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years been very partial during hie leisure hours to the 

 amusement of fishing. The delightful aquatic space (the 

 Virginia Water) which covers nearly a thousand acres, 

 adjoining the Royal domain at Windsor, has each season 

 afforded his Majesty ample scope for his favourite recrea- 

 tion. A magnificent fishing apparatus was made some 

 time ago by command of his Majesty by Ustonson, of 

 Temple Bar, which, when presented was highly approved 

 of; and the King was pleased to express his admiration 

 of the great ingenuity and taste in the manufacture of it, 

 and appeared surprised that the whole could have been 

 made so uniquely perfect, in that branch of manufacture. 

 The apparatus has been recently sent from Windsor to be 

 re-fitted at Ustonson's for the season, and it is just now 

 finished, and with his Majesty's sanction it is to be sub- 

 mitted for a day or two to the inspection of a number of 

 persons of high rank, who have expressed an eager desire 

 to view so splendid an affair. For this purpose Mrs. 

 Ustonson has issued cards of admission to the number of 

 several hundreds, and Friday is the first day appointed 

 for the inspection. A description of the costly apparatus 

 may not be uninteresting : The case is covered with the 

 best crimson morocco leather, and is three feet long, nine 

 inches broad, and three inches deep, the edges sloped 

 with double borders of gold ornaments, representing 

 alternately, salmon and basket. The outer border forms 

 a rich gold wreath of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, 

 intertwined by oak leaves and acorns ; the centre of the 



