Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-02-26
NUMBER IA.
Correspondence,
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 81, 1867.

\ LIVERPOOL, Sept. 27, 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR In my last, ! gave
some account of the docks which SO great
ly facilitate The commerce Of tLi, great
sea port town. .s i,
Eerly on the morning of The 2lst, we
aweke to find our noble ship lying in
Huskisson Dock. We had anchored off
the bar, some l6 miles below early in
the night, waiting for the tide, and had
reached our moorings about day, break.
After breakfast, and the inspection of
baggage by Custom Eousc officers which
oy the way, was very slight, We proceed.
ed to find lodgings. Chartcring, for our
party, tao old fashioned, low. wheeled,
one7horse carriages, the best at hand, we
were driven at slow rate, some three or
four miles through the city, much amused
by new and strange scenes. and finally
halted in front of the Victoria Family
Hotel, plain but comfortable house,
furnishing excellent ACCOMMODATIONS, at
very moderate charges. This Hotel is
located near the N. W. R r. Depot, St.
Georges Hall, the Museum, and many
other places of interest, and as no vessel,
Is to sail for Constantinople, earlier than
Sept 2S, we may find here quiet home
till that time. :,
10 "a stranger first landing in old Eng
land, everything appears SO peculiar 60 =,
entirely different from scenes in America,
that he cannot question his whereabouts
The style of architecture, the carriages,
OF every unfamiliar variety, the horses,
the donleys with their huge carts, the
markets and the market women, the
beggars, male and female, old and young,
who meet you at every corDer, in,short,
every thing Which meets the eye, arpears
decidedly Hnghsh
The streets of Liverpool are generally
broad and spi Gus, very u. Ike the aver
age OF those in Boston and New York.
Owing to the cloud of smoke which al
ways envelopes the city, the buildings,
even the most elegant, and those newly
erected, all have dark, and dingy ap-
pearance. as if bearing the marks Of age.
The CARRIAGES are peculiar. by fat the
larger proportion having but two wheels.
of these there is a great variety, which 1
have not time to describe. Nowhere can
be found ihor horses than here, whether
considered in respect to their size and
strength orthcir beauty. The draft hor-
ses especially, attracted my atontion, so
perfect in form, Of SO great size. and
strength, drawing loads far surprising
anything | had seen before. The mar
kets are an object of interest to the stran-
ger in Liverpool. Of these, st. JOHNS
market is the largest 1t is an immense
ssruc' lure, of hewn stone. one eighth Of a
mile in length and 1876 feet in width, and
lighted by 1856 windows. The roof Is
supported by four rows of cast iron pillars
which furnish splendid avenues for the
display of an almost endless variety Of
fruits and vegetables, meats and poultry,
butter and cheese and other articles of
food The market Squares arc also wor.
thy of note. Here from early morn till
dark, may be seen luudreds'of women.
in short dresses, with bare feet, coming
anA going with huge baskets on their
heads. often, in this way. bearing enor-
nous burdens, fur too heavy for their
brawny arms 's - Z eits
\ The intempcrante Of Liverpool is pro-
verbal. The city abounds in grog shops,
50 that one can hardly walk three min
u'esiu the business sir,ets without pass.
ing them. These are. however, all regu.
lated by ''stringent license law." aioy.
lia But what is the result? Precisely
what might be expected. Though none
can sell without a license; the number of
those who can purchase alicensc With
the necessary funds, is by no means lin.
ited. Hence, though the public treasury