Hall, is nearly completed. The decorations are gold and white, in the
florid style of the time of Louis the Fourteenth, superb and showy;
four pieces of tapestry are let into the walls, which, observes the
_Athenæum_, really look like some of Rubens's stupendous works now in
the Grosvenor collection. We have not seen these apartments since last
summer, when the decorations were in a forward state. We were
surprised at the coarseness of the gilding, when examined closely; we
saw, too, that where one of the entrances to the Ball-room had been
heightened, the original, door had been _pieced_, which was a work of
economy we did not look for in the repairs of a palace.

[1] See _Mirror_, vol. xi. p. 2.
[2] _Athenæum_, No. 180--an opinion to which we beg to
subscribe.

It is gratifying to learn that the erection of a colossal statue of
George III. on Snow Hill, in the Long Walk, is in progress. This is a
testimony of the filial affection of the late King, and should not be
overlooked in his character.

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STERNE'S ELIZA.

(_To the Editor._)


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