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London, England, 1802-12-28 00:00:00

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BlVAD.—Yefterday 'the Loan lartot, after ex-
amining the mealsreightie: reports', (which being
the fame as the .pricedink *eel,) ordered the price
of Bread to continue at 9.1 d. the qt_tartern LOaf
wheaten, and houfehold at 714:1 the Quartern Loaf.

'BUCKINGHAM IlOirss."—We are indebted .to a
Correfpondent for the following defcription of the
interior of this Palace, which may be confislered
as the only town refidence of their MAJESTIES, St.
James's being merely ufed as a place of audience,
and for purpofes of State :
The Hall of entrance Is upon a fate fultible to
the dignity and fpacioufnefs of the dwelling, which
it fo amply ftored with the fineft paintings, that
the walls of even this apartment are covered with
them. Views of cities in Italy, efpecially thOfe by
Catrit.sTri, prevail here. The pavement is of
white and dark coloured marble. _ Three very

large and ftiperb lanthorns, in the fathion of 40 or
5o years since; hang from the ceiling. Eight Limps
in stalks are placed on carved pedeltals very well
painted in imitation of bronze. The dory of
4Eli EA, and Dito covers the walls of the flair-cafe.

On the landing place of the chief floc*, without
any anti-room, opens the door of what is called
the japan-Room, in which Their Maissvizt and
the Patricsssas breakfaft. Here are the comforts
of a family room with the grandeur and force of
the ornaments of a palace. Three large paintings
occupy three of the cothpartments, and With fe.
veral others leave not much place for the curious
Japan lining, from which the room takes its Name.
VANDYKE is the favourite mafter here, and, per-
haps, it is not too much to call thefe three lofty
pitures his heft works. That neareft the fire-place
reprefents CHARLES I. HENRIETTA MARIA, and
their Family, all in whole length. The next is the
portrait of CHARLES I. on horfeback, with a page
on foot. The third is the Duke of Atm.', on
horfeback. A time-piece occupies the centre of
a beautiful marble chimney-piece. The curtains
are velvet, painted by the Princefs ELIZABETH in
~fhades of brown' and maroon, in imitation of
cut velvet. Here the elegance of the furniture ends.
The tables and chairs are of a very plain and old
fafhion. The cold and hard•rubbed floor is with-
out a carpet, a luxury, of which His MAJESTY
deprives himfelf in almoft every apartment, froM
the opinion, that carpets and other means of great
warmth are injurious to health. Many of his fub-
jeas would find this deficiency very lamentable, if
they were to pafs a day at Buckingham Houfe. A
piano forte is on one fide of the morn ; a large
organ completely fills up a compartment by the
fire place. Several little (lands, of the height of
a table, to hold a hreakfaft cup, or a work-bag,
are placed in the corners.
Prom this apartment extends a fuite of rooms
along the whole back front of the houfe, all nearly
covered with the fineft pietures, which have, how-
ever, been fo often defcribed, that we shall not no-
tice them individually. Rums, VANDYILE and
Ctatee are the chief mailers. In every room the
encouragement given by His Mapsfir to ingeni-
ous conttrudors of time-pieces is apparent, and the
Kano's fondnefs for their art moy be well account.:,
ed for by his known punduality ; in which, proba-
bly, none of his fervants, or fubjeds, ever equal-
led him. We do not recoiled, that there is one
froom 'without a clock ; certainly feveral have two,
or three. There are, at lead, fifty in the houfe,
all conftantly wound 'up, accortgas to their periods,
by it tru ft y fervant, anclall in fuclicorrednefs, that'
a difference °lbw a minist•cannot be found among(j
them. Weather-glaffes of different fixes and con-1
ftrudions alfo occur frequently, and their indica I
correfpond almolt as well as the hands of the clocks:
On this weftem fide of the Houfe are the Kt an's
and Qtraites Warm Room ; apartments fo called
becaule they have the di fti netion of carpets, of which•
there are only four in the whole honfe, though
not lefs than 20 of the rooms are in frequent ufe

by the ROYAL FAMILY; the others are in the dining
mom and the Q 2 a so's bed room, but none of thel
completely cover the Boor. The furniture of thir
fuite of apartments is otherwife extremely remark-
able, and for the very 4:polities oppofite to thole
that might be expetted. Inftead of being magni-
ficent, elegant, or faihionable, it is of the very
plain& form into which good materials can be
worked; and even the materials are not always fo
confpicuoully good, feldom fo beautiful, as would
be required in the houfes of many opulent indivi-
duals. And yet, though old enough to be far out
of any late-taße, it bears no Ramp of a venerable
antiquity. The dame& of the curtains and chairs
lAs much faded ; the mahogany of the latter is not
beautiful ; it is even fo dull, that it much refembles
walnut ; and the latter are made with curving legs
and clump, or rather knob, feet, not well carved.
The tables'are of fimilar falhion. Several old and
very plainanntim andelendoire: encumber the rooms.
The appearance of the whole isvery Rriking to a vi-
fitor, if hehas been Mfpeeting any of the magnificent
dwelhngsk called the Sbrev, Hain of our opulent
Nobility,. and has hid his eye accullomed to gold
mouldings, fatin-linecl compartments, flately mir-
rors and vivid carpets. It would indeed be a
leiron to the ettravagance of the age to fee
this houfe. Amid& the • utmoß abundance of
,things junky valuable, of ratificationsA for an
intelligent mind and a fold tafte, of Books,
pictures, maps, and inttrumentrk purchafed with
a liberality truly Royal, the KING of ENGLAND
and his numerous Family, fcarcely more elevated
in rank than in their accomplifhinenur, content
'themfelAs with fuch other furniture In their more
,tiomellic apartments, as many opulent tradefmen
would certainly not envy. Now that folid- value
and real nle in matters of Ibis fort are defpifed,
and nothing valued but thew and fafkion, for the
fake of which fortunes are walled, and conveni-
4118C0 facsiticed, it maybe beneficial to many in-
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