New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-04
Letter from Mr.. Brisbane.

voyage 20 Europe...-LandinE in England-...
Rural Life....State O + the Country. &c.
lPFivate Corespondense.l
LIsKEARD, tEng.l Mny 18th. lsii.
You will be surprised to receive letter from
me, dated in England, but such is the fact. am
here on English soil, and viii proceed to explain
how this has happened, and speak also of my
voyage. After leaving New-York We had, for the
first week bead-winds, with rain and fog, and
made out little Roadway. The mex, eight or Ten
days the winds were tolerably favorable and we
got near the coast Of France; then came on
calms and Easterly winds, and we have been
for the last ten days near and in the English
Channel. When the winds are East, 1t is ex-
trenaely difficult to beat up the Channel, and takes
often ten deys. Yesterday, the l4ih, 1t became
calm, and we thought that the winds would
change; but last night the East wind began
again, and harder thau ever; and seeing no prus-
pcct of getting into Havre for ten or twelve days,
determined to- get on shore, If possible, and make
my way by land and steamer to Havre. This NOR
ning we came quite close to the EngiishCoast. A
small fishing vessel, which near us, came to
sell US fish, and hired the fisherman to take me
to land. They landed me at a small town,
called Foway and sometimes Foy. There a
boat rowed me up the little river Foway six miles
to Lostwithial; from that place | came 10 Lis.
keard, II miles, where l now am. | left the
ship al 10 O'Clock, and arrived here at s o'clock
this evening. | am now writing at II O'Clock
at night Tomorrow morning, at 6 O'Clock, |
leave for Plymouth; at noon take the steamer
for Southampton, and thence the steamer for
Havre, where l expect TO be on Saturday,
uo-dayis Wednesday, | left the ship, and have
taken this course to get to Havre, because it is
allimpottant, on account of business, that |
should be in Paris as early as possible.
l landed, as / said, at the little town Of Foway,
almost at the Southwestern point Of England.
1t is little seaport town Of some 1000 nhabi-
tants. 1t is an old town, as Its looks indlcate
but was struck with its neatness, and the ap.
pearancc of quite general degree of comfort.
The houses are all of stone, in general small
the streets narrow, without sidewalks, and d gen.
eral air Of age and quiet overspreads the place
There is nothing of that bustling, hurried,
specializing, and often himsy look which
you sec in our new and small towns. went
around the town and into some of the poorer
Streets and was surprised at the air of cornfor;
which found. | saw no striking signs OF pow
erty; the houses OF the poor looked quite neat,
and there appeared TO be care and neatness in the
internal arrangement OF the houses, flowers In
the windows the crockery was displayed clean
on the shelves, &c. &c. | will remark here that
this is the impression which nus been left on me
from ali that nave seen to-day In the three vii
lagos which | have vislted and In travelling
through the country between them. was IN
formed that this part of England IS compara-
lively quite well off-the most prosperous per-
hsps, OF the whole country. | expected TO lind
garing examples of deep and general destltutlon,
but such was far from being the case. The gen.
cral and outside view which could gain present
ed the appearance, at least, Of considerable
degree of general prosperity and ot comfort among
the people. The farm housesa along the road were,
with some exceptions, quite good and comfort
able buiit of stone, and cleanly in their ap
pearnnce; the laboring population looked rather
rough, but contcnted; they arc hardy pco
pie, and not overworked, | should think
Every thing here is settled down into regular
system; every person has found his level, and Is
contented from habit and from having his mlnn
made up =" to his sphere" That restless, ambitious,
schemng desire of pushing ahead in the world,
with all the discomfort, cheating and resessness
which they produce, and which are so charac-
teristic of our country, are not seen here There
is more stability, more peace, more resignation,
than with us, and from the age of the country
more improvements and higher state of cullva-
ton. The people arc, so 10 say, petrfed; ami
although the country looks well, and this state OF
stability and petrifaction have some things In
them that are pleasing when compared with the
more dsagreeable and Objectionable features OF
our Social Order, yet they are opposed TO all
progress, to advancement, and reform. We can
not move the petrlied souls Of this people. Ame-
rica is the place. | see 1t clearly, Tor the great
work Of Social Reorganization.
have had most delightful day. To get free
from the ship and 10 be once more amid the va
r ed scenes OF Nature, was truly most pleasing.
The trees have been in bloom for three weeks every
thing looked green and ilourishng The country
is very rolling, and all cut up into small lots OF
from one to FIVE and ten acres the fences are Of
earth, with grass growing over them not hedg
es {; the earth is dug out by the side of them
forming trenches. About two thirds of the land
is cultivated as much as third seems to be
neglected. The farmhouses or cottages are
spread quite scatterngy over the country; the
country looks rather bare on this account.
have not time and space TO describe what have
seen as should wish to do, and therefore can
not give you as full an idea as should like. |
saw near Liskeard the first Union Work-house;
it is a very large building OF stone, with wings
and a centre, and having a prison.look 10 1t. 1t
was gloomy symptom. aud in strange con
tradiction with the fertile soil and the means OF
abundance which Nature had provided, if Man
would bu, make proper and just use of them
mus, bring my letter 10 close, as 1t is late, and
my candle is at It's extremity.
a BRISBANE.
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