Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-06-05

Richmond, four or hve miles below.
Leaving the city by Tempe Bar, yot
pass through the Strand, Charing Cross, the
Hay -marktt, Pail Mall and parl Of Regen
street, into PiccadIly. where you take an
omnibus at'ihe White Horse Cellar, q Civ,
these names because they will be familiar /,
many if not most American readers,) ant
proceed down Piccadilly passing 81. James's
!. Park on the left, HYDE Park and Kensing.
ton Gardens on the right, and so by Kensng
ton Road 10 q fine suspension bridge ovel
the Thames; you cross, and have passed
westerly oul Of London. You traverse sou
Il Itwo miles Of very rich garlens, meadows
\ sc and thence sihrongh the village q
Il Barnes, composed mainly Of some two o.
three hundred Of The oldest, shabbiest tum.
Ible-down apologies for human habitations
that ever saw so close together. Thence
lyou proceed through rich, thoroughly cul.
! dvaled garden district, containing several
fine country seats. 10 Richmond, smar,
SNOWY village ten miles above London, and o
1 popular resort for holiday pleasure-seeker,
from ihe grea, city. whether by steamboat,
i railway, omnibus or private conveyance
I Herr is a flee. Of rowboals kept for hire,
while The Star and Gartar' inn has wide
reputation for dinners, and tn scene from
lis second.s,ory bow window is pronounced
one Of The finest in the kingdom. I,cer.ain.
ly does not compare with that rom the Cat
skill Mountain House and many others in
our Stale, but is good thing in another way
Ia lovely hending Of wood, water and sky,
with gardens, edifces and other pleasing
evidences ofman's handiworl. Pope's res.
idence a. Twickenham, and Wapole's
Strawberry Hill are near Richmond.
Proceeding, we drove through portion Of
Bushy Park, the royal residence OF the 'ate
Queen Dowager Adelaide, widow of Viii.
am w., who here managed, having house
and grounds. &c. thrown in. 10 support ex-
s.ence On an allowance Of 100000 year.
The Park is noble one, about half covered
with ancient, stately trees, among which
large herds Of tame, porly deer are seen
quietly feeding. A mile or TWO further
brough, US TO the grounds and palace Of
Hampton Court, The end and aim OF our
journey.
w This palace was built by the famous Car
Sslinal Wolsey, so long the proud, powerful.
avaricious and corrupt favori,e Of Henry
VIII. Wolsey commenced it in 1916
Beng larger and more splendid than any
royal place then in being, It's erection was
employed by rival counuers TO excite the
King 10 envy and jealously Of his Premier
3---whereupon Wolsey gave !, ou,righ. to
iihe monarch, who gave him the manor Of
Richmond in requilal. Wolsey's disgrace,
downfall and death soon followed; but
leave their portrayal 10 Hume and Shak-
spere. This palace became favorite res.
idence of Henry VIII. Edward vi. was
born here; Queen Mary spen. her honey.
moon here; afier her marriage with Philip
OF Spain; Queen Elizabeth held many great
festivals; here; James !. lived and Queen
Anne his wife died here; Charles |. retired
here irsl from the Place. and a(ierward TO
escape The just resentment Of London in the
lime Of the Great Rebellion. After his cap.
lure he was imprisoned here. Cromwell
saw me daughter married and another die
during his residence in This palace. Viii.
liam ILL.,. Queen Ann, George |. and George
IL. occasionally resided here; but il had no.
been a regal resid, nee since The death Of the
later. But the grounds are still admirably
kept; ihe shrubbery, park, fish-pond, &c.
are quite attractive, while a famous grape
vine, 83 years old, bears some 100 RS6nds
per annum Of the choicest Black Ham
burghs,' which are reserved for The Royat
loblc, and (being under glass; are said 10
keep fresh and sweet on the vine ill Febru'
ary. A fine avenue Of trees leads down TO
the Than, S, and The grounds are gay with
The flowers Of the season. The Park is very
large, and The location one Of the heal,hies.
in The kingdom.
Hampton Court Palace, though surround
ed by guards and other appurenances Of
Royalty, is only in habiied by decayed ser.
wants Of The Court, impoverished and broken
down sciuns Of the Arsiocracy, &c. TO
whom the Royal generosity proffers sub.
sistence within It's walls. suppose about
,wo-,hirds ofii are thus occupied, while the
residue is thrown open a, cerlain hours 10
The public. | spen, Two hours in wander.
ling through This portion, consisting OF thirty.
four rooms, mainly attractive by reason Of
! the Paintings and other works Of Arr display.
| ed on their walls. As whole, the collec-
ZION is by no means good, the best having
been gradually distracted 10 adorn those
Palaces which Royalty still condescends 70
inhabil, while worse and worst are removed
! from those deposited here; yet !. was in.
lefesting 10 me 10 gaze at undoubted origi-
mails by Raphael Titan, Poussin, Rem
brandt, Teniers, Albert Durer, Leonardo da
Vinci, Tinioreno, Kneller, Lely, &C., tho
no. their masterpieces. The whole num-
ber Of pictures, &c, here exhibited is some
thing over One Thousand, probably FIVE
six.hs Portraits. Some Of these have a
strong Historical interest apart from their
artistic merit. LoyaIa, Queen Elizabeth,
Anne Boleyn, Admiral, Benbow, William
ILL.,, Mary, Queen Of Scots, Mary de Medi'
els, Louis XIV, are few among scores
of this character. The Cartoons Of Raphael
and some beautifully, richly stained glass
windows are also to be seen. The bed rooms
OF William ILL.,, Queen Anne, and think
o,hcr sovereigns, retain The beds as they
were left bu. little oher furniture re.
mains, the mirrors excepted. | think A.