The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-23

yet I soon find out that I have seen
nothing. You csn travel eighteenmiles
from Brentford to Straford, through ON
uninterrupted succession Of thickly
planted houses. Ishave walked until
Iahave had to sit down on come door
step out of pure weariness, and yet have
not got atall out of the rushing tide of
population. / have rode on the dri-
ver's seat on omnibusses, and there has
bt,en q constant succession Of squares,
parka; terraces, and long lines Of single
houses for miles, and continuous blocks
aud single palaces in the very heart Of
London, occupying acres Of ground. /
do not speak of course of the large
parks, which for their trees, their ven
dure, their neatness, their embelish..
ments, their lakes and cascades, their
waters swarming with fish, and covered
With great variety Of waterfowl, which
they have been able to domesticate, and
their grazing flocks Of sheep and cattle,
and their national monuments, and the
multitudes Of well.dressed pedestrians,
and Of elegantly mounted horsemen and
horsewomen, and carriages and equi-
pages rs splendid as gold and silver
can make them, are beautiful beyond
even my most romantic dreams. j do
not exaggerate, ] cannot 60 beyond the
reality.
The WOMAN OF ENaLAND.-.-The
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is quite striking. The majority of them
wear white cotton stockings, without
those dirty pantalets which you see bob.
bing about the ancles Of our women,
and they have tho much good sense un-
der an affected modesty to let their
clothes draggle in the mud; but they
raise their skirts little, and you will
see them elegantly dressed, and walk
ing through, and crossing the muddlest
streets in the rain, and not a peck of
dirt upon their shoes or stockings. II
wish our ladies at home would take
some lessons from them. Another
thing shows their good sense. They
all, in walking, wear patterns or thick
soled shoes, Us thick as cork shoes, or
else galoshcrs. India rubbers are not
seen. They have another practice
which Igreatly admire. They seldom
wear false curls; but women whose hair
is gray wear it gray, and seem to take
as much pride in their silver locks as
the younger ones do their auburn tres
ses. ] have met good many ladies
in company, but I do not find them to
differ greatly from those I left at home
among the well educated classes. Man
ners, however, arc certainly much moro
agreeable; for they are not put on for
the occasion, but grow up with them as
matter of course. Every thing in soci.
ETY. proceeds much more quietly than
with us. From what I can see, the
English women must be excellent house
wives, as nothing can exceed the neat
ness and comfort of their establishments.
I do wish I could show you my bed
room and paylor, and let you see low
neatly am served. ~g
CHARITY CnILDREN.--The most in
teresting sight which, I have yet seen in
England, was the meeting of the charity
children in London and its vicinity in
ST. Pauls church. They were from
about eight to ten years old; the girls
all dressed in neat white caps, the bows
all in dark long coats and shirts Of die
fcrcnt colors, according to the school to
which they belonged; the red ribbons,
some with white, and some with blue;
and here were from seven to ten thou.
sand of them, all arranged in the centre
Of the cathedral, on seats rising one
above another on three sides of an oval,
with the audience in the centre, and
stretching along through the great
aisle. During the service, I went into
the whispering gallery, which is at the
bottom Of the dome, extending all round
it, and directly over their heads, about
two hundred feet from them. We
could hear them distinctly, and saw
them tc the greatest advantage. They
resem5led o beautiful bed of yariegated
flowers, and indeed it seems to me no
thing on this earth ever appeared one
half SO beautiful. | was greatly excl
ted and was half tempted, in a state
Of, delirium, to throw myself over the
railing. Howmuch I wished that You
and your mother could have seen it.
After the service, the schools went out
in differ ent professions and directious,
/ it requiring o long time to clear the
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