We are still not without ...
WVe are still not without hopes that the foolish and ex- travagant project of changing the interior of Winldsor Castle maybc rclinquiished; or, if not formally relinquish- ed, that it may be suspended so as to answer the purposes of relinquishmeat. 'I'he memnbers constitutinig the Com- mission for what is called the alteration and repair of the building, are persons so selected that it is obvious they cannot interfere in Ihe operationis, eitber irom want of time or want of knowledge, or both. LorJ LiVLRPOOL, and the CHANCELLOR of theExcHEQuFi; Mr.ARBUTUINOT and th eDuke of WrELLING TO N, (persons, no doubt, familiarly conversant with the b&auzx arts, and now eijoyingthe o nium cinp dignitate. Is there one of them that knows the dif- ferencebetween the abacus andlastragal of a column, or could distinguish between the pure Gothic and the horse-slhoe archi ?) Lord ABERDEEN, Sir 'MATTHEIV WHITE RIDLEY, and ALEXANDERBARING,Esq.!! These are the three wlho fill up the number, and we hare given a note of admuiration for each of them. The late Sir HARRY ENGLEFIELD was. from taste and learning, a very competent person to have put upon such a business; but he is no more. An inefficient and incapable Commissioni, then, having been nominated, one of two inferences is inevitable, viz- either that it is meant to " back out" of the projected ex- periments upon Windsor Castle, or that the business is to be intrusted to other hands. We will hope for the forner clause of the dilemma. The nation wants the monev, and His MAJESTY does not want the residence.