, 1873-10-26
LONDON,

6Dnlo OF lta u tStEhts.,s
To tho Editor II The Chicago Tribune:
have been unusually interested In Mr. No
dilla lottor from London, published in you
iHsuo OF the 18th, because lie appears to bo on.
OF tho vory fow Of our correspondents In Eng
land Who hnvo cared to enlighton our 1lntrayclet
community. on any topic moro profitable that
politics, Of which wc have enough nt home, and
to sparo It to DO fcarod that thero aro moi
many travolors who take timo and pains ono,,gl
to study tho wonders Of London and other places
Of renown, as Mr. Modill Ia doing. Perhaps
they do not go tho right way about
1t, for which .thoro is n fair exouBo
possibly many laok tho INCLINATION
to mako serious task Of d necessarily br;ef yla.
1t. Cortain 1t Is, however, that there arc but fow
here to-day that know much about tho "sights ~
of London, beyond st. Paula Cathedral, tho
British Museum, and Westminster Abbey. Yet
thoro arc hundreds Of sights equally wonderful
in their way, Of which people aeem to kuow
nothing. Would it DO trespassing too much on
your valuable space, in view Of tho groat yoarly
increase of trayol which aecms to have set In
towards EUROPE were to hint ns fow Of tho
best Of these, mud giyo d fow facts and figures
which may serve to whet tho appottos Of those
who aro disposed to do more than ramblo
| almlossly through thoroughfaros
| No correspondent that nm aware Of has vet
describea, In our Wostorn papors, ut lonBt, Tho
South konsngton Munoum Of Mcdimynl and
Modern Art, u collection obtainod partly at i'm
msnao cost from all quartors Of tic globe, and
partly by loans from wealthy ownors; tho Ioyal
Abort Hall OF ArtB, whoHo concortroom Will
hold 1900 persons the Temple Church. and
!ts bronze monumental oflgies Of tho Te1nplar
knights; the groat Hall OF William Rufus, 40
feet long by u feet wide, whcro Cromwell wns in
anEurated as Lord Protector, r,-wlicre Wallaoe, Bir
Thomas Moro, Protector Somerset, aud Charles
the First Wero condemned to doath.-anl whero
that famous trial took place In which Burke
and Sheridan doclaiulod before the most brill
liant audience over assembled, and which in-
6pirod tho finest Of hIncnutayB efforts tho
Inns OF Court, those nMrsorios Of tho English
Bar, and thoir halls and libraries, breathing ut
syory turn memories Of Shakespeare, johnson,
ieHi tho various galleries Of paintings; the
soane Museum Of Ouriosties tho East India
MuseuM-n complete exposition Of not only
a1t9ulioa nd and historical relics including about
tho natural productions, arts, and manufac-
lures of that mighty Empire In tho East tho |
Museum M q tho College Of Surgeons containing
@ over 20ooo spocmena; ST. Thomas Hospital,
building Of the Kind in the world; tho Tower Of !
London, 30 closely associated with English his |
tory, with its collections Of Crown jewels, and |
amor Of all countries md periods; tho United |
q
fossional acieuce md nrts and natural history;
tho Museum Of Practical Geology and School Of !
Mining, with ita popular lectures for working
mon; the Misalonarios Museum; tho Geological
and NJ collection Of animals, aud containing
over 800 quadrupcda, 1000 birds, mud 100 rup-
tiles. purchased and Kept with 0 total disregard
Of cost; the numerous learned and mo-
ehantcal !, institutions, thoir libraries md lec-
tures; the various colleges rich in names,
in historical memories, In Libraries and paint.
tngs; the end!eBs charitable institutions OF
every description; Pail nlal tho street of pala-
tal t clul'.honses, thirty in number; tho halls Of
HALL tho residence Of crooked King Ichara the
publlononlmentsa and atatues; the monster brow
cries, ono of which employs nearly 200 horses;
the great markets, one Of which, The Cattlo-AIar.
aud cost s26U0,00o in buildings aud 1lxturos;
the railway Htatlons, tho freight-denots Of one
road eoTerinG 80 acres, and tho passongor-atation
ot e another ,;' measuring 700 feet long and
g London Dock" ao-callctl,. alone covering an
aroa of 95 acres in water 80 In warehouses nnd
Bheds, and 90 in collaE-yaults tho various OK
ing acres tho various Government bu|dngs,
u which tho Custom-IlouHo employs 2,230 per-
sons; the superb stone and iron bridges across
ho Thames; % 1no of which, the Wcgtluinstor,
II, ,25o, 900 the Trimmed Embanknent, Or W quay, @
! marvel Of onginoolIng skill, comprising road.
Say 100 feet wide, aud 4 riyer-wall Of gran I
to foot thick and 20 high, all made
9oqna o gsea gBn aSsa Gn te hs + tVe and intended M
iyi tho public parks md gardens, with their t
lawns, strawberries, picturorouo {
akca and rare aqatlc birds the mansions Of tic
!obillty, and their raro collections Of paintings:
4 Parla,nent, tho largest aud most highly orna- {
acnted Gothic edtco in tho world of so,id stone
masonry, covering acres, and eoHting $13, ,0O0-
10, with q rivor-fascade 200 feet long, trontod +
'rystal Palace at Sydenha,n, 1900 foot long anl
oo wide. all Of glass aud iron, couti1lg over !,
IS .0oO, ,000, with Its bowildoring mnzo Of nrt- i
ourls, allrubberios flowcr-bcda, and statues, ia
ardening, parks and torraces, mud it's system Of r.
oun!laina, snrpassing Versailles, whole +
ormitg ece,'o as enchanting aH any vision t.
Arabian Il Nighta Kow Botanical dardoup, =
eta, the palnl- House beng qua fcot long, loo y
observatory twice Its size; Greenwich Eosri. :
y fa ior disabled soamen, which, with Somerset O.
LoBpital, tho Tlames Embanlment, tLobrlJges. ii
:. paulat and other striking objects in tho /!
background, forms Ill Imposing panorama IN. e
r }a!sa aofn,ay on any other 5iver 70 which may t! i
rsena miles in cirout, sai.l TO DO tho lnrgost n
apos to.f ct military stores and workshops IN C
To oonaonao 90 many obtccta Into SO phort le
,aeo shs sGoo or rator Catalogue as boon
It my object was, think, cloarly explained at Al Al
tontion to a fow very remarkable objects ii v
% british Muaounl: which Mr.. Molill'a IT, IT,
% Rosetta Stone. containing an Inscription ia q, cr
% Egyptian hlerogypho character repeated ia dc
eli. Demot!o character, or written liand. and CO