The Newtown bee., 1878-07-18
From Europe.

We take pleasure in presenting the following letter received Saturday lnsL from Mr. M, c. Hnwley, addressed to Mr. Frederick Sanford:
 LANdHAM Horn, Portland Place,
 London, Sunday, June 30.
 Friend Fred. f.# .#s
 This Is the third Sabbath since wo lcft home, and It finds us here in London. WI cn we look back on the events of the past two weeks we have to stop and collect our thoughts, as we caEnOt fairly believe onr senses. As you hln prob ably heard through Othe R, our purly hal very pleasant passage across the Atlantic, md arrived at {, Queenstown Il week ago to-day, and nt Liverpool Inst Monday. If everyone touId have such Il passage as we had, we think more would take 1t. We have spent the VIC k be tween Liverpool and this place; have visited castles In ruins and castles in luii bloom. We probably saw on the prem ises of the Duke of DcvOnshire some thing that Is not cqutled on this conti- ncnt -- such Il palace with grounds {; thousands of acres under the highest state of cultivation: thousands of deer roaming oV his wld domains urdGI in extent; palaces where mt nej had been spent with terril lo lavismess, and this all to please others, not occupied by the Duke; D lt only one of scN oral Simi- lar places on u Island. Next day visited Strat'Ord-om-thc-A Avon, the birth place of Shakespeare; here VIC spent hours, and it seemed to us all that we were on sacred grounds. His house s in good state of pre- scrvation, thou h hundreds of years old. Visited h.s monument in the old church, built in HOO, now being used daily. Spent Il portion of the day at Warwick Castle, renowned in history, whi h to de scribe would be impossible. Finally worked our way down to LonGOu, and here we are at this time. We here met Mr. D. C. Gal y and daughter who had arrived the day before. l forgot to say they arrived in Liverpool just one day before us, and so kept a day ahead of us all tI c way to On'lon. We a spent the as thrHc days in looking over this vast city. Its widcncsS of streets puzzles one; but but after while " got somewhat acquainted Wi,h the surroundings, But tO tell you what we have seen the past ti'en days of inc nobility House of Commons, House of Lords, St. PauI'S Cathedral Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Albert Monument, Tower of Ion don, Bank of Enp land, Madame Tas- sauds Wax Works, British Museum, Buckingham Palace, Home Guards, and so mGnF other attractions, it would take hours, and must lc left for lgs to tell face 10 face. We leave tomorrow morning for Brussels. Attended church to-day in d cathedral that was built in l000- over Sl0 years ago.
 We have had remarkably pleasant weather until this afternoon, when q slight rain storm has set in, and we find ourselves obliged to keep indoors and rest, which we are glad to do. We are now almost tired of looking at old cathc- drals and al cient buildings. We cross the English Channel tomorrow, which we dread more than we did the Atlan- tie as it is done in comparatively small vessels. l hope you will find time to write us on receipt of this letter, as a letter from you, if forwarded to 113 Chambers street would reach us even though we were in Rome and you can not imagine how letter is plized so far away from ones home. We got yes tcrclay our first letters, and; though writ ten only three days after we left, they were eagerly perused. We were able to arrange our return as we expected by steamer Brttanic, Aug. 29th, and hope to be in Newtown Saturday evening, Sept. Eth. Love to all.
 :. NJ. c. HAwLEY.