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KINGSTON upon T II A M E S. 
on the road to Guildford. Here is Efher Place, formerly 
the feat of the late right lion. Henry Pelham, and anciently 
one of the feats of the prelates of Winchefler, being built 
by bifhop Wainfleete, and greatly improved by cardinal 
Wolfey, when he held that lee in conjunction with thole 
of York and Durham. The whole was rebuilt by Mr. 
Pelham, in the fame ftyle as the original, and after the 
delign of Kent, except the two towers in the body of the 
lioul'e, which belonged to the old ftrudure. In one of 
thefe towers was a very curious winding ftaircafe, which 
excited the admiration of many eminent architects. This 
manfion afterwards became the property of Mifs Pelham, 
and at her deceafe was fold to John Spicer, efq. who 
pulled down the old manfion, except one of the towers, 
and has erefted an elegant houfe on the fame fpot. The 
late noble manfion was lituated in a low vale, on the river 
Mole, and approached, by a circular fweep, through a 
declining lawn; the river winding pleafantly through the 
grounds, and forming a very beautiful piece of water. 
On the left, entering the park, at fome diltance, the ground 
takes a terpentine form ; and the heights, being planted 
with clumps of firs and other trees, have a rich and bold 
effeCt. On a further advance to the right, the eye is at¬ 
tracted by a fine open country. An elegant fiummer- 
houfe, fituate on the molt elevated fpot in the park, 
commands a variety of rich and pleafant prol'peCts. Among 
the nearer views are Richmond-h^ll, Ilampton-court, 
Harrow on the Hill, Windfor-caftle, the windings of the 
Thames, &c. and, on the other fide, are Claremont, and 
other fine feats. Another building, called The Bower, is 
overhung with ivy, the malfy foliage of which is at once 
beautiful and piChirefque. Almoft every ftep affords 
a new and plealing object; and, to enrich the fcene, the 
river frequently prefents itfelf through the trees, or in 
full view from an open lpace ; and is again obfcured by 
the intervention of fome objeCt, perhaps not lefs plealing. 
Thefe enchanting fcenes are immortalized in the charm¬ 
ing poetry of Thomfou : 
Ether’s groves, 
Where, in the fweeteft folitude, embrac'd 
By the foft windings of the filent Mole, 
From courts and fenates Pelham finds repofe! 
And the unaffuming genius of Dodlley has feated the ge¬ 
nius of Gardens 
In the lovely vale 
Of Efher, where the Mole glides lingering; loth 
To leave fuch fcenes of fweet fimplicity ! 
The philofopher too will here find fubjefts of meditation ; 
efpecially when he is difpofed to retied on the inltability 
and vanity of all earthly grandeur. To this place (then 
called AJIier ) was the magnificent Wolfey commanded to 
retire, juft after he had perceived, for the firft time, that 
he had for ever loft the favour of his fovereign ; and the 
great malterof the human heart has made him give utter¬ 
ance to his feelings in this aifeding exclamation : 
Nay, then, farewel ! 
I’ve touch’d the higheft point of all my greatnefs; 
And, from that full meridian of my glory, 
I hafte now to my letting! I fiiall fall 
Like a bright exhalation in the evening, 
And no man fee me more ! 
The world, that had paid him fuch abjed court during 
his profperity, now deferted him (all but the faithful 
Cromwell) on this fatal reverfe of fortune. He himfelf 
was much dejeded with the change; and, from the fame 
turn of mind which had made him fo vainly elated with 
his grandeur, he felt the ftroke of adverfity with double 
rigour: 
In full-blown dignity fee Wolfey Hand, 
Law in his voice, and fortune in hand: 
1 o him the church, the realm, their pow’rs confign, 
Through him the rays of regal bounty fliine: 
Vol. XI. No. 792. 
Turn'd by his nod the ftream of honour flows: 
His fraile at once fecurity bellows. 
Still to new heights his reftlefs wifhes foar; 
Claim leads to claim, and pow’r advances pow’r , 
Till conqueft unrefifted ceas’d to pleafe, 
And rights lubmitted left hirn none to feize ! 
At length his fov’reign frowns—the train of ftnte 
Mark the keen glance, and watch the fign to hate. 
Where’er he turns, he meets a ftranger’s eye ; 
His fuppliants fcorn him, and his followers fly. 
Now drops at once the pride of awful ftate, 
The golden canopy, the glitt’ring plate, 
The regal palace, the luxurious board. 
The liv’ry’d army, and the menial lord ! 
With age, with cares, with maladies, opprefs'd, 
He leeks the refuge of monaftic reft. 
Grief aids difeafe, remember’d folly fling's. 
And his laft llghs reproach the faith of kings. JJivfon. 
Claremont, noticed as one of the beauties of this place, 
was the feat of John Holies Pelham, duke of Newcaftle, 
by whom, when earl of Clare, its prefent name was given, 
on which occalion Garth wrote his poem of “ Claremont,” 
in imitation of “Cooper’s Hill.” It was purchafed by the 
late lord Clive, who pulled it down, an-d erefted an ele¬ 
gant villa in a much better fituation. The park is difi- 
tinguifhed by its noble woods, lawns, mounts, &c. The 
fummer-houle, called the Belvedere, on a mount on that 
fide of the park next Efher, affords an extenlive view of 
the country. It is now the property and refidence of C. 
Rofe Ellis, efq. 
Thames Ditton is a village between Kingfton and Efher, 
two miles and a quarter from Kingfton. Here are Boyle 
Farm, the feat of lord Henry Fitzgerald ; the feats of R. J. 
Sullivan,-Taylor, and --Spears, elqrs. and an almf- 
houfe for fix poor people. Long Ditton is a pleafant vil¬ 
lage about two miles from Kirtgiton, and contiguous to 
Thames Ditton. It has a neat and even elegant new 
church, with a very pretty altar-piece. About three miles 
from Kingfton is the village of Malden, in which place 
is a powder-mill, on a fine ftream of water which runs 
from Ewel to that place, and in its way works feyeral corn- 
mills. The neighbourhood is remarkably pleafant, and 
the land fertile. 
Hampton Wick is a duller of houfes at the foot of 
Kingfton bridge. A patriot of this place has his memory 
recorded in a fine print of him, which the neighbours, who 
are fond of a walk in Bu£hy Park, mull regard with vene¬ 
ration. It has under it this infcription : “Timothy Ben- 
net, of Hampton Wick, in Middlefex, fhoemaker, aged 75, 
1752. This true Briton (unwilling to leave the world 
worfe than he found it), by a vigorous application of the 
laws of his country in the caufe of liberty, obtained a free 
paflage through Bufhy Park, which had many years been 
withheld from the people.” Bufhy Park is w'ell flocked 
with deer, and has a commodious lodge. The duke of 
Clarence is the ranger. 
Near Hampton-court (fee vol. ix. p. 201) are two 
towns, Eaft and Weft Moulfey, thus denominated from 
the river Mole which runs between them into the Thames. 
Eaft Moulfey is fituated oppofite to Hampton-court, and 
was granted by Charles II. to fir James Clarke, grandfa¬ 
ther to the late lord of the manor, who had the ferry 
thence to Hampton-court, in the room of which he erect¬ 
ed a handfome bridge, where a very high toll is taken of 
all palfengers, carriages, &c. It is now the property of 
lord Brownlow. Weft Moulfey is about a njile and a 
half weft from Kingfton; and here is a ferry to Hampton- 
town, alfo the property of lord Brownlow. 
Ember-court is fituated in a delightful country, about 
a mile from Hampton-court. Arthur Onflow, fpeaker of 
the houfe of commons, refided many years in this manfion, 
and his fon, lord Cranley, afterwards pofleffed it. This 
commodious building is compofed principally of brick, 
but the front has fince been covered with plafter to give 
it the appearance of Hone ; this was doubtlefs intended.as 
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