The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-10
Our London Correspondence.

LONDON, July 20, 1857
improvements in LonGon-Tne weu Sres Paomers-Tae
Kinds Tsed-Increase Of Populdtto-The Great Men Of
he Prcsen, Day in Pzriianr,. &C.. dc.
Ihave been In England a week, most Of which
time have spent this great city Of ,Oadon Tor Lunncn'
a. many or tue legs educated clses OIL IT, uss a. the
more educated say TENNIS instead of Thsmes), having
given only day 70 Liverpool and another TO Manchester
10 by means my arxt visit TO London a you know,
during the last twenty years. aud moro, have been often
here, well - In every large city In these British
Leles" During the las few days have called on many
old friends aud visited many places 10 this won
derful city, Of which have known s,mcshing for many
years and with your per nison gill put before your
readers Nh Edor some or these impressions which my
mind has received, have bean surveying again this
large town, - the cocknics sometimes call It.
In the rrtt place. am stuck with the proyees which
Has been made Ia getting this city well paved ., last
when 0rst came 70 London, Mr.. McAdam was believed
to be OF the greatest thnt lived England
q great genius, q great senefactor rather. Everybody
spoke o. him with some what Of the admiration with
which ihey spoke OF Watt the inventor of the steam
engine and even better han they did Of tho Iron Duke"
for the mob had just been breaking the windows Of
tho "hero of wa,er' %" and fourteen other pitched
bates' Nothing would DO for LONDON and all the other
cities Of Great Britain and tho world but Macadsmized
s1eep-I the central portions Of the streets, for
sidewalks we're leit undsiarbed. Bat London
veoped with ouch clouds Of dust-shs, h when not
drenshed In rain-.ba tho people could scarcely breathe
fhere was too, awful Struggle between the clouds Of
dust and the clouds OF smoke length the people Or
London came 70 the conclusion tina, Mr. Nc Adam
great hunbug and they would longer endure him,
rather, his great IN eaton, within Their city The consc
qutnce Is, thai one hears no more o. Mr. Madam. In
deed, has required oonzde able effort part 70
get back, In imagination, IN his Next
In four snete, the wooden pave nenn ! ming, but AN
not quite sne a. 70 inc orieI o. ume ms soo .soon
beai sed 70 GOtbamtcs.n After tho Russian scuent
oame vhsi | believe 70 called tho Russ pavement,
made OF grea, blocks sioGo foot In diameter
was here Eben they began 70 make tho experiment and
Told or mJ n ssh friends that the inventor o. that
Of pa rement VAS my humble udgm Mt the great
which the horses could not walk sh safety NJ
least ro' II hoy were dIa sing any con idera1o weg1,
mistaken greater blockhcsi than Mr. Rnss, or who
be vas tsai invented The great cube /" made hs
APPEARANCE aad Taught the "cy fathers" 10 pave their
suecu with sione. about Csh, inches thickness Zoo,
wide, R1d alternately nine and eighteen inches IN ongth
Those stones were SCI on sheJ IN rows and as tho
wei enough broken rp. But wha tho astonsshment
ror happened TO be here when that experiment vas
nsdr 70 that thosc OF tonc INSTEAD OF running
straight the soe, made Ragc Of forty I've dc
with the tidowaks The conscqutn was, that the
Zee. OF 100 poor hor,es we're sure TO sHp owing the
onts b.ing too vide, not only ward but eide
ho or course that sort Of pavement had TO be aban Toned
And Dow, al length, tney have reached shat common
ago fs The true say pave the streets n 10
q tnrCe four inches Ia h czness afcen inches 10
psyomc "A Is impossible that the feet OF horses 10
uUch WI you MT editor. DO 20 good a. 70 call the at
zen on Il The "Con crit Fsherr' Of New York TO thif
sef london fast becoming paved IN THIS way, sad
10 elftt II admirable
L. have dive more on his subject than Intended BE-
caisC o. iv wat importance Good road. and veil paced
etc snorg tut bcs "expouepn OF high civisa
u'b, sud they among the lat 10 be reached 10 NE
order Of tine, ~ b.tory shows.
ufsho DAT Tho yrO ~ r0pdrr m a..
expand in su oiroo IONS Districts tha, su,burban
vopiy ears ago. nov Tar within the comraoy blls
q ihe CITY mcnn TIE entire city, no, the Old 1un
rr.lay thai 'nl bear, hat tnne. Drcon ra1si poE 3,
lvovo miles ioDg nsd Chs vide, II NOT more - al.
ares Ia rorslston 81 between to- ,o., -, "a NJ
s.,r stod ~ .--,-e TIE annual lBsrcass v nos
Ssss,H s .-yoco Toe Isilrv.is .ns "ossycs and
49,, g ',c heat = nc city. I lined. saturday,
va gcnuen,r Eho re,ded at urper Clo,or,
i've miles uor hes-t Of too Bank and Roy al LrcsoKe,
aI2 YET We. rtrcoy On. Of the lensey scod portion
o LOtiou 70 ire o1pstl direction Lopdon cctsuly e1-
tends from .e Rank o. Engaud much 'x or sevo8
charming IS this sswon. The little oouTk Or yards
~ front " ne honscs, w, - Tho gsoess, tlod
With thiutbery aud even good szei trees, 10 degree
WI ch would @s,onibn The coed Tocpe Of New York
3 Ibe other hight spent i In parlf nsnt bu,
s,p9rnl or oraia,cri tairpt IN oiiber hou,e 4-syo
Brorghsn, PAimersOn, Rrssc msrac, and few p,hors
90 al tho speskIg, ard no one Of them can be fot mo
neut com'srcd VIII the great men Of former days.
Twenty years ego, wber ord Brooghsm In primo,
ne and Iyudnus ard GREY, and Goterch aro Feet ana
Ccnne snd Maeglay, pLd souC Olher-, worth U.s.
teuug 10; sow ass, neither house hos much talent @
car h'ow 10 ore Corgrcrs, and certainly have not
much "a kssst Of IN tst direction Lord pslme,ron nov
rules En>p4d, rather tho British EmIire, ard can In
fact. 10 he ples.es such subeervent rsce are The
Ensnsb itsi they viii boz tn,ir nccss 10 any who
ssns The sscendency them H his talent hls iay OF
any thing else Paner.ton the only IN iheco time.
that holds such pc~ion jnst a. Peel anil Wellington DID
in their cay, wonderful nation !. this Enslsh peoelo-a
comp a. greatness and OF courage AMI
witty, Of uguishei virtues and woes They
have boundless commerce and weslb VAT colonies and
subjected .rraoriee snd might DO wonderful things for
the advancement OF The beet nst- Of the asses under
their sway but much they the slaves OF rcn snd
that they will much Tor the mssses sbcad,
Whatever good Ia done IN that dircofr must bs accom-
phhed by the efs Of toe Christian part Of ne popult
iion ether by individual associated t5rt Thanks be
10 CT d. there Frtai deal doing In this ~sy botn ~
home ana abroad. there aay pct Always be a. wroh
whdom In The pans pursued ~ ooud wtsh but there