Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-22

How little man regards-but Decency-
 How many tear escapes her piteous eye.
 Letters from Abroad. No. ".
 Fson, Mrs. C. of .Nssc- York; addressed oher chil-
 dren Gt he Young Ladies' School, LitctfelU.
 LONDON, July 22d, 1s43.
 My dear little J. and N-,
 am now in this great mart of the world, Lon- don,--ths modern Babylon of which Wilmington says, |" Where all the streets are paved with gold and all the maidens pretty, which last believe is generally acknowledged to be true, and as we are willing to accede to the truth that all is not gold that gitters,' so think will those who go through the streets of this vast metropolis truly exclam, there is vast deal of gold that makes DO shine.- But before go on to describe to you the wonders that see on every side, and this ends our tour through Great Britain, and will be our starting point for the continent, propose now to give you list of the principal places through which we have passed, and the principal objects visited This is the more necessary as Tn writing my letters to you and to Bridgeport alternately, have given you no account of things described in my letters to friends there and it will also enable you to follow us more closely and correctly as far as we have now travelled We landed at Liverpool Tuesday, June 2Oth. We passed one day in visiting Chester and Eaton Hall, which I have described to you.- We left L. Thursday at P. M. and reached Man
 
 Cathedral and all the public buildings of note, left there at half past P. M, by railroad, arriving at York about s. (You will bear in mind that the days very long here and that it is not dark til near 10 o'clock) At York we visited the Ca- thedral, Museum, Castle, the ruins of St. Marys Abbey, and walked round the city walls. From York we went to Durham by railroad leaving Y. at 1 P. M. and reaching D. about half past 2. This have described to you. We left the next day about $ and rode fourteen miles to Newcastle, where we remained the night and day attending the races at 9 A. M. we started by coach, visiting Jedburgh, Dryburgh and Melrose Abbey and Abbotsford, re- maining here one night and the next day arrived at Edinburgh, where we remained a week Igave you some account of this too. We left E. at PM sailing up the Forth to Stirling arrived here about P. M. Left this about A. M. after visiting the Castle, and walking about the town, and reached the Inn at the Trossacks about P. M. The next day we sailed acruss LocfI Katrine and do~,n Lnch Lomond to Balloch, thence to Dnmbarton, up the Clyde to Glasgow, arriving about 8 P. M. and re- mainng three days; left in steamer at F. M. and landed at Port Rusk the north coast of 1re- land II A. M. Here we breaklasted, and then took iaInting car to the giants causeway, where we rambed about some three or foar hours, and then iournied on to Bally Castle, stopping to the Bridge at Carrick-a-ride and reaching B. about 9 P. M The next morning commenced our journey at in jaunting car, passing through Cushingdale, Glendun, Glenarm, Larme, and some other places, and at were at Belfast left here next morning by coach, passed through the old town of Swords and Dragheda and found ourselves at Dublin at P. M. Two nights and day here, and thence across the Channel to Holyhead, took dinner and proceeded on to Bangor, reaching this in time to visit the eel ebrated Suspension Bridge over the Menai straits | connecting the Isle of Anglesea with North Wales Next morn took coach and rode through most beautiful country, diversified by mountains and val leys, passing through the beautiful vale of Lan- ojlxynO md hy thn fair in Wales near four thousand feet high, and after a ride of 13j miles reached Birmingham at II A. M. Next day visited number of factories. For many miles before reaching B. you pass over immense mines of iron and coal, and the pipes of the iron works are pourin forth volumes of flame and smoke lighting up all the country around and turning the darkness into day. In some places they are mining under the road, and as the coach passed over the ground there was noise like distant thunder, and in the town we saw some of the houses bound round with iron chains to keep them from tumbling down, as they were mining underneath even here. We left B. at P. M. and rode 20 miles to Warwick Next morn we visited bennington, one of the fash ionable watering places of England, two miles dis tant then to Warwick Castle in the town of War wick, where beside the magnificent remains of fue- dal and baronial times we saw the celebrated WGr- ,cick vase and the porridge pot. armour and other relics of "Guy of Warwick" Then to the ruins of Wentworth Castle, five miles distant, and on our return visited "Guy's Clif," the seat of the Hon. Bestic Percy, and where we were shown the well or spring of Guy of Warwick, and the cell in which he died, and where he lived as hermit for many years. Over the spring is stone, placed there by order of Henry 2d. Leaving w. at, we rode 8 miles to Stratford upon Avon in time to visit the very room in which Shakespeare was born. The house in which he died has been pulled down. Next morn we visited the church in which himself and wife are buried and then went to take another look at his birth place. On our way to s. we pass- ed the park and mansion of Sir Thomas Lucy, where the poet was tried for deer-shootng. We left s. at II A. M and were at Oxford at P. M. visited three of the colleges, of which there are no less than 24 immensely large ones, each covering as much or more ground than Yale at New w-Haven.- We visited the Bodleian Library and the theatre where they confer the degrees upon the students. We left Oxford at ', and took railroad to London, where we arrived at night pretty we'll tired.
 And now of London. We were told there was to be grand parade the next morning at 1O-the Coldstream, Fusilier and Grenadier Guards, the crack regiments of the kingdom, composed of the sons of the nobility, were to be reviewed by the Duke of Wellington, before the King of Hanover and the Duke of Cambridge. So we sallied forth to Hyde Park and took our places among a crowd of people, and glorious sight we had 2OOO sol diers in their scarlet coats, high fur caps and white pants beside vast number of the horse-guard, all mounted on black horses, and the Duke and his staff in splendid uniforms We had a very good look at the Duke, who was cheered by the crowd most heartily, which he acknowledged by lowing and raising his finger to his hat. They went thro' the different evolutions and sham battle admira- bly,, and the music from the three bands was most delightful. They all stood in one place before us and played while the regiments were performing Ak.S, s.,N h. xTo