The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-09-25
ENGLAND,s QUEEN.
Her Gorgeous Apartments at Windsor
castle.

1
The London correspondent of the
Chicago Inter-Ocean writes of visit to
Windsor Castle and says: "The Water.
loo chamber is 93 feet long, 45 feet
| high, and AZ broad it is lighted by a
lantern of ground gless extending the
whole length of the room, and is divided
into five compartments by light, grace
| full arches. At each end of the room
| there are galleries for musicians, formed
of richly carved oak. The walls and
ceilings are decorated in white and gold
relief with armorial bearings, and in
serted in the panelling round the room
are portraits of all the eminent men
who were connected with the battle OF
Waterloo. Lions, masks, and grotesque
heads holding wreaths of flowers and
fruits embellish All the mouldings, and
the doors, mantle-pieces, and picture
frames are adorned with beautiful wood
carvings by Gibbons. The carpet is
dark maroon, paEnelled and inquired
with the stars of the civil and military
orders of the Bath, and the furniture is
of oak corresponding with the style OF
the room covered with crimson VelVet.
The presence chamber is 30 feet long,
SO feet high. and 81 teet broad; az i'm
mense Gf thic window forGs almost one
entire end of the room, and commands
an extensive view of the park and ad-
iacent country. The style OF the room
is that of the time of Louis XIV, and
the workmanship is admirable. Inc
ceiling is a marvel of beauty, as are
also the co1nices, which are ornamented
by scrollwork of the most exquisite dc"
scription. Large, richly carved doors
o9en into the throne ROOM. the water
loo gallery, and the banqueting hall.
The walls are hung with SIX superb
specimens of Gobelin tapestry, repre-
seuting The History of Jason and the
Gslden &c esee. 6Pleaaia ioozis gag
Four chandeliers of ormofu,- 1ntefs -
ed with cut-glass branches and pend
ants. are suspended from the ceiling.
The floor is of oak, parget, the OAK pc
ing inlaid with felr-de-tls IN eoony.
The furniture is SOLELY gilt, and Is very
gorgeous. At one end of the room
there is q large malachite vase, whleA
was presented to Queen Victoria by the
Fnnperor Nicholas OF Russia. Ihe ban-
quoting hall is 200 feet long, 81 feet
high. and 81 broad. On one side OF the
room there are thirteen Windows anu
opposite to them there are recesses con
tanning life-size portraits OF the last
eleven sovereigns OF Englanu. II d q
music gallery at one end OF the hall
there is an organ, and under, upon
dais, is the queens chair of state, made
in imitation of the coronation CHAIR Ill
Westminster Abbey. In the spaces be-
tween the portraits there are large brass
shields. with the cross of st. George
and the Garter motto. Brackets sup
porting lamps project from each slde OF
the shields. and above them are steel
helmets with cross spears. The ceillng
is almost entirely covered with shields
emblazoned with the armorial bearings
of all the KNIGHTS of the Garter, from
the institution of the order down to the
present time-a period of about nve
hundred wears. The names OF bne
knights are painted between the panels
Of the windows; to each of them is
affixed a number corresponding 20 that
attached to the arms on the ceiling.
On each side of the window there are
two KNIGHTS Cn stucco) in complete
lrrnor. The furniture (of which there
is but little. the hall being very seldom
1sed) is of oak. covered with scarlet
velvet, and the carpet is an OAK pattern,
IN small panels, with the cross IN tne
,entre, and q rich border OF the 1arter =
and motto. In one of the departments
We were shown an ebony caolnet, lnIalu I.ls-.
Uith ONYX. which had belonged ~
Oueen OF Scots. and two large
;olid silver, one of which h
,wned by Charles IL, and a
" Rembrandt. of the famous Z
II Desmond at the age of one y
md twenty"