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perty of the duke of Queensberry, who transferred hither the pictures and furniture from his seat at Amesbury, in Wiltshire. The tapestry, which hung behind the earl of Clarendon in the court of Chancery, now decorates the hall of this house.

"There was formerly a park adjoining Richmond Green, called the Old or Little Park, to distinguish it from the extensive one, made by Charles I. and called the New Park. In this Old Park was a lodge, the lease of which was granted, in 1707, for ninety-nine years, to James duke of Ormond, who rebuilt the house, and resided there till his impeachment in 1715, when he retired to Paris. Soon after George II. then prince of Wales, purchased the re. mainder of the lease, which, after the duke's impeachment, was vested in the earl of Arran, and made the lodge. his residence. It was pulled down about the year 1772, at which time his present majesty, who had resided in it, had an intention of building a new palace on the site. The foundations were actually laid; and, in the public dining room at Hampton Court, is the model of the intended palace. Not far from the site of the lodge stands the Observatory, built by Sir William Chambers, in 1769. Among a very fine set of instruments are particularly to be noticed, a mural arch of a hundred and forty degrees, and eight feet radius; a zenith sector of twelve feet; a transit instrument of eight feet; and a ten-fect reflector by Hers. chel. On the top of the building is a moveable dome, which contains an equatorial instrument. The observa tory contains also a collection of subjects in natural bistory, well preserved; an excellent apparatus for philosophical experiments, some models, and a collection of ores from his majesty's mines in the forest of Harty, in Ger. many. A part of the Old Park is now a dairy and grazing farm in his majesty's own hands. The remainder comstitutes the royal gardens, which were laid out by Bridgeman in avenues, and afterward improved and altered to their present form by Lancelot Brown, the illustrious disciple of Kent, to whose exquisite taste in the embelushe

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