New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-10-29
From the New York American.
ENGLAND-RANDOM SKETCHES.

From the New York American
ENGLAND-RANDOM SKETCHES.
NO. VIII
d" Lp 10 London Sh.seid-James Montgomery Eben-
Ger Elliot, the Corn LGn- Rhymer'-JoscpL san
Buckingham.
From London down to Sheffield, Yes dorm 10
Sheffield. When you come to England you must
take heed to your upS and @o~aS. En- route TO
Sheffield I turned usidc to spend leisure day or
two in observation-disclosures the ocean over for it's
charming mountain and valley scenery. As |
climbed It's nights ard waited with its buxon
breezes and leapt into It's valleys bathc in their
sweet beauties, my blood gaoped with a nimbcr
impulse carrying fresh life throug every fibre, and
tinging my cheek with asheslihlcr glow Derby
shire is the cernucepa of Nature and Art Go
YOU and revcl among its tcemDg wonders and de-
lights Ny heart staid there u week after | left
Prosaic description would be damning with faint
praise.
Thi, region sur.y is not OF earth;
Was 1t not dropt fr, III let'cn'
Go sec it.
Hark-away for Matock station, to catch the
cars for Sheffield Here we are at the depot
" How long ere the train going mp will arrive ~
" An hour, sir" Shall have time to climb that
hill, and get glimpse of the surrounding country "
hard toiling brought me to anchor rock far
below the summit. cast my eye London-ward-,
and TO- the cars darling like mad land-serpent
o CT plain and through hill towards the depot.
hurried down and reached the ticke-oiice just in
time 10 wipe the gushing Perspration from my fore
head, and impaiiently stammsr out, DO you call
this an hour - % You said YOU wished TO take the
mp train So did-up TO Sh.field.' All!
that is dorm. BY mp, we always mean to'cdrds
London, sIr.
This adventure furnished me with key which
has since unlocked hundreds OF cnismaS IN English
society "By mp we always mean toSrardS Lon
don. sir" Philosophy can read the history OF
Great Britain in this single line. LoNDoS, the
seat of Royalty, Rank, Power, Wealth and ashton,
is Ur. To Jew, the phrase Cup 10 Jerusalem y
WAS full of meaning. The idea which it embodied
was the keystone of the Old Deportation. The
hichborn Enslishman, when nhaling thu air which
sweeps the cloud-capt summit of Snowdrn, or the
Scotchman, with his Highland foot pressing the
blooming heather on the brow OF Ben L7mond,
will obsequiously look up to London,
And crook the pregnant hinges Of the knee,
That thrift may follow fa~nlny
Tn TO London, and down from London, are terms
Of universal application throughout the Kingdom
A, Sheffield. our mutual friend 5. introduced me
n JAMES MoSrGoMERY. On one of those lofty
hills which sentinel the town and start up IRON lis
dense sea of waving smok. like island knobs HIT
ng their heads above the ocean, stands tue house
where This excellent man resides Our cards, sent
in by a servant, brought him TO the door where ne
gave us such right hearty welcome as made me
feel quite at home ! was seated in MS drawing
room. Though nearly seventy anxious years rest
on his shoulders, his fosm is still erect, and his
manners exhibit bland comminsng OF the sPrlsht-
illness of Youth with the dignity OF age his en-
phatic STYLE of convcrsaton-the angles OF whose
abrupt and nervous transitions reject tte uqaeaCt-
able fire of his grey Gyc--reminded me OF Johi
Qnincv Adams No doubt the contour OF the mead
and the tone, of the voice. helped 10 paint to Mem
ory'. eve the sage Of Qsincy while liking with the
.n,hor of the World before the F!ood-ior they
are vsiy like. In his youth, twice ana the c"'d
wall, of prison teach this fearless writer that that
iLrr,v Of the Press which Britain now 50 amply
ep;ov. wa. ike Faithful The substance OF
tbinGs hoped for, and the evidence OF things no,
seen" When abiding to his disgracetu Danish
ment 10 York Castle. his free Scotch blood grew
warm ard ne finished a racy sketch OF the present
Iceptiou,ncss of the press, as compared 10 past
j DAYS. with the quaint remark" An Editor II ay
steal horse with more IMMUNITY now' than lie
could lock over hedge then
The storm has passed away, and the early cham
pion of Freed m enjoys serene old age he ha'
ou,lived the cumity OF his per'ecutors, and no"
fills an envablc place in their affections he Gov
ernmeat which trampled on him has lifted him up
and strews is muniiicence in his declining path
The pension that support. his aged steps, was
wo,tbily bestowed by Sir Robert Peel.
Though his thin snowy locks give Montgomery a
venerable appearance, his poetic eyeis not dlmmed
NOR Is his natural force aba,ed. He circumscribe'
b;s literary labors only that he may devote more
,;n ~, ~ works Of charity and benevoence. As he
b,de me an atfectonate farewell, could sut ask
,nyself Where are the bards to thrill the harp'
Of Montgomery, Rogers, Campbell, Word sw9rih n
Moore. Sou.hey, when their hands chisI IN aea'n
Echo answered. Where !" How hard II IS dear
c.. TO realize that these names, the iaa' I'm I'm
panions of our youth, are the Synohyn'es .. ul'e
score wears and tsn The grey hairs OF Two OF
three Of these favorte sons OF Song have MADE i'
feel sad When enwrapt by their 'nriots' Ne,
had never suspected Mey were growing Old
And ,hsueh have recently stood by the ton'os
Scott, and Byron, and Burns, cannot even dream
that they are dead. If these are dead, ana t.loS'
mus. die, then indeed is man shadow ana h's
dream. .c,.
, Leaving the doer OF Montgomery how swift.
the two hours glded away , knocked al tina!
u, an,hor of *,