The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

THE PRIDE OF-THE LAKE,

CARRIES THE ILAG bi.? i'IlE COMMODORE.
Eut to return to the mansion. It is ornamented in front by
a balcony and gallery of singular beauty, the windows are
of plate glass, and within it will be found the most perfect
accommodation that a reasonable mind can desire, observing
thi.t comfort in its best form has been regarded to a great
extent, while the enormous expenditure, which is conspica- '
ous everywhere, has been disregarded, and only auxiliary to
the view of rendering it quite perfect. It is, in fact,
A PALACE IN MINIATURE,
in the most comprehensive sense. A splendid conservatory
adorns one wing, and there are hot and cold baths ; the
rooms are of the best proportions ~ the bed-chambers in
abundance, and well constituted with dressing-rooms. The
principal suite of rooms are fitted up in unusually good
Itaste ; they are in communication, and nearly the whole are
i ornamented by massive mahogany doors, with chimney.;
pines of pure statuary marble. Tne domestic arrangement
I may be accounted perfection, and the offices within and
i without so complete as to leave nothing to be desired. The
1 els4naneys, of castellated form, are so admirably arranged,.
the'. smoke and its annoyance have necessarily abdicated.
It /11h;' ' well to recur again to the situation. if the reader
be weary ..." the description, the writer promises he will not
Ibe so when -I,t reality is brought under his review. Win-
-1 slermere it is known is always accounted
THE LEVIATHAN OF THE LAKES,
and Croft Lodge partakes of its beauties infinitely beyondany
of its rival candidates, inasmuch as its breadth and its love-
liness increases as it app"oaches nearer to the Elysium, 011(1
terminates close to the spot where the confluence of the
rivers takes place. The beauteous valley seen in all direc-
Aions, is nowhere more perfect than viewed during the pro-
6wess through the rocks and precipitous hills.
• The luxuriant country in which Croft Lodge is embo-
soused ; the lucid expanse of its lake; the distant moun-
tains lifting their glacier 'summits to Heaven—the combine-
tion must be felt while gazing on this scene, and a deliciouS
1 tranquality will steal upon the heart and harmonise with
i every kindly feeling. It will exert a sort of fascination over
I the senses, and hold the spectator for a time in mute and
breathless contemplation.
The road to Amblesida separates the mansion from the
gardens and• river, it is the subject of constant admiration
from all those who frequent the lakes, and equally eulogised
by those who have benefitted by a tour into Switzerland.
The only parallel case -
which Mr. Robins can bring to his
recollection is the
SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND,
and it becomes matter of doubt which to prefer; this truism
will leave the reader to judge of the treat that is in store, and
, it ought to be added, that the poets of the present age have
selected this vicinage, with a view to perpetuate their fame.
Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Sonthey have reason to ha
proud of the auxiliaries found in this earthly Paradise to aid
in their Prolific rause. The situation is proverbial for lon-
gevity, and an East Indian who has amassed considerable
wealth at the expense of his constitution, need only to possess
Croft Lodge to ensure an immediate renewal of a lease for a
very prolonged :ife. The society is eve' ywhere around of
the best description. Those who would be gay will find
abundant opportunity, not forgetting the pleasurable scenes
which are constantly presented by the regattas. To conclude
it may be well to observe, that the lakes are now within 14
hours' ride of the metropolis of London.
It will be on view six weeks antecedently to the sale, only
by means of a deScriptive particular, and a drawing and plan
of the estate (at Is. each,) to be had at the Waterloo, Liver-
pool ; the best Hotels at Manchester ; Plough, Cheltenham ;
Hotel, Leamington; the Auction Mart; and at Mr. GP.O.
Roams' Offices, London.