The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-22
Letter From England.

We are permitted to copy the following
interesting extracts from private letter
written by an Arlington gentlemen, who is
spending some time in Europe on business.
LEEDS, ENGLAND, April 90, 1877.
left Liverpool Friday at 140 o'clock
and arrived here 4:40. by way of Manches-
ter, over the Lancashire and Yorkshire rail-
way. had good opportunity to look
over the docks at Liverpool, which sup
pose are as fine as any in the world, espe-
cially the great floating docks, where all
passengers are landed.
happened to see them at high and low
tide; the water rises here twenty three feet;
they are built on iron pontoons and anchor
ed to the river wall of the shipping docks,
with immense chains, running each way at
an angle of perhaps 45O and of course cross
ing each other in the cluster, at about right
angles, the ones that hold them from NOV
ing down stream are double, whereas the
others are single.
The distance between the walls and float
ing docks is about seventy-ive or leIhaps
one hundred feet, and spaned with iron
bridges rooted with glass, it is quite an as
cent to the street at low water.
The docks for shipping are very fine,
bulls of granite seven miles in length. Here
ships of the largest size can rest as quiet as
on land. OF course they have to enter at
high water, and at low water look very Gu
rious from the river, standing up on level
with the town, one forest of masts. On
the docks are fine offices and waiting rooms
for comfort.
My ride from Liverpool was of course
new and very novel. The idea of being
locked into compartment with six or eight
strangers, was not very pleasant for Yam
kee. When we left the station, had for
company one young lady and two gentle
men. The train did not stop until we
reached Manchester, where the two gentle
men left and what l should call coun-
try squire got 10, of whom | asked various
questions, and received very satisfactory
answers. He seemed well informed and
willing to answer my Yankee questions.
Very soon we entered long tunnel, with
only small light hanging outside the win
dow of our little coop, Gas can call it moth
ing else) giving very dim light, the train
running very fast meeting train half way,
making one feel as If they were about en-
tering the "infernal regions" locked up in
q mighty small place. But we came out
all right and soon landed in Leeds. The
tunnel l understand is over four miles long
and the largest in England.
An English landscape is quite different
from an American. The most of the way
from Liverpool to Manchester, the county
is very level, beautiful fields on either hand,
enclosed with hedges, and all in the high
est state of cultivation; bat few trees and
those of small growth. For few miles
before reaching Manchester the ground
seems wet therefore not cultivated but COW
cred with kind of fern or heather. After
| leaving M. the landscape is quite changed.
| We passed up through small stream and
high hills, q think they are called noun
tains here) cultivated as far up as the good
| land gOeth," and the tops covered with
black heather. The hill-sides are divided
into very small fields by stone walls just
the color of the heather. The fields are a
beautiful green, and, seen through the dark
smoky atmosphere, present very singular
appearance with the ancient-looking light
colored stone farm houses scattered about.
But little manufacturing as far as can be
seen from the railway. Now we appear
TO come to the head Of the valley, which is
Lancashire, and pass the long tunnel, which
brings us into Yorkshire, down toward
HuddersAeld, quite hilly, with tall chin
neys in every direction, almost like for
est, and such smoky dark looking coun-
try deliver me from. Much of this manu-
featuring sprang up during the French and
German war, and is now very much de-
pressed.
stepped the first night here at the
Queens hotel which is quite as expensive
New York h"'ls, twelve to fifteen shil-
lilings per day am stopping now in pri-
vate family, but can not tell how shall
like 1t, as have been here but one night.
Q.