New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-03

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DON We had JUS, time to reach the deP't aho
enter cur names.
In our route, we saw the Cathedral ana severe
other public buildings made OF sand stone, "hch
was greatly wo-n and deiaced. Il is sad thc
city wo. was c:cs'ec by the Romans aiid 'i'a,
considerable o. thclr Tsork yet remains: gu w.
infer, by this time, that re were ihons'f'ou'4y
cmploycd during our short soJauFn, iof we iei'
Liye.nool at !! O'Clock and took nu' departure d.
Q We were, notwithstanding the hurried man
pcr in which we saw objects, greatly gratiiiec,
and let Chester thinking ourselves well compen-
stated for considerable fatigue. The tram winch
left Chester mi1ed, as they express It here, w!ta
the Liverpool train u, Crew, about ~ mics on
the way Ny companion, Mr. C a:d my
self entered an apartment where "'e ipaAd t"o
other gentlemen. T. was fs;cd up in the most
comfortable manner, with seals for SIX, al!
trimmed and finished in the manner o. coach,
=i,h arms Like chairs, and supports f;'f the head
in the manner Of an easy chair. we reached
Birmingham abou, o'clock, and such depot
aud congregation OF trains as opened 10 our vlcw,
can hardly be credited The size Of the building
and lis accommodations, as far rs ! colid COLI
orehcnd them, were on ti:c most magnificent
scale. Some change Ji baggage became neces-
sary, and my ;,me was well employed IN watcn,
,ng u,iIe, or nv trunk would have been .eit. |
did rot Therefore, have &c scod an opportunity
to gee this singular exhibition as L could desire
l.msntcd that VIC passed through this route
in the night, as | should have been moro than
pleased to sea the country The hight hcwever,
nccame strong enough, though ciuady. 10 dis
close the features of the ccrnlry o7 fifty miles
before we reached London. The cultivation was
cverv where Of the neatest and best klnd, but We
saw few. or Father TO j-ut ices; and very sell
dom anv houses. eyccpt here and there ID littic
cluster uC cottages. | take 1t Tor granted that a
-aI!!o2d here, as with Us, docs not pass through
the most inviting regions.
We passed through stony StratfoTd, left faT-
row with It's school perched On e beautiful eInl-
nence on our right, and soon began 10 sec the
outskirts OF this mammoth city. About mile
from the depot, we dismissed the engine anu &C.
scended gradually inclined plane, up which the
trains are drawn by c stationary engine The DC
pot is at Regents Park, and how far we travelled
In q cab know not, but l should Judge Z nile
and half, to reach this place. where we arrived
about sx-the sun having then been up moro
than two hours, but no one WAS stIulng.
FRIDAY. May 3i-At eleven O'Clock we took
cab for Bishopgate street, No. within, three
miles distant, and proceeded lcisurely through
Oxford street, High street, Skinner street, Corn
Hill, &c, making our way through throngs oi
people, and vehicles of all sorts, at every step
There seemed nowhere to be any abatement OF
the motion or dlniinution Of the numbers. We
saw many names Of places which seemed FAM
liar such as Paternoster Row, Bow Church, Gilt
spu. street, &c. The streets were generally
more spacious and had less proofs of antiquity
than had anticipated. Indeed they were re-
markahly c!ean and the buildings generally in
good order.
What strikes one as most remarkable here, is
the countless population, the gorgeous displ4y OF
wealth and squipages, the immense dcpo,s OF
merchandise, &c. You naturally ask yourself
how such mass is collected and how cam it be
disposed Of. 1t seems as if there was enough for
all the world The contrast, too, between luxury
aud want-elegancc and poverty, is often anus
ing. and often painful. You cannot look out
without seeing the elitering cquipage OF 4 noble
man, with servants in livery, and coronet
shining upcn the hammer cloth; and generally,
al tic same ,imc, yon will sec miserable CAD
with Il b:okcn down hose, or Il cart with a
wrctchcd donkey, about the SIZE of d small Shct
land poney, whipped along by "a ragged boy. In
the midst, YOU may discern hand cart men, work
ing their way among beer wagons, omnibuses,
drays, coaches. cabs, coal carts, &c.
Sdttrdcy, June l.--Nliic at Breakfast, Nh
C came in and invited MS To Il stroll. We
set off on foot, aud went first to Charing Cross
where his lodgings are-thcn through Whitehall
Gardens, where Sir Robert Peel aud many other
nob!c,Hen lvc-saw The public Offices III Down
ing street, the monuments erected to Charles lsi,
the Duke of York, Lord Nelson, George 4ih, &c.
and cumc to the river at Westminster bridge
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Blacl,lriars, Waterloo, Suspension foot bridge,
and Southwark bridge, all very noble structures
and beautiful specimens Of architecture. The
London bridge is OF .feD, and being the lowest,
YOU here come to the shipping. We landed, saw
the London Monument, st. PAul's, Dury Lane,
Cuvent Garden, the Cus.om House, and Covent
Garden market Ter fruit and vegetables We
also passed through Billingsgatc, fish market.
but heard none OF the proverbial dialect though
VIC saw women cnovgh. We then mounted the
top of an Omnibus, passing Ludgatc Hiil to Ten
pie bar. where the gaze is still maintained,
through the Strand, &c. back to what is called
The Quadrant, AMI then walked home. Ii
woua be vain and idle effort to attempt any
description of these we'll known objects. Let il
suffice, then, to say, that the extent of the Gus
tom HnuSe-the magnlticencc Of 81. Paul's, the
Club Rooms, the Bridges and monuments, merit
all the encomums that have been bestowed upon
them.
OF course l could have only hurried glance
at objects whose beauty and elegance challenge
criticism; but st. Paul's, for example, in size
and grandeu, is all that you would anticipate
Your eye, at almost every turn, falls upon some
church, pubic building or nobeman's residence,
which attracts your attention. All this was
prepared for; bn! the shops in Regent street,
Ludgate, &c. surpassed in lnagnihccnce and cx
tent AL imaginative notions OF extravaganza
You mas, see before you can comprehend them.
The slas, fronts strike you with amezcmcnt, bc-
in some instances rot less than fifteen feet high.
The plates are 50 enormous and 50 beautiful, tha'
YOU would hardly credit the most sober truth
Then comes the exhibition OF goods being the
richest, most tasteful and extravagant, that the
earth affords. Business appears TO be most MI
nu'ely civited-many shops, for example, having
nothing but mourning. The show oi plate. too,
is rich and varied beyond description. But the
great living mass, after all, is the sigh; iha! mos,
as,onshes one. mounted ;hc omnibus that
might, in these great thorous shfares, the better
be able 10 see the motion. Ludsate, Tempe Bar.
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