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Gothic churches, every part was made subservient to religious 

 feeling, by bearing some appropriate symbobcal meaning ; and 

 contrasted the feelings on entering an old cathedral with those 

 produced by some Grecian or Eoman temple. 



The author deplored the absence of good Gothic architec- 

 ture from Liverpool. St. Luke's was a good illustration of 

 the Perpendicular style ; but there was a glaring mistake com- 

 mitted in the construction of the tower. The upper windows 

 in it were in the Gothic style, while the lower were in the Per- 

 pendicular : thus making it appear that the upper story had 

 absolutely been built one whole century at least before the 

 lower. 



There were, however, two or three edifices in Liverpool of 

 great architectural beauty: the one, the Roman Catholic Chapel 

 in Edmund-street, designed by Pugin ; an unfinished Church 

 in Catherine-street, and another in Sahsbury-street. 



The author concluded his paper by regretting the great 

 want of originality at the present day ; but expressed his con- 

 viction that a great improvement would take place ere long, 

 in consccaience of the attention which the subject of architec- 

 ture was receiving, and the consummate skill and enthusiasm 

 which characterised the leading men of the present day. 



