Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-22


talked OF among the great works OF European archi
lecture The pile is 525 feet long by 212 wide OF
IS "ih'T .imensnns AMI its elaborate beauties need
not sPea" HE service vas performed 10 a small
portioh o. 1t enclosed and separated from the main
hohy OF me church. The congregation was not large
but many divncs present, and the reading OF
the service was divided between three whilst fourth
preached The sermon. There were more forms and
ob'ervancas than | witnessed in the Episcopal
chufcn oeiore Inc chanting frequent: indeed,
all OF the morning service which could be adapted to
music was chaun'cd Except in the use of the Eng.
lish language and the absence OF the lights was
Prt.ty Close approximation to the Catholic form Of
"ihougn The city is the residence ofone of the Arch
bishops, una contains many Of the established churches
yet other denominations flourish as well The Catho.
lies are numerous, md | saw a large number OF Qua.
kers returning from their place of meeting The pc.
pnlaon Of the city so O10 and yet there are l9l ia
vsfns. rom every thing iave seen, am far from
coneiudhe that the tone OF its morals ia such would
become one of the seals Of the church.
zine place dates its origin far back ms the time of
tho Romans. The old walls ere still standing in all
their ancient strength. Their summit affords de-
gh'lui promenade, do also the banks of the river
Ousf, winch flows through the city The JAIL or cas-.
e as properly called - built as if the ru-
crs thousn 1t was in constant danger Of attack from
an armed force. This strength, however, applies to all
the prisons of England | should think i. was unne
cessafy as many OF those who committed no doubt
the pers Of starvation. 1t but the other day that
man, IN state ol wrsiched despair, al the want of
1000, set hFe to hay stack in hopes that it would
be Inc means Of securing his transportation.
"ihe Archbishop of York is in his S7th year,
but Is nevertheless said to enjoy good health. saw
IN Tue Minister person whom took TO be him, iudn
ing by his dress, which differed from that of The other
clergy men, and by the feebleness of his gait His
enumeration oil that portion of the service read by him
wac remarkably clear and distinct. do not know
whether IS owing to the pase absence Of care, or
what not that they but the preatcs oil the Church
of England certainly to live to quite advanced
age do not see any where such young we
listen to IN our American pnlpits. They ore mostly
pretty well advanced before they their clerical
orders.
This morning, | leave by the railway for Darling
ton.
"DARLIsGTos, June %, 1913
VI arrived in this place The day before yes,e rday
by the great North of England Railway, SO called
though II is but d miles in length. The road is not
made through any tunnels but passes under great
number OF arches, the carriage road being above. |
think there nearly hundred strong built arches
In sone cases, the ordinary wheel road passes under
the railways: seldom does it cross the track The
railway and the land few feet each side arc held by
the company their exclusive property, and ha thorn
hedges form fence either side. Any person, not
IN their employ, coming upon the track is considered
and prosecuted ,respssssr. Thus Notwithstanding
the great speed al which the trains move day and night
accidents next 10 impossible
ST was market day when came in town. There
were many articles OF various dcscr p,ons sale bu
the cattle show ecpsed all This place in the county
Of Durham, and saw the best specimens Of its fine
breed OF cattle. They hsrded together in tempo
rary pens erected all the streets each hav-
ing small pen 10 himself The mich were par
tcuarly fine. Those for sale were brought in gene
rally with their bags full, and the milk dripped down
IN the streets saw COW, not very large, but with
portentous bag, sell for fl3. There great va
rety of sheep, many Of which had been driven all the
way from Scotland with the expectation Of selling them
here TO be conveyed by the railway to London. You
know that in the L. States, mutton is considered
more dellca,e meat and sells higher than beef Here,
II is otherwise Beefls the meat Of the two.
butcher VIII charge mare FOR beef, rump steak,
as they call II, than be will for mutton chops and
with joints.
"The present has been the race week at Newcastle,
about 80 miles distant. This evening saw collected
at the tavern, where the coach from tho stops,
crowd of several hundred working men waiting most
anxously to hear the news from the day From
their conversation, gathered that many Of them had
beted upon it, though of them were wretched
in appearance as 10 forbid the presumption that they
had the wherewith TO stake. As the choachman drove
up and announced the news that Goramburg had won,
the street rung with the shout which sent up, and
by man few of whom had ever seen the horse and his
competitors, many az there were who had be,ted upon
him The interest felt in the result of the in
England is universal Every tavern curing The week
SO before race, sort of club betting house.
All attend who can, from the Queen down-pe!iticians,
officials, business men, radesmen, dvines aud secuars
They often, too 90 thirty or forty miles by coach to
see race, and return the same night, When wac al
Oxford coach left there for the Ascot races, 40 miles
u,s,aat, returned that night and several coache.
leave here every day this week for New Castle races
distance Of more than thirty miles.
"The weather, though not rainy, has become cold
again. | find the FIRE which bazes before me in my own
room, quite comfortable, and thanks TO my stars am
in The region of Goals, where FIRE is cheap. | have
not got along quite SO fast as expected in my route TO
Edinburgh but | shall be in that city. How
long shall remain there is more than can at present
saT. (LETTERs TO be continued J.