The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-23
FFsM aks LsuissilIs Jonvaal.
Foreign Correspoadcnee No. (.
LosDox, Jans at, Is4a.

amidst tue varied noises of the great London word
 was dusl, heavy headache--my spirits were weighed down by caaseless gloom. The atfnos. Phers of my seemed close and confined; and
 dressing hastily issued into the busy world with
 out.
 l Twas lost amidst this wilderness of ehmusys and
 Fpires-t felt alone in the vast waste of brick and \ Haorsar, wben 1 aaw no gFsen fsrniar sDot about
 which memory might hngsr, association throw Aehafm--l l was 60 iIapressad wilh Loudon,s i'm. E mensity-I know nos where to commence or how 1 to begin. There was no kind friend to welcome
 and advise us--no cficious rsist de place to offer
 his seryees-atl was strangs, chilling. and dismal ! A badly executed and crowded man of Ionaou
 with its countless alleys and streets its squares and
 places ifs parks and great thoroughfares butserved : to confuse my slready aehng head And the roar of wheeled vehicles, the hurTying crowds of wood. en-iaced men, who constantly swept by, only in.
 creased that feeling Of hewiiderment, in which the
 map had already involved use ,s
 In fii of desperation returned tc the Hossl and agreed win A. that, as something must be done | we worid seek out our bankers, MeSsrs. Bariug &
 Brothers We had from the directory the street
 and the lumber, bet our ideas of the dyerfign rvere
 about as correct as m Engitshman's conception of pOliteness. But DO cab was near off we started
 like second Whittingtcns, trusting our fate to for. tune or to the first public conveyance we happened 10 oveEtake. Fortune did smile upon us. fer ae- ctdentaiiy going into stationcTs 10 buy pack of caFds--stSatnq cards l mean. for they are a very moral community hers In London the shoprpa1 kindly advised us o go down to the strand and take a"bus" Tor the bank, from which place we could easily inquire cur destination. He gave us the direction of the strand. As 1t nos far off we were soou moaated upon one of the fhousaucs of omnibuses which to the bank from all par.s Of London, and went rumbliBg on with the rest An immense and splendid building Is seeu and quickly passed. This St. Pauls. had learned one locality at last. The bank is reached--we have been 10 the Barings-deposted our letters of cre5it and made small aFaLr fnr back to the hotel.
 hailed the first omnibus that passed and had quite ride before the conductor informed us lie did not pass near Coyen. garden, where xe wished 10 be deposited. After trying two three, going little way in each. we al last hit upon one which landed us at the desired corner.
 One of the first things determined on was T col cred map of the city, and, going Into bookstore near by to procure it, asked If they would tell us how far it was to MT. Braneroft's residence and where we would find tine nearest cab stand. The proprietor. with greater degree of politeness than have observed in England, advised us by all means not 10 ride, t was but "a nice little walk" and we could see the city much better than in riding. soon discovered that an Eugllsaman's idea of little walk embraced much more extended pro- meBade than was ateSather agreeable to an sguesh pair of legs sgd most heartily repehted being in iueneed by him. \ Afler \ charming little tramp of about two miles after having twenty times incurred the danger of being by all sorts of reLeicles and made several thousand enquiries as 10 the way greatly o the annoyance of those asked and 10 our own, at last applied the kuocser Of a stately door with that earnest vigor which very tired in. dividuals are wont 10 to when they imagine that they have arrived at the end of a long walk and had the exquisite graiihealion of discovering We had not only missed the street, but the quarter of the city in which eur minister resided My krrses utterly refused to be further imposed on, and the only alternative left was quietly 10 take up our position beside the afPie-woman and ;he laIp post till stray cab sheuld chance To pas that way One came in the course Of time, by which We were de- posiled at Mr. Baucroft's The gentleman was tout of i0wn;" so, leaving cards we once more issued into the street without any fixed direction or even intention. except that of ''posh along keep
 mov0g,' til approaching night or fatigue should
 once more warn us to desert ihe pedestrian mode of conveyance.
 1 Tie last principle of ocomotion. without the s5 .h'est interference part, very myseffous- ly brought us 10 h immense green. enclosed by iron railings, into which liveriei carriages were constantly driving Anybody could see that this was Hyde Park, the fashionable drive and the pride of London
 The first joyous sensation have known since touched the English shore experienced upon | the fresh grass beneath the shsd- of Hyde Park | Bursting suddenly and unexpectedly upon me as
 did it's green trees aud green turf the surprise was
 charming beyond description. How magnificent
 are these fine old parks How far they surpsss our ! ! How invaluable they spots m which decaved
 poets can cheaply renew their enthusiasm for grass and green trees, snd supeFannuated lovers can ! fesurrsct their sentiment, How inesimablv valu- ! able are they convenient airiugs for gouty no-
 bty, asthamaiic lsp-dogs, and corpuient feotme n But for such spot n which 10 cool the fever that | over rnduirehee al table always produces West End would be depopuiatsd by general apoplexy. or ! convulsed by universal gout Only think of
 having 395 acres of open woodland in the midst of fh arTs. Nt. ID
 Can breathe the pure counry air after escaping from the smoke and noise of London.
 ! The most fashionable entrance is The gateway
 supported by granite columns at Hyde Park corner. near which l fingered some time to mark more
 closely colossal equestrian statue of bronze to the : Duke of Wellington, by Wes,maeoit, which sur l mounts the arched gateway Of Green Park. just ! opposite. The most prominent object upon enter
 jag is another statne to the Dake by " Wcstmacott.
 l; represents colossal statue of Achilles, from;
 ;ae artillery taken iu the battles of Salamanca Nlt-
 toria and Tooase, and erected by the ladies of | England
 Notwithstanding all my par,ialiti-s were in favor
 of the Park, my first impression decided disap- i poin;ment. The grass in this portion was dry and
 parched and the few trees scattered along the walk
 small and contemptibe in their appearance. Nh. l merons cows were pastured here, and they had | scattered about much more startling evidences Of 1 their presence than the dead grass. Macadamlzed
 roads skirt the entire Park, while much broader
 runs through it's center, which ia the fashionable drive of an evening, and another. Iittle to the left, is exclusively for equestrians. hundreds of ! whom are seen upon il every afternoon. On each
 side Of these Toacs and through portions of
 the Park. graveiled walks for foot ,asse nccrs which are planted with young trees. Up one Of
 these strolIed, and advanced the tfees were larger and the sod was brighter green, Jill we
 reached artificial lake called he Serpenrine river
 Here the real beauties of the Park began to deveope themselves ee gave size and heautv tn The trass | the sod wore Inc richest veFGare and the sheep l laziy browsing beneath the thick shade of the old
 clans that scattered in clnnps were planted
 in stately avenaes only added 10 the rural ioyeli- 1 ness of the scene.
 We threw ourselveF upon the grass and were comparatively alone. The busy hum of the idlers who fishing along the shores of the lake---the measnred son nd of lie oaIs from he palx alised