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tree, spouting water at every branch; .a 
stream set flowing over a range of steps, 
to ferm a cascade, to fall upon a fine 
‘shorn grass-plat, with Tritons, flying-fish, 
and cherubs, disgorging their contents 
en every hand. 
from the sight of such absurdities, with 
a smile -of pity at the folly of the in- 
ventor, tosurvey the really pleasing rural 
view across the park; while my compa- 
‘Bions waited the conclusion of the raree- 
show, which being over, we repaired to- 
gether to the house, and were there 
-shewn a few ‘tolerably good apartments, 
and some -patatings, with.a large hail 
“and stalr-case, ornamented by a profu- 
«sion. of gilding and painting, on the reof 
and walls, more gaudily than tastefully 
executed. ‘Lhe exterior of the building 
is handsome; it is a square edifice con. 
structed of yellowish free-stone, finely cut, 
with a flat roof, and balustrades sur- 
‘rounding it. The principal front is to- 
‘wards the flower-garden, and is richly 
sadorned ‘by carved work, with large 
‘sashes of plate-glass, and the’ frames 
most gorgeously gilt. For.a sight of 
these fine things, both within and with- 
eut the house, the visitor must pay 
largely, at least ten or twelve shillings, 
‘to the different attendants who conduct 
-atrangers ever the place. I am not apt 
-to grudge my money for the view of 
“scenes I can admire, either for their 
natural or artificial beauties; but really 
‘such stupid inventions as are exhibited 
at Chatsworth, are not worth even the 
trouble of looking at. ; 
Reddlestone, the seat of lord Scars- 
Gale, withm a few miles of Derby, is in- 
finitely better worth a visit than Chats- 
worth ; for though there is also much 
sthat is artificial in the grounds, around 
-this spacious mansion, there is nothing to 
offend the eye of taste, or excite ridicule 
-for its absurdity. I visited Reddlestone 
ssome time previous to going to Buxton, 
and was pleased with it. 
Jarge and magnificent, witha grand out- 
side staircase ascending to the first floor, 
:gnwhich there are a number of handsome 
vapartments, adorned with paintings, by 
some of the first masters; and the whole 
wears an air of elegance, united with 
‘comfort and convenience, not always to 
be found together in the mansions of the. 
affluent. The*grand hall is spacious, 
and the roof is supported by rows of 
marble pillars, procured in the neighbour- 
hood, and receiving a beautiful polish. 
At Derby there is much to be seen 
“deserving of a stranger’s notte, viz. the 
Sirtctures on Theatrical Prenunczation. 
Far my part, L turned. 
visit to Matlock and Dovedale. 
The house 41s 
fOcted, ‘ 
J : i a ig Ke Big 
‘silk mills, where that material is spun — 
and prepared for the loom by machinery 
of most ingenious contrivance. There’ 
is likewisé a china manufactory, equal to 
any at Worcester, and the veautifal spar 
ornaments which bear so. high a price, 
and are so universally admired, are there 
manufactured, and may be viewed in 
perfection. ke 
I must now conclude this long epistie, 
and resumé, my pen by an account of my 
Adien, 
believe me your’s. with esteem and res 
gard. ; Tus Wanbener. 
. ES 
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apf ABSURDITY in STAGE BUSINESS. 
hh R. Kemble, generally affecting se 
‘great correctness and precision, 
both with respect to old and new reads 
ings upon his theatre, it has often ap. 
peared to me an omission, rather strange 
in him, that he.should permit the fol- 
lowing erroneous, and even absolutely 
‘burlesque, mode-of pronunciation, ina 
most affecting. part of perhaps the 
greatest and most lasting favourite of all 
our national tragedies. In Macbeth, 
the name of one of the king's sons is 
pronounced by all the players, Mrs. Sid- » 
dons herself not excepted, Donaldbane, ~ 
with the stress of the voice laid upon the 
last syllable, instead of the word being 
articulated, as it properly ought to be, © 
according to the Scottish idiom, DGna!ld- 
bane, the voice dwelling ou the second 
syllable, nald, the last, bane, being pro-= 
nounced short, asin the title of the pre= 
sent noble earl Breadalbane, who cer- 
tainly would stare, should Mrs. Siddons 
address him.as in the above mode. of 
pronunciation, lord Breadalbane., To — 
those who have noticed this as,an error, 
‘the bawling cut of Donaldbane ! Do- 
naldbane ! just as the murder of the king 
has been diseovered, is really the Sane 
of the solemn.and appalling interest of the 
scene, by mixing it with incongruous 
ideas, arising mivoluntarily from such 
burlesque sounds, ‘Thus however has, 
no doubt, the word been pronounced 
upon our English stage from the days of 
Shakespeare to the present; but J can 
scarcely suppose the saime upon the 
stage of Edinburgh. © es 
I have farther always thought, that 
the word Macbeth is by no means, spo 
ken on our stage with sufficient attention 
to national manner, but rather given in a 
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