The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-16

ftHlscf WITHOUT FkRi11 r-The hfst point 81 atr3c-
lion FOR foreigner IN america u T. hotel sy-ten,
entirely novel and 50 decide ~ superior % uytsng ta
he has ever seen ii the same WY a',ro.1 gne Hea
YoFhe POINTS VIII ride 70 tfcse splendid as sta.siy
scaccs, the sa'n. 1ciola. and tie &c rorcltan ot,s
ana III foreign frcri rer lay q so's . osrrn II
either o. these establishments, cnas tfe enjoyment
q these uxuries ~ cheap r.e aaa wen sers,yay
thsfe = nothing II The eort At home
heie ne gets accommodations Tor halfa eainoa day
SUPERIOR 70 those Tor which they my s,nneas
nlordon when he HAIRS some OF he .tatiscs 81 theSe
New York palaces lie s even nero astoni,hes rye /,
told that the cost Of the building aud lsra fer he nt
Nicholas Hotel is million and one hundred III,
dollars the furniture three hundsea ana CITY thousand
there arc six hundred rooms, and two h.nares sr6
egh,y.four servants Of al lindp Connected win the
building seventeen magnificent shops an SOFT.
crtrade il carried Tic gas on the reinisos
and the hotel is furnished with nearly two thousand
lights. The votarics OF Uae and soyor would ra1c with
delight tie wen Supplied table and rna~ndcenHy
srraycd Kitchens Nineteen coaches attached to .he
house, for the purpose conveying s guests their
luggage TO and from the railway stations
The propr,etors sustain and pay private police tho
men patrol the house day ana night. The miles
Of saircases and collonades brilliant with Brls-
sells Competing, the paflors GLOW With mar fora
and are resplendent with beauty. N fact, the
whole establshment is community ty itself
and its population is often equal to tia. Of o
respectable country town. The charge for ri this
luxury is two dollars and fifty cents PR dens aud the
compulsory grauity SYSTEM to sei wants. sAc5 so
great nuisance in English fashoaape hoteis IL un-
known.
The Metropolitan is also magnificent establishment
and its freestone front is almost as beautiful AZ the
white marble aplendor of the Saint Nicholas This house
has four hundred It's cost was half a million
and the furntuc bill comes nearly up til two hundred
thousand mark. Its force Of emrioyts numbers two
hundred and twenty five. III the work Of the house IL
materially assisted by lArge ana powerful steam en-
CINE There ninety suites Of rooms which are fitted
up in style which would shame some royal residences
The par.ors sleeping rooms bath rooms etc. are very
conveniently arranged in both establishments TIE ho-
tel business is considered profitable the expenses OF
such houses as the Metropolitan and Saint Nichols
vary from hundred to thousand dollars per
diem.
By these statistics all persons familiar with English
and Continental hotels will that hotels if they
are not beyond comparison, they certainly unpar
4lleled The Engshman pays high price for lodging,
BOOTS and a candle he eats q cold breakfast in his
apartment for which he must pay another high price,
and dimes in isolation and frgdity al restaurant or
club Everything Ia 'extra." He cannot get at Nor.
eys in London for two suiness what :hecrully given
at the Saint Nicholas Metropolitan for half a
guinea. so universally is the superiority of our
hotels acknowledged abroad, that the liberal Offers
nave been made TO several Of hotel keepers
lish hotels the American plan in London and Paris
since this time hotels have improved fifty per cent
and the first class houses three ago
by the magnifcence of the ST. Nicholas and Metropol
tan The possession of hotels like these is laxury
which is still in for Continental friends
They cam however, come and enjoy them with u.s.
The coming season promises to be extraordinary
gayety We are to have two opera houses new music
hail. six Or eight theatres, Julien is coming back to re-
sentimental the breezes Castle Garden Bar
mum has taken hold of the Crystal Palace Genn will see
that our principal promenade is clean, the Broadway
shopleepers will Guido al their previous
in splendid stores and magnificent GOODS in fact the
most extraordinary facilities win bs offered for the
spending of as much money timl rent;es flying from
The wars and rumors of in Europe, manage to
bring with them. They viii be wen entertained at the
ST. Nicholas and metropolitan Hotels and such the
latitude allowed that they may be as exclusive or an
liberal as they please When the Earopoan wars are
over they can return with ideas as to
civilization, and perhaps may be brought 30 believe
refinement and republication of:en found hand in
hand.
Police Intelligence.
A BROADWAY DRY GOODS STORE ROBBED lY DUR
GLARs-A BOLD AFFAlR-$2, 900 WORTH or rso-
PERTY STOLEN.
During Friday night the dry goods OF Ubsle Pier
on Lake, situated at No. AL Broadway, was entered
burglars, and Canton Grape shawls to the AM ant
near 81 COO was carried by the rogaes Tac pro-
prietors of this store took extra precauton to fory
their store against the attack of burglars by erecting
powerful iron doors and window shutters However the
burglars have Of late adopted much easier manner Of
affecting an entrance than by assaultng strong iron
doors window shutters will be by the system
adopted in this burglary This store extends from
Broadway to Mercer street and by its side Mercer
is the private stable of Dr. cheesemaD It in this
bic that the burglars first entered and from the hay
they chopped hole through the brick wall into the store
It's supposed the robbers pressed for time hal
been alarmed In some way. they had taken from the
shelves large quantity Of the finest black silk which
noticed by the police to be standing in Mercer street
door two from the stable which supposed to have
stolen goods The plan to this has no ioabt
been arranged by the burglars for time pas AMI
most favorable to prevent detection few days prior
10 the robbery two genteel looking mon visited he
and after examining several shawls remarked 10 tb
clerk in attendance that they would bring their wives
a ara selection II is now supposed that those two m
certain the location of the shawl department. as the
has shown the burglars made their arst descent on
shaws 1t viii be necessary hereafter for builders
order to prevent the entrance of burglars to adopt
means near, Whereby the easy method Of breaking throu
party wall can be prevented
Arrest Of B,rclors.-On Thursday night, ofacersI
burn and Tucker, of the Twenty first ward, ARRESTED
young men, calling themselves Charles Johnson
Thomas Flood, whom the officers caught in the
breaking into the store situated at the corner of n
third street and First avenue The accused parties
conveyed TO the station house, and in the moraine
before Justice Stuart, who committed them to
for trial
AnoLr Burglar A,Testel.-At about 10 o,cloi
Thursday night officer Ivens, Of the Eleventh wai-
covered that burglars had forced an entrance 10
grocery store OF Mr.. Samuel Parkhl, situatedAe
corner of avenue ID and Fifth street. The burfit
seems, had carried of few bundles Of seears aSut
dollar npennes. In the vicinity OF the store fcer
saw three young men, whom be thought lookspi-
cious and, as he approached them. they sarte
on. He pursued them, and succeeded in capt one
who calls himself Andrew Pctre On his pcrvere
found false Keys candle and matchos--very stous
articles He was suspected of being enc OF thslars
who entered the store aud was conveyed be Jus
tice stuart, who committed him TO prison fortsher
hearing
a DishoneS Cdr,mdn--On Friday a cartuane1
Michael Thompson, arrested charged whaling
pure containing $50, in bank bills and coin pro-
~ q L. y.