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MISS ANGERSTEIN'S PUBLIC MAKFAST.

The following account of Miss Aisne's/Roes
elegant breakfast on Saturday was sent to as by a
Correspondent.
" Bei,'g invited to Miss Amotarrein's breakfast
at Woodlands, her father's beautiful seat on Black.
heath, I was among the first of the company that
arrived, as I was anxious for an opportunity to en-
joy, :a leisure, the rural scenery of the place, to me
always the most grateful part of such entertain-
meets. It so much surpassed my most sanguine ex-
patation. that I hope even a description, such sal
1 am capable of writing, may not prove uninterest-
ing to your readers. Woodlands is situate upon
the left of Charlton Hill, aid commands a most
enchanting and pitturesque view of the Thames from
Limehouse to Long Reach, a great part of Essex,
Rumford, Burntwood, &c. to an extent of between
forty and fifty miles. The vicinity of London does
not afford so rural and diversified a scene. It com-
bines every thing to gratify the most polished taste
and poetic fancy. The house is a white modern
spare building, in the construEtion of which, orna-
ment is judiciously consulted, without sacrificing
utility. On your approach, you pass through two
gates, the second of which opens into a serpentine
walk, bordered with the most beautiful trees,
throbs, and flowers, which condisets you to the
front of the house, the aspen of which is N. E., and
the site most interesting and commanding. From
this point, diverge venous seep-mine walks, bor-
dered with roses. myttles, And all the other trifles
of the most fragrant and beautiful shrubs and
lowers, the perfume of which filled the air with
their delicious odours. (inc of these leads to the
Conservatory. This, I am told, is one of the finest
in England. It is about 300 feet long, by 50 feet
wide. I never saw so great a variety of exotics.
Most of them were perfenly new to me. They
consisted of shrubs and lowan deemed the most
curious and beautiful produaions of the Cape of
Good Hope, Botany Bay, India, Egypt, Tunis,
and Algiers, all in full bloom, and in all the luxe-
rinser they could boast in their native beds. In.
deed, the race of curious shrubs and flowers, in
every climate of the torrid tone, has here a repre-
sentative. Continuing your promenade to the left,
you proceed along beautiful meandering paths, the
edges of which are embroidered with shrubs and
Bowers, some growing in pots, others in beds, con-
trasted and dos ersified with exquisite taste and
judgment. Turning to the right, I next directed
my steps towards the kitchen Garden, of which I
bad heard a great deal. The first obit& that soli-
cited the attention on my way, was a hot-house,
she flowery produce of which, disposed in pots,
adorned the paths by which I approached it. On
entering it, I was 'truck with the profusion of
grapes, in all the tints, from the most delicate green,
to the richest purple, hanging in luxuriant clusters,
and with the broad and beauteous foliage and
spreading branches of the parent vine, f aming a
solid and continued ceiling. From this charming
spotzeel walk, of about a quarter of a mile
in lengtlt, sandals you to the bottom of a hill,
and affords in its progress a most interesting view
of the front of the house, the lawn, the Thames,
wad she Adjoining villages. Hare you enter the
/itches Garden, a_ space of font acres, divided
into compertasents, Med with every species of es.
-eldest vegetables, and abounding with strawberries,
cherry trees #e. Of the cherries, the bleeding
hearts were ;be largest I aver saw. At the bottom
of the garden is a pile of glass. consisting of ten
ranges of bot.bouses, filled with grapes, pines, me-
lees. peaches, neaarines. apricots, theses hot-
houses are heated by stoves of a curious and pecu-
Ear coostrudion, for which Mr. ANGLRSTEIN has
obtained a patent, and are not used in any other
hot-house in the kingdom. The her is reritlati•ci
by thermometers, of which each house is supplied
with one. Besides the garden, this valley contains
a still more interesting scene, consisting of a beauti-
ful dairy in chaste rursi rimplicity, with the pans of
milk arranged upon the vavious sheires ; a eininus
grotto, and a farm-lard, in the centre of which is
aid d'eass. cooling and rcfreshirtt the air with its
streams, and presenting a beatit,ful pislure As they
played in the sun beams. Ll,asn my return to the
liruse, I passed through a large orchard well stored
with fruit trees. From thence f visited the Anseri•
can Flan:a:ion, so cadet from its contents, which
consist entirely of the most curious American
shrubs and flowers, crilesleil, with infinite care, and
great expense, from every part of that imam. -e
continent. Tiais wa, to :use the most interesting
scene of all this diversifie4 p;Cture. It was a rew
kingdom of botany, to which I was a perfell
stranger. I had almost forgotten to mention one ar-
ticle with which I was much pleased. It is a large
hewn, situated between rue of the houses and the
stables, into which all the rain that falls upon the
roofs of al the surrounding buildings I. cinveyed
by pipes, and forms a reservoir, from which all the
hot-houses are supplied with water. "this, I was
told, was the device of. Mr. STEWART, the principal
gardener, whose taste, care, and skill, displayed in
every part of this most delightful scene, are intitled
to the highest praise. It was near three o'clock, and
oar nix return, I approached the house, when I was
&rack with the novel appearance of the walks
waich I had so lately traversed. 'they presented
ail entirely new scene, bespangled in every direetion
with gropes of the splendid company, the greater
part of whom had arrived. The sweet melodies
which pervaded the most distant part of the scene.
now broke in louder sounds upon the ear. As I
reached the door, the Duke of York's Band, in full
o:iforro, were playing s' G.:./ Save the ever,
hate of which was echoed and reverberated through
the surrounding hills and dales in deeper and still
more mellow harmony. The band played many
fine martial pieces ; the grandeur of which was
finely relieved and contrasted by the simple and natu-
ral melodies of the Milanese Minstrels. Exhausted
with the exercise and heat of the Jar. wi:h a mind
hike with all the beauties wh': I Wad wttr.e s J, I
sat down and indulged the coreem,.Litive tarn of me
thoughts. Many stew, of tile pump and •I;l:ties set
the world presented themselves; and I mild not
avoid exclaiming," What more of lutury,s far as it
can contribute to rational happiness, can we.lth I.?*
Power p-ocure ? A Bor.i AAAAA Z. StA:llld with
Frit:es, may boa,, ins palace of St. Chaid and his
bat here is a scene not le.. lieautifal nr
Fterening, uostained by crime, and the pra,-eras

of a Tinton Merchant I a charsiler as far s trpass
ing that of Roe spaars, as virtue is removed from
every vice." Here I remained until half past four,
when the company, being all met, were summoned
to partake of the luxurious refreshment of the hos-
pitable mansion. The dining-room wits laid but for
the reception of His Royal Highness the Prince of
Watts and his immediate p.trty. In the centre
was an oval table fur thirty. The dishes were all
hot, and the desert was the finest that nature, assisted
by art, could produce. The only cloud that flitted
across the uniform sunshine of the day, was
an apology for the absence of His Royal
Highness.—ln this room, however, his .immediate
party sat down to breakfast They consisted of

The Machete of D-vnnthire, the Fir' and Counter of Bes.
borough the Earl and Cnuntat4 of tnirris' the Count-
ed% of &miler% Lady ThecAlaia Vy ter, rwn Licht?, Ash-
burithatn, tad et ftnb Lind Gsr;cl -r, Met Angersteie,
Mr. Angeeitelh, Mr. sad Mrs J. Ange.tt ne, &e.

"'lle other apartments of the house were laid out
for the accommodation of about 300 guests. Among
these were Miss Airosnsr Eisr's breAkfast.room,
which contained three tables, with cevers for 40, and
Mr. ANDERS rum% b eAkfast-room, with three tables
for 30. The four front-rooms upon the first-floor
had each tables for 40, and the billiard room had
three tables for 40, so that each room contained
nearly the same number of persons At About half.
past six, the cornoany began to disperse, and had
not all left this elegant and hospitable mansion at
half-past eight. We notic Awing them—

Irori—llkneater, Dartmouth, La udrnlal C orysfort, Pem-
broke. Northask, Seathoruur, a.to Mmuttnorris.
V.countt Calthorpt, Carderz‘g 1, Ouagannon, and
Alarm-tn..

&Arnim! Lord geed.
Lorio-.Guyelar, Yarborough, L. Gower, Northoiake, and
04-41.00..
Baron NoAwn.
ST-4 Moan% C Talbot, J. livingtan. W. Wynne,
and G. Paul.

Colonel Upton.
Captain.—. Hood and Utno.
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The Hon. and Rev. .)4. Leg!.
Mere...—Hooe. Howard, Scitt, Haro•n•rdery, H. Hararner-
&ley. L./fon. C. Pi ',cosine, Van•eto-t. Tat • e Ntinw 1, Pe,.
ban, C. L7,•con. H Ade.: NI • :a Irk.. Is, -
snl. L g, Warre,,, C. H.. we. P• 1 I). )i r.r. irer. •,
B Cri.l .rd, Ch.kl. • I It .v.mo, "an, ek. rwj
Poorer% C.et.lolf. Laurence, Paul, Rome Lary, "ideuent •
burg, and Dprqn
D senas. ^l-nenshire.

Conive.es.... V reneew, PrettON', H N Jrtliwicke.
Whetter, Cur•*a.t. sroug a•s M • •1,..1.15•
Irbecounte•ses-.Celener re, nal •I
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L L-gg, Nemec, If Comni:..i, Aollagrnhains, T. Viner,
L. C wry, La ,beft., C. Paatanay, A All .re It wet° 411.
Madame CrNi

Mietresaes—.l ma 4, Sten," Wedet .11, Boom, H unni-rs•
lei, Cartel, 11 .w M1.t1.; Put, Ptlhun, J.l•
Rail. 3. N are, 111.101r:ase, Pityp4, B,uverie, Adair,
Piet ling, raw, 9 sae
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ken, 5, : rt two T 4 PeIIIMTI, Neave,
Hen I. kul twr:rir. two B two Fiel•linr,
Havm4n, 51.1,,:n 1 Arden. P • !lips, ;1 ire, Frouch, Mai3en-
burge.

DREAIH LIGHTNING.

-IA ..LOPE, SUCKS. JUNE 29.
On Sunda,- last w s expel-ens:A here, one of the
most trenwr. ,andis A th order and lightning
ever remembered y t.,e oldest ;nimbi:ant living.—
It seemed to ga.:•er i.. the W. S. W. with most
Astonishing raindi,y, where it hung for a consi-
de, able time in stlert and gloom. horror; when, on
a sudden, a dreadful peal of thunder bunt over us
with a most tremendous roar, which was succeeded
by others still more loud and awful. In fad, the
whole artillery of the skies seemed to be let loose
at once; and the lightning that accompanied it at
intervals was the most vivid we ever saw. The
elements seemed in one continual blaze ; even N:1-
ture's self seemed to recoil, and dreaded to abide
the shock ! Abiut half-past eight o'clock, the .storm
was (if possible) more dreadful ; and, while the
affrighted villager was seeking for shelter in the
humble cot, or supplicating a P.:-.cer Supreme,
we were alarmed by the falling of the spire, and of
our venerable and anci?nt church, which was laid in
ruins with a most awful and tremend us crash. This
m rgnificent and beautiful Gothic ~trunuret, which
the Arai:ea • seemed to have mustered all his skill
to complete, ar.d which has stood the test of up
wards of three centuries, and was 18ri feet high,
was in a few minutes laid in a confused heap of
ruins, and deprived this parish of numerous inha-
bitants of its well attended and sacred place of war-
s ip. Nt.ay we not say with Job, Hatt than an arm
Ilk, al, er cants than thane& with a voice like his?
Hawn° r lams.
• Si, Chri.topher Wreti.