vauxhall

Clearly, needs tidying.

Garderut. timber, as well as all other bodies, H [Sit the Plate annexed.)  whether animal, or vegetable, arrive ITpHESE Gardens are situated near  at their utmost perfection, and that J. the Thames, on the south side, in  they afterwards naturally decline, jn the parish of Lambeth, about two miles  fcijPtir or quality} the jndurabiliry from Imtdon, They are opened every 'day, except Sunday, at five o'clock in embellished, and surmounted Djr 1 the evening from May till August, each . plume of feathers. From the center person paying is. admittance. You within hangs a large glass chandelier, ■enter by the great gate upon a noble and four smaller ones at each corner, gravel walk about 900 feet in length, A In it are fourteen tables for the acplanted on each side with very lofty commodation of company, trees, which form a fine vista, termi- In that part of the grove which iiated by a landscape of the country, fronts the orchestra, a considerable a beautiful lawn of meadow ground, number of tables and benches are and a grand gothic obelisk. At the placed for the company ; and at a corners of the obelisk are painted a small distance from them (fronting number of slaves chained, and over the orchestra) is a large pavillion, of them this inscription .- B the Composite order : it was built for SPECTATOR n ' s  ' ate  R° va ' Highness Frederic Prince CACTTTWncTTC <*f Wales. The ascent is by a double .... JTo Jr.,. flight of stone steps, decorated with SIBI MOLESTVS. balustrades. The front ia supported To the right of this walk, and a few by stately pillars, and the entablature ■steps within the garden, is a square, finely ornamented in the doric taste. which,from themim'berof treesplant- In the cieling are three little domes, ed in it, is called the Grove : In the Q with gilt ornaments, from which demiddle of it is a magnificent orchestra scend three glass chandeliers. There ■of Gothic construction, ornamented are put up in it four large paintings, with carvings, niches, Sfc. the dome done by Mr Hayman, <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">from the hiftoof which is surmounted with a plume rical plays of Shakespear, <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">which are ■of feathers, the crest of the Prince of much admired. Wales. <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">In fine weather, the musical Behind the pavillion is a very handentertainments are performed here. some square drawing room, built likeAt the upper extremity of this or- wise for the late Pnnce of Wales. <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">chestra, a very fine organ is erected. The Space between this pavillion fend at the foot of it are the seats and and the orchestra may be termed the desks for the musicians, placed in a grand rendezvous of the company, semi-circular form, leaving a vacancy who constantly assemble in this part, at the front for the vocal performers. if the weather be fine. 'The concert is opened with ijistru- The grove is illuminated in the emental music, at six o'clock, which vening with about fifteen hundred having continued about half an hour, * glass lamps j in the front of the orthe company are entertained with a chestra they are contrived to form song.; and in this manner several o- thtee. triumphal arches, and are al! ther songs are performed, with sona- lighted as it were in a moment, to the tat or concertos between each, till the no small surprize of the spectator. «lose of the entertainment, which it Jn cold or rainy weather, on acgenerally about ten o'clock. count of sheltering the company, the A cur ious piece of machinery has musical performance is in agreat room of late years been exhibited, about „ or rotunda, where an elegant orcbesfline o'clock, on the inside of one of tra is erected. This rotunda, which the hedges, situated in a hollow on the is seventy feet in diameter, is on the left-hand, about half way up the walk left side of the entrance into the garafready described,representing a beau- dens, nearly opposite to the orchestra, tiful landscape in perspective, with a Along the front, next the gr ove, is a miller's house, a water-mill, and a piazza, formed by a range of pillars, -cascade. The exact appearance of under which is the entrance from tlie ■water is seen flowing down a declivi- grave. Within this room, on the left ty ; and, turning the wheel of the " hand, is the orchestra, which is in'TOill, it rises up in a foam at the bot- cloled with a balustrade, and in the Stom, and then glides away. cieling is pa'rnted Venus <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">and the Lover: Behind the orchestra, in the center The front of this cieling is supported of the garden, is a Turkifi <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">tent, the by four columns of the ionic order, ■dome or which is finely carved, ard embellished with foliage from the base supported by eight columns of the I- a considerable way upwards, and the onic order ; the outward case stands H -remaining part of the (haft, to the caon twelve columns of the Doric: Be- pital, is-fineiy wreathed with a g <span class="gstxt_sup" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px;">ot <span class="gtxt_body" style="font-family: inherit;">J|j tween these, hnth within anil without, balustrade, where boys are represent** hang very rich festoons of flowers. ascending it. <Ori the sides of The outside of the dome is variously chests

cheftraare painted Corinthian pillars,

and between them, in niches, are re-

presented four deities : At the extre-

mity is the organ, and before it are

placed the deiks for the musical per-

formers. In the center hangs a mag-

nificent chandelier, eleven feet in di-

meter, containing seventy-two lamps

in three rows, which, when lighted,

add greatly to the beauty and splen-

dor ot the place.

In the middle of this chandelier it

represented, in plaifter of Paris, the CONQUEST OBTAINED,

MERT

MDCCLX.

The second represents Britannia hold-

ing in her hand a medallion of his rape of Semele by "Jupiter ; and round B present Majesty, and sitting on the the bottom of it is a number of small looking-glasses curiously set : Above are sixteen white busts of eminent persons, ancient and modern, (landing on carved brackets, each between two white vases : a little higher are sixteen oval looking-glasses, orna  right-hand of Neptune in hit chariot drawn by sea-hoi les, who seem to partake in the triumph for the defeat of the French fleet (represented on the back ground) by Sir Ed-ward Haivke, Nott. 10, 1759. The third represents Lord Cii've receiving the homage of  a two-armed sconce : If the spectator ftands in the center, whkh is under the great chandelier, he may see himself reflected in all these glasses. Abore are fourteen fasti windows, with elegant frames finely carved, iccrown  1 r r -1 Ti. ~ . —  distributing laurels to Lord Granby, Lord Albemarle, Lord To<wnJbend, and the Cols. Monckton, Coote, Sec. The entrance into this saloon from the gardens is thro' a gothic portal, which is the best entrance, when the ed with a plume of feathers. Thetop <span class="gstxt_sub" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px;">n candles are lighted, for viewing the is a dome, slated on the outside, and

painted within in the resemblance of

a (hell. The roof is so contrived that

sounds never vibrate nnder it j and

thus the music is heard to the greatest

advantage.

This rotunda has lately been en whole to advantage, the prospect being extensive and uninterrupted, aboundingwith variety on every side, and a gay and brilliant company adding a peculiar lustre to the grandeur of the place. The first walk, as far as the great Urged by an additional saloon, which E room, is paved with slanders bricks, or is so joined to the building that the whole makes but one edifice : A part of the rotunda opposite the orchestra if laid open for receiving this saloon, and its entrance here is formed and decorated with columns, like those at   Dutch clinkers, to prevent, in wet weather, the sand or gravel from sticking to the feet of the compiny. In all other places the grove is bounded by travel walks, an da considerable numer of pavillions or alcoves, ornament the front of the orchestra already de- F ed with paintings from the designs of scribed. In the roof, which is arched and elliptic, are two little cupolas, in a peculiar taste; and in the summit of each is a sky-light, divided into ten compartments ; the frames are in the gothic style; each cupola is adorned Mr Hayman and Mr Hogarth, on subjects adapted to the place; and each, pavillion has a table in it, that will hold fix or eight persons. The pavillions continue in a sweep, which leads to a beautiful piazza, and with paintings ; Apollo, Pan, and the a colonnade 500 feet in length, in the me; and Neptune, with form of a semi-circle of gothic arcbi tecture, embellished with rays. The enrahlature consists of a carved seize, with battlements or embrazures over the cornice. In this semi-ciicle of pavillions are three large ones, called Temples ; one in the middle, and the chandelier, in the form of a ^asleet of H others at each end, adorned with a dome, a pediment, and a beautiful turret at the top ; but the two latter are now converted into portals, one as an entrance into the great room, aad the other as a passage to view the cascade, which are directly opposite the top of the garden; this is called to each other: however, the middle the Druid's, or Lover's Walk, and on temple is still a place for the reception both tides of it are rows of lofry trees, of company, and is decoiated with a which, meeting at the top, foim a ca -piece ot painting in .the Chinese taste, nopy. This walk in the evening it representing Vulcan catching Mars and A dark, which rentiers it moie agreea Femis in a net. This temple is adorn- ble 10 those who love to listen to the ed in front with wreathed columns, distant music in the orchestra, tc view and other gothic ornaments. On each ' the lamps glittering thro' the trees, fide of this'temple the adjoining pa- From the statue of Handel, up the Trillion is decorated with a painting ; garden, appears a noble vista, which thai Oji the right represents the en- is called the grand south walk, of the trance into Vaux-ball, with a gentle- fame size as ihat seen at our fiift en irjari ana lady coming to it; and that p trance, and running parallel with it. on the left, friendship on the grafs It is adorned by three triumphal ar drinking. This lemi circle leads to ches $ the prospect is terminated by a a sweep of pavilfions that terminate in large painting of the ruins of Pal the great, walk "lyra, which has deceived many flran Proceeiling forward, we see another gers, and induced them, at first sight,  range of p 'viilions in a different style, to imagine they really law a pile of  adorned with paintings forming ano- ruins at some distance,,^  ther fide of the quadi angle, with a C Near the center of the garden, isa  grand portico in (he center, and a cross gravel walk, formed by stately  marble statue underneath. trees on each side. On the right hand  Next is a piazza of five arches.which it is terminated by the trees which  open into a semi-circle of pavi](ions, irjade she lover's walk, and at the ex  with a temple and dome at e ich end, tremity on the left, is a beautiful land  ■apd the space in front decorated with scape painting of ruins and running  trees. In the m'rddle of the piaiza, water.,—From our situation to view which preserves the line and bounda- D <span class="gstxt_sup" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px;">tn >» painting is another gravel walk, ry of the grove, is a grand portico of that leads up the garden, formed on thp doric order; and under the arch, the right by a wilderness, and on the on a pedestal, is a beautiful marb'e left by rural downs, in the form of a statue of the famous Mr Haudel, in long square, fenced by a net 5 withse character of Orpheus, playing on his veral little eminences in, it, after the lyre, done by the celebrated Roubiliac. manner of a Roman camp. The downs In the pediment above is represent- are covered with turf, and interspersed ed St Cecilia, the Goddess of Musick, E with cypress, sir, yew, cedar, andtu pjaying on the violoncello, which is Up trees. On one of the eminences it supported by a Cupid, while another a statue of Milton, nearly surrounded holds before her a piece of musick. with bushes, and seated on a rock, in a Here ends the boundary of the listening posture. < grove on this side ; but, turning on At the upper end of these downs ii the left, we come to a walk that inns a gravel walk, formed on each side by along the bottom of the gardens: On lofty trees, which runs across the gareach side of this walk are pavillion?, p deps, and terminates them this way. and those on the left hand are deco- In this walk is a beautiful prospect rated with paintings. of a fine meadow, in which the obelisk On the apposite fide is a row of pa- stands: This prospect is made by the viilions, with a gothic railing in the trees being opposite the grand walk front of them ; and at the extremity (which runs from the entrance into of this walk is another entrance into the gardens) and a ha ha is formed in the gardens from the road. At the Q the ditch, to prevent the company other end of the walk, adjoining to the going into the field. At each end of Prince's pavillion, is a small semi- this walk is a beautiful painting ; one circle of pavillions, defended in front isa building, withjr scaffold and a. by a gothic ratling, and ornamented ladder before it, which has often de  in the center, ana at each end, With ceived the eye ; the other is a view in  fothic temples: in both the latterjare a Chinese garden, ne glass chandeliers and lamps; the Jj The principal part of all these walks former is ornamented in front with a forms the boundaries of wildernesses, portico, and the top with a gothic composed of trees, which (hoot to a tower, and a handsome turret. great height, and are all inclosed with  From the upper end of the walk last an espalier, in the Chinese taste,  described, a long narrow vista run 9 to Utter