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TFIE CIVIL lilNGINl^ER AND ARCHITECTS JOUUN \L. 



[April , 



COxMPETITION DESIGNS. 



Sir — Olisciviiig ill your Journal of this uioHtli, a communication from Air. 

 Wvatt, which contains a corrcsponilcncc hctwecn Messrs. Wyalt ami llrandon 

 niid tlie Coiujiiittcc fur liuildinj; the proposcil NowClmrcli at t'anlilT, wljcrcin 

 my name is frefjuently introitucctl, I fcjl called upon in justice In ni)' ttwn 

 jirofessioiial character, to otter the folU)wiiig explanation, hy which I think 

 .Messrs. W. and IS. will lie induced to view the circimibtaucc in a ditlercnt 

 liglit to tlial in which tliey now regaril it. 



Tlie tirst fact wliich 1 siudl allude to, in order to remove any imi)ression 

 tliat may exist, as to my plan having Ijcen selected from personal preference, 

 is, that I was an entire stranger to every one of the committee until after 

 tlie adoption of my ilesign had heen determined on. Upon my cntparing 

 (which 1 did at my first interview), how it was tliat the premiuLu had h;en 

 awarded to another, when my plan was considereil tlic hcst, ( was informcil 

 that tiic coMitnittee, an\iuns to do all in tlieir jtower to insni'e justice to tiic 

 several parties who had intrusted them with their designs, liad submitteil the 

 several plans to two genllemen in London, cmiuenl iu.thcir profession, and 

 that they liad slrongiy riconuuended tlie adoption of my design, hut con- 

 sidered i was not entitled to the premium, through not having, as /Ari/ 

 //ini'g/i/, acted in strict compliance with that ]i(M'tion .of the advertisement 

 which directed that the principal front should face Uutc-street : and they 

 coniluded that this could not have been my intention, because the altar 

 would not in that ease have been at the east end of the church. 



Ill this respect however my intentions were misunderstood, in conseipience 

 of my East lilcvalion having been described " frincijial Front," instead of 

 Front facing Hiite-street, and in thus deviating from the usual custom of 

 placing the Altar at the ICast-cnd, I i-onsith^red I Iiad sutHcient precedent in 

 the many t'huiches reeciitly erected in which the Altar is not so placed. 



Had this explanation taken place before the jiremiums had heen awarded, 

 Messrs. W. and I!, would have been spared the uii|ileasaut correspondence 

 they have had with the Committee on the subjix't, as 1 shoiikl in that case 

 have received tlie premium, as well as the ajipointment of .\rchitect to the 

 Church. 



Your insertion of this in your next Journal will oblige, Sir, 

 Your oliedient Servant, 



Thomas Foster. 



4, Park-street, Ilrislol, Feb. 17, IS 10. 



*j* This communication ought to have appeared in the last month's 

 Journal, but it was accidentally omitted. — Eunoxi. 



REVIEWS. 



On the Vse of the fiiijiroiml Pujiier Muc/ic in Furni/ure, in the Interior 

 Decoration of Jliiililini/s, ami in li'orku oji.lrt. ify Charles Frederick liicle- 

 field. 



This is not, as our readers might think, an exclusive catalogue of Mr. 

 Hielericld's wc^l known productions, but a large work containing engravings 

 of .above IJttO approved ornaments used by architects, so as not only to be 

 available for its special purjiose, but useful to all members of the jirofession. 

 As a work of reference or ornament this possesses the advantage that any 

 design the architect may select, can be obtained at the shortest notice, while 

 of these given in other works it generally hajipens that they cannot be ob- 

 tained except at great cost for making models, Ac. The architect can from 

 these engravings select and combine a great variety of valuable speci-mens in 

 every class of ornament. 



I'rcfixcd to the engravings is a history of the uiamifacture, to which we 

 shall have occasion to refer in our next number. 



Geometrical Propositions Demomtrnfcrl, or a Supplement to Euclid, being 

 a Keij to tlie £j;ercines appended to Euclid's Elements. By W. D. C'oolkY) 

 A H. London : WhittaKcr and Co., .'\ve Maria I.anc, 18-10. 



The present is scarcely a supplement to the able edition of Eiiehd by Mr. 

 Coolcy, but a distinct work, intended to impress on the public the true value 

 of geometry — its excellence as a metiioil of reasoning and training the mind. 

 The author well observes, that merely to read Euclid is not to become a ma- 

 thematician, nor to attain all the advantages to be derived fr(nu geometrical 

 studies, that we must not stop short, but <'arry out the nn thods of reasoning 

 of which examples arc atl'ordedto us by that \aliiable work. 



Vnide to Ornamental Drawing and JJesif/n. Ijy J. Page. London 

 Bcrgcr, 1810, Parts 1 and 2. 



This work is one of the best and cheapest whidi has been written on the 

 subject, and from the jicu and pencil of a practical man, who lias had the 

 advantage of being able to sec his instrmtions carried into effect under his 

 own inspection, as Director of the Class of Ornauicntal Drawing, in the 

 School of Design, at Saville House. If it were any recommendation to the 

 work it might be mentioned that the illustratious procccU from the gra^cr as 

 well a; from tlie pcucU of Mr, Page. 



T/ie Yearliooi oj" facts in Science and Art. Ily the Editor of the Areant 



of Science. London: Tilt, IH 10. 



We are too large contributors from our own columns to this valuable re- 

 cord of the progress of science to view its improvement and success with any 

 other feeling than that of congratulation. We sincerely recommend this 

 work to our readers as one of the best condensations of valuable facts iu 

 science and art. 



ClaoertoH Inn. 



This is an engraving of a building, built by Ccorge Vivian, Esq. on hi* 

 property near Bath. It is in theltaUan Villa style, and though not quite pure 

 is a most interesting editice. The outline is worked siitbciently without be- 

 ing frrttered up, and has a most picturesque cft'ect in harmony with the sur- 

 rounding scenery. It is a good study. 



Specimens nf H'oinl Enyravini/s. by Tho.m.\s Gii.ks. 

 Pleasing examples of this interesting art, an 1 creditable to the talents of 

 the engraver. 



LITE U AIIY INTELI,Ri EN C E. 



A leiv pubheation by Schinkel, entitled Werke der llaukhunst, is about to 

 appear in parts, at intervals of four months from each other, and will be more 

 clabor.ately executed than his Rntwurfc, as some of the plates will be printed 

 in colours. Among the siibjci-ts promised are the designs for king Otho's pa- 

 lace, on the Acropidis at .Athens, which though not adopted, — the buihiing 

 now erecting being from one by Gartnor, of Munieh, may be expected to 

 prove of no ordinary interest, some p.irts of the interior having been spoken 

 of as exceedingly striking, both for their originality and for their extraordinary 

 richness, in regard to gilding and coloiuiag. This subject will be illustrated 

 by twelve plates, some of which will probably contain two or three drawings. 

 Another subject mentioned in the prospectus is ]irince Albert of Prussia's 

 palace, or villa of Cauicnz in Silesia. Tiic size of the plates will be 2ti inches 

 by 1,'). Another licrman work aiinuiiiifcd for puhlicatiou is Ehrenburgh's 

 Ban Lexicon, or Dictionary of .Vrchiteelural terms, &e., of which we shall 

 be able to speak moie at length in a short time. 



SIR JEFFKY WYATVILLE, R.A. 



Thk subjoined memoir we have derived from Fisher's National Portrait 

 (lallcry, the Ijitcrary World, Art Tniou, Athena;iim, &e. 



Sill Jei-fry Wy.^tvillk, Knight of the Saxou Ernestine Order, U.A., 

 F.K.S., and F.S.A., was the son of Josejib Wyatt, an architect, resident at 

 Biirton-upon Trent, iu the couuty of Stafford, where be was born on the 3rd 

 of August, 1700. His father was considered clever, but indolent, and, there- 

 fore, atlbrded but a poor example for a boy of enthusiastic and enterprising 

 spirit, such as young Jctfry soon proved himself to jiossess. He received 

 the common rudiments of education at the free-school of his native jdaee ; 

 and his early passion was for the sea. During this time, he was once " rig- 

 ged out " for a voyage with Admiial KcmpcnfckU, on board the Umjal 

 Georije, but was fortunately prevented from joining that noble shiji, which 

 was afterwards lost at Spithcad. Home, however, became not only irksome, 

 but painful, to him, from the im]novidence of his father; and, in 17S3, he 

 made a third and siiccesful attempt to fly from both, ami seek his fortune in 

 the metropolis ; but could not obtain any engagement in the naval service, 

 as the .\mcriean war had then ceased. 



Upon young Jeffry's arrival in Loudon, he found a friend and protector in 

 Samuel Wyatt. his father's brother, then an architect and biulder of re]iute ; 

 with whom JeflVy continued more than seven years, and thus acquired con- 

 siderable knowledge of the ordinary ofhce business, and of practical coii- 

 stnictioii. Mr. S. Wyatt was extensively emjiloyed, both in London and at 

 the seats of many noblemen and gcntlenicn in the country, namely, at Eaton 

 Hall, Tatton Hall, the Trinity House, London, I've., all of which were exi?- 

 eiited from his designs ; and, consequently, afforded his nephew o]>portiiiii- 

 tics of witnessing all the processes of designing, estimating, and executing, 

 buildings of various kinds. In the hope of aripiiring further inofcssional 

 knowledge, and parfieidarly with a view of cultivating that essential requisite 

 in art, taste, young Wyatt sought these advantages in the ollices of another 

 uiiclc, Mr. James Wyatt, who had attained a higher station on the ladder of 

 fame tli.an his brother. He had passed some ye.ars of architectural study in 

 Italy, and, while yet a minor, he ilesigued and built " the Pantheon," in 

 Oxford-street, and was introduced to the appointment of Siineyor-Cencral 

 of his i\Iajesty's works, his first labours being various alter.ations and addi- 

 tions at Windsor Castle, at the suggestion of King (ieorge III. In the olhcc 

 of ,Mr. James Wyatt, his nephew served a second term of apprenticeship; 

 and, besides improvement in jirartice, thus obtained numerous iutrodiictioiis 

 to influential jicrsons, among whom was the Prince of Wales, who honoiiied 

 liim with personal notice up to I7'.)9. In this year, Mr. Jetl'ry Wyatt joined 

 in business an eminent builder, who hail extensive government .ind other 

 contracts. In this prolitable concern he continued till 182! : when, after an 

 absence of twenty-five years from lloyal i;dcrcourse, he unexpectedly received 

 from King George IV. instrnetions respecting designs for the restoration of 

 Windsor Castle. 



The union of the tradesman with the architccf was deemed, by the Boyal 

 .Vcademicians, a sufficient bar to the .ailvaiiccment of .Mr. Jell'iy Wyatt to bo 



one of their societ)- ; aucl lie was allowed to coiitiuue as a camlidate for 



