ALBERT HALL COMPANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 181, 11 June 1864, Page 5

ALBERT HALL COMPANY.

Tim: Il.»iii.rarv S.-i-retary of the alio\ e naiiicl \ Co:n;.-inv ha- >ent u< a .iVaft of (he I'rospertns i al.oii. !..i.e;>>ti'-.!."1i-t:iiiiii.i, r theohjectswith which j ; i,,- (.•..mi.anv has Im-.ii ionin-d and the purposes i .; },::- in vi,-\v. We i.ave i..-i V.re allu.le.l to the I i■ 1,;;.,-;. .-in.l expressed our hearty appreciation I oi' ih.-desire of improvemenl "f the city niani-le-teil '■•■■ -everal eh'is-es of tin- eoininlinitv. ami ;!„■ -i-o«ne_' -oo<[ 1.-.-t.' of all wlii.-li 1.-;nis io a j i[.--.ire I'Vi-rv.iiiciv in tlie<<.' times for suitable j liilildiii'.'.-. a- for suitability of form as well as coiiMruction of evervthint; reijuired !>y the ever !ni--- man of tl:e |iivm-iii ilav. W'liere our foreliuh'ers w.mld have been content to have en-cloM-d so miicli space (generally too conlin.'d) J wiihiu so manv liricks. with so many holes 1 ■ miiched in them lor tlie admission ot'liilhl. and ! •.il.Tuards decided wheth.-r it was to be a | ~].,,..,.),. or a theatre, or a wharehonsc. and v.iii-!iever it iniirht have hecn intended for. the de<i"ii would have liecn the same. .Modern mei'dccide bv careful ]>reliininary study of the -ui.i.-i-l t'> iid'apt it whatever il. in::V be. to the ~,„[ for which ii is designed. Ami never in the .riliiiiest davs of beauty of design was there a | i,,ore earm-;,. sludy ..f purity of taste accord,.,to the li\ed laws of nature, which must always ~,oiv or less regulate il. and relinement. ol" ~u h iva.ion a.-cordiim to the deepest searching -,„[•',orilics and study of the best examples. ,l,au prevails in the present day. It is not only ii, a'cinlcclure that this is nomfcsl,.!. In evervarlicle ofdom-siic use. l,owev-r hmnh e, , ut- perceive tin-same improvement in K'>'ml taste. In oiirnewlv born colonial towns this is es--1u.(.-|;i]lv to he noticed, there all tin- acquired ex-U-ien.'-c thai, it has taken centuries of e.\|ien'ive l.iin-'liji" in the old countries to pick up is transplante.fto the fresh young town m its in- | iancv. and,nlavin-it .ml some consu eration ,s ; •o-nerillv shown for rules and ideas that would j have 'been as likelv to linda place in men's j mimls a hundred years ago, as a vovage to .New Zealand would in the mind oi .John Gdpni. It liKiv lie asserted with truth that all is not -ood taste in modern street architecture as dis"hved in Auckland for instance, but if cannot | !,,!Vserted that there is iwl more good taste j di.plavedin the l,uil..lin;cs of as ,I,,'v ■•re now than would have l>cen lound 111 ten | n.ifes of London streets a hundred years ago. , should town's rise under more favolirahle auspices , tililll ,l,os, now springing up in Australia am \,w Zealand, and we must say that "f see no r,;,sonthat, we shall have to be ashamed ot Auckland when our n<-w public buildings ~, ~O lllp letcd. and some others which are to be ,l.t S 'ofpnvatcetnerpriseshal. have taken ~r ~lae,-s in the streets that have been .issigiu d to !|,,,n. fn the lay of «he ground and the :,spee the town as line a site as could be «. II i,n-..'mied,andifwe!l covered might b« than tuples or I'iorence.

These remarks have led us from the subject (hat called for them, and that is the latest proposed addition to our new public buildings, the Hall, the prospectus of which we have before us. With a capital of ,C 1 "2.01 m> to be raised in CIO shares, it is proposed to erect a handsome build iijj. "I" stillii-ient magnitude to comprise withinit a commodious hall wilh all the proper accessories of retiring and refreshment rooms, lecture hall. Sir., with extensive suites of apartments adapted for olliees. chambers, chilis, A:c. The jirospeclus. :;s will he seen, in our advertisine; eolunms, eiv.s sr-vcra.l excellent deinonst rations of the lic.-essit y that, is felt iov such ii pi-ice of iiss.-mb!y. and' there can he m> doubt, whalever that it' "properly eonslrucled il will be as prolitable as any bitifdin- speculation in Auckland. Il only requires that due care jiiul judgement .shall lie exercised in its design. The siti'. namely on the unoccupied piece of ground below the upper part of i'rinccs-strcet. on which are to be riveted some of the finest of the new public buildings, could not be more eoiiiiiiiiiif'diij,' or more central, and in every respect the proposed scheme oilers attractions, whether as a speculation or as an ad.iilion to the ornamen! of the rising town of Auckland, which cannot be too highly'spoken of.