The National Register.
London, England, 1814-06-05 00:00:00

'{'HE NATIOINAL

renown.

CARLTON-iIOUSP FETF..—His Royal I{izlitleii, personally and
with an ardent veal, takes the trouble of superintending the
regulation of the buildings now erecting tier t!u projected fete.
Numberless workmen commenced their operatio#l, k, on
the lawn of Carlto”-house Garden ; they were occupied
sever :l new rooms, the architecture of which w ill be after the
intrest :Tech:ens of the gothic, each having a groined roof. These
apartments will be :it the eastern rind of Cailton-flonse, commu-
nicating with 4 new Gothic- tonservatory, filled with all I; bids of
exoties, and oarr flowering shrtilni, placed in Shrewsbury vases.
will be five rooms in all ; each about -10 feet long, eighteen
nide, and 1%/•-leP high. The whole will be email/lilted with yrrs-
large Frew!' V:intiOWS, to enalle the company to sec the various de-
vices in iihy::.nrions around the gardens. Mirrors will fill up the
piers. and chandeliers of eat-giass illumine tlif whole of toe interior.
The range of rooms will neatly MS the let ter lI ; they are in-
tended to eniamindeate with the grand Gothic Naloost, Henry thr
eighth's room. &c, in the house ; and the Chinese temple without.
COL.ONEL CIONGREVE. TE.anr.E.—Tlsis bnilding will he after the
Eastern style ; it is intended to turn rwind noon its own a%is, vrhieli
may be easily arrompl:siied by wheels plare.i threat fret ;q a t. It
will be supported by iron columns, and in the ct...ntre will at iw a
magnificent temple, fr.oni which will be sospenileo a vest nintihnr of
thandelivrs, forming one mass of light. There is to lie .a promenade
walk aroand this temple. It is said there will be several irl,ninithai,
arches of the Tuscan nyder; and one opposite .to the spot whereon
the Emperor of Russia will be seated. The latter to be inagniti-
cently illinuinated„ and Fiume. !'ttrnintuititig the peilimeir-, will blow
from the trumpet in letters of light, " Tity;atireiN ghat! nerd r f:f.de."
On :another arch will appear Mars and Neptioie personithil by Wel-
lington and N elson ; on wings will he placid phimes of ostrich tea_
thers, mid Military trophies .I:i:caring to a•-cend to the
time limited for all these tniiws is tell ear. 'Eli' Herald of the
bictided t(iNe, in hie robes of ee)s.:ilony, will winonnet etetrio of the
Emperor of Russia. &c. by the sound of triimpet, a sahite of music.
a wayllig of white handkerchiefs, and three cheers. Toes.. tokens of
gratolation will graze the emainencenient of the augus,
and stle,rowided festival.

A messace is expected to go down to both Howes of Parliamfmt,
in the conrNe of a few da.s, to amour-ice VAe intended miptidis 14'
tween the Hereditary Prirce of Orange and the Princess Charlotte
of Wales.
Thursday night, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wa!es was
present at*.Covent Garden 'Finn tase, at the representation of Arfax,
craw. She sat in a privat tiox, and was not recognisrd till the be-
ginning of the farce. The mom'', that Nific wits known, she WWI
greeted with alliont of enthusiastic applaase from the wholean•
&eve', the Ladies waving their handkurelnef.., anti the gent:emu)
their hats.. Her' Royal Higitne,s, %%110 li. rt pre6owly kept hack,
then alls-anted to the front of the- hox, and made ISer acknowled-
ments to the audience by repeated bows. " God ye the King''
yr usiteleitfor and simg with repeated Ourets of acattuation.

JUNE 5.

VIE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM.

Thursday her Majesty held a Drawing-Room at Buckingham-.
House. The company were conducted bete the saloon from the
grand hall and Ftairecve previous to the opening of the Drawing-
Rqollll.
The Drawing-Room adjoins the :,aloon, the windows looking into
the Queen's garde'', which is about -.;() feet square, and &kb was
entirely new furnished and ornismented for :he occasion. The walls
are ornamented with fir!, crimson twilled' silk, finished with bur.
ni‘hed gold moulding, with handsome carved ornmeeents at the cur.
Den. The window curtains arc of rich critiesqn velvet, trimmed and
embellished with gold-colonred lace and fringe. The dialectic.,
which are particularly Pull, are suspended from a handsmue cornice
of burnished gold and crimson, supporting the lion and unieorn at
the ends, with a maAsy crown in the centre, from which the dra-
pery falls in a graceful and novel style, combining a unite of 1im...-
logs truly elegant. The sotas and ehairs in hand-ome carved and
gilt frames. fini-hed in crimson velvet. A new state chair was de-
igned and executed by Ole of the first upholsters. it measures
Ih:we six feet high at the back. The seat appeal edto be about two
feel high. The whole was richly carved and gilt in burnished gol.l,
and finished in eritwon velvet. The legs ate lion.' claws, and the
tops 11'ns' heads richly gilt. On the top of the back are two die-
m:thus, over 0 C. R. supporting the crawn, encircled with rich
Attlee and flowers. ''here was ee foot-stool to correspond with it.
Her Majesty occasionally sat et or leaned against the front of the
elutir, to rest from the fait:nee of the day, which were exces.ive,
fr'rn the member of bolos it engaged her iittentiesn, and the heat,
from the crowd( d sote of the to-e:os. The Drawing room is about
net feet srinAre. l'he aljoieing the Drawing-rooin was newly
fitted' up for the occasion ; it kale* from her Majesty'. private :wait.
meets, and tuts !Pt ;Itt4ll for the t:ote Ce-Room, .a.l.ere the Q saw
HIP blanche, of her I..ItWIT, the Vore;gurrs of Distinction. the Fo.
reigo Aneb.we,obos and Minister:, the Cahinet Itteni,ters, the Great
Otlirers of th, ffengehold, arid all 1.:194 viter have the privilege o:*
time Platte, sari 0104 tiiiz occasion they were particularly mime-

roue.
Tbt, Morning wets von- inme•pittines, and a sight rain continued to
till fin about fliree Vatien• 1)1: tie-; or tlir Royal
Guards, the Lee faglit anti the roat Guards, were
•;Volvti in different' parts of tlie•arke awl -tructlt to enforce lira
the C:u tiagets the reviatiens nehlethed by the Meted of ireen CM. h.
A bowl' of Hononr mosmted 014 rim ocea,sion. The baud of the
lity,sl lintseosith the silver kettle drums prcemited to them by the
King, dressed in their i ich dreg, were stati lied on the lawn in the
trout Of the Pelare.
The company began- to arrive 1166 n after I 2 tek. ;In 1 eotiti
fitted getting down at both doer., Nome times three au i four rat•
vines at a time,witheut ieitertrission, till half past fonr ; they had nut
all lett die Palate till half past seven. They entered from both avemics
of the Grand Hall, and proceeded lip the spacious staircase, which,
upon this occasion was dividel,hy a temporary manner, to the Sa-
loco, and from thei;'r entered the Draw-iisq-Room, f' um that they
retired through the Japtin-Rodsm and down the min- sepration
etairea,e. Those who bad the privilege of the Entree Room en-
ter-d and returned by another staircase.
Her Royal Higness the Princess Charlotte arrived a few mieetca
after one o'clock, .neentupanied by Miss Knight, in an eirgant and
eartiettlinly neat and light state can with three Footint n and
the C4achmen in new- state liveries. She was rem ived by the
Duchess of Leeds and flue Dreseer, who had previole•ly arrived
its her plain. searriage to attend her Iterd Highness in dressing in a
Court Dress. for the first time, this heileg her Royal fliehtsess's
first appearance at a pnblitb Drowing Room. At the close of the
Draw ieg-Room on her Heyal Higeess leaving the Palace, the Prinw
of Orange handed her Royal Highness to her carriage.
The Duchess of Oldesibureh went in stale ill three of the Prince
Regent's cm-Hazes, accompanied by the Pinto.. of Ohlentsnrale the
Prince of Geearitie, the Princess V-alchowe•li, Madame A kilt nski,
General Tomer, tee. Het Impel ial Highness was escotted by 4
party of the Royal Horse Gnanis : exactly as the Duchess entered
the door of the Palece, the first gun was discharged, announciug the
Definitive Treaty of Peace.
Ya{l mall and St. James's-street were kept perfectly clear for car-
riages to enter tale Park by the Stable-yard. The Pi ince Regent
with his superb retinue, pissed aion4 Pall without interruption; but
his carriage Ito sooner entered the Park, than the multitudes assem•
bled there recoenieed his Royal Highness, and he was anenyed by
the most dismal yells, groans, and hisses, which continued the
whole way train the Stanie-yard to the Queen's House. The
h•rsea were pul to their full *geed to cur) his Royal Uiglwitss