The larger, is a magnificent specimen of Derbyshire Mosaic work surrounding four panels of a very fine green stone, said to be from the island of Corsica, called Plasma Verde, or in other words green Plasma.* These have a fine effect contrasted with the wreaths or scrolls of the Mosaic work, which contains an immense number of beautiful marbles, &c. The margin is made of the fine Derbyshire red marble or the "Roso Moderno." Both tables are magnificently mounted on richly gilt stands. This last was executed by a Mr. Milnes, of Ashford, which speaks much for his abilities as an inlayer. A Bust of George the 4th, by Chantrey, on a large grained red granite pedestal.

The Filatrice or beautiful Spinning Girl, exquisitely done by Schadow.
The pedestal is granite, a fragment of a column from the Forum at
Rome.

A Colossal Bust of Lucius Verus, splendidly executed, on a granite
pedestal.

Musidora, by Wyatt.

Venus, by Thorwaldsen, on granite pedestal.

A Colossal Bust of Alexander, an antique, on a sienite pedestal.
Two Italian Dogs, in bronze, well done.

Pretty figure with the Cymbols, pedestal gritstone, panelled with a
bass relief of two Bacchanti.

Fine Egyptian Porphyry Tables, with two busts, one at each end, and a black obelisk in the centre.

Hebe, by Canova; one of the most lovely, chaste, and beautiful figures in existence, pedestal red sienite.

A beautiful figure of Laura, by Canova.

Two Busts, one of Ceres and one a Bacchante, by Renaldi.
Cupid, finely executed, with the Butterfly inclosed between his hands,
an image of Psyche, a Grecian, and beautiful idea of the soul-the
best that could be given in that day without the light of Revelation.
The chrysalis, or remarkable change of this lovely creature from
the slow, unwieldy, and clumsy slug to that of the light and elegant
insect, floating with ease and gracefulness in the atmosphere,
furnishing the idea.

Ganymede and the Eagle, by Tadolini.

Mars and Cupid, a Colossal group, by Gybson, the pupil of Canova.
Cardinal Gonsalvo, by Thorwaldsen.

Diana, by Prosalindi.

Ariadne, by Gott, and a Vestal, by Trentanove.

The Busts on elevated brackets and pedestals, yet to name, are,
Princess Pauline Borghese, by Campbell.

Madame Mere, by Canova.

Present Duke of Devonshire, by Campbell, colossal.
Canova, by himself, colossal.

There are several brecciated marble columns not particularised, one at the north end is a fine specimen of Serpentine. These are surmounted with Vases and Urns

*The general character of Plasma is hard, translucent, or semi-transparent, and of a pale sea green colour.

of Derbyshire marbles and stalactites, also foreign marbles which have a pleasing effect, distributed amongst the fine and beautiful figures.

The Vase occupying the centre of the room is a splendid production by Canteen, sculptured out of one block of the Mecklenburgh Granite, at Berlin, and measuring twenty feet in circumference, on a foot and plinth of the same material. In this Vase there is a ball of green Porphyry (the Oophites of Pliny), which when set in motion has a striking and singular effect in rolling round it-coming on the ear somewhat like the sound of a chime of bells in the distance.

Another Vase of great excellence, but of smaller dimensions, occurs on the right hand side, a Breccia or conglomerate, called Fior di persico.

This room is well arranged, and admirably adapted to give full effect to these fine things.-The light is admitted from the top. The walls are solid masonry of finely rubbed variegated grit stone of a quiet and pleasing colour. The door ways are lined with Entrochi marble*, splendid columns of a rare Egyptian green marble supporting the entablature over them.-Those to the north, resting on golden pedestals and surmounted by richly gilt Corinthian capitals, have a magnificent appearance.-Besides the Sculpture contained in this room, there are some Busts, &c. in the State and Drawing Rooms, which we purposely omitted till now, as they may be easily recognised and remembered. These are Busts of Charles James Fox, by Nollekins-late Dukes of Devonshire and Bedford, Lord George and Lady Cavendish, by ditto-and two fine Heads of Germanicus and Agrippina will be found in the SubHall. There is also a fine Statue of Mary Queen of Scots, by Westmacott, in Maltese Stone in the Hall of the west entrance. Numberless beautiful things, of great interest which we cannot name, are placed in other parts of this magnificent Mansion. But there are two beautiful Slabs which must not be overlooked; one

* Called so from containing the fossil Entrochite.

is said to be the root of the Amethyst.-The ground is certainly silicious, and studded or spotted with that beautiful material, called Amethystine Quartz, and altogether it is one of the finest slabs of the kind existing, being 5 feet by 31. The other an oval table of great beauty, and very large, a present from the Emperor of Russia to his Grace, is of the beautiful Malachite, a carbonate of copper, from Siberia. These, most likely, will be found in the Drawing rooms, when finished, with beautiful Derbyshire and Italian inlaid Marble Tables. We understand there is to be put down in the west entrance a Mosaic pavement, representing the Battle of Darius.

We must now proceed to the Orangery, the next in succession from the Gallery, a noble room 108 feet long, 27 wide, and 21 high. In the centre niche there is a beautiful figure of Venus and Cupid at play (a group)— and the walls are adorned with bas-reliefs, one representing Night and Morning, by Thorwaldsen; Agamemnon's Heralds, Talthybius and Eurybates carrying off Briseis from Achilles, by the same; Castor and Pollux carrying away Phoebe and Talaira, daughters of Luecippus; the Battle of Castor and Pollux, by Schadow; and Priam supplicating Achilles for the body of Hector. Here there are some very fine Orange trees, which originally formed part of the celebrated collection of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison; a splendid Rhododendron Arboreum, brought from Nepaul in 1820. It was most beautiful this year, and bore upwards of 200 of the loveliest flowers. The double yellow China rose. Another we must name, the Altingea excelsa, or Norfolk Island Pine, a beautiful tree. It bears the date of 1796. The glass roof of this fine room is supported by unique and finely moulded arches and the eleven windows are of plate glass. The door at the north end opens into a Lobby, which communicates with the Baths and Ball Room. The latter is spacious, and is fitted up with two side boxes, the Music Gallery over, and so arranged that

it may answer the purpose of a splendid Ball room, or a unique private Theatre. Some of the finest paintings in Chatsworth are to adorn the ceilings and walls of this noble apartment; but we cannot help observing that its splendour and beauty are much impaired by the private boxes and the two square portions at the west end taking up so much space, which gives it a heavy appearance. Over this is the fine open Temple in the richest Corinthian style of architecture, commanding magnificent views of Chatsworth Park and the country for miles around.

The

We may be allowed to observe, before quitting the house for the gardens, that the new wing, in connection with the east end of the old house, forms one of the most extensive, beautiful, and perfect suits of rooms in the country. The doors connecting each room are all of one width (six feet,) and placed exactly opposite each other, so that whenever the Duke pleases he can throw the whole open, and then a vista is presented of the most glorious description, extending from the great Drawing Room to the Bath Lobby, a distance of 557 feet. whole has such a splendid effect, that it is difficult to consider it, for a moment, any thing but a beautiful illusion. The fine things in the Libraries,--the splendid chandeliers of the Dining Room, apparently suspended in the air,-the beautiful proportions of the granite vase in the Sculpture Gallery,-the lovely flower of the Rhododendron in the Orangery, and the unique Lamp (if seen at night) like a brilliant distant star in the Lobby-all this has a transcendant effect on the mind, and compels it to yield the palm to Chatsworth, for arrangement,--effective display, and grandeur, -to all other houses. The Swedish Ambassador (Count Bjornstjerne) was perfectly astonished when he saw it thrown open, and pronounced it one of the finest suits in Europe, others have equally expressed surprise on being privileged with such a sight. But we must proceed to the Gardens.

From the Orangery we descended by a flight of steps, guarded on each side by fine representations of the Dogs of Alcibiades in Terra Cotta, into the flower garden. Two magnificent Bell Vases of Swedish porphyry occupy the rounded extremities or massive termination of the balustrade, which have a fine appearance, being beautifully spotted with crystals of Feldspar,* finely polished and calculated by their hardness and durability to stand all weathers. Pompey's pillar, which is of the Egyptian, has withstood the violence and erosion of nearly nineteen centuries, and yet standing on the sea shore. It is now only slightly effected on the east side. The hand of improvement has been busily at work in this beautiful flower garden. The unsightly fence which separated it from the stables has been removed and a singular flued wall erected in its stead. At about every twenty feet of this there are projecting abutments serving for the flues or chimnies, rendering the wall more ornamental and admitting of sufficiently large recesses for the stove and green-house plants that are being reared within them, protected from the severity of the weather by ample curtains, suspended on each side of these abutments like curtains to a window. This is a singular and unique contrivance and enables the visitor to say that he has seen orange trees and other exotics as out-door plants in the changeable and cold climate of Great Britain. This idea, most likely has been suggested by one still more magnificent and which may be of the greatest possible benefit nationally, and that is, the Arboretum or an attempt on a large scale to naturalize every species of foreign tree and shrub,-thousands of them having been already planted, arranged in classes and species, on the sunny cliffs of Chatsworth. The towering crags and forests protecting them from the keen north and east winds, with convenient pools of water made here and there amongst these exotic beds, to supply them with

*This is the general character of porphyry. The appellation of porphyry being only given to a homogeneous mass or rock, with embedded crystals of some kind.

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