Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-09
Ics.er frcla England.
[Corrtepo OF The A!c.nndr, Gazette. ]
PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL.

PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL
ECAEB0Ro', ENGLAND, Sept. is, 1880.
We reached Q Queenstown in seven days cnd
eighteen hcu!s being lex! to The quickest pas'
slse ca record. our same sicslar having made
c Tip s.v,,al years SIEGE in seven days and
fourteen hou-:. We hurried from Liverpool
to Leeds, where Te Worc nat by ous Eoglish
friends With rca! Old Virginia welcome. After
spondiag delightful week at Wctucra Grange,
noar Leeds, cur irierds suggested trip to The
Sps, at Scaiboro, being some GO miles north.
At ii o'oltcss wo left Leeda, passing through
s,on reached old YORK" where VIC spent Oh
hour. The frs. thing thai struck cut eyes was
mIss!7o s.uuc ws!l surrounding the city and
in pe!ttc p;ess17slion. built fer d3icrc, against
the ScHts. The York Cathedral wss ntx: vis-
tied, high tudipg Ct ere and grandeur, tho
walls covering % acres OF gIonud, and the
GORGEOUS stained glass windows % itc. Glgb.
The cathedral Rss tu.l: 10 1890. and tho wcrk-
moa paid II tive cluts) per day. IlcrN leg ca
to Soarbo;o' wa passed through tho l1Velic5t
valley ECU cla imagine. lrCn leu. to c'sht niles
vide, luoriug 10 high hills or mountains ca each
eide, which ere cultivated 10 ttcit ru;0 ults. lie
land ia most perfectly cultivated, uothiUs TO be
saon but nlguiGo2n u: cops Of sSiest, ost9 aud
lurrips, with az Gccl:i0na! group OF treas. Hlsk-
log lovely feature 10 tho lSBLslaDo. 1hc
wheat sad oats hGVc amts: ail been laws ed,
tho weather and crops beiog the foest they have
Lad for ycsrs. Tho whole OF tho rsi;cY for 80
niles is oWacd by Earl L,rca3criy, chi is ten.
an!cd cut at from s. to SIS per acre, probably
10. coo lc7;s, and tic is considered " poor lo!d.
| SEW farmer ibis morniOs WAC slated that all
he vas eli, rsd fer his what c!cp was Is. per
s.ora-i. c., u c9uts Tor If p0uads, IS CENTS Tor
Sc pcua1:, nos as muoh as Alexandra is paying
to day. Reaching S,arbrro We found new
iowa attcched TO very old oac, situated 10 tho
north of EoplaGd end on tho Gca coast. 1t is
called tho "Quecu CT Watcri5g PIac:s." end
tii!hcT rcsort sll vino seek health or pleasure
from every part CT EoglaGd The ec!an oImcs:
washes The ioo! OF tho Prince OF Wales. -
Hero 500 bathing 10 unsurpassed. cid men ard
children ere sale on It's saud'. The Invalid en-
| take lis warm. co?d or tcpld sTimlos o: Turk
ish cal: bah. aud liz spa il c;lcEraicd tor lis
curative poaers. Tho promenade on ,ha bosch
is superb. probably 81 .0C0 COO having been cx
pended 10 tcau!ly!ag this ronsC:ic rlbco tor
tho bcncti, Of the pleasure seeker. III sha
| elixir ct lia is to bc found i! mus: &c Ia The
VlSluFS ~ iHl" luFtIJ ei'G!. III iCI' Wv ID
Castle Iii! wi h it, demolished old c4-is which
ac5 tc:;r15ed by CtCiuwaii'a csnurr, from Mt.
Oliver. which is ALSO il via.. TIC tswa is
pro9irz vtrg rlpii:}. lhro are estimated to
bo Is, 900 visitors ADD over 400 luoic h0csc:;
probably re. mcro than 2),C00 iohGtifacts q
! tho 1870. Tie drc:siog ia very Ecrl=I kaGc, no
! 80 ladies wearing tho sama styo 0! thns. tho
shapes ana pi.ttrns t. i;an incoEc=lge5ic -
THOUSANDS ere constantly prnmcaadlns ac1
though tiiv ihaIainniatIr IL st ~ they oGm.
plain CT lie great hest. S:scnty-!rac degtccs
;s tho lgh;s: i. has reachGd s!co1 cur slrVal
ard thty eoy it is the hott&a; WertGeg they
hsv, had tEis srm;5c7. Natvi!l.*,apdioS TIC
"hal." yiu a!l! sec The ladies' Grs;ca Tor 'ha
cveirc III vaivcs and s1a!ski7; 'hey never lake
| eff winter coiing. 4 wot:! about these sema
lldi=: Thcy sro MT whpt wc c.i; "hcsut'!Gl
wamcc." tut they tro tinu lcGk;nr, @i:f sweat
tGc.s. aal ihn picture Of hoalLi,' plainy
though handsomely dressed nos qnItd rs
,Drci swell and srlnd a,u,i.h rs il sometimes
seen Z. cu1 w.ter!ng !lac.s. The srrI emco fro
frcaGiy Ell a,ei.blc. | e.! mlEiN q1to Vi
bona when tbs Gazstto il received t"ice
week, and sat of in ecruer arl read With
great pleasure Of what ii going on in Atxln
titis. I9u have indeed hal an exciting time,
tu. al Ii we'll that cudI well, tn | haro 30
dcui;: liza: !iarholr Ni!! rol! ~ |: heavy Tns-
i!ri y ~,