Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-10-29

| lean never sees nj home tho huge pile
Of Westminster for examplo,-the tow
er of London, the images about Temple
Bar, the lofty St. Paups, the many an
tique churches in the middle Of the most
crowded streets. Equipnges, tho car
riages, the rich liveries Of servants, with
their flashing caps and plumes, outriders,
sc. sc. were all new. Here were Il
tribe Of them in deep black with cock
AIDES on as signs Of mourning, and there
were others in flaming red, and forcibly
contrasting white. All looked like a
grand parade day Of the officers Of an
American militia. The Club Houses,
magnificent structures attracted my at
tcntion. Igazed with surprise upon the
massive bridges Of stone over the now
smoked and dirty Thames. fell upon
St. James's Park-and indeed thought
| was in a paradise. Here in the heart
of city is the rus in urJe,-a charming
Lake, artificial though it is-the most
beautiful lawn | ever saw-walks as
delightful as fancy can desire, trees Of
magnificent foliage-a little wilderness
even of wild bushes, aye all the fascina-
tions Of country life, and this too open to
the public in the heart of city! You
have but to wander short way from the
turbulence Of the Strand, or the hustle
of Pail Mall, or PeH Nell, as they call
it ere,-and you are all alone, with the
wild birds, chirping most mcrrily over
your head, the lamb iriskihg about you,
and the fish with his shining sides in the
lake at your feet.
| Before / had seen prettier things l
fancicd Boston Common to be the most
charming place on the earth of the kind,
but St. James Park is as much its supe-
rior in beauty, as that is the superior OF
the common field About it, there is a
most delusive regular irreguIarity. Art
has so managed, as to conceal itself IN
Nature. The trees have seemed to
come up as they pleased. The bushes
apparently have had their own way
The margin Of the Lake is not as on
Boston Common Of regularly laid stones,
but Of stones apparently tumbled in by
some chance or other. In all these
things the Eng lish so much excel US,
that we have the lessons of years to learn.
| The Parks in and about London are ma
ny-some public, moro private; but all
little Edens, made admirably beautiful
by art, and enjoyed the more as in such
a wide spread city. wandered over
Hyde Park, by the house Of the Duke
of Wellington, over Green Park, and
by Regents Park, the largest in the
city, much of which however, is private
property. Whenever the English could
reserve a green spot to be ornamen'ed
with walks and shaded by trees, much
to their credit they have reserved IT.
and this it is which has made the West
End of London, the fashionable end, so
charming a residence. Regent street
seemed like street of palaces,-and
many of the people in it, and about It IN
the fashionable hour, such is the rush OF
carriage ges,-the display of pomp and tin
sol-appeared as if they had dropped
from some more dazzling sphere.
There is place IN it called the Quad
rant, in form Of quadrant and pret-
tier place for effect, architecture could
not well design at an equal expense
And then the shops (they never say
stores here as we dol cannot describe
the wealth they display, such is the pro-
fusion of it,-of silks and jewelry-oisl sill
YER and gold-oi all that can attract or
/ fascinate the eye, set forth in unrlvalled
tastes. An American woman never
say lady when can help it except IN a
certain case, for woman is better word
would grow frantic here unless she had
money enough to spend, and then If she
had, have mercy on her husband pock.
ct amid so many temptations! Indeed l
can hardly avoid purchasing almost eve
ry cheap portable thing | see, and eve
nv thing is cheap here compared with our
prices as see by the labels Of prices in
the windows,-every thing IN the SILK !;
woollen, and linen line of hosiery and
neck cloths, jcwclry, SC. but as to what
is leather, or of leather, the price here
is nearly double what il is in America.
Ofbooks, made no purchases, guide
books except The price is enormous,
Fanny Kemble's work for example sell
ling for about four dollars, for there is
an excise Of about six cents pound on
paper, anu 'ne eNPehsc vi ""'o,","S'
without which book will not sell here
is monstrous. But-tho splendor OF the
shops Of London l could not exaggerate
in description, if | were to make the at.
tempt. All the wealth and splendor OF
the world seems To centre and sparkle IN
some of them. For money man can
have every thing he wants, almost any
thing he can fancy, whether 1t be OF com
fort or of luxury. | love 10 wander a.
mong them for hours, and l often find
nyselr los, from INV way, as | have been