Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-13
Our European Letter.

One OF the great sights ut this season oil
the year is to see the returning American
tourist making through Liverpool for their
steamships. They give this city scant
courtesy on their arrival east, hardly
breakfasting in it, and making straight
for the railway train to London, where
they order some travelling clothes, do the
sights, and speed as soon as possible for
the continent. Perhaps one-half of them
aim for Switzerland, and the other half
divides between France and Germany.
Only the Oldest class of travellers, and
those who use no foreign language, hug
the British Islands. This class is growing,
and the periodical instead of novitiate
visitors, the former trying English scenery
as restroom American hard work and
mail correspondence in summer. II hate
England" said a wealthy western man to
me, but it is the only place eau get away
from the mail the newspaper, and the
telephone. Bad rs it is, 1t rests me.
have wearied on the continent long ago."
On their return most of the Americans
have spent all their money, and may be
seen in Liverpool disputing their hotel
bills desperately. observed at tho North
western hotel yesterday man in state
of pallid choler because his bill for three
persons was four shillings. "You cannot,
''said the equally exasperated maiden
donlo, "eXpect to sit three persons down
to two heggs! We don't divide heggs like
thatw 81 am an invalid" said the return
ing pilgrim; II only sit down with the
family at their request. never eat any
thing but tea and toast.
The chief hotels here are the Northwest
ern and the Adelphi. The latter has the
name of being dear but l think not. 1t
has the Oldest reputation and charges
| think about 81 day. The Northwestern
hotel is kept by the principal English
railwaycompany and is the front or facade
of their depot. 1t will cost 81 for room
and attendance at the top of the house, 70
cents for meat breakfast and Sl.25 for
table d'hote dinner. There are no extras
but bath and wine. OF course, n family
travelling is subject to slight eXtortions
everywhere, but no more than with us.
Frequently Americans weary completely
of travel. and come to Liverpool to be
near the ship and to sit down and wait for
it. There are several seaside places agree
able as such places 60 in England close
to Liverpool, of which the nearest is
Southport, tho toughest Blackpool and
the most celebrated Llaududno. But Eng.
land waters are too cold for most Ameri-
can bathers. Some of our tourists lie back
at Matlock Bath and Buston, an hour or
two from Liverpool; Others seek the
stronger scenery of Wales and Westmore-
land, among the mountains and lakes, and
think the best place in the united kingdom
by the seaside is Bray, near Dublin; the
softest climate, of course, is on the south
coasts of England.
Liverpool itself is IN interesting place;
there are two parks in its environs and
good drive to Chilwell Abbey, four
miles off, where there is bowling green.
The Earl of Derby's estate, Knowsley, is
rather stingily shown, or not shown at all
it is seven miles of. A. II. Chester, the
! Duke of Manchestcr's seat Eaton Hall,
splendid but modern, is regularly shown
l for about 81 admission. Chester, place
of 40, 900 people, is the best show in Eng
land for domestic architecture Of the six
tecnth century, Roman walls, &c, spent
Yesterday there with delight. The houses
are pierced through two stories for public
colonades and lined with shops in those
old timber corridors.
The theatres of Liverpool are contempt
ible for city of probably 100000 people.
| went to the Prince of Wales theatre Ia ST
night, where Carl Rosa's Opera Company
sane. and it looked to be no improvement
en- the theatricals of Shakespeare's time !;
a box like hog pen curtain like Thes.
plan spout shop, no exits, and admission
to the dress pit through private box.
Liverpool is nothing but majestic docks
and shipping, with a damp and squalid
town parastica to them. This town
struggles up the sides of the sandstone
hills; behind and through them the rail-
roads gladly tunnel out. The only archi-
teclural bit in the city is around St.
Georges Hall, which looks like a long
tomb OF sarcophagus, Of a gloomy red
color and without window, before which
Frances Victoria in feathered cap on
horseback, and Albert reins still as death,
and tall shaft, surmounted by the Duke
of Wellington presides over him as if tc
say Spare not the rod" English stree
s,atuary is the worst in Europe, and il
retro2rading. AUGUST.