Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-12-03

W hat piles OF stone, SO high, so massive
too, in this Old Town, Sc black, Ms ifihey
were but hewn sides of the neig ghboring
crags! But what palaces those in the
distance, over tins deep ravine thus
briaged up, rs If the Sculptor otthe cliffs
had Just ceased his work, and all was
fresh as when the chisel left it,. Every
thing is rock, rock, rock, Qbere is not a
wooden dwelling to be seen) every thing,
from Culton Hill crowned with monu-
menis, he lofty castle on the other
side, with its terrible batilrmrnts aud
lrowning walls! ] irll al the first sight,
all the force of Burns rXclanalion--
! '.Fdina! Scolia's dazzling seat.
All hail Thy Palaces and Towers"
/ left the New Town and re-crossing
the Bridge went To the Old Town, over
the deep valley that divides the two
Here are buildings eleven stories high,
many oi six, seven aud eight stories, the
many ercctions Of the nobility aud gentry
who have now deserted them and left
them for the multitude and the poor, SO
that it is said, that in no city in the world,
nre the .onr so we'll housed as they are
here. looked into the ,oynds, as they
aic called, steep and narrow passages
leading to the vale | have spoken of
beforehand the closes too, like routes for
foot passengers Only-and indeed in
many of them, the air was bad, and the
poverty miserable enough. l saw the
window winch John Knox used for his
Pulpi and the same house from which
ha haI ~. Al al
above here is standing yet-wIIh God
imprinted upon it, in English, Creek and
Latin. All is hustle here now w,-and
there is much Of poverty too, for Scot
land Is poor, very poor, and IN Edinburgh
TIA" poor can scarce find employ. One
marks the difference in this respect as
soon as he leaves England, for there are
beegars here-none therc-rags here,
but few there, - suffering here, but lnile
ihere--the superiority Of the soil, ihe
greater activity of trade, and above all
the Poor Laws save The traveller from
such spectacles ia England. And here
let me pay a tribute to The gentry and
nobility ol Eng land it is seldom |
have one To pay of such II character; /
do not believe there is in the world
people mare humane to the poor, who
make greater efforts TO benefit them,
enlsting IN more charities, or feeling
more their privniions and afflciions-
There is moi The ability to do so much IN
Scotland, for equality is more ditliiscd,
and there is not so great u concentration
OF property. II
Alter look at my valise, which had
not seen for many days, and which
therefore hailed as an old friend, and
change of dress for the better, | began
a ramhle about this interesting city -
Well has II been called "a city of PaIa-
ces," and wrH dose il deserve that name.
The new town which holds the modem
houses, and which is now the iaShiona-
bile part, is beautifully, aye spl"ndidly H
built, and all of sione-d display ing no
such regular blocks of buildings as are
seen ali over the United States, but
regular irrcgularIty- cvrr-varying
front that charms aud never iatigucs the
eye. JLis House is ~ front that re-
treats, as III Regents Park London. y
Here is Il quadrana lc-ihere circle al
most. ] he architects here were men oi
lasie, aud II they were not by nature, the
city compelled them to be by law, forbid
ding The erection Of any buildings ill the
models were submitted and apprcved.- Ill
How much in all these things our coun-
I'ymen have To learn, and how much II
hey can Learn with very little trouble.
j but The eyes of our architects could
run over such as these, how soon would
hey learn that even order may br ted.
ous,- and il our builders, our wealthy
nen, could see how beautiful grassy
walk may be, or a private square or an
'Ilipse for many dwellings, clustered to-
yeIher, how soon would they learn TO
Iave that taste for flowers ard trees that
10 so much honor To the heart and tasie
,f people here. In all these things we
are in our infancy as yet-hut in every
,ity, societies should be formed, and mo.
lrlS he obtained for the cultivation of
aste for building up cities as we are eve
y day, il cosls nothing more to build
hem up in grace and beauty than in the !
cdious order that disfgures So many OF
ur towns |
To describe all the objects Of interest '
n Edinburgh, would fill up many sheets; t
nd am quite sure no one would thank I
ne Tor lunbrring my paper with SD ma
y facts. Its monuments attract atten-
ION, as well by their pomp as by the in
IcalIon they give Of the taste oi the peo-
lie. ] Lnow not how many there are, !
but have seen on Cation Hill one TO y
.ord Nelson, hundred feet in height, n
: another circular monument Ga little To s
nc westl IN the Grecian style, to the k
memory Of Dugnld Stewart, and vet u Il