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of France, by Patoun

A small cabinet, called the Compass Window, adjoins the just mentioned apart the paintings in this room are a battle piece by Schut, a sea-storm by Vandervelde, and several invaluable pieces

Froallery which runs in the rear of the before-th portrait of Charles I on horseback, by Vandyk, and a half-length portrait of Oliver Cromwell, by R Walker The chapel is rather small, contains the arms of the Warwick family, and over the altar Gothic ornae hall, you reach the dining-roo an ancient e portraits of the Prince of Wales, grandfather of the present king, his consort a princess of Gotha, holding George III in baby-clothes on her lap; a Lord Brook, a copy by Patoun, who, as preceptor to Lord Warwick, was s are devoid of taste, and the best things about theilt and ornamented frames Over the portrait of the princess are the are hall is likewise the breakfast-roo s: Charles 1st's children, by Vandyk, and a portrait of a female, by the sath portrait of Ads by an unknown master; the unfortunate Mary Stuart, with her son as a child; a Lord Brooke, and Sir Philip Sydney

After I had inspected the castle, I passed out through a private gate in the lofty wall of the castle-yard, and proceeded to the park over a stone bridge that crosses the dry castle reens in this park; a solid pebbled path takes you round the park in about half an hour There are several fine prospects, and the place is well stocked with evergreens, which during the last winter, I hadin a state of nature Three years ago, while journeying for the first tilish parks, the luxurious abundance of evergreens and their lovely growth; but after beholding these plants in their native land, growing in their full vigour, the nificance, when compared with the beauties of nature in America I observed a number of fine lofty cedars of Lebanon, which are to be found in ardens In this park there is also a very large hot-house, the plants raised in which are now elegantly distributed throughout the garden In this hot-house I perceived the celebrated antique vase, the copy of which, in bronze, I had seen at Mr Thoham This remarkable antique was found not far from Hadrian's Villa in the vicinity of Tivoli It was first purchased by Sir Willialish ambassador at Naples, who sold it to the late Lord Warwick It is of white marble, round in forallons It has two handles of entwined vine branches, which with their elegant leaves and heavy clusters of grapes, wind themselves round the upper part of the vase On the under part is seen the panther's skin, and on it several well finished heads of satyrs, as well as several thyrsus and augur staves The vase is in a state of high preservation, and only one satyr's head is replaced; the rethe bank of the Avon, which runs at the foot of the rock, on which the castle is built On a small black slate, attached to the rock, there is an inscription, stating that a youngThe unfortunate father has erected this little monument to the memory of his son On my return to the castle, I ascended one of the towers, called Gay's tower, about one hundred and fifty feet high; this tower is very well preserved, and is provided with fortifications

In the interior there is a small room, and from the top of the tower there is a fine and extensive prospect

On e for Stratford-on-Avon was about starting; I took a seat, and after eight rand turnpike leading froham to Oxford

Stratford is a small, inconsiderable, ill-built town, but celebrated as the birth place of SHAKSPEARE One of the s inscription, ”in this house the great Shakspeare was born” It is now a butcher's stall and belongs to strangers, to whom Shakspeare's posterity were compelled by poverty to dispose of it It is said that he was born in a room of the Upper story; in this apartment are several old pieces of furniture, the existence of which they flatteringly endeavour to trace from the days of Shakspeare, also a poor portrait of the poet, and a copy of his will; and a spectacle case made of the wood of a mulberry tree, which they say was planted by him

At Stratford I took a post-chaise, proceeded onreached Oxford, which is thirty-nine s in the Star Hotel As I had seen Oxford three years previous, I merely sojourned there half a day, with the intention of beholding once more, in the Bodlean Library, the lovely portrait of the unfortunate Mary Stuart, painted by Zucchero, and which had formerly pleased me so much that I considered it as the best likeness I had ever seen of that interesting woh the library hall, but ht of the portrait of Mary Stuart renewed all azed intently upon it for a considerable tireatest pleasure

I likewise res by Schalk, effects of light, representing the seven mortal sins, very well painted, lish painters, and a number of portraits of the patrons and benefactors of the university, of its chancellors, and several of the most celebrated literati who had resided in the university Also a few by Holbein, a which, the portraits of Luther and Erasth likeness of Charles XII of Sweden, by Schroeder, is uncos the portrait of Frederic Willianoreat and original genius of thatabhorrent, pedantic, and tyrannical in the features of the latter

The library contains several models of Grecian architecture, which are skilful imitations in plaster; also a reeably recalled to my mind Philadelphia and the Bank of the United States Here is likewise to be seen a ant collection of the Elgin th statue of one of the Lords of Warwick, in bronze, representing him in a warlike costume, is also orthy of the attention of travellers

After having here satisfied my curiosity, I went to the Radcliff Library, which is built in the form of a cupola, in order to enjoy a view of the city from its roof Fortunately the weather was very clear, which seldoland, and as there are no ines in Oxford, the at to its ancient university and churches, has a singular appearance, and though I had seen during reat many cities, still I found none to be coes, and five halls, have the appearance of so many old castles: such is also the appearance of the Bodlean Library, that stands near the Radcliff library In the court-yard of the forate, in which the five orders of architecture are placed over each other, which produces a strange effect Near the gate are four Tuscan pillars, over these four Doric, above these four Ionic, and again over these four Corinthian, and this strange conjunction is terminated by four Roether Between the fourth row, the statue of Jaht, as I believe, there is a Minerva, and on the left the university is personified by a kneeling figure, to whoraciously tenders his oorks Four thousand students are said to belong to the university, but there were very few then present, it being vacation tis, looked rather dull

At twelve o'clock, noon, on the 19th of July, I left Oxford in the post-chaise, and proceeded to London, which although fifty-eight miles from Oxford, I reached in six hours It is incredible how fast one travels on this route and how quick they change horses I was by chance enabled to retain the chaise all the way from Oxford to Hounslow The moment I arrived at a post-house, a servant came instantly to demand, whether I wished to stop or proceed; no sooner did I answer in the affirmative, than he would call out for horses, and the whole proceeding lasted at the utht out, ready harnessed, and put to; the postillion followed on the saddle-horse froearing the horses; the stable boy then requested his fee, and off ent During this journey, I was only detained three hteen pence a mile, and the drink- in this country three years previous, postage had been raised three pence

The road lay through a cultivated and woody country, and we traversed several rising grounds We passed e country-seats, surrounded by extensive parks From Salt Hill, which is a very pretty little place, there is on the right, a char view of the castle of Windsor, two miles distant, on the lofty round tower of which was displayed the royal standard as a sign that the king was there The castle has really a very ie, recalled unpleasant recollections to e, three years past, they showedbirch rods, hich youth, engaged there in study, are flogged, and for the supply of which, a regular contract is h, stands the dwelling of the celebrated Gerarden, the stand supporting the telescope, forty-eight feet long, by five feet in diareat astrono town, and very lively, owing to its proxie, which I hbourhood, is scarcely to be credited This concourse of vehicles, and afterwards the multitude of country-seats, which follow one another in rapid succession, together with the chain of towns, that continually present thereatest city in Europe, and perhaps in the world I reton, a considerable number of new and handsomely built houses, that had been erected within the last three years We drove through Hyde Park into Piccadilly street, and thence into Albemarle street, where I found excellent quarters in Grillion's hotel

I made a stay of six days in London To speak of the circle ofcity, would ill become this book, and to make any mention of London itself would be both useless and superfluous Consequently, I shall present but a few particulars

Whoever is obliged to make many visits to London, or whose business takes him to many houses, loses an enor From my hotel to Mr Goehbourhood of the East India company's stores, it took er, a walk of this kind is by no e bustle surrounding hi part of the city there is a store in allish are known to possesstheir wares, these stores have an a appearance In most of the streets the pavement had been cast aside, and the streets were Macadamised; an improvement which is both beneficial to those who ride, and to the poor-built houses, which, owing to the rolling of heavy carriages along the pave been aware that several ns with the names of those members of the royal family, by whom they were particularly patronised, viz corset inventress to the Dutchess of Kent, &c; this titon, a sign bearing the inscription of ”only purveyor of asses h the ineer Brunel, an admission to visit the new tunnel, under the Thas The entrance is near the church of Rotherhithe To co a round pit seventy-five feet deep, above twenty feet in diameter, and walled in with bricks In the centre of this pit they have constructed a quadrangular wooden scaffold On this is erected a puushes out from the tunnel, is pumped off

The water collects itself in a basin under the scaffold The ejection of it is accomplished by means of an iron pump, which draws off the water from the basin, and forces it into an iron tube, which passes out from the pit Another pump and tube is in reserve to be immediately used, in case the former should require repair In the interior of this scaffold there are two buckets, to hoist the earth from out the tunnel, one of which cooes down empty These buckets have four small iron wheels, and rest upon a board The moment it reaches the top, it is received by a work a railway, to the place for depositing the earth, and after e it carries it back on its board; that itup filled The place, into which the earth is thrown, is a large wooden receiver, which is erected in the e In the bottom of this receiver are several holes, which can be opened and closed byaway the earth, drive underneath such a hole, the slide then is drawn back, and the wagon is filled with earth and drives off Up to this ti out of the tunnel, and this was appropriated to the filling up of the swaround, near Southwark But now they find clay, which is used in burning bricks The machinery, by which the buckets are hoisted and lowered, and that ine, called the expansive engine, an invention of Mr Brunel I did not perfectly comprehend its mechanism, and could only perceive that it occupies a very sreat facility; there are two boilers and two machines, one of which is unemployed, but can i happens to the other, so that nothing may stop the work