New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-24
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PEOPLE AND THINGS ~ LONDON
bacterial CORRESPONDENCE Of The y. Y. TrlouSe.
Ioxnov Friday Sep, %, ~

Parliament. Nobility, &C. IS out OF LonnoA d.
..osor, I find greater crowd and more STUN
ming hustle in the main thoroughfafes III" u"''
;,g the busiest season OF Spring i've years ago
IN TIA, interval the great city has eIpahueu III
u, 4,,ec,;ons. exhibiting growth which, under
The circumstances, is quite as reinarKaole as 'ha'
of New-York Brompton, Chelsea fu'ney' anu
the other suburban villages on the west are III
,anid state of annexation, and continuous lines
of building extend nearly to Hempstead and
Hipbgate. | can with difficulty find my old land
marks in the suburbs But the bul!t-up portion
OF the city does not change the houses are as
old and smoky ever.
The Exhibition, however, has given much
more interesting character 10 the crowds IN the
streets. Great numbers Of foreigners PrlhciPai-
| " French and German, are now IN the ci'y' anu
| the people have grown so accustomed 10 see
heavy boards and ferocious moustaches, instead
of smooth chins and mutton-chop whlskers, that
a little deviation from the ordinary English
standard of dress and appearance, attracts no
| attention When first visited London iound
myself stared at rather too much for convenience
| for wearing collar turned down, after the
| fashion of American youth but now | might
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appear with one as bread as the Hutchinson
| family's and be passed by without notice. All
the sights of the city especially those which
cost nothing) are crowded The authorizes
proan at the thought of the "tuppences" lost to
| ST. Paul's, but Punch has had 1t his own way
| this time Many of the nobility, Initiating the
generous example of the Germans and Italians,
| have thrown open their galleries TO the public
| The halls of Northumberland House are qulse as
| crowded as the aisles of the Crystal Palace. 1t
| is pleasant to see, in such crowds as daily con-
gregate in all these places as well rs In the
streets. parks theaters, &c, such an infexlble
spirit of good humor. | have yet to hear the
| first rude or impatient word. The Policemen,
of course. are everywhere, not as disturoers, out
as peacemakers, and are rightly respected by all
classes In point of manly appearance, courtesy
| of manner and intelligence lin all that concerns
their business they are the finest body OF men
in the world.
The Crystal Palace TO see which is worth
visit from the uttermost ends OF the earth) still
draws its fifty and sixty thousands day, and
would continue to do so for much longer than
the two weeks which are left In spite OF the
nave. the lustrous silks and superb porcelans
| in the galleries, the tables of malachite, urns OF
porphyry and broidered robes Of gold and pearl,
| found my eyes constantly wandering away to
| the contemplation of the Palace itself. The
vast nave, springing from such slender pillars,
and held together by clasping network OF IRON
threads, opens so far before you, that It's termi-
| nation is blue and hazy in the distance. The
transept, arching high above the old elms, seems
to be "a second heaven under heaven" for the
sun shines warmly through it, and the changes
| of the sky color its roof with varying blue and
white The beautiful symmetry OF this immense
| structure, is seconded by its harmony OF colors
| and forms-the blue and white of the pillars and
grders relieving the heavy red of the draperes,
and the whole touched with illumlnations OF
gold and more brilliant tnts from the costly ar
tlcles exhibited Surely Aladdin, and not Joseph
Paxton, was the builder OF this palace. Or Is not
Aladdin's story the prophecy of this For the
genii wrought underground for the material, and
the spirits of Light and Air assisted in ralsingit
| And was it not created lin the architects braln)
in single night And are not the Royal Com
missiners going to rub the lamp, so that 1t shall
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| stood
find the American Department better filled
and much more creditabe to us than had anti
cpated, but everybody tells me it has vastly i'm
proved within the last month. In fact, it is now
acknowledged that the Americans have sur
passed all other nations in the utility and import
ance of their contributions. McCormick's Reap
er is so crowded that you can scarce get
glimpse OF the machine, and have heard silver
smiths speak with delight OF the workmanship
of Colns's gold plate. This, and the Greek
Slave, and the Dagueueotypes, and the India
Rubber and the Carriages, are always sur
rounded by spectators. People have not yet
ceased talking of the yacht America, and you see
pictures of her everywhere. The English &C
| knowledge these trumphs with good grace,
and will undoubtedly profit by them-7He Times
honestly admits that the Reaper is TO England
the most important of all the contributions made
TO the Exhibition With this turn OF things, there
is little danger of our becoming vain-glorlous.
half expected to walk through the American
Department III sackcloth and ashes, whereas one
holds up his head as if clothed with imperial
purple.
We have had charming weather, for the sea-
son, though the clearest day in London is so
smoky and has such bituminous smell, that
| your enjoyment is of negative kind. 1t has
rained but once since reached England. The
trees in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
show no autumnal colors and the turf is still
green and fresh. There was quite a Summer
warmth in the air the other day, when visited
the Geological Gardens, in Regents Park The
honors of this place are now divided between
the hlppopctamus, the calf.eephant and the
orang-outang. The latter seems Jealous of his
nvals, for he hung sulkily on the back of chair,
with his finger in his mouth. The hippopota-