, 1866-04-22
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Inc CROWN OF Inc Ef1ttsh metropolis con
ttitutes ono ol The sfcat n,arrels Of tho pine.
teenth centur.< At the time Of our ftst VA,
oflnder-'denea London eontrtned . popula.
ton ii ouly $4,000 At ths present time II
nanrrlses three E1uoa. aud half in the tn..
trolsolltan dhtEaets asona, besidx hair = mil.
Nos tn tie new suburban regions, making 10.
tai Of four ,uIlllon4. The enormous wealth ~.
cnmulated In tle cuursa of the pseecpt genera
tion by FaIlssy contraction aud mxnare,.
BY India and Australia merchants sud .dtrn.
auFers, BY manufacturers and bsnker1, has
added new elAsAes OF hnuseholdcrs 10 those ot
the old Enshsh nobility nnd mItlIpnalsus
while The Gnme-te Impetus given 10 Trade
BY these new copkumen, as we'll IL 10 com.
ncrcn and Industry BY The progress Of civil.
az1tion In all parts Of the void, has lsftsd nm
nultlsrdea af London shopkeepe.s and mer.
ehants to poAitSouA OF nIlluenee. Therr h
consequently = great N fncte4se n London
districts and t4ouses IN the Nost End r>-;ons.
Wherr the new mtlllonstres soye 10 cius.c.
.unnd tho .nAraiors Of the notlea and oil
fathiou, Is h the less elegant portions of the
metropolis and In the nany .auburb4 and
country hou.es uhlct, uow eneircle Londco.
as Il w7e, wiih tho tsasrana properties Of
huge rural dissr:ets.
London. With IT. lovely PARIS .ad gasarns,
Its brilliant r4eeadiuy, Ep<ent, Oxford
ana Bond. streets, sChAIn6 CNs-, "Pah
Mall .txud .s..nnd, liz enosu,ous trad]e
Ia a. C1:eapst.e, Ceahfl', Fen.charch,
Lexdenh.it. Gracec+rcb. LudSte Hill,
Fleet .trne. uo,sFn, and The lanes md
.lley. su,1ouud,<. lik- 10 mary tu.J bsc-
hix.. N. Msr4ants' and Stock Exchange. the
Ihnt of Fn ind and The o,berhants h.ar-
80 ~ ~ and telegraph offices; liz corn
,,a .,-nl.1 markets in Marx and M1nciu..
Ia,f. lis colossal coal exchange and cattle
.tvR Its eo~er 1naEket Ii CoTent Gn.,Yso
= gigantic docks, whafves and wafehnu.es
lind shipping Ct sN ratlooa; The ttewct.cy
snd Industrial establishments OF S,uth=ark
aud lambeth the silk sliAtricta Of Snltsl.
helds the Surar refining houses Of Goodman's
Fields. the dsh s.ala in B'lllneszste, and old
clothes d<alere IN Houndaa1lch md The
Sinotie1; Its new. mammoth hotels At tho
principal railway stA:ions; its tunnel. and
bridges Its magnificent squares In tho West
End. dotted with palaces md pleasure
kEnnndt: the Parliament aud Clnb Houses md
ia memorable hitlasic. nssocll lons, In The
Tower Of London, Westminster Abby. and
hundsctia Of strects and houses lallowcd by
"reminiscences OF Shakespeare, Bacon, New
TIN. Milton, Cromwell, w1lbe1!usce, FIT,
GINNING, Burke, Peel and Cobdca, presents
aspects o' culture, enterprise and GLORY such
as were never enntaioed 10 the same ctty.
since fht dam Of lime. -,
What dhtsnguhbz London isem al othe.
capitals, Is this tremendous concentration Of
hAtaon'a hiehezs culture md acil sity b, ono
End the aaue city aad hence II really lcox4
nuoFc like hay eynop4is Of tho wosld's e.
cia1 and Industrial forccs than a
city, L. stsn9s, moreover. slone IN it,
capacity 81 yielding The bat Of
nf everything uut7 the run, be 1t In the
way Of animal cpuGosts and the ennyeuisuees
OF life, ur OF appreciation Of intelligence In
soeicfy and In Industry, md II the SANG
time vonchseang ~ Independence Of llvias,
which enables persons Of all ueans, 10 live In
aceordanee With thelr re~ouscea, Without
lo<sne czate IL Il the essa even In PAris) By
reseerchncnt, or without g.leirE nosoyiety
BY prud{eality Of expenditure, Nauy IN ac-
conplished EentlenAa ftrquent1 the best caub
snd social ci1e1es ln Londun+a ys censzt.ea
70 live deecn.lg upon 1 thousand or 6fteeu
hundred eullszs year, while tho new A1s-
.lallzn. Indian. Amczicsn. Railway, and Jcini
SS Company n.bot<. my: wastc
ulhlens NJ the tewetry and nnerS Of thcis
~He'' aau saF n.e~iAcence Of thetr homes
and equipaces, ~ithouI <-+.u- themse1Yc,
nur lot advanced ln the hierafcn, ~ mod
soeissy. Tia ashtocsaey Of blsth sud ram.
and tha: OF ttatcsmanahlp, intel
Ieet snd Professional llsc o.e171d.
hat Of mere rncucy power. get til,
osa cloud of ttndal1sm cnntlnnes 10 han:
osn'tously over the eocial aspect ot L,adou
akr tt. fog xnd the e1halAtons Of four NIL
Nocs Of Au1nxp beings over Its chlmns- po:s
The "kcntieIuan "rrn1ias sliosr.Aef = dis
liuct he1ag from tha manr-' lannrer, sht
tH4lesman, or tho zne1ch'd1s md tanker
1 >-'-f, not 70 ruueh srot.r any inherent attrib.
ute . A7periortty. = Iioia = fe4oeaance ~
!nshlllt, - .th<< 'o@ef eisssea to difess
| thtmecj7rs g, i =i1 OF snfertosity.
The bo,- Ct England, hist .'o.ery one
| seens trais place. Il noa. painfully f1lus
| tut.1dn the strec1s II London, waese Ii:
t-<rpstion ol narn II t. 'r,.At recognizable By
hess gait and rppea snce, aid where The
working classes tti1t v.,r, s& Il were, thea,
EAbardfnes Ike the Icxs OF old. The e1ec,
Of this ID to give Ia th. ''eentle1nan " n
additional twagces whl.h a.anda 70,
his consciousne.s Of kk succrJo,
MAKE M; while th other Il cream red wlts
srp-rabundaucr Of humility, to adyestlx
hla own s.,~e Of h h1eriostty. This, no doubt
!. Harc -'r 1ess Tho easc al, ereE Europe, hui
Il Lnndou ronta!os 4 greater population thAe
many Of the fenman rqsncipalitIcA rut to
gct''' sud In Lct one:sevcnlh OF th4 whole
population o. England, Il rrrczls thesc sActl
In 4 more ciupac. sud paipah1e form. WhsI
gives tacu, a.ascovcr, stIl greater polsnsnc,
h Loudpu, Ia ss,s only the startling; con
t-aa1 ttween The nAc~e= OF the iowlt and III.
es'D paratlre1y Esch and po~.-fai, bat also u,
br.tal.ty which Is nt The bottom Of ius.ttu
tons thst earc 70 much for I te~ lordliny,
md notAhTltties md 40 little for thc nnas3cs O
humanity. This brutality haunlA Loutor
Ike nightmare. while at tho aau1c time th'
usntte1-of.taet prusiness and e.olIdity Of th'
people Eene1aiiT, Is reaccted IN The -monoto
nous and Kfoomy apIraSaucc Of many houses
rcrraiinE shocking ses<nee of that End o
sentiment which cultivates taste, and relityr
existence from Its groA<nces- There aro man,
lovely houses IL she West End, particular,
In WcAttourEt Terrace, f. Johns Wood
BsJs~atcEt sud In many Of The s9narcz All
streets In ihe vicinity Of Remington G.td.nl
aud Regents. Hyde. ST. James aad Gree,
Task, md The charming aspset Of mAny q
them Is particularly enhanced by flowers ~
shrnb,ety. and indeed many C: them loci
Ike pse1tct Ecns oS rrrdurc and cheerful
nrae- AID more like ru1y nu.seraes than simy'1
d~rl.lng-housos. But the houses Ia I-ondo
| generally look n,err IKE poor-lAx eatAhtisi
| nen.a thxn 1csidfpers. Most VI the raana1lm
Of The noblcs hare a bleak ciiAde1-1ook. III
since they Arr opiy Inhabited during the ses
eon when their owurst lesve their comforts
hlc' country palaces t. speud = few months
town., theJ arc shut up during MIN
months Of the yrar- On paA4sng shrone
Tho fashionable nquarcs during sha. perio
tho sileoce II only broken BY the ravnins
tho servants who havc ,,een ,e.t In charge
the houses, and who 1olte7 on the Ateps OF Il
ii'eaea eoF.sed N lazy chit chat VII
tho butchers boy. or the polio
man. or. The: peehhotiar EteEAFdcs
S"t only 'these deserted 'ps'kccs or castle
but siso the large houses Of Jernsncat TOW
rx.idtntz, rrrtept the same chilling appos
suee. and tho question occuyl fsc1uentl
II whether thcse sturenaon4 structures II
really Inhabited hY human bciaEs, or WE
intended for The collection and me.ervalie
| Of The sane hard material OF which they =,
. | hullt- The Aetlyiiiskot London att no r1ea
thai the 3rezstprsk of the houIes Il apt 10 I
, ovulooktd Ia thu busy and fsahton.ble qua
ten, but 1t erists thero n everywhere Ii
!, and II u po6t,yely depressing In those rAr
. Of the raetropolts where thesr v 10 eous.s,
, rush Of people and vehicles 10 obscnse Il
: sbance " Ill 1oviinexa, which surrounds u
: Brilliant IprniIcStat lions OF London ljft.