The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-08-11
TRAVELS IN EUROPE.
Extract of letter from one Of the Proprictors OF
the New-York Daily Advertiser, dated

LoSnoS, May 9Th, 1925.
Liverpool is beautiful town. The docks
are wonderful indeed, particularly the new
dock. The approach to Liverpool is hazard
Gus in the extreme. They want the bay of
New York. The Exchange in this town
supasses that in any of Europe.--What as
tonshed me most, was the immense size of
the cart horses, their carts, and the loads
they drew. The cart itself weighs more
than NewYork cart, horse, hogshead of
sugar and the cartman in the bargain, and
on one OF these ponderous vehicles counted
twenty-six bales of cotton drawn by two
horses, with great ease. The people look
very much like New y orkers, and are quite
sociable. Their living is twice the price of
living in New-York, and what | hate above
all things is, after having paid the landlord
double fare, one is obliged to pay the SER
vants-for transient persons the rule is nine
pence a day for the chamber maid, and three
pence day for boots as he is termed. Then
come the coaches the fare outside floa
Liverpool to Birmingham is one pound two
then comes the guard, he must have a
shilling for such distance, and the coach
man must have hs--if the guards or coach
man are changed, you must pay the new
ones. Servants pay their mastersla large sunls
of money, in some cases, to wait upon gen
tlemen in the public houses, and they must
be rsmanerated by the passengers. Coach
men, guards, and all indeed live, not from
wages, but from gratuitous presents; and one
is bound to comply with their custom.
Oxford is beautiful city. The colleges,
some Of which were built in the thirteenth
century, have rather an old look-somewha
wrinkled and furrow ed-5ut gothic and mag
al j..
the colleges arc scattered all over the city, it
appears as though there were no other
buildings thcre--between 4 and 5000 stu
dents at present, are at this ancient place Of
learning.
Nothing pleased me better than visit to
the house in which Shakespeare was born,in
Stratford upon Avon. The coachman gave
us half an hour for dinner at this town, and
although quite hungry, postponed the din
ner to pay visit to the birthplace of the
celebrated poet. The house is On The main
street, the lowerpart occupied as butchers
shop. 1t is miserable looking place, very
narrow and low, and rough enough for sta
bic. The room in which Shakespeare was
born, is about IA or Is feet square, low cell
ing, and built as though it WAS intended the
house should last forever, as most of the
English houses are built.
| found the walls, sides and over head
written so fail of names, that il was difficult
to find space sufficiently large to put down
mine. On passing through the butchers shop
[he occupies the first story) locke / SHARPLY
at his meats, for there seemed to be music
in the very bones of the Joints. For ten
miles before you get to Birmingham, the coal
smoke suffocates one. ] have often heard of
inventions for consuming their own smoke in
England-they must mean by the inhabit-
ants, for each one appeared to me as though
he had been assisting in the consumption,
l am delighted with the appearance Of the
country. All England is like flower gar
den-indeed it is so highly cultivated and SO
beautiful, that one gets almost fatigued with
seeing such a continued samencss of baut-
full fields and hedge fences.-Above all. no
thing can compare with the ncatness of the
English Cottages. They look SO neat, and
are cnlivened in their appearance by such a
profusion of flowers, which are to be seen in
every window, as well as their gardens-and
then, too, the smiling and healthy countenan-
ces of the cottager and his family with
cheeks as red as the rose, and eyes as bright
as a new sovereign one has little time for
any thing but admiration at such scenes as
these. England was never so prosperous as
at the present moment, and the most perfect
good will, and most friendly feelings exist
towards America The people speak Of cur
country with admiration, and so far have
found them agreeable and sociable, to such a
degree, that blush is constantly put upon
American manners.
was not very much surprised at any thing
had seen until | had reached London.
entered this world Of metropolis at Hyde
Park corner, the fashionable and west end
of the town. To describe to you my feelings
cannot. 1t was at the moment when all
the fashionablcs and mobiles and gentry were
in motion. 1t ltappeared to me that what |
saw was magic--that the whole wcrld had
met in single street--thousands of carria-
ges, with servants in splendid gold and sill
yer livery, elegantly dressed with white
coats, red plush brecches, buckles in theil
shoes, cocked hats laced with gold and silver
two servants behind Carriage, with STATS il
their hands-then the beautiful horses ant
the glitt-rng harnesses-these carriage.
were coming from the various streets TO
wards the main street, and add to these
thousand vehicles Of differ ent descriptions
men on horseback, and the great mass G
foot passenger3-my conscience what did
expect but that every moment tremendou
rush would pc made, and horses and carri
ages and people all be dashed to atoms--yc
they passed each other like magic withou
apparently 4 touch, although the spac
through which a carriage would pass, OF
heavy wagon with six horses tandem, ap
peared to be not half large enough for