THE Sanaa nee. ee on Poni 
re. 
URAL GAZETTE. 
(January 21, 1860, 
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top of a kettle-drum,) by John Duke f Marl gh 
after the battle Ms = een announcing f| 
the enemy and 
s determination to follow him up. 
g on on Sof the windows of. this St there is a 
Restin 
pattern € of the: flag, which accordin g tot the, erms of the 
ne sents of Iri nab Yew, 
Oak, red Cedar, variegated |1 
= ign nifice nt 
these pisin the reat are f 
varie ga ated Hollies, weeping 
Bo OX, good Araucaria imbricata, of whi 
ane — 
each other, either for full Trolopiyent i or advanta eous 
di y: and ought to be relieved from common kinds 
wherev unity offers, ‘and this would in so 
es di stan oe the 
o struck us that the walks, especially the 
anniversary of the battle of Blenhehm, the second d lay 
as t for 
+} 28 A er ey 
many feet 4 inches in 
ey (> e an ac quittance 
all manner of rents, suits, and services due to the 
crown.” The entrance hall, saloon, and libra ae are 
ness of the scene through which they pass. At some e little 
ee 6 
mt has an ee autumnal uniform, m, 
left a w whi te marble fountain Si the 
igh ef 
rable = 
the Rhus: like scarlet- tinted Tongs and key-like see 
ith the foliage of ca 
vast a Be yg ote occupying the whole width o 
S Sal 
+] Fp id 
w iS the last work onw hich 
are 67 feet in height. The former 
si galleries of the 
d 
hn m Duko of Ma rlbo rongh, with a 
neath. iling is finished 
with an Kjai Taibting i Sir James Thorn- 
hill, bis gine A. a ee dess of Victory wowing the 
hero e points to a a re of the battle of Blen- 
cupies the 
s wide i re; it pela in 
beñutifally intieedsronted en 7,000 volumes in 
ected uy the Earl of Sunderland, | 
,0002. This noble r 
of cireumfer ren 
rest 
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which g 
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f the i execu 
ted in the P oa ted 
i and e 
s lwia ere s0 hod Servi rate 
by 
eatly ` Pass 
$ Fined apie the easende, roya a lig ht br id, to the 
e Surface, 
jazza nace at 
atis we ¢ro he lake 
ss the narrow part 
rocke ery, which | tends over nea rly an acre 
forin of Picea Age are objects of interest he 
“rial is 18 feet high, and covers with its beautiful 
branches oe “jnimitable foliage an area of 33 feet in 
ce. 5 he Eu cou! ptus longifolia is an object 
sand Ju uniper have also a 
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and valued at she sum of 60, 
m many valuable paintings oo other der 
works of art; D the upper end prr a highly -finished 
- white marble statue of Queen 
green weeping fi age pr 
nce; ; it is 40 feet in height, aa isa Ton aon 
| "n Pro oceeding gra s e yeah the of Diana, 
Ege capitals having a 
robes and jewels by Rysbrach ; Se he pedestal is this 
inscription— 
F QUEEN ANNE! 
s ONQUERED, 
eet TO WHOSE MUNIFICENCE 
phn en POSTERITY 
ATITUDE 
OWE THE Tomasiox OF LREN 
MDOOXXX 
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Ê la arge blocks 
to o the swee} 
mein and Latin aye ai 
y barface of the 
being admirably set o of noble 7 Poplars 
which tower up A 0 pa all. One of the 
aga ifr is co a! te its course for some distance 
by of Ivy in 
tolochia § Sipho, T rd a peg effect and eh 
ing shelter from the rays of the summer’s su 
with doable doors of the most Donutifal pikie 
Golden Yew is here also an obj ect of great interest, it 
onwards beyond th towards itchen 
to the extent of 100 acr It was 
here that Neos great artist stemmed the course 
od Li current and forced the waters back into 
l Aiorming a lake at once of the most graceful 
satni ‘and noble proportions, over the rusticated head 
of 
opo: 
which its accumulated waters once rushed i in sn 
whiteness to the bed of th iver many 
bu 
now finds its way diepenndtr’* and rises up like springs 
in the be de of the riv rer below; and the surface of ‘the 
ey aoe aon aen pa own Let te form a 
f the grandest dese 
an 380 feet, othe whale Tenth of he ung Teaving 
p- 
eans, however, equally simple as those 
o | Cypress is 55 fect in height—a noble specimen of 
beauty and attraction. The tinted foliage and fno 
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ape “ich it was first formed will ere long we 
the libra Pre the, doo Ay the 
alo: Wit tho cades ithe 
ong a piaz hapel, which: is 
situated oak the centr si of the western wing 
of the 
| and Sapa opens of them are scattered about. 
gu varled Oak he 
deeply 
pala ce; it h recen ntly been restored i 
ery chaste 
viilan s to’ 
ite mar 
ul style. 
e of .Ma: 
bia "bea Sisk interred in 
ey, an fro om whence. not lon 
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Pinas pyrenaica, with aioe enred Hollies, are thinly 
= tter a about. There are „also good specimens o of 
and 
ere intervenes, A oats 
nd all ng 
be adopted to restore prvi unriva 
their pristine 
at whic umes & 
river h cades, requ to be 
cleaned; but och} is the magnitude of the tnd 
that a sum of more than ang uld be required to 
restore the upper portion alon 
From here through a vista of cree we "i foliage 
the 
aft ds, tl 1 te 
placo. Al Although however this vast pine will remain 
distant 
Norw: ay Spruce, A 
whieh have a magnificent appearance Abies Morinda | 
n hei nd 2 feet 11 inches in girth 
which was bronzed by 
striking view of the po k ‘the igen i 
le her 
a lasting monum = ot Marlborough’s 
slry an the nation’s gratitude, ies and affection 
mestic life have, nokta tng suggested a 
‘memorial of a far different kind, and on the northern 
sons who died young— a by Fame and Hist 
Ory 3 
the pen of the latter se 
ms to have traced the inscrip- 
ite holds in the other hand— 
OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH AND 
IN THE OF CHRIST MDCCXXXIII. n e 
On the | base is a _ basso-relievo, representing the 
ob; 
e grounds extend on either side and 
beyond £ the i lawn on a anih S ue palace, and com- 
f 150 a ent, which is inter. 
sate len Si of gravel wales ‘the right-hand side 
Py ths A saak p% = far as the cascade, where 
e narrow part "of the 
er 
ider- 
Been: of the lower reach of the 
ae an island and then to its 
opposite shore by two rustic beac A ticies 
e season ar mi 
et = 
of | the 
duke and duchess—they are A with ol? nen | 
Paes the. waterfall to the die ii i 
tiful. a 
eed fi 
ng | 
in clreumference, | 
| beaut 
inus excelsa is 30 feet in nheight and 
f unique and beautiful 
| specimen. Taxodium fastigiatum and man: 
p ss an equal interest. A sòlita 
eet, and covers with its branches a circumference o 
s| te: 
barrier of larg 
of | the: 
—a lovely s scene, on Sue the ani eter rays vi — o 
gun were j 
At the 
d of cattle was grazing — 
sostingi 
rene of t 
N of bat 
Hop Hor 
interest. A noble Talip tree is 85 feet 
in = and ati i kan 7 inches at 4 feet from 
eaka sed of Oak 
reading branches an area of 2 
Virgilia ribo mid her Sk ria japonica 
a Many fine Catalpas are scattered about, an 
they flower every season. e and oie ‘ere 
r 
and nice specimens of Abies morinda; these fo) 
latter of a penile: graceful character, and very beau- 
o great distance from here there is a strikin 
mor 
-AS We pro- 
uniper, Fern- 
ula, Pinus 
redon either side ; 
ne specimen, 32 sigh in height x nd 3 fect 4 inches in | 
| girth. Gym serge —, 40 feet in height and 
3 feet 1 in sd oiie tree; Taxodium 
| distichum i > Toi feti in height and sted 7 feeb 5 ny 
ae Maples, Judas trees, Wi 
Chesnuts, mg 
area of | 
socidentalis O) (?). is 
90 feet in ene and ei 13 feet. teak isa red 
form of — ty ranches of 
= area of 320 feet i inel 
standard 
| mites 
wi 
Many of of the specimens in 
utiful trees are growing in 
are beautif il 
d | in 
- | Specimens of Pinus, ager ria, 
the recurvi 
pe fevers Cherry, Abies Menziesii, || 
o 
e latter is a | 
gA ne e hand it opens like: a turns 
approach the Rosery, inte contains an | bridge immediately in front of the cascade, and-there 
| ecto wall i he ra r wallection, Tey e arranged in o other fogmbains in th 
. | beds between EER iea ~ entre ne hi: ec lai 
| while several of these beds ring are an hiefly planted with America: 
| with iron rods, on which seis oft thet best ‘climbing. Roses onwards some little distance by the side of thë river, 
| are twined very effectively. ve found s specimens of wee 
near them there are noble cimens of Dicksonia | Cypress, Nettle tree, and Weeping 
squarrosa, Cyathea dealbata, a ot other et Ferns | Indian Azaleas s to thriv 
in excellent condition. Passing onwards a fine mea river in some places was thickly co 
Hair tree, a Gleditschia, and a testy Crossing to Lie opposite shore by two 
of 
ic bridges— 
the vaire of Ë the strem wre move for some distance 
ths 24 feet, ~~ amó) i 
280 fe 
jis 30 feet high, 
contrasting finely with the more 
ma a 
an aeaii 
é proportions, we 
owering: a aatia an 
| fur chi onwards is the atic p kitchen g 
The Grass abe ones the aid of machinery w 
by horse-power wherever such can — > 
ma pee Aai whole ma eal vast scone 
nd magnifi 
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