The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-17
Commercial Advertiser.
European correspondence.


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d,v-. notwithstanding constant head winds
|e1Ir-..l,v afternoon May 2Jth hove in sight of
Id az, ,ald Ireland to tine intense delight Of
~ uit-rnian friends anI the sincere pleasure
In need not att. Hpt to describe to you
4, emotions on fret behoiding tile lisI.t-houses,
L. towns and green -IDP-s Of the old world
|e4 -,be BEGINNING of the answer to my youthful
HIM. ON the Jar distant Isles Of Hawaii
IN NJ. transferred about third ut our Iis~en-
|sHtA t,a littI. steamer which came out to meet
IT, Queenstown and went straight On our
-. without having been delayed more than
kfesn minutes. As We passed up through the
elStnneI w.. could plainly discern the hills oi
xyaL=- on the right, ant oi Ireland ON t"t I'it-
+ IL, the sun sank that night in golden glory over
,I.and. the full-oried moon slowly rUse IN silver
t.clend,r above the hills aud wales OF England
II, boxed like a mighty balance in the heaven,
i loue scale Of which slowly outweghed the other
th was a scene never to be forgot. Westward
H. dlI-star Of Empire take- it, way.
~ Early the next morning We were at Liverpool
IL were soon ashore Could believe it. was
,Ita reality or all "a dream? The quaint, black.
Z Jd houses. the antiquated men, women and
|athHrsH, tine old armDrial signs. the hyeried
z -t-men the heavy shoes. the heavy boards, the
1umbering cabs, the solid payements and massive
|IzaIs all seemed to me but shadOwy, pictured
tpsantons Could it be that | was standing on
H. lhe f1,t anchored Isle of Chaucer, Elizabeth.
I Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon, Bunyan, Words
worth. Tenuyson? | can hardly believe it yet,
Though / have been here more than a week and
|=Iu,Iden over many miles Of railroad 1t Is still
ia passing panorama of curious, quaint, but Ia
tuiIiar old pictures. Everything IL interesting
Iand picturesque from the dirty, sober. civil
Ib,ot-baeks to the powdered wigs and mouldering
IsastIes.
b The first popularity that strikes traveller
Ifrom the new world is the drabIe hedcy, SuStaH-
nal quality Of ereryfhing. Not only their houses
land all their surroundings. but the men and
iwomen themselves seem to have come from the
ien,uries past and To be made to last to the
{eDming centuries, when all things seem the
,szsrp. Even the children appear old. Look
into their broad, honest faces see them trudSing
sLowIy along in their heavy, wooden - cios''
af1he YOU will no more fear OF their cutting the
.lmad pranks Of American youth than you are OF
-fod Dobbin's taking on the aiFs Of Bucephaius-
|Bl Soon after my arrival in England, came
lon here to Edinburgh, not stopping To rainDie
/ ithrough the lake region of Westmore.Lnd' "7 had
been my purpose. / came through Preston'
lancaster and Carlisle b Glasgow, where spent
ltbe nisht visited the lofty monument 10 John
EAiKnox and the ancient Popish cathedral, stand
lin. hard by, with its magnificent painted WIN
Idows. IL is proud trophy OF the triumph OF
ftbs rrinciules of Knox il i now used as Pres
ibyterian chapel 1t is over 500 feet long, was
lbuiIt about IIJO. I also explored the rest OF
+ t.he city. stood ON the bridge spanning the gently
L. Il tIa W0>ste
with il. beautiful park and - laatial residences,
la they call them here, though have not yet
seen anything, that could for E.Oment compare
T in masniEcenee with fith avenue, New hork-
1Glasr,w j, bulls Of solid stone, granite and mar
lbIs, scarcely brick in it This am told Is
true Of the majprity of the towns IN Scotland.
h Edinburgh Is almost entirely built OF stone
came from Glasgow directly here Saturday about
r. la week ago.
Il would he vain for me to attempt TO picture
the grandeur. beauty and sadness OF this famous
Old town. To-day ! stood by the graves oi
David Hume, DusaId Stewart, George Combe,
lord jeffrey, Prof. Wilson, Hugh Miller, DIR.
lCbulners. and many others of those dead but
scpptered soyereicns who still rule our spirits
from their urns some with proud monuments,
others with simple head stones, but each hOnored
| in the hearts of his cOuntrymcn and OF the
world according to what ne has DONE Opposite
ne stands the lofty and beautiful monument to
G - Walter Scott, of which most every one has
seen the picture. IL Is the most beautiful Hlon-
ument have ever OF expect To see lt Is
| Of Gothic stvIe-the lower part arched over ms
statue-the upper rart resembling poplar tree.
Ir Is much larger than / had cpnjectured from
the engravings, 1t being 200 feet high; from the
summit you command fine view OF the city-
l This is the single work of the young archItect
who DESIGNED i. he was drowned before Its COM
petion. Near by stands the bronze, fulI-length
statue of 5. Christopher North. with ms howiHg
lion-Iike mane-the noblest face have yet seen
in bronze or marble; next 70 this stands the
Royal Institute" of DJric style. surmounted
by the sitting figure of Queen Victoria, contain
ing a gallery of statuary and the Scottish anti
quarian museum Beh ind this, the mound
which Is thrown up across the long. deep raSIne
that separates thes' old" town from the - new,
stands the =. National Gallery" Ionic order II
contains many originals by Van Dyke, Ruoens
and others of the great masters, and full Length
statue Of Burns by Chantrey- Next beyond ih'
III National Gallery is the new, white marble statue
Of the poet Allan Ramsay In the other direc
ton just beyond Scott's monument, Is the striking
equestrian statue of Wellington. lt Il n noDI
Jiecr but cannot refrain from two criticisms
The fiery charger stands steadily poised on III
hind legs and faiI-PriHdPdity the latter In
noble Duke sits easily ON his horse, which mos
Engiishmen do not, but allows his stirruTs L
dIngle shabbiIy at the insteps, which, believe
all Englishmen do. All these beautiful work
Of art which have mentioned, stand in the new
town ranged along on the edge OF the rayin
|I which separates it from the old town The.
form one side OF Princes Street. which - tn
Broadway Of Edinburgh, and runs along besid