Kensington.[2]

[1] In Peck's "Desiderata Curiosa," is a list of salaries paid
in Queen Elizabeth's time to the Keepers, &c. of all the Royal
Palaces and Castles. At Ampthill they were as follow: Keeper of
the Manor House, 2l. 13s. 4d., Great Park, 4l., with herbage and
pannage, 15l.; _Paler_ of the Park, 4l. 11s. 4d., herbage and
pannage, 15l.

[2] For an Engraving of which see _the Mirror_, vol. xiii. p.
385.

The present Lord Holland, Henry Richard Vassal Fox, Baron Holland of
Holland Co. Lincoln, and Foxley, Co. Wilts, Recorder of Nottingham,
F.R.S.A.; was born November 23, 1773, succeeded to the title in 1774;
married, 1797, Elizabeth, a daughter of Richard Vassal, Esq.

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CHARACTER OF A GOOD ALBUM.

(_For the Mirror._)

--"Here's a gem of beauty!
It sparkles with a pure and virgin lustre,
And many prize it much."

OLD POET.