THE GAS ILLUMINATION down the "dip of Piccadilly," looking from Devonshire House. THE GREAT HALL of the North-Western Terminus, Euston-square. THE POST OFFICE ARCADE, St. Martin's-le-Grand, at 6 o'clock on Saturdays, when the grand rush to post newspapers takes place. To see the sorting process immediately after, get an order from Colonel Maberly. THE INNER TEMPLE GARDENS. THE BANK OF ENGLAND CELLARS, and COINING MACHINE for weighing coin and making bank-notes. THE COAL EXCHANGE, Lower Thames-street. THE LONG ROOM in the Custom House. BREAK-NECK STAIRS OFF THE OLD BAILEY, affording a capital notion of the strength of London when enwalled. DOCTORS' COMMONS, the best example of a solitude in the heart of a great city. § 31. Places near London which a Stranger should see. WINDSOR CASTLE, by Great Western Railway from Paddington, or by South Western Railway from Waterloo Station. Ask for return ticket, if returning the same day; or if from Saturday, you are privileged till Monday: always show your return tickets on passing through the office. The state apartments in Windsor Castle are open gratuitously to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, by the Lord Chamberlain's tickets, to be obtained in London (gratis) of Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Printsellers, No. 14, Pall-mall East; of Mr. Moon, Printseller, No. 20, Threadneedle-street; of Mr. Mitchell, Bookseller, No. 33, Old Bond-street; of Messrs. Ackermann and Co., Printsellers, No. 96, Strand; and of Mr Wright, Bookseller, No. 60, Pall-mall; of whom also Guide-books may be obtained, for one penny each. The tickets are available for one week from the day they are issued. They are not transferable, and it is contrary to Her Majesty's command that payment for, or in reference to, them be made to any person whatever. The hours of admission to the state apartments are-from 1st April to 31st October, between 11 and 4; and from 1st November to 31st March, between 11 and 3. The Inns at Windsor are the White Hart and the Crown (neither very good). ETON COLLEGE, 1 mile from Windsor. HAMPTON COURT, by South Western Railway from Waterloo Station. The state apartments are open gratuitously to the public on every day of the week, except Friday, when they are closed for the purpose of being cleaned. The hours are from 10 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening, from the 1st of April to the 1st of October, and the remainder of the year from 10 until 4. The Vine, in the Private Garden, and the Maze, in the Wilderness, are open every day until sunset; for these a small fee is required by the gardeners who show them. Inns-The King's Arms, the New Toy, and the Mitre. Mr. Grundy's Guide, sold in the rooms (price 3d.), contains a complete catalogue of the pictures. GREENWICH HOSPITAL, by Greenwich Railway from London Bridge Station, or it is accessible by steamboat from Hungerford Market Stairs, or London Bridge. (See Painted Hall.) WOOLWICH ARSENAL, by North Kent Railway from London_Bridge, or by Railway to Blackwall Pier, and thence by Steamer. Here are placed the stores belonging to the Government Board of Ordnance d Open every day, except Sundays. The Dock-yard, 10 till 4. Arsenal and Royal Military Repository, 9 till half-past 11; 1 till 4. Admission. To the Dock-yard, free. Arsenal and Royal Military Repository, by tickets given by the Master-General of the Ordnance, certain Officers of the Artillery, or the personal escort of any of the officers. Strangers are admitted to walk about the grounds of the Arsenal, but not to enter the buildings. Principal Objects.In the Dock-yard: the Blacksmiths' Shop, various Docks, and all the activity of machinery incidental to ship-building. In the Arsenal: the Foundry for casting, boring cannon; Laboratory, in which the several sorts of ammunition are prepared; also models connected with the subject; machinery of all kinds for preparing articles for the use of the Artillery service. In the Royal Military Repository: Models of Batteries, Artillery, Vessels, Barracks, various Forts, Towns, Rock of Gibraltar. The very best way of seeing Woolwich and its curiosities is to obtain the escort of an Artillery Officer. The Government Ordnance Stores in all parts of the world are valued at six millions, and of this sum, goods to the value of more than a million and a half are deposited at Woolwich. Foreigners wishing to see Woolwich or other Royal Dockyards and Arsenals must apply to the ambassador or minister from their country residing in England. CRYSTAL PALACE, at Sydenham (now, 1853) in course of erection. Take train from London-bridge to Anerley Staion. The exterior alone will repay a visit. The works are shown by tickets (till Aug. 10.), price 58. each. DULWICH GALLERY, open every day of the week except Fridays and Sundays. Without a ticket no person can be admitted, and no tickets are given in Dulwich. Tickets are to be obtained gratis of Henry Graves and Co., 6, Pall-mall; Messrs. Colnaghi and Co., Pall-mall East; Mr. Lloyd, 23, Harley-street; H. Leggatt and Co., Cornhill; and Mr. Markby, Croydon, Surrey. Schools, and children under the age of fourteen, are not admitted. Hours of admission, from April to November, 10 to 5; from November to April, 11 to 3. HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, can only be seen by order from Lord Holland. The exterior, however, will repay a visit, and may be seen from the Kensington-road. Walk up pathway to the housea pleasant walk. HAMPSTEAD AND HIGHGATE-pleasant places in themselves, and affording excellent views of London. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS OF KEW are open gratuitously to the public every day (Sundays excepted) from 1 to 6 o'clock. The Royal Pleasure-Grounds, (sometimes by strangers confounded with the Botanic Gardens), constitute a separate though adjoining portion of ornamental ground, open gratuitously to the public from Midsummer-day to Michaelmas, every Thursday and Sunday, by three gates: two in the road leading from Kew to Richmond, called the Lion Gate and the Pagoda Gate, and one by the river side, nearly opposite Brentford Ferry, and called the Brentford Gate. VIEW FROM THE TERRACE AND THE PARK AT RICHMOND. VIEW FROM GREENWICH OBSERVATORY. VIEW FROM HARROW CHURCHYARD. ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY, 21 miles north of London (by the Great Northern Railway, 5 miles from the Hatfield Station). § 32. Passport Offices, &c. AMERICA (United States).-Ambassador's residence, 138, Piccadilly; Consul's office, 1, Bishopsgate Churchyard. AUSTRIA. Ambassador's residence, 7, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, BADEN. Consul's office, 6, Great Winchester-street; 1, Riches-court, Lime-street. BAVARIA.-Ambassador's residence, 3, Hill-street, Berkeley-square; Consul's office, 11, Bury's court, St. Mary-axe; 334, Great St. Helen's. BELGIUM.-Ambassador's residence, 50, Portland-place; Passport office, 9A, Weymouth-street, Portland-place, 11 till 3. BRAZIL. Ambassador's residence, 41, York-street, Portman-sq.; 62, Baker-street; Consul's office, 3, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-st. DENMARK.-Ambassador's residence, 2, Wilton-terrace; Consul's office, 6, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street. FRANKFORT.-Consul's office, 12, Broad-street-buildings. FRANCE.-Ambassador's residence, 10, Belgrave-square, Pimlico; Passport-office, 47, King William-street, (corner of Arthur-street, East,) London Bridge, 1 till 8; Consul's office, 8, Copthall-buildings, Copthall-court, 12 to 4. HANOVER.-Ambassador's residence, 44, Grosvenor-place; Consul's office, 6, Circus, Minories. NETHERLANDS.-Office, 47, Bryanstone-square; Consul's office, 123, Fenchurch-street. PERU. Ambassador's residence, 15, Portland-place, 11 till 3; Consul's office, 10, Old Jewry Chambers. PRUSSIA. Ambassador's residence, 9, Carlton-terrace; Consul's office, 106, Fenchurch-street. RUSSIA. Ambassador's residence, 30, Dover-street, Piccadilly; Consul's office, 2, Winchester-buildings, City. SARDINIA. Chargé d'Affaires, 11, Grosvenor-street: 5, Berkeley-square. SICILY.-Ambassador's residence, 15, Princes-street, Cavendish-square; SPAIN.-Ambassador's residence, 38, Harley-street; Consul's office, 37, Broad-street-chambers, Old Broad-street. SWEDEN and NORWAY.-Ambassador's residence, 66, Mount-street, Berkeley-square; 14, Halkin-street West; Consul's office, 27, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street; 2, Crosby-square, Bishopsgate-st. TURKEY.-Ambassador's residence, 1, Bryanstone-square. TUSCANY.-Consul's office, 15, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. WURTEMBURG.-Office, 40, Portman-square; 106, Fenchurch-street. § 33. LAWS RELATING TO FOREIGNERS.-By the law of Great Britain all foreigners have unrestricted right of entrance and residence in this country; and while they remain in it, are, equally with British subjects, under the protection of the law; nor can they be punished except for an offence against the law, and under the sentence of the ordinary tribunals of justice, after a public trial, and on a conviction founded on evidence given in open Court. No foreigners, as such, can be sent out of this country by the Executive Government, except persons removed by virtue of treaties with other States, confirmed by Act of Parliament, for the mutual surrender of criminal offenders.-Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, January 13, 1852. 234. NEWSPAPERS.-The principal London morning newspapers are the Times, published daily (Sunday excepted), Office, Printing Housesquare, Blackfriars; the Morning Advertiser; the Daily News; the Morning Herald; the Morning Chronicle; the Morning Post. For evening news see the Globe and the Standard. Each paper price 5d. 835. Geology and Soil. London stands on-1, clay; 2, plastic clay and sand; 3, chalk; 4, upper green-sand; 5, gault; 6, lower green-sand; 7, weald clay. § 36. Studios of the Principal Artists. 7, Fitzroy-square. 1, St. John's-wood-road. 1, Linden-grove, Kensington. 2, Abercorn-place, St. John's-wood. The Mall, Kensington. 14, Russell-place, Fitzroy-square. 10, Pembridge-villás, Bayswater. The Ferns, Victoria-road, Kensington. 14, South Audley-street. 17, Newman-street. 47, Ebury-street, Eaton-square. 34, Onslow-square. MODERN LONDON. PALACES OF THE SOVEREIGN. THE Town Palaces are four in number, viz., Buckingham Palace, in which her Majesty resides; St. James's Palace, in which she holds her Drawing-rooms; the beautiful fragment of the Palace of Whitehall, used as a Chapel Royal, but better known as Inigo Jones's Banqueting-house; and the Palace at Kensington, in which her Majesty was born. 1. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, in St. James's Park, was commenced in the reign of George IV., on the site of Buckingham House, by John Nash, and completed in the reign of William IV., but never inhabited by that sovereign, who is said to have expressed his great dislike to the general appearance and discomfort of the whole structure. When the first grant to George IV. was given by Parliament it was intended only to repair and enlarge old Buckingham House; and therefore, the old site, height, and dimensions were retained. This led to the erection of a clumsy building, and was a mere juggle on the part of the king and his architect-knowing as they did that Parliament would never have granted the funds for an entirely new Palace. On her Majesty's accession several alterations were effected by Mr. Blore-a dome in the centre, like a common slop-basin turned upside down, was removed, and new buildings added to the S.; her Majesty entering into her new Palace on the 13th of July, 1837. Other and more extensive alterations have since taken place by the removal of a Marble arch, and the erection, at a cost of 150,000l., of an E. front, under the superintendence of Mr. Blore. The chapel on the S. side, originally a conservatory, was consecrated in 1843. The Grand Staircase is of white marble, with decorations by L. Grüner. The Library is generally used as a Waiting-room for deputations, which, B |