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F1oreign and Domestic FRUTS alb Also everytliing found in a first- lass Grocery. BowmÂNVILLE, AuG. 17, 1892. Editorial Wanderings. IN THIE WORLD'S METROPOLIS. NUmMBEx six. Our last letter closed with some facts and figures of the great city cf London. We will now give a description cf the river upon whidh this great city is built witli an account of our visit te Windsor Castle, the esidence cf lier Gracions Majesty, Quecu Victoria. The Thames is said te bc the nebleat river in England, but it is scacely werthy of the name when compamed witli cur trnly noble St. Lawrence. But is cetainly one of the îm prtant commercial rivera cf the world. For many yeams it was a commen sewem the sea, it bears upon its bosom a ghastly called after the second Dukie of Aibemarle, L_,andsjeer, and othier lwell-known artists. freigt. CristpherMonk ; Bond Street (full of ih i cnevatory was some years since Buigt aa ihsmr huhs;tepcur alre)drvsisnm o converted into a chapel ; and in 1851, the~ Buts gad and hsobr h G par 1ýÎhties Clar en ous e s s ain 5 yee r n truc at o ha asethe eoen WE suri is sbining, and the clear miorning air Sir Thomas Bond, of Peckham, to wvhom Marbe Aich, that fore h atr pleasure are making their way to steani- Dulie of Aibemarle. Berkeley Street and court, was taken down and re-erected at O S boat piers, and bustie and confusion reigns Stratton Street, the first of which leads Cumberland Gate, the entrance to ilyde supreme ; and the roaring, sputtering, to the aristocratie Berkeley Square, was Park from Oxford Street., as already tearing, noisy, impatient steamers seema so called after John Berkeley,of Stratton, mentioned. Within the palace are the in such haste to go upon their way, as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the reign offices of the Lord Steward, and other JuLst~ recei scarcely to allow time for the crowds of of Charles H. ; No. 1, in Stratton Street, departments connected with the royal yonng and gay, and old and jolly, to get is the residence of the Baroness Burdett household. The new facade lias more the on board and start. And then wbat light Coutts, perhaps the richest, and eertainly appearance of a row of modemn mansions, and joyens laughter floats npon the air; one of the most charitable of Ladies in than the palace of the sovereign of this and rustling silks, and pretty feet, and England.. Jermyn Street is called after wealthy and powerful empire. We ap- impatient faces; and delicate formas are Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Alban's-the proached the sentry and asked to be allow. squeezed and liustled for a moment, tilt little Jermyn of Grammont's "Memoirs ;' ed to "have a look round," but thougrh hwe find ourse iesErly WFfnig fo Wiiior.-_DoN ,ei Street, af ter- the- Ban oL--Poyer- we had come 4000 miles to sec the sights, Windsor is divided into the Old and (died 1708) ; in which is Asliburnhamn entrance was denied us, The -prïiipal,- _ New own, th tw beng sparted bHuse ; Clarges Street, after General or garden front, is ornamented witli Nhew Tdomns the twomeig ser ted b onk's virago wifeflan Charges ; Bennet statues of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude the ld oma rod frm Slchste. ~ Street and Arlington Street, after Henry Faith, Hope, and Charity ; and lias a lias about 10,000 inhabtants, and return Bns t Earl of Arlington. Ini 170 8 terrace of the like extent. Military a member to Parliament. ýWindsor lias Bolton Street was the inost westerly street trophies, and festoons of fiowers are dis- Pee~ a fine town hall, a neat market-place, in London, -o called after the Dulke of tributed over varions parts of the build- P e e v seea oo hrhe n{haes that namne. In Old Bond Street are two ing, where ornamients have been required soewell-aninointedliotels. During the or thrliîrable exih'h't'onafMpuiflÙnim to îiin 1ffcct. -W, 4 Tav hrn v ,n GAlev.. M.A.J,1 Saxon dynasty apalac.e existedl in Old Windsor, but the royal residence was me- moved to its present localitv by William the Conqueror, who may be considered the founder of Windsor Castle. Since the time of the Normnans, however, the castle lias had various alterAtions,mpmove- ments, and embellialimenta f rom successive monarchs. Englislh kings have always made Windsor Castie their principal residence ; and of ahl the "homes of Eng- land," it is perhaps the most worthy the principal personage in the realm. Visitors are only admitted to the state apartments during the absence of the Court, and to the private appartments by special order fromn the Lord Chamberlain The suite of State Apartments in Windsor Castle te which the Qucen lias been graciously plea2ed to permit the free admission of the public,consists of the following mooms: The Queen's Audience Chamber, hung, with Gobelin tapestry; theOld Ball-iRoom, or Vandycli Room, se called by the twenty- two portraits by that master ; the Qneen's State Drawing-Room,or Zuccarelli Room, containing nine large paintings by that artîst ý, the State Anto-Room-i, the ceiling of whicli is painted by Verrio ; the G rand Vestibule, with the colossal marble statue of George IV. by Sir Francis Chantmey ; the Waterloo Chamber, with its thirty- eight fine portraits by Sir Tho'mas Law- rence and Sir Martin Archer Shee ; the Presence Chamber, a gorgeons room, with some fine Gobelin tapestry ; St. George's Hall, an immense apatment, in whicli is Dore Gallery, &c. In Jermyn Street, whicli runs sontli of and parallel to Picca- 'LJv4 dilly,is the Museum of Economic Geology. Councillor Pascoe lias sared some fine It~ ~ ~ ~ ~~k s sado' mntmaigadul peciînens of grain from ha silver medal frontage, erected in 1848, fromn the design faim te beshown at the Worid's Fair.. of Mr. James Pennethorne., Our driver Mr. S. Northcote met with a very sad pointed out several of these streets to us, acciet: s ekljmigofala and some of themy we visited. and lighting on a ferk hiandie which The neiglhorhood is f ull of historical severely injuied him. He in recovering associations. In Coventry flouse,OPPosite . ... Capt. R. L. Wemry, wife and son, of the Green Park, died, in 1803, the hus- Toronto, are spending a few days at lis baud of the beantiful Miss Gunning, home previons te their remeval to New William, sixth Earl of Coventry ; from York ... . Visitors of week :- Mrs. Tom, the house now No. 80, Sir Francis Burdett Broklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Frank Wright, of was taken to the tower-an officer scaling Courtine; Misses Mand sud Bella Cowle; the w all -with a ladder and entering the Mr. Jno. Hlogarth and wife, Toronto; windows of the drawing-roomn, in which Miss G. Pearce, Newcastle; Miss LilIa Sir Francis n'as found instructing lis son1 Pascoe, Enfield ... . The familiar Sound of in Engliali history,the streets being mean- the school bell was hoard sgain on Mon, while guarded by a tmoop of horse. This day .... Rev. C. W. Reynolds occupied occurrence took place -)n the 6tli of April, the pulpit very acceptably Sunday, owing 1810. No 105 was the old Pulteney Hotel, te absence of the pastr.... Mr. L. N. where the Emperor of iRussia stayed dur- [logarihlolft ]ast wcek for Rochiester, N. ing the me-morable visit of the allied Y., where lie bas secnred a situation.... Sovereigns to this country in 1814. The A spelling match is the programn for mnansion at the corner of Park Lane was Friday niglit ut Division, the woi d to be once the residence of Lord Elgin, where taken from the IST-ATES-MAN of Aug. 10 h. the Elgin mables were previons to their removal to the Britishi Museum. Cam- EN triIELID. bridge Flose,now the Naval sud Military Mr. Lindsay, Peterboro, occupied the club, was formerly the residence cf Lord pulpit bere Sunday aftermoon as Rev. D. Palmerston. The bay-fronted house at 8. Houck isl on lis vacation .... Mr. Thos. the corner of White Herse Street -was Wotton bias rented the farmn now occupied the residence for somne time of Sir Walter by Mr. John8ton Niddery .. . .Messrs. Scott Lord Byron spent the first part Thos'. Beckett ai d Luke Robinsr. have cf his wedded life in that part cf the prchased a rew nteam threshiug euthF. .-Dmehes%&oLQnuenherry's honso, new the 'h~trn±xsigna~u .esdence cf the Countesof Rosebery, Division is boominmv. there bas b 'n 13 EN D [ved HOUSEa 1 in our second car load of this season. ring season just starting >Siioaar will be reauired; Just corne to the WEST EflND HOU SE and get our quotation for a Barrel for spot cash. If the price is not low enough do c-iot take it. CLEARING SALE DURIN JULY ANO AUGUSTE Straw Hats at cost. Delaines at cost. Teasel loth for 10e. worth 15c. Parasols at cost. Wholesale Dry Goodsi Traveller's complete stock of samples, will be sold at flrst cost. 74