Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-06

Moralists preach to no purpose against such
way Of spending the sabbath. Those who
have leisure tn orange the fields and treat
their lungs with air. any day they will,
know nothing of the irresistible instinct
which sends these people, for six days pent up
in foul smoky air, to get n breath Of nature
on the seventh
The moment you enter Regents Park you
may be said to be in the country Northward
you may prolong your stroll to any distance.
Over Primrose Hill you get fine view of
| Highgate and Hampstead churches away up
out OF all reach Of smoke ond city noise. " in
regions calm of mild and serene air"
never shall forget how it made my spirits
bound again after weary day in the city,
when my eye first sent glance along an
avenue in the Park, up the uncncumbercd
hillside, and rested on the distant spre of
iiighgatc church " bosomed high in tripled
trees" Primrose Hill which joins Regents
Park on the north, i. a conica eminence
containing about so acres. The level ground
at the foot of the hill is rolled and fitted up
for cricket playing. 1t has also free Gym
nasium. Beyond Primrose Hill, walks
across the open field, lead to the yet unfn-
ished Bclsize Park, and from thence by paths
through meadows, along the borders of woods,
and near fragrant hedges, you wind your
wayup to Hampstead.
St. James Park containing SO acres is
combination Of park and garden. Indeed it
is one Of the finest specimens of landscape
gardening | have seen in England. 1t is
filled with choice .hrubbery, and many pretty
winding walks lead you to shady hooks,
and trim flower plots, and along the edge of
beautiful sheet of water. Here you see
rare aquatic birds among others black
swans very rare birds MS the proverb tells
you, but, to my eye at least, not to be COM
pared in beauty with the white ones.
St. James and buckingham Palaces are
seen fronting this Park The former, ORR
sinally aIlospital for Lepers, is low, rreg-
ulnr, brick building which you would never
s"s''ct t. be- Palace. Althourl hu.w r'
which siie OF III, Park CO look, actually
passed the Palace two or three times in look
: ing for it, | never once imagined that the
d" Court of ST. James could De located in
such building. 1t looked more like tan
, merry than palace. Buckingham Palace is
! ullowed-by courtcsy-tO have very fine
front. Between the two palaces is situated
the residence Of the Duchess--I beg lis par
: don, the Duke-of Sutherland, Stafford House,
which has an exterior by far more imposing
than either
Passing between Buckingham Palace and
narrow slip of ground containing about ~
acres, and connecting St. james with Hyde
ram. c-~r., pa-t !. mostly an open lawn
and has more resemblance to rlnv ground
, or Common, than a Park have been
always reminded of Boston Common while
walking in it. both by its shape and the
character of the ground Away. excepting
that Boston Common could never be called a
u Green Park in England-e,pecallyi in compa
ri,on with thi. one, the richnes. Of whose
1 verdure is remarkable.
From Green Park we pas: under an arch
. initiated from the Arch Of Titus at Rome
and enter Hyde Park-the gayest, mos,
, fashionable, and think the oldest OF the
Parks. On the right as We enter, is Apsley
House, the residence of the Duke Of yelling.
ton. On account Of the old Dukes opposi.
ton to the Reform Bill in 80, his house wa,
threatened with violence by the mob, and
bullet proof blinds uaol to guard Tie
windows. These were not taken down til
last summer. Hyde Park is park proper
$ containing 394 acres, planted with noble
n trees, and beautiGed by the Serpentine River
y 1t was here that the Crystal Palace of 1851
c was erected. The drive around the Park i:
{ the great fashionable resort of the nobility
a and gentry, and of everybody who has car
. riagc to display or an ambition to display
j himself. About four o'clock in the after
noon at this season, the entire circuit /.
| thronged with gay people in dashing equi
l pages. OF course where so many 60 to be
1 seen, many will go to see thousands o.
, loiterers lounge about, staring at the brilliant
A spectacle presented by wealth and beauty
: displaying themsel, es-to the admiration Of
. the simple, the envy Of the ambitious, the
4 contempt Of the Cynic, After all, if We had
e our choice, Who wouldn't be gentle
man ~
4 Along one side of Hyde Park is broad
, road formed Of loose gravel, called Rotten
= Row, exclusively appropriated to riders
= Here young ladies, attended by their grooms
e come for their mornings exercise. Much
spirited riding, many rosy checks, and fine
A.. figures, a loiterer may see in Rotten Row.
= Adjoining Hyde Park on the West are the
9 Kensington Gardens, including nm area o.
:, $50 acres. These grounds obtained the name
: Of - Gardens" from having originally beer
A attached 10 Kensington Palace, Small por
q tons are occupied with flower beds aud ar
q Arboretum where choice flowers and rar,
S trees are reared for public qualification, bu
t the greater part of the grounds constitute, !
# magnificent grove, the grandest of all th'
, public domains in London. Stately tree
. centuries old, elm., oaks and tall Spanish
K chestnuts, so thickly clustered as to lcav,
few spots unshaded, and yet giving room fol
d the eye TO penetrate into deep, solemn gades
Il impsrt TO Ken.lnston Gardens majesty
s which recalls the " Minstrel's' expression
= - the pomp Of groves" Regents Park il
r tue one 10 DC preferred LOT udy cOunlr.
|. residence St. James for larry hours stroll
O or a tete-a-tete with a friend, Hyde Parl
A for n fashionable airing and a peep at boz
v ton, Ken,ington Gardens for musing alone OF
is high and solemn thoughts,
y These are the principal Parks-the Park
h OF established reputation. The East is not 81
s. we'll supplied, but within few years Vic
y toria Park, Bethnal Green, containing 2a(
l. acres, has been lain out and opened for thu