tered is decorated with illuminated prints from the Loggias of Raphael, coloured by Francesco Pannini in a very superior manner, and some original drawings of the cielings and ornaments still remaining amongst the ruins on the Palatine hill. From the adjoining dressing room, which is remarkable for a chimney-piece inlaid with Florentine marbles and antique cameos, I passed into a gallery about forty feet by seventeen feet. The cieling is painted by Boileau in imitation of a warm summer's sky. The walls violet, the curtains and furniture a pale straw colour, the carpet green, with a beautiful Mosaic border, glasses near six feet in width, large slabs of white marble, antique tables, and a chimneypiece in the purest taste, make this apartment one of the most elegant I ever beheld. It contains a great many pictures, all chosen specimens of their respective masters. A large and capital View of Venice, with a multitude of Shipping and Figures, by Canaletti, from the Calonne collection. Two cabinet pictures on scriptural subjects, very highly finished, by Hamilton. Salisbury Cathedral, by De Cort. Exeter Cathedral, by ditto. The Tomb of Asserius, by ditto. The The last, in particular, is esteemed one of his best productions, and for harmony, transparency, and delicate pencilling, merits great praise. A Moonlight, by Pether. This charming little picture recalls to our mind the finest works of A. Vander Neer. A Lady correcting her Lap-dog, by Fragonard, equal to Metzu or Terburgh. This master has long enjoyed the highest reputation at Paris, where great prices are given for his perfor mances. A Study from Nature of a ruined Arch in the . midst of a wild Forest Scene, by Ruysdael. An upright View of a Flemish city, in which a chymist's shop, at the foot of a stately cathedral, is very conspicuous, by Vander Heyden. The figures by A. Vandervelde. The Inside of the great Church at Antwerp, by Steenwick. Very clear and perfect. A Storm and its Companion, by Bonaventura Pieters. A Landscape, (with figures by A. V. Velde) by Wynants. Its Companion, with figures Hawking, by Lingelback. A Spanish Cavalier in conversation with a Pilgrim, by P. Wouvermans. I much regret not having time to enter more fully into a detail of all the rarities collected from every part of the world which are profusely scattered throughout this range of apartments; from which, however, I cannot depart without noticing a small saloon called the Tartarian room, very fancifully decorated by Boileau and Feuglet, and an oval bed-chamber entirely draped like a tent. The variety and singularity of the whole suite on this floor is, I presume, unequalled in this, and perhaps in any other kingdom. Reluctantly leaving a scene which afforded me so much entertainment, I quit the house, and proceed to the pleasure grounds. The lake, which always produces the most brilliant and captivating effect in a landscape, is here a beauty of the superior order. Free from the formality of a strait outline, its banks are thickly wooded, and its head concealed by clustered islands. Vast flocks of aquatic birds, and swans innumerable, enliven its expanse. The colour of the water is singularly fine; and as the river Nadder, and many other clear rivulets, have their source at Fonthill, a fresh current is perpetually maintained. In a walk from the south front of the house, the admirers of the picturesque will find many enchanting scenes, one of which is peculiarly |