The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

the interior el this castle. A noble flight a: stops
leads hoes the entrain, deer into a gallery 150 feet in
With. At the other end of this gallery a more-
imendieg flight of marble stairs leads to the upper
&amber& The gallery is lighted by ranges of oriel
Mud other windows to the north. On the south
are fire-pleas of Italian marble, with starves of
knightly character and blasts, designed expressly'
for the castle. Between these fee-please are
doors which open into the suits el rooms
which form the saloons of reception They coedit of
an ante-room, a drawing-room, a central library, with
two smaller ones at either side, and a dining-room at
the west end. These are all en rude. Over head
are two ranges of bed-ehamben, ar d in a wing of the
building are bath rooms, accommodations for domes-
tics, and he the servant, and retinue of guests. Sixty
principal and twenty inferior bedrooms are in thee,
compartments, and on an emergency as many u a
hundred persons have, without difficulty, ben ►ccom-
modated with chambers in the mission.
Such is the extent and splendour of the castles
built by the descendants of Fitzgerald of Clongibbon,
en the great domain which that warrior acquired.
The castle itself was finished little more than fireo
and-twenty years ago. It has
furnished; and as many of the fittings belonged to an
old residence, they appear ill adapted for the present
structure. But ander every disadvantage MitcheUstown
Is a residence that may well be envied. It is In better
audition than any hose, I hams seen in Ireland. The
building was, lam told, most substantial. The roof
b leaded over, so that it will last for centuries: in-
deed such is the general condition of the residence
that any one who purchased it would scarcely have to
expend a sixpence upon reparations. Every part of
the castle is abundantly supplied with water from a
lake below. A tower at one angle of the pile is ex-
pressly constructed for a reservoir, and into this by
=sans of force-pumps there is a continual
Concealed by a shrubbery, to the south of the
building are the exterior office,. The stables of the
Douglas, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, did not
boast more ample accommodation. Four-and-
twenty steeds may here be kept ready for war or
thaw. The stables are of stone, even to the very stair-
cases. There are residences for the grooms and their
families, and room for at least half-a-dozen carriages;
there is a melancholy story connected with the last
fa-
milpegmpage, bought in Loudon at a coat of nearly
250 guineas, never used, and purchased at the auction
as a state coach for the sheriff of the county at a price
not far above 331. _ _ _

The gardens of Mitchellatown have long been cele-
brated. At every show of fruit for mile. round the
grapes, the poaches, the aprioots of Lard Kings-
ton's gardeners have carried off the prise
without leaving a chance for any other ex-
hibitor. The noble earl himself took especial
pleasure in his garden. It is, indeed, a remark-
able eight to see the long range of graperies thrown
open. As far as eye can see festoons of grapes are
pendant. Some are of rare sorts. The black Ham-
burg grape is brought to the utmost perfection here,
and there is one vine which, in point of sue, both of
vine and fruit, is said to rival the famed produce of
the vine at Hampton Court.
In the midst of the gardens at Mitchelletown is a'
botanical library, in which rare works were k-pt for
the education and information of the gardeners.
Tnere is also a lodge expressly devoted for the recep-
tion of picnic parties, who from time immemorial
have been permitted the free range of all the grounds
and gardens, and inspection of the castle upon appli-
cation at the door.

The town of Nlltchellstown is immediately adjoin-
ing the demesne. Whether as regards its situation
or condition, it is one:of the best greaten' of •
country town in Ireland.
Lord Kingston's property and Mitchsllstown ex-
tends into three different counties, and consists of up-
wards of 120,000 statute acres. It includes, of coarse,
every variety of soil and situation, and is held upon
every sort of tenancy and tenure. It is mach to be
feared that a comparatively small portion of the pro-
perty is under improved culture. I saw some por-
tions that were admirably tilled, bat I am bound to
say that these were rather the exceptions thou the rule.
There are thousands of acres in a state of waste, and
thousands more that are improvable. As it is not yet
a ttiled in which way the estate will be lotted
out for sale, lam unable to direct the attention of
probable purchasers to any particular tote; but I am
quite safe in saying that those who are disposed to
invest eapital in Ireland may meet in this estate
something well-suited to their several capacities—
whether they may require • palace, a college, • cabin,
or a waste. There is no property in the market
which exhibits such variety—variety,. too, coupled

with many circumcise?. 11110 a 11111 11;ilkstii;az., bat
happen to be particularly advantage's&
I have already alluded to the homely of the Galty
mountain', to their grandeur of malice, and the
scarcely paralkled beauty of the glens which inter-
sect them. In one of the wildest and most romantic
positions of the :arse tho late Earl of Kingston
built bims:lt a MOUNTAIN LODGZ, intended u
a shooting-boz, though well adapted fur the residues
of a family. The moutrain lodge is about seven milts
from Mitehrilletown, and is approached by a tolerably
good road, leading through plantations of fir and
pane. It is built upon a rock overhanging a deep
romantic glen, through which there brawls a moun-
tain stream which forms a boundary for Cork and
Tilirtary. The situation of the lodge is more
penal* to be admired theta its architecture.