Thomas Moore resided at 27, Bury-street, St. James's.

Johnson completed his Dictionary at 17, Gough-square, Fleet-street.

Goldsmith died at 2, Brickcourt, Temple.

(At The Mitre Tavern, Fleetstreet, and Jack's Coffee House (now Walker's Hotel), Deanstreet, corner of Queen-street, Soho, Johnson and Goldsmith frequently met their literary friends. The latter was also a resort of Garrick.)

Lawrence Sterne died at 41, Old Bond-street.

Charles Lamb died at 4, Inner Temple-lane.

Sir Isaac Newton lived in St. Martin's-street, near Leicestersquare, where his observatory still remains.

William Penn once lived in the last house on the left in Norfolkstreet, Strand.

Madame de Stael once lodged at 30, Argyll-street, Regent-street. Napoleon III. last lodged in London at 3, King-street, St. James's-square.

Benjamin Franklin once lived at 7, Craven-street, Strand.

mediately before Whitsuntide, except when Easter occurs in March, when it is run in the first or second week after Whitsuntide."

UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE.

The race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge takes place in March or April of each year, on the Thames, between Putney and Mortlake. It is contested by eight oarsmen from each university, and the contest is always witnessed by many thousands of spectators.

Among the many other sights of London which will well repay the visitor, we may mention the annual Exhibition of the ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS (pictures by living artists), which opens on the first Monday of May, and continues twelve weeks; the ExHIBITION OF CATTLE by the SMITHFIELD CLUB, in the great Agricultural Hall, Islington - green; and the annual HORSE SHOW, at the same place, held soon after Derby-day.

EXCURSION

FROM LONDON TO KEW GARDENS, RICHMOND, AND HAMPTON COURT.

RAINS leave the Waterloo Station of the London and South-Western Railway, Ludgatehill, and the various stations of the Underground Railway, many times a day for Kew Gardens and Richmond. There are also trains from Waterloo direct to Richmond on the main line, and Hampton Court on the branch line. Kew and Richmond may also be reached by omnibus from the City and Piccadilly.

Kew is a pleasant village in Sur

Mitre, Greyhound. King's Arms) can conveniently be reached by carriage or on foot, 14 miles through Bushey Park. If the tourist takes this route, instead of going round by Clapham Junction, he will be well repaid by the sight of the noble avenue of horse chestnuttrees through which the road passes straight from one gate to the other opposite the grounds of Hampton Court Palace. (This may also be very conveniently visited from Hampton Court.) The journey can be made also by cab from Richmond. The Palace is situated on the north bank of the

Queen's drawing-room," is filled with paintings by Benjamin West. The celebrated Cartoons of Raphael have been removed to the South Kensington Museum. Wolsey's Great Hall is a magnificent Gothic room, with an elaborately carved ceiling, and is hung round with Arras tapestry representing the history of Abraham. In the adjoining apartment, or withdrawing room, are some additional specimens of tapestry, greatly injured by age. In the gardens are shaded walks, and terraces overlooking the river. The great vine is the largest, probably, in the

world, measuring 110 feet in the extent of its branches from the stem, the principal stem itself having a circumference of nearly 30 inches. It frequently yields 3,000 bunches of grapes a year. We may return to London direct (15 miles), 1st class, 2s.; 2nd class, 1s. 6d.; 3rd class, 1s. 3d.

EXCURSION.

LONDON TO GREENWICH AND WOOL

WICH, BY STEAMER.

Fares 6d and 4d.

EAVING the landing-stage at Charingcross or below Londonbridge, the steamer makes its way down the Pool, as that part of the river is called, passing through rows of colliers and other vessels waiting their turns to discharge. We pass, on the left, the Custom House and the Tower, and, on either side the several Docks, of which mention has been made. We next leave, on the left, the Isle of Dogs, and, on the right, Deptford, where Peter the Great worked as a shipwright. The Yard is now closed. Opposite Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, is Greenwich (5 miles) (Hotels: Trafalgar, Ship), population estimated at 139,436. The tourist cannot fail to notice the magnificent Hospital, on the site of which was once a Royal Palace, the residence of Henry VIII. and of Queens Mary and Elizabeth. It stands close by the river on a spacious terrace, and has a frontage of 865 feet. The present building was constructed in the reign of William 111. for the benefit of the seamen wounded in the battle of La Hogue, and previous to 1865 was open for the reception of all sailors of the Royal Navy

who had become incapacitated by wounds or ill-health endured or incurred while employed in active service. In 1865 it was converted into a Naval College, and School of Naval Architecture. In the Hall are several pictures, and sundry memorials of Lord Nelson. Adjoining Greenwich Hospital is the Park, in which is the Royal Observatory, established in the reign of Charles II. Calculations of latitude and longitude, and all astronomical and meteorological observations are regulated by "Greenwich Time" all over the world. At the hotels above mentioned the tourist may indulge in the luxury of a white-bait dinner. The members of the Government for the time being, at the close of the Parliamentary Session, celebrate the prorogation of Parliament by a banquet of this description. About 3 miles from Greenwich is Woolwich, with a population of nearly 50,000. The Arsenal only shown by tickets, which can be obtained from the War Office in Pall Mall, and are available on Tuesdays and Thurs days, from 10 to 11 A.M. and from 2 to 4 P. M. It contains an immense store of arms of all descriptions, esteemed the largest in the world.

The Royal Military Repository, on Woolwich Common, contains an assortment of ancient arms, and models of the various forts within the limits of the British Empire, and of vessels of war, &c.

At the Royal Military Academy candidates for commissions in the Royal Engineers, and Royal Artillery receive their professional education. There is accommodation for 160 students.