The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829   By: Various

VOL. XIII, NO. 370.] SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1829. [PRICE 2d.

LALEHAM PARK:

[Illustration: The Residence of the Young Queen of Portugal.]

Circumstances, in themselves trivial, often confer celebrity upon places hitherto of unlettered note. Thus, a beautiful villa at Laleham, a village in Middlesex, eighteen and a half miles south west of London, has acquired frequent passing notice from its having lately become the temporary residence of the young " Queen of Portugal ," whose removal to England appears to have been a prudent measure to keep her petite Majesty "out of harm's way."

Laleham is delightfully situate on the banks of the Thames, between Shepperton and Staines, and is famed for the entertainment it affords to the lovers of angling. The river narrows considerably here; and about the shallows, or gulls, the water is beautifully transparent. The above temporary royal residence is built in an elegant villa style; and the grounds have been very tastefully laid out under the immediate direction of the present proprietor, the Earl of Lucan. They comprise 40 acres, with some very fine elm timber.