Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-10-22


Of coach cost nearly double The sum
that the outside seats cost, and they are
not half 80 pleasant, unless ba IN a
shower; but this is another invention to
keep a certain class OF people from all
possible approach to another class.-t
This classfcatio is indeed amusing all
over Great Britain. la some Of the steam
boats they have three cabins, gradua-
ting the price accordingly. On some of
the railroads they have three classes of
cars. These are llttle things, az speci-
mems Of many others more Important
One sees this legal classification as il
were, SO novel to US, the moment lie en-
ters Eng land; and II is visible in almost
every thiTg-so numerous and strong are
the barriers that arlstocracy girts Itself
with. English coaches are all licensed,
which is an excellent plan, to carry so
many passengers, and no more.
As we approached London, two Of our
inside passengers, who after paying for
an inner seat preferred riding outside,
were driven in, as the coachman was n
lraid to carry thirteen passengers outside,
his license extending to but eleven;-
and marked that as we went along,
many Of the cabmen in London put out
their whips as if they were counting us.
The coach starts too, at the very moment
allotted ii. AT every stage the horses
are all ready. The time at which the
coachman shall be at all the principal
towns, is marked upon the way bills, and
the exact time OF his arrival ls marked
too by the agent there. Thus the pune
tually of movement is wonderful. IT is
like clock work. The guard-when there
is one, and there is one almost always
keeps the time and whistles to the coach
man to make him drive faster; and eve-
nv guard has watch-it he is too slow
The mile stones on the load, with his
watch, let him know his exact progress
4 The mail coaches all leave London at
8 o'clock in the evening Gall in ireland
leave Dublin in the same manner,) lor
all parts OF the kingdom:-and 1t IS a
! ple sight to see them, as they all
| start at the same moment from the Gen
! eral Post Office, the guards in their red
coats all sounding their horns, and driv-
/ ing at once for the different roads all o.
yer Eng land and Scotland. They drive
! about twelve miles an hour, and average
ten miles, including all stoppages. In
deed in any part of England, you can
! count upon the arrival OF coach Tor
certainty, within five minutes OF the time
allowed As this furious driving would
be some what dangerous in many parts OF
London, light carts with single horse
take many of the mails to the suburbs
The number of their passengers is llml-
ted. In this admirable arrangement there
are many hints for our coach proprietors,
though upon our roads there can be no
such certainty of movement as there Is
in England.
| There are many little things all along
the road, to remind me that l am IN
foreign country. The eagles no longer
answer my purpose. The sovereign and
the crorn have taken their places. In
stead of dollars and cents, the talk is all
of shillngs and pence. A different law
Of the road prevails, directly the reverse
of ours The coachmnn passes all car
, riages on the right hand instead OF the
left. A river now and then appears
! The bridges are all of stone, nagnill-
Gently made. Not house is bullt oi
! wood; all are Of stone or OF brick. Inc
/ villages are ugly when compared with
. ous. In the beauty OF those IN the
! Northern States, we far surpass the En-
clish. Window blinds and yerandahs
are never to be seen. And then the ho-
I tells have such odd names, that they real
" amuse one; for here | have passed
I the Great Devil and the Fighting
! Cocks am bound in the coach To the
.BuA and Mouth by the Brown Cow
and the 'Hen and Chickens-to say
nothing of the Gross Foxes, the Jolly
Butcher, the 'Boar's Head and the
! white Crows all names OF English
publ;c houses; odd enough, to be sure
I Every town IN England, believe, has
I George Hotel IN ito say nothing o.
the Royal VictorIas,' &c. &c. The
hes, hotel is place called the 'HEAr
uorEL;' but by what law II has th'
claim, which all acknowledge, l canno
say-but il often blszons the claim pub
licly enough.
II For miles and miles out Of London
there is, as it were, almost a success'o,
Of houses. AT last could see the blac1
cloud of smoke that ever hovers owe,
this immense hive OF human beings.
stretched my eyes hong before l came J,
the Thames, or the Tens, as 'hsy ca''
here, (but these English do not spea'
> Fnglisb. as | shall prove by and by
rascnls as they are for abusing us ior gu
! Yankeeisms,j the far-famed Thames
70 see this r,yer; and whcr | first saw II
and lbnt not far from London, II was
,..,I .;,,,i,, M. we should call ID