The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-07-30

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odist style. mos, u the voices on one
part, and the old church windows fair
/ d shook uith Tia lhandar, not % cal
il music No organ--not afsnstrumeni
/ 81 any cert Is allowed id this sanctum.
Then he roads the second verse, and
another volume Of vocal harmony, except
more terrible, and SO on to the end
Poor Charlie. it almost hoisted HIM from
his feet, and II he had not been midst
80 many sanetimonioas young ladies be
would have done more than pinch me-
lucky for once he was restrained This
over, came the prayer, which was an
oi.hand comment on the quality Of the
Deity, dialogue Of our relation and
opinions Of the great breach Of trust on
our part, aud general denupeiations Of
all men who did not entertain our views
There was very little about the prayer
that seemed devotional More singing,
and then come the sermon Sturgeon
has strong, but not musical or pleas
ing voice. He uses no notes, and the
monotony of his voice, and manner of
stringing his sentences together, is all
but interesting to stranger, be walks
back and forth, makes free use of lite
rate expressions, usually termed in a
speaker vulgarism, which tend to tick
le the ear Of the crowd. especially as he
comes out with them to ridicule the
Romish and English churches. In fact
l must admit that we were greatly dis
/ appointed. not TO say Disguised, and be-
lieye from what we observed that the
congregation was made up Of class
who did not appreciate well,written re-
ligious documents, from the pulpit, In
looking over the hymn book, twas com
Fpiled by himself, and his selections were
from all sorts Of poets from the school
Isgirl to Watts. So much for Sturgeon.
f"West End" in London, is what Fifth
Avenue" is in New York, only it covers
all the west of the city, and is made up
of the bon-ton. Here is the Queens
Palace and that Of many Of her Lords
and Officers Of state, here are the fine
residences of the wealthy, also the
Parks and Squares; Hyde Park con
tains 400 acres; in it is the Serpentine
Lake, used for bathing and in winter
for skating Its general appearance is
much like Central Park, N. ", only
nature has done less for Hyde Park.
Fine carriage roads and paths intersect
each other at every point, and large Elm
trees afford aluxuriant shade. The En-
glish are noted for inventing ways to OBJ
tain penny, and If you take seat I'M
lder one of these trees blue coat mar
with his badge and bag VIII call for {
penny; so it is all over London, at eve
Try turn you win find some official ask
ing for a penny, because of some priv
lege you have Numbered into, either
purposely or carlessly, perhaps a trap
left open for inducement. Regents
Park is delightful spot, covering Az
acres, it is ornamented with sculptures
4 flowers, lakes and pretty villas, at til,
observatory here many important dis
coyeries of comets have been made. st
James Park situated near the Palace O
the same name, now the residence o
the Prince of Wales; it covers about 81
acres, in the centre is lovely sheet o
water dotted by little islands, upon it
surface glide graceful swans and othel
water fowls. This Park can be entered
by several gates, at each Of which tn,
Queens guard, finely dressed and with
a heavy beayer-skin hat and gun o.
shoulder-arms walks back and fortl
constantly night and day. In the morn
! ing, at ten, some six hundred Of thes,
guards are mustered, as body guard fot
: the day. Some of the drives in Thu
park are confined to aristocracy. Tn,
! surrounding buildings which this parl
encloses, viz , st. James, and til,
i Queens or Buckingham Palaces, anC
Marlborough House, are lofty and i'm
fposing. Green Park, of 60 acres, hal
at its northeast entrance, triumpha
arch, upon which is an immense equis
trian statute Of the Duke of Wellington
on the east side are some elegant resi-
I dences.-e-those. of the Earls Spencer
Ellsmore, and Duke of Sunderland
viii not mention more of these parks a
this time, except to tell you of the Zoo
logical Gardens, which are in the upper
part Of the Regent Park, where Charli,
and ! took stroll after Spnrgeoni
church service, Sunday afternoon.
These gardens are extensive and laiC
ont in serpentlne walks, all along Tia,
sides Of which are houses, pens, yards
cages and dens, in which may be seeI
one Of the largest and finest collections
Of beasts and birds in the world. On,
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