Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . This Society ' s Exhibition in the gallery , Conduit-street , has been just opened , and comprises four or five hundred works , many of them made expressly for the society , and of great beauty . Messrs . Bisson , Brothers , send the largest collection and tho finest , including p ictures of the west front ol Rhcims Cathedralthe west doorways of Rouen Cathedral ,

, the churches of Poitiers and Angoulemc , tho door of Bourges Cathedral , and many others , Messrs . Cundall and Downes illustrate English churches . Mr . Frith has sent a remarkable collection of Egyptian capitals and views of places not heretofore illustrated ; and Messrs . Thorn and Thorntkwaito send pictures of Indian antiquities , made by the wax-paper progress . Mr . Ponton ' s works arc less striking than usual ;

Mr . Bedford ' s quite up to the mark . A series by him of the carvings and details in St Paul ' s Cathedral , a vieiv of the excavations at "Wroxeter , and two of St . Mary Eedclifij Bristol , may bo especially mentioned . Mr . Austin , of Canterbury , sends a number of views of the interior of the cathedral there , which arc very admirable . Lectures will be delivered during the season by Mr . Fergusson , Mr Seddon , Mr . PAuson , Mr . Lamb , and others , illustrating various groups of the Photographs ,

NEWCASTLE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY . At a meeting hold on the 2 nd inst ., in the Castle , Mr . Kell in the chair , Mr . F . R . Wilson submitted a work on ivhich ho has been engaged during tho last year , being drawings of the whole of the churches in tho archdeaconry of Lindisfarne . The first portionnow completedembraces the deaneries of

, , Norham West and Bamborough . Dr . Bruce road a short paper , sent by Mr . Ralph Carr , of Hedgclei ' , on certain vulgarisms in spelling names on tho Ordnance map of Northumberland . Dr . Bruce observed that the Ordnance authorities would be very willing to receive suggestions from antiquarian societies on this subject , and were anxious to adopt any correction that was shown to

be called for . Mr . Cavr ' s paper proceeded upon a curious classification of tlio vulgarisms referred to . The first class were called adverbal vulgarisms , and consisted in the use of ly instead of ley , ns the termination , of names of places ; ly , the adverbal termination , meant like , whereas ley was the old word for pasture—ley or lee—in Scotland lea . Examples were given : as GladlyBeauly & cwliich ought to havo

, , , been Gladlcy , Beaulcy : the latter meaning literally , beautiful lea , or pasture . The next class wore sartorial vulgarisms , which turned cote into coat , a termination very different from the real one of cot or cottage . Prandial vulgarisms wero committed in the spelling of C ' oldpig instead of Coldpostpike , Tliropple for Throple , Caudle for Canldwell ; while prandial vulgarisms found their illustrations in AValbottlc ,

in place of Walbotlo ( the latter termination being the Saxon for a place of abode ) , Ncii-bottle , Lorbottlc , & c . Sputatory , or spitting vulgarisms showed themselves in giving tivo t ' s to Spitel , there being- several places of the name ; and deaconal vulgarisms turned dene into dean . Finally , there were mere mountebank vulgarisms , illustrated b y the curtailment af Sivinboc , Cainboc , tic ., the dropped c completing the terminal hoc , which , meant a hough .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . The Bath-lane new Congregational and Armenian Church , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , has ' been opened . Ifc is a large , plain , and simple building , without the breaks and shadows secured by projecting buttresses , clerestories , pinnacles , & c ., wliich are almost invariablj- to be found in Gothic structures , but it is as Gothic as any modern building erected in this

style . In the spire ornamentation is more concentrated . The edifice is 80 ft . long by 60 ft . wide . It is gullcricd all round , the organ and choir facing the entrances . The pews , which have sloping backs and seats , arc painted wainscot , as is also the frontage of the galleries . Tho roof is in three compartments , —ono over each side gallery , and a broad arched roof running along the centre . The whole is supported by arches wliich spring from iron columns in tho side galleries . The aeons tic properties of the building are

said to bo successful . Tho accommodation provided is for about ; 1200 persons , with large vestries and other adjuncts , at the back . The cost of the church and of the intended schools will be about £ 3000 . . Of this sum £ 2 , 900 has been already subscribed , a considerable proportion by working men connected with the congregation , in sums under £ 5 . It is intended to erect , in addition to the present structure , week day and Sunday schoolsto be erected at a cost of

, £ 1200 . The preliminary plans for tho schools havo been prepared . The new church which has just been erected at Farlara , Cumberland , has been consecrated bj- the Bishop of Carlisle . The church is constructed of white stone , in the Early English style , and stands upon a hill overlooking an extensive tract of country . Porches on the north and south sides

conduct into a nave SGffc . long by 24 ffc . wide , on the north side of which runs an aisle , about lift , wide , and capable of accommodating about a hundred persons . Tho total number of sitting in tho church ivill be about 400 . At tlie cast end of the iiai"e is a chancel 32 ft . ( 5 in . long by 17 ft . Gin . wide , by the side of which stands the vestry and a small chapel . The walls aro mostly 2 ft . Sin . thick , and

they are supported on both sides by buttresses . There are four gables on the north side , which run into fche main roof . The roof is open , and is supported upon arches which spring from stone pillars running down the side of the nave . The chancel and passages are laid with Maw ' s encaustic tiles . The bell turret rises on the west end of the building , and contains tivo bells presented to the church by Mr . Ram shay .

The building is heated with hot air . The entire cost of the edifice is estimated at about £ 1570 . Lord Carlisle presented the site . The Rev . J . E . Colyer , the rector of Fenny Drayton , has now carried out his intention of restoring the church to something of its original character . Tho old roof has been

removed , and replaced by neiv ones of higher pitch . The Avails have boon cleared of stucco , and partly rebuilt , with gable copings and crosses , and new east and west windows . Internally , the floor has been relaid with Staffordshire quarries and stone steps . The old pews have been removed , and replaced with carved stalls in the chancel and open seats in tho body of the church . A new chancel arch supplies the place of tho wooden beam which finished the old ceiling

, and a new tower arch that ofthe old " singers ' gallery . " The church was rc-opened on the 2 nd inst . A move has been made in the right direction ( says the Hull Adcertiscr ) for the obtaining a new Town-hall for . Hull ,, iu tlie room of the dreary , dingy-looking place which noiv has to servo for all municipal purposes . At the suggestion of Mr . Alderman Bannistertbe borough surveyorMr .

, , David Thorpe , has prepared plans and sections for a now "Mansion-house , " on the site of the present one . And wo have no hesitation in saying that if those plans be adopted , Hull ivill be able to boast a building of great beauty and architectural merit . It is proposed to take for frontage tbe whole of the present Town-hall , and tlie property \ ip to Hanover-square . The facade is to be entirely of stone , and

will be 1 Ooft . long by 70 ft . high . The basement story is ol the Doric order of architecture ; the next story is Ionic , and Italian toivers surmount all . On the side next to Leadcnhall-square there is a door for the public way leading through a covered way to the yard , whence admission is to be gained to tho session-court , tho county-court , the policecourt , and other public offices . Tho main entrance is ,

however , in the middle of the front , under a handsome portico . Through a wide passage admission is given to a noble hall , SOffc . long by 40 ft . wide , with an elegant light gallery round it . On _ the ri ght-hand ofthe entrance is the Town Clerk ' s office , with the necessary record-room . On the left tho Town Treasurer is placed , and a fine room is also provided for the Watch Committee . A waiting-room and other requisites

open into the hall . Across the hall on the right side there is a suite of offices for tho Board of Health . The Councilchamber-, the Sessions-court , and the County-court aro not removed , but various alterations for the better accommodation of the public and tbe members in the Councilchamber . The Police-court is removed to the extreme end ; of the building adjoining to Hanover-square , from whence and from Duke-st ' rcefc entrances arc provided , besides those through tho yard from Lowgate . Over the front entrance