Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16

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WILLIS LETTER FROM LONDON.
NUMBER TWO.
Departure from liverpool. -Speedon
the English rail-,oays.-Price Of
the trains.-Efects Of travelling
upvards of.torty miles an hour
Rural beauty Of England.-.4rri-
raj in Observation-Disclosures
Men Women- Carriages Pa
cards-Shops. -BeggarS.-.Same-
ness.-FaShions. =" Broughams.p
-Ca6s.---7he pavement Of the
streets.-Di6erence bet,ceen Lon
don and Ne,0 York in this partic-
ular.-Wooden pavement an aoet
Weather.-- Omni5usses.--- Lady
Blessington'se The chief
OF the Partisan Police.-Hs per-
Sonal appearance and curious ca
reer.-.4n american Belie.--He,'
admirers. -Drolleries-7 The mast
celebrated nota6iHty Of the sea-
son, etc. etc.
LONDON, July l.
My DEAR MoRRls Having some
delay in giving my little Imogen her
first English dinner, we saved our pas
sage by half minute, and were oil
from Liverpool at 4 precisely. The
distance to London is, believe, 800
miles, and we did it in five hours--an
acceleration of speed which is lately
introduced upon the English railways.
There are slower trains on the same
route, and the price, by these, is less.
There are also three or four different
kinds of cars to each train, and at diff
fcrent prices. Ichanccd to light upon
the first class, and paid 95 for two
placcs--my nurse and child counting
as one. understand, since, that many
gentlemen and ladies of the most re-
spectacle rank take the second-class
cars--(as few Americans would, / am
sorry to say, though there would be two
degrees still below them
This travelling at forty odd miles
the hour gives ones eyes hardly time
to know tree from COW, but here
and there ! got distant view in cross
ing a valley, and recognized the lovely
rural beauty of England, the first i'm.
preston of which lasts one, like an
enchanted memory through life. Not
outstanding the great speed, the cars
ran so evenly on their admirable rails,
that there was no jar TO prevent ones
sleeping or being comfortable, and !
awoke from a very pleasant dream to
find myself in London.
As l was dressing to dine out on the
following day, stopped tying my era
vat to send for physician. and here,
if you please, we will make a jump
over twelve days, and come to bright
morning when was let out for walk
in Regent-street.
1t is extraordinary how little the
English change! Regent-strcet, after
four or five years, is exactly what Re-
gcnt.street aCaS. The men have the
same tight cravats, coats too small, over
brushed whiskers, and look of being
excessively washed. The carriages
and horses exactly the same. The
cheap shops have the same placard OF
" SELLING OFF" in their broad win
dows. The blind beggars tell the
same story, and arc led by the same
dogs; but what is stranger than all this
sameness, is that the ladies look the
same The fashions have perhaps
changed-in the milliners' shops =
But the Engiishing that is done to
French bonnets after they are bought,
or the English way in which they are
worn, overpowers the novelty, and
gives the fair occupants of the splen-
did carriages of London the very same
look they had ten years ago.
Still, there are some slight differ
ences observable in the street, and
among others, observe that the
economical private carriage called a
" Brougham," is very common. These
are low cabs. holding two or four per-
sons, with a driver, and perhaps foot
man in livery on the outside seat, and
one horse seems to do the work as well
as two. This fashion would be well,
introduced into New York-that is to
say, if our city is ever to be well enough
paved to make drive any thing bat a
dire necessity. The paving OF London
is really most admirable. Vast city as