The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has been dull, the trade having de-
ferred their operations until to-day, when a rather large
quantity of the new season's crop of Kaisows and Monings
will be offered.

SUGAR.—A good business has been done, and superior
qualities of West India have brought slightly enhanced
rates. Other descriptions are without material change.
In the refined market dried goods realise fully former rates.
COFFEE.—The market has been rather quiet, but a con-
siderable quantity is announced for sale by public auction
during the week, and quotations in some instances are a
shade flatter.

Rms.—Only moderate outlays have been reported, 'With-
ge as regards value.
out any material chan

TALLOW.—The market has been more animated, and
prices for both present and forward delivery have been
well supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 48s. Gd. ;
December, tOs. ; and January to Much, 50s. 6d. per pvft.

Regent's Park, which derives its name from its
having been made during the regency of George IV.,
contains upwards. of 400 acres. It and Primrose-hill
—the area of which is 63 acres—are under the care
of Mr. Edwards, chief superintendent. The ground
now occupied by this park was originally known as
" Marylebone Farm and Fields." It was laid out as
a public park in 1812, from designs by Mr. Nash, the
architect, who also built most of the fine terraces by
which it is surrounded. Unlike- the other parks, this
contains within its boundaries several handsome
private residences, surrounded by picturesque plea-
sure grounds. Owing to the nature of the soil, and
there being less traffic over it, the grass here gene-
rally looks greener than it does in Hyde Park. It is
let to one person, who takes in sheep from the but-
chers in the neighbourhood. There are 18 or 20 acres
of water on which boats are to be had for hire,
and where angling from the banks is permitted at all
times while the gates are open.
Within the last two or three years, this park has
been greatly improved and embellished by the con-
struction of what are known as the Avenue-gardens
—from the south end of the Broad-walk to Chester-
road, which is opposite Chester-terrace, and leads to
the Botanical Gardens—which have been completed
to the extent of four acres on each side of the walk.
The portion of the park which is bounded by Park-
square Gardens, Chester-road, Chester-terrace, and
the Broad-walk, is now being laid out in ornamental
grounds, with kept turf, clumps of evergreens, and
flower beds. There are about six acres in this piece
of park land. Should the weather prove favourable
the whole will be completed by next spring.
Some years since, it was proposed to make an
equestrian ride from Park-square West, alongside
the Broad-walk, passing Holford-house, and coming
out near what was formerly the Marquis of Hert-
ford's villa. Some of the neighbours and inhabi-
tants of the adjacent and surrounding terraces were
for, and some against, this proposal. Eventually
the authorities decided against it, and properly ; for
it would have seriously detracted from the appear-
ance of the park, as well as from its fitness for pedes-
trian exercise and recreation. The want, however,
of a Rotten-row in Regent's Park is felt throughout
a district of considerable extent, and there is a por-
tion of the park which would be improved by being
converted into one. From Glocester-gate, round
St. Catherine's-villa, to Park-square, a gently curved
ride of nearly a mile in extent could easily be de-
signed. It might be made a great improvement on
the present continuous wooden railed circle round
the park, if clumps of shrubs were judiciously planted
at each side.

The Broad-walk is now beginning to present a
grand appearance, from its length, and the height and
beauty which the trees on either side have attained.
From a point on the rising ground, south of the
pretty fountain that was erected some time since,
the most favourable view of the hotel at the end of
Portland-place can be obtained ; as, seen from the
place indicated, it looks as if it was built expressly
as a splendid termination to this fine walk.
On Primrose-hill, which is under the same man-
agement as Regent's Park—namely, that of Mr.
Edward's—a new walk has been finished within the
last few weeks, from near the Waterworks reservoir,
in a south-easterly direction, to Albert-terrace, Al-
bert-road. It is about 700 or 800 yards in length.
A couple of those iron works that one sees occa-
sionally near cab-stands in the streets would not be
out of place on Primrose-hill. On the south side
of the hill there is a fine open air gymnasium, which
is more frequented than any other in London. It
is a great pity that some attempt is not made, be-
fore it is too late, to connect Regent's Park with
Hampstead-heath, by means of a carriage drive
which might be brought round the lower parts of
Primrose-hill, through the handsome piece of road,
with the fine old trees on either side of it—from
Belsize Park to Haverstock-hill, and so on to Hamp-
stead. A rather novel suggestion has been made as
to Primrose-hill, which is neither more nor less than
a donkey Rotten-row, with model asses and equip-
ments, and well-dressed, respectable attendants
should be established there. And there is little
doubt that if women and chlidren only were allowed
to ride, the innovation would be highly appreciated
by the majority of the frequenters of Primrose-hill.

In concluding this notice of the two elder parks
and their adjuncts, it may not be out of place to
direct attention to the fact that each of these groups
of park lands is completely ..surrounded by houses,
so that in one case we have 1,000, and in another
nearly 500 acres of trees, grass, and flowers in the
interior of our immense metropolis, just as are the
squares in other cities and towns. Like the Bois
de Boulogne, the Phcenix-park, of which 1,300
acres are open to the public, is outside the town,
and, as a rule, can only be reached in a carriage, or
on horseback.