New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,opTurRN CAPITALS FIFTY YEARS AGO.

M.poHfoSrss OF WESTMINSTER. evo, PIP. 297.
Hurst Blackett.
The recollections OF q journey performed ID
The North of Europe more than fifty years
ago. as set down in this volume possess
a very considerable degree Of interest by
their descriptions of prominent celebrities then
upon the stage and of social manners
and pecularities which to great extent nave
since been merged in the advancing tide OF Euro
mean civilization and fashion. The writer Is the
second Marchioness of Westminster, whose nus
band at that time was the Viscouht Belgrave' Dut
her position as mistress of noble Enghsh mouse
does not appear to have prevented her from manu-
ling the pen with good deal of facility ana erect
The party consisting of Niscount BelgraVe anu
herself an English maid and a German servant
embarked for Hamburg OH pleasant Spring day IN
1927. Her first experience OF sea-liie Is uescIlDou
with an almost verdant simplicity
There were a good many passengers, princlpaIE
foreigners returning home and some EnglIsh. We
undressed at night by which time we had got ouD
10 sea. and went regularly TO bed. ana Sle- qui'e
comfortaply till morning. Belgrave called me al
half past TO- / was soon MP and dressed ana wen! 10
his cabin where we bTeakfaste,, hut tnc SEA li
"a little rough, and as was Ldiher uncCmloI 'apiG,
lay down IN my cabin while Belgrave dlned ~ ny
own came no afterwards. but Vt was coid ana
djsagreeable. In the course on thc haN tNo I'ItIc
birds alighted on the deck, apparently quite eA-
hausted from fatigue one OF them hew away asain,
the other was caught and put into Il Gaze; ou' !"
After comfortable voyage of three days, they
eame 10 anchor in the Elbe River which, as many
I'm idle tourist has since done, they found very
beautiful and full Of ships of all nations" They
passed the night in the stream and their ARRIVAL at
Hamburg next morning is faithfully noted =
Everybody was up early, inpatient to arrive at
Hamburg; the shores OF the RIVER Decaue very
rrettv aud we saw fox running abOut on the sand
The banks are covered with villas ana gardens, ana
small villages there IS good deal 0l low Moou'
bnt the soil is all sand We passed Altoona, a sIngu-
lar and handsome looking town, chhNeheu WIN ~
plenty of shipping the houses as usuai, very lall
with ornamented gables, and large adniXVure OF
trees Arrived at Hamburg before Il. me snip
was very soon cleared of its passengers but we re-
maiIIed till the carriage was placed IN D0a'' ana
we proceeded with 1t TO landing plaSc peIonYins
TO timber-yard but seeing that the horses when
one of the passengers had promised TO Send were ho
there to meet us we desired the man to row US to
p very curious part OF lAe 'oNn' Mltn Vh"lloo'oS
fall Ornamented houses Ike those IN the pictures OF
Venice, the canal was posiuyely cramineu Iuil Ol
boats so that we had some dihculty ID Sct''hS on
The Custom House, where all passports are exam
jued is at the entrance of tins narrower part. we
were kept waiting an immense time before We couid
GET ed to the place where Is tie machine Ior dlSen-
barking carriages and heavy Welghls put tncIc
was boat in the way which had to be unlaueh Htst'
with two enormous green trunks bearing the hus-
sian Imperial Arms upon them. This royal oDS.acle
being at length removed, cur carriage was sool
lisem barked, and sent for the horses; par OF
long tailed chestnuts soon conveyed ns to he llotei
lie Russle, where We found comlOftaDIe apart
ment.
Hamburg at that time was the same 1resh anu
friendly looking city that it is at present. ahord'hg
mn attractive contrast to the solemn and dingy
grandeur of so many of the antique European c"pi-
tols Driving around the envirOns, they saw
noth,nc Int charming villas with gardens of lilac,
laburnums tulips, and other snowy flowers; open
carriages full of people, going out on pleasure eX-
,nrsions and each of the houses of which the large
centre door was wide open, with table covered
with a white table-cloth and with refreshments, as
# their owners were expecting vlsitors-
This old town is very curious. full of ships, car
ages, and pOmpous horses. Our notei Is very EVouI
and there is a most excellent cuisine; we nave nai
INST now for dinner among other Things, the tnlnS
eats with muttOn-chOpS," and the nuttoI-Ci OPS
themselves, besides Rudeshen VINE % ana Sanlile SiIe
ice. Belgrave Is Just gone to tue Dahk WIN nosO
slyil old Nir Stacher sort of burg0masLer recon
mended to us by MT. W. Wynn; be does nothing Dut
Kiss ones hand and make the most civil speeches !;
and we are going to take evening drive III a
,aleche round the ramparts. How you would IKE 10
Zee these curious old houses! We go Io-nGIiow 10 10
Poeu forty miles off, next day very SHORT distance
urtber to Kiel where we are 10 elnDark' AT Ill me
,fternoon for Copenhagen We are to make tins
part OF our journey by steam ~ VIII tahe US "Uoat
Copenhagen. 1880
The passage from Kiel to Copenhagen in little
level of a steamboat was quickly made the sea was
,mooth and nobody was SICK and the whole party
was quietly ensconced in good Copenhagen hotei
at an early hour -
After breakfast we read the morning service, and
then took walk down the Osteistrasse, the region
az the shoDs we were scandalized TO ind them all
open, but found that they were all kept Dy jews
and Would therefore naturally suppose, nave pcel
,hnt an saturday. We came home about oclock
dressed and went in hired chariot anu par ol
,low horses through nnc miles OF hOiIld rodu, ;ut
6rst seven through hideOus country, 10 ulhe VIII
pur Minister, Mr.. Williams wynn, AT MS cOuuuS
house Fredericsthal house which he has M hired @
Of Count Schulin. 1t Is situated N tne liuuIe VI
rerv fine woods close TO two beautiful lakes the
house itself. hOweN eT is most miserable IL mas par,
unfinished rooms with no communication eXcep'
throuOh each other, these arc hung with Engnsl
prints and few wreched pictures. lhe gardel
would be pretty if well taken care OF but 4 Is now
gerv ike neglected Scotch policy" WIN hettle
S long grass Nothng in short You'd be
lorn. give one the idea OF greater uesoalon, .a
The honSe and grounds, though beautifully situated
In the midst of wood and water we dlheV as SOP
as we arrived and then went out walking about th'
grounds, then took an open carriage ana droVe 10
ella of Madame Bruue where we got out ant
walked about, and then drove back to MI. wynn ;
had tea and came home i'll a regular ram we AT
rived about half-past lO.
A specmcn of Northern land-travelling at tha
time is afforded in the graphic account of the jour
new from Hesingborg to Fakenberg:-
Onr eoupage was arranged as f0lOws-we ha'
hired coachman (liubert, RECOMMENDED ny Ih'
Colnmandant katterhom at HelslngDoIg ne st
unon wooden seat, constructed at HelsingDOlg
mud placed upon the fOre-trunk with room 1Or an
Dther by his side where sat one OF the peasants t'
whom oar post horses belonged lhese norseS & wei, @
like a better sort OF highland pony, OUT III pau con
I;t;on having boen half starved by the heat of TIN
breeding summer. We had bought our own har
ness al HelsingbOrg; it was very simple, mostl.
made of leather though the relns were OF rope; IN
horses had sometimes four shoes sometimes IVY
only. on the fore feet, and sometimes none at al a.
we had six horses to our carriage ana TWO 10 'n
little one they were harnesSed four abreast next u
the carriage and driven by the coachman, the tw
leaders being managed by postllio9; the latte
was usually great heavy peasant, VINO roGe wit
ont a saddle or stirrups In spite OF the primitive
ness of our affelaee these little animals went yer
we'll and securely, at the rate OF between seven an
eight miles an hour; the roads were very good, an
onr coachman was very good driver. AT one place
Iowsver we fonnd the bridge across a river com