The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-01

EDIHsvRs, SCOTLAND, Aug. I, 1855.

DEAR FRIEND Agreeable to prom
iss in my last, l now proceed to furnish
yos brief, aad. - / then told you,
necessarily very imperfect sketch sf tho
Royal Apartments in the prc.ent struct-
uoe OF Holytood House. Perhaps it
may afford you soms interest, ~ being
one OF the residences Of roysl,y; for,
plain republican. though We claim to be,
We may - we'll acknowl,d dse to an innate
love Of psgesn,ry aid useless gaad.-
Notwithstanding the great poet has told
us that . "ross by any o,h.r name
would smell a. svest," must psr,is, in
the belief that NY couutrymcu, while
they almost worship the name Of Repub.
lican'sn, cannot get rid Of bsnksring
after the p,mp and esr,nony Of Royal
~, which msnifasts itself almost as pal
psb'y a. did the hankeriu. of the Israel
ties OF old after the nesh-pots Of their
former bondage house
But to proceed the principal en-
trance to Her Maj sty's apartments is
in tho southwest corner of the buildin. :,
but | will describe them in order, begin
ni.g ut til. door leading from the Pct.
u Gallery o.
Til" first il that known as the Queens
Breakfast Room. This spartneat meas.
urcs twenty feet by nineteen and a
half; the height being sixteen feet
The ceiling is carv,d and deeply e.F.r-
I'd, having = circul.r psDel in the "en,e',
enriched with wreath like msuldings
form"d Of lime and fs-hioned hy the
hand In the spandrils sre d'ums. aud
other warlike cmbl"ms. wrought in the
same mann.r. Ths walls Are covered
partly with osk pannsllinc, and partly
With Er en aud gold h'ck papsr. Tbs
chime, -pircr asd th. panel above are
hns bold specimens Of carving in ",k.
the ornaments pin, of the same warlike
character A. those of the roof In this
panel is . painting representing the
Finding III Moses. The furniture Of tho
room is modern.
| We mkt enter tb. Knib3le, . small
square apartment, with walls covered
with oak psnnrlling., and richly osn.
mshted roof, in the c-nter of which is ,
dome, paint'd Of azure color and STUDIED
with silver stars
Flom this W enter Prime hlJert',
Dressing Room which is tventy-six fee,
dv'. inches BY tw.nty.four feet, th,
height being sixteen feet eight inehe.
In the center Of the ceiling iss 'ich ova
psn"l. containing = picture rspresential
tho Expulsion Of Vulcan from Heaven
The walls arc covered with grees AM
gold hock paper The doors, door
pieces, and man'le-piece Of thi, room
. are .laborat"ly carved, and 10 the pan,
abov" the last is = picture "f the Infan
Hercules stranvling the Serpenfs.
The mkt apartment is tho Queen
Bed Room, a handsome room hung Wit
tapestry, representing the dcstruc'io
Of Niobc's Children by Apollo and d,
ana. aud other subjects. Iu the pane
above the mantel-piece, is a picture c
Venus risiug from the sea.
The Queens Drn,cing Room is v.r
f"o apartment, thirty-eight feet six ii
ches long by twenty nine feet eight 10
che. broad The height is sixteen fe,
SIX inches The large center panel (
> !, the ceiling i. deeply coffered, aud III
hand wrought mouldings around it, rI
resentiug heavy fsStoons Of leaves an
fruit, are admirably modelled tt
ceiling within ,his panel is paintrd of
very delicate g's'nish tint, With = uol
ogram Of V,cto.is aud Albert, rose
y thi-tl's, sh,mrocks, aud q u.s.d"Iis
golj-the syubolic repre-, euta'ioas
England, Scotlssd, I,elaud, and Franc
The smaller corner pan.ls are 6ilsd vii
beautifully relieved ornaments, prime
pally royal insignia and the monogra
~. Il, The entablAture aud comic
a.7 a..774 highly relieved aoral ornament
!, The oak mantel piece and panel aOo'
it are 6ne sp.cim. ns ofslaborats carvin
In the center Of the panel is inserted
large oval mirror. There are sever
large pieces Of tapestry in this apsr