V., but which Juan II. gave to the In the fine Gothic hall, which is entered by steps from that just described, the following are the finest pictures. (Begin on the left hand on entering.) (95.) Bronzino. Son of Cosmo de Medici. — ( .) and (169.) Rembrandt. A Jew and Jewess. Maria de' Medici. (172.) Rubens. Above are (51.), (52.), (53.), and (54.), copies by Michael Coxie of part of the famous altar-piece for the cathedral at Ghent here are the Hermits, the Pilgrims, the Soldiers, and the Judges. Other parts of these copies are at Berlin, and 2 are at Munich.. (14.) H. Memling. St. Luke. (114.) Seb. del Piombo. A Lady of the Medici Family. (94.) A. del Sarto. Holy Family.—(88.) P. Perugino. Virgin and Saints. (186.) Luini. The Virgin and Child, St. Sebastian, and S. Roque; very fine. - (96.) Moroni, Portrait of a Portuguese Officer. -(90.) Raphael. La Vierge aux Palmier. (66.) and (65.) Vandyk. Whole-length portraits of Philippe le Roy, Seigneur de Ravels, and his Wife. - (85.) L. da Vinci. La Colombine. -(165.) S. del Piombo. . Entombment. (136.) Luini. St. - Catherine and Angels. (184.) Gior gione. Three Portraits.—(92.) Raphael. Portrait of Francesco Penni. -(28.) Holbein. Portrait of a Lady with a Cat. (77.) and (76.) Rembrandt. Two magnificent Portraits, a Man and a Boy, and a Woman and a Child, of the family of Pellicorne. (155.) Alb. Dürer. St. Hubert. (41.) Martin Schön. Death of the Virgin. — (6.) | and (7.) H. Memling. Pictures of scenes from the life of St. Bertin: they adorned his shrine at St. Omer. (60.) Rubens. Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter. (120.) and (121.) Velazquez. Two admirable whole-length Portraits of Philip IV. of Spain, and his Minister Olivarez. ·(62.) Rubens. Tri bute Money. (35.) and (36.) J. de Mabuse. St. John the Baptist and St. (8.), (9.), (10.), (11.) H. Memling. Saints. (175.) Rubens. Portrait of the Archduke Albert. (126.) Murillo. The Immaculate Conception. (176.) Archduchess Isabella. (164.) Rubens. Portrait of Baron Huy de Vic. (98.) Titian. Supper at Emmaus. · (91.) Portrait of Clement Marot. -(80.) Ruysdael. Landscape. The Hall is splendidly furnished, in old style; two rich candelabras of bronze and cut glass do credit to the manufactures of Maestricht. In the Corridor connecting the ball with the inner rooms, are displayed, under glass, several hundred drawings by the old masters of great price; partly derived from the collection of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, unhappily permitted to pass out of England. The studies of Michael Angelo, for the Last Judgment; of Da Vinci, for the Last Supper; of Raphael, Correggio, And. Del Sarto, Giulio Romano, and Rubens, deserve special attention. There are besides (42.) Holbein. Sir T. Moore. (101.) Palma Vecchio. Holy Family.-(133.) Velazquez. Spanish Lady. (139.) Titian. Council of Trent. their coronation, with these words in the title-page, in the Queen's own hand, "This book was given the king and I at our crownation. Marie R." Among the MSS. is a copy of the Treaty of Utrecht, the original is in the Archives. The collection of medals (to the number of 33,600) and of gems in the same building is very extensive and rich. There are 300 cameos, the greater part antique; among them, the Apotheosis of Claudius, one of the largest known, and of fine workmanship. Among the modern cameos, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth is very fine. The lover of the fine arts ought not to quit the Hague without visiting the Private Cabinets of M. van Nagel, which includes a fine Cuyp, a Calm at Sea; two good Wouvermans; and a spirited Teniers :— that of M. Osthuis, and that of M. Steengracht, on the Vyverberg, which contains fine works of Teniers, Jan Steen, Mieris, Van der Velde, Metzu, Backhuysen, Rembrandt ; 2 portraits by Van der Helst, 2 by C. Netscher, a Paul Potter, 2 portraits by Gerard Dow, a De Hooghe; and in the first room are some good modern Dutch pictures. The cabinet of the Baron de Westreenen de Tiellandt contains, besides a fine collection of coins and antiquities, several works of early art. There are specimens of Byzantine art, and works of Cimabue, Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lauratti, J. van Eyck, and of the early schools of Florence, Pisa, and Sienna. The house is on the Princessen Gracht. A bronze statue of William I., Prince of Orange, stands in the middle of the Plein. His faithful dog bears him company (see Delft, p. 26.) It was erected in 1848, and is by M. Royer. Huygens, the inventor of the pendulum clock, and William III. of England, were natives of the Hague. A number of tame storks may be seen stalking about in the Fish Market, where a small house like a dog-kennel has been built for them. They are kept at the public expense for the same reason that bears are kept at Berne, and eagles at Geneva: because the arms of the Hague are a stork. In the Theatre (Schouwburg, at the angle of the Wyde Voorhout) French pieces are performed 3 times a week, and Dutch twice; German are given but rarely. The Post Office (Postkantoor) is in the place adjoining the Stadhuis and the Groote Kerk. There is a brass-cannon foundery at the Hague, opposite the Malie Baan. At Boer's shop, Scheveninger Straat, Chinese and Japanese curiosities may be purchased. At Enthoven's Antiquity shop, ladies will find a large collection of old lace, porcelain, &c. -H. M. At the Hague the water is more stagnant than in almost any other part of Holland. Though so near the sea, the canals and streams do not empty themselves into it; on the contrary, flow from it. By the side of the road, near Scheveningen, a tall windmill is seen on a height with another below it. These raise up water from the Dunes, and convey it to the Vyver berg, whose stagnant water it displaces into the canals, and, at last, effecting a feeble current through the Hague, pushes out a portion into the canal leading to Delft. From Delft the water barely flows to the borders of the Meuse, above Rotterdam, where it is pumped up and discharged into that river. This may be well seen in a clear day from the top of St. James's church. On the outskirts of the town, about a mile distant, at the side of the road to Haarlem, lies the palace called the House in the Wood ('T Huis in 't Bosch). The billiard-room is hung round with family portraits; among them the Governor of Friesland by Van Dyk, and the children of Charles I. by Netscher. The great hall, called Oranje Zaal (Orange Hall), was built by a princess of Solms, grandmother of our William III., and decorated with paintings in honour of her husband, Prince Frederick Henry of Orange. "It is painted on every side, and every recess and corner has some The sand hills thrown up along the beach conceal all views of the sea, till the traveller is close upon it. Scheveningen was the place from which Charles II. embarked for Eng land at the Restoration; and here the Prince of Orange landed in 1813, after the downfal of Buonaparte. The village originally extended some way beyond the church towards the sea; but that portion of it was swallowed up by a dreadful inundation, 1570. allegorical story by Jordaens, Van words of the facetious author of Vathek, Tulden, Lievens, or Hondthorst. The" airing himself in a one-dog chaise." different hands that have been here employed make variety, it is true, but it is variety of wretchedness. A triumphal entry, by Jordaens, is the best, and this is but a confused business: the only part which deserves any commendation is the four horses of the chariot, which are well painted. It is remarkable that the foremost leg of each horse is raised, which gives them the formality of trained soldiers." R. "The picture no doubt displays much bad taste and bad drawing; but there are specimens of colouring in it, which have all the brilliant transparency of Rubens; for instance, the group of female prisoners, and that of Venus and her nymphs.' W.M.T. The next in merit is that of Neptune stilling the tempest - -a "Quos ego," also by Jordaens. The apartments which surround this hall were added afterwards. Some of the rooms are hung with Chinese silk. The Bosch, or Wood, a beautiful park, nearly 2 miles long, abounds in fine forest trees, and is one of the few spots in Holland where they are allowed to grow as nature intended them, unclipped, untrained, and in all their natural luxuriance of spreading branches. The number of paths, the varied nature of the ground, the fine sheets of water, and the refreshing shade, render this a very agreeable walk. Scheveningen, about 3 m. from the Hague, on the sea-shore, is a fishing village of 3000 inhab. The road thither passes through a long avenue of trees. A little to the left of the road is Sorgvliet, once the residence of the poet Jacob Cats: a stone tablet at which he used to write, with a hole cut in it for an inkstand, is shown in the garden. The costume worn by the fishwives of Scheveningen is not a little singular; the bonnet can be compared to nothing so appropriately as a coal-scuttle. The fishermen convey their fish to the Hague in carts drawn by dogs; in returning the master supplies the place of the fish, and may be seen, to use the To the right of the village, on the shore, is a pavilion of the late Queen of Holland; and, beyond it, the New Bathing Establishment, which unites the accommodations of an Hôtel and Café with warm baths; while bathingmachines are provided on the shore for those who prefer a cold-bath in the sea. It belongs to the Corporation of the Hague, and the price of every thing is fixed by tarif. Apartments let at 3, 2, and 1 guilders per diem; but an allowance is made to persons who take up their abode for several weeks. Table-d'hôte (open Tafel) at 4, 2 fl.; a bottle of vin ordinaire, 1 f. 50 c. Dinner in private, from 1 fl. 50 c. to 2 fl. 50 c. Breakfast with tea or coffee, 60 c.; a warm bath, 1 fl. 10 c.; a bathing machine, 1 f. may be had here in great perfection, and are generally eaten at breakfast. Fish Many princes, princesses, and other persons of distinction from various parts of the Continent, take up their residence here every year during the season. The inhabitants of the Hague drive over hither, take their breakfast or dinner, and a bath, and then return. A new road leading from the back of the hotel over a waste of sand now planted with trees, may be chosen in going back to the Hague, so as to vary the excursion. Omnibuses are constantly passing to and fro, fare 6 or 8 stivers. A glass-coach to go and return costs from 1 to 14 gr. The Bath-house is built upon one of the ridges of sand thrown up by the wind, which extend along the seashore from the Texel nearly to Dun kirk. (See Dunes, § 12.) The view over this desert is as strange as can be well imagined. RAILWAY, Hague to Leiden. Trains 4 times a day to Leiden, 10 miles (hour), Haarlem, Amsterdam; and 5 times to Rotterdam. rt. See the spire of the ch. of Voorburg, a small hamlet E. of the Hague, near the site of the Forum Hadriani of the Romans. Remains of Roman buildings, baths, broken pottery, utensils, and other articles of much interest, have been dug up here, and are now to be seen in the museum at Leiden. Near Voorburg is Hofwyk. the house where the brothers Huygens lived. (See Route 10.) (Between the Hague and Leiden, the old road, having first traversed the Bosch, passes many country houses and gardens of the nobility, with their meandering walks, formal clipt hedges, and parterres, cut in patterns filled with flowers. There is an undulation in the surface of the ground, which shows that this part of the country was originally in a great degree composed of Dunes (§ 12.) similar to those now forming along the sea-shore.) Nieuw Oosteinde, Stat. The narrowed stream of the Rhine is crossed near Vink, before reaching Leiden, by a timber bridge with 5 openings; one of which is furnished with sliding platforms, in order to allow the masts of vessels to pass. The Leiden station stands on such bad ground, that it was necessary to construct a raft, placed upon oak piles, to receive the foundation of the building. Stat. LEIDEN. Inns: Goude Zon (Golden Sun). Plaats Royaal, a small inn of no pretension, but where cleanliness and civility will be met with; Lion d'Or, in the Breed Straat. centre of the town is the fragment of a round tower, de Burg, built on a mound of earth; it is said to have been raised by Drusus, though attributed by some to the Anglo-Saxon Hengist. There is a walk round the top of it, but it is not sufficiently high to afford a good view of the town. It stands in a tea-garden, and 10 cents, or 2 stivers, is charged to each person for admission. The Town Hall (Stadhuis), in the Breedstraat (Broad Street, the principal and longest in the town), is a singular but picturesque old building, erected in 1574; the lower story is occupied by butchers' stalls. In the council and audience chambers, on the first floor, are several pictures; among them the Last Judgment, by Lucas Van Leyden, an extraordinary composition, but which must be judged with reference to the period when it was done; it has been much injured: a Crucifixion by Cornelius Engelbrecht; several good portraits of the city guard by Vanschooten. There is a picture by Van Bree, a modern artist, together with a portrait, by Govert Flinck, of the burgomaster, Peter Vanderwerf, who so bravely defended the town during the memorable siege of 1574; and here, with inflexible fortitude, resisted the summons to surrender made by the starving and tumultuous mob of townsfolk, when they broke into the council-chamber. Leiden has been rendered celebrated in the annals of the Low Countries, and, indeed, in the history of the world, by the siege which it endured from the Spaniards under Valdez, in 1573-4. The defence of the place was entrusted to John Vanderdoes; the burgomaster of the town was Pieter Adrianzoon Vanderwerf; and the example of heroism and endurance afforded by the citizens under their guidance has not been surpassed in any country. When Vanderdoes was urged by Valdez to surrender, he replied, in the name of the inhabitants, that "when provisions failed them they would devour their left hands, reserving their right to defend their liberty." For nearly four months the inhabitants had held out without murmuring; every individual, even to the women and children, taking a share in the defence. For seven weeks bread had not been seen within the walls; provisions had been exhausted, and the horrors of famine had driven the besieged to appease their hunger with the flesh of horses, dogs, cats, and other foul animals; roots and weeds were eagerly sought for. So strictly was the blockade maintained, that every attempt on the part of their friends to throw in provisions had failed. Pestilence came in the train of famine, and carried off at least 6000 of the inhabitants; so that the duty of burying then was almost too severe for those who were left, worn out by fatigue, watching, and emaciation. At length two carrier pigeons flew into the town, bearing tidings that relief was at hand. The Prince of Orange had finally adopted the determination of cutting the dykes of the Maas and Yssel, to relieve the heroic town. As this fearful alternative could not be resorted to without involving in ruin the whole province of Holland, it is not to be wondered at that it was only adopted after much hesitation, and as a last resource. But the inundation, even when the water was admitted, did not produce the anticipated results; although the country between Gouda, Dort, Rotterdam, and Leiden was submerged, it only rose a few feet. The flotilla of 200 boats, built by the Prince of Orange at Rotterdam, and manned by 800 Zealanders under Boisot, destined for the relief of the town, was thus prevented approaching it, though the inhabitants could easily descry it from their walls. Then it was that, driven frantic by disappointment as well as suffering, they approached, in a tumultuous mob, the burgomaster, and demanded from him, peremptorily, bread, or the surrender of the town. "I have sworn to defend this city," answered the heroic governor, "and by God's help I mean to keep that oath. Bread I have none; but, if my body can afford you relief, and enable you to prolong the defence, take it and tear it to pieces, The This The spirit which then animated the Dutch nation is by no means extinct, as their patriotic exertions after the sepa |