New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-23
CHANCES AT EUROPE. ".
EnGland-Hampton Court.


Editorial Correspondence of The Tribune.
LONDON. Tuesday, Ma o. 1851
HAVE seen little yet Of England and do not
choose to deal in geneTalltleS with regard to 1t
until my ignorance has lost something of lis den
sity Liverpool impressed me uniayOrably, but
scarcely saw it, The working class seemed ex-
ceedingly n dressed, stolid, abect and hopeless.
Extortion and beggary seemed very prevalent.
must look over that city again If have time
We came up to London by the Trent Valley
Railroad through Crewe, Rugby, Tamworth,
&c, avoiding all the great towns and traverslng
q am told one of the finest Agricultural districts
of England The distance Is two hundred miles.
The Railroads we traversed in no place cross
road or street on its own level, but are invariably
carried under or over them, no matter at what
cost the face of the country is generally level
hills were visible at intervals, but nothing fairly
entitled to the designation of mountain. was
assured that very little of the land saw could
be bought for $500, while much of It Is held at
$500 or more per acre. OF course it is good land,
well cultivated, and very productlves Vegeta-
ton was probably more advanced here than in
Westminster Co. Ny, or Morris Co. NJ, though
of the land | saw was in Grass, OEe-Sxth in
Wheat and the residue devoted to Gardens,
Trees Oats or Barley. &c There were few or
no forests properly so called, but many copSeS,
frinpes and clumps of wood and shrubbery, which
agreeaby diversity the prospect as we are whlrl-
ed rapidly along Still, nearly all the wooded
grounds | saw looked meager and scanty, as
though trees grew less luXurantly here than with
us or (more probably the best are cut out and
sold as fast as they arrive at maturity Friends
at home | charge you to spare, preserve and
cherish some portion of your primitive forests;
for when these are cut away apprehend they
will not easily be replaced second growth OF
trees is better than none but 1t cannot rival the
unconscious magnfCence and stately grace OF the
Red Mans lost hunting grounds, at least for many
generations. Traverslng thiScomparatyely tree
less region carried my thoughts back to the gorl-
Gus mapnifcence and beauty of the still unScathed
forests of Western New-York, Ohio. and good
part of Michigan which had long ago re]oced
in, but which | never before priced so highly.
Some portions of these fast falling monuments of
other days ought TO be rescued by public forecast
from the pioneers the woodlands mefcless axe.
and preserved for the admiration and enjoyment
of future ages Rochester Buffalo, Erie, Ceye-
land, Toledo, Detroit, &c, should each purchase
for preservation a tract of one to five hundred
acres Of the best forest land still accessible (say
within ten miles of their respective centers,) and
gradually convert 1t into walks, drives, arbors,
&c for the recreation and solace Of their citizens
through all succeeding time. Should a portion
be needed for cemetery OF other utitaran pur-
poses 1t may be set of when wanted and ulu-
mately a railroad viii afford the poor the means
OF going thlther and returning at a small expense.
If something of this sort is ever to be done, it
cannot be done too soon for the forests are an
nually disappearing and the price Of wood near
our cities and business towns rapidly rising.
meant TO have remarked ere this, the search
" of Fruit throughout this region. | think there
are fewer fruit trees IN sight on the two hundred
miles of railway between Liverpool and London,
than on the forty miles of Harlem Railroad di-
rectly north of White Plains. ! presume from
various indications that the Apple and Peach do
not thrive here and Judge that the English
make less account of Fruit than we do though
We use II too sparlngly and itfully If their eli
production. they have more excuse than we for
their neglect of one Of the choicest of Heavens
bOuntieS.
The approach to London from the West bv the
Trent Valley Railroad Is unlike ANYTHING else in
my experience. Usually your proximity to
great city Is indicated by succession Of villages
and hsmletS which may be designated as more or
less shabby miniatures Of the metropolis they
surround The City may be radiant with pala-
ceS, but It's satellites are sure to lie made I'D In
good part OF rookerleS and novels But we were
still passing through a highly cultivated and not
oyeI-peopled rural district, when To- there
cleaned on our sight an array Of stately. grace
ful mansions, the seeming abodes of Art. Taste
and Abundance we doubted that this could be
London bat IN the course Of few moments
some two or three miles OF II rose upon the VS.
ion. and we could doubt no longer Soon our
road. which had avoided the costly contact As
long as possible. took shear 20 the night. and
charged boldly upon this grand array Of masonry.
and m an instan, We were passing under some
blocks of stately edifces and between others ike
them Some mile or two of this brought us 70
the EuSion-square Station, where our Railroad
terminates, aud We were In London. OF course.