Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-09-11

time of Elizabeth The gallery hundred and feet
long and seventeen feet wide the walls paneed oak
very richly carved the ceilings succeed and richly gilt
but age has much defaced them The first ball in this room
opened by Queen Elizabeth.
From this passed into the apartments that
pied by Queen Elizabeth and there the bed which she
slept Il covered with hangngs embroidered velvet and
the counerpane is Of Waite satin embroidered with gold and
silver The walls of this bedroom are covered with rich
tapestry.
We could have proracted stay until midnight in wan
derng these celebrated relics of oen tines but had
yet to visit the splendo of modern days looking at
Chassworth very pleasant ride of some two miles
brought to the park Of that elegant establishment palace
far surprising the city residence of Englands Queen.
This believe, is acknowledged be the most splendid
mansion IN England 1t is in the Grecian syle of Portland
stone It's front extends about hundred feet the win
dows Of plate glass; equal many of the largest
in Broadway, and most Of the framework is richly gilded
The private entrance, which built short time before
the visit OF the present Queen elegant arch OF stone
with iron gates covered with gliding On ringing the bell
servant In livery made his appearance and conducted
open suadrauguar into spacious hail. paved with
Italian marble, the wais being of the rich material
Soon the housekeeper made her appearance very adyke
person, and by her conducted this immense
residence.
The flight of steps which assembled in proceeding from
the hall tohe grand staircase passes between walls of vare
gated aabater and being onamented with gilt baustrades
has magnificent effect From the hall passed
through thepcure gallery, the door Of which is Of highly
polished oas nlaid in the most beautiful manner. One
thousand paintings of the best enrich the gallery
shall not attempt description for, able to write one
would swell this letter to greater length than your CO.
lumns will allw
The chapells in keeping with the building. The panel
work is of cedr and entered gave most delightful
fragance Phewhole richly ornamented The ceiling and
every part not otherwise decorated embelshed by the
pencils of Verio and Laguerre The ornaments in wood
said to be tb work Of Gibbons the rich altar scup
tured by Cibbef
The next roon looked at was the ssvevet Chamber APP
atad tn cha in
ls43 The wa covered with crimson velvet, bordered
with gold the cng is of stuccowork covered with gid
ing the floor is oposhed nlaid oak the paintings very
good and the furniture of crimson and gold In corner
elegant rosewood piano, obtained for her Maesys
The next apartments suite Of rooms the walls of
which covered with richly embossed leather, finely gilt
In these the cremation chairs of several Of the former
kings of England which into the possession the Duke
Of Devonshire by hi being the Lord Chamberlain the time
of the coronation.
The library is onli exceed by other in the kingdom
The appropriated sculpture contain of the finest
pieces of stauay me world the door and tables
of aabaser from the Peak of Derbyshire.
The rooms constructed that any great occasion
suite of apartments be thrown open the length of
hundred feet
The park gardens c of water, fountains &C. the
scale with the building The Conservatory is glass
containing seventy eight thousand square feet of
glass; and kept by pipes equal 10 the length of six
miles is three hundred and thirty feet long, hundred
and thirty feet wide, and five feet high This immense
hot house. is filed with all the tropical trees which the
wealth of the Duke has enabled him obtain and anxious
he excel all others that price, however high prevents
his obtaining every thing that is made known TO him worthy
of place in this depot
The Duke has been visited by the Emperor of and
by distinguished men, and by them his house and his
grounds have been enriched with many valuable and costly
presents F. H.