New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-12-02


:. most interesting features arc subjects rather
:. tbe mcneil than for the pen, and its thriving
IN manufactures (Which employ 1900 work
NON and steam engines OF 700 horse power
lave many parallels in England and Ameri-
Though, Sir Walter Scott there laid the
sene Of his romance Of Quentin Durward, he
had never visited the place, and his localities
and descriptions, vivid as they are, are purely
;mayi,ary, and bear no resemblance to the reall-
aes. though so consistent and graphic are his
| details that his readers never suspect that they
are entirely the paintings of fancy, instead of
memory
An hours ride from Liege brings you to Vcr-
rsrs hourishing town near the frontier of Bel
num. Here an accidental detention of day
brought under my notice a characteristic spccl-
men OF village iete. Walking out in the suburbs
of the city toward sunset, noticed great
,heng Of galIy dressed peasants following one road
Oninquiring the cause, l was told, with look
asonishment at my ignorance, that it was the
day Of tie ycarty FErE at Eusiral, village half
a league from vervicrs. Following the gay
crowd, soon reached the village, meeting on
bis way the King Of Hanover, returning from
England his royal safety beng guaranteed upon
the Railway by locomotive preceding his train
mile 10 insure the absence of any obstruc-
TONS The prccaution is not a useless one even
for commoners, but is especially necessary for a
King, SO descrvcdly unpopular as Ernest Of Han
over.
The houses Of Eusival looked as if they had
remained unchanged from the Middle ages
Some were built Of i mixture Of brick and tim
Der; the backcncd beams being arranged in
crosses and trianglcs, and the spaces filed up
with bricks and stones. Others had their gable
ends faced with states, overlapping like shingles,
and shaped into lozcngcs, scollop-shcls and
hearts! The streets were steep and narrow, and
all led into the great square or market place, TO
which was guided by following the eager
,hrong, and by the buzz OF its gay tumuIt 1t
was mass of happy faces, the men all smoking
and the women all smiling. All the females
we're without bonnets, but in their stead they wore
gay caps, of fine lace, with profusion Of orna-
mchts' AAh "eie III CoiisldiiS Aioliou among liic
stalls, booths and sports. Cakes and fruits were
In every corner ana IN every hand, tor the belgi-
aus never s'op eallhs except |" Sleep ana theii
they doubtless dream Of cabbagcs and sausagcs.
Games of chance of every description were
going on III defiance of an ordinance strictly for
bidding them, and posted up on the church door.
Mos, Of tbem vero G,r oatab,os and voro crowd
ed with carer oamesters. who would Law down
their penny and then, throwing the triple dice,
or cntny the greasy mack of cards vonld either
lose their money or rece;ve Cor i a bncc hmm Of
c,rorh,.,a 80 ,h;oL n.,oaho !, soon,od
to h. crr;o,,, froal af tho C,oddos. who rro
sides over chance, that the hupprv-loohinr ones
always lost, and went away empty, while the
eatabes were won by others who looked as if
they ate three dinners a day. At other tables
they gambicd for larthngs, and l looked on at
one long enough to understand the game, and 10
calculate that the chances were fifteen to one
against the pIayers. Little lotteries were equally
numerous, the most favortc articles being pipe
heads OF various sizes and qualities.
Jugolersspre,d their carnets and crb;h;ted tba;r
wonders of cups and balls to the STARING rnstics.
PASSING ropnd tho b,t every. five ,nntes for con
trbuons and 6,d;no : . r,ost oe;o,o;,,. ,,,,,ao
of dispcrsinc crowd At one table a pcw sor,
Of nine p;ns was earned on Tho ,l,ror Maid HE
fee, and then showed a ball into tube which en-.
clrcled the table like the coil of a serpent the
oal ran round and round, and at last emerged
from the end of the tube into the centre of the
table near the group of ninc pins. of which it
knocked down more or less--but generally less,
as best suited the interest Of the kecner of the
the table, who paid fractional coin for each pin
knocked down,
In one large booth a dozen wooden horses