New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-10
GREAT BRITAIN.
FAREWELL TO yAUXHALL.

The pathetic ceremony of leaye.tsking tina. has
been going on for the last week between the pubic
ami the udfashiOned gardens, situated near the Sur
rty end of yauxhall bridge, is more like goodbye
addresi ed to the ghost Of friend who has been
dead for years than farewell uttered to the Trend
himself Nauxhal Is indeed hallo"ed by Oh associa-
tons but these ale rery old that the present genera
ton has nothing at all 10 do with them. That brilliant
dissOlute Nau1ha which was the scene OF so many OF
the ebuitions of arstOcratic vice and folly, described
by the poyess and essaysts of the last century, Is 10
us and even TO our fathers az much matter of his
tory a. the Wars of the Roses. The arlstocracy OF
Vauxhall and the royalty OF Crosby Hall are equally
remote from our personal knowledge and syiDpahies.
NanXhall of more recent date exists IN the fleul-
ories of elderly people, vino connect 1t IN their minds
with arrack punch that invariably produced heat
ache: with hams carved into slices ridculousy thini
anG with the belief that certain quantity Of bucket
lsmps" produced resemblance 10 faigy land. Young
ladies', iftbey turn over their gcanimothers music,
will lind specimens Of certain article, called NauX-
hall Song and distinguished by the simple character
sc that the music and words are unredeemed rubbish,
the latter being usually written IN Scottish hslect
prevalent on the south of the-Thsmes. The same
young ladies' will perhaps be informed thai the most
gifted yOcalisis were proud of singing in the Royal
srcens" but they will refuse TO believe the fact a.
though II is perfectly true. -
Dy the people Of the present day Nauxhal will
merely BE- remembered as old, WORKOUT property,
that iron time TO time Incurred the chance OF being
forgotten altogether, bat occasionally started INTO no.
tce by attempting an unsuccessful competition win
tIfmGrIe, oI Nv iup va S"''
beth with the blackguardism of bal mGsqut.
The ceremony of the parting came to an END last
night when the gardens venerable from their sssocl4-
ton Nth all the vice that fourished vigorously under
soAe ofthe StuaIts snd not eeby after the Hanoye-
rian succession, opened for the last time They
were brilliantly lighted, and attended by crowd so
dense that though there lack OF mlsce sneous
anluseu ents, elboSD and pushing formed the chief
occupations Of The evening 10 q lew days VIII Desn
the work of destruction that will level 10 the ground
the tall trees and wooden edidces that look Ike specJers
OF dead fun" to the travellers by the South Western
Railway, and, therefore, people probably screwed
the nsey.s up Into the fancy that they were about TO
ircur loss We can only wonder that Nauxhal has
lasted so org Constructed for night revels only, and
therefore 50 different from Cremorhe, which ' equally
attractive a. afternoon promenade, and a. place
for poc,urual hilaIiy it had long lost ell chance of
rivallirg the Chelsea Eysiun" IL has received the
honor of merry funeral is supported by very mixed
body of nlourners, ard living .oul can, on re-
Election la nent it, decease, the solemnity may be
deemed perfectly appropriate. The words Farewell
fnr ever formed by lamps biszed from conspicuous
part Of the premises, ard Lambeth might have re.
.porded With the motto =" >ma griei a. our parting.
LONDON Times July D.