New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-15
CHANCES AT EUROPE. No. XXXVI
PARIS TO LONDON.
EditeBsI CorresposdeBee Of The Tris uh'
Loapor TUESDAY, July ~, 1851.

and chose the cheapes, and most direct % dH
tha, by way Of Rouen, Dieppe, Ne"'ha'eh anu
the Brighton Railroad--wh.ch ls ~ miles shoftes
than the Calais route, but involves fo-r times as
long water passage and so Is spun cur 70 more
than twice the length Of The other. we iei'
Par,s al e Yesterday morning halted a; 'he fine
Old town Of ROuen before noon were IA Dleppe
APP out there we waited Tor boat VII
aN,e, g.. then were eight hours crossing me
Channel; had 10 wait at Ncw-llaTen I'll amer
c,.is ,ooynino before the CustOm-tlouse scruti-
nv OF our baggage was begun, so tAa' ohi5
q few were enabled TO take ,ne hfst uah
thence for London at quarter 70 l. was hoI
.mong the lucky ones bat had 70 hold on Tor the
second tram a, quarter past 8, and 70 did mol
reach this city ill after 10, or twen.ysix hours
from Paris, though with little enterprise and a
decent boat on the Channel, the trip could easily
be made in II hOurs-four for the French SIDE
SIX for the Channel, two for the English slce
and two for Custom. House delay and ieeway oil
all kinds II Commodore Vanderbilt OF MT. New
ton would only take compassion on the lgno-
rance and barbarlsm prevailing throughout Eu-
yooe in the matter Of steambOat-buildiDg, and
establish branch Of his business on this side
AZ the Atlantic. he would do the cause OF Human
Progress service, and signay contribute to the
animation Of the sum Of mortal misery
The night was mild and fair the wind Iight
the sea consequently smooth and suffered less,
and repented my choice Of a route less, 'han
had expected 10 but consider the iacis mere
,..s tho ,oos, direct route by Railroad and Steam
hoa, between the two great CaPitols OF Europe
"A route constantly travelled Oy mu!titudes from
all parts OF the worldye. the only boats pro-
,ided for the liquid portion of the way are Two
little black. cobolng concerns, each perhaps sew
en,y feet long by fifteen wide, with no deck
above the water line, and not single BERN Tor
even lady passenger, though making one pass
age each night Who could suppose that TWO
tolerably civilized nations wonld endure tins IN
the middle OF 1851
We were nearly two hundred passengers, and
,he boat JUS, about deccntly held rs, but had not
slttinQ.room for all, above and under the deck
But as about half, being second class, had no
night to enter the main cabin, those VINO had
that right were enabled 10 SIT and yaF and try
10 cheat themselves into the notion that they
would coax sleep 20 their aid after a While. DC
casioDally, one or two having left for turn ON
deck, some drowsy mortal would stretch himself
on a settee at full length out the circumstances
Of others needing seats would soon compel hun
10 resume half-uprlght posture. And 50 the
passage wore away, and between and tins
morning we reached New Haven, Ga petty sea
BORT at the mouth of the little river Ouse,) where
we were permitted promptly to land, minus our
baggage, and repair to convenien, Inn. Here
I, with several others, invested two Shlilings III
Q chance TO sleep, but the venture Cat least IN
my case) proved losing one. Il was daylight
when VIC went to bed, and the mcessant tramp
ing, ringing of bells, &c, kept us for the most
part awake and called ms up al very early hour,
to fdge, usclessly for the recovery Of our bag
gage and lose the early train at last.
The country stretching nOrth-westward hom
Paris to Dlcppe (l2j miles, IS less thoroughly
cultivated than any other | have seen IN Eu-
rope out OF italy ! saw more weedy and thin
Rye and ragged Wheat than | had seen else
where Grass is the chief staple, after leaving
the garden covered vicinity OF Paris, though
Wheat, Rye aud Oats are exten SvelJ cultivated.
The Root crops promise poorly. Indian Corn Is
grown Tins region is generally well wooded,
bn, IN a struggling, accidental way, which has
the effect neither OF Lombard nicely OF planta-
ton nor OF the natural mxuriance of genuine
forests Fruit is not abundant Irrigation Is
considerably practiced The dwellings of The
majority have an anuquated, ruinoas, tumble
down aspect, such as have observed nowhere
else tins side of Lower Italy On the whole,
doubt whether this portion of France has IN
proved much within the last fifty years.
Rouen, the capital of ancient Normandy, Is
the fifth city of France, only Paris, Lyons Mar
settles and Bordeaux having more inhabitants.
Here the Railroad Tor liavre DIVORCES from that
to Dieppe, which we adhered to. Roucn rs IN
teres,ing FOX Its antiquities. including several
venerable and richly adorned Churches which |
had no time 10 visit picppe, ON the Channel,
has small harbor. completely land,oCked, and
1900 inhabitants. IL Is considerably resogted
10 for seahathng. but seems to have very ihtle
trade nudge that the Railroads now being eX-
tended through France. are likely 10 ares, the
growth or hasten the decline OF most OF the
smaller cities and towns by facilitating and
chcaptning access 10 the capital, where nearly
every Fronchman would live # he could. and
where the genius OF people and government (no
matter under what consti,uilonl conspires TO
concentrate all the intellectual and artistic lie
OF the Nation.
The Railroad from New Haven 70 London
passes through no considerable town, though
no, far from Brighton and Tunbrldgo The
country Is unduailng and beautiful. mainly De.
voted 10 Grass, Wheat and Mood aud IN the
very highest condition. II is now toward the
end of Having, and the Wheat Is JUS, beginning
10 ripen, though tina, Of Central Italy MAS
mainly harvested blll month ago. But he
English Wheat covers The ground thickly and
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