American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-08-09
Extract of letter from one Of the pr0pr.etOrs
the ~ Y. Dailu advertiser, in London.

re- The Clown Bar,steIs, &c and the Sheriff, Ke-
co,der and Lord Mayor. They are all passaoie
looking men. but take any FIVE you please and 'hey
would hear no comparison in features with the hive
Snnreme Judges that New York had before the /
New Constitution The Lord Mayor came IN ms {
sneudid carriage, which is the most tawdFy looking
thing tina, ever beheld. 1t is impossible TO de-
scribe it. The body hangs so 10. that II nearly
touches the ground, and such is the pTouson OF
ornaments with which II Is decorated, the who're
being FURNISHED with gold, that 1t dazzles one 10
look at it, The carriage was drawn By SIX oeau'i-
fu horses elegantly caparisoned in rich harness to
correspond CARAT. the Lord Mayor, looks very
much like Mr.. Noah, bat he is not so tall and Is /
more neshy. All the Aldermen were in church,
dressed in blue robes gowns. To take them as I
d body they are not very good looking men--l think
our Council Board better looking.
Chief Justice Baly is tall, thin vsaged, and has
The appearance Of an intelligent man. Denman
makes no show at all, and Brougham is Ill featured
These men never move but they attract great no.
,ce and by far larger assembages constantly gain
er to have a peep at them than you would oeheVe
possible. saw the duchess OF Kent taking an AR
ING in the Regents Park. She rode IN PLAIN
green botied barouche, with two out riders and
rider in front. She has fine appearance. The
different Parks are delightful places to walk in, out
Of hs dusl and noise Of London. and either oil them
are large enough to accommodate all the Inhaoi-
tants OF the metropolis. have frequently spent
hours IN all Of m-they are well shaded with
large trees, and have fine walks There are
great number OF buildings going up IN the vicinity
of these Parks, which truly elegant, and ten
times as handsome as tie Palaces OF the Royal lam
y The houses are all built alike 10 many places,
forming immense circles, and sometimes squares,
with Parks n the centre, like St. John $ square IN
New York. These houses look like one building,
mean as though The whole was Tor the residence OF
one great family, having beautiful terrace all round
with gardens in front
/, is astonishing to see the immense number oil
carriages with their display Of drivers and foomen,
ladies on horseback, dressed in blue habits, with
mems hats and wells, accompanied by gentlemen on
imrseb4ck Thousands Of gigs, &c. &c. which APP
pear in the Parks every fine day. But the greatest
display is on Sunday aftet noon from 4 to o clock
They ride round and round 10 he number o. many
thousand Here /. great display Of fashion; but
il /, Disgusting 10 me 10 see old women OF seventy
win a thousand curls dangling about their faces
and quizzng glass constantly at one eye, viewing
those that pass them. The west end OF London Is
where the tashionabes generally live, and an I'm
gI,shrnan living III this quarter OF London speaks
Of The city as though It did not belong 70 me sing
dom.
The public buildings are very heavy and large
Millions Of pounds sterling lay waste in London II
the gothic structures, which arc not handsome II
my eye.
In rainy weather the streets in London are YER
dirty. and much worse than they are IN New YORK
The immense travelling brings the dirt from tn
street. upon the side walks, and one IS CONSTANT
II lie mud, which is ground up very fine, and leave
rhc impression Of your shoe wherever you treae
Fuuher il is extremely difficult 10 get along Tor UNI
brclhs on such days, as it is very fashionable her
Cor those who stand from to eet inches, t
make constant exertions 10 reach their umbrella
the heads OF b tet peoples 10 the great oahBe
OF .heir eyes.
~ fair weather. the streets are toerably clea
The dirt carts are preceded by sweepers, and
fast as heap is made It Is thrown INTO the cal
and in this way they clean their streets; II le
10 the inhabitants, il never would be done. 81
london is not liable to pet dirty as New York
YOU will not find straw, paper. vegetables offa
&c thrown 10 the street. Every straw, &c. is p
10 use every thing IS consumed here III some W;
that is useful.
There is one disgusting sight in London, and III
r. to see the immense number of women that r
sort and sit with the men drinking porter IN =
tap rooms, of which there are many thousane
Women, single women, go into these places,
call for pint Of porter glass OF ale, like the me
aud mix in conversation with them. You will al
see women 20 into the eating houses, OF viii
there are hundreds, take their seats IN the box
alongside Of men, and call for their dinner and pr
Ter But the greatest sight is to SO INTO the ba
streets, and take stand near the ceieorated
sdDIs and observe numbers OF well dressed a
miserably dressed females constantly going into tn
places 10 drink gin, for which they pay two per
a glass 1t is miserable stuff, not halt SO good
our whlskey. Besides, you will observe many p
gre,ched looking women in these streets, stand
upon the walks and hanging about the corners,
black eyes and Otherwise dls6gured. These
shops the curse OF London.
I, is astonishing TO view the manner in which
dense part Of London is bullt-the thousand T
row coui and streets which look precisely like i
alleys, with houses four stories high on each S