The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-28

PRODUCTION TO the Hon. MIR. Motley,
the American Minister, and to Hon.
Benjamin Moran, the Secretary Of the 4
American Legation at london, both I
Of whom showed US every mark of +
kindness and courtesy, and presented /
Us with tickets to visit the British /
House of Commons, where We Wit I
messed the debates from TO z o'clock /
P. NJ. We expected to have been able /
to see Right Hon. ohm Bright, NJ. r., |
but he was not in the city. lie being
President Of the Board Of Trade, L
left for him copy Of the report of
the Evansville Board Of Trade.
Leaving the House of Commons, we /
next visited the celebrated historical
wax gallery of Madame Tussaud q
Sons, near Portman Square. This
gallery is gotten up In grand style. 1t
contains the figures Of Z69 dlstIn-
guished characters, from all the varl
Gus countries. including the line OF
English kings and queens from the
time Of William the ConqusrOr,
to the present reign, all ar
rayed il their appropriate attire.
These figures are so artisticaily ar
ranged IN groups, around ia the dit
ferent rooms, some standing and some
sitting. that at a little distance they
might easily be taken for living be-
ings. Most Of them present q fresh,
life like appearance, with hair, Whis-
kers. eyes and skin looking as natural
as life. so much so that one is almost
induced to ask pardon for approach
ing SO abruptly and staring them in
the face. notwithstanding these fig
ures look so fresh and lifeFike, yet
cannot say that all very closely resem-
BILE the originals. The representation
ofGeneral Washington, occupying
prominent position on the right Of the
first entrance, presents youthful ap
pearance. very little resembling that
likeness so generally and readilyrecog-
nized in our own country NO one, L
think. would ever recognize either of
the figures Of President Lincoln,
| President Grant or Gen. Mcclellan.
The representation Of EZ-PTesident
Andrew johnson bears a much
more striking resemblance. The
| features Of persons resident here,
/ however, may be much more closely
represented. July Oath being Satur-
| day, there was no sitting OF PaTlia-
/ ment, and amongst other places we
| took a stroll through the Houses Of
Parliament The building is large
and very substantial. It presents a
very fine exterior. but is not very
highly ornamented inside, the House
| of Lords being the only apartment in
the building that possesses any con-
siderable amount of gilt finish. The
House Of Commons has plain fin
ish. Both apartments where the
Lords and Commons meet are small,
very much smaller than l expected
to see them. The building stands
directly on the bank of the Thames,
at the waters edge. July 10Th we
visited Windsor Castle, twenty two
miles west of London, where Queen
Victoria and the Prince Of Wales,
with their families, reside most OF the
time 1t is situated in the town of
Windsor; is large quadraneular
structure containing the highly deco
rated apartments Of Her Majesty, with
an extensive covered gallery on two
sides of the quadrangle, as an in door
walk for the Royal family in bad
weather, together with suitable ac.
conmodations for the numerous
retInue of attendants. The walls
of this castle are surrounded by
asveral towers, IN the midst of which
is the celebrated Round 1ol0er, for
merly called the Prison keep. 1t is
14S feet high and has a substantial
walk around the top % feet ia diam
eter. From this high promenade,
| the rural scenery IS very hne. From
| it glimpses may be had of some halt
dozen surrounding counties, inolud
ing the house of Hergchel, that Of
the poet Gray-the scene Of Shake
! speare's Maobcth-Eaton College, &c.
| Here are also the Royal dairy and
stables. In these stables the horses
| and carrisges are not so fine as at
London. These are more fer driving
in the country, while those in London
are used principally on State occa-
sions.
July 27th--A short ride Of seven
miles on the train took Us cut to the
far.famed Crystal Palace. We were
very much pleased with the appear
ance of the palace and its surround
ings. It is one of the handsomest
places, taking everything into con-
sideration, that We have met with iD
| our travels. We were almost led to
repeat the language Of the Queen Of
| Sheba on the occasion of her cele-
brated visit 20 King Solomon. We
had heard a great deal about the
/ Crystal Palace, " but the half had not
been told US. This building, as
your readers are aware, was erected in
1857 for the grand exhibition of ali
nations. 1t is an immense building,
1908 feet long, besides the two wings,
which are 574 feet each, making q to
| tai length of 2,756 feet, with a colon
ade 720 feet long in addition, making a
grand total of 3, 476 feet ia length, or
more than three quarters Of a mile,
all covered with transparent roof of
! glass. The greatest width IS 3S4 feet.
| general width 312 feet. 1t covers
SOB .072 feet Of ground. The height of
the nave from the ground floor is 10
| feet, the height of the central traDsept
from the ground floor is III feet
and 1917 feet high from the base
ment. The columns of the main
| building and wings, placed in a
straight line. would reach 164 miles
| 9,641 tons, II cWt. and l or. of iron
we're used in the construction Of this
building; 175 tons, ] cWt. and / or.
weight of bolts, lob tons, 6 cWt. of
nails, and 1891 cubic yards of brick
work. The glass in the building
would cover twenty-five acres of
ground. and weighs 500 tons. If the
panes Of glass were placed side by
side, they would reach 48 miles Ia
length, and If placed end to end would
reach the astonishing distance Of 242
miles. On the east front Of the palace,
between the two wings. are two beauti-
full terraces, separated By grassy slopes,
and bordereds by stone baiustrades,
which arc broken at intervals, By pro-
iectipg bastions and flights Of steps.
These bastions are 0rnamented with
allegorical figures, representing the
diffsrnn4 nati0ns In front Of the