The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
A RAMBLE THROUGH LONDON

A RAMBl4E THROUGH LONDON.
To attempt to describe all that we
have seen of London in one short let.
ter is like trying to crowd its teeming
population in an English railway car.
riage-an impOssibility-and in our
rambles we will briefly mention only
the things that impressed us the most.
ON the Sabbath following the day of
our arrival we attempted to attend st,
PauPs cathedral, but it happened to be
special day, none being admitted
without tickets. Thousands of peo-
pie thronged the streets and thousands
filled the cathedral, yet all was calm
and peaceful. Not knowing the cause
of the immense gathering, we inquired,
and Were, informed that the church
was celebrating the advent of the 5Oth
year of thereign of her Majesty, Queen
Victoria. The day throughout seemed
extremely quiet to us, and we con-
eluded that England acknowledges the
supremacy of a God and remembers to
keep His day hOly-a good plan for
some of our American cities to adopt:
On Monday early we learned that the
Prince of Wales would lay the corner
stone of the Tower Bridge at o'clock
P. M. We take the underground rail-
road for Cannon street. and find it
densely packed with people as far as
we can see, banners and flags of all
nations being promiscuously above the
anxious throng, and Just over our heads
fioated the ensign of our own beloved
country, and if ever in our whole lives
we felt proud of it, twas then. At a
few minutes past the appointed time
the guards of his Royal Highness. the
Prince of Wales, appeared in the dis
lance, followed by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, Louise Victoria,
Prince Albert Victor, che Duke of
Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Con.
naught, and Mary, Duchess of Teck,
the Duke of Teck, and the Lord Mayor
ofLOndon. We did not go to the bridge
to witness the ceremonies, but took the
cars again for the geological gardens,
where we spent a few pleasant hours;
5000 animals are on exhibition, but
we will not take the time to tell you
how we fingered in the monkey house,
or how the elephants leased for crack
ers. We spent the remainder of the
evening at Madame Tussand's gallery
of wax figures. The Napoleon rooms
were the most interesting to us, con-
tanning besides the wax display, many
relics, most of them belonging to Ma
Doleon [. About the center of the
main room is the figure of the great
general, wonderfully life-like, repre-
senting him lying in state upon his
camp bedstead, used by him during
nearly'six years as a state prisoner at
st. Helena, with the mattresses and
EpHlow Onawhich he died. He is dress.
ed in his Chasseur uniform, covered
with the cloak he wore at the famous
battle of Marengo in 1900. left express
ly by will to his son, the King of Rome.
I" In it he lay in ID soldiers glory" and
it served as his pail to the grave. For
the bed alone the prOprietOrs paid e450
tauthenticated). The likeness of the
Emperor is from the original cast from
his face by AntOmmarchi, an Italian
physician sent out to st. Helena to at
tend Napoleon after the recall of Bar
ry O'Meara. A little to the left stands
the celebrated carriage of the Emperor
Napoleon in which he made the cam
paign of Russia, and which was cap
tured OH the evening of the battle of
Waterloo. We were allowed to go in
and sit down, and in spite of all that
has been said derOgatOry to this great
mans character, we felt somewhat
henored, and as we looked out of the
| windows in front we fancied that we
lived in other years, that the long
dfeary march to Moscow was before
I iis. and that we ride defeated from the
great battle of I.eipsic, and at Water
| loo we witness the last desperate
charge of Marshal Ney baff1ed, his last
! hopes frustrated. and the star of his
glory goes down forever. Other at
fractions we will not mention. The
Chamber of Horrors" was the next and
last room we visited, where we saw
one of the most extraordinary relics in
the world. A melancholy relic of the
first French revolution. The original
knife and sunette, the identical instru.
ment that decapitated $4,000 persons
amongst whom were the unfortunate
Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Madame
Elizabeth, the Duke of Orleans, Robe.
sphere, and shed the best and worst
blood of France; bought by Madame
Tussand and sons of M. Samson, the
grandson of the original executioner
Tuesday we visit the National Art
Gallery. Saw many paintings by the
old masters and many of those of mod
ern schools. Turner did not meet oul
Expectations by long way. Perhaps
our eyes were too young. Landseel
was all We had imagined. We ex
Eamined the foreign collection by al
leient and modern artists, and we hard
lily knew how to express ourselves, but
the works of Raphael. Rubens, Murillo
Titan. Leonardo. De Vinci and Michae
| Angelo seemed to interest Us most
! But we are frank to confess that VIZ
can't see wherein the ancientS excel
Jour modern artists. From the Nation
al Gallery we visit the Dore Gallery
We do not profess to be art critics, bu
to our minds M. Gustave Dore is with
out rival either in ancient or modern
schools. The two pictures that attrac
the most attention are Christ LeaV
) Ing the Pretorian", and his last grea
picture, The Vale of Tears" Tn
} rich fertility of imagination, the p0we
Inf dra mino and tho eyiou of color die