Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-30

- Nov. We would say word or two upon either point
and hrs as to the character of hotel accommodation Ia
England ms Is entirely mismanaged from beginning u
emo Ihat which the traveller does he can NEE
wth-that which he absolutely REQUIRE, for his comfort
aud refrcshment Is forthcoming There is not tbs
slightest occasion Tor red cotton velvet SOFAS fourpos
oedsteads with faded brocade piles OF useless urnturs
either in sitting bedroom No traveller cares &c
see his mutton chops before him in a dingy kind
OF imitation OF silver dish These displays unneces
sAry, OF simply annoying. traveller would rather pay
Tor their absence than their presence That which
however, an establishment in which the passing guest
can obtain clean and wholesome food moderate cost
something less than twenty times more than he would
have paid his home Then again can there be
more nconvenent arrangement than that which seals the
puohe ehry room TO ladies when in the company Of father
nusoahu or any male Relatives Any Que who is unforu
nate enouge 10 have any experience OF English travelling
must be well aware that the presence Of lady well nigh
Iuaurupes MOTEL charges private sitting is sbso-
'ue necessary aud then the bill is calculated upon the
private room scale, with the usual Accomplishments
wax lights and other denominations the same descrp-
non In England IN almost every rasc the coffee room
IS den psroned oil into little pens each of which
gas burner Is set ablazng night the discontinue
the dismal occupant who NAV be confined within its
narrow limits Compare this far a moment with the
public room in the foreign hotels In this breakfast is
served as at our clubs and later in the day dinner
either in common at the table hols or separately il de-
sired without the expense OF private sitting ROOM The
bedrooms, too IN the hotels the principal continental
lines are infinitely superior our own In them at least
pollution OF thousand feet and OF a winters SCOT
There Is bed without curtsins-and consequently
without ssved'uP dirt-a table, sofa, few chairs and
ute bureau and the usual apparatus for washing That
all there is and all that is required Even under the
head OF sbuons the continental hotels proy-
ded than our own. There either hot aud cold baths
IN the house. or they are to be with bath csab
shment few minutes distant from the hotel In France
and Germany this is inv aiably the case and how much
the arrangement promotes the comfort of the traveller
they only tell who, after hard days travel have not
been able TO procure the reeshment and comfort Of
bath There hotels in Encand we DENY IL not where
such things are to be procured but they paid for
at rate Tar beyond the means OF ordinary travellers IL
il simply ridiculous to point such an establishment a.
the Bedford Hotel at Brighton and cite il As an exam.
pie of the comfort of British hotels To frequent or to
use such house must either be A milonaire or
under the reckless influence of approaching hsnkptcy
Bad IA the character of English hotels must be consd
cred with reference 70 the accommodation thew afford they
appear s moro dscredtabe when their charges cal
led in question Perhaps the shortest manner of testing
the comparative merit Of the systems as TO price will
be to reprint an extract from the letter correspondent
which appeared yesterday in columns. This gives
the relative cost OF two autumn trips made respectively in
the years 1881 SO by the writer company with his wife
ana daughter The first tour extended through portion
of Switzerland -
"ls5l-Cost of railway travelling for three persons for
period OF seven weeks, through Belgium France &C.
with fare by diligence occasionally l,9OOf
Cost of hotel expenses, ditto " lSOOc
Total a5ooc-looy
ring period OF six weeks and three DAYS through the
south, southwest, and of England-by North and
South Wales towards Liverpool through Scotland and
back to London, ga Newcastle, Durham, York. Leeds.
Nottingham, Leicester, bennington, aud oxford llaL
Cost OF hotel expenses, ditto 9I5i.
Total 860i.
Now, Sir give you my word of honor that wAs
not ouv better lodged and fed during my continental tour
for luOI. than during NY homo for S6Ul but was
moreover treated with very much greater consideration
and respect.
Such calculation may perhaps sufficiently indicate the
reason why Engshmen shy of travelling in their own
country An English tourist OF moderate means naturally
declines the Scotch Highlands and flies TO Constant mo
pie aud Asia Minor. lie afford TO travel in Eng
and-hht Is tue simple Why he remains ignorant
OF he scenery Of his country although lac may
verified the statements ofevery OF Mr. Murrays hand.
books in the country To which each refers The cost OF
railway travelling, although this i. far hi her with u
than on the continent md far higher than it should he
cannot account FOR the result II at the hotels the differ
eucc j. ietand when. hotels we are not speak
Ing Of such den 81 thieves Dover Of the ordinary
English hotel We ud precisely the same kind ~ result
~e go into an hotel in the neghborhood OF town-at
GreCn~iOh OF at Rchmond-say at the Crown aud
Sceptrc or al the star aud Garter Excellent dinners at
high rate can 10 doubt be served either OF
ADJUSTMENTS, but let party OF three four who require
quiet meal think twice Of the before
They ~i lind themselves mulctcd IN the sun OF shi-
hng- Tor little more than pint of Indifferent vine
aud other charges In proportion. Compare this system
with tia: OF foreign EstdHis and dAols and i it much
wonder that Eagshmen avoid the hotels of their own
country