The New Post-Office Buildings And Industrial Museum At Edinburgh.

rusticated piers—carved masks forming the keystones . The second and third stories of the elevations towards Princes ' - sfcreefc and North Bridge form a composition of coupled and single ( relieved ) Corinthian columns and pilasters , between Avhich are placed AvindoAvs ornamented with varied pediments and architraves , the great extent of line being effectivelbroken bpedimentsand the whole surmounted

y up y , by an enriched frieze , cornice , and balustrade . The other frontages present generally the same design ; the front facing the railway , however , being ornamented Avith artistic effect by a handsome balcony , which marks and gives effectto the sorb of double elevation of the building—that above and that below the . level of the North Bridge . The open entrance-hall at the north or Princes' -street front , is aboufc

forty feet square ; the Money-order Office , nearly of the same dimensions , is on the one side , and the bar for fche Paid-Letter Office on the other . Entered from the lobby is a corridor ten feet Avide , extending the full length of the building , with officers' rooms on either side . The lettercarriers' and sorting offices are each about 100 ft . in length by 35 broad , and 35 ft . in height , and are approached by separate

entrances . The upper apartments will be approached hy a principal staircase placed immediately off the public lobby , and communicating in the same manner by corridors with the public departments . The interior fittings Avill be of a plain and substantial description . The BOAT building comprises all tho improvements suggested by recent experience , and care has been taken that the accommodation to be provided Avill amply meet all the requirements of the office for many years to come .

The first portion only of tho Industrial Museum building is now being proceeded with . When completed , the edifice Avill exceed in magnitude any other public building in Scotland . It is upAvai'ds of 400 ft . in length and 200 ft . in breadth , Avith an average height of 90 ft . The site includes the space covered by the property which belonged to the Trades ' Maiden Hospital and Dr . Alexander ' s church , and also fche

whole south side and Avest end of Argyle-square , now in course of being acquired under an Act of Parliament passed last session . This bill , ifc may be mentioned , provides that the new building shall be connected , by a bridge across West College-street , Avith the present Natural History Museum in the College . The design adopted for the new building was ono upon

Avhich Ave believe there has been considerabla diversity of opinion . That IIOAV approved of by Goverment is of a Venetian character , and Avill bo ornamented with stone of distinctive colour , selected from various quarries iu Scotland . Practically , this feature Avill in itself form a geological museum . The principal elevation , facing the north side of Argyle-squareis composed of a central colonnade and two

, wings . In the facade , a large surface of plate glass is presented ; the Avindows are round-headed , and divided by columns and pilasters . The approach is by a flight of steps leading to three grand central arclnvays , surmounted by sculptured emblatic groups . Cornices , covered with richly

tinted bronze-coloured tiles , form an effective finishing to the wings . The whole of the Museum departments AA'ill be under a glass roof . The Avest elevation , and a portion of the front , AA'ill be seen to much advantage from George IV . Bridge , across Brown-square , and will bo an imposing addition to the architecture of that rapidly-improving thoroughfare .

The lower floor of the east wing Avill contain a lecture hall for upwards of 700 persons . In this hall it is intended to have lectures delivei * ed to arfcizans upon the principle adopted at the Kensington Museum—namely , to issue tickets for admission at 6 d . each for a course of six lectures . What may be termed the actual museum portion of the building Avill include several departments or sections ; and

in addition to the large area of the principal floor , intended for the reception of specimens , there will be two galleries surrounding each section , each from 10 ft . to 15 ft . broad . The portion of the edifice now in course of erection is that adjoining the college , containing the lecture room in the east Aving , and three large halls—one about 200 ft . iu length , and 60 ft . broad ; another 100 ft . in length and 70 ft . broad ; the third 70 ft . long and 50 ft . broad ; each hall is approached through the front colonnade .

General Architectural Intelligence.

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE .

A new hospital for Avomen and children has been opened at Leeds by the Bishop of Ripon and the Earl of Carlisle . For the purpose , Springfield Lodge was purchased , at a cost of £ 3000 , and alterations and additions have been madeat a farther outlay of about £ 1400 . The hospital is capableof accommodating fifty to sixty patients , and is situate a little to the north of St . George ' s Churchon elevated

, ground . The old building ( the front part of AA'hich AA'as twostories high , and the back three ) was not pulled down , but the roof was taken off , so as to give greater height to the chamber floor , over which an additional story has been added . A lantern tower , rising considerably above the roof ,, marks its character as a public institution .

Plans have been prepared for a proposed "Devonport ,. Stonehouse , and Cornwall Hospital , " to be erected on an elevated site at the head of Newpassage-hill . Miss Nightingale , Sir J . Liddell , Dr . Sutherland , and Captain Galton ,. R . E ., are said to have been consulted in reference to the building . The intended building Avill consist of a centre and two pavilion wings , situate Avithin ten minutes' walk ,

from the station . The central block has a basement appropriated for the general offices . On the ground-floor is an entrance-hall , with a reception room for dispensary or outpatients ; also a dispensary , a reception-room for the medical , officers and managers , and a matron ' s room . On the firstfloor are two special Avards adapted for thirteen beds , proposed for reception of children and patients enabled to

pay a weekly sum on the principle of the Mount Edgcumbe-Ward afc Plymouth . On the second-floor are fcAvo special wards , adapted for six beds , which it is proposed to appropriate as an eye infirmary . The fall of the ground has madeit aA'ailable for a basement under the western pavilion Aving ; part of this is appropriated for additional offices , and the . remainder ( all of Avhich is above the surface ) for a casualty

ivard , Avith eight beds . The first-floor of this wing will have sixteen beds for male patients , and the second-floor the same number of beds for female patients . The easternpavilion wing has no basement , but contains two floors for sixteen beds each , to be appropriated , with a separate , entrance-hall , staircase , and airing ground , exclusively as a . female lock ward .

The IIOAV church lately erected afc Kingsfcone ( Stafford ) , to replace tbe old dilapidated parish church , was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield ou the 21 st ult . It is designed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture ,, and consists of a nave , apisdal chancel , south aisle ( divided from the nave by an arcade of five arches ) , and a vestry ; and at the east end of the aisle is a tower and spire to contain

five bells ; but at present the three removed from the former toAver only are used . The benefice is in the gift of the Earl of ShreAvsbury and Talbot , and the church has been erected . at his expense , Avith the aid of grants from fche Lichfield Diocesan Society and the Incorporated Society for Building Churches . The walls are constructed of stone from the Hollington quarries , in random work ; and the dressed

stonework of the AvindoAvs , doors , buttresses , and copings is from other beds of the same quarries . The floors are paved Avith Messrs . Minton ' s encaustic tiles , of varied designs-, and under the floor of the vestry a crypt has been provided for Avarming the church . The open-timbered roofs , resting on richly-carved corbels , are covered on the outside with . Staffordshire tiles , and the spire Avith circular and square tiles of a similar description .

The church of Offenham has been renovated and enlarged at a cost of about £ 1800 . Besides a nave and chancel , the church now includes a north aisle aud vestry , and the porch is on the south instead of the north side ; although the tower arch is no longer obscured b y an unsightly gallery , there are seventy-seven additional sittings , in all nearl y 200 . The old toAver ( at the west end ) has been preserved . Earl

y Decorated is the style adopted . The length of the nave is 45 ft . ; chancel , 25 ft . 6 in . The old tower opens into the church Avith a pointed arch , having a square-headed moulding , ornamented with the Tudor floiver , and the spandrils filled Avith a carving like a ribbon pattern . A lady ( Avhose name is unknown except to the incumbent ) has presented a