castle.

The present building is placed on the site of Frost's Lodge, the residence of Mr. T. Sandby, the architect, then sub-ranger of the forest, and a great favourite with his late Majesty, who honoured him by the employment of his professional talent, in designing and erecting various ornamental buildings in the park and forest, which are yet objects of considerable approbation. The addition to Virginia Water, its embellishments, and the formation of the admirable cascade over which that water falls, as viewed from the Bagshotroad, was also a work of his late Ma

Plates 1 and 2.-VIEWS OF HIS MAJESTY'S COTTAGE, WINDSOR. THE charms of rural retirement || mination, the dignified contour of the are naturally no less inviting to the highest than to the middle classes; and to them indeed its enjoyment || must be infinitely augmented by the effect of its unrestrained contrasts with the stateliness of elevated life. For the purposes of devoting hours of comparative leisure to such repose of the mind; to participate in the healthfulness afforded by pure air, and something of the advantages of a country life, this cottage was erected by his present Majesty, in Windsor Great Park, near to the Sand-pit gate, one of its chief entrances, the road of which passes on one side of the cottage domain, and on the other commences that noble ave-jesty. nue, three miles in length, called the Long Walk, presenting in its course a variety of lovely views, and at its terVol. I. No. I.

The present building was designed by Mr. Nash, the king's architect, and he has called to his aid the most

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The building is thatched with reeds; the windows are mullioned, and inclosed by casements; the bows and projections create effective shadows and picturesque combinations; the gate on the side and its fences are formed of unbarked woods; and the lawns, paths, and plantations add very pleasurable interest to the scene, which is greatly increased by being situated in the midst of the noble scenery of Windsor Park.

interesting features of cottage architecture, combining them with considerable judgment, having in view to conceal its actual magnitude, which is incongruous with cottage architecture, and yet essential to the demands inseparable from its dignified appropriation. The arrangement of the plantations in the immediate vicinity of the building has been successfully made to produce this diminishing result: they are so disposed as to separate the views of the building, and form them into select portions and picturesque effects, which, as the spectator changes his station, present renewed and in-suite of chief apartments, onward to teresting objects, diversified by oppositions of light, shade, and colour, and tastefully embellished with rich foliage.

Plate 2 represents an extended view of the lawn front, as seen beneath the branches of the foreground plantations, and exhibits the

their termination by the conservatory at the western end. A verandah, or thatched covered-way, to the south, supported by stems of trees, extends along the entire front, over which are trained selected varieties of honeysuckle and other flowering creepers. The apartments are well proportioned, and communicate by folding-doors: above them are the principal bed and dressing-rooms; and at the back is a series of offices, suited to the establishment. The grounds are inclosed by park-paling, and have been laid out with considerable taste. The whole is amply supplied with

The subject of Plate 1 is the entrance of the cottage approached from a small lodge at a short distance: here the portion viewed seems to be merely a tasteful cottage of limited dimensions, and promising all the comforts usually anticipated in such dwellings. The chimney-shafts, the testimonies of further building in its neighbourhood, will be more veiled as the shrubberies increase, and the full intention of concealment will be perfected when they have attain-water, but it has necessarily been obed their expected growth. tained at the depth of 350 feet.

MISCELLANIES.

LETTERS FROM SPAIN:

Written by an Officer in the French Service during the Campaign of 1810.

LETTER I.

MADRID, Aug. 6, 1810.

RECENTLY escaped from the slaughter in the plains of Talavera, where thousands of our comrades fell by

the destroying swords of the exasperated Spaniards and the English artillery, I avail myself of a temporary repose which a wound has procured me in the hospital here, to ac