The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-08-22
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
LONDON, Jaly 27th 1867.


q describing the sights of London. The Squar
IS only aboutfour acres; in the centre of whic
: is very large basin, in which innumerabl
q fountains play. In the foreground stands tn
magnificent monument to Lord Nelson. It.
I height is not much less than 200 feet, On tb,
. top stands the colossal statue of the Admiral
: On each of the four corners of the base of TN
monument reposes an enormous bronze lion
! on the Left of Nelson stands the Euues
: TRAN statue erected to commemorate the
great services rendered to his country, by tina
j Christian Soldier Sir Henry Havelock, in the
: terrible struggle in India, few years since
On his left stands Gen. Charles James Napier
Passing along block or so you come to The
a. Duke of York's column. Descending the stone
steps. you have before you on the right st
) James Park, and on the right the horse guard
[ a large stone building with fine parade
ground in front. At the end OF the parade
stands the India House, where all that per.
tains to the government of India is transact.
: ed. 1t is noble pile of buildings Entering
the Park, which contains about fifty acres,
you find it filled with noble trees; with here
and there large collection of the trees,
i plants, and shrubbery of the British Islands
and other countries. A fine sheet of water
runs the entire length the Park, which is
spanned by beautiful bridge ofiron, and
filled up with innumerable water fowl. At
the opposite end of the Park from the Horse
Guards and Buckingham palace large
stone structure, built for to stand for all time,
surrounded by very high and strong iron
ence that would take battery of artillery to
demolishit. ,-I a4a s.1 .1o.ztA = .s..ssg
Passing along you enter what is called
the Green Park. This is about the same size
as st. James, but il not near so pretty. 1t is
more for the young to play and gambol in,
than for beauty.
You pass along a beautiful avenue lined
with fine trees, to the further end of Green
Park, and out of the gate; cross the street,
you see standing before you the lofty arched
gateways or entrance to Hyde park You pass
along by the right short distance and come
to the station of Achilles, erected to com
memorate the great services reedered to his
country by the duke of Wellington. This
statue is cast from cannon captured in vari-
Gus battles, during the struggle with the
great Napoleon.
Hyde park together with Kensngton Gar
dens, for they are all one, only divided by a
fence, must contain nearly 500 acres. In the
1 centre OF the park proper is very large open
space for public meetings 1t was here that
the great Reform demonstration occurred a
few weeks since. All around the outer edge
are beautiful gardens of flowers, with walks
between. No person is allowed to pick a
flower. Between the flowers and main ground
of the Park is noble drive, fenced off from
the main Pork. 1t is here that the wealth
and fashion of London come to show their
turnouts Large focks of beautiful south down
sheep are pastured in the main Park They
are as gentle as pets.
In Kensington Garden is the serpentine riv-
er. This is about three fourths of mile long,
twenty rods wide,is quite deep, and is stocked
with fish and water fowl and pleasure boats. |
At the upper end is basin, and five or six
beautiful fountains, which are surrounded with
groups of children who come here on Sun
day afternoon to see the waters spout and
play. These grounds are filled with grand |
old trees, principally oaks, elms and beeches
especially is this the case with Kensington.
From what know of the age of trees in the
west, | should Judge these to be from five to
six hundred years old, and perhaps older. |
When we consider the mild winters in England
in comparison with those of the West, this
age is not SO very great after all. 1 noticed
beautiful obelisk in Kensington Garden
erected lately, to the memory of SPEKE, the
African traveller. 1t is of Scotch Granite,
and beautifully polished.
Great crowds of ladies and Gentlemen
throng the Park on Sunday afternoon. For
the benefit of your fair readers, 1 would say
that the short narrow skirts that have lately
been adopted in the United States are not to
be met with at all. Only one lady was seen
on the day I was there, by myself, who was
in that style and she appeared odd enough.
The ladies very fair skinned, with rosy
cheeks and appear to be very fond of out door
exercise.
spent day in visiting Kew Gardens.
These gardens, which are justly considered the
pride of England, are of vast extent. Every
thing ibrous that grows on the earth is here
to be found in living or preserved state
Large buildings are devoted to the preserved
articles which are exposed in glass cases; and
everything is numbered and short descrip-
ton attached. The class of woods is very
largely represented, from all parts of the
world. The specimens that most
| interested me, were a piece of a
tree that at some period of time had been
marked with the figures $780," and the wood
had grown over these figures to great thick
ness; When the tree was cut up, it had split
open at this old wound and exposed the fig
ures cut into the tree, and the wood had
grown and filled up the figures, thus showing
conclusively that it was done at some remote
period of time I'd, piece of tree planted
by Milton Sd, portion of an oak tree found
beneath the Roman wall in cutting the canal
in 1923; 4th, part of pile, of old London
Bridge, $50 years old, in good state of pres
ervation 9Th, section of an oak tree from
Windsor forest, having the inscription 1870
stamped in the wood on both sides 9th,
samples of bog oak, thousands of years old,
black and as hard as ebony 18th, portions of
an ancient canoe dug up at the bottom of the
slopes of Windsor, ten feet under the surface !;
Sth, pieces of oak timber of the Royal George,
1882; 9th piece of timber from the founda-
ton of London Bridge; 10th, portion of an
oaken cover to stone vault, in which was an
oak and lead coffin, in which were found six
Roman coins of brass, of the time of Anto-
MUS Plus, and one of the time of his wife
| Faustiana; 18th, piece of the lead coffin
; found within the vault, very old and partially
decomposed; 18th, piece of oak from the
British ship May Rose, sunk at Spithead in
) 1916; 18th, piece of an oaken beam from St.
Adams Abbey, built A. D. 7o5, very much de-
/ composed; 18th specimens of the cedar of
t Lebanon; 18th, portion of the trunk of the
tree under which the Duke of Wellinotnr