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London, England, 1821-01-18 00:00:00

THE MUSIC ROOM.

It is scarcely in the power of words to convey an
accurate idea of its rich and glowing magnificence ;
the aerial imagery of fancy, and the embellishments
of fertile invention, profusely described in The
Thousand and One Nights," and the popular tales of
magic, involving the enchanted palaces of` the Genii,
fall short, in splendour of detail, to the scene of im-
posing. grandeur, and the beautiful combination and
effect of myriads of glittering objects, which, in the
plenitude of art and refinement of taste, this superb
apa:'tment alone disi,lays. It is 13 feet in the square,
with two recesses of ten feet each, making the ex-
treme length 62 feet. In height it rises 11 feet, to a
dome 30 feet in diameter. This dome is gilt with
green gold, and ornamented with sparkling scales
and. fossils, which diminish in size to the centre,
and add considerably to the apparent elevation.—

In the centre point of this dome is an ornament, re-
presenting, in rill its vivid tints, the sunflower, with
others, on a minor scale, blended with it, in all the
luxuriance of seeming cultivation ; and from which
ornament or flower depends a glittering pagoda of
cut glass, connecting itself with an immense lamp,
in the shape of an open lotus, or water lily, sur-
rounded by gold dragons, and enriched by various
transparent devices, emanating from the Heathen
mythology of the Chinese. The dome itself, which
appears to have been excavated from a rock of solid
gold, is supported by a convex cove, intersecting it-
self with an octagonal base. It is ornamented with
Chinese devices, in green gold, upon a light blue
and red ground. It also displays eight windows of
stained glass, rich in devices of the Chinese fancy,
the effect of which is' indescribably imposing and
brilliant, and which are contrived to admit of being
suitably illuminated exteriorly. Descending from the
cove's base, a splendid canopy is seen, with carved
scrolls, bells, &c. At each of the angles of this
costly room, a pagpda tower meets the view, formed
of sparkling glass and china, with lamps suspended
from its projecting angles, displaying the open lotus,
&c. to correspond with the former, and give dni-
formi ty to the general effect. The canopy bet ore men-
tioned is supported by columns of crimson and gold;
their height from the floor measures 23 feet, and
round which enormous serpents are twisted, in all
their diversity of colours and terrific expression, of
ai.imal capability. The walls are covered with twelve
paintings, highly finished, imitative of the crimson
japan; the subjccts introduced are views in China,
principally in the neighbourhood of Pekin; they are
of a bright yellow, heightened in gold. They are
equal in execution and niceties of finish, to the best
miniature painting, and exhibit a beautiful specimen
of British art. The pannels containing these paint-
ing have frames of gold, with a bordering of blue
and yellow fret, heightened in gold. The recesses
are fe; feet by ten, and 16 feet high ; they terminate
in the square of the room by a convex cove, repre-
senting lows of.bamboo, confined by ribbons. The
r.o7th recess contains a magnificent organ, by Lin-
cc,! 1: it is the largest in the kingdom ; its compass
is from CCC, with a double diapason throughout; it
is as much distinguished for its peculiar delicacy of
tone, ai for its prodigious powers. The space which
this stupendous instrument occupies, at the back of
the recess, is 20 feet in length, with an height and
wie.th of similar dithensions. There are two entrances
to chi.: room, one from the Egyptian Gallery, and
the other from the Yellow Drawing-room, each under
a splendid canopy, supported by gold colunins. Uni-
formity is tastefully preserved, by apparent entrance
doors to correspond, on the sides opposite. On the
west side of the room is a chimney-piece of white
statuary marble, of excellent workmanship, by West-
macot, ornamented with or-molu columns, &c. above
which is an effulgent mirror, 141 inches in length,
by 92 in width, encompassed by a rich and glittering
canopy, supported by four columns of radiant gold.
In front of this mirror a time-piece is placed, exqui-
sitely superb and beautiful, and producing an effect
not easily to be described. The stove, fender, fire-
irons, &c. are of polished steel and or-molu ; they
were furnished by Cutler, and excite the strongest
feelings of admiration. To the right of the chimney
is an elegant coach. On the east side of the room,
light is admitted by five windows, the draperies of,
which, composed of blue and red, and yellow silks,
with rich fringes, are supported by dragons. The
carpet, which entirely covers the floor, was manufac-
tuted at Axminster; and is one of the most spacious'
in the kingdom. It is of a light blue ground, with
Chinese subjects, in gold colour. This dazzling apart-
ment also contains many of the most rare and valua-
ble speciMens of oriental china, particularly those of
the four pagodas, which are 1.5 feet high. resting on
bases of shining .blue, and which were manufactaredl

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by Spode. Magnificeat china jars, .on supports of
extraordinary brilliance, also contribute to interest
and astonish all beholders.. The-embellishments or
this apartment may truly be said to impart the highest
degree of credit to the professional, talents of F. Crace,
Esq. and his qualified assistants. In the scene of ra-
diant and imposing splendour here displayed, it has
been his MAJESTY'S wish to give-encouragement to
every branch of the Arts, and especially to British
manufacture; and most faithfully do the commands
of the Sovereign appear to have been obeyed.
Everything here and throughout the Palace is al-
most entirely the work of British materials and Bri-
tish hands ; it combines a whole, in which the high
and cultivated taste of a Patriot Monarch forms a
strong feature, as diffusing its rays and illuminating
national talents, to the liberal and just support of
national worth and industry, that merits, aad must
obtain, the admiration of the world. •
The band "were straining each note in melody's
wide compass" till midnight.—The KING, the PRIN-
CESS, and ail about them seemed happy ; and a scene
more radiant, more polished, and exhilarating, is not
to be imagined.
The KING has taken a long walk to-day. The
weather has been a bright and shining contrast to
that of yesterday. The PRINCESS was walking with
Lord Sz. Hecr.N's on the Palace Lawn, from ten
o'clock till noon. Her Royal Highness subsequently,
attended by Lady MARY TAYLOR, took a carriage
airing.
FESTIVITIES AT TREDEGAR. THE SEAT OF SIR
CHARLES MORGAN, BART.—This noble mansion of
the worthy Baronet has, during the Christmas fort-
night, been open to a scene of the greatest mirth and
festivity, as usual. Upwards of forty persons ofdis-
tinction have been residing at the house throughout
the whole time ; and nearly two hundred sat down
in the servants'-hall every day. Dancing was kept
up with great spirit every evening till a late hour.—
Owing to the severity of the weather, the company
were 'disappointed of their annual races on Twelfth-
day ; that day falling on Saturday, it was kept on
Friday, on which day the neighbouring Gentry were
invited to a splendid dinner) to which upwards of
seventy sat down. In the evening the festivities were
concluded by an elegant Fancy Ball. The principal
dresses were as follows :

Lord Bomar, and many other Military Gentlemen, wore
their uniforms ; Lady llooteev was splendidly attired as a
Turkish Princess, Mrs. hlit.3lAN as a Spanish Lady of quality,
Mts. W. .13F.NNI:T as a Sultana, Miss Moncitte looked beautiful
as a Bohemian Peasant, Miss WALEER as a Calabrian Piincess ;
the other Ladies were prettily attired as Peasants, Ste. Mr. th--
Tams Moaceor; as a Turkish Prince, A costly and superb cos-
tume; Colonel MILMAN admirably supported both the dress and
character of an old F.eglbh Courtier; the other Gentkmen
wore various dresws.

At two o clock the supper rooms were thrown
open, where the tables were laid out with taste, and
every delicacy that could be procured, not omitting
an immense twelfth cake, which had a beautiful el-
fect beneath a canopy of flowers and variegated
lamps. After supper, dancing was resumed, and kept
up with great spirit till after five o'clock. The con-
sumption during the Christmas fortnight was euor-
mons, 7,521 pounds of butcher's meat were con-
sumed, besides an immense quantity of poultry, game,
&c. 880 gallons of ale, 54 tons of coal, and sixty
bushels of wheat.

CHARLES D. 0. JEPHSON, Esq. has sent one hun-
dred guineas to the.poor of Mallow, and his mother
has given twenty guineas.
HOUSELESS Poo n.—The subscription in aid of this
excellent Charity is rapidly increasing, whilst the be-
nefits it is productive of, are becoming every day
more apparent. At the Wapping Asylum, on Tues-
day, twenty-five seafaring men were selected and pro-
vided with births on board different vessels, who
otherwise might still have been wandering about
the streets.
Boxeits.—Oliver, Purcell, and Turner are in train-
ing for Spring, Martin, and Hickman, and are all
getting in prime order: it is said, however, that
Turner has back d mit, not liking his customer !
MARLBOROUGH. STREET.—A case of individual im-
portance came on yesterday, at this Office, touching
how far the military had a right to interfere with
publicans where soldiers are quartered. The magis-
trate expressed his opinion that it was the duty of
every publican, for the preservation of good order,
to allow every facility to Non-commissioned Officer*
to ascertain if the privates were in quarters ; but on
looking at the Articles of War, he could not find a
s:ction which authorized searching a house, excepting
for a deserter, or a felon, and he must, therefore, dis-
miss the case with' the observation, that the house of
an individual was different from barracks, but he re-
commended that publicans should give every facility
for the subordination and good discipline of the sol-
diers, and the good order of his own house. The
case was dismissed.—John Carter was charged with
being concerned with several others in attempting to
steal a trunk from the carriage of the Earl of I lar-
rowby on Monday evening, in the neighbourhood of
Piccadilly. Ordered to find bail for the misdemeanour.
Monday evening, on the Earl of WESTMORELAND'S
entering into town, the trunk was cut off trom be-
hind his carriage, 'but the footman having had the
precaution to tie a cord underneath the trunk, brought
it under the dickey on which he sat, while he held
the cord in his hand ; on the trunk giving way, he
received a check, when he instantly gave the alarm :
the thieves decamped, leaving the trunk behind.
-Between &ve and six o'clock on Tuesday evening,
as CHRISTOPHER SeuLTtionre, Esq. was proceeding
along the Borough High-street, he was surrounded
by a gang of pickpockets, five or six in number, and
although more than 509 persons were within pistol-
shot on either side, the villains pushed him about in
the most audacious manner, till they contrived to rob
him of his watch and pocket-book, but fortunately
the latter contained nothing of value. The watch was
pit ked up by a young woman, and given to the owner.
Film—Friday evening, a destructive fire broke
out in the workshops close to Oxford-road, St. Peter's,
Manchester, occupied by Messrs. BUXTON and Son,
joiners and builders. The ascendancy of the flames
upon the outset defying any exertions to subdue it,
attention was devoted to the warehouse of Messrs.
PIG XFORD, carrlers, which communicated with the
gable end of tile other bui:ding ; but that valuable
depot of property was soon:placed without the pale
of apprehension. The other•prernises, howeier, with
their ample contents, fell a prey to the implacable-
element in little better than- an hour. Of the cause
of the calamity, no clue has yet been afforded.

• LAW INTELLIGENCE. •

.OO2JitT OP KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 17.

FEARNIAN V. KING AND OTIIERS.

This was an issue out of the Court of Chancery,
directed to try the question of exclusive right on the
part of the Lord of the Manor of Milton, in Kent,
the present piaintiff, to the oyster-beds and fisheries
situated in that part of the Hundred of Milton called
the East Grounds. The defendants were the free
fishermen of Milton, and the facts of the case were
as follow :—The free fishermen of Milton had held
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the fisheries since 1705, by lease, from the Lord of
the Manor, which lease had been renewed from, time
time, on the payment of an annual rent by the
Company of Free Fishermen to the Lord; and no
fisherman was allowed to enter and fish until he had
signed this lease, and paid a certain sun) ; the sum
so paid formed a fund, out of which the rent to the
Lord was paid. On the expiation of the last lease,
however, the Lord being de4ous to raise his rent,
the fishermen turned round and disputed hit: ri..;ht to
exchOe them from dredging, and the result of that
refusal was proceedings in Chancery, which have,
been pending for some years.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now conducted the cause
on the part of the plaintiff; and produced a multi-
tude of documentary evidence, from the reign of.
Edward the Third to•the present time, consisting of
grants, by letters patent from the different Sove-
reigns to the family of Herbert Earl of Pembroke
and Montgomerie, through whom the present Lord
of the Manor claimed. The establishment of the.
Company of Free Fishermen, in 1705, was also
proved, and that the members of that Company paid
a certain fee on aJmission, out of which the rent to
the Lord of the Manor was paid; and further, the
Learned Counsel called evidence, and put in docu-
ments to prove a quiet enjoyment of this right on
the part of the Lord of the Manor for upwards of
one hundred years.
Mr. Sea ni,Err, on the part of the defendants.
werat to the Jury on the general issue, abandoning
the special plea on behalf ca . the fishermen of Milton,
and contended that the Lord of the Manor could not,
by the law of the land, have a right, any more than
the fishermen bad, on the evidence adduced, to ex-
clude the Public. The oyster-beds were overtio....ed
by the tide, and the Crown itself could not grant
such a right-to the Lord as gave him a right t r ex-
clude the Public. Upon this ground, he should con-
tend that a verdict must le entered for the defead-
ants, as part of the Public. He believed the Com-
pany of Free Fishermen and the claim of the Lord
of the Manor arose in 1705, out of 'a collusion be-
tween the parties, to which the Public were to be
made a sacrifice.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, if the claim of the Lord
of the Manor was not established by the evidence
adduced in the present case, he was at a loss to con-
ceive what evidence would be sufficient to-enable a
man to retain possession of his estate or property.
This question was agitated as one between the Lord
of the Manor and the Company of Free Fisher men.
The fishermen, finding themselves beaten at every
point, now turned round on the plaintiff, and said,—
It we cannot have the oysters, neither shall you;
we neither of us have any right; the whole shall be
laid open to the Public r—The Jury would judge of
this defence, and the effect it would have if it suc-
ceeded. They were aware of the nature of the pro-
perty, and of the care, attention, and expenses re-
quired to keep the oyster-beds in existence. Should
this property be thrown open to the Public, the re-
sult would be, that in less than three months there
would not be an oyster for any one.
The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages One Shilling, the question being
tried to decide the right, not to recover damages.
Mr. SCA RLETT said, tile unfortunate defendants
were by this decision reduced to a state of great dis-
tress, and left wholly at the mercy of the plaintiff.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had no doubt
the plaintiff, Mr. Fearman, who was not, in fact, the
Lord of the Manor, hut the lessee under the Lord of
the East Ground Fishery, would do everything that
was right forthese uufortunate