‘a projection at its centre, on which there are four 
rie columns, supporting an entablature. The front 
is relieved with various mouldings, ornamented with 
griffins in basso relievo, and terminated in a ballus- 
ae in the centre marke od i em are cut in 
_. alto relievo, supported by two ale figures in a re- 
‘cumbent posture. A dome rising through the roof, 
terminating in a lantern, gives a happy effect to the 
whole. | hall, 70 feet long, 35 feet wide, and 24 
- feet high, exclusive of a magnificent dome, is fitted 
with appro) decorations. Portraits of persons 
the trades rank, who had made donations to the 
house, and the arms of the 14 incorporated bodies, 
are’ hung round the walls. Tablets with the names 
and designations of the conveners of the Trades House, 
‘from 1605 down to the present day, are also placed 
‘on the walls; the other parts of the building are fitted 
‘as committee rooms, &c. The hall of the Trades 
ouse free school adjoins this edifice, which, for ex- 
_ tent, light, and ventilation, is justly admired. From 
a remote period, down to the year 1791, the Trades 
‘House and incorporations met in their hall near the 
‘their chaplain distributing alms to decayed out-door 
members. This buildinig: bei g found inebpanodions, 
and by no’ means suited to the increasing respectability 
of the trades rank, has been appropriated to another use. 
The assembly rooms, erected in 1796 by a tontine 
ge of £20 shares, are situated on the north 
side of Ingram Street. From a rusticated basement 
story, a bold projection is formed at the centre -of 
‘the building, which supports four Ionic columns, pi- 
Jastres; and entablature. Various appropriate orna- 
ments are introduced on the front, which terminate in a 
. ballustrade. The interior consists of the assembly- 
_—-Foom, card, ‘supper, and retiring rooms, and apart- 
‘ments for the housekeeper, public kitchen, &c. The 
is oni room, 80 feet long, 35 feet wide, and 27 
et high, is finished and fitted up with every requisite, 
in the most elegant:manner. Mr James Adam gave 
the design of the principal or centre building. The 
<= pele which are separated from the main building by 
a colonnade wail, were built in 1807, from designs by 
Mr Henry Holland. f 
-* In 1788, the grammar school buildings, in Grey Friars 
‘Wynd, were found to be insufficient for the purpose; ac- 
cordingly a new set were erected on the north side of 
George’s Street in 1789. The front, whieh has a light 
cheerful appeararice, consists of three compartments, 
the centre receding from the wings, in which large Ve- 
nétian windows are formed. The interior is subdivid- 
ed into a common hall, 70 feet long, and seven large 
_. Well-aired rooms for the accommodation of the classes. 
At the back of the building, more than half an acre of 
_ ground is enclosed for the use of the students. 
‘zeon's In 1791, the Faculty of physicians and surgeons find- 
! build- ing that their hall in the prongs was not sufliciently 
commodious, erected buildings on the east side of St 
Enoch’s Square. The front consists of two stories ; a 
rusticated supports a range of pilasters, en- 
tablature, and ballustrade. The interior consists of the 
faculty-hall, library, committee-rooms, offices, &c. 
. In 1795, government erected very ious barracks 
on the north side, and near the east end of the Gallow- 
gate, Exclusive of the guard-house, suttlery, infirma- 
pie magazine, there are three large buildings for 
he accommodation, of the military: The centre is for 
icers : it is a handsome ing, four stories high, 
the royal arms in demi-relief, displayed in the 
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cathedral, known by the name of the Alms House, from - 
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tympan of the pediment. The other two buildings, 
placed at right angles from the centre one, are for the 
accommodation of the soldiers ; they contain 72 apart- 
ments, fitted for 14 men each, exclusive of 24 kit- 
chens. The whole is enclosed with a high wall, form- 
ing an extensive parade. 
n 1810, the city guardhouse was removed from 
Candleriggs Street to the east side of Montrose-street, 
Its front is formed with arched compartments, sur- 
mounted by a cornice and blocking. The interior con- 
tains ample accommodation for the officers and soldiers, 
and the piazza is sufficiently spacious for the relief. 
In 1789, a plain building, 106 feet long, 30 feet 
wide, and 6 stories high, was erected on the north side 
of Duke-street, for the purposes of a bridewell; it 
contain 126 cells, 8 feet by 7 feet, exclusive of a cha- 
pel and a large work-room. On each side of the bride- 
well, spacious wings are formed at right angles, which 
contain the infirmary, public kitchen, keepers’ lod- 
gings, and rooms for raw materials for the manufactory, 
&e. The whole is enclosed within a wall. 
The principal beef, mutton, and fish markets, are sis Markets 
tuated in King Street. The former occupies a space and Wcigh- 
of 112 feet by 67 feet, and the latter 173 feet by 46 house. 
feet, subdivided around the area into stalls. The courts 
are paved with free stone, and the fronts formed of ash- 
lar work, with rusticated entries; the beef-market in 
Bell Street being fitted up in a plainer style. The ve- 
getable market is also done up into stalls, and is so 
spacious as to occupy the whole site of the former Wynd 
Church, having its principal entry from King Street. 
The butter, cheese, and poultry markets, are placed in 
Montrose Street. The tron, or weigh-house, is a large 
building, situated at the east end of Ingram Street, and 
is used tor the general purposes of a tron and store- 
house. Prior to the late erection of markets in the ci 
of Newcastle, the markets in King Street were consi- 
dered the best in the island. Each stall in the fish- 
market has a water-pipe in it, and the other markets 
have a plentiful supply of water. 
The slaughter house, situated a little tothe south of the Slaughter 
Bridgegate Street, was erected in 1810, and is the largest house. 
and most commodious in the island: it contains 77 killing 
rooms, two cattle-yards and alleys, and accommodation 
for the searchers and scavengers: it covers4736 square 
yards of ground, which is all paved with square stones, 
Water pipes are placed along the whole of the killing 
rooms, and extensive sewers carry off every thing 
which would become offensive. 
The theatre in Dunlop Street being found inconves qyo.1re, 
nient, and too small for the accommodation of the pub- 
lic, a magnificent one was erected on the west side of 
Queen Street, in 1804, on the principle of transferable 
shares, of £25 each. The building is 158 :feet long, 
and 70 feet wide, being considerably larger than any 
of the provincial theatres. On the east front there are 
columns of the [onic order, 30 feet high, with corre- 
sponding entablatures, and appropriate devices. The 
interior is elegantly fitted up with every suitable con- 
venience, to accommodate 1500 persons, from designs 
by Mr David Hamilton. The building and scenery cost 
upwards of £18,500, : 
The buildings of Hutchison’s Hospital being removed Hutchisou's 
from the Trongate, to make way for Hutchison Street, Hospital. 
the patrons, in 1803, erected a hall and offices in Ing- 
ram Street, suitable for their accommodation. This 
building, and the spire of 150 feet high, which rises 
from the north front, is a great ornament to this part 
of the town. The great and committee rooms are 
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City guards 
house. 
Bridewell. 
