The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
An Arkan.inn in rnran.


 We ind that the Louisville Journal h,. eou. me"eed the publication of series of letters from Mr. Mathew r, Ward, Of Philips e0ao,y. now lD London. They contain matters of much ,n,s,s,, and AS our columns have ol(en been furnished y~,,A many sprighty and original articles from the same writer. we take pleasure in copying his eOmmsu,. cations from abroad.
 LIVERPOOL, June 2I Issa
 GESTLEAEN It is, l believe, generally conceded that few things difficult than o begin Is, ter, unless perhaps t is 10 end one Now, athoayh have written to you too otteh to "ptay shy "a, this late day and profess modesty yet, as my krut letter from this side the great herring pond form, rather an area in Dy epistolary existence, could wish 'o open ws'h grand hosTish, but rack nv brains m valn to find one.
 Most interesting young gentlemen, in 1" writing nome, migat h'rodnee with safety the sletotyped complaints against EngtAnd's fogs and rams snd against the travellers bug-heat the enslom.hcnss In my case, fate was most cruel to be kind in, unfortunately for my lame as eoIresnonasn, ,hs wagea with the smoke doubtful coates, du,;r', which he would sometimes shine forth mos, slo,,eS ousy And taoagh thus escaped durk,7,, lost the oppoftuHily ol pouring forth some touchinv. " pathetic strains against the suicidal climate Soy Britain, which l had already cut and dried for ,ha occasion But, to make the matter worse | hsn- pened to be bearer ot despaiehes aad tans escaDeb the misery most wished ,o enduIe--of hayinr ,nY dirty nen umbied forth into the gsETish light of dav and my whole wardrobe rammsged through hv ,h. insinaating fingers of custom-house officers. fe, ionged 10 rail against the insolcnce of otrs ', which should have done most eloquen,.y had not been exempted from those ills that irave.,. are " heirs to-"
 So you see 1 cannot be grandiloquent, and really ind II difficult 10 be commonplace. have esoe,,,. ded that mans brains arc very much like n.aso- eious children, and will not always show otf. when biddsa. My very anxiety to say somethn. especially origina--my desire to render my 6,ss letter from abroad" extra spicy and sgreeshlr hss tumbied me into deep wei; oi science l,om which l can scarcely escape without bringing up with ma tn the bucket an alarming quantity of nonsense. Ru, l hope you will not be flooded this time, and nro mise you to be less bswlldered by sight-s eng fin, the future and 10 tumble into more wells. A little steamer came out 10 our own for the mails and in her landed. whilst The Caledon,a p,o. ceded to ihe custom house docks, where the ha- gage Of the passengers 10 be passed through t. rigors of examination. As our littie boat touched the shore, Iouad the good city of Lverpoei ike every other, busy and busting as she seemed. haa her swarm of dlers to pour forth upon the arrival of l |" the steamer" mob of the genteeI and shabby. old and young, were collected tu see us land Same greedy gazed at the mail bags with onen-,nouihed intensity if they expected to dive into their mvs l teFious depths 1Hd devonT their eontenls which were pregnant with ihe " late events of another continent, while others stared with seemingly as much wonder at your humble servant as i he had been live specimen iroin the Camanchie tribes instead of a modest young ''on hts iIayeis from Rackansack.
 The hrsrstrong impression received upon land. ing ia Liverpool was anything but romantic dld not go into raptures about the beauty of the women nor was shocked by the ugliness ol the men. 1 did not much wonder at her architectural elegance and commercial hustle al the gigantic size of her dray head ka massive forms and eephantne limbs, conld not ls, think, to excite the wonder of any stranger, but they objects of special attention and delight to " plain Arkansas Farmer " with amateur taste for agriculture. By Ceres what horses they would be for a cotton press
 We'll my dispatches have been delivered. have bad an agreeable conversation with General Arm strong-a refreshing bath al my hotei--the Water loo--and am now prepared for a short stroll through the city, whilst A IS still in " durapce vie al the custom house. Liverpool impresses me much more iavorably than expected. Its large showy shops-its broad well paved strees-numeFous curches and public buildings gave it an interest never suspeGpd 1t of possessing. The streets are mac Adamized, but with some kind of granite, which does not grind into powder like our limestone, snd make much more delightful roads than The pebble paved streets of New Orleans and New York.
 The City Hall and Exchange buildings very fine, with metal monument to Nelson in the paved court betwren them. St. Georges Hall is a grand building of dark yellow stone--it has mag nlGcent portico supported by CoriBthian coumns, and when Ii Is entirely finished will be splendid pile. Oi the churches shall say nothing. They are generally gothic, and very much what they are in New York, or any where else where funds are abundant.
 Liverpool, now the largest shipping port in the world, is t appears quite ancient city. although its early increase but slow IL is distinguished Tor the number and size of it's docks for oang and unloading vessels, and believe the first city nf England to adopt them. The largest of these, the Princes Dock. was erected at a cost of over two millions and baf of dollars. The first census of Liverpool was taken in l272, when there were 500 inhabitants ln observing the boasted growth Of English cities cannot but feel proud to ind it is so far behind that Of our cities in America. Liver pool was a large town al time when the very linent on which New York, its great rival, stands was unknown. And yet by magic impulse, which il seeius impossible for Eogshmen to understand, | successful industry has reared upon spot, where ! two centuries ago the Indian hunted his wild game. mighty city that rivals London heTseifIn shipping 1 In lS40 the population of New York about three hundred thousand, Cd that of Liverpool two hundred thousand The latter city is Bo~ supposed to contain three hundred and fifty thousand, whilst ! New York must have at least half million Liver ;. pool IS now the largest. London he second, and ] New York the third shipping port in the world. HuLIa for yoang America-she will beat them all.