Middletown transcript., 1869-01-30

otherwise be taken up by the old method
of stopping at stations to take in water
from cisterns.
But the fact may be stated now as well
as at any any future period of our corrcs-
pondence, that America is but child in
comparison to the old world in regard to
her internal improvements, &c.
In less than an hour we were received
by the polite manager o. the Queens Ho.c',
in that great cotton manufacturing mart OF
the Manchester-styled the capi-
tai of the manufacturing district-where
merchants of all nations flock to buy the
fabrics of her manufacturers and mer-
chants.
This city has been the instrument of
building up her sister-Liverpool-on ac-
count of the cotton and wooden stuff ship
ped thence for transhipment all over the
world
Manchester has population of half a
million of inhabitants, but presents bet
ter appearance than Liverpool, on account
of its high and inland situation.
The buildings as rule are finer, the
streets are wider and more regularly laid
out, and the inhabitants more sociable.
1t boasts of noble Infrmary, devoted
to the sick, and as we were professionally
interested in everything connected with
medicine, we gained an introduction to
the chief surgeon of that hospital, and can
vouch for the great reputation which it
holds in the public mind. In front of the
Royal In6rmary the statues Of John Dali
ton, chemist of worldwide fame, and
james Watt, the great inventor, stand as
rcmcmbrancers to the rising generations
of the parts which those distinguished men
played in life.
The Bellevue Geological Gardens are
priced by all Lancashire, and the peo-
pie have reason to be proud of them as
this geological display ranks next to the
collection in Regents Park, in London.
The noble Free Trade Hall, where
Bright, Gladstone, and lesser lights, have
often held forth to crowded audiences, is
so generally known by Americans that a
description of it would be unnecessary.
But the place to see the assembled in
dustrial aristocracy of Manchester, is at
Royal Exchange, upon Tuesdays at noon.
Then 1t is high change. In the magnif-
cent pillared hall move, almost like so
many phantoms, crowd of keen, anxious
looking men; portly, sixteen-stone per-
sonages, with rosy cheeks, but none of the
vacant, aldermanic look about them; sal
low Yankees, tall and lank, with oddly
shaped hats, and particularly well got up
about the boots; bustling agents, full Of
civility, and eager to do bargain and
sharp exchange clerks, who come to rep
resent their employers houses. The taci-
turnity of the crowd at first strikes you
you hear no vacant gossiping, no laugh
ing, no loud talking whatever; yet an
electric stream of intelligence seems to
pervade the whole assembly, and every
one, by look, a gesture, appears to make
himself understood. Now, what does all
the whispering, and nodding. and wink
ing mean? Why don't they speak out
Why, because they are doing business
sounding each other, bargaining with each
other, to an amount of money that would
appear fabulous. Hundreds of thousands
of pounds change hands in these broken
words and unfinished sentences. A cotton
sale is soon effected You may catch the
words: "Brand, ,"-"Ex. Mary Jane, p
| Dales, - Ihree thousand pounds, -
"Eh Y'-" Yes, -" Well done v-and
the agreement is concluded.
After spending few days we started
for the great city of England-London-a
description of which we will commence in
the next letter, provided your readers are
not wearied with the details of the last two.
B. S. 7.
Ncp York, Jan. 1869.
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