The proposed grant for wh...
The proposed grant fot what are called the repairs of Windsor Castle sleeps a while. lve should be glad if that sleep were the precursor of deatlh, for an application of a more unprincipled character was never made to Parliament. The means, also, by which it is sought to ensure success,are yet more reprehensible than the object desired; for it is said that the new grant for the churches has been proposed in order to win that class of people which is called evangelical, and gain their acquiescence in the Windsor grant. If it Vvere only intended to preserve the magnificent structure from fallingitato decay, no one would oppose any arant for that purpose; bhit money sufficient has been granted for that purpose,-forty thousand pounds for the repair of all the regal palaces, of whici WVindsor had its share. The truth,however, is, tnat the extravagant sum now demanded, so far from tending to the conservatiott of the building, will only serve to hasfen its rmin, as the stability of all houses is notoriously injured bv ill-advised alterations and repairs. It is precisely, therefore, be. cause we would have oar Princes royally lodgeg, that we tiIW opp'ose all changes, at least all vi-olent changes, such as the e3dravagant sum of 300,0001. would lead one to apprehend cn the structure of Windsor Castle: for the monarchy will no doubt fenain after the dynasty sball be extinct, the last members of which, therefore, ouglht not, tfor i sgn*t enjoyment, to prescribe to the taste of their al- most unkmnown successors, iri a matter so essential to com- fort as the arrangement of their houses. But ought not his present MAJESTY, it may be asked, to ta*e a palace to his fancy? Undoubtedly: he has been labouring t? that end all his life. And having now, we presume,.succeeded in two most remarkable structures-the Brobdignag Cottage, and the PaviLon at Brighton-we are sure that, if p)roperly advised, he would rest satisfied, and notseek tO transfer his architectaral cares to the almost hallowed pile ofLWindsor. Some, indeed, may say, that his MAJESTY har. been ill served in those build-. ings above'cited, and for ever to be cited. That, however, is little to the purpose: it was not theifr taste, nor that of the public, which it was meant to gratify in the erecting of them. But in the ancient palaces of their Sovereigns thepublic have an interest, andL exclaim, with one voice, that theha uds which erected the Brobdig- nag Cottage should not be suffered to touch a wall or a beam in the ancient Castle. The Brobdignag Cottage is all head; and that head; a head of thatch. On the contrary, Langham-plaee Church- steeple has ilo hlead at all, or rather, a pin's point for a hea&. In this latter building, the artist might be actuated by a propbetic spirit: he mightforesee that we are going to become arace of pigmics, and prepared his buildi ng as a bulwark against 'the cranes. Let not those warriors of the upper regions descend heedlessly upo n our dimiautive pos- terity: they will su'relypay thc price of cuch temerity, bybeing-spiked upon the top of Langham-place Church- steeple. -. ________ -_