New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17

Roysse and ascertain if his will was faithfully
executed that twelve pence of good bread he
distributed there every Sunday to twelve old
widows, women men" At Dorchester we
went TO the remains Of the Roman entertainments
They must have surrounded a winter camp while
the country was but half subducd. The stones
about here appear to be flint and chalk. The
former are in strange shapes, like the sockets
Of great bones or the cinders OF conilagration.
At Benson we stopped to rest the boatman, who
had rowed about twenty miles. copied the
following epitaph there. 1t is on the south wall
Of ST. Helen's Church:
Of ns,Db To Sd The p ond memory JenS his wife.
H MhS SLEPT together IN grave tin shall wake
For y thi fruit bosss Only @ ONE SON
Wallngford seemed good place for the night
for three reasons first, the boatman was tired;
secondly. Blackstone, the writer on law, came
from here. and | conicctured that the thought
If his heavy volumes would induce sleep thirdly,
after sitting in n rowboat for twenty-mlles
course. one cannot longer find any place for
ones legs.
By nine in the morning we were off again and
soon passed the pleasant nook at the ferry OF
The Beetle and Wedge: and then Goring, where
tho Roman officials In the first and second GEN.
turv had their villas; then llarts wood,
where the grand old beeches were so
carly taking on the gliding of autumn. We did
not land till noon at Pangbourne, and then we
walked over the bridge to Whitechurch 10 dine
Mt the Bridge Inn," and were well repaid by its
neatncss and courtesy. In my stroll was joined
bv a gentleman who was perfect type OF the
country squire who says his prayers and votes
the Tory ticket with the same rhythmic regularity
that be drinks his old port. lie regarded Mr.
Gladstone as Antichrist, sent by God to test thb
na-icnce of the saints. | noticed that he called
thc members of the Dissenting churches the
molipnants" He allowed that America was
great country. but very undutiul to the Mother
Country lie thought our protective tarn an
omen insult TO England we'll as great blow to
her commercial supremacy. l Thought WITHIN
myself. these Tory Englishmcn are splendid fell
lows full of pety and rapacity. lie was ANXIOUS
20 convince me of the great advantages OF Tree
trade to America, but it all had 10 me the SOUND
of the foXs voice arguing with the hen on the
advantages to her of coming down out OF the tree
| began TO feel that our fathers threw OIL the
commercial domination of the Mother Country
at the Revolution not a moment too soon 10 save
themselves. | asked the squire how the recent
extension of the franchise in England had worked
He said that il had ruined them; that " the peo-
pie were beginning to feel their power, and the
everywhere. lie advocated artillery as the best
cure lie thought that soon the labor unions
would dominate Parliament unless vigorous meas
ures were taken. in his region, lie sad 1t had con-
fused all magistcrial functions. Formerly he
could be sure of meeting gentlemen at the AS
sizes who disposed of the cases as they deserved;
W>>c now, as like as not, lie VIII meet smith,
who will wink at the crime OF ms people. Luck
liz. met few hours after young solicitor OF
Liberal connections and told him what the
squire had said. lie laughed at it and replied
that the delays OF those lespectapie Behuchicn
and their excessive severity with Offenders were
notorious, and that Justice was far better Ge'H
out under the new state OF thlhss, ne aSsu ,c
me that there was nothing to rear from tlc
people" that they had the same practical pollt-
zeal gifts as the upper classes.
All along on TINS part oil the river one is re-
minded that this, ages gone, was the seat oil lurl1
OTIS war between the cOhqncilhS SaAohs anu
earlier Brtons. / can see Reading now, where
are the great cracker bakeries. and around when
are the seed gardens. | determined 10 stop loT
n few moments, because in the Town Han i the
best portrait of Archbishop Laud, ana had always
been DESTROYS of studying the lace o hi".i WIZ
tried 80 late as the seventeenth century 10 N
troducc the absolute nOnarchlcal prlnciplc. ne
had the reddish, habby cheeks that had nnaSihcu
and the dropping eyelds that sccheu DO, 10 I"ir
to open wide the light, and therefore took III
but very small part OF coos word M"1
surprised at the mouth. l had expected TO mo
the frmness of a powerful VIII, but therc was
no strength in it. In the eye WAS far more than
| had looked for, viz, earnestness and con
scicntiousneSs that startled me A,lcr az,
his dclusions and really believed IN
a machine religion. Ii was unwisc to cut ms
head off, because that gave a sort Of cer'liltg!-
ton of his errors to many piiliuI SOUS we
came 10 Cavcrsham Reaches at the very nick OF
| time for the annual regatta The start was Jus'
making for the four,oared race ana WE uIew VIII, ~
| great strength Of stroke. There seemed no eHoT,
after style, but only to make everything ,en
! for specd Pnnts pushed with pole are the
ruling fashion. The ladies attain good speed as
| well as grace with them. The champion lady
| punter made almost as good Roadway as NE
! single dingeys. WaT2rave is pretty Piace, Win
| good fishing According 10 Mr. Leslie IT was
| there that -. George, after he had fought WIN
the dragon, ordered pint Of strong beer. Inc
! inn bearing the name George and the Dragon
| and having beer 10 sell on draught establishes
! tie point 70 the unparalleled mind. fanclcd
that the boys oil Wargravc had an air OF restraint
about them, for Mrs. Sarah iilll some time ago
Ieft a Mound in gold to be given every Faster Day
| 10 two boys who had been obedicnt always to
| their parents, he'd never spoken any bad words
| or done any mischief understand that the
| uur,bcr of annual applicants is not large
| should think that Mrs. Hills rcslduary lcgatees
rccd feel no great anxiety if New York and Brook
| ivn we're added 10 Wa.gravc as wider field TO
! limit in for these two boys annually.
The river banks are below here, lined in places
with honsc-boats. Tbs Is new ie9 at,
I families as summer residences and moved
| rom time to time up or down stream. An anhu-
! ~ rental is paid for this 10 the Thames Con-
soryancy OF sos. Some Of them arc Luxurious
! and have beds Of flowers in pots on their tops
| We saw Venetian gOndohs at the froat doors Of
some who were receiving callers, SO that in
niaros the river is as gay as the Grand Canal in
| Venice on ST. MARKS Day. At Henley we found
GOOD fare at The Red Lon, which WAS grateful
eftnr row OF twcnty-cight miles. II is the head
quarters of the Royal Rcsatta; and It's mee,ing
! his month is almost rs much Of an event III soc
o o.rS ae tbc {scot races The town interested me
bccoWsc Of its beauty. and because General Du-
monricz died there. could rot help thinking
how seldom il Is that the great man ana inc grcal
Uppg b~ng the Bonaparte of the French lie had
a." ocuiI,s and the audacity, but he lacked the
,nr rooe, o Which T}onaparte had that the tine