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high pitched roof; while the lines of the side aisles are picturesquely broken up by 

 three gables with pinnacles between them. An octangular turret and spire with small 

 gables on each face have been effectively introduced at the south-west angle ; beneath 

 the large window in the south wall of the nave a cloister connects a handsome porch 

 with the lofty tower erected at the south-east corner of the building, and serves also as 

 one of its principal entrances. The tower is pierced in its upper storey by eight ogival 

 windows, and is strengthened and enriched with buttresses ornamented by canopied 

 niches. From its summit springs an octagonal and crocketed spire, constructed of free- 

 stone, and reaching an altitude of one hundred and eighty feet. 



Higher up on the opposite side of the street stood the earliest circus erected in 

 Melbourne, the proprietor of which amassed a large fortune in the first two or three 

 years succeeding the discovery of gold, and died in impoverished circumstances not many 

 years afterwards. Upon the same site Mr. Coppin subsequently erected the Olympic 

 Theatre, associated in the minds of old play-goers with a series of performances which 

 were remarkable for their high character. This theatre, after having been partially burnt 

 down, was converted into a bedding and furniture factory. 



Still pursuing an eastward course, passing through Albert Street, and leaving upon 

 the left the Model Schools, which are anything but models of good architecture, the 

 visitor reaches a part of the city in which in the early days of the colony large 

 reserves were set apart for religious and educational purposes. A Baptist Church, a 

 Jewish Synagogue and the Episcopal Church of St. Peter are in friendly propinquity to 

 each other ; and not far off is the place of worship in which the Swedenborgians hold 

 their services ; here also are the Unitarian and German Lutheran Churches, the oldest 

 of the Presbyterian Churches in this part of Melbourne, and the Roman Catholic Cathe- 

 dral of St. Patrick, with the Archbishop's Palace and St. Patrick's College in its rear ; 

 while on the opposite side of Grey Street, in which the latter institution is situated, are 

 the grounds connected with the extensive pile of buildings constituting the Scotch 

 College and the master's residence. 



The Cathedral occupies an exceedingly noble site on the crown of a hill, facing a 

 broad thoroughfare leading out of Collins Street and dominating the whole neighbour- 

 hood. Its triple towers will be the first objects to attract the attention of strangers 

 arriving in Melbourne by sea, and are therefore calculated to impress them with the 

 conviction that the form of religion of which they are the visible symbol must be the 

 predominant faith of the country. 



The style of architecture adopted is that variety of English Gothic known as the 

 Geometrical Decorated, the general design embracing a nave with aisles, north and south 

 transepts having aisles to each, and a choir or chancel, surrounded by an ambulatorium 

 out of which seven chapels open, five of them octagons and two parallelograms, the 

 central one forming the Ladye Chapel. At the west end of the church are two towers, 

 which are intended to carry spires rising to a height of two hundred and twenty feet ; 

 while the central tower, at the intersection of the nave and transepts, will attain an 

 altitude of three hundred and thirty feet. Inside the walls the length of the building 

 is three hundred and forty-five feet, while that of the transepts is one hundred and 

 sixty feet, and the height of the ridges of the main roof is ninety-two feet. Three 



