Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-22

ouch 10 tile station. arriving at 81 +. NJ.
The crush in the streets and crowd of
pleasure seekers in every thoroughfare, re-
minded us that the Whitsuntide HOLIDAYS
were in full force. These are nationul ho.
: lidnys and the occasion Of many m excur-
sion to the seaside and elsewhere On
Tuesday goth, Al nice little party of our
English friends joined us in II visit 10
Hampton Court ind Bushy Park. One of
th"Se pleasure vans, half wagon. half
''bus," held inside and outside, most of
our party, the remnant following on in n
smaller vehicle. The Americans mustered
seven, including two ladies from Boston
Just arrived. But nationulities were lost
sight of in the common friendship and en-
j"yment of this most beautiful of all show
places about London. We drove over
Rutncy Bridge where the Thames begins
to look "Silvery;" across Wimbledon Com
mon, where stands Argyle House, the home
OF Jenny Lind The place has beautiful
appearance, embowered in trees and hav-
ing in front one of those soft green velvet
lawns nowhere seen out OF England. a
gipsey camp was in the vicinity, and we
saw the smoke of their low tents here and
| there, and were followed mile or so, by
their dirty little children clamoring for
pennies. We pass a succession of little
towns all lighted with gas, and one won
ders whether the great monster city that
has swallowed up many such in time
past, will ever engulph all these and ex-
tend to Hampton Court. The place stands
on an ancient site held in 1911 hy an or
der of Knights Hospitallers of st. John,
Of Jerusalem. 1t is II miles west of HYDE
Park, on the northern bank of the Thames.
Cardinal Wolsey commenced the building
in 5l5 and when finished its magnifcence
excited the envy of King Henry VIII, tho
asked his Minister for WHOM he was
building so royal placeW | replied "for
your Mnjesty, Sir" and thus presented him
with what lie had intended for his own
luxurious tastes. 1t is said that in the
plenitnde of his power, Cardinal WUlscy
retained in his suite no less that eight
hundred persons, so that Hampton Palare,
which occupies eight acres of ground, was
none too large for his use. Many Kings
and Queens have dwclt in its magnificent
UvOFEe-->a Fd'r"rd VI was born there.
last sovereigns to reside in the "..-~-l :
In its pres eut state, it consists of three
prinCip'l quudrnngleS, in one of which,
the western, are suites Of private apart
mcnts for pensioners of government and
others. Passing through the first court,
on the south side, we enter beautiful! col
onnnde Of Ionic order, hy Sir ChriSt--Over
Wren, leading to the Grand Staircase
This is of stone, and the walls and ceiling
covered with nllegOrical paintings. AS
cending the staircase we enter the Guard
Chnmbcr-a fine room, 60 feet long, 81
wide and 30 it. in height The walls here
are adorned with fInciful arrangements of
| muskets, pistols. swords, drums. &C.. there
being enough in this room to equip 1000
men. There are also few pictures here
OF battle pieces and appropriate subjects.
In the Kings first Presence Chamber,
which comes next, the canopy of King
WilIi",n'9 thro"o, otIll rVu"~ins and the
three side walls Are covered with fine
paintings from the real old Masters. The
front side of this range of apartments IS
filled with spacious windows and mirrors,
and the view is most lovely out into the
gardens and parks. One wonders in look
ing at these fine paintings of the Court
ladies in those times, whether their ex-
treme beauty was natural or due to the
/ skill and fnncy of the Court painter! We
certainly see no such beauties Mt Queen
victoria's Courtl The second Presence
| Chamber has some fine paintings, 10y Tt
tian, Correggio, MoriilO. Paul Veronese,
| &c, and leads into the Audience Chamber,
and here is the dnmaSk silk and gold bro
cade state canopy, under which KING
James II received the Popc's Suncio. We
saw here, by Titan. n portrait of lgnatius
| Lovoa. the founder of the Jesuits. In
the fifth room, which is named the Kings
| Drawing Room, are many large historical
/ pictures. Adjoining is William HIS bed
/ room, where is now Queen Charlotte's
state he'd, the hangings and furniture be-
ing most beautifully executed nCcdle-wOrk,
done ut nm Orphan Institution under her
patronage. In the corner is clock which
goes twelve months without winding up
The ceiling is painted to represent Night
Hnd Morning and on the walls are the
Il
Next to this is the Dressing Room, fol-
lowed by his writing closet and Queen
MMry's closet, all smaller rooms but filed
with old paintings, many of them extreme
ly valuable Her Mnjestys gallery cou-
tains about 200 large AMI small pictures,
aud leads to the Queens bed room, where
the state bed of Queen Anne, made Of rich
velvet hangings, wrought at SPitalfeld's,
is now placed. From the windows of the
Drawing Room is n beautiful view OF tue
Fountain ana Home Park. The canal is
nearly of a mile long and 40 yards in
breadth, and has fine avenues of lime trees
on each side, planted by King Wm. III.
In the public Dining Room is now placed
the magnificent canopy used for the lying
in-state of the late Duke of Wellington.
The hangings are of black velvet with
white silk facingS and silver ornaments;
underneath arc the apartments once occn-
pied 10y his Grhce's Mother and Grand
mother. 1t is quite impossible to give
even n list of the rooms and their contents
in tull. Suffice it to say We passed through
the suite OF rooms called the Prince of
WAles's, into tho private suite of apart
ments of the Queen and King George IL,
in the latter of which are the famous Car
toons OF Raphael. These Cartoons were
first bought in Flanders for Charles l Sc
cured to the country after the dispersion,
by purchase by Cromwell, and were 20
venrs in Windsor Gnstle till George III