Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-23
I'RON1 LONDON
Foreign Correspondence of the Intclliscnccr.1
LONDON, June &c, 1850.

LONDON, June 2G, 1850.
After the excitement conscouop+ u,,,,,
the week of farewell or,tiont L,. y
Cough, ut Exeter unll. il was our rriviI
eye to spend Il few DAYS in tLc hoavtir,I
home Of ~ most cstimablc Onakcr fam;lv
near Gloucester. At t.Iorscnoo,s,. ~,
were welcomed with that 0nict cor1;o1i,'.
characteristic of our friend! and sI,o,,,,, -
| rooms redulCnt of every comFort 7, ,,,n,
| our second visit, and the occo sion or -
grand temperance fcte riycn by our hOet
Samuel Bowly, Esq. 10 hia frio~de 0,,j
the public, on his grounds. o fn4n oot.,I IL: -.
ance principles, with out door games and
AmnscmcntS Ill true English rural style,
with small tent Tor tea drinking ana re-
freshmrntS, and larger one for the gath
ering to the lecture. The grounds about
the house, which crowns the summit OF
considerable hill, are laid out with
considerable taste and Skll. Tic hnc
natural beauties OF the place made most
of, and the varied attractions OF shrub
and Hover most artlstic"lIy combined. In
the open field i'll the rear OF the lawn, at
the hack OF the house, were erected the
hal dSome tents and the gay streamers
ilC; ting from the standards made q hne
sight rs we watched them from the large
window OF the Drawing room and looked
out OH the panor"m" OF grove and distant
| hill. On our lett, ana tal oil against the
horizon, we saw distinctly marked. the
old Roman fOrtiicntions which some OF
our company, at II former visit, two years
since, explored. y little way to the right,
! and cmbOwcrcd among the hills, lay the lit
tie old town of Pninewick, which WAS the
scene of present exploration, and of which
more anon. In front Ofthe house is a re-
markab!v fine view of the valley Of the
Severn and the distant Welsh hills. Close
to the house, under the shade Of some fine
trees were placed tables for the "tca" of
the invited guests. These last consisted
Of the clergy and gentry of the ncghhOr-
hood who had been specially invited
hv circular, and whose influence it
| seemed desirable to enlist in the temperance
movement. Mr.. Cough has been advcrti-
svd to give q farewell grafton; hands of
music were to be in attendance and all
looked eagerly for fine tceufher rs the only
othey thing necessary to complete enjoy
mcnt. But alas. ever since our arrival, the
rain had been coming, coming; no sigus of
clear weather the wind was wrong, the
clouds "big with rain" "thc glass falling, =
and nlI out. tanning ut the barometer,
which we, did every FIVE minutes, wouldn't
make it far! Sunday was II net day, most
decidedly, but covered with water-proofS
and umbrellas. small marty set off for
public worship in Gloucester, six or seven
miles distant. Leaving onr host and son
to their "meeting," Mr.. G-n, and l
walked on to the old Cathedral and were
in time to glance at the relics of the past
that fill the old cdificc Six hundred
years have passed over it and many
nrc the marks of the spoilcr Time
alone has not made its mark; violence
and waste have set seal of vandalism
on nearly every monument within. Some
few minus heads, some wanting feet
scmlptured cherubs have broken noses 0nC
oors ,u6 ,,.,,r a ctuDo ounnl ia frying II