The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-02
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LONDON. June 9. 1sl0.

LONDON, June Z2, lSip.>
 Gentlemen: As my first bill n England made me stare, notwithstanding all had heard of the expen slve ilying, cannot resist the temptation of giving its amount and one two iteins. We were In Liverpool twenty four hours, and my bill at the hotel, which had been recommended as "a very nice place and very n0dfTate in its chai geq was i've dollars. Our dinner consisted of turtle soua salmon, and mutton chops; bat as all an Eaglish- mans ideas Of hearea seem realized al the dinner table, l suppose the hosts think that glimpse oT paradise, however indistinctiy afforded by plain dinner should be well paid for. and charge accord ihgy OLe iien of the dinner was, turtle soup 75 cents The idea of charging such a sum for a plate ct turtle soup in seaport town, when man can get much better plate at Walkers in Louis vile, fifteen hundred two thousand miles from ,be sea, for dime, and have glass of some thlng" thrown m! do not mean to blame stupid Engiishman for not having as good soup as Walker for only man of parts could; t Is ihe charge speak of
 give this merely ga a specimen of English cus- toms ai their bodstsd English hotels T.eo dollars for dinner of two kinds of meat, and those doied oat as Il by calculation of the probable quantity hungry man would consume The idea of mans being allowanced 10 one chop and three small pota- toes about the size of bulles There is ao appear anee of plenty; no hosptable abundance; no tempt Ihg eili oi fare oi oofs length; but everything on the contracted and economical system except their
  Some one says 'hat the liberaty with which man helps another al table is pretty sure index of hs disposition. If this really be criterion. should fmagIne an Engltshnan's soul to he about he size of an o'd-tashioned c'a tourpeaee.
 But according 10 English authority, the beauty ol this system is that you take dinner, af a moments warning, n the coffee room aii 10 y0nyseiC and pay for Jusi what you order. The coffee room is a gloomy apartment civided off into little stalls for pqr 1FIf tac any hour yoG please, order Yonf dinner, wait two mortal hours Ia melancholy solitude for its appear ance, and then most decidedly pay for wlat you order, Not being sc much of sn sHaconda as 10 deiisht m swallowing my fo9d in secresy and re. iiFement must confess l greatly prefer Inc cheer ialness and society Of The fabie d'hoie and willingly leave the coffee r0sIn to those who are only capable ot enjoying the seltSh pleasure of eafing.
 We were set down al the railroad station bv A cab, and our baggage being immediately taken if, ehafge bv the eompany's numerous porsars who are at m course livery, we took tickets for the Sec0ad class cars, which were told were always preferred by English gentlemen for day traveliug, and were shown oar places. Such cars. These were the elegant, luxurious eonveyaBees. which, according to E6gtish passengers oR the steamer, were to convey to us bsckwoods Americans some ,hiDg oi an idea oi soaqt rotiraad really was
 Miserable narrow htile boxes, without cushions or hning. and with scarcely space enough between lAs sSefs, WHICH eAAeHAea entirely sCfUss ie cars, 10 allow the passengers, who face each cihsf room even to ''sPo0a'' "i,h anything iiSe e0Mlort
 But, thought I, ihe road must be vastly superior to ours to justify SD much boosting and the dihef eHee oi prices. We had not gone many miles through before was convinced the speed vas about the same ia both countries. The distance from A. bany to Boston is ihe same ss from Liverpool 10 London, and the tune for running Il k about equal aud yet 10 travel ih these miserable pens here, the like oi which never saw attacl ed to one of oar trains oi aay c" we pay two dollars aud ball ihaa IL our mahogany lined cars for the same distance.
 In nothing was 1 ever more disappointed than D tae beauty and cultivation of EHgiisb farms. From my observations along the road from Liverpool 10 London, foaRd the gsrdeR-lske beauty ef lbis "drsam-land.' as Willis calls fl, to consist iB eK- tensise wheat hslds and small cabbage gasdsns, whieh. to me, looked very much hke others oi the soTt had before. The exquisite hitle iarta cottages of snowy whlleness, einbosered ih shade trees, and hail concealed by eamberiog roses aad .sood5ines, 1 found were poetic beiions. iE which Eagiishsnea love 10 indulge concerning their own coasiry. The couatTy was thoroughly cultivated, but ths, was ail
 Msny Americans, who discover sonsimnz So much imposing in the soaad of paT& than that of iafm or plaTtaiioh-who daxzled by the gaady liseTies, and dQmb-slTieken by thc high-soandisg