Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER III.

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The passage. The planter. The English custom-house. The lost purse. Macadamized roads. Improvements of London. Specimens of bad taste. National taste. The Regent's Park. Waterloo bridge. London Hotels. The bazaars. Walks in the streets. Shops. Dinner at the ---- Ambassador's. Johannisberg. Chiswick. Decline of taste in the science of gardening. Favourable climate. The menagerie. Life in the City. The universal genius. The exchange and Bank. The gold cellar. Court of justice of the Lord Mayor. Garroway's Coffee-house. Rothschild. Nero. Exeter 'Change. Wurtemberg diplomacy. Theatre in the Strand. The ingenious man. Too much for money. Hampton Court. Dangerous fumigation......14