New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-16
CHANCES AT EUROPE.
xXXYIII
ENGLAND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN.

Leicester, Derby, CheetefDehl, ""oi
and Leeds, through York, near Durhan' 70 ''i.s
,la,e where Coal 10 found in preverolai apuh'-
snce az ne black canopy Of smoke mighi 'esu
A. a.vcas.le lies at the head Of Navigation on
An. TYNE. abou, thirty miles inland rom me To-
NE coast Of England, three hundred mics
from London, and is an ancient town, many
limit of brick, exhibiting considerable manu-
featuring and commercial activity.
The British Railroads are better built
more substantial and costly than ours, but theH
management, does no, equal my anticipitions
They make no such time as Is currently re-
ported on our side, and are by no means rellaoie
Tor punc,uail.y. The single Express Tram
daily from London 10 Edinburgh processes
10 make the distance (42s miles, IN about
twelve hours, which is less than SO miles per
hopr. with the bes, Of double tracks, through
remarkably level country, everything put OUT OF
#. way, and no more stops than us own neces-
.ltles OF wood and water require. We shouio
easily beat this IN America with anything IKE
canal facilities, and without charging the British
price-f4 7s (or over SD for distance
not equal 10 the length Of the Ere fahroai
almost wholly through populous and busy
region. where Coal Is most abundant and
very cheap
Our tram Che Nall started from London at
100 A. NJ. and should have been here a, II r NJ
OF in a little less than 25 miles per hour But
the running throughout the country IS now be-
witched with Excursion Trains and throngs OF
passengers focking on low priced Excursion
return tickets to see the Great Exhibition, which
~ quite az i, should be, but the consequent de-
Law and arrangement OF the regular trains Is as 1t
.hould not be. The Companies have no moral
right 10 fish up quantity OF Irregular and TEN
pofary business to the violation OF their promises
and the serious disappointment OF their regular
customers. As things are managed, we icii Lon
don with train Of twenty .hye cars, halt OF them
filed with Excursion passengers for whom sep
arate engine should have been, but was no., pro-
vided so that we were behind time from the
first and arrived here at this morning instead
Of IL last night.
The spirit OF accommodation is not strlklngly
evinced on British Railroads. The train hats
at a place TO which you are a stranger, and YOU
perhaps hear It's name called out for the benefit
Of the passengers who are TO stop there but
whether the halt is 10 last half minute, five
ninutes or ten, you must find out as you can.
The French Railroads are better IN this respect,
and .he American canno. be worse, though the
fault is not unknown there. penny programme
for each train, to be sold at the chief stations Oh
each important route, stating not merely at what
place but exactly how long each halt of that par
ticular train would be made is one of the We, I'M
satisfied wants Of Railroad travellers Our Path
finders and Railway Guides undertake TO tell
40 much that plan people are confused and often
misled by them and are unable pick out the little
information they actually need from the wilder
ness Of figures and facts sct before them. Let
ne have Guides 50 SIMPLE that no gMde is need
Cd to explain them.
There is much saneness in English rural
scenery. have now travelled nearly thousand
miles m ;hls country wlthou, seeing anything
like mountain or hardly procipice except the
chalkv cliffs Of the sea shore. Nearly every acre
hav. seen Is susceptible OF cultivation, and OF
course either cultivated, built upon, or devoted 10
wood. a few steep banks of streams or raylnes.
aimest uniformly wooded. and some small
marshes, mainly on the seacoaSt, are all the eN-
cultivation. usually, the aspect of the country
IL pleasant beautiful, If you choosc-but noWlso
calculated to excite wonder OF evoke enthusiasm
The abundance of evergreen hedges is It's NEST
striking Characteristic Judge that :wo-,hlrds
VI England is IN Grass (neadow or pasturc) very
green and thrifty, and dotted with noble herds OF
cattle and focks OF sheep. They are anxious 10
finish Hay-maklng throughout the region we
iraversod yesterday but as there has been
scarcely an hour of very bashiul sunshine during
the last six days. more than half OF which has
been rainy. the operation is one rather trying 10
human patience. Some of the cut grass looks
AZ if II were Flax spread GU, 10 rot, and all of il,
e,lnces want OF shelter THIS morning is al
mos, .air, though hazy, So thai the necessity of
taking IN and drying the hay by fire may be
coviated, but great deal OF 1t mus, be seriously
damaged. (P s. 10 oclock--I, Is cloudy and
raining again.
Wheat covers perhaps an eighth OF ali Central
England, is now ripening and generally heavy,
hu, much OF 1t is beaten down by the wind and
rain, and looks as II herd OF buffaloes had been
chased through II by tribe of mounted Indians.
II the weather should be manly fair henceforih,
the crop may be saved, br, It mus, already have
received material damage, AMI the process of
harvesting it must be tedious. Barley IS consid.
erahly grown, and has also been good dea pros.
uated Oats have suffered less, being more back.
ward.-Po,atces look vigorous, though no, yet
eut Of danger from bhgh, or ro,. Not patch of
Indian Corn IS TO be seen throughout Consid.
cradle grassland has been plowed up for Wheat
mex, season, and some Tamips are Jus, visible
hui II Is evident tha, Grass and Stock. under the
influence OF the low prices of Grain produced by
the repeal OF the Corn.lawS, are steadily gaining
upon Tlsge, OF course throwing tens of thou.
sands ofAgrlcul,ural laborers out Of employment.
md dr,yipr them Ia emioraflon Ia manufacturers