Architecture And Archæloogy.

Talton Church , near Ottery , South DCATIII , AVUS rc-opcned on the Sth ult . The edifice , haA-ing become ruinous , has been rebuilt , with the exception of the toAver , Avhich is a curious example of the Perpendicular style , there being seven or eig ht niches Avith saints and eA-angclists on the upper stage and stair turret . The old Avoodwork , as far as practicablehas been reconstructed in seating and roofs , and

, a small new aisle added , to compensate for the AVest galleries remoA'cd . Not the least interesting feature ofthe restoration is the rc-ercction of a third-pointed rood-screen . There are five painted windoAVS , memorials to the late rector and Mr . J . P . Mathew . There is a rich oak pulpit , also by Ship . The church is covered Avithload . Tho outlay is about £ 1 , 500 . The Bristol Times states that Mr . D . G . Rosettiis executin g-

for Llandff Cathedral an altar-piece , a triptych . In the centre compartment is the Virgin , with her new-born infant in the manger . A kneeling angel presents a kneeling king and a kneeling shepherd , a ring of angels looking on the manger from the outside . On the loft side is the youthful David preparing to fight Goliah ; on the right , Davdd in manhood , and a king , in the costume of a Mediawal knight ,

] ilaying his harp . The Avhole triptych measures about five feet high by nine feet long . Tho restoration of the edifice is progressing , and the dean and chapter haA-e resolved to purchase a powerful organ , at a cost of £ 900 . West RoAvnton Church , near Northallerton , Avhich possesses a fine Norman chancel arch and Norman doorwa 3 > -, has been restored under the superintendence of Mr . Pritchctt ,

architect , and AVUS re-opened by tho Dean of York . The intended cathedral , at Lille , France , has made but small progress ; a portion of the crypt has been completed , and an altar placed in one of tho recesses , Avherc Divine service is performed . The piers to support tho superstrncure are of brick , Avith stone quoins . AboA e a few of the clustered columns have been carried to the heiht of 10 ft

g . The large church of St . Maurice is undergoing a complete repair , executed Avith care , of the original decorative portion . The Museum is being impi-OA'ed , and a new gallery constructed for the modern pictures . Tho Wicar Museum of ancient drawings is Avell arranged , and consists of 1 / 135 numbers , all framed . The draAvings from the sketch-book of Michelangelo are the great feature of the collection .

They are in number 198 , and , being on both sides of tho leaA es , are framed between sheets of glass . There is an entirely autograph letter of Francis I ., addressed to Michelangelo , expressing his desire to possess some of his

sculptures . As his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has sent Mr . Bingham to photograph these draAvings , of such high interest to architects , it may bo hoped it is for the object of their being circulated among the profession . The Museum also possesses sixty-seven drawings by the divine Eaffaellc , some of the highest beauty . The tower ofthe Hotel de Villc , Brnssels , basbccnrestorcd

to the base , and all tho A'acant niches filled with statues . A scaffolding now encloses a portion of the eastern wing for a similar purpose . In consequence of tho abolition of tho octroi , all the gates have gcon taken away , and the ditch Avith the dwarf wall removed entirely Avhcre the ground is level to permit its being done . Excepting private houses there is nothing being done of architectural character , and these mostlbare of

arc y anything decorative . Another stained glass Avindow has been put up in the Abbey Church of Ramsey . It is the east Avindow of tho south-oast side chapel . The subject , the Epiphany , Avas chosen for it , because the birthday of the person in whose memory it is put up fell on that festival , January 6 . At tho bottom ofthe iviudow , in the glass , is this inscription : —To the of Godand the beloved

glory , memory of Elizabeth Painter , lvho was for 55 years a friend and servant in the family ofthe Hon . aud Rev . Gerald Noel . She died December 15 , 1850 . " The Avindoiv is given by Mrs . Noel and Miss Caroline Noel , Avith other members and friends ofthe family . The painted AvindoAv in the chancel of Shi pley church has just been completed bfilling the seven vacant lower

y up compartments . There tire now placed under fretted Gothic canopies liill-longtb figures of our Saviour , St . John St-Peter , St . James , St . Thomas , St . Andrew , St . James ' the Loss , and ( those IIOAV added ) St . Matthias , St . Simon St Philip , St . Paul , St . Bartholomew , St , Jude , and St . Barnabas

thcAvholc surmounted Avith tbefigures oftbefourEvangelists . Besides , nine smaller spaces are filled with scenes from our Lord's history , namely , the Annunciation , Nativity , Presentation in the Temple , Disputing Avith the Doctors , the Crucifixion , Entombment , Resurrection , and Ascension . There are in the smaller lights in the upper portion of the windoAV A'a-rious devices represented .

The largo Avhoel windoiv in the neAV church at Rugby has lately been filled with stained glass with subjects showing parables of our Saviour , A'iz ., the Good Samaritan , Good Shepherd , Prodigal Son , Labourers in the Vineyard , Lost Sheep , Marriage Feast , Dives and Lazarus ; as also Angelsbearing scrolls . Three AvindoAvs have just been fixed in Upton Church ,

Leamington Priors Avith the folloAving subjects : —one threelight Avindow , Christ Blessing Little '" Children , and the Actsof Charity in four subjects ; one two-light window , Raising the WidoAv ' s Son , Heating the Sick ; one single light , of the Ascension .

St . Mary ' s Church , Stamford , will bo re-opened next week , on the completion of the Avorks . The present restoration has been confined to the chancel , and consists of a IIGAV panelled roof , a handsome alabaster reredos , east AVUKIOAV , south Avindow , & o . Each AvincloAV will be filled with stained glass , by Mr . Wailos , of Newcastle . When the Rev . G . A . Poole described this church in September last , on the occasion of

tho visit of the Architectural Society , he said the chancel Avas of a style ( Decorated ) Avhich commenced in tho reign of Edward I ., an assertion that Avas not unanimously adopted by his hearers . But Avhatcver doubts ma ) 1 " then haA-e been entertained as to the date of this part of the church they Avere removed in preparing for the present restoration , the removal of the roof showing au ornament that A \ as introduced into the transitional Norman and Early English Avork , and Avhich Avas not adopted by tho fourteenth centuryarchitects .

The new Congregational Church , at Ealing , a pretty village in Middlesex , was opened on Wednesday last , Avhen special opening services took place . Both in the morning and evening the audiences lvcre numerous , and much satisfaction Avas expressed by all at the neat and elegant appearance of the structure . The old Congregational Church , situated in the Grove , Ealing , which provided accommodation for only

300 persons , being found far too small for a rapidly increasing congregation , it Avas resolved some time ago to build a larger and more commodious chapel . Steps Avere immediately taken to carry out the object , and contributions flowed in freely from the members of the congregation and their friends . The foundation-stone of the new chapel , Avhich is situated onEaling-green , AVAS laid by the Right Hon . Lord

Mayor Wire , on the 3 rd of November , 1859 . The old chapel in the Grove , Avhich the new building replaces , has been sold , and it is to become a district school , the proceeds of tho sale being added to the voluntary subscription fund of the new placo of Avorship . The IIOAV chapel , Avhich has a Gothic character , is seated to accommodate seven hundred persons . Free sittings arc provided for two hundred people . All tho pcAvsaro open ones , arc oft . wide , and are so arranged as to

provide for each Avorshipper , sitting-room , 20 in . in length , The front entrance is composed of three doors , Avhich load to a large lobby , in Avhich arc the staircases leading to tho galleries . The front of the structure is made of ragstono Avith Bath stono dressings . The interior of the building is so constructed as to give the idea of there being present , three roofs , Tho centre roof , Avhich is au ornamented open

timber ono , is carried upon columns of cast-iron , connected by iron ribs or arches . The side and cud galleries are carried upon iron girders with open iron panels . Tho front Avindow overlooking the green , is A'cry chaste and elegantly decorated . The side windows are plain lancets of cast-iron , but thcAvindoAV at the cast end of the structure is a circular one , highly ornamented b y stained glass . The pulpit is a

pedestal one , having an entrance from a lecture-room by a flight of stairs . In the gallery at the Avcst end of the buildingis one of Evan ' s patent English harmoniums . Tho chapel , Avhich is 75 ft . long , 40 ft . Avide , and 4-21 ' t . from the floor to the centre roof , is Avarmcd by a hot-air apparatus of a simple , yet very effective character , and is lighted chiefly by a centre corona . Immediately adjoining the east end of the building is a large room , 4-Oft ' . bv 20 ft ., which is intended