Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-10-22

black and frowning hulks oI Britain, the
flay oflny own land then streaming IN
the distance, as a brisk wind carried tho
ship up the channel for London, then lor
the ii lst time feeling that | was bidding
an adieu to the last relic OF home, and
a4arewell to The flag, its emblem. In
deed il is beautiful flag, beautifully de-
signed, apart from all those associations
that make one watch il So tenderly when,
in a foreign land and for mere beQuty,
| see none among all the nations that go
in the channel, by which we could M
prove it, IL is 50 emblenatlc OF our
country, so light, SO airy, so confident
rs it were-liesh aud new too, as we are, ),
and sometimes think almost boastiul OF
what il has done, for il seemed 10 me IN
my fancies to futter the more as It pas
sed the ships which had SO long made
England the mistress of the ocean. As
we Deared the shore in our little boat,
the huge Notifications ofthe harbor were
in full sight, and then many ships far
and wide celebl ated for what they have
won in battle. Among them was the
victory, Lord Nelson's ship, the iron
sides of England, which every English
man adores Just as our countrymen a
dore the old Constitution. A terrible
hubbub there was while ago when the
Admiralty talked Of breaking her up
and the project was abandoned. have
been on board of her. She is now kept
only as a store ship-but fine ship she is
evep now, kept almost solely for show,
and what is remarkable in England,
shown without pay for score of attend
ants! The very spot where Nelson fell
is marked with plate, and this simple
inscription, Here Nelson fell
As we approached the landing place,
our chief boatman gave us some lessons
for landing. IF you wish,' says he, ito
get your luggage to night, and to escape
the bother OF passport, you must pass
for British subjects Really thought /,
this is tough for a Republican Nanke e
10 pass for subject when we boast ofbe-
ing subject to nobody, not even the
church, much less the State and who
can tell what an objectionable sin it
would be in the minds of all our country
men that "a free born American should
pass for British subject' A subject!
really I'll take this into consideration, as
it is "A new thing for man to pass for a
subject OH our side Of tho water. But
wanted my baggage over much, | hate
bother-and really l hope in after life
nobody will hang me, if | did make up
my mind to pass through the Custom
House as a British subject. Two French
xuhn I, fn Ipr
British subjects also,-but as one Of them
could only say sare for SIR, and III was
altogether to much for him to mouth, the
other British subjects among us remon-
strated, as it would be carrying the Joke
too far unless Messicurs would pass for
French Canadians, but as q French
Canadian never wanders from home thus
far, the project was abandoned, and
French passed for French. We were
all taken to the Watch House, as is cal
led the place Of debarkatisn, and there
our baggage was examined by some of
the lattest-ls locking Custom House Oil
GERS ever saw. One of them said TO
me with wink, as he began the finger
ing Of my clothes and other notions in
my trunk, you have no objection, sup
pose, to- (and here was a look with u
very significant stutter, the wnks in the
mean time thickening) 'to-if Ill pass
your luggage easy" 'Oh no. l an
swered, 'if you'll ask me no questions
after | tell you l have nothing dutiabc.
'Ah! | understand you,' was the reply,
and the ugly question if was British
subject was dodged-.and my luggage
only touched ust for forms sake, ioi
which especial favor only gave him the
last American half dollar | had, worth
but little to me this side of the ocean,
This bribing indeed is absolutely neces-
sary to get along through the Custom
House with any ease at all. a friend o
mine told me that when he resisted it il
Liverpool, they handled his clothes mos
numerically, and made him pay duty e.
ven on his pocket Bible, adding they
ALWAYS suspected man that carried
pocket Bible
The porters, hoary headed, antique
looking men, next fell upon our baggage
after we were marked as passed; and a:
we were yet green upon the Engllst
shore, spunged Us out of about six tme'
as much for the carrying as we shoulc
pay after three days knowledge Of Eng.
lish customs. AT last we were housed
in the hotel called the Georgo'-a su
perb hotel, unlike in its management aud
construction, any thing we have in A.
merica. A Gordon OF chamber maids
quite old maids by the way,-whom ! al
first thought to be ladies' drank, so high.
ly dressed were they, so polished in THEN
manners compared with ours in like stu.