The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-15

barsai and on one OF these panirous ye.
hieles | counted twenty six bales IT cotton,
drawn by two horses, With great ease.
Tue people look very much like the Ne.
Workers, and are quite soeiable. Their
living Is twice the price Of living IN y. York
aud what | hate abp,e all things IL, hlfer
having pad lbe landlord double fare, oee
il Obliged 10 pay the sersanis--far tans-
lent persons the rule Is uine pence day
Tor the head waiter, SIX pence day for the
chamber maid, and three pence dby for
bsots Is lie Is termed. Then comes the
eoaches the fare outside Jam Liverpool
tn Birmingham Is one pound tw0-lllen
comes the guard, he must have Iiis shilling
for 5uch,l distance, and the e0aehmaa mnsl
have bls--if the guard or coaehman are
changed you unst pay tie new ones Ser
wants pay thfir masters large sums OF mo
ney, ~ some cases, to wait upon gentle
men ia the public houses, and they must
be remancrated by passengers. Coach
men, guards, aud all indeed live, not from
wages, but from gratnltous presents ) aud
one Is bound to comply with then customs.
Oxford il a brantiinl city. Tie collie
ges, some Of which were built in the tIllr-
teenlh century, have rather an old look
s1lHfHlidl Wfilk4fh dHti iAiiibHfh --bhi
guihic and magnificent IN he.hshest de-
gree. Indeed, as the colleges are scattered
all over the city, IL appears - though there
were M other buildings there --between 4
IA ID 1000 students at present are AT ths
ancient place of learning.
Nothing pleased me better than A visit
to the house in which Shakespeare was
born, in Slfatford upon Avon. Tie
III "A tnnr FIR dinner
at this town. and although quite hungry,
postponed tile dihncr 10 pay visit III the
birth place Of the celebrated poet. The
house is ON the main street the lower part
occupied as butchers shop. II Is a ms
cradle looking place, very narrow aud low,
Il rough enough for stabp. Therootn IN
which Shakespeare was horn, Is aban ID
or ID feet square, low ceiling, aud built as
though il WAS intended the house shoald
Last forever, rs most of the English houses
are built.
found the walls, sides and over hi.
written 81 full Of names, thai 1t vas quit
difficult 10 fluid Il space sufficiently large 10
put down mine. On passing through the
butchers shop he occupies the ffst stor
looked sharply at hls meats, Tor tnelss
seemed Ia be music IN The very bones q
tile Joints. For tea ufles before you get
Ia Birmingham, the coal smoke suliocatc,
ONE. have often heard ol their Insenti-
ons for consuming their osn smoke II i.n
gland they must mean by observation-disclosures,
fpr each one appeared 10 me rs though he
had been assisting IN the consumption.
lam delighted WITH the appearance of
the country. All England is ike flower
garden--ndeed it is 50 highiy cultivated
aud 81 beautiful, that one gets slmost ia
tlgued with srelng such Il continued same
ness ut beautiful fields and hedge fences.
Above all, nothing can compare with the
neatness of the English Cottages. They
look so neat, and are enliyened in their APP
pearanee by such profaoon OF flowers,
which are 10 be seen III every window, As
we'll rs in their gardens and then, too, the
smiling and the hea.hy coantenances Of
the eottager and his family, with cheeks rs
red hs the rose, and eyes as bright as "A new
sovereign has little time for any thing
but admiration at such scenes as these
England was never SO prosperous as Mt the
present moment, and the most perfect
good will, and the most friendly feeling ex-
lists towards America. The people speak
OF orr country with admiration, aud so far
have found them agreeable and saciahle,
10 such deglee, tnat blush 10 constantly
put upon American manners.
WAS not very much surprised ut any
thing | had seen until reached London.
entered this world of metropolis n
II de Pat9te corner, tue fashionable and
west end of the town. To describe 10 YOU
my feelings cannot. II was at the mo-
ment when all the lashonables and nuh,es
and gentry we're in motion. 1t appeared
In me what | saw WAS magic-that the
whole world had mel IN single street -
thousands of carriages, with servants in
splendid gold and silver livery, elegantly
dressed With white coats, red plush bfeerl-
is, buckles in their shoes, cooked hats la
eed with gold and silver, two servants be-
hind carriage, with staff IN their hands
then the beautiful horses and glitterjag bar
nesses-these carriages wcie coming from
the vatious streets towards the main street,
and add To these thousand vehicles of
different descriptions. men ON horseback,
and the great mass of foot passrngers--ln
conscience : what did expect but that e.
very moment a tremendous rush would be
made, and horses and carriages and people
all be crushed 10 atUms-yet they passed
each other like magic without apparently
a touch, although the space through which
carriage would pass or a heavy Wagon
with SIX horses tandem, appeared TO be not
halt large enough for a wheelbarrow.
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GRAMMATICAL SMOKING.
As smoking Is an innocent indulgence
and as IT is customary With all people To
relate the news of the day, with cigars i'm