New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-16
Letters from Mr. Weed. No. XIX.
Correspondence Of the Albany Evening Journal.

and were mere before ) O'Clock Oh sodlui va
evening. The distance from Grecnock TO Glas-
Cow is % miles. The fare, in lst class cars Is
FIVE shiIlings; in End class, two and sixpence'
and in the Sd sixpence But the Sd class pas
sengers stand up and are exposed to the Wea., r
there being no seat or covering to theseca!s. i'e
train passed through Paisley, but It's stop was
too short to enable me TO do more fhan count
twenty-three manufacturers, tower cninneys Voi'i
ting forth smoke and fire, and indicating more
or Ices of, business activity. i hope, therefore,
that the Inhabitants of this town VINO nave SUI
fered On severely are not now out OF employment.
n entering Glasgow / was struck with Its
,oaen;tnde Argyle.street, where we lodge, seems
40 Rio ne hnman existence as London itself. Nor
Was NV surprise at all diminished upon learning
that GLASGOW is city of over 300OOO lnhabl-
,,nts There is, Just now, a great deal OF suffer-
mo in Glasgow, arising as much from ITS redun-
dancv of population. as from the depressed con-
dition of its commerce and manufactures. The
poor--or rather the vagrant poor, resort to all
sorts of contrivances to g raise the wind" At
one point YOU find blind bag-piper, and at an
other blind fiddler. Then you encounter two
or three musicians either halt or blind, making
night hideous'' in concert. Next come the voca-
lists. The first of this class encountered were
two ragged girls seven or eight years old, singing
g I'm DER young to marry yet" The next was
an old man in a tartan and cap, singing Whal
be the King but Charlie?'' Then three boys Of
"rakebellyn aspect, in boisterous glce, the
words of which could not catch: and finally, a
father, mother and five small children, walking
with slow and solemn tread along the sidewalk
singing sacred melodies with much taste and
sweetness. This is no exaggeration | saw, IN
ioJ .{r two
than quarter OF a mile, all these musical appeals
for charity And each supplicant had their grou!pc
of admirers, and each received more or less lor
the music they discourscd
Though Glasgow has a population nearly as
large as New York, it bears no comparison to our
great Metropolis in other respects. There are a
few fine streets with spacious granite buildings,
occupied by her opulent merchants and manuiac-
turers. But the city does not cover halt the ter
ritory that Newly ork occupies, nor arc there
half as many buildings here as there. The poorer
classes are huddled together in the same build
ing, each fiat las they call storles) having It's
halfdozcn tenants.
Glasgow owes much of its prosperity to the
wisdom and enterprise of her merchants, who
have, by excavations, actually created ship
navigation for themselves. Some thirty years
ago the CLYDE was only nayigabe for vessels to
Port Glasgow, some Is miles below. flat-bot-
toned boats with difficulty made their way here.
Now, the harbor of Glasgow is filed with large
briggs, schooners and steamboats,. But the navl-
cation terminates abruptly at the point where the
excavations cease. Above the bridge, which the
bowsprits of the vessels touch, there is scarcely
water enough to float canoe or turn an over
shot mill wheel
Scotland, you know, is distinguished for its
observance OF the Sabbath. There are no modes
of conveyance here on Sunday. Railways, steam-
ers and coaches rest on the Sabbath. This morn
ing Sunday the streets and marts that were so
thTonged last night, and in which there was all
thu noise and confusion of Babel, are now totally
deserted No sound from voice or footstep is
heard. Even upon the Quay, where loaters most
do congregate,'' there is silence and solitude.
The sound of the Church-going bell" how
ever, put every body in motion. And now the
teeming streets reminded me of Albany, whose
Churches are well attended as any In the world.
mingled in this stream of human beings and
was wafted-whcre have often and anxously
wished myself-to the IRON CHURCH; but the
voice of one upon whose eloquent teaching tens
Of thousands have founded their faith, is no longer
heard here. l should have esteemed 1t great
privilege to hear the Rev. DR.. CHALMERS.
The singing is conducted here as it was with
us twenty years ago, the Leader standing IN a
desk in front of the Pulpit, and, instead of Choir
in the Gallery, the congregation participates IN this
part of the exercises The Leader indicates the
music by displaying on either side of him mar
row panel on which its name is painted thus -
sc Devices" before the Sermon and aiterward,
g Arnold
You are aware that the Church of Scotland is
Just now painfully distracted. The conv'l"ion IS
universal. and the evils, fsecwil prove as last
nr 40 tbey are pcrva,1iIig. Congregations arc
,rs,scn l+, Brethren are divided. Children ar
raved against Parents. The waters Of strife and
bitterness IRE poisoning the religious communion
and intercourse by which Scotland has so long
been distinguished. These difficulties originate
with the relations existing between Church and
State. The Clergy were deslrous OF securing TO
the People more power IN the selection OF Pas-
tors than was allowed by the Government:
Having matured and adopted what they deemed
proper forms of proceeding, Delegation pro-
ceeded to London to confer with the Ministry,
by whom their proposition was discourteously re-
jected. The Clergy having gone too far to re-
cede hundreds of them have rcGnquished their
Churches. The followers of the dissenting Min
isters are erecting new Churches. | do not pre-
tend 10 understand the merits of this controversy,
hut, reasoning from general principles, 1t is not
unsafe 10 assume that the Government has, like
the sons OF Levi, taken too much upon itself
Scotland is emnently indebted to her fearless
and faithful Ministers, in all ages, Tor the high
civil and religious privileges she enjoys. Nor is
she less indebted to the learning and pety of this
class OF Teachers Tor the intelligence and virtue
that characterize and adom her People.
GLASGOW is IN all respects place of much
greater importance and magnitude than was
prepared TO see. Il is possible that Others may
not he aware Of Its claims TO consideration
That it is one of the oldest places in Scotland
is known; that 1t was frequently devastated by
fires and scourged with plaques and lepros,y, is