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London, England, 1829-01-01 00:00:00

yond doubt the most magnificent in Europe.
The north-terrace of the palace overlooking'
Eton, is now open to the public every Sunday.
land the bands of the Horse and Foot Guards
perfin-m pieces of mus'e there alternately.
1 The London visitants, even at this unfavoes-
-1 able season, are pretty numerous, and from this
/ terrace they get a view of the interior of the
quadrangular building, in which are the stele
entrance to the King's apartments, the private
entrance for his Majesty, the entrance to the
kitchens and other culinary offices, and the splen-
did new gate of George IV.
From the staircase at the private entrance for
his Majesty in this quadrangle, the corridor
which we have been describing is entered nearly
about its centre—that is, at the south-east angle
of the Castle, and at this point commences the
immediate approach to the Royal private apart-
ments.
The first that are entered arc what are
called the Queen's apartments, and consist of
three very beautiful rooms, -but Are so entirely
undeserving of that admiration which fills the,
visitor on viewing the King's rooms, and other
parts of the palace, that, for theapresent, a mi-
nute description of them may P :deferred. On
passing through these rooms, which are not yet
entirely completed in their furnishing, you pro-
ceed through the King's apartments in continua-
tion,. each .roach as you peocaeaszt.‘atassing the
other in splendour until you progressively arrive
at thegrand dining-room, where the taste, beauty,
and the magnificence of the whole seem to be re-
peated and combined. It is difficult which to
admire most—the splendour of these apartments,
or the excellent arrangement into which they are
thrown for every purpose of convenience and
comfort; and notwithstanding the just meed of
praise that is due, and must he awarded to the
skill and taste of the architect's lab Ours, it is tin.
derstood that his Majesty himself has had no ha
considerable share in directing this grand national
work. We did intend to give amore minute and
detailed description of the furniture and interior
decorations of these apartments than we have
hitherto clone; but this we postpone for a few
days, because we know that orders have been
very recently given to make considerable al-
terations in the festooning and drapery, partici:-
lady about the various windows, where, by the
first arrangements of the festoons, &c., the beau-
tiful pointed Gothic arches of these windows
were entirely concealed from his Majesty's view.
We stated on a former occasion that all the
hangings of these apartments were of Spitalfields'
manufacture, and such is the fact ; they are of
velvet, wove upon,—that is, the ground is satin,
and the decorative figures of velvet raised upon
it, the whole of the most exquisitely finished ma-
nufacture, and reflects the highest credit upon
our native skill and industry. There are a few
particulars connected with the manufacturing of
this silk that it may not be uninteresting here to
introduce.
.We before stated, that it was the determine-
tion of the King that all the decorations, &c. of
this palace should be of British workmanship,
and orders were given accordingly; but with res
ference to this silk there was some difficulty and
doubt as to placing the order for it in the hands
of a Spitalfields' master, because the work was
a very difficult one, and the certainty of bringing
it to the perfection required: not very sanguinely
entertained in the trade. At this time there was
a French silk manufacturing house under the
firm of " Depaully, Noutier, and Co." esta-
blished in the city, and as this kind of manufac-
ture was more of foreign make and use than in this
country, those foreigners were consulted about the
matter, and ultimately they got the order for the
silk, which was for 1,000 yards. There was,
however, a positive stipulation with this house
that the silk should be entirely made by English
hands, and that no persons whatever should ma-
nufacture an inch of it, except a Spitalfields'
weaver, the foreign house having the direction
and superintende::ce of the work, according to -
the manner of the French looms, if that mode
should be found superior to the English ma-
chinery. So far, however, from this being the
case, that although the Frenchmen were at the
commencement seemingly unalterably attached
to the perfection of their own looms and mode
of weaving, during the progress of the work,
the very clever, and ingenious Spitalfieldes
weavers, whom they employed, pointed out
to them the errors of the French mode so
clearly and convincingly, that the foreigners
were compelled reluctantly not only to admit the
superiority of the English loom, but to adopt it
in the remainder of the manufacture ; and not
only this, but they had all their own looms al-
tered to the English mode, and have taken the
improvement over with thetn to France ; for the
house not having been at all successild here, the
establishment in the city was broke up soon af-
ter the completion of the King's order, and they
returned to France. So caretul an anxiety was
there to guard against any fraud or imposition as
to the silk being made by British hands, that a
silk-merchant of great experience and respecta-
bility at the west end of the town was employed
by the Government to watch the progress of the
different weavers in Spitalfields, to whom the
silk was given out for manufacture, from the
commencement of a piece in the loom to: its
finish, and occasionally in this stage of the work
to mark it with his seal ; and in every instance
this was done, so that there could be no pos-
sible doubt as to who and by whom the work was
completed. It may not be an uninteresting
fact, in proof of the industry and skill to be
found in this branch of trade at home, to state
that of the thousand yards which composed the
order, 200 yards of this beautiful and difficult
manufacture were wove in every part be a Wrung
female not more than 20 years of age, and the
elegant finish she gave to her work was consi-
dered, by Messrs. Depaully, Noutier, and Co.,
to fully equal, if not surpass, any of the rest
executed by male hands. This portion of the
work, it seems, was given out to the father of
this young girl, who was known to be °rife of
the most ingenious and skilful weavers in Spite's
fields ; but at that time the poor man's heah
was in a very impaired state, and after accept-
ing the order, he found that he could not possi-
bly execute it, and was on the point of return-
ing it, when his daughter, anxious that her father
should not lose so isvourable an opportunity of
earning something handsome for his family,
and the honour besides of manufacturing for
the King's use, said she would undertake to
weave the silk herself. The father, although he
knew the girl had been very clever and ingenious
from her childhood, and had paid great atten-
tion all her life to the most difficult intricacies of
the loom, never imagined that she would be
able to accomplish so new and difficult a work as
this must be to her, particularly as she had never
' tried such a in inutile:l.lre before ; and he for
some tune refused to let her make the attempt
or to listen to her at all upon the subject ; her
earnest entreaties, however, and the burden of a
rather distressed family, induced the father to
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