hall turnpike, from which it is not above one hundred yards distant. The avenue on the Middlesex side is formed by a new road of sixty feet wide, including foot-ways. This road is about a mile in length, in a direct line to Eaton-Street, Pimlico, through which, and Grosvenor-Place, a fine opening continues to HydePark Corner. This bridge presents some resemblance of Buonaparte's celebrated bridge of Austerlitz, but is far its superior in extent and elegance.

South Lambeth, between Stockwell and Vauxhall, was chosen by Sir Noel Caron, Dutch ambassador to this Court thirty-three years, for a palace, which he built with two wings; its present remains are an Academy.

Kennington, one of the eight precincts of Lambeth, once contained a royal palace, in which Henry the Third assembled a parliament, and where Edward the Third kept his Christmas in 1342. Henry the Fifth also resided here. This palace is supposed to have been pulled down, and a manor-house erected in its room, which was occupied by Charles the First, when Prince of Wales. In a survey taken in 1656, this manor-house is said to be" a small low timber building, situate upon part of the foundation of the ancient mansion-house of the Black Prince, &c., and long since ruined, nothing thereof remaining but the stable, one hundred and eighty feet long, and now used as a barn." This Long Barn, as it was afterwards called, in 1709, was an asylum for the distressed Palatine protestants. This road, in all ancient writings, is denominated, "The Princes Road."

Stockwell, between Kennington and Clapham, has a neat chapel of ease, and was the scene of a singular deception, at the house of Mrs. Golding, in the year 1772, when, it is said, all the furniture literally danced about the house, and was sometimes broken without any visible cause. Mr. Lysons observes, that an auction

being held at this house, in 1792, after the death of Mrs. Golding and her daughter," the dancing furniture sold at a very extravagant price.”

We return, by the Vauxhall Road, to Walcot-Place. -On the site of what was called the Dog and Duck, is the School for the Indigent Blind, which provides for twenty-one boys and fourteen girls. They manufacture baskets, clothes-lines, and sash-cord, which may be purchased at the school, where strangers are gratuitously permitted to inspect the progress of the pupils, the nature of the institution, &c.

As some of the inmates here are permitted to walk in the large area within the iron gate, they frequently excite the attention and surprise of passengers.

Lower down is the building appropriated to the use of The Philanthropic Society, whose object is to receive the children of criminals and who by their birth, or in their infancy, have been exposed to vice and misery. Here are several hundreds of boys and girls, and many of them are employed in various trades and occupations.

At the bottom of Prospect-Place are the Fishmongers' Almshouses. The building which is called St. Peter's Hospital, was erected by virtue of letters patent, granted by James the First, in 1619, to the Fishmongers' Company, for the reception of several of their poor members.

Newington Butts extends from the end of Southwark to Kennington Common. The only manor in this parish is Walworth, called Waleorde in Domesday Book, and then had a church. The church of St. Mary, Newington, being in a ruinous state, was rebuilt in 1793, on the same inconvenient spot, by the side of a great road. In this church-yard is a remarkable tomb, raised over the body of William Allen, wantonly singled out, and killed, in 1768, by one of the soldiers, when the late John Wilkes, Esq. was in the King's Bench Prison.

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The parsonage is an ancient building, of great curiosity, surrounded by a moat, over which there were four small bridges. The house is now completely disguised by its improvements and alterations.

Passing through Walworth, by a road lined with elegant mansions, we arrive at Camberwell, two miles from London. The Church dedicated to St. Giles, was built in the reign of Henry the Eighth, Some of the monuments are curious, particularly those of the Muschamps, who came to England with William the Conqueror, and lived at Peckham.

Grove Hill, once the residence of the late Dr. Lettsom, is no more what it was, previous to his removal from it and subsequent demise:

Where Grove Hill shows thy villa fair,
But lately there, my Friend, with thee,
'Twas mine the tranquil hour to share,
The social hour of converse free;

To mark the arrangement of thy ground,

And all the pleasing prospect round,

Where, while we gaz'd, new beauties still were found,

Such are the soft enchanting scenes displayed,

In all the blended charms of light and shade,

At Camberwell's fair Grove and verdant brow;
The loveliest Surrey's swelling hills can show.

The descent from the house leads to Dulwich.Here, in 1614, Mr. Edward Alleyn erected a commodious building, for an Hospital, from a design by Inigo Jones, and this he named The College of God's Gift; to consist of a master, warden, and four fellows, of which three are Ecclesiastics, and the fourth an organist, six poor men and as many poor women, all of whom are enjoined celibacy, and twelve boys, who are educated by two of the fellows of the college. Over the entrance into this edifice is a long Latin inscription, written by Mr. James Hume, descriptive of Mr. Alleyn's qualifications and benevolence. The

college contains a library of books, part of them the gift of benefactors. There is likewise a gallery of pictures, some of them left by the founder, and others are benefactions; but none are equal to those by thẻ late Sir Francis Bourgeois, R. A. who was himself a painter. These amount to three hundred and fortythree, and occupy five rooms. Most of them are by the first masters, Italian, French, and Flemish, Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c.-The fine walk opposite the Old Green Man, affords, from its summit, a fine prospect; but this is much exceeded by that from a hill behind the house, under a tree, called, "The Oak of Honour," from a tradition that Queen Elizabeth used often to repose under it.

The late Lord Thurlow's seat, called Knight's Hill, lies in the parish of Lambeth, between Dulwich and Norwood, and was the first that was completely finished with the cone flooring. The upper stories exhibit delightful views over Kent, Surrey, and the metropolis; and the Thames, in various parts, is discernible from Chelsea to Gravesend. The annual fairs kept at Camberwell and Peckham are much resorted to from London.

In the Kent Road, near New Cross, is the bandsome villa lately belonging to John Rolls, Esq. Here the Grand Surrey Canal presents the singular spectacle of seven locks, within the short distance of a quarter of a mile.

Half a mile to the left, on Plow Garlick Hill, is the second station of the Deal Telegraph: the first is in West-Square, St. George's Fields; hence a single signal has been communicated, in a 'clear day, from the Admiralty to Deal in two minutes and a half.

Rotherhithe, called Rederiff, is on the bank of the river, and well inhabited by masters of ships, seafaring people, and tradesmen depending upon naviga

tion. The church-yard contains the monument of Prince Lee Boo, a native of the Pelew Islands, erected by the East India Company, and inscribed as a testimony of the humane treatment afforded by his father to the crew of the Antelope, wrecked off his island in August, 1783.

Near the extremity of Rotherhithe parish are the docks for the Greenland ships.

After passing through the gate at New Cross, the road on the right leads to Lewisham, Bromley, Sevenoaks, and Tunbridge, in Kent; and to Rye and Hastings, in Sussex.

Sydenham, a hamlet of Lewisham, is noted for its pleasant situation, and the extensive views from its hill. Here is an excellent Grammar-School, and alms-houses, founded by the Rev. Mr. Abraham Colfe.

Returning to the great Kent road, we arrive at Deptford, the principal seat of Gilbert de Maminot, a Norman baron, in the time of William the First: some of his family erected a castle here; some remains of which, according to Mr. Hasted, were visible near Sayes Court, on the bank of the Thames, near the Mast Dock. Deptford contains two hospitals, belonging to the Trinity-House: the old one was built in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and rebuilt in 1788, when the number of apartments were increased: this structure joins the church-yard of St. Nicholas. The new hospital is in Church-Street, has fifty-six apartments, and forms a spacious quadrangle, with the statue of Captain Maples in the centre: a plain building, on the east side, serves as Chapel and Hall, to which the brethren of the Trinity-House resort, annually, on Trinity Monday, in procession, and afterwards go to St. Nicholas' Church. This church abounds with monuments.

St. Paul's, Deptford, is a very beautiful stone edi