The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-26

Britain-Thousands of Tamo Deer in the Immense Park.
 Dresden, Dec. 10 1895 10 the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Well, l declare" exclaimed General S--, "l have never seen the equal of that grape vine, not even in Southern California" A little party of us hay ing come out from London to Hampton Court, had met in the glass house which is built over the wonderful grape vine, one of the lions of the lovely grounds about the ancient old Tudor ediice known as Hampton Court Pal ace.
 l have seen prolific vines in many countries, notably those in the Valley of Eschol in Southern Palestine, where the spies which were sent by Joshua to spy out the land of Canaan bore the immense punches of grapes "between two upon a staff;" but this Hampton Court grape vine 'fbeats them all." The stem of this remarkable vine is thirty-eight inches in circumference and its branches spread to a distance or one hundred feet, the annual pro- duct amourts ito two thousand five hundred punches of Black Hamburg grapes, and luscious clusters are daily sent to Queen Victoria over to the Isle ot Wight, to BalmOral, or wherever she may chance to be This vine was planted in the year 176S, or one hun dred and tWenty-seven years ago, and during the time of its development much of the worlds history has been Nlltten. This pant was bearing grapes previous to the American Revo- lution, and London was comparatively a small city when this wonderful vine was first beginning to develop. We left London in the morning and were delighted with our ride through the beautiful country in the direction of Clapham Junction. In this quarter we obtain striking type of thoroughly English scenery. We passed Wimble- don, which has been rendered famous by the annual volunteer rifle shooting competition, Epson where the celebra- ted races, "the Derby" and "the Oaks" 7" are annually run; Coombe- Maiden and SurbitOn are passed off to the right, and at distance of twelve miles from London we arrived 1t Hampton, and a short walk of ten minutes brought us to Hampton Court Palace one of the most interesting spots in England. This splendid palace is one of the finest specimens of the Tudor style of architecture extant; 1t was erected by Cardinal Wolsey about the year 1900: it's splendor awolle the cupidity of Hen " VIII, and Wolsey thought it wise to present it to that avaricious monarch; alas history too faithfully records in what manner Henry repaid Wolsey for his princely gift, as we'll as for his years of devoted service.
 Hampton Court became a favorite place of residence for the sovereigns of Great Britain; Cromwell, the Stuarts and William III, as well as George l, and George II. resided here. For many years the palace was uninhabited; it is now occupied by pensioners in the form of ladies of rank who have been per sonaI attendants upon the Queen; these
  stances financially; they dwell in regal apartments and their private tables are supplied from ample funds provided from the Queens private purse; some of these ladies have their sons and daughters living with them, and the Charity" is one of the noblest in Eng land.
 There are over one hundred rooms in the palace and these historic cham bers are filled with paintings by fla nous artists, sculptures fine carvings, tapestries. balustrades, &c., &c. The Queens private chapel is a very inter- esting place; in the gallery is the Royal Pew" I should call it a private gallery "boX" rather than a pew, for there are nearly two score seats in it. Tn this same 'pew' Henry VIII. was praying Gmagine itD when his lawful wife suddenly burst into his privacy to beg for her life. By order of the king the fair Anne Boleyn was at once rear rested and dragged off to the Tower, where in due time that very unfortu- nate lady was most unjustly baheaded. Shortly afterward the royal "Defendcr of the Faith" was espOused to the love ly Jane Seymour, much to that good kings satisfaction.
 The oak paneling on the staircase leading to the gallery and the oaken seats in the pew are fine specimens of old English oak and appear quite as fresh as new and as smooth as glass.
 Then there is the great Southern Gal 1ery and the Mantegna Gallery with hosts of historic canvasses. In the Queens private chamber are 8 number of paintings representing celebrated naval battles between the English and French, also similar battles between the English and Spanish and Dutch.
 The Great Hall is a room of noble proportions, with an abundance of ta- pestry and fine carvings. This room is over one hundred feet long and sixty high and broad. I have not the time nor inclination at present to write much about Hampton Court, so We will walk forth into the gardens in front of the palace; these are very extensive and very lovely. with plenty Of beauti- ful green lawns and exquisite flower beds, with many shady walks with aged trees whose branches meet over head, through whose arches the eye catches far away glimpses of beautiful