146 DEVON PORT. 



seventy-five feet long, forty feet wide, and thirty-one 

 feet in height. 



The interior is fitted up as a court of justice, for 

 the transaction of such business as comes under the 

 cognizance of the local magistrates : but, as the 

 Hall is frequently used for other public purposes, 

 the fittings are so constructed as to be capable of 

 removal when necessary. At the back of the edi- 

 fice, and otherwise contained within it, are several 

 smaller apartments. There are also cells for prison- 

 ers, which have a communication with the Hall. 

 The meetings of the Devonport Mechanics' Institute 

 are held within the building. 



His late Majesty, George the fourth, granted to 

 the inhabitants the privilege of changing the former 

 name of the town, Plymouth Dock, to that of 

 Devonport; and on the first of January, 1824, its 

 new appellation was proclaimed in many public 

 places, with every demonstration of rejoicing. In 

 order to perpetuate the memory of this event, the 

 Column was erected, from Mr. Foulston's design, it 

 was to be surmounted by a colossal statue of the 

 King who sanctioned the change of name. This 

 structure also was built by the late Mr. Rickard, at 

 an expense of £2750., but this does not include the 

 remuneration of the architect. It may, here, be 

 observed that the Column was erected without the 

 aid of any exterior scaffolding. 



The Column stands upon a solid rock, twenty-two 

 feet above the pavement ; which height is ascended 

 by a handsome flight of steps, enclosed by parapets 

 of wrought marble ashler work, and communicating 

 with an arched gateway, of similar materials, that 

 opens to the terrace surrounding the base. 



Including the plinths and foundation rock, the 

 entire elevation of the Column from the street to the 

 pedestal, whereupon the figure is to stand, is 125 

 feet. On the upper plinth, which is nine feet high, 

 are pannels for inscriptions ; the height of the lower 

 plinth is nineteen feet. The whole is constructed of 



