ae ee eee ae ee 
i. Wabi 
bd of praami but one who ri 
_ archit kag who w wet Rae exposed by. r the 
the inimitable 
January 14, 1860. | 
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is no reason to suppose that reag to the Natural 
History Museum would be more y by this 
ho desired to 
s:will certainly 
ahati ing could be 
ready for "the re a of visitor ors. 
We most earnestly hope then ‘that the Trustees 
colos ue of , of Marlboro pugh, On; 
ives i s sides of the pedestal sis inscribed the Acts of 
Parliament frase in his f 3; on the other is- an 
ain Ga inseri 
rok 
in honour i 
is nation but | 
a whose glory was equal i in n the patie aridi 
the field,” and tat i in a long series of uninterr 
iut sser i 
n by the ma: asterly pen ¢ of Lord basta J fee 
he building with the “centre, . and. this’ with 
the. two ie ea are of the same magnificen: 
e t 
ris. 
below: the 
e (more 
t 1 
oth its surface ore a mirror, i are by the > reflection. 
e h 
e southern sun, stretches 
t at one period was the prin 
f the Museum w Ti pause before they sanction | palace, passing over the grand bridge, which connects | sinuous and irregular dutline melting as it were “hae 
either of the t two plans, Soha me e they | the two hills, and al Ni the expanded waters of the foliage of the di stant woods s by ar aps hills in 
ay determine upon. or i urge | the river flow. noble three-arche lothed. ont the 
upon the CHANCELLOR of t ant at? whose | eréction of magn onificent prh eig the chord of the | noble lawn rises preg a s from the opposite iets and 
approval any plai atever gee be ó ained | centre arch exceeding 100 | stretches onwards to a extent, groups of deer 
before the subject can be bro agit before Parlia- The carriage roads and drives are broa oad and exceed- | cattle giving nite on to men scene. rig’ a 
Eii nt to any fu penditure n | ingly well ted. The interior drive in the park | and in the 1i of the colossal bridge which the great 
menty -im Aitoa h Ho “Blo a r | extends to nearly 4 miles over most interesting and | avenue face n the o opposite height the lofty conan 
such d regions as those o ooms VEJ: Q rte foreground, fr hick t Duke of pe a 
t. Gil obtained. ph nae open Pa | is seen in the centre of y long vista, = completes 
“Soon after t the commencemen ent of the last tury 
during the early part of Queen | Anne’s reign, “that 
embosomed in trees proudly overlooks the whole scene, 
its gence an ied ets risi into the horizon; and 
residence arcs is Grace the Lord 
Lieute er of the important of 
rig over its noble portals, Drone an admira le 
. The lofty 
monarch 
f John Duke of Marlborough, relinquished th the crown | 
u 
belisk, colossal bridge, an 
right ae 
its 
o ave coved 6 acres of ground, and ithe oe 
ite. the o 
genius of t 
Po 
Toy wre, the c Match s spires of Kidlington and 
da thee ad the beautiful ti brhige ty whieh 
the lake, 
immortal Seott has notw ithstanding created a "iao 
round the spot which will t 
te i if oss the lower reach On the low ground on fy) “side of the road is 
liament ‘ordered Sir John rugh, the Comptrol r of soitivenedl: as it were roads ove the scene, ary ito once|the equally famed Rosanoni’s wea a living spring 
he SS aes - erect a magnificent palace i in Woodstock | oon fat grandeur of effect, as well as relieve from | gushin om asonry near the bottom of a 
Par rk fi e Du uke, _ to bea a e of Blenheim, monotony the vast eee of gorgeous wood and | precipice; its waters are received into a stone basin, and 
Danube, the scene of et lawn whieh we es in le in making ‘the ott pass into and merge with those of the Glyme. 
on of the greatest victories in which the arms of this | eireait of the inner drive, The charms of the whole are | Here too was the site of the bower and labyrinth of 
country have ever been ngage ed. The old palace or} Also cor nhanced by tl f fugitive, of which tradition has hase down so 
Royal Lodge, as sometimes called, had been agitent Take “being cAulonally 9 seen in looking | much. The third Grecian arch, which has such an excel- 
olished during the Protectorate. Blenheim is attraction, in pte orn lent effect in the vista fro re apie a is the 
about. eight miles from rma: and within half| fhe prine cipal a approach is that from Woodstock, pe osc bd the third or stable 
a mile of the parliamentary bo of stock, near | from nto an open cou ave of} The 
which there is a railway kion on the Oxford and 
aoe y line. 
ag ors is a. noble demesne of some pnp my Bir 
miles: in circumference, and comprises 
ac in extent, the surface of which. i is onis AY 
undulated, the pages. part mena re the character of 
ills, on the f whi iva 
ig 
palace is prou sam situated ovarleokishe a sceni 
extent and bea 
aeea; was succeeded |igo 
AE o ty "that ret self-taught 
artist “Capability Brown, re who wasa one ti me ki ages 
b 
ent ont was s originally rot = by Wise, who spent 
ye in 
a somewhat ere eh ct 
maser of nia elt 
uth ja si is of pons ap eh as the grand 
and tri hal entrance of th e Corinthian order of 
writes, ‘the beautiful arch vanik surmounted I by a 
ntablature 
né of great extent and exquisite | bearity presen nits 
n | raat ing the t thie Liber: 
rè | colossal bust of Lou 
dof almost the same hig seen of 
architect finish ; its noble Corinthia 
wned by a pedes tal, Rarer a Latin maat ei inti- 
of Europe dedicated 
honours to the ren oF "Britain, rie Deane on by a 
KIV., take m the gates 
cha ih of Ber rkshite iis, es Chiltern: ind’ 
tel to our view. 
oregrotind are seen the beautiful lines of the para tig 
great Vine at the latter place being planted by ime 
—a man famous not only as the in rome ge English 
nence as an 
c be Ry ts entio 
e little + Giyme, , whose waters 
shisenidobed through on A mete in its natural code, waa 
ït of 
Denil a 
the fully peel ty clumps 
OO es 
d pedinients of the palace’ peering over the tree 
with its towers and na inarets rising into ‘the lotizon, 
pipa: ely in fron con- 
ecting i. pee vas and spatining anarrow: part of 
ET pa Lp valle: Shea wiin On 
pid tes ight the lofty obelisk with the 
-of Mi oe 
and 
i Duke 
trees. 
~ he Priame 
bining to formi seené of most 
From he "ert 
sotie distance 
angles a straight 
wers, 
. aa: Woodstock however, un unfinished, vases, founi 
orks of art bei ired, not 
requ 
= beat an ‘ak elegance, but mg 
tance, an oe. archite Satori fron 
right road "pia x form: 
sweeps feet in width, which runs’ through a dotible avenu 
Heb in the horizo 
t front "peseiita a very beaut foe = 
hri pit cting bow in the centre, acted up’ to 
hei of the second floor, contrastin pw 
e er: its] 
arranged as to co) 
tains, and 
only to give it classic 
to make it ae of ~ 
of the palace to 
4 PA y a 
B 
e 
h 
stirmontited Ey mimes tra Jonghe e 
portance nie the world should know tnt : 
r-} Pearinain is not Reinette Platte de Champagne, and 
‘along. and over which its waters pour, soon after uniting | noble Elms, from the trium ac at the 
a ‘those of the Brenlode in its course to join the of the to ion hrn Sarin nr o ir end te eastern rei raid batt ey jae og 
‘ hess occtipies | the dacs, deity a beautiful aia. — lous vista le erae the upper windows enriched 
he par 200 acres Aes extent. nearly halka mile in - ape hs the other entrances a ures. Th lb rooms of this front open to the 
e park is finely wooded, and contains some noble|of a more simple ch s and drives lawn; they are fitted up with Chinese ations, and 
in vast ee and well- groups, atid | amidst £ ei a pane gi to ti ething m A green a most extensive and valuable collection of 
is wéll broken by many admirable |than 27 m ntique and curious porcelain, Delf, and Japan 
pds of fine trees. north-eastern The puted is jbl g g 
not far from the’ (theremains of an old iron’ gates (i y B ted coll , and the whole is nicely arranged on 
citalated on l been the residence | at a cost of 10002.) of the most anan workman- 
' the notorious Earl of Rochester), there are ship and elegant desi faced by tw oie noble edifice, against which pretended critics 
+ er ign examples of wee some of which, at of the sa me magnificent nd beautifal Grecian | have winged their shafts, and which unquestionably has 
Gitar or ree gern ) and f, fe aults of detail, is, notwii withstanding, the first 
a T'S O yo ers that ex feet mference hay rire producing a striking effect. The| residence, whether ancient or mi r 
WA es tancé from the wid. Near this ntti is a noble arcaded quadrangle, 206 feet across, | perhaps in Europe, in respect to g 
re is also an old Elm 32 feet in’ circumferen he TORE he has side of which until lately was occupied b t th rmous sum of 650,000/. in its erection, 
ree the ground. It had been divested of all ita fa thie re. It is now however fitted up as offices for|is in a mos complet ect 
k a es some 20 ol 0; it has since however|the land vison =e architect, the other portions 1007 ving been expend 
‘ormed a new of you 8 Vigorous shoots. Near me Sere other offi n connection with the palace f. 
ker drive, in another ‘portion of the park, there a atchway we enter 
x honour, in hee t' of the main boily of th 
wide ie inches ka ter Pa y prodni, and covers palace, ilc presents a frontage of yi 
spreading bra of 261 feet in magnificence, extending to the vast length 
sireun o; erosione othar; ating of ms aedeigeretond stnaller lof 348 feet from wing to wing; in th 
rths 28 feet | this is the grand entrance under a maj 
èi krni same stance fom the the Corinthian order, ha the nae UF a Aine 
HS. g a there is mire as of the city of | surmounted by a statue of Minerva, an 
classic ane ane sculptured with the arms of a  lastione J J 
Pratcig in the Aitant Jandsonpe mi ex chill amidst a profusión of mi 
eastern side of the is said t ve Bs dards. The divisions ah tt lg si 
in battalion Poggi representing the living th side by Corinthian 
battle steti; innings balustrade and entablature. Rising above the centre of 
lestroyed iasion, and the building is an attic composed of o 
Monge dows, and termi in a second’ pediment sur- 
considers my book. o 
authority,” or pores 
