Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-08-15
LONDON, No. 7, KING STREET,
ENGLAND, July 20, 1862.

''l ENGLAND, July 20, 1862.
Mr.. EDITOR II take this opportunity
to pen few lines to you, not thinking it
will be particularly interesting to you, or
your readers, to hear what l have to COM
municate, as you have, no doubt, all, ere
this, read the history of all the places
which l have visited during the short
time have been in England therefore l
will not attempt description in detail,
but merely name some of them, and say
as distance lends enchantment, | have
been very highly interested while looking
over some of the noted places in London
and the surrounding country. I will
first speak of my voyage, although short
one; being only IL days and 10 hours on
the water, yet it was very disagreeable
one. There was only 5 hours of sun, and
that in and near Halifax Bay. Thick
fog surrounded us on every hand, and ice
burgs were abundant and of enormous
size yet it was only by near approach
that we could discover them, which made
our passage slow. We had what the mar
liners call a storm at sea-" Our lower
decks were, at times, covered 2 feet deep
with the briny oceans wave. Although
feeling somewhat timid, as a landsman
naturally would, yet must say that the
scene was one Of grandeur and sublimity.
have spent most Of the time visiting
the following places first, the Palace
where the exhibition is. Time fails to
describe the beautiful appearance, the
Palace, with its surroundings, presents to
the eye Of the spectator. Its beautiful
parks, splendid fountains great variety
of trees, and walks marked out by the
many statues of the great and noble; al
so the variety of plants and flowers, Of
almost every kind, all go to make the ex-
terror place desirable to visit. The
building is nearly all of iron and glass,
and of enormous size. The interior is
filled with mechanical works of all de.
scriptions Here we see all nations on
earth represented, in their own order, from
the most enlightened down to cannibals
samples of all the Idols worshiped by
heather nations may be seen in full size
some of which are extremely large. Tc
attempt to enumerate the articles would
be vain. The plants in the Palace arc
fine, ranging from the palm, that spreads
its leaves IL feet in length, down to the
morning violet; finally it suficeth to say
that view Of the articles has tendency
to draw forth the more subdued and hal
lowed sympathy Of the soul, and to temp
the imagination to run riot amid tn,
scenes of other days. -
A visit to St. Pauls Cathedral was at
tended with no small degree of interes
to me; it being place noted for its lon,
standing, and fine statues I visited tn,
old Crystal Palace, at sydenham, mile
from London-the place of the old exhi
bition--whose buildings far surpass tn
new one, for beauty. 1t is daily VISITED
by nearly forty thousand people now.
have visited the House of Parliment
Westminster Abby, tho world renowned
place of worship; also the Tunnel unde
the River Thames, which is wonderful
piece Of masonry. l also visited the Lon
don Tower-a place we'll worth visiting
but it would be vain for me to speak o
its history. Pardon me for naming on
small apartment which contains seventeen
million dollars worth of golden jewels an,
diamonds belonging to Her Majesty, tn
Queen, which very much attracted my at
tention. l have just returned from visit
/, ing Manchester and Sheffield. The dis