The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-19
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.

btVcfPVOt Uet Guy. -fHtcWpeT07lce
and Temperance Hotels. Failure OF
the Hdyvest.-Gi adstonc's Speech on
Garden Civilization. burial of Sir
Ro,cland Hill IN Westminster AbIey.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 8, 1879.
Mn. EDrroR: 1t is difficult for an
to understand why Liver
pool, q town of COO, 900 inhabitants, aud
the second metropolis of Great Britain,
is not a city; willie within the radius
Of one hundred miles there are hun
dred cities containing not one-half the
population of Liverpool. The reason
assigned Is that they are cathedral
towns and have bishop. Now, Liver
pool, 1t must he remembered, is a place
Of very recent growth; il contains no
that can compare with the
majority of English towns, and eonse-
quently up to this date has been with
out bishop and the attendant satisfac-
ton of being city. Great efforts are
being made at present, which will
before many months bring to be the
treasured title.
Liverpool has been called very ap-
"town in England" to
distinguish her from town of Eng
land, because her proportion of for.
eign elements is greater than in any
other place in the United Kingdom
There are some 100000 Irish, 10000
Welsh, $4,000 Scots, together with q
mixture ofcvery nationality of Europe.
In consequence we find here a much
greater amount of vice and misery.
The building of her famous docks was
the great attraction to foreigners; but
the sudden approach of hard times has
reduced the swarm of dock laborers 10
the dircst extremities. A man is lucky
If he can get three days work in week
at seventy-five cents per day. Misery
and famine follow him to his poverty
stricken home and in despair he betakes
himself to the ale house. In fact, the
temperance question as affecting the
English laborer is recognized by ali the
great political leaders and the press in
general as one of the most important
OF the day. Organizations are spring
ing up on every hand eager to spread
temperance principles and to assist the
besotted laborer to become an industri-
GUS man. Among other things, tenn
pcrance hotels ola high order are being
established in all the large cities, and
arc receiving an increasing patronage
from all respectable classes. Before
arriving in Liverpool | had heard a
good deal to the discredit of these ho-
tells, and OH landing | determined 10
see for myself. Accordingly went
Immediately to the Washington hotel
TO make thorough examination.
very soon found that things had been
sadly misrepresented to me and stran.
gers In general. After a week of the
best of entertainment, l find myself
this morning seated in the commodious
commercial room directly facing Lime
street station, the depot and terminus
of the largest railroad in this country,
the London and Northwestern. Below
me Is all the busy traffic of Liverpool,
whlle over the way rises the Yelling
ton monument and st. Georges Hail,
the finest building in Liverpool, statue
OF frincc Albert and Queen Victoria,
and little further of fountain PLAYS
before the grand building devoted to
the walker art gallery. No one stays
IN Liverpool great length of time, but
Tor Dlrds of passage there is 10 place
ike IL; and to all such birds the Wash
ington Hotel and Mr.. McDougall, the
offer the choicest induce.
ments. find here a good smoking
room with billiard tables, adjoining 4
luxurious drawing room where one car
spend the evening in refined society
But drink intoxicating liquors you may
not. The dining and bedrooms are fit.
ted up in the choicest manner, and
most attentive servants are ready ia
supply every want. The question
whether first-class hotel can be made
in this way is being sue.
cessfnlly solved in the affirmative.
Mr.. McDougall is Scotchman who has
we'll earned a prominent position in the
Town Council and has the sympa.
thics of the best people in Liverpool.
Hon. Stephen A. Packard, the U. s.
consul, was present at the opening OF
this hotel, and gives it his highest
praise. John b. Cough, who soon
comes to England, is to be entertained
in part by Mr.. McDougall. This latter
gentleman is summoning up his ener.
gies for fresh attack on the drinking
customs of society, and he calls for the
support of all in crested in hotel re-
form.
The English peers and the popular
mind in general arc ringing incessant
changes on the bread-and-butter cues
tons OF the universal failure of the
summer harvest and the prospects OF
lettering the condition of the lower
classes by migrating to Australia,
South Africa and America. A cold and
wet summer has ruined the prospects
of the farmer. 1t is estimated by the
best authorities that the loss will be
equal to one-third of the whole revenue
of Great Britain. The potato disease
has effected a more complete destruc-
ton than in any year since 1915. While
the wheat makes very good appear
ance, OH close examination ii turns out
to be all straw and no grain. Hun
dreds ofacrcs will not repay the farmer
for seed and manure.
AS result, emigrants are fiocking in
masses To the various ports, and Liver
pool receives more than her share. No
year since 1871 has seen such tide
going out. A Working Mans Emigra-
ton Society has been formed in Man.
chester, which is beginning work on a
large scale. This society aims to assist
people of all trades and classes to leave
this country. This movement is Sc
verely criticised and that too very lust
ly. While it may be to the advantage
of the farmer, with ruined crops behind
him, to seek better chances for carving
on his profession, the same is not true
of all trades, as mining and manufac-
lures. While crossing the Atlantic l
fell in with an intelligent English min
er who had laid up f500 in his own
country, and had gone over to look into
the mining region of the United States.
He was returning home fully persuaded
that he could do much better in Eng
land. Miners and laborers in manu.
features are in sad condition in Eng
land, but they cannot better themselves,
except in individual cases, by leaving
the land oflarge cities and great wealth.
They may receive less nominal wages
but they can bny much more food and
While at first sight emigra-
lion seems to be panacea for all ills,
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