Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-25
How THE ESal1sn POnrEns ..po,, TRAVELLERS

0OW TIE ENSI.iSh = OTHERS DO TRAVELLERS
English Railraad Degots.-Us .land lub-
bers" and t.get.aways, are consolcd in read.
ing that those who do go away over sea and
land have their fair share of annoyances. Mr..
81. j. Raymond, Editerin.chief of the N. Y.
Times, reports his case rs follows, in his first
letter from London
There is a popular impression that rudeness
and rowdyisnl among hackmen and drayman
are confined to New York. From one OF two
instances which fell under my observation at
Liverpool, think this is decidedly mistake:
though mention the fact rather for the in
structlon OF future 0oyGgeurs than from any
personal inconvenience which myself sus-
tanned. We werelanded from the Persia. which
was anchored in the stream, in tug, upon
winch the luggage was collected in an immense
heap, to be taken to the Railway station by
public porters. The passengers were, as usual,
impatient to reach the first train for London,
and SO far as they were concerned they were
IN ample time But just at the last moment
up came two enormous drays,-marked the
property of one William Hanson, loaded with
luggage, upon which were seated three OF
tour burly fellows, who became at once objects OF
the most intense interest to the busting crowd,
but not a trunk would they put down until they
| had received shilling,- and the remonstrances
OF mere and there passenger led to the most vio-
finally converted the whole crowd into an indig-
nant and excited mob. have never seen any
thing worse upon New-YOrk dock:-and. in
spite of the traditional order and regularity with
which things are supposed to be arranged at Eng
llSn railway stations, would be very difficult to
match in America the utter and hopeless confu-
sion Thich attended the departure of that morn.
ing's train. Nobody could find his luggage or
his seat Everybody was in everybody else's
way. The system of checking the baggage
which prevails with us and upon the Continent,
is yet unknown, in Liverpool, and upon the
English roads generaily,-and the whole opera.
ton of getting under way was, to stranger,
intensely bewildering and annoying. l escaped
It all oy putting my luggage upon hack at
station;-but Mr.. W., who had been less fortu-
nate, succeeded in regaining his from the pub.
lie cart only after lavish expenditure of brides,
| and even then half an hour too late for the
| morning train.
While am on the subject Of grievances
may as well mention another. Placards announce
every where that employees at the. Railway sta
tons are not allowed to receive ,gratuIties In
this particular, as in many others, the supposed
tyranny of British law has only an ocular exis-
tence; it is ''all in your eye" don't think
there is anybody employed within half mile
OF an English railway who is above being bribed.
The magnificent guard-who parades the plat
form covered with badges which look like the or.
derS and decorations of some great conqueror-
readily takes shilling for showing you seat in
an emPtyscar. The porterpockets your sixpence
for looking at your luggage, and takes. twice
the amount for calling cab-without being
weighed down, in either case by guilty con.
seriousness of having broken the law. 1t is not
all difficult to obtain abundant civility and at
tentlon while travelling by rail; but you must
know the ropes and be lavish of small change