The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-01-29

toria, who, in the seclusion of its privacy,
spent the greater part Of her Youthful
days.
ST. JAMES PARK,
containing some ninety acrer, - said to
be the abandonment in the city, being beau
tifully laid out in broad walks and flower
beds, and in the centre In an ornamental
sheet Of water, studded with small islands,
covered with trees and shrubs, and around
which swim a great variety Of aquatic
fowls. 1t is fsvorite place Of resort, es-
pecially on Sundays. The principal build.
ings overlooking the park are Backing
ham palace, the town residence of th-
Queen; the Horse Guards. Admiralty,
Treasury, and the new Foreign Office
Stafford House, st. James Palace, MARI
borough House, Carlton House Terrace
on the northwest; and the Wellington
Barracks and Queen Square on the south.
In front Of the Horse Guards, is an open
space called the Parade; and close to the
Wellington Barracks is the celebrated
Bird Cage Walk. Adjoining St. James
Park, on the northwest, lies the
GREEN PARK,
an open area Of about sixty acres, bounded
north by Piccadilly, and west by Constitu-
ton Hill
RECENT PARK,
on the nJrth side Of London, covers an
area Of Az acres. On the northeast side
Of the park is located the Geological Gar
dens, and on the east side the Coliseum,
built after the design Of the Pantheon at
Rome, though on a smaller scale. And
close to Regents Park, or adjoining, is
Primrose Hill, from the summit Of which
may be obtained very fine view Of Lon
don. -
VICTORIA PARK
ranks as one Of the largest and most pic
turesque near London. The ground was
bought by the government for G72, 900,
and Was opened in 2847 for the recreation
o. the inhabitants Of the east side of Lon.
don. Its area in about 290 acres.
In company with Messrs. Amberg and
Ward, both residents Of Chicago. and who,
as remarked formerly, crossed the ocean
in the same steamer as ourselves, We hap
PLY met again in London, and it ~as pro
posed to spend the day by taking triI
up the river Thames, and visit Kew gar
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and narrow steamers at London Bridge
wharf, and enjoyed httie voyage up the
Thames, passing under the numerous
bridges on the route, taking an ;he sigl Is
and scenery on each aide u the river
London Bridge consists OF i've Immens.
semi elliptical arches, exceeding in extent
of span those ii any other stone bridg'
in Europe. II is free Of toll, and is the
most frequentcd Of any over the Thames
The next in order is the Southeastern
Railway Bridge, Southwark Bridge. tn,
Alexandra Railway Bridge, Blackfriars,
Waterloo Bridge. which ia the property oi
aprivste company, and from foot passen.
gers toll Of halfpenny is exacted. Its
length 10 2,4o6 feet. From the bridge one
may yet good view Of the river front Of
Somerset house, Lancaster place, and the
Savoy, Westminster Abbey, etc. Then
We pass under Hungerford Bridge, West
minister, Lambeth, Vauxhall and Chelses
Bridges, passing Battersea Park, whence
we arrive in sight Of Chelsea Hospital,
dedicated to the reception Of old and dis
abled soldiers What Greenwich was to
the navy, this still remains to the army
thence to Putney Bridge, Hsmrnersmith
Suspension Bridge, and to Kew Bridge,
leading to Brentford, where We get of the
boat and are in
There Is no place possessing greater in,
terest than this in the neighborhood Of
London. 1t has powerful attractions, not
only tor the ordinary visitor, but to the
man OF science, to whom it is q perpetual
feast in the endless variety Of specimens
of the fora of all countries and climates
which it contains, and the admirable man
ner in which they are kept These gar
dens were, up to a recent date, the pri
waite property Of the royal family. In tn,
time Of George I'LL, Kew was a favorlt.
royal residence. la the year 1870, th'
gardens became the property Of the ma
ton. The village is 81 miles from Lon
don. Here, in the river, is anchored tn,
Lord Mayors barge, looking similar t
one Of the old canal packets in our coun
try, though somewhat on larger scale
lined with windows on the side. Arriving
at the green, we found an enterprising sci
Of fellows that beat the hackney driver
at Niagara Falls, with cameras stationed
at one side Of the road, ready to shoot al
passers by, and before we we're aware o
it, no less than half dozen presented ou
likenesses for . shilling each. To pass on
we concluded it to be the better part o
valor to come down with the stamps, be
fore entering the gateway Of the Botani
q Aens.