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ceptable to the English; and, as she had been treated with the coldest neglect by king Charles, who had peopled his court with illegitimate, issue by mistresses who resided under the queen's eye, a longer residence in England could not be very flattering to her, who was childless, and without agreeable inducements. To this we may, add, that she had lived here long enough to be a witness to the overthrow of her own religion. She retired to Portugal, therefore, soon after the revolution had fully taken place, in the year 1692, where she died in 1705; and though she was a rigid papist, and resided within the pale of the church of Rome, she was compli mented, during her life, with being prayed for by name in our liturgy as a part of the royal family.

"Thus this queen dowager had the ostensible occupation of Somerset House during the whole reigns of king James II. and king William, till the third year of queen Anne. It is but justice to her memory, however, to add what bishop Burnet says of this queen after she took leave of England and returned to Portugal, where, during the bad state of that king's health, his lordship says, "our queen dowager was set at the head of their councils; her administration much commended; and that she was very careful of the English, and all their concerns t.”

"April 10, 1775, a message from the king was delivered to both houses of Parliament, that "his majesty, desirous that a better and more suitable accommodation should be made 3 L 2

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house for Catharine of Portugal contingently; an event which afterwards took effect.

"The first occasion that occupied it, after the death of queen Henrietta-Maria, was the funeral obsequies of George "Monk duke of Albemarle, &c. who died with in a few months after the queenmother, and whose interment was solemnized with more pomp than ever was known to have been conferred upon a subject. The whole expence was defrayed by the king; and the ceremonial has been preserved in a great number of large engravings; but what brings it forward to us is, that the body was, "by his majesty's command, removed to Somerset House, and there placed for many weeks in royal state, attended with all the ceremonies of pompous mourning."

"The next opportunity we have of observing this palace to have been made use of was on an occasion very different in itself, and most important in the event; for it became the residence of William prince of Orange, afterwards king William III. when he came hither to espouse the princess Mary, 1677. It may be presumed that it was the place of their joint residence after the marriage for the few weeks they remained in England, before they embarked for Holland.

"After the demise of king Charles II. this palace became the property, during life, of the queen dowager Catharine of Portugal; and here she kept her court till her secession into her native country. The manners of Catharine were far from being ac

*" At this period, we learn by one of Bagford's MSS. both the benedictine monks at St. James's, and the capuchins at Somerset House, had good libraries."

"Own Times, sub anno 1704.”

for the residence of the queen, in case she should survive him, and being willing that the palace in which his majesty now resides, called the Queen's House, may be settled for that purpose, recommends to both houses to take the same into consideration, and to make provision for settling the said palace upon her majesty, and for appropriating Somerset House to such uses as shall be found most beneficial to the public.”"An act was consequently passed, May 26, 1775, intituled, "An act for settling Buckingham House on the queen, in lieu of Somerset House."

"In 1779, the stately front of the new building, now called by its old name Somerset Place, was completed."

"The royal academy, instituted in December 1768, and first opened January 2, 1769, originally held their meetings in Pall-Mall, where, on the 26th of May, they had their first exhibition of paintings; but in 1779 removed to Somerset House, where they occupy the west wing of the north front, and where they first held their annual exhibition, May 1, 1780. On the groundfloor of this wing is their exhibition room for sculpture, and the hawkers and pedlars office.

"The royal society first held their meeting in Somerset House, Nov. 30, 1780; and the society of antiquaries on Thursday, Jan. 11, 1781. The apartments of these two learned societies occupy the greatest part of the east wing of the north front; on the ground-floor is the library of the society of antiquaries; behind which are the privy seal and signet offices, the lottery office, and the hackney coach office.

"The south front, separated from

the Thames by a noble terrace, is occupied by the navy office and stamp office.

The west wing contains the navy pay office and victualling office; and at the northern end of this wing, till lately, was the sick and wounded office, which has very recently been incorporated with the transport office in Dorset-square, and the old office has not yet been appropriated. Behind this wing is a street, bounded to the west by the treasurer of the navy's house, and by houses appropriated to the commissioners. The salt office, formerly in this wing, is now consolidated with the excise office.

"In the east wing is the tax office; the offices of the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster; the office of the auditor of imprest; the pipe office; comptroller of the pipe,and clerk of the estreats; behind all which is a street, bounded to the east by ground not yet built on.

"The surveyor also under the surveyor of the board of works has apartments for his residence, but not an office here."

Extract from a Journal, during the late Campaign in Egypt. By Captain C. B. Burr.

[From the Asiatic Researches, Vol. VIII.]

About three miles to the westward of Ginnie, on the opposite side of the Nile, are situated the ruins of the ancient temple of Isis, now better known to the Arabs by the name of Dendra; being a corruption of Tentyris, which name was once borne by a city, of which the present temple is all that remains to denote its former splendour. That part which

still exists, is surrounded by such heaps of rubbish, broken walls, and fragments of an Arab village, long since mouldered on its parent ruins, that little is perceptible in approaching, except five clumsy pillars forming part of a detached temple at some distance from the gate, with which it is in a right line, though now separated by a tank, filled by the inundation of the Nile. These columns are connected at their base by a stone wall in which there appear to have been eight, one at each corner, and one on either side of an entrance in front and rear of the building; which is about forty feet long, and possessing nothing worthy

attention.

Beyond this, on the summit, and partly buried in the mound of rubbish, is a gateway much ruined on the side we approached from, but whose internal face is an object of peculiar admiration: its high state of preservation, the excellence of its sculpture, the simplicity of the style, the excellent execution of the figures, chiefly female, the hieroglyphics, and other ornamental parts, excited my surprise beyond what I had expected or thought possible. It is probably rather an advantage to the temple, its being so surrounded with ruins as to be secreted till you approach sufficiently near to receive a more perfect impression of its beauties. The rubbish, however, with which it is choaked up, confines the sight too much, and almost precludes the possibility of viewing the building with so good an effect as would arise from a greater choice of situation, on the part of the spectator. Passing this gateway, the passage through which is also beautifully sculptured, we reached on the right hand a temple, surrounded by

a gallery, still entire, though almost buried; the whole ornamented with a variety of figures, surrounded with hieroglyphics, which doubtless explain the meaning of the various objects, some human, others of a less definite nature; the workmanship is in very great preservation, but the gallery so filled as to prevent our standing erect, though the body of this temple, into which we descended, was near thirty feet in height, covered with large slabs of stone. The entrance to this edifice is through a corridore, supported on pillars, almost buried in the ruins.

The grand temple, retired from the gateway about fifty yards, presents a front of one hundred and forty feet at the base; at least what is now the terreplain: and about sixty feet in height, the rest being invisible. This part is in the most perfect state; the fillet, torus, and almost every ornamental part, save what the bigotry of the Arabs has induced them to deface, being in excellent preservation. In the centre, an entrance of nineteen feet leads into a peristyle, divided by three rows of columns on either side of twenty-two and a half feet circumference, the front row connected to each other, at their bases, by a wall; which, from a part that has been cleared away by the Savans to ascertain the elevation of the building, exceeds ten feet in height; from the top of this to the entablature of the columns, the space is left open; within are nine pillars to the right and left (tallying in size and design with those in front), that support the roof of the peristyle; which is ornamented in the most beautiful style, with a vast variety of figures, and representations of aquatic scenes. Many groupes of men and beasts are 3L 3

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his brother-in-law; and goes so far beautified, and improved, by new as to add, that the name was con- buildings and enlargements, by this firmed by the king's proclamation * queen, who also brought hither water

On tbe other hand, Arthur Wilson, from Hyde Park in pipes ģ. To the I though he seldom, if ever, gives this same period we may therefore refer

house any other title than The Queen's the erection of those apartments toPalace in the Ștrand, says, under wards the river, which were built the year 1610, that her majesty af- over a colonnade, and those to the fected to call her palace Denmark west of them, which are allowed to House, in compliment to her brother; have been planned and executed from but that this appellation obtained the designs, and under the eye of chiefly by courtesy among the queen's Inigo Jones. As to the chapel, wbich

|l domestics and dependents t. As to I conceive to have been the work of the point of time, however, when the same master, I take it to have this house changed its name, I rather been posterior to the former addichuse to rely on the continuators of tions. On the accession of king Stone's Survey of London, as histo- James, it may well be supposed, rians professedly topographical; who, from what we have said, that this having told us that the queen of king house was to be considered (if not James made this house her usual ipso fucto settled) as a dotarial paTesidence, add, that, « On Shrove lace in case Anne of Denmark liad Tuesday, 1616, she feasted the king survived the king; a circumstance here, at which time the king changed which might induce the queen thus the name of this house, appointing to enlarge and embellish it, Although it to be thenceforth called Denmark her design was not seemingly comHouse 1." This, then, seems to carry pleted, yet it is probable, bad she with it the most exact date of the outlived the king, she might have confirmation of the new title given to been induced to have made the east Somerset House. It was a moment end of the front to the river to corfor the queen to second her wishes; respond with the west end, leaving and her majesty was sufficiently ac- the principal state apartments in the quainted with the king's uxorious dis- centre between them. From the end position to distinguish and improve of this reign, however, it has always the mollia tempora fandi. If this been reputed as peculiarly appropriprivilege was any great indulgence to ated even to queens consort, and, as the queen, she did not live long to soon as occasion rendered it necesenjoy it; for, on the next mention of sary, became a jointure-house, either it, we find that her majesty expired by marriage treaties or by act of at Hampton Court, 1618, when her parliament; and such it was intendremains were conveyed to Denmark ed contingently to have been when House, previously to their interment its fate was changed early in the prein Westminster Abbey."

sent reign. King James died at “ This house was much repaired, Theobald's, 1625; whence the royal corpse was removed to “Denmark . person, and the nuptials were perHouse, for so we must continue to fected at Canterbury; after which, call it, where it remained in state on the arrival of their majesties in from the 23d of April till its inter- London, the queen was put into ment ou the 17th of May.”

corpse *« Church History, book VII. p. 410.” + " History of King James, fol. p. 53.”

“Stowe's Survey, Mr. Strype's edition, 1720." 66 Ibid. book IV. p. 105." I“ Walpole's Anecdotes, II. 170. 4to."

possession of Denmark House, which We find, that writers in the time was fitted up for the reception of of Charles I. when speaking of this herself and lier lousehold, and, by palace, use, indiscriminately, the ap- grant dated Feb. 15, 1626, was selpellations of Somerset House and of tled on the queen for her life *. Denmark House.

* By the articles of marriage it “ Dr. Fuller suggests, that the was stipulated that the queen should memory of the Duke of Somerset enjoy the free exercise of her reliprevailed so much traditionally, at gion to a great extent; and the esthis time, as to have soon banished tablishment brought with it a little the new name, and to have recalled convent of Capuchin friars, who the old one; but, perhaps, if any were lodged as near hier chapel as reason is to be given, it might be might be. A list of her majesty's imputed to the unpopular cha- household, in both the civil and racter of king James, who wanted ecclesiastical branches, baving been every quality requisite to preserve preserved by the abovementioned any degree of respect longer than writer of lier life, I have added it his personal authority existed. On in an appendix, as not improperly the other hand, king Charles might making a collateral part of this meentertain a predilection for the name moir. of Denmark House, in honour of his “ I am very much inclined to immother; and it is observable, that pute the building of thie chapel at archbishop Laud, no bad courtier, Somerset house to the early part of always styles it so when he mentions the reign of queen Henrietta-Maria, it in his diary, which it seems to It is acknowledged to have been have retained till the death of the erected by Inigo Jones; and thereking; when the parliament, from fore must have been done eiilier by their iatred to the family of Stuart, command of queen Anne of Denmight be unwilling to preserve any mark or of queen Henrietta; bethe smallest oblique trace of its (X- cause this celebrated architect, after istence,

serying both king James and king « The marriage of king Charles Charles I. died during the commonwith Henrietta-Maria, a daughter of wealth, 1652. Anne of Dennark, France, took place as soon as de- being a protestant, hadi no occasion çency would permit after the fune- for a separate chapel of a different ral of his father was solemnized, communion, and most probably freaccording to a treaty agreed upon quented the king's chapel at Whitein the life-time of king James. She hall, without the parade of a diswas met at Dover by the king in tinct place of worship, unless she

had

*“ Rymer's Fædera, tom. XVIII. The queen also possessed the palace at Greenwich, rebuilt, as it now stands, by Inigo Jones, for er resi pce in the summer months, where she was found, with her court, on the king's return from Scotland, in July, 1633.”

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