The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-15
THE GOSSIP OF EUROPE.
Our London, Dublin, and Paris
Correspondence.
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AnA,rs On thu East IN Slope Of the Atlantic,
&c, &C., &c.
Visit to the Irish Metropolis.
Our Dublin Co, resl.onde nce.

ROate from, liverpool 10 Dt.biia-SiSL.s aud Scenes
~ the Way-Ihe Nenai Suspension and Ttbuiay
Brdges--Contcdy Castle Wales, It's Men and
MISUNDERSTANDING The ChGnnet-faa'd4ag al
Ks~gstow-Y Young anserica'S First Glimpse Of
Ireland and the hiSh"-Hoac TO Ride IN the Loo
Backed Car-Dt6iia, its Exhibition, rs Pares
Public Places aud People = Emigration - The
Parliament Of England General Afairs, &C., &c.
The exhibition lin imitation Crystal Palace,
made of wood) is in full blast here and thinking it
probable that you might like to get an Ameri AN
view of it, send You these inklngs, taken on the
spot after survey Of several days. And firstly you
must know that your correspondent il one of party
II travelling Americans, seduced over here on l.nd
ing At Liverpool, by curiosity and reduced railroad
hres. The travel from Liverpool to Dublin is per
ebmed by railway and steamer in ten hours, if the
weather be fair-but the Irish Channel being as un-
certain in its moods as everything Hibernian, the
time is hard to be calculated precisely. The trip we
made took but the regular time. The succeeding
tip occupied at least ten hours more, and almost
eveYy soul seasick. The fare was thirty shiings
English currency, or 81 so, with the privilege of re-
inrniBg free within week. They don't ticket your
baggage, or pay any attention to the person taking
=; therefore you have the additional privilege Of
watching over it in transit,s, and scuffliny to
get at it on landing or reaching your desti-
nation. The conductor you see but once, when
10 inspects your ticket, and you are left
10 work your own way, pretty much along the route.
Each first class contains six seats and is sepa-
1tcd from the others. The second class cars are
very uncomfortable in Epgland in Ireland, almost
equal to the first. Still as money seems to be worth
great deal more here than at home the chief rush
IA he leila
A sxpence here goes as far as quarter with us,
and the vulgar fractions Of copper coin are all care
fully exacted and received.
Barring those little inconvenience above speci-
Ned, the trip is very pleasant one from Liverpool
to Dublin, the scenery is at gentle aud grand
NJ different stages Of tie route. The first difference
thst strikes the American eye is the general ASPECT
OF the country under cultivation, the small plots of
ground 50 carefully tended the close clipped hedges
q green, and the freshness of the foliage to which
1he eternal damp, wet drzzle and rain which rule
here impart richness unknown in lands of sunshine
A you enter Wales the mountains (spelt with three
Rs and w raise their coudcapped heads, and
present those alterations Of views and shifting
changes OF light and shade that make mountain see
merry SO striking. Their villages, too, look different
rom The English and you could fancy yourself in
manhattan, looking on the steeple crowned beaver
hats the market women have worn for many genera
mons, and still wear, in spite of the " enCroachng
eAxon" and his habits. 1t would be "model" for
Genin or LeaTy.
But as you are uhisked through Wales at the rate
q about twenty miles an hour, of you have to
Take rather flying glance Of its scenery, except
during stoppages, which are numerous There are
many objects u interest on this route. The chief Of
these is Conway Castle, an old ruin in excellent
preservation, which gives good idea of the tall
houses kept by the bold barons OF old, (wbo were
magnificent old robbers, it must be coniessed,) aud
till seems to frown down defiance on the neat
modern town which nestles within the area Of its old
wss ana Is built into 1t, as it were. We gazed with
interest On
- The rock whose naughty brow
FrowDs DER Goa -ay's sable dood,
which Gray located the last Of the Weleh harpers
But OF all the heroes with unpronoanceabe names,
Who iourished thereabouts this poetic record alone
was associated In our memories with the pIlce. 1t
might have been fancy, but We thought the atmos-
pherc smelt Of leeks, and one of party he
nav Welch rabbit. As he had one for supper the
night before we suspected him of INDUCING in the
Measures of memory.
The two bridges at Conway-the suspension and
1ubular-are two great triumphs Of engineering skill
They are, of course well known t. your intelligent
readers but merely to refresh their memories would
state the fact of their paternity being due to the
genius Of Telford aud Stephenson respectively.
The suspension bridge Is the most striking to the
eye, but engineers award the palm to the tubular
more daringy original in its conception and execu
ordinary supports below being dispensed within
The one case the bridge being sustained by chains
above in the other entirely selfsupported by the
cohesive power Of the iron plates supporting it. You
ness through the tube in the other. Travelling
through tube was a novel sensation to most Of us.
Light holes pierced at intervals made darkness
visible as the train clattered through it with a
muffied drum melody OF rafting iron. At the Menai
Strslts the two experiments are again repeated on
hrger scale. The Mena bridge which spans the
straits is most picturesque object, with its airy
tracery OF chains clearly defined against the sky
waving in graceful festoons, and sustaining slight
fairy looking fabric, with little creeping things
hing over 1t, reminding one of the sights seen by
Capt Lemuel CULVER in Llliput. The tubular is
decorated on each side by enormous colossal Lions of
granite, in the Egyptian style, looking very grim and
gigantic, and much more i'm Jressive than most Of
the living lions have seen. You see have followed
the old advice Of prasing the bridge that carries you
safely over, but cannot keep you on the road much
longer, so leave them in their straits Al0s,S.
On reaching Holyhead, q fine, bold rock, gene
rally the first land seen on the outward voyage,
when, usual, you cannot Cape Clear because it
b not clear, you are dumped, together with your
baggage, on the steam packet to cross the irish
Channel. Sometimes it is very smooth; usually
quite the revere Generally the passengers initiate
the unhappy Mivns, celebrated by Bon Gauiter in
IN ballads
The rindj Yoared; the packets hulk
Rocked Pit most implies ant morton;
Young Mrius eant him DER bulk,
Ana poured his sorroxs 10 ths ocean.
T,pts blue and yellow, asns OF woe
Flush d rainbow Ike his NOBLE face In,
A. satdeniy be rushed below.
Drying, Steward steward bring abssnr'
Wha. the views were we cannot tell, az it was
dark when We creased, and, unlike Diogeucs, the
snip hung out no lantern. We suspected the color
iGg 20 be rather watery.
The steamer docs not stop at the Dublin Quay but
as Kingston, the chief por, Of entry SIX miles dis
tant from The city. The Kingston and Dublin Rail-
rood car convey you up in twenty minutes at tri-
Hing cot. They run every half hour, and connect
Immediately with the city this outpost, it, people,
Ard peIessinators there arriving. We thought we
would Try the experiment Of the second class cars
the distance was 20 SHIRT, and found them very
thO9p IIylrD0gl
Railrcad produced very different idee OF the conye
niences Afforded the poor public in England.
And berc you get the frst sight Of the haunting car
or 'tne iowhsckod car" which Lover has welded 10
song u Is IAN odd On TO look at, bat rum. 'un to
CO." and 'ocettSr with It's horse end driver makes
picture the moment you set your eyes on il.
IL, Ike a certain General, you 'loye that rich
broguea-the music OF The Milesian tongues az nat,-
Sathat pleasure will be superaddod; for unnis,ase-
ab,y HibtmGn are the accents and the words Of tho
hosprable invitations you receive from the japuty