edifice itself; for which way soever you approach it, magnificent woods, spreading waters, and elegant temples break upon the eye at every angle. Many of the objects are viewed to the greatest advantage by taking the principal entrance from Rotherham; at the very entrance of the park, the prospect is delicious; in front you look full on a noble range of hills, dales, lakes, and woods; the house sweetly situated in the centre of the whole, the eye naturally falls into the valley before you, through which the waters wind in a noble style. On the opposite side is a vast sweep of rising slopes, finely scattered with trees up to the house, which is here seen distinctly, and stands in the point of grandeur, from whence it seems to command all the surrounding country; the woods stretching away above, below, and to the right and left, with inconceivable magnificence. From the pyramid on one side, which rises from the bosom of a wood, the beauties of which is much easier to be imagined than described. In one place the rustic temple crowns the point of a waving hill, and in another the Ionic one appears with a lightness that decorates the surrounding groves. The situation of the house is no where better seen than from this point, for in some places near it appears too low, but the country is manifest from hence descending. Toward the wood

beneath, another view breaks upon the eye which cannot but delight it first, the water winding through the valley in a very beautiful manner. On the other side a fine slope rising to the rustic temple, most elegantly backed with a dark spreading wood. To the right a vast range of plantations covering a whole sweep of hill, and near the summit of the pyramid, raising its bold head from the dark bosom of surrounding wood, the effect is truly great. On the left of the house, the Ionic temple at the end is most happily placed in a spot from whence it throws an elegance over every landscape; the road then entering, winds through the wood before mentioned; in short, no grove at Wentworth is without its scenes of elegance and retirement. This wood is cut into winding walks, of which there is a great variety. On one part of it, on a small hill of shaven grass, is a neat house for repasts in hot weather, and from hence a walk round the aviary, which is a light Chinese building, of a pleasing design; it is stocked with Canary and other foreign birds, which are kept alive in winter by means of hot walls at the back of the building. In another part of the wood is an octagon temple in a small lawn, and the walk winds in another place over a bridge of rock work, which is thrown over a

small water, thickly surrounded by trees. Having mentioned the pyramid, it is requisite to add, that it is a triangular tower about 200 feet high, built on the summit of a very fine hill, at a distance from the house; there is a winding stair case up it, and from the top, a most astonishing prospect is afforded. The house and all its surrounding hills, woods, waters, temples, &c. are viewed at one glance, and around them an amazing tract of cultivated enclosures. Upon the whole, Wentworth is one of the finest places in the kingdom; the house is not surpassed by any other; the park is a noble range of natural and artificial beauty; the temples are exquisite pieces of architecture, so admirably placed as to throw a lustre over every spot.

To render this description of WENTWORTH HOUSE, now the seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, more complete, it may be proper to add that account of it contained in an interesting work, handsomely illustrated by upwards of 250 engravings, and published in London the last year, (1820,) entitled "A Picture of England, or Historical and Descriptive Delineations of the most curious works of Nature and Art in each County, by J. N. BREWER,"]

: WENTWORTH HOUSE.

From Brewer's Picture of England,

"At the distance of four miles from Rotheram is Wentworth House, the seat of Earl

Fitzwilliam. This magnificent structure consists of a centre and two wings, and is above two hundred yards in length. The principal rooms are of noble dimensions, and are fitted up with great elegance. The hall and gallery are particularly admired. The ceiling of the latter apartment is supported by Ionic columns, and the intervening niches are ornamented with fine marble statues. The works of art contained in this princely residence, are equally numerous and estimable. The paintings comprise many works of the best ancient masters, but no individual piece has attracted so much notice as the celebrated picture of Lord Strafford and his secretary, by Vandyck. In the museum are reposited some fine antiques.

"The park consists of more than fifteen hundred acres, and is richly ornamented with wood and water. In different parts of these extensive grounds, are decorative buildings, well designed, and placed with accurate taste. The most conspicuous artificial object is a mausoleum, erected by the present Earl, in honour of his uncle, the late Marquis of Rockingham. This august fabric is ninety feet in height, and consists of three divisions. The first is a square Doric basement; the second story is of the same form, but of the Ionic order; each of the sides

opening into an arch, and disclosing a beautiful sarcophagus standing in the centre. The whole is surmounted by a cupola, supported by twelve Ionic columns. The interim of the lower story contains a marble statue of the Marquis, in his robes, executed by Nolekins. On the pedestal are laudatory inscriptions in prose and verse."

BRENTA.

Our watery journey down the Brenta, was indeed, delightful. Friendship, music, poetry, combined their charms with those of nature to enchant us, and make one think the passage was too short. The scent of odoriferous plants, the smoothness of the water, the sweetness of the piano forte, which allured to its banks many of the gay inhabitants, who glad of a change in the variety of their amusements, came down to the shores, and danced or sung as we went by, seized every sense at once, and filled me with unaffected pleasure. I longed to see the weeping willow planted along this elegant stream; but the Venetians like to see nothing weep. Millar says, "Of all Europe it prospers best in pensive Britain." Lovely Venice! wise in her councils, grave and steady in