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BUCKINGHAM HOUSE.

BUCKINGHAM HOUSE was built by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, who was distinguished in the reign of Charles II. as Earl of Mulgrave. He held the appointment of chamberlain under James II., and was created marquis by William III. He was elevated to a dukedom by Queen Anne, to whose hand it has been said he aspired when a princess, and under whom when queen he afterwards held the office of Lord Privy Seal. The house, built of brick and stone, is delightfully situated at the west end of St. James's Park; and, being contiguous to the court, was purchased by his Majesty George III. as a palace for Queen Charlotte, had she out-lived him, in lieu of Somerset-House, which ancient building had long been held as the town residence for the queen-dowagers of England. The purchase was completed soon after the birth of his present Majesty; and shortly afterwards it became the town residence of his royal parents, and is distinguished as the birth-place of all their succeeding children. The house has since undergone considerable improvements, under the direction of the late Mr. Wyatt.

THE ENTRANCE-HALL.

WEST'S GALLERY.

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"Portraits of King George II. and Queen Caroline," by Enoch Zeeman. Both whole lengths in their state robes. "Portrait of the Duchess of Richmond," by Houseman. "Portrait of Lord Burleigh," by Frederic Zuccharo. An admirable portrait, picturing to the life the character of this great and good man.

"Portrait of his Royal Highness the Duke of York," by Zoffany. Representing this Prince in his childhood, beautifully coloured and finely drawn.

picture.

The walls of the hall are decorated with sixteen pictures "Portrait of the Duke of Richmond," by Daniel Myby Canaletti, scenes in Rome and Venice, and are consitens. Painted in 1623. This nobleman was Lord Chamdered among the best paintings of this celebrated Vene-berlain to James II., and admiral of Scotland; a clever tian artist. They were painted for his first patron, an English envoy, Mr. Smith, who was sent from this court to Venice. At his death, they were purchased for his Majesty George III. by Mr. Richard Dalton, then surveyor of the king's pictures. Beneath these are several architectural views by Zuccarelli, greatly inferior to the former, and by no means equal to the general works of the artist, whose skill in landscape displays great elegance of fancy, with a light playfulness of pencil and an eye true to

nature.

KING'S BREAKFAST-ROOM.

"A Portrait of King William III.," by Sir Godfrey Kneller. A whole length picture in robes of state. A duplicate of the painting in the king's presence-chamber at Windsor.

"Portrait of Queen Mary," by Sir Godfrey Kneller. In her robes of state; and, like the former, a copy of a picture in the collection at Windsor Castle.

"Portrait of her Majesty Queen Charlotte," by Benjamin West. A whole length, with the royal infants introduced in the back ground; an early picture of this great artist. "Portrait of King James I.," by Vandyke. A whole length, said to be by Vandyke from a likeness by Van

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Portrait of his Majesty King George III.," by Zoffany. "Portrait of her Majesty Queen Charlotte," by Zoffany. "Portrait of his Royal Highness William, Duke of Cumberland." A small equestrian portrait of the uncle of his late Majesty George III.

"Portrait of King Charles II.," by Vandyke. Representing the witty monarch, when a boy, in armour.

"Portrait of King Charles I. and Queen Henrietta," by Vandyke. Three-quarter portraits, full of expression and finely coloured.

"Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and two of their Children," by Sir Peter Lely.

"Portrait of the Countess de Grammont," by Sir P. Lely. "Portrait of King William III., and the Duke of Schomberg on Horseback," by Old Wyck. A fine characteristic portrait, exhibiting the costume of the time, and painted with great spirit. In this apartment are some "Female Portraits of the Court of Charles II., by Sir Peter Lely; and several interesting views of Venice, by Canaletti.

"Portrait of Anna Hyde, Wife of King James II.," by Sir Peter Lely. A picture of exquisite beauty, in the best style of the artist.

THE SALOON.

Has a rich clock, with allegorical figures, standing upon a mantel-piece of statuary marble; the carving by the elder Bacon, R. A.

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Portrait of Philip II., King of Spain." by Rubens. The horse is not well drawn, but, in other respects, it has all the fascinating attractions of the master.

"St. Agnes," by Domenichino. Well drawn, and coloured with that sobriety of tone that distinguishes this artist.

"The Nativity," by Barrochio. A good specimen of the master.

"Summer," a Landscape, by Rubens. This and the following picture by Rubens, exhibit the mighty band of the master with great effect, they are magnificent scenes, bold, natural, and richly coloured.

"Winter," a Landscape, by Rubens.

"Portrait of the Duke of York," by Sir Peter Lely. A half-length, in armour, of the unfortunate James.

"Portrait of the Duchess of York," by Sir Peter Lely. The Lady Anne Hyde, daughter of Lord Chancellor ClaThe Holy Family," by Paul Veronese. A rich speci-rendon, who changed her faith, and became a convert to the Romish church. men of the Venetian school.

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"St. John with the Lamb," by Spagnoletto. Painted with great breadth of effect.

"St. Magdalene," by Ciro Ferri.

"The Infant Jesus," by Ciro Ferri. Surrounded by roses, with a globe in the clouds. Two singular pictures.

THE SECOND DRAWING-ROOM.

"Virgin and Child," by Simon de Pejaro. "The Holy Family," by Andrea dal Sarto. A masterly picture with great breadth of effect and richness of tone. "Portraits of the Duke of Buckingham and his Brother, Lord Francis Villiers," by Vandyke. Youthful portraits, animated and free, with great force of character.

"Jacob with Rachel and Leah." The subject relating to the story of the streaked of the flocks of Laban.

"Children of King Charles I., viz. Prince Charles, Prince James, and Princess Mary," by Vandyke. The magical touch of the pencil has here perpetuated infancy, by arresting the hand of time: the portraits are as fresh and full of breathing innocence as when first painted.

"Joseph, holding in his Arms the Infant Saviour," by Guido. A beautiful picture, full of expression, and fine

contrast of character.

"The Samaritan Woman," by Guercino. A bold and freely painted picture of this indefatigable artist. "Portrait of Guercino," by himself. The subject allegorical and somewhat egotistical, but brilliantly coloured and finely drawn.

"A Sibyl," by Guercino.

"Portrait of Mrs. Elliot," by Riley, supposed to have been the wife of the member for St. Germains, and sister to Mr. Secretary Craggs.

GREEN CLOSET.

This apartment contains "Portraits of all the Children of their late Majesties, excepting the Princess Amelia," by Gainsborough. These are confined to the heads alone, and are painted in that free careless style so peculiar to this eminent artist, whose freedom of pencil rendered all imitation vain.

REVIEWS.

The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke,
LL. D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of
Cambridge. London: Cowie and Co. 1824.

THIS Volume would have lost none of its interest and importance had it been just half its present size. Otter-the biographer-appears to have been the organ of diffuseness in a very eminent degree; and yet he does not seem to be familiar with book-making, for he has contrived to be diffuse in the wrong place. There were quite enough materials to furnish out a "Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby," by Vandyke. The considerable octavo, but really 700 pages of quarto, first English patron of that admirable artist and clever are more than were necessary even for a biography of forcible head. "Portraits of Sir Balthazar Gerbier, his Wife, and Fa-Dr. Clarke. We knew that gentlemen very well, and mily," by Vandyke. This picture was purchased in Holland by the Prince of Wales, father of George III., and was in the collection at Leicester-house. Gerbier was a man of great versatility of genius, architect, painter, and diplomatist. He considered himself the rival of Inigo Jones, and was knighted by Charles II. in 1628. He came to England from Antwerp in the suite of the Duke of Buckingham.

THE BLUE VELVET-ROOM. "Jonah cast into the Sea," by Nicoli Poussin. A scriptural subject designed with great poetic feeling, full of grandeur and sublime effect.

felt the highest respect for his talents, the warmest esteem for his virtues. We object to nothing which tends to elevate and perpetuate his character, but we think that his biography might have been more judiciously written.

Edward Daniel Clarke might boast a brilliant line of ancestry. His great grandfather was the celebrated scholar William Wotton. It was well enough to enumerate such of his progenitors as might have been distinguished for their acquirements, but we cannot admire the taste or judgment which filled so many "Three Landscapes," by Gaspar Poussin. Three sin- pages with uninteresting biographies, and extracts gular clever pictures, all of which have been engraved by from the dull prose, and duller verse of that dullest of Chatelain, Vivares, and others. The pictures in this apart-persons, Mr. Hayley. The account of Dr. Clarke's ment are fine specimens of their respective schools.

"Landscape." by Claude de Lorraine. Rich and natural, breathing the purest taste, and displaying a luxuriant fancy and crispness of penciling.

"View of Tivoli," by Claude de Lorraine. A fine clear picture, admirably drawn, with great depth of perspective. "Landscape," by Claude de Lorraine. "Sea-Port," by Claude de Lorraine. A charming marine picture, full of variety and transparent effect.

boyish days is spun out to an intolerable length. There is one incident worth relating. He saved his younger brother from drowning, and that brother perished from drowning thirty years afterwards. Dr. Clarke spent his under graduate years at Cambridge in a respectable way, though without evincing any considerable talents. His verses, quoted by Dr. Otter, are

decidedly bad. He constructed an orrery and a bal-I perceived they were about half full of a dark purple loon. From the first he delivered lectures on astro-liquor. A dead silence ensued as they approached the nomy to his sister, and in the other he sent up a kitten to the great delight of his brother cantabs. Dr. Clarke soon became known as a successful private tutor, and in this profession nearly all the rest of his life was spent. His first pupil was a son of Lord Thanet, and with him he made the tour of England. An account of this he published, and the biographer || has given us from the volume, long since forgotten, some copious extracts. They are written pretty much as any other well educated young man would write. There are some amusing anecdotes, (one of which relating to an imprisoned naval officer,) is told with much spirit and feeling.

Dr. Clarke afterwards accompanied Lord Berwick to Italy. His letters are written with great ease, and the remarks are pertinent and shrewd, but they do not contain any thing sufficiently new to justify their republication at the present day. The following is one of the best passages we can find, and now when Prince Hohenlohe and his miracles are making such noise in Europe, we feel an additional motive for quoting the

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sacred head; the music ceased; the audience fell on their knees in an awful and anxious expectation. It arrived and rested opposite the head; but remained congealed. The bishop then took down the small case containing the phials, and turning them round several times to shew that the blood still remained in a congealed state, placed them on the altar, beneath the cross. Five minutes ensued, the people still quietly waiting for the event. The bishop then pronounced the words Ora pro nobis!' and all the people repeated them after him. For five minutes afterward they continued to repeat the words 'Ora pro nobis! A quarter of an hour passed, and I observed all the musicians looked alarmed, and betook themselves to prayers. Loud murmurs began; the clamours of the old women and the populace without grew very tumultuous. They beseeched God Almighty, our Saviour, and the Virgin, to intercede with St. Januarius in their behalf. I began to feel very uneasy, and did not dare to look up, lest some fanatic, in a fit of zeal, should think proper to rid them of a heretic. An Abbe stood near me, with his watch in his hand, interhad elapsed; twenty minutes, twenty-five minutes, thirty rupted every minute with my inquiries as to the time that minutes passed, and the miracle was not made. If anxiety would have passed for a mark of faith, no bigot at that time evinced more sincerity than I did. The cries of the old women redoubled. The girls screamed. The men squalled. I trembled. St. Januarius make the miracle!' was heard from all quarters. At last, the consternation became general. The abuse they poured forth against their Saint was of the lowest kind. Among other things, I heard loud exclamations of- Oh, you yellow-faced dog!you dirty scoundrel!—-you ungrateful rascal!-Is this the way you repay us for all our services? we that are your yellow-faced hangman ?' The old women screamed most bitterly, and, at last, giving a horrible shriek, they descended from some benches, and rushed through the soldiers, making their way in spite of every obstacle towards the Bishop, when, to my inexpressible satisfaction, the miracle was proclaimed; the music again struck up, and all the people shouted for joy. Nothing now was heard but

"Curiosity, however, surmounted every consideration with me, and by dint of hard pushing, I made way to the entrance of the sedia. The centinels repelled me rather rudely, and ordered me to withdraw. I told them I was an English gentleman, a great believer in miracles, and beg-faithful votaries. Are you not ashamed of yourself, you ged for the sake of St. Januarius, they would not deprive me of the satisfaction of beholding one so remarkable. A small bribe urged more in my behalf than all my faith; and I was directed to mingle with a procession of Carthusian friars, and pass in. I did so, and succeeded, notwithstand ing the ridiculous contrast that was offered by permitting an officer in the English uniform to walk in by the side of a barefooted monk with his cowl and rosary.

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Viva, Viva! San Genarrio-live for ever blessed best of "The sedia was illuminated both within and without, Saints, the patron and protector of us all! The Bishop, by an abundant display of lamps and tapers. The inside elevated above the people, now held up the phials to the was hung with the richest tapestry, profusely ornamented people, turning them round and round, to show the motion with lace. The grand altar glittered with ten thousand of the blood. I drew near, and as he held them to every lights, covered with imagery, and laden with riches of everybody, I had a perfect view of the liquefaction. The matter denomination. Jewels, gold, and silver, were lavished, within the phials, as it began to dissolve, at first appeared without taste, but in the greatest profusion. Under the ropy like pitch or treacle, but soon after assumed an appearcross, on the right hand, was placed the bronze bust which ance perfectly liquid, The people were permitted to apis supposed to contain the head of the Saint. Opposite to proach and kiss them; and those who were afflicted by disthis altar were two extensive orchestras, filled with upwards eases had the parts affected touched by them, which they of two hundred performers, both vocal and instrumental. suppose to be a certain cure. In the evening the streets In the space between, a file of soldiers formed a passage for were illuminated. The night past in feasting and rejoicing. the grand procession to pass through, and the rest was I returned to the Duke di Sangro's, where every body filled by a miscellaneous assemblage of old women, girls, seemed to have caught the general glee. The Princess of priests, abbees, &c. A shout from the populace without Sweden on that night honoured me with her hand, and we announced the approach of the sacred phials. The music danced the whole evening. began. First came a procession from all the convents in Naples, dressed in the different habits of their order, and hearing standards before the image of their patron saint. Each of these, as they passed, rested their saint for a few seconds, before the head of St. Januarius. This continued for some time, and after these appeared the images of saints, of massive silver, richly burnished, and as large as life; each borne on the shoulders of four men, and each in its turn paying its devoirs to the head of the saint. Last of all, with a slow and solemn pace, covered with a canopy, appeared the phials containing his blood. These were incased in a circular hoop, with two faces of glass, which being transparent, shewed the phials to the greatest perfection.

"The superstition of the Neapolitans, with regard to St. Januarius, is astonishing in an age so enlightened as the present. They suppose that the Deity has nothing at all to do with regard to Naples; that it is the peculiar province of that Saint to patronise, superintend, and protect the Neapolitans, and that God has promised not to interfere with his government. During the great eruption of 1767, the enraged populace tore down the house of the Cardinal Archbishop, because he refused to oppose the relics of St. Januarius to the fury of the mountain. They were afterward carried in procession towards the Ponte Maddelona, and they tell you that at the moment they arrived there, the eruption ceased.

"In commemoration of this instance of the indulgence of St. Januarius, they erected a marble statue of him upon the bridge, in which he is represented with one hand opposed to Vesuvius, and the other holding the phials of his blood.'"

On his return he became tutor to the present Sir Thomas Mostyn, and afterwards in the family of the Earl of Uxbridge, with one of whose sons he made the tour of Scotland. The extracts from his journal fill nearly 200 quarto pages. Had they been published at the time they would have procured for their author a deserved reputation.

which gave them a higher value in the minds of all with whom he had relation or communion.

"His ardour for knowledge, not unaptly called by his old tutor, literary heroism, was one of the most zealous, the most sustained, the most enduring principles of action, that ever animated a human breast; à principle which strengthened with his increasing years, and carried him at last to an extent and variety of knowledge infinitely exceeding the promise of his youth, and apparently disproportioned to the means with which he was endowed; for though his memory was admirable, his attention always ardent and awake, and his perceptions quick and vivid, the grasp of his mind was not greater, than that of other intelligent men. and in closeness and In 1799, Dr. Clarke set out on those travels, the acacuteness of reasoning, he had certainly no advantage, while his devious and analytic method of acquiring knowcount of which, has given him so great a distinction ledge, involving as it did in some of the steps, all the pain as an author. He proceeded to Hamburgh over the of a discovery, was a real impediment in his way, which North of Europe, through Russia into Turkey, Asia, required much patient labour to overcome. But the unwearied energy of this passion bore down every obstacle and Egypt, and returned by way of Vienna and Paris. supplied every defect; and thus it was, that always pressThere is scarcely a reader of any curiosity who is not ing forwards without losing an atom of the ground he had well acquainted with Dr. Clarke's able and elaborate gained, profiting by his own errors as much as by the lights description of this magnificent course of travel. It of other men, his maturer advances in knowledge often bas raised him to the first rank of travellers, and forms extorted respect from the very persons who had regarded his early efforts with a sentiment approaching to ridicule. a source of pride to his country. He brought back to Allied to this was his generous love of genius, with his quick Cambridge a valuable collection of marbles and MSS. perception of it in other men; qualities which united with acquired in the course of his peregrinations in Greece, his good nature exempted him from those envyings and Egypt, and Asia Minor. The letters which his bio-jealousies which it is the tendency of literary ambition to inspire, and rendered him no less disposed to honour the grapher has given relating to his pursuits whilst abroad, successful efforts of the competitors who had got before him are by far the most interesting part of the volume. in the race, than prompt to encourage those whom accident No one can read them without receiving great plea-or want of opportunity had left behind. But the most pleasing exercise of these qualities was to be observed in sure. He now married-obtained a college living, his intercourse with modest and intelligent young men; and settled at Cambridge. His father-in-law Sir Wm. none of whom ever lived much in his society without being Rush, gave him further preferment, and the subsequent improved and delighted-improved by the enlargement or course of Dr. Clarke's life was smooth and happy. elevation of their views, and delighted with having some useful or honourable pursuit suitable to their talents pointed He was appointed Professor of Mineralogy, and in out to them, or some portion of his own enthusiasm imthat situation greatly increased his reputation. All parted to their minds. those who attended his lectures will remember the enthusiasm with which they were delivered, and the information and entertainment they conveyed. Dr. Clarke then began the publication of his travels, for the six volumes of which he received £6,600. The booksellers have likewise gained a large profit by the publication. Other works of a less elaborate kind proceeded from his pen, and added to his scientific character. The list of Dr. Clarke's friends, as given by his biographer, comprehends nearly every person of literary distinction in the British Empire, and many illustrious scholars of other parts of Europe. The great and incessant labours of Dr. Clarke finally wore out his constitution, and he died on the 9th of March, 1822, aged 53. We will leave his character to the pen of his biographer and friend, and eulogistic as it may appear, it is by no means beyond the deserts of its amiable subject:

"The two most remarkable qualities of his mind were enthusiasm and benevolence, remarkable not more for the degree in which they were possessed by him, than for the happy combinations in which they entered into the whole course and tenor of his life; modifying and forming a character, in which the most eager pursuit of science was softened by social and moral views, and an extensive exercise of all the charities of our nature was animated with a spirit

"As a parish priest, in which capacity his character has not been touched upon, he was kind, charitable, and attentive; not contenting himself with his prescribed duties on a Sunday, but visiting his flock frequently in the week, as occasion required, and otherwise employing himself in devising means for their spiritual welfare and improve

ment.

"Of that happy combination of qualities and endowments for which he was so distinguished and admired in general society, enough perhaps has been already said, although it would be difficult to do justice to such a theme. It may be added, however, that though he often gave the tone to the conversation, he was more disposed to bring forward the opinions of other men than to take the lead in it himself, and the genuine delight with which he hailed a bright or good thought from others, was one source of the pleasure which he gave.

"In the bosom of his own family, and in the intercourse of intimate friendship, he was more kind, engaging, and affectionate, than can be well conceived by those who did not know him. It was here that the warmth of his heart, and the cheerfulness of his spirit appeared to most advantage, and though the slightest acquaintance was enough to excite an interest in his behalf, yet the nearer he was approached, and the more intimately he was known, the more delightful did he appear. His tete a tete conversation with a friend was a perpetual flow of humour, kindness, and intelligence, in which every fold of his heart was laid open, and the confidence and even energies he felt were almost certain to be inspired. It was quite impossible for an intelligent man whom he regarded, to be dull in his society, or

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