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cles, horsemen, and glittering equipages, and lined with handsome houses, so that it is difficult 

 for the traveler to determine where the metropolis may really be said to end. Immediately 

 above and adjoining Westminster is Chelsea, with 32,371 inhabitants, containing the great 

 national asylum for invalid soldiers, connected with which is the royal military asylum for the 

 education and support of the children of soldiers. Directly north lies Kensington^ with 20,900 



inhabitants, the beautiful g'ardens of which, 

 belonging to the palace, adjoin Regent's 

 Park. 



A few miles further up the Thames are 

 KeiD, containing a royal palace and gardens ; 

 Richmond, celebrated for its beautiful park 

 and fine views ; Twickenham, a pretty vil- 

 lage, once the residence of Pope ; and 

 Hampton, containing the royal palace of 

 Hampton Court, which is famed for its fine 

 gallery of paintings. A little to the north is 

 Harroic-on-thc- Hill, where there is a well- 

 known school or college. 



Twenty-two miles above the metropolis is 

 Windsor, containing the magnificent royal 

 residence of Windsor Castle, attached to 

 which are the mausoleum of the royal family, a vast park and gardens, and a forest 50 miles 

 in circuit. Opposite to Windsor is Eton, with the celebrated college, in which so many dis- 

 tinguished men have been educated. Near the latter place is the little village of S!nugh, 

 once the residence of the famous Herschel, who here erected his great telescope, 40 feet in 

 length. 



Below London are Deplford, Greenwich, and JVco^'oich, now forming one borough, with 

 a population of 64,336. Deplford is noted for its '•oyal dock-yard and immense warehouses ; 

 there are also a number of private ship-yards, in which are built many merchantmen. Green- 

 wich contains the great Naval Hospital for infirm seamen, with which a naval asylum for the 

 education of the orphan children of seamen is connected. It was formerly a royal residence, 

 and Queen Elizabeth was born here. Here, also, is the royal observatory, celebrated in the 

 history of astronomy for the valuable observations made from it, and for being in the prime 

 meridian of English geographers. Woolwich is remarkable for its spacious dock-yard, its vast 

 arsenal for ordnance, including an extent of 60 acres, its royal military academy, its extensive 

 barracks, and laboratory, &c. 



Liverpool, the second connnercial town in England, situated near the mouth of the Mersey, 

 is well built, with spacious and regular streets, pretty squares, and handsome houses. The 

 public buildings are elegant ; among them are the town hall, the custom house, exchange, mar- 

 ket, &,c. ; the churches, chapels, and 

 meetinghouses are numerous and handsome, 

 and the charitable institutions are numerous 

 and well conducted. But the mostremaik- 

 able feature of Liverpool is its vast docks, 

 of which there are 8, with an area of 92 

 acres. These, viith the wharves and ware- 

 houses, extend in an immense range along 

 the river, while the o|)posite quarter of the 

 town is prolonged into numerous suburbs, 

 composed of the villas and country houses 

 of the wealthy. The trade of Liverpool is 

 very extensive, being exceeded by no place 

 in the world but London. I'he most im- 

 portant branch is the trade with Ireland ; 

 next, that with the United States, more 

 than three fourths of the trade of this coun- 

 Cotlon is the staple article of the Liverpool trade, 



View of Liverpool. 



try With England centering in Liverpool. 



