The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829

Burleigh, Northamptonshire

THE LION'S ROAR

CALCULATING CHILD

"OUT OF SEASON," OR THE BEAU'S LAMENT

ANCIENT HISTORY OF DRURY LANE

SOLUTION OF THE ENIGMATICAL EPITAPH,

THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

THE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT AND JUVENILE SOUVENIR FOR 1830

TO A WOUNDED SINGING BIRD

EDIE OCHILTREE

UNLUCKY TEXT

The Naturalist

THE AMERICAN ALOE

MOLES

CHANGES IN ANIMALS

THE GREAT AMERICAN BITTERN

Notes of a Reader

BRITISH SEA SONGS

MAKING A BOOK

APPARITIONS

THE FEUDAL SYSTEM

THE STEAM BOAT ILLUSTRATED

LAWS FOR THE POOR

SCHOOL DAYS

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LANDAULET!

FASHIONABLE NOVELS

BRUSSELS IN 1829

The Gatherer

CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF A ROBBERY

"VERY BAD."

EPIGRAM

SOVEREIGNS AND GUINEAS,

EPIGRAMS ON THE FEES DEMANDED FOR SEEING WESTMINSTER ABBEY

EPITAPH IN BRENTWOOD CHURCHYARD, ESSEX

GALLOWAYS—WHY PARTICULAR HORSES SO CALLED

WARNING TO YOUNG LADIES

ANNUALS FOR 1830

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The above is a view of the grand screen and entrance lodges to Burleigh, or Burghley, the seat of the Cecil family, and now the property of the Marquess of Exeter. The house and principal part of the demesne, are within the parish of Stamford St. Martin, in the church of which are some costly monuments to several eminent persons of the Cecil family; and this estate gave title to William Cecil, Baron Burleigh, in 1570. The park was formed, and the mansion, which is one of the most splendid in the kingdom, was mostly built by the great Lord Treasurer, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and the following inscription, over one of the entrances, within a central court, records the era of this work:—"W. DOM. DE BVRGHLEY, 1577." Beneath the turret is the date of 1585, when some grand additions were made to the mansion; and the above Grand Entrance, towards the north, appears to have been added in 1587. Since these dates, several material alterations and additions have been made by subsequent possessors; and the whole, as a building, with its vast and varied collection of works of art, is one of the most magnificent show-houses in England. The spacious and finely wooded park and large lake are also very fine. The house surrounds a square court, to the east of which is the great hall, kitchen, various domestic offices, with spacious stables, coach-houses, &c.—all indicative of the splendid hospitalities of the Elizabethean age and old English character. The south front commands a fine sloping lawn, with a broad sheet of water, formed by Brown, together with some interesting park-scenery; the western side has nearly the same views, with the advantage of distant objects in Rutlandshire, Lincolnshire, and the spires of Stamford. From the north front the ground gradually slopes to the river Welland. A complete list of the pictures and valuable curiosities of Burleigh will be found in a Guide published by the ingenious Mr. Drakard, bookseller, of Stamford, as well as in that gentleman's excellent History of Stamford.

About two miles west of Burleigh, are the ruins of Wothorp, or Worthorp House. According to Camden, a mansion of considerable size was erected here by Thomas Cecil, the first Earl of Burleigh, who jocularly said, "he built it only to retire to out of the dust, while his great house at Burleigh was sweeping." After the Restoration the Duke of Buckingham resided here for some years.

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A.—If the number had been 60, there would eventually have remained 23; now 23 being the sixth of 138, the assailants were 6 times 60 or 360 at first.

Q.—Why did you suppose the number 60, rather than 50 or 70?

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