The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-06
tFrom the Louisville Journal. Foreign Correspondence. 5.
LoNpON. Iuna 26. ll


 GsSrLsMEE:--Wiih the little stock of know ledge Aeaaired during the day lo assist me, most saslsn- ously studied thy map last night, and discovering that different lines of Omnibuses run regularly in the great thnroughtares or arteries o Loodon, as somebody calls them, we resolved on the morrow 10 take an outsde seat upon |" bus,' go to It's stop. ping place, sDd take another, and so on 10 the end ~ inouiring of the drivers the way the different uonts ol interest, till we could obtain something like a general knowledge of the great metropolis. | astoniShed myself, ios m two days knew much more of London than l kno1 et New Orleans alter visiting it once oI twice dufug every winter, as have done, for the last sever years. Thete had the St. Charles rotunda as Iuide, or some friend who knew the city, and to thlA day cannot distin. guish ChaIsTes from Royal.
 But 10 our days ride. An early hour found us mounted upon the top Of {" buss which formed one of the continuous stream of wi sorts Of consey- snees that moved with suilen down the t.sand' --omnbuses and cabs, private carriages and hoTse- men, hand wagons and donkey-earts. drays and coal wagons, with their immense horses, strung out ' Indian file," four in tine, and sooty-looking individual in a smock-rock, with whip al iheir head-a logged along, keeping iO the isfl, instead of the right, as We do in America. There were under-eurrents, too, of foot-passengers huHying silently on; sometimes chahng against crowd of idIers gathered before the window ot pTint-shop, sometimes eDivened by ripple ln the shape of red coated soldier, policeman with his uniform coat o blue his silver buttons, collar embroidered in white, and gIaxed-iopped hal, and sometimes almost choked up by the oveTtarnIng ot an orange stall. the performances of an organ-grinder-all Toared and rushed along like the angry torrent of swollen river. IL would be difficult to conceive Of a scene of more baslle or greater conlQsoG. And yet, crowded as was the street, thsagh they often bad to stop altogether, they ran into each other. Our driver would l" hold hard " here and whip up there. He would now pull in behind hls predecessor, sRd now rush through spaces in man. ner almost miraculous, which often made me lnvoi- untary set my teeth for jolt, but we never came h contact.
 From the Bank up Hoiborn into Oxford street had opportunity, as the crowd was less great of observing more particularly the houses and other things besides the close fubbngs oi wheeled vehi- cies and their narrow escapes. London west Of the Bank is very regularly bnilt, the houses slI being four stories high. But their being built of uppsnted brick of dark dirty color gives them exceeding ly gloomy appearance, which is only relieved by the immense show windows of crown glass that adorn almost every shop, and are crowded by display of the gayest articles to tempt the fancy Of the buyers.
 Here Iiveried carriages began to mibgle in ihe general rush. Hawkers of everything from fresh awoerries 10 fresh cells heard in dscordant shouts crying the merits of their various wares.- Huge wooden boxes on wheels; drawn by one horse are seen moving slowly along covered with flaming advertisements of every description of shows, oi sales "at cost, of Unprecedented bargains and ei all the other London humhugs that require pufiing.- This one bears the announcement Of Hernandez at VauxhaIi, in piebald letters about four feet long that of Risey's panorama of the Mississippi. with gaudy picture of the burning of the Ben Sherod Another has Banvard's ToyaI panorama with the Queens arms painted upon It; and a hundred others advise an immediate call at the different great "sales at cost,' which are then taking place..
 Nor is this the oaly novel mode oI advertising Hundreds o pedestrian signbearers are seea trudg- ing along the gatters or on tie extreme edges ofhe curb st0ne-so1e carrying their boards aoit ike banner by handle. whilst others seen bending beaeath the weight Of two long boards reaching nearly to their feet and swung one before and tie other behind them.
 Long lines Of cabs are seen drawn up at the " stands ' which are tn the middle oi the street, Some ef the jaded horses are greedily munching their oats from nose bag, whilst their driseis are looking anxiousy from side 10 side, often cry ing "c cab sml' !" cab sirl" the foot passengers hurry by. And again, both drivers and horses are quietly dozng in the sum- with thai patient resigna ton which is only seen Tn perfection among hack ney cattle"
 Now we rumble down Regent street. the fines, sheet In London. Aristocratc carriages with their powdered coachmen and ootinen are standing at inc door of almost all the splendid shops that line the way. We drive through Trafalgar square crowded with monuments and fine buildings. cross the Westminster. bridge, and so back to the bank the London bridge. We then went up the strand into Pcadilly to the Park.
 In the number and magai6cence of London's pub lie buildings l was greatly disappointed. The government offices, with ihe exception of Somerset House, are certainly, very inferior in beauty and elegance to our own al Washington. Its churches, leaving St. Pauls and Westminster out oi the ques- ton, are not splendid as Trinity and Grace church in New York. And the style of the paiaces oi the nobles and even The Queen correspond but itar I.. my extensive imagiaings al hone, had supposed tha, there was ittie n cotninon, between palace and a house except the windows and chImneys and that even they were of different pattern. But fad tha, very many private residences in he dider- eDt eastern cities and several in Louisville would bear very favorable comparison wIlh the palaces of Lords anu Dukes here. fhr great difference Is that here whole squares and streets are entirely com posed ot the mansions of the nobility, which gives them very handsome appearance. But when you See one you have seen ali. They are ali balit oi pale yellow stone, plssteied and painted 10 'mitaie It. They all have small po'iieos in front and dark green doors. Tbe squares, pIanted with shrubbeTy, laid out m walks, and surrounded by Iron raIlI0g very like those in New York except that these are closed 10 the public, aud are only entered by persons living In The square who have pass key. The English such slaves to public opln'on-are so fearful oi dOIng something not sane toned by former examples, or prescribed by the prevailing fashion, that they have adopted the same style Of dress, of equippage, and even ot architec lure. And the consequence IS, that both their cos- lumes and their houses bear as near resemblance to each her as so many black-eyed peas.
 The strand, Oxford, and PieesdiIiy the great ho'oushIares of London. though they are not so wide nearly our Main street. From these, thou sands oi other smaller streets, places, and alleys otaneh, Some of them only wide enough for two vehicles to pass each other, with sidewalks 10 accommodate bat two. Others are wholly filled by one wagon, whilst there are alleys with only 10" tooI-Pah but they are all ,hckiy thed with houses on each side.
 When settlements pa--wken even pleasures Cease to please"-when the world seems but hese pool Of satiety, in which men founder and sunsgle' new enjoyment deserves more than the passing notice bestowed on comlnon'p place occur fenccs.
 My sensations in first gazing on St Paul's church were wholly new. 1 was surprised, delighted, amazed beyond words whilst standing before this