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that interval. Six subjects were selected, in three of which Britain appears sunk in ignorance, heathensuperstition, and slavery : in the other three she is instructing the savage, abolishing barbarous rites,and liberating the slave, viz :

The Phoenicians in Cornwall . A Druidical Sacrifice. Anglo Saxon Captives exposed for Sale in the Market place of Rome.

Cook in Otaheite . English Authorities stopping the Sacrifice of a Suttee. The Emancipation of Negro Slaves.

The Upper Waiting Hall is to he decorated with eight subjects, six of which have been selectedfrom the Poets Chaucer, Spenser, Shakspeare, Milton, Dryden, and Pope ; the choice of such subjectsbeing left to the artists who should be appointed to execute them, subject to the approval of the Com-missioners. Pour of the Prescoes have been decided upon, and are committed to the artists as follows:

(Milton.) Satan touched by Ithuriel’s Spear while suggesting evil dreams to Eve. J. C. Horsley .

(Chaucer .) The Trial of Griselda’s Patience. C. W. Cope, R. A.

(Shakspeare.) Lear disinheriting Cordelia. J. R. Herbert, R. A.

(Dryden.) Alexander’s Feast . J. Tenneil.

In the Peers’ Bobing Boom it was arranged to select subjects referring to the idea of Justiceon Earth , and its development in Law and Judgment, viz.:

Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law to the Israelites . The Fall of Man ; his Condemnation to Labour. The Judgmentof Solomon; The Visit of the Queen of Sheba ; The Building of the Temple; The Judgment of Daniel; Daniel in the Lion’s Den; TheVision of Daniel.

In the Boyal Anti-Chamber the Committee suggested that six large compartments therein, beingat a considerable height, might be filled with copies in tapestry of the defeat of the Spanish Armada ,taken either in part, or altogether, from the designs of tapestry originally existing in the House of Lords ,which, “ they conceive, it is of great importance to preserve as far as possible to the nation.”

The twenty-eight upright compartments might be appropriately filled with portraits relating tothe Tudor family.

Henry VII . Elizabeth of York . Arthur Prince of Wales . Katharine of Aragon . Henry VIII . Anne Boleyn . Jane Seymour .Katherine Howard . Anne of Cleves . Katharine Parr . Edward VI . Queen Mary . Philip II . Queen Elizabeth . Lewis XII.Princess Mary , Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk . Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk. The Marchioness of Dorset. Lady Jane Grey . Lord Guildford Dudley. James IV. Douglas Earl of Angus. James V. Mary of Guise. Mary Queen of Scots . Francis II .Lord Darnley.

and in the twelve panels the following subjects in carved work:

The Field of the Cloth of Gold and the Visit of Charles V. to Henry VIII . The Escape of Mary Queen of Scots; The Murderof Rizzio ; Mary looking back on France . Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake ; Raleigh spreading his Cloak as a Carpet for the Queen ;Raleigh landing in Virginia. Edward VI . granting a Charter to Christ’s Hospital. Lady Jane Grey at her Studio. Sebastian Cabot before Henry VII . Katharine of Aragon .

In the Boyal Gallery there are eighteen compartments, which it is proposed to fill as follows :

Boadicea inciting her Army. Alfred in the Camp of the Danes. Brian Baroimhe overcoming the Danes at the Bridge of Clontarff.Edith finding the dead Body of Harold. Richard Cceur de Lion coming in sight of the Holy City. Eleanor saving the Life of herHusband, afterwards Edward I. , by sucking the Poison from a wound in his Arm. Bruce, during a retreat before the English , protectinga Woman borne on a Litter, and checking the Pursuers. Philippa interceding for the Lives of the Citizens of Calais. Edward the Black