A PALCE IN INDIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 20, 23 January 1877, Page 4

A PALCE IN INDIA.

fßHowißig,^fays t&e Tim&jbf India, "'is a cteaoripiion of Sciendia's new^ -pafacev of- Gfraliof,.te- which : he entertained the;,'P"nc.6..o£ Wale* when H.8.H.. .visited. Central. Indiail Prince and a u ite -proiiounced-thts opin- j ion, 'ahd in all probability Gwalior wilh in time attract sightseers in m ttch the I same way as Delhi, Lucknow, andj -A. ra*"^ The (.-building has been erected i in- Pboolbagh, and has been named} Jye in-dnr«bhoyan, ; or abode of thej Illustrious. The palace, alone covers j an area of 12^,!T.7I„sqaare feet, exclo-i j si.ye ofthe inoerrsquare, which i&.^2l£j JfcJßt jby^'32l r feet. The , palace is double- j storied" throughout, and in some places has stories. Ita. highest] Pfrts measure ' 106ft from the. ground. j '- Thd first story is of Tuscan, the second! Italian Doric, 1 and the )jhird Corjnthiani architecture. The' interior oi th&iDur-j bar HaU measures 97ft Bia.; Ita rood is arched with solid stone Slalj^. each! measuring 21ft in length; whjphpnabled the architeot to make them sb L promi-> nent, Thay rtsn from one end of the? HaU to the other, and rest at each* bod; on doable Corinthian columns, which! form a cplppnade all round'the interiorj of the hail. The roof iB magnificently: painted, and: the: whole? hall -is lavishly] guided. of 3,000,000 gold; leaves were used for this work. ... Thej wills -^hkve" ' jbeea ' . almost -* : -hidden: by; gigantic mirr&rs, add tue huge chaode^ liere.which hang in the cejitre are thel '^fifrg&t z 'fo£V %pwted. r *fhWstair«i& ! -^ is entirely of .glass . $nd marble, and i$ handsome in the extreme. ' In addition' to the large ruby chandelier which| hange between fitife wings of the stair-; case, statuettes and,. .other objets di verlu adorn the room wbioh is roofed with stone; slabs; each 30 ft in length] The room; on the opposite side is rbofed in the same :way. ...The two rooms which flank the Durbar-ball are fur-j nished superbly. One is' the banquets half, and the other contains the costly gold bnd Jewelled thrbbe'and canopy,' and * the portraits of her-Mujesty the •- Qbeen and the Prince and Princess of "Wales. This room is a sort of antiroom to the Darbßr-h&ll. Anothei; !4fo9inicoat. i ,s. »7litß. size. oil paibi'ing ol H, H, Sciiidiah, a»'s bas some verjf costly filings. "ATI the apnrtments are) ijffaati/ufVly'^arpefed. ThW J pal|cjß it{ self post-a little above c 11 lakhs of rupees, but the garden walls, i .og. railjings (all-, east' in Gwalior),' the garden furniture, glass staircase, and Phbndelf iers have' cost nearly 9 lakhs (inorei The area of the garden and palaqe park is above one square mile. The groondb are tastbf oily- arranged, and the water runs herein a stream, falls like a brashl irig cataract there, and springs Up7 in a bpud.ed places in lively fountains. The 1 water which feeds the garden streams comes down in a canal for a distance of 15 miles."