Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-22


 parks they do have here so many so extensive, ana so beautifully laid out and ornamented! In ken- sngton Gardens there are large ptots each devoted to a species of flower plant, and m each plot IS board with the botanical name m Latln, and then the common English name, with the country of which it is native thus forming botanical school, and this all free to the public. In the evening" ac cording to announcement, the Queen went to the opera in state, thing which does not happen once in three years, and this was the first time with the present Queen. We were too tired, so the gents saled forth to get sight of their maesties and the royal cortege,' in which they were successful, having good look at the Queen and Prince Albert. MT. C. and one of the gentlemen were so fortunate as to procure two tickets for the opera. The Bar Der of Seville was the play and they had the plea sure of hearing Crisis La Blache and two or three others of the most celebrated singers of the day, and see Ellsler and Cerito and many others dance, and all got up in the most brilliant manner to do honor to royalty. At the close they sang God save the Queen," the whole house standing, an orchestra of 75 playing and corps on the stage of between l5O and 200 singing, and between each verse the whole audience cheering; the Queen Sad frlnce Albert standing up and lowing in acknowledgement Such glorious sight and such 1xondertul time they never saw, and came home enraptured and delight ed. The next morn we went first to Gulldhall, where are the famous Cog and Magog, and where the Mayor and Corporation dine once year;- thence to and through the Bank of England, an im-
 
 in itself dark and bloody history of England. The book we had to guide us through it, will serve me when return instead of relation now. As we were riding along by the docks, the gentleman who was our guide told us that the ground over which we were passing, for an immense distance, was oc- cupied underneath as wine OGults, and that he knew of one there occupying space of nile acres, and then pointing upwards asked if we had ever seen railroads 0a the tops of houses, and surely yer the roofs of houses three and four stories high was carried railroad and bridges over the streets from house to house, and thus do they make use of every thing oboue and belO,c, around and dbout.- Shortly after this aighted "t the entrance of the Thames funnel, which is now completed and used by foot passengers, a penny toll through As yet there is way for carriages to descend to 1t, but one Is being executed.
 Only to think of all these marvels my mind aches with thinking, does my head and eyes with seeing; and what an accumulation of wonders of the world might we now have if the days of ac0nders as we'll as miracles had not ceased The Tunnel itself is wonderful creation; standing Tn the centre and looking each way you get fine idea of it's extent, you about quarter of mile each way and the perspective Is very good, the arches are small at the bottom and larger at the top-a d. vision running between the two archways forms footpath and place for the stands ot the vendors of different articles, among which we purchased candlestck of the Derbyshire spar and amcdal with the view of the Tunnel on side and Brunei the projectors head on the other We visited the monument built to commemorate the great ire o1 1866, but took outside view only, not caring to ascend to the top, and then returned to our home well pleased with having accomplished so much ln the day, as well with all we had seen. Yester- day we spent the day in visiting Windsor Palace, the Queens country residence about 20 miles from town. Here we saw great deal of splendor ana magniicence, carved and gilded ceilings, oak Waln- scots nlad floors, Gobelin tapestries aHd sulls ol | l1o1 4 tensye view thai nave s,eeat val sGealVe coun- ties may be seen, and though not the most magni- fcent, 1t certainly most beautiful. what pleased me most was the monument in the chapel over the tomb of the Princess Charlotte, daughter of of George w., sculptured by Wyatt. The dead body of the Princess is represented as lying upon bier, one arm hanging lifelcss over the side, the whole covered by sheet through which you see the outlines of the figure and even the features of the face four figures seaedon step beneath are bending in grief and on etfer side little above them an angel one of whicl holds the infant in her arms. Behind the bier is curtain of marble, the drapery falling on either sde and in the centre just over the bier is the spirit of the princess as- cending, and so beautifully poised in air, that though large as lfe you starce believe it to be nar6le. There are many others, but none that seemed worthy of attention liter this. We were 1 shown stone which coveredthe remains of Hen- ry tie VIII. and his Queen, Jine Seymour, and the unfortunate Charles I. Many other royal persona ges are also inferred in this Chapel. There are some very fine painted glass windows, the design by Benjamin West, and the "Last Supper" painted | There is also some of the most beautiful carved oak---a complete pictorial Bible carved on the sides and doors of the pews and stalls most beautl- | fully cut. In the evening we went to Madam Toupant's celebrated exhibition of tcdE figures, she is one who lived in the midst of the horrors of the 1 of onJh ho.n nlorI was compelled by the leadeys of the revolution to take models from the heads of those gullotned and the heads were sent to her Ieeking in their own blood, and in this condition she obtained bnsts of the nobility, sometimes of her own friends, and at | last of the rerOIuti0nists themselves. She pub | lshed book giving account of scenes she had 1 herself witnessed and which had read some two or three years ago. must say looked upon her as the greatest curiosity of the exhibition; for she Is still living and you may see her seated in an arm chair in the ante-room, very aged, but they say ve- ry cOnUe1sibe as well as cOnUersnat; her rooms ex- ceed in the gorgousness Of the gllded ceilings and velvet hangings even Windsor Palace She not only has many of the great men of modern times, but they all appear in their splendid court dresses. On raised platform in the middle of the room is the coronation of Queen Victoria, and the great ones present, twenty-five figures or more, all in their robes of state, satlns, vevets, Brussels lace paste substituted for diamonds, but seeming equally brilliant. Behind this on another platform stands George w. in hs coronation robes, the very ones he then stood in, and at the other end stands Napolean surrounded by the King of Prussia, the Emperors of Austria and Russia, Talleyrand, Blu cher, Murat Ney, and some others Then there is Louis XVI. and family, Malibran the singer, Mary, Queen of Scotts, Queen Elizabeth, John Knox, Wesley, Calvin, Luther, and host of others, good, wise, great, and llusirious. In one room was the carriage of Napolean, taken at the battle of Waterloo containing all sorts of conveniences, IL. fn foLQ n