Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-14
LONDON, Tuesday, Nav 6, j


Glances at FmrOpe--No. Nv.
Englmnd--HanptOn Court
LONDON, Tuesday, May 6, 1851.
I have seen little yet Of England, and do
not choose to deal in generalilies with regard
to it until my ignorance has lost something of
its density. Liverpool inpresses me uhfavor-
ably but scarcely saw il The working class
seemed exceedingly i'll dressed, stold abiect
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 Val
ley Railroad through Crewe, Rugby, Tam
worth, DC, avoiding all the great towns and
trayersing (I am told) one Of tie finest Ag-
ricultural districts Of England The distance
is two hundred miles. The Railroads we ira
versed 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 en-
titled to the designation of mountain Twas
assured that very little of the land I saw
could be bought for $500, while much of il is
held at $500 or more per acre. OF course it
is good land, well cultivated,a and very produc-
tive. Vegetation was probably more adyanc-
ed here than in Westchester county, New
York, or Morris county, New Jersey. though
not in every respect. estimated that two
thirds Of the land saw was in Grass, one.
sixth in wheat, and the residue devoted to
Gardens, Trees. Oats or Barley, DC, There
were few or no forests, properly SO called, but
many copses, fringes and clpmps OF wood and
prospect as we are whirled rapidly along-
Still nearly all the wooded grounds I saw
looked meagre and scanty, as though trees
grew less luxuriantly 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'I apprehend
they will not easily be replaced. A second
growth of trees is better than none, but it can
not rival the unconscious magni6cence and
stately grace Of the Red Mans lost hunting
grounds, at least for many generations. Trav-
ersing this comparatively treeless region car
ried my thoughts back to the glorious mag
nifcence and beauty of the still unscsthed for
ests of Western New York, Ohio, and agood
part of Michigan. which ] had long ago re-
joiced 10, 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
woodman's merciless axe, and preserved for
the admiration and enjoyment of future ages
Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland. Toledo
Detroit. &c, should each purchase for preser-
vationa 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 it into walks, drives, arbors,
DC, for the recreation and solace of their citi-
zens through all succeeding time. Should a
portion be needed for cemetery or other utili-
tartan purposes, it may be set off when want
ed; and ultimately a railroad win afford the
poor the means of going thither and returning
at small expense. If something of this sort
is ever to be done, It cannot be done too soon
for the forests are annually disappearing, and
the priceof wood near our cities and business
towns rapidly increasing ~ &
] meant to have remarked ere this, the
scarcity of Fruit throughout this region. I
think there are fewer fruit trees in sight on the
two hundred miles of railway between Liver
pool and London, than on the forty miles of
Harlem Railroad directly north of White
Plains. I presume from various indications
that the Apple and Peach do not thrive here
and Ijudge the English make less account Of
Fruit than we do, though we use it too spar
ingly and 6tfully. If their climate is unfavor-
able to its abundant and perfect production,
they have more excuse than we for their
neglect of one of the choicest of Heavens
bounties. s oE59Et 6l5sa
The approach to London from the West by
the Trent Valley Railroad is unlike anything
else in my experience. Usually, your prox-
unity to great city is indicated by success
sion of villages and hamlets which may be des-
iguated as more or less shabby miniatures Of
the metropolis they surround. The city may
be radieni with palaces, but its satellites are
sure to be made up in good part of rookeries
and novels. Butws are still passing through
highly cultivated and not over peopled rural
district. when lol there cleaned on our sight
an array of stately, graceful mansions, the
seeming abodes of Art, Taste and Abundance
we doubted that this could be London; but
in the course of a few moments some two or
three miles rose upon the vision. and we could
doubt nolonger. Soon our road, which had
avoided the costly contact as long as possible,
took a sheer TO the right, and charged boldly
upon the grand array of masonry. and in an
instant we were passing under some blocks Of
stately edi6ces and between others like them.
Some mile or two Of this brought us to the
'Duston Square Station where our Railroad
terminates, and we were in London. 0fcourse
this is not the City, specially so called, OF
ancient London, but modern and well bull:
addition, distinguished as Camden town. We
were about three miles from the Bank, Post
Office, St. Paul's Church. &c, situated in the
heart Of the city proper, though nearer the east
end of it.
shall not attempt to speak directly oI
London. The subject is too vast and my
knowledge of it too raw and scanty. choose
rather to give some account of an excursion
have made to the royal palace Of Hampton
Court, situated fifteen miles west of the City
where the Thames, which runs through the
grounds adjacent has shrunkt to the size of the
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