Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-09-03

frequently spent hours in all Of them.
they are well shaded with large trees, and
have ine walks. There are great num-
Der OF buildings going up in the vicinity
OF these Parks, which are truly elegant,
and ten times as handsome as the Palaces
OF the Royal family. The houses are all
built alike in many places, forming i'm
mense circles, and sometimes squares,
with parks IN the centre, Ike ST.. Johns
square in New-York. These houses
look like one building, mean as though
the whole was for the residence OF one
great family, having beautiful terrace
all round, with gardens in front,
II is astonishing to see the immense
number of carriages, with their display
oil drivers and footmen--ladics on horse
back, dressed 10 blue habits, with mems
hats and wells, accompanied by gentle
men on rsebacls--,housands of gigs,
&c. &c. which appear in the Parks every
tine day But the greatest display is on
Sunday afternoon, from 10 e o'clock.
They ride round and round, to The num-
Der oil many thousand. Here is great
display OF fashion; but it is disgusting
to me 10 see old women of seventy with
thousand ourls dangling about their
aces, and quizzing glass constantly al
one eye, viewing those that pass them
The west end OF London is where the
tashionables generally live, and an En-
glishman living in this quarter of London
speaks oil the city as though il did not be.
long to the Kingdom.
The public buildings are very heavy
and large. Millions oi pounds sterling
lie waste In London in the gothic struC-
tures, which ate no, handsome in my eve.
In rainy weather the streets in Loudon
are very dirty, and much worse thaa they
are in New-York. The immsnse ira
Yelling brings the dir, from the streets
upon the side walks, and one is constant
y in The mud which is ground up very
line, rad leaves the impression OF your
shoe wherever you tread. Further, it is
extremely difficult to get along for um.
breiias Oh such days, as il is very fashion
able here Tor those who stand from d 10
$ leet inches, to make Constant exer-
IONS 10 reach their umbrellas over The
heads OF feet people, to HE great dan
ger oi their eyes.
Ia lar weeiher, the streets are tolera-
bly, clean. The dlr, carts are preceded
by sWeepcrs, aud as iasi as heap Is
made, Ii is thrown into The cart, and III
,hls way they clean ther streets: Ii lett
70 the inhabitants, IL Des.r would be
done. Gui LonGon is mol SO liable to get
dirty as New-Y oih--you viii moi Tad
straw, paper, vegetables, ohals, sc.
,hrown ii ,hc street. Every s:raW, &c.
Is put 10 use eye;y thing is consumed
here II SOME way that Is uso!ul.
There is one disgusting sight in Lon
number oi women that resort and sit With
The Ia en- drinking porter III The top rooGis,
ol which there aie many thousauds.-
" onlcn, single women, so iato these
| places, aid Cal! Tor pint oi porter, or
lass Oh ale, like the inch, aad nix III
~onvolsa ion with lhcm. You vii! asst
see women so lnlo lbe eating houses, OF
| which ,A4ri. --are hn..tiaa,d,, take t',o,'
s1a,s III liic boxes, alongside OF men, and
cal. tor their dlnncr ana porter Dut The
greatest sight Is 10 so MO The Jack
streets, and lake a stand near the Lclc-
Grated gin SAotS, aiid observe nUmDers
, oi Weii dressed and n!istraoiy dressed
ieniales constantly gong lnto Ihcse places
! 20 drink gin, Tor which Ihey pay Two
| pence glass. 1t Is miserable stuH, hol
| uali So good as our "hiskey. Desides,
you viii observe many poor wrclched
| looking women In these Streets, standibS
upon ,he walks and hanging about tue
! corners, with black eyes and otherwise
dishs cured. These sin shops are the
curse oil London.
/, is astonishing to view the manner in
| which The dense part ot London Is built
lte thou sand narrow courts and streets
which look precisely like long alleys,
with houses tour stories high ON eacn
side. These buildings contain numei-
Gus families; thousands and thousands
live next door 10 each other, IN The SAME
building, and on the sane tioor, That do
not know each other; and hundred oi
families pass through the same front
shops, go out Of the same doors, that
have lived tor years in this way, and have
never exchanged word with each other,
and do not know their names or 6usi-
ness.
The Jews live in the most narrow
stree S, and their shops and personal APP
pearance beggars oil all description
Among the Jews saw that irightul
fellow who sold lu0th powder 10 the