The Blue Room: the pictures, a Head, Guido; a Head of Raphael, himself; the Virgin teaching Christ to read; a Boy and Lamb, Correggio'; a Sea Piece, Vandervelde Cosmo Duke of Tuscany, Tintoret; two Cupids, Poussin; three Cupids, Parmegiano; Mrs. Bates, Humfreys; the Wise Men's Offering; a Fancy Piece; a Drawing of the present Duchess, by Dance, and another by Cipriani; Lady Mary Sackville, a Miniature by Lady Malden; the Prophet Samuel, Reynolds; St. John and a Lamb, Vandyck; a Queen, Rembrandt; a Magdalen and Cross, Guercino; a fine Head, Clermont; Flight into Egypt, Paul Brill; a Landscape, Rottenhamer; Mrs. Sheridan, and her Brother, Gainsborough; a Poetess, Domenichino; a fine Madonna, Raphael; a Ditto, Carlo Dolci; a Dog, Hackwood; Mr. Burke, Opie; a French Nobleman, Gainsborough; a Miniature of three Kings of France.

Drawing Room below Stairs: the pictures, Lady Betty Germaine and St. Peter's at Rome.

In general, it will suffice to observe, that many of the rooms are hung with curious old tapestry; and that the furniture and decorations, which are ancient, and which exhibit a perfect idea of the style of decoration in the 16th century, are in high preservation.

The architecture of this immense pile bespeaks a variety of dates; the most ancient is probably coeval with the Mareschals and Bigods. It seems as if the whole of it was antecedent to its becoming the possession of the Sackvilles; though, certainly, many of the family have considerably repaired it, particularly Richard, the fifth Earl. No part of it appears of a more modern date than the reign of Elizabeth. Thomas, first Earl of Dorset, came to reside at Knole in 1603: he died in 1607; and as the water-spouts, which were put up by him throughout the house, are dated 1605, it would appear that no part of the building is subsequent to this period. The garden gates, the sundial, and many other places, bear the arms of Dorset and Middlesex; a title brought into the family by Frances Cranfield, heiress to the Earl of Middlesex, and Countess to the above named Richard.

The park owes much to nature, and much to its noble proprietor. The line of its surface is perpetually varying, so that new points of view are constantly presenting themselves. The soil is happily adapted to the growth of timber. Stately beeches and venerable oaks fill every part of

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the landscape. The girth of one of these oaks exceeds 28 feet; and probably its branches afforded shade to its ancient Lords of Pembroke and Norfolk. The present Duke has repaired the gaps made in the woods by one of his ancestors, who, foe to the Dryads of his father's groves," had unveiled their haunts, and exposed their recesses to the garish eye of day. The plantations are not dotted about in clumps, as if they had no reference to a whole or general effect, but in broad and spacious masses cover the summits of the undulating line, or skirt the vallies in easy sweeps. Not to dwell, however, on “barren generalities," there are two points of view, among many others, that deserve attention: the one is from the end of a valley which goes in a southwest direction from the house. It forms a gentle curve; the groves rise magnificently on each side, and the trees (many of them beeches of the largest size) are generally feathered to the bottom. The mansion, with its towers and battlements, and a back ground of hills covered with wood, terminate the vista. The time, most favourable for the prospect is a little before the setting sun, when the foreground is darkened by a great mass of shade, and the house, from this circumstance, and its being brightened by the sun's rays, is brought forward to the eye in a beautiful manner.-The other view is from a rising ground of the same valley, and of a different kind from the former. On gaining the summit of a hill, a prospect of vast extent bursts at once upon the eye; woods, heaths, towns, and villages, appearing all in bright confusion; and the sudden and abrupt manner in which the prospect presents itself being in perfect unison with the wildness of the scenery. The eye takes in the greater part of West Kent, a considerable part of Sussex, and a distant view of the bills of Hampshire. The foreground is woody; the whitened steeples rising every where among the trees, with gentlemen's seats scattered round in great abundance; and Penshurst, the ancient residence of the Sidneys, standing conspicuously on a gentle swell; forming a middle point between the foreground and the South Downs that skirt the horizon, reminding the reader of the spot where the patriot Algernon Sidney, and the gallant -Sir Philip were born, and where the amorous Waller immortalized his Sacharissa. This delightful spot is called River Hill. In the park is abundance of fine deer, which completes the richness and beauty of the scenery,

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AINDON HILLS, LANGDON HILLS, OF LANGDON WITH WEST LEA, a parish in Essex, contiguous to that of Langdon and Basildon, and lying in the road from Chelmsford to Tilbury Fort, 22 miles E. by N. of London. This parish was once supposed to be the highest ground in Essex; but on a survey, it has been found not to be so high as Danbury. The ascent on the north side is easy; but, on the south, S. E. and S. W. the traveller is astonished at the descent before him, which exhibits a very beautiful and extensive valley, with a view of London to the right, the Thames winding through the valley, and the view extending to the left beyond the Medway. Mr. Young, in his Six Weeks' Tour through the Southern Counties, thus describes this prospect: On the summit of a vast hill, one of the most astonishing prospects to be beheld, breaks out, almost at once, upon one of the dark lanes. Such a prodigious valley, every where painted with the finest verdure, and intersected with numberless hedges and woods, appears beneath you, that it is past description; the Thames winding through it, full of ships, and bounded by the hills of Kent. Nothing can exceed it, unless that which Hannibal exhibited to his disconsolate troops, when he bade them behold the glories of the Italian plains! If ever a turnpike road should lead through this country, I beg you will go and view this enchanting scene, though a journey of forty miles is necessary for it. I never beheld any thing equal to it in the West of England, that region of landscape!" This turnpike road is not now wanting to augment the pleasure of the traveller who may be inclined to gratify an innocent curiosity.

LALEHAM, a village in Middlesex, between Shepperton and Staines, famed for the entertainment it affords to the lovers of angling. The Thames narrows considerably here; and, about the shallows or gulls, the water is beautifully transparent. The tranquillity of the scenery, the various objects gliding on the stream, and groups of cattle in the adjacent meadows, present a pleasing subject to the contemplative mind. Here the Earl of Lonsdale has a handsome seat worthy attention.

LAMBETH, a village in Surry, which the late increase of buildings, in every direction, from the three bridges,

has now united to the metropolis. It extends a considerable way along the banks of the Thames, from Vauxhall to Southwark; and the parish, which extends to Norwood, Streatham, and Croydon, contains six precincts, or liberties; namely, the Archbishop's, the Prince's, Vauxhall, the Marsh and Wall, Stockwell, and the Dean's. Near Westminster Bridge, is a spot of ground, containing an acre and 19 poles, named Pedlar's Acre, which belongs to the parish, and is said to have been given by a pedlar, on condition, that his picture, with that of his dog, be perpetually preserved in painted glass. in one of the windows of the church; which the parishioners carefully performed in the south-east window of the middle aisle. It has been suggested however, and with probability, that this picture was intended rather as a rebus upon the name of the benefactor, than as descriptive of his trade; for, in the church at Swaffham, in Norfolk, is the portrait of John Chapman, a great benefactor to that parish; and the device of a pedJar and his pack occurs in several parts of the church; which circumstance has given rise to nearly the same tradition as at Lambeth. But whatever be the origin of this gift, the time of it was in 1504, when it was let at 2s. 8d. per ann. but in 1752, it was leased at 1007. per ann. and a fine of 8004. It is now estimated at 250l. a year. The annual value of all the estates belonging to this parish is 9687, 16s. 8d.

The church is close to the palace. Mary Queen of James II. flying with her infant son from the ruin impending over her family, after crossing the river from Whitehall, took shelter beneath the ancient walls of this church, a whole hour, from the rain of the inclement night of Dec. 6, 1688. Here she waited, a melancholy spectacle of fallen majesty, till a coach, procured from the next ina, arrived, and conveyed her to Gravesend, from whence she sailed to France, and never again returned to this country.

In this church were interred the mild and amiable prelates, Tunstal of Durham, and Thirleby of Ely, who being deprived of their sees for their conscientious attachment to the Catholic religion, lived, for the remainder of their days, in Lambeth palace, under the protection of the good Abp. Parker, who revered their virtues, and felt for their misfortunes. The body of Thirleby was found, in digging a grave for Abp. Cornwallis. His long and vene

rable beard, and every part was entire, and of a beautiful whiteness; a slouched hat was under his left arm; his dress that of a pilgrim, as he esteemed himself to be upon earth!

In the church-yard is the tomb of John Tradescant, father and son, founders of the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford. It was ornamented, on the sides, by emblematic devices, denoting the extent of their travels, and their attention to natural history. These are nearly defaced; but, in 1773, a new slab was placed upon the tomb, and the epitaph engraved upon it, which no naturalist should neg. lect to read. An amusing account of these remarkable characters will be found in Pennant's History of London.

In 1769 an artificial stone manufactory was erected by Mrs. Coade, at King's Arms Stairs, Narrow wall. It answers every purpose of stone carving, having the peculiar property of resisting frost, and, consequently, of retaining that sharpness in which it excels every kind of stone sculpture, and even equals marble. Here are many fine statues from the masterly models of Bacon. It extends also to every kind of architectural ornament, in which it comes much below the price of stone.

In this parish is the Asylum for Orphan Girls, whose settlement, after a residence of six months in the bills of mortality, cannot be found : it was instituted in 1758. Here also is the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, instituted in 1765. In this, particular wards are appropriated for the reception of unmarried women.

At Lambeth, the Danish King Hardicanute died suddenly, in 1041, during an entertainment given on account of the marriage of a noble Dane. His death was imputed by some to poison; by others, to intemperance ; and the scene of it was probably at Kennington, where the vestiges of an ancient royal palace were lately to be seen. In the beginning of the present century Lambeth contained 1400 houses. The present number, including those building, or newly built, and not yet inhabited (which are about 500) is 4250. It was in a public house in Oakley Street in this parish that Despard and his Associates held their principal meeting. Here therefore they were seized, and carried to the county prison, where they were afterwards executed.

LAMBETH PALACE, the venerable mansion of the