Alice, are her children; and she and they are in ten thousand British hearts, that glow with loyalty and affection.

Be theirs to gain a people's love,
To live renown'd in story;

And long and lasting blessings prove,
Till angels herald them above
To everlasting glory.

Parties of soldiers are gathered under pillars that stretch right and left from the front of the palace; and a military band is pouring forth its stormy music; while a troop of cavalry in gay regimentals, mounted on noble chargers, is drawn up in military

array.

The triumphal arch there, sixty feet high, rising as it does proudly in advance of the splendid pile, is of marble; and you must travel far to find its equal. They say that it resembles the Arch of Constantine at Rome, and that Europe does not boast such another. Regard it well! The standard of England, that is now flaunting above it, seems to invite us to a nearer approach.

The smaller arches, or gateways, are surmounted with representations of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Genius of England encouraging youth. The columns between the gateways are formed of entire blocks, twenty-two feet in height. The inner front of the arch, facing the portico of the palace, is rich with historical bas-reliefs

and emblematical sculptured figures. The battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar are not forgotten. The magnificent gates of mosaic gold are most beautifully wrought, and are fit only for the entrance of a palace; while the quadrangle beyond them, with its doric columns, much impresses the mind of the spectator.

On each side of the quadrangle is a splendid wing of magnificent architecture; while the front is still more imposing: columns above columns, with highly wrought capitals, pediments, and entablatures; basreliefs of a most costly description; with trophies and emblematic figures in every direction, arrest the eye of the spectator. It is a scene to be dwelt upon, and not to be lightly regarded.

But, after all, this is not the principal front; to see that we must gain admittance to the garden. There the proud pile, stretching out more than a hundred yards in extent, with its conservatories; statues of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Faith, Hope, and Charity; and its noble broad terrace; is indeed a magnificent spectacle. When regarded as to its grandeur and durability, well might George the Fourth say, it was not "a king's palace, but a palace for kings."

The portico, which is entered from the triumphant arch now before us, leads into

the hall; and from the hall there is access to the different parts of the palace. Go where you will, elegance and magnificence are before you.

Architecture and sculpture have rivalled each other in grandeur and decoration. The hall and the grand room are ornamented with a profusion of rich columns of pure white marble, surmounted with golden capitals: every column is formed of a single block, and there are more than a hundred of them in the two rooms.

The different royal palaces have individual advantages. St. James's may boast its adaptation for drawing rooms and levees; Windsor, its embattled towers, paintings, and chapel; Brighton, its oriental splendour and situation near the sea; and Buckingham, its marble columns, bas-reliefs, and sculptured magnificence.

Throughout the different apartments of Buckingham Palace, and especially in the throne room, taste and splendour are combined; and whether attention be paid to the rich hangings, the costly furniture, or the superb embellishments, they are all, for richness, beauty, and magnificence, entitled to the highest praise.

Such is the Palace of Buckingham, the London dwelling-place of royalty. May it be the abode, also, through ages yet unborn, of honour, justice, clemency, and

generosity; of integrity, truth, religion, and

HEBRON is one of the oldest towns in the world. It was built seven years before

Zoan, in Egypt, perhaps about one hundred and sixty years after the flood. The first inhabitants were most likely some of the Canaanites, whose descendants were afterwards destroyed for their wickedness; for Ephron, the Hittite, (the name given to one race of the Canaanites,) was the chief who spoke so courteously to Abraham, when he bought a field as a burying place for his family, Gen. xxiii. A cave, or hollow place under ground, containing recesses on each side for tombs, standing in a retired shady field, was just what eastern people would choose for a burial place; and here Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were buried, with their wives. The ancient name of Hebron was Kirjath-Arba, meaning "the city of four ;" and some people fancy that this name was occasioned by its being the tomb of four patriarchs, the three before mentioned and Adam. But this is merely idle tradition; the place more probably took its name from Arba, a great man of the Anakims, Josh. xiv. 15.

The Mohammedans, or Turks, who now occupy the Holy Land, show a curious cave on the side of a hill, as the sepulchre of the patriarchs; and this is not unlikely to be correct, as there is no other similar spot in the neighbourhood, and such a place is not likely to decay or disappear, like a building above ground. The Mohamme