It is no news to you, madam, that Sir Charles shews a great regard to every thing, place, and disposition, that was his fathers; and not absolutely inconvenient, and inconsistent with the alterations he has thought necessary to make: and which Dr. Bartlett praises highly, and promises to particu-larize to me. We are to be shewn this music-parlour by-and-by.

The dining-room is noble and well-proportioned: it goes over the hall and dining-parlour. It is hung with crimson-damask, adorned with valuable pic-tures. The furniture is rich, but less ornamented than that of the lady’s drawing-room.

The best bed-chamber adjoining is hung with fine tapestry. The bed is of crimson velvet, lined with white silk; chairs and curtains of the same. Two fine pictures drawn by Sir Godfrey, one of Sir Tho-mas, the other of Lady Grandison, whole lengths, took my eye (with what reverence, that of my lady!): Lady L. Lad}’ G. as girls, and Sir Charles as a boy of about ten years of age, made three other fine whole lengths. I must contemplate them, when I have more leisure.

There is a fine suit of rooms on the first floor which we just stept into, mostly furnished with da-mask.

Mrs. Curzon tells us, that, on occasion, they make fifteen beds, within the house, in which the best lord in the land need not disdain to repose. You remember, madam, that Sir Charles, in his invitation to the Italian family, tells them, he has room to receive them. The offices, it seems, are exceedingly convenient.

The gardens and lawn seem from the windows of this spacious house to be as boundless as the mind of the owner, and as free and open as his counte-nance.*

Miss Lucy Selby thus describes the situation of the house, and the park, gardens, orchards, i^c. in one of her letters, which does not appear.

This large and convenient house is situated in a spacious park; which has several fineavenues leading to it.

Ou the north side of the park, Hows a winding stream, that may well be called a river, abounding with trout and other fish; the current quickened by a noble cascade which tumbles down its foaming waters from a rock, which is continued to some extent, in a ledge of rock — work rudely disposed.

The park is remarkable for its prospects, lawns, and rich appearing clumps of trees of large growth; which must liiere-fore have been planted by the ancestors of the excellent own — er; who contenting himself to oj)en and enlarge many fine prosjiect?, delights to preservcasmuch as possible, the plantations of his ancestors; and particularlv thinks it a kind of inii)iety to fell a tree, that was jjlanted by his father.

On the south side of the river, on a natural and easy ascent, is a neat, but plain villa, in the rustic taste, erected by Sir Thomas; the flat roof of which j)resents a noble prosjiect. This villa contains convenient lodging-rooms; and one large room, in whichhe used sometimes to entertain his friends.