a gutter. THE announcement of a gala.day at Beulah Spa,

on Monday, seemed contributions in pence and trifling article, in compensation to hiself and the to afford a fitting opportunity for seeing the improvements made in eke

little band he led, for ab w staining from breaking the woulotvs and other miss grounds this summer, by Mr. ATKINSON, the director of " moods and works," and." master of the levels" there ; and the weather being pro-

polous, we joined the throng of vehicles laden with pleasure-seeking

ness as a boy. The church at Market Drayton which stands on the side of a Instead of enumerating the improvements in the laying out of the hill, has a lofty steeple, near the top of which is a stone spout of the form of a

grounds of the Spa, we will just take a sketch of them as they now ap- dragon's head. It was with no slight surprise and Aim his companions and some of the inhabitants saw young Clive seated oil thi spout, and evincing by pear, for the benefit of our country readers: leaviog such as have his manner an indifference, if not insensibility, to the danger of his situation. visited the place before to infer the nature of the alterations. " The Land of Beulah" lieth on the slope of one of the Norwood The following, although not very pointed in the telling, is inte-

hills, forming a crescent covered with a thick copse of oak, opening to resting in itself, as showing the desolate state of CLIVE on his

the South-west. You enter the grounds through a gate abottingen first arrival in India, and as indicative of that depression of spirits the main road, before a picturesque lodge, designed in the old English which a few years afterwards rendered an attendant necessary style of architecture. A carriage-drive sweeps along the side of the during his rmwery from a fever. woody amphitheatre, about midway from the valley ; being a private It is a curious nod not uninstructive sight to observe the man who, in a road to Croydon, and forming the boundary line of the walks of

few years was to raise himself by his COnlinantling talents and heroic daring to the Spa. The visiters to the Spa follow a foot-path, that leads an acknowledged preeminence above all his countrymen in the East, for several by a winding descent into a plateau or lawn, of ample extent, in months after his first touching on the shorts of that country, the scene of his

the hollow, diversified by raised parterres of flowers, 8,:e. On your right us you come upon the lawn, at the western horn of the crescent, under a conical roof of thatch like an Indian wigwam, is the saline

Madras was taken, there are no accounts of hina except some anecdotes, tend- spring, which rises into a yell fifteen feet deep, whence the water is ing to prove that he was very ill suited to the condition of life in which he was drawn up as it is wanted in a glass bucket. Behind the well is a semi placed. Ills impatience of control and wayward and impracticable firmness circular range of terraced colonnades, having leading and refreshment

never forsook him. On one occasion it appears that his conduct to the Secre- rooms in the centre. These are tastefully constructed in rustic style; tory under whom the Wiiters were placed on their first arrival, was so incon- and when the creeping plants have overgrown them a little, the sistent with the rules of official disciplioe, that the Governor to whom it was effect will be still more picturesque than it is at present. The reported, commanded him to ask that gentleman's pardon. With this order he copse is intersected by numerous gravelled walks, bordered with complied rather ungraciously ; but the Secretary immediately after, before his flowers and fern, leading from the lawn to the path that emir-

plied Clive, " the Governor did out command toe to dine with you." Ile is des the grounds ; which is more than a mile and a half long,

and runs parallel to the carriage-road before described. In treading

acts of wildness: and a story was long current, that, either in a fit of despair these shady paths, you ever and anon come to a seat, which commands or of low spirits, to which he was subject from his earliest years, he made, at a pretty peep through the vista on to the lawn below. Between the horns this period, an attempt upon his own life. A companion, corning into his of the crescent, the ground alopes down to a little artificial lake, with room in Writer's Buildings, was requested to take up a pistol and lire it out of a rustic bridge over an embryo cascade, having a high bank on one side the window -: he did so (and it went off). Clive, who was sitting in a very cut so as to form an ottoman of turf, where the visiter may recline at glonmy mood, sprang up, and exclaimed, " Well, I am reserved for something! ease watching the swans and other water-fowl. Near to this is the That pistol," said he to his astonished fliend, " I have twice snapped at toy llosery.—a circle of considerable diameter formed of arches of wire,

own head." over which are trained various sorts of roses: the plants, however, are

Here is a specimen of his courage, and a significant hint of the not fully grown yet ; and moreover, this o os the site of an enormous cir- sort of gentry uho then held commissions in the Company's ser- colas marquee, where the concert took place on this occasion : we

vice. therefore did not see it to advantage. Not far from hence is the Maze,

Soon aft a his arrival at tbis place, he was engsged in a doe with an officer, where the visiters may lose themselves to an agreeable extent—not to th whom he had bat some money at cards, but who, with his comp:Lubin, was a despairing eacess of perplexity ; and on every hand grottoes of tree. clearly proved to have played Nufairly. Ciive was not the only loser ; but the roots, paved with logs and inlaid with branches, and turfed recesses others were terrified into payo.eot hy the threats of those who had won their

surrounded %vitt' raised seats, and einhowercd with foliage, offer snug and cool retrelts for pie.nie parties ; while serpentine stools and more homely benches are scattered about in profusion.

diately came up close to him aial held the pistol to his head, dr siriog him to One avenue leads across the carriage-road up the steep ascent of the ask his life, with which ha complied. TI:e next demand was, to meant his higher part of the amphitheatre to the Terrace ; whence there is an ex- assertions respecting unfair play. On compliance with this being refused, his tensive and beautiful view, embracing Knoekholt Beeches, Banstead his opponent threatened to shoot him. " Fire, and he 11-11," said the dauntless Dom's, Windsor Castle, and the Hampshire Hills. In the middle young man : " I said you cheated ; I say so still, anti I will never pay you." distance are seen Beckenham, with its taper spire; Addiscombe and The astonished &liver threw away his pistol, sit ing. Clive was mad. Tae Croydon, %vitt, the dark heather of the Addington Hills ; Shooter's latter received Irma his young, companions many complimeots for the spirit he 11111, Blackheath, 1kc. The day was misty, and looking in the direc- had shown; hut he not only declined coming forwtrd against the officer with tr:

oll of the afternoon sun inereased this effect ; so that the more re-

whom he hail fought, hut never afterwards spoke of his behaviour at the card. mote objects in the panorama were not distinctly visible. The morn- table. " Ile has given me toy life," be said, " and though I am reso:ved on

aim; is the beat time for enjoying this prospect, or when the sun is just On the summit of this height it is proposed to erect a terrace of noble houses. in the form of a crescent, having an hotel in the centre.

A NABOU'S ORDER. Houses of Parliament will present ! Accommodation for resident In a commission which Clive sent to his friend Mr. Orme, there is an visiters to the Spa is greatly wanted. Many persons of rank.patr.o- " CLIvE." Cheltenham. The rides in the neighbourhood are delightful ; and the me is twenty pair. standing, and recurring oil the grass,—making a very pretty sight.

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There was archery going forward in a field beyond the boundary. of Ike

grounds ; about which the gipsies were squatting, as on a sort of neutral ground of toleration, safe from the terrors of the Vagrant Act and Justice law. Fortunes and shillings were freely dispensed ; and the satisfaction of both parties reminded us of the couplet in Hu- dibras, " Truly, the pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat."

There are always two bands in attendance at the Spa, and on this occasion a third was in requisition. The marquees, and the flags, and the throng of visitors in perpetual motion, formed a very animated pic- ture, seen from different points of view ; and it was the fault of the people if they did not enjoy themselves. An attempt was made to get up a dance, but it was a melancholy failure : the dancers were discon- certed by the rude stares of the bystanders, and the sneers and laughter of some well-dressed individuals, whose pretensions to superior breed- ing were very ill supported ; so the example of dancing was not con-

• tagious.

Our next visit to Beulah shall be on a private day : we know no place equal to it for the reunion of a pic-nic party.