; and those in the clerestory are elevated by means of dormer gables , so as to appear

externally over the ridge of the aisles roofs . These , with all the gables , are surmounted by crosses , of which , in stone and metal , there are upwards of twenty in number . The body of the church is filled with open benches ; and in the chancel there is an organ recess , and seats and desks for the choir . The pulpit is of stone , and the prayer-desk and lectern of ierced and twisted ironwork

p , St . Clement ' s Church , Ipswich , has been re-opened , after being enlarged and restored . The works were commenced in April , ancl include a new chancel and vestry ; the site of fche old vestry being now part of the church . These alterations , with a rearrangement of some of the old pews , give about 200 sittings . The roof ' s of the nave and aisles , which were much out of repair , some ofthe principal timbers being

quite decayed , have been reconstructed and covered ivith slates instead of the old lead . The walls of the clerestory have been refaced wifch flinfcwork , and the old patterns of stone tracery over the surface restored ; the stonework and glazing of the windows ( twelve on each side ) being new . The seats in the chancel are formed in open benches of oak , with tracery and poppy-heads ; the altar-rail is oak , carved . The ceiling is boarded , and the roof constructed with solid

arched principals of timber , resting on moulded corbels , fche timber and boarding being stained and varnished . The east window , of five lights , is filled with stained glass , and below ifc is a now stone reredos . The new Roman Catholic Church of Holy Cross , situated afc the junction of Sfcandish-strcefc with Great ; Crosshallstreefc , Liverpool , has been opened for divine service . The

edifice forms part of a pile of buildings erected from designs by Mr . Pugin , architect . They consist of a church , capable of accommodating about 800 persons , ancl a presbytery , & c , affording accommodation for a numerous community of the priesthood . At present the only noticeable portion of the exterior of the church is the western front , ivhich is in the Gothic style . The general design consists of a rose window

set in revelie 5 feet deep , the sili terminating in a cornice , beneath which are four windows with lancet-headed lights , these being partly intersected by the double gables ivhich cover tho two principal entrances . These details are bounded by two buttresses , which rise to ihe height of 60 feet , and divide the frontinto three compartments , indicating the positions of the nave and aisles . The apex of the main

western gable is surmounted by an open bell-turret of stone , about 4-5 feet- in height . The ecclesiastical style of the church merges into tlie domestic architecture of fche presbyter }' , though both arc brought out iu the same line . The interior of the church consists afc present only of nave , north and south aisles , and small chancel , the latter in reality being part ofthe nave ; but it is intended , we believe , to add . either a chancel with tho aisles or a chancel and

transept , making the building cruciform . The confessionals are recessed into the thickness of fche south aisle wall instead of protruding into tho body ofthe church . The nave is 102 feet long , 70 feet high , about ; 30 feet wide , and is separated from the -aisles by six Gothic arches on either side , resting upon columns of polished Drogheda marble , wifch foliated capitals , sculptured in Caen stone , each capital

being of a different design . Tbe church is li ghted principally by the clerestory windows , of which there are six on each side .- they are Gothic , of four lights , wifch eusped tracery . Metal coronas of gaslights , are suspended from the apex of each of the nave arches . The church is fitted throughout with benches formed of ornamental standards of cast-iron , with polished pitch-pine seats and kneeling

boards . The altars are but temporary erections . The reredos is surmounted by a canopy and tabernacle work in Caen stone , polished red marble , and Derbyshire alabaster . The presbytery is entered from the church both at the eastern ancl western ends , and comprises a refectory , & c , on the basment ; a library , parlour , and reception-room on the first floor ; and numerous bedrooms , together with a cloister , on each floor .

The Roman Catholic Church of Penrith , dedicated to St . Catherine , has recently been enlarged . The dimensions oi the church , as erected in 1850 , were IS feet b y 40 fcefc . In 1800 the dimensions were more than doubled—the nave gaining an addition of 30 feet , with the apse , and the north and south transepts being 15 feefc by 20 feet . The style of this latter addition is the Early English , besides the main

altar enclosed by a screen within the apse . The south transept , forms a "chapel of the Blessed Virgin ; " and the north , a " chape ! of St . Joseph . " Above the main altar there is a triangular window fitted with Cherubim . The two windows have two lights each in tho north aud south side of the apse , containing monograms of the four Evangelists , and ' arc filled up afc their heads with emblems of the Agnus JJei

and the Pelican . The two-light windows above the " altar of the Blessed Virgin " in the south transept contain , one a figure of our Saviour , aud the other that of Mary Magdalene . Between these lights is a figure of the Virgin , executed and painted by artists in Munich . Tho stained glass above the "altar of St , Joseph" is plain , bearing monograms of Joseph ancl our Lord . Between these lights

is a figure of Joseph . The three light windows in the south transept contain seven passages of the history of our Lord . Above the screen is a large crucifix , and figures of the Virgin and St . John . The forty panels of the ceiling are filled with emblematical figures and monograms and inscriptions of our Lord , the Virgin Mary , the Apostles , Mary Magdalene , and of St . Catherine , the patroness .

The first stone has been laid of new schools about to be erected in connection with St . John ' s Church , Moulshr . m . at acostof £ ' 1500 . The building will standimmcdiatcly contiguous to Moulsham church , with an elevation towards Moulshamstreefc . Ifc ivill include a boys' school , SRfifc . 6 in , long by 16 ft . wide ; a girls' school , 33 ft . 6 in . long by 18 ft . wide ; -and an infant school 34 ft . long by 17 ft . wide , oacli room being

12 ft . high to tho plate . The entrance fco tho boys' school is by a porch , with hat-room attached on the south cide ; that to the girls' school , which has also porch and bonnetroom , being on the north side . The interiors of the schoolrooms are to be faced throughout ; with white brick with , bands and patterns in red brick . The roofs arc open timbered and boarded , and in the centre of tho boys' school

rises a bell-turret , which also serves . the purpose of ventilation . The boys' school is the principal elevation towardsthe street—two , three-light- pointed windows , with double gable over , ancl the bell-turret ; rising between , forming tho chief feature . The exterior is to be faced with yellow bricks , wiih bands and ornamental patterns in red and black bricks , and the roofs will be slated with blue and red

Bangor slates in alternate bands . The gigantic dock at Birkenhead is approaching completion , and it is expected that the water will be let into it in fclie course of a fortnight ' s time . The total water space of the Great Float is 110 acres , and the lineal space rotmcT it is upwards of four miles . The depth of water will bo about nine feet below the old dock sill at Liverpool—amply sufficient for the requirements of the largest vessels .

AXCIIXT COIN FOKGETSS . —The increasing t . istc for archaiologica' pursuits has sharpened the ingenuity of those knaves who prepare antiquities for tlie unwary collector . Two forgers are in the field with cleverly executed coins , struck from dies engraved on purpose , and they realise some times large sums at the expense even of the numismatics , ivlio are thrown off their guard by tho devices of these swindlers . At the present moment , there are persons travelling

the country in all directions , v . -itli small parcels of Greek and Horn an coins , cliieily genuine , among ivhich they introduce a very few rare specimens , and call upon collectors , ori ' ering fche entire lots for sale . They generally succeed by this artifice in realising a pretty good sum for a worthless hatch of coins . FJGTJKS PiiODrcrn BY . SOUXD . —If a drinking-gfass , or a funnel of about three inches diameter at the edge , he filled with

water , alcohol , or ether , ancl a strong note he made by drawing a violin-how on the glass , a sound-figure will he formed on the surface ofthe liquid , consisting of nothing lint drops of liquid . If the vessel gives the fundamental note , the figure forms a four-rayed star , the ends of which extend to the four nodal points ; but if the note which the vessel gives he the second higher , the star will lie sixrayed ; and if the vessel g ives stili higher tones , other more numerou ? ly rayed stars are produced . — Poggendorfs Annalem .