New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-29

devotion of .woman's heart was so touchingly dis
played bv her
whose faith drew strength from death,
And prayed her Russell NY TO "oa
No ono can realize. without personal experience
the number and variety of pleasures acceSSioie W
tho resident in London. These may not DE Piqu"nt
10 him who always has them within ms fesc"' 1
met with several persons III the British Oapl'ai VINO
ba5 ol,ravs intended TO visit the Tower, but had
never been there. But the stranger they possess
n constant and keen fascination. The Derby TINS
wear was thought to he comparatively tame race;
bpt know Of one spectator. who II from the
ION of the Grand Stand, and who thought that the
scene il presented was wonderfully brilliant The
rxv had been overcast with dull clouds till just be-
fore the moment when the race was won; but' Just
as Archer rising in the saddle lifted his horse 1oI
ward and gained the goal alone, the sun burst iorth
and shed upon the Downs sheen of gold, and III
ND ali the distant hills, and all the far-stretehng
roads that wind away from the region OF EPSON
like threads Of silver through the green. Ihe car
,er-pieeons were instantly launched off to London
with the news Of the victory of Silvio. There was
one winner on the Grand Stand who had laid bets on
Silvio for no other than because TINS morse
bore the prettiest nmne on the list. The Derby
like Christmas comes but once year, but other al
lurements are almost ACCOMPLISHMENTS, for IN
stance with its delicious whtebait dinner invites
the epicure during the best part of the London sea
son The favorite tavern Is the Trafalgar-ln winch
each room is named after some magpatc OF the oiu
British Navy aud Nelson, Hardy, and Rodney are
household words. The Hospitals are at Greenwich,
which Dr. johnson thOucht to DE tOotlne for charity
aud. back Of thcse-whch are common enough now
in comparison with more modern structures erected
for kindred purpose-stands the famous Observa-
tory which keeps time for all the world. Green
witch sets one thinking of Queen Elizabeth, who
was born there, who often held her court there and
who often sailed thence in her barge up the river
to RicnmOnd-her favorite retreat and the scene Of
her last days and her wTetched death. Few spots
can comnare with Richmond in brilhancy of land
scale The woods and meadows that Won SEE from
the terrace of the Star and Garter ont
on rolling plain az far the eye can reaeh-sparke
like emerald; and the Thamesdotted with htt!e toy
like boats propelled by the of cOquettishy APP
parened rovers-shnes with all the deep lustre
of the black eyes Of Spain. Popes lovely home IS
here III the village OF Twckenham; and not far away
glimmers forth TO view the pale shrine of the
poet Thomson As we drove through the vast and
sweety sylvan Park Of Richmond, III the late after
noon of a breezy June day, and heard the whispe--
ing of the great elms and the gentle, trustful
deer couehed at ease in the golden glades. heard
all the while in the quiet chambers Of thought the
tender lament of Colhns-which is now a prophecy
fulfilled:
Remembrance OF shall haunt the shore.
Where Thames IN Summer robes is drest;
Aud oft sre pend the da.h'ng oar,
To bid his gentle spirit rest W.