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Vol. 3 Xo. 51 Whole IVo, ir5.
tics with Franco nntl America in a wny evin
cive of his tlionmsh knowledge of the diplo
matic history of England. His manner is calm
and impressive his language simple hut effect
ivo. The Puke of Wrr.MMiTojc, who lind I ron
pitting (or an hour dosing, when called out,
spoke feebly, and seems physically if not men
tally broken. Earl Stanhope, who seems much
of a man of Business, in person, face and fea
tures, is strikingly like Charles J. Ingorsoll of
Philadelphia.
The "Gallery" of the House of Iords is n
small apartment or "dock" separated from its
Ijoliby, and elevated three steps above tlie floor
of the House, where some twenty-five or thirty
persons constnnd up nnny mvst stand, for; were stationed sentinels, as well as without, on
there are no seats. 1 met Mr. Lfavitt, of the the top, and at intervals of a few paces nil a-
Emancipator, and Gen. Warp, of Westchester,
there.
The new Parliament House, now in the pro
gress of construction, on the brink of the Thames
near Westminster Bridge, is a most costly and
magnificent pile. This edifice, in magnitude
and munificence, is in keeping with the other
architectural illustrations of Rovality in ami
The lov'd Oh ! briijhtly, pent!',
She paus'd from enrth away ;
So vanishes from fint and flocr
The fircnell lieht of day !
Fo fadi' from view, in ratirn bowers,
A wing of radiant hue!
And so a lingpiing star is lost
From morning's sky of blue !
Mourner, thou of the slreaniinR rye,
Ay ! Ii-eak that spell of ittonm,
E'n 'thouch thy fond heart's dearest shrine
Lies vpjl'd iviltiin the tomb :
Think of her blissful, sweet release,
'J'be soul's high triumph there,
And sav, oh would?! thou win her back,
Earth's sullying blight to share J
.Yew Mirror.
From the AIIkiiuj Evening Juurnal.
I.KTTEItS FliO.H Mil. WEEI)XO. XV.
IjIMlOM, Jl'I.V 2-"), 1S-IH.
Having tailed to get into the House ot Urn- niu, jndon. It was in reference to the pro
mons immediately after our arrival here, during j nof.P( itPri0r adornment ofthe new Pnrlinnient
the somewhat exciting debate upon the Irih . i t.iupo, at a slartling expence, tht 1 heard
Arm hill, I delayed my visit several days, in the au BiornAM speak the other night,
hope that some other question of interest would j qUitc for,rnt to say, in the proper place, that
elicit a debate. But as nothing sprung up in j tiic King 0f Hoover, who is a son, you know,
that, way, I went the other evening, and was j 0f f;crir?0 cnlnc ito the House of Lords
shown into the Speaker's Gallery, by the Hon. i while 1 was there. As he passed by me, with
Mr. TnonM.rv, an intelligent, practical mem- j his upper lip stuck full of coarse bristles, I
her from olvcrhnmpton, to whom I had a let- , wondered whr.t "Roar of Ardcncs" he could he;
terof introduction from his mercantile Iriend j and was not at all surprised, afterward, when
Mr. II. L. Wkub. Mr. T. remarked that the informed that this was the King of Hanover ; a
Fitting would be a very dull one, and advised j ma whose gross nnturc and beastly propensi
me to go into the pillory ofthe other House, . ties, were they not enohled, would cast him
but in repairing thither for the purpose of pro- j without the pale of society,
curing my admission, wo found that "the Lords j England has, as she needs, a strong Govcm
were up," as is their term for on adjournment, ment, for the support of which she pays roundly.
I therefore returned to the Commons. j There is much here, of what I have discovered
Parliament sits, yon know, in n wing adjoin- 1 something in America. The individual who,
ing Westminster-Hall, where the higher Courts j hy a dispensation of Providence rather than the
ho'd their sitting. The sessions commence, i voice of the People, is now administering our
or to uc their own terms, the Houses meet at , Government, enjoys neither the confidence nor
5 o'l iock, P. M. As you approach the Hull, respect ol any considerable number of his coun-
and especially if the Lords are in session, you trymen ; and yet out of "respect to the office
CANADIAN PATRIOTS.
QjT We copy from the N. V. Tribune the f al
lowing Bccoui t of Ihc rseaj e of Tiir.ttr.n and
Perms, two ot the Canadian Patriots, from the
Fortress at (jurl re, whrre thry were imprisoned :
The Ckcnpo of TiiEU.rn nml Donor, from
this Citadel in where they were confi
ned on charge of Treason during the Canadian
rebellion, was certainly one of the most remark
able exploits ever achieved. They were con
fined with half a dozen others, in one of the
casement rooms just described, at the corner of
the Citndel, on the right of the entering gate.
A fence of solid plank run along each side of
the room, and within this fence on cither side
ing the alarm. They kept on coolly, and re
solved to jump from the ramps rt into the ditch,
10 feet below. Theller took the lead, brokj
his leg, and was followed by the rest. Most of
them were taken ; but Theller and Podge es
caped into the street, passed the gates bel'ore
they were ordered ch ed, and took reluge in
the suburbs. Here they dodged the act ve
search which was kept up for several days, and
ultimately reached the United States by way
of Maine. In all its parts I am sure I have
rarely read o) a more desperate and remarka
ble escape than this.
Author lit Knglandby Willis
We cut the following statement, by one who
has hail every opportunity to know, ofthe posi
tion of Literary Men in England, from The
New Mirror of Saturday:
The fact is, that the position of a mere liter-
l'mcr.s i or m ritTisixu.
I square t insertion, fr) Rr
I do 2 do . . . .0 7
1 do 3 Ao - . . 1 flit
Evi'ty subsequent in-erlion, ... 0-'
Yearly Adertlement s one rn1u.mii, f lb ', half
column, f I H, three squares, f tU ; two squares, fit
one square, f IS. Half-yearly! one column, f 18 ;
half column, i 12 i lhrr squares, f 8 ; two squares,
one squars, $3 fin.
Advertisements left without directions as to th
length of time they aro to be published, will ha
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. rrViitcen lines make t square.
isnoclas9 free from the humiliating' weakness.
The notice of a lord will at any time tako the)
wind out of your sails when a lady is in the)
case ; ymtr tailor will leave you half measured
to run to my lord's cap in the street ; your doc
tor will neglect your fever for my lord's cold ;
. , , '. II ,i . your friend will breakfast with tny lord though
ary nr.n m England, in any circle above that J . , , , ,
i ii it engaged particularly to you; and the out-go-
to which he is horn, is that ot n i.ickill. lie is . ft ' ' . . ...
- i ill.--. . n.l .n nntitfa IhA D.IMniT. A M A r r fTJ
see 30, 10, and sometimes 50 grooms mounted
(and in Kvery of course) holding saddled horses
in readiness for the members, who generally,
like John Randolph, go and return to and from
Parliament in this manner. If you are a
stranger, porters very civilly conduct you to
the entrance, for w hich service they loi,k for a
ponny. Here an individual receives ywti um
brella, overcoat, caiie, A'.., fir t-ikinj care i-f
which, when you ri.-turii, lie of c.mrse expects a
"T.ituitv. "oii then pas through a long narrow
corridor intr, an u:ite-r'iii, w here, if you want
t.i see a men. her, voor card i- handed to a. door
Keeper with gnu n and wig, w ho transmit it
without leaving his post, through some "bole
lie holds, w hen he travels, he is received with
demonstrations ofapparent confidence and re
gard. Here the principle is carried farther.
The public eye and car are blind and deaf to the
iiitiriniiirs and vices of Royality. This remark,
however, has no refereuce to the present Mo
narch, whose own life is not only blameless, j eeivin
nut who is siirro'iruioii iiv persons ot ;euer .
character than are u.-niilly found breathing a
C'liirt atino-pliere. Hut the strength of the
l'.ritish Gnvernrm n', with its own subjects,
consists miiclt more in their rcerencc for and
long the wall. Vet with every thing in the
world to hinder and defeat them, they cut out
an iron bar two inches thick from the window
at which a guard was always stationed and
made their escape from the room, from the Ci
tadel, and from Canada. Theller has given a
long ami detailed account of the manner in
which this most desperate enterprise was ac
complished; and after visiting the place, and
observing its strength, no one read the narra
tive without the highest admiration ofthe skill,
the ingenuity mid indomitable perseverance by
which it was achieved. Forbidden to speak
even to the sentinels searched every little
while and watched with lire closest vigilance,
they managed to corrupt the sergeant who had
them in charge, established a correspondence
with their friends in the city, and thus procu
red the implements of which they had need.
They were allowed to walk a little way over
the open ground under charge of a guard every
day. Let me give you one instance of Thel
ler'e invention and address. He wished for
certain information from the city, and a friend
had at his request come to visit the Citadel, and
was stretched upon the grass reading a book.
Forbidden to speak to him, Theller begn to
caress his dog, and to address to him sundry
playful words, of which, as they w'ere in
French, the guard understood nothing, and
which were in fact addressed to the dog's mas
ter, who seemed to be intent upon his book at
a little distance. He had been promised the
tools he wished, and now desired to know
when they would be brought. Pretending to
coax the dog in with him, he asked, "What
time can you bring the tools required, of which
a list is in that cannon on the corner?" Per-
that tin
th
could not be answered by
t-t r. tli.t tuiin e-ivni( limit I tat nil 1 1 n
i :ip iir, in till.- miiut- lwx.iiii iuii' i i i- emu i
would try to entice the dog within, and that
his master must call to him and pronounce the
time as if it were the. dog's namv. Just as he
had sturted for his cell, the dog following him,
I
devotion to Koyalitv, than in cannon or bavo- ! his master w hislled to him to entice him back
riots. u.ow.Vr or ball. And it is for this rer-snn and called out "demaiii ! domain ! dem aii: !"
that !Vru-c tire built for Kings aad Queens, ! to-iui-.rrow. to-morrow, to-morrow, as if it with
in the wall," to the member, who obtains a . , t!mt Princes and Princesses arc ostenta- ! the r.aiiie of his do". The trick succeeded
Speaker'r order, and ushers you into the C.nilcry. ' tiou-ly hern and luxuriously reared. It is for ti , returned the soldier laughed to uee
And here, iuMea.l ofthe magnificent Hall, the : 1 1 1 i e rens,,n, also, that immense sums are lavish- ! low Theller was foiled in trying to get the dog,
brilliant Chandelier, and die grave, dignified i ed upon a Royal Family. Royalty, surrounded j n!1j T,cllcr laughed at the prospect of having,
and eloojiient Keprescntativcs ot tiie l nit ou i iy all that wealth can purchase, inspires t ic ' f(,.,JJorro. tools to helit him escape.
King-Joins' of England, Scotland and Ireland,
you find yourself in a long, narrow "ball-ronin,"
with rows of benches and settees covered with
green baize, and occupied (when I went in) by
some fifty or sixty garulous gentleman huddled
together and gabbling with as little regard to
sense as order. Of what was said, except
"hear," "hoar," "hear," by at least a dozen
voices, I could for a long time understand lit
tle : but finally, one persevering gentleman's
voice was dUtinguished obavc the. "hear,"
"hear," "heai," who spoke an "infinite deal of
multitude with awe, if not with respect and j
affection. Indeed there arc few, if any, de
formities which may not be concealed by jew
els and diamonds. Rut I am wandering fur a
way from a few simple figures (not of speech)
that I intended to furnish. Lot me give a sin
gle item (the Queen's Civil List) of the Par
liamentary npprepriation, in IS 13, for the sup
port of John Hull's Government : "The Queen's
Privy Purse XOO.(HH), Royal Household Salaries
JC131 ,200, Tradesmen's Hills jC172,.'O0, Royal
Rotinty Alms 13,200, Unappropriated X.OtHI,
nothing," without, however, my being able to j Duke of Cumberland (who is King of Hano
detect the "kernel of wheat" in his "bushel of! Ver) '21,000, Duke of Cambridge 2?,00,
chad: Tl Itro are no chairs or desks for mem- Duchess of Gloucester 16,000, Queen Adc
her;, who, when they speak, collect round a aide 100,000, Pitches of Kent 130,000,
table, upon which they lean with one hand, j Prince Albert 30,000. Ki.ig Leopold .',
w hile they hold their huts in the other. The ; QUI," making in all over 700,000 or 3,."j00,
membcrs sit with their hats on and their legs j (k)0 annually, for the support ofthe Royal Faiui
up a la Trolleppe. Many of them sleep very ly.
roundly; and ouo member gave this as an ex- j
cuse a lew days since, in the Jondon papers,
Rut these were not the only difficulties he
had to contend with. He was twice betrayed
! by his fellow prisoner once by that most con
! tempt ible of all poltroons., Thos. Jeflerson Sn
! therland, and again by another named Pew;
j and yet he each time succeeded in making
i the officer, whocamcto inquire intothc matter,
I believe that they had been hoaxed ! Once an
' officer came in, sat upon the window seat, and
j carried otTupon his white jacket a print of the
i iron bar with a perfect representation of the
: place where they had nearly cut it through !
; Vet they wheedled him into allowing them to
j rub it otf! One of the prisoners wrote a note
j to the sentinel saying that Theller "had one of
! the bars ciC ;" and when search was ordered
: Theller dexterously read it "had one of the
j bars out," and then laughed at the hoax, as thry
j could easily sec at a glance w hat a palpable lie
'it was! And so they went on, making their
plans and perfecting their means of escape.
Cobs Mtai.. Mr. Win. Clark, in the N. E.
1.. i.l nAn;.lM,,nll.. t..nvn l t..1r nll.l tttnt. f.it fl.O GPnlinpl O Tl .
f..r having voted wrong. I remained here two I ' ' , " '.' r"-'; 7 , . -. 7 V 1 V i , i i i ; .!,
. , . , . , . , i of the fact, that corn menl lost its fine flavor by gaged in drinking porter drugged bun thus
hours without seeing or hearing anything that ; ' . . , , . ,. . . .,,,,.
. , , . . , -, ,. . be n- very finely ground. Repeated trials of with laudanum erawled out ot the hole they
raised these members ofthe Pritish House of i " . ' " . ' , . , , , ,. . , .i .... .
,-. ., ' coarse and tine meal, troin me same parcel ot
. .... nw.r. , . i tin inli.llAlnql A.ilinlilu tt'ltll A 1
...iinf iiiuiid m nil tiiivuiviuiil iiHinr .. i.ii u . , . . , ,
corn. Irai U il Mlllliar ri rim. x Hiiwiii-Biiuitiu.v
Ci.oriKt ( 'im am. This delicate luxury
seems not to be duly appreciated in this "land
flowing with milk and honey." Among far
mers, where we might expect to meet with it
in abundance, we rarelv find it. The economy
of it would form an important item, in a large
or a common sized dairy, as it is said in Eng
land, where it is much med, to yield one-fifth
more and better butter than when not clouted ;
fur this fact, however, our experience, will not
enable us to vouch. Rut we can believe that
the unpleasant flavor which milk sometimes
has w ill be expelled. The process of clouting
is simply to scald the milk over a slow fire, un
til it rises to or tiear the boiling point. This
detaches all the cream from the milk, on the
top of which it forms a compact sheet, which
may be cut like cheese curd. Put into coffee
or on fruits, it constitutes a rich and delicious
appendage. The mode of making it in Eng
land, is to put the milk into a hell metal vessel.
and let it stand twentv-four hours, or while the
cream rises. Then hang the vessel over a mo
derate fire, where it is continued alsvit an hour
and a half. When near ebullition, the vessel
is occasionally rapped by the knuckle, to as
certain whether it rings, forat the boiling point
the vessel ceases to ring, and is immediately
taken ofi and sot awav to cool.
CranFon tiik Pn.r.s. Mix one table spoon
ful of sulphur with half a pint of milk, to Ik
taken the last thing every day, until favorable
symptoms appear and, then occasionally, as the
case may require. The aluivc is a cheap, a
simple, but most infalliahle cure for that most
painful and unpleasant disorder. It has bcei
used with complete success in old and in
veterate cases where individuals had spent
scores of dollars in medical advioc. It is equal
ly as useful nsa preventive. It will injure
none, and only once requires a trial.
IUmtno nin Pi(i. Amongst the rural
sports of merry England, hunting the pig is
pretty genera', A pig of considerable size nm
fctrength is telected ; his tail is well soaped
and greased, and he finally becomes the pro
perty of the candidate who is successful
grasping the pig by the tail, raising him up,
and then throwing loin across his shoulder,
This is evidently no easy matter, for in addi
tu n to being greased, the tail is docked to with
in a few inches ofthe stump. No one : a
lowed to seir.e 'he pig by the leg, or any other
part than tin tail; bu', as m climbling the pole
dust and sand are very freely used. In a very
short time the arena becomes a scene of in
seribahle confusion and tun ; the grunting o
the pig, in hi:: etliirls to ocape from his pursu
crs the lamentations of thek-o w ho are soraw!
nig ou the ground, and the shouts and laughter
ofthe. spectators, produce a scene of jollity sel
iloui witnessed." H'iiAo-" Cnwrsaiid Spirts
Tun Soi.nn n's IHtii s. Let us learn th
soldier's duties (!) from Sxu arrow's Cut
(hixrn, a sort of Military Manual, a series of l
rcct'.ons by that great general to his soldier
"Push hard with the bavonet. Tl.c ball will
loose its wav -the bavonet never. Stab once
mid off with tliw Turk from the bavonet. Stab
the second. Stab the third. A hero will s!a
half a dozen. If three attack vou, stab the firs
lire on the second, and bayonet the third."
What business this tor a Christian for uny
human being! No wonder that it so inures
even boys to the foulest crimes, and make
them mutineers, murderess, pirates, villains o
every name and d"grce ! E,
invited for what he contributes to the entain
ment of the aristocratic lions and lionesses who
feed him. He has neither power nor privilege
in their sphere. He dare not introduce a friend
except as another jackal), and it would be lor
verv extraordinary reasons, that lie would ever
name at the tables where lie is most intimate,
his lather or mother, w ife, sister, or brother.
The f Hitman who sometimes conies to him with t
a note er book, knows the difference between
lim and tiie other guests of his master, and by
punishable d'tTerenec of manner makes the
istinction in Iih service. I ho abandon
lieh they feel in his presence, l.c never feels
in tlinrs ; and we doubt whether 1 nomas
loore himself, the pet ofthe English aristo
cracy fur forty years, ever forgot, in their com
pany, that lie was in the presence of his superi
ors, and an object of condescension.
Now we have many people in thi- country,
Americans born, who are monarchists, and who
make no scruple in private conversation of
wishing for a defined aristocracy, and other in
frangible distinctions between the different
classes of society. In the picture they draw,
however, they themselves figure as the aristo
crats: and we must take the liberty, for the
moment, putting them "below the salt," and
setting forth a few of their annoyances. Take
the best received Amcriem in London your-
board of supervisors in the counties of Wash
ington, Cayuga, Tompkins, Ontario, Monroe,
Livingston, Genesee, Erie, Niagara, Cbau
tauque, iSLc. &c.
The House of Lords, though presenting the
same architectural aspect, was intellectually
dignified, elevated and imposing. Inmy visit
hero I had the good fortune to hear Lords
Ruuuoium and AutnoruN, tho Duke of Wix-
ixuton, the Marquis of Lajsdown, Earls
t?rMiore and Monteaglc, and several other
Fecrs of less consideration. Of Lord Ruoccii
am I only heard enough to mako me exceed
ingly desirous to hear more. He is truly a
great man, whose voica and manner, instead of
being harsh and ttiff, as I had been led to tup
pose, are clear and graceful. 1ird Aberitcn
is evidently an enlightened statesman. Ho
Jim
1.1 N
coarse meal were light, sweet and palatablo,
while those from the fine meal, even with the
addition of eggs, were comparatively heavy and
insipid.
The change was evidently a chemical change,
produced by the more thorough grinding ; and
j very naturally gave rise to an inquiry as to the
effect the severe grinding might have upon
the nutritive, as well as savory qualities of meal
either fur cooking or for feeding domestic ani
mals. A Rachclor is described thus, by a laughter
loving girl of our acquaintance : "A shirt bo
som without a collar hands in his breeches
pockets cotton umbrella in a dry day fol
lowed by a barber and a washerwoman like his
shadow and always inquiring the price of six
Isvoi.uni'vhv fUu.oosr;.J. The Canrri
had made, climbed over the fence, and were rYs T'Juts I'uis of Saturday, relates a curious in
rp'jkc P.r some tin.e in relation to former Trea-; ftct of ror-r.or on ounce c! laudanum."
challenged by a sentinel ! Another sentinel
luckily answered the challenge.
The same thing happened again, but lin y
escaped in the same manner, and were making
their way across the open space to the front
wall overhanging the principle, when Theller,
making some noi.-e, was again challenged
"who goes there !" "Officer of the guard,"
said he, in a careless manner. "Advance offi
cer of the guard and give the countersign."
He had learned that the countersign was gene
rally some number in the teens to answering
hastily and carelessly " teens," he heard
tho welcome reply, "Pass, officer of the guard
all's well ! They went on slowly reached
the rampart, ond some noise being made by one
of their party, they heard the order to "pass the
word to turn out the picket" heard the word
passed, and the swill rattle ofthe drum souud-
cident which occurred in Paris, in consequence
of a balloon starting on its own hook, w ithout
the consent of the proprietor. A large eon
course of people had assembled to see an rero-
naut take flight for tho regions of upper air, but
unfortunately, before he took his seat in the ear
the irrcostat got loose, and the grappling boo!
which was dangling from the machine, hitched
into the indescribable of a boy who was gazing
open-mouthed at tho ascending mass, and car
ried him Up. willv mil v. I he women, as a mat
icr of course, screamed and fainted, but the lad
n tin weenm to oave been a hero in Ins way,
clasped tho ropo tightly with his hands and
feet, and with an awful rent in his aforesaid,
was introduced by bis inflated companion into
tho t''A'C tirch. After a short voyage, the
balloon descended, and deposited the little fel
low fafe anJ sound, on tcrrj firrna.
ings and in -comings, the sayings and doings,
the stupidities, impudencieB, manners, greet
ings and condescensions of lords and ladies, u
surp the conversation in all places, and to the
interruption or exclusion ofthe most grave or
personal topics.
Cnderstand "s, we gTudge no respect todig
nities er authorities. Even to wealth, as pow.
or, we are willing to yield the wall. But we
say again, that ti republican spirit must rcfrt
against homage to any thing human with
which it nncr can compete, and in this lic.i
the only distinction (we fervently hope) which
will ever hedge in an American aristocracy.
Let who will, get to windward of us hy supe
rior sailing 'he richer, the handsomer, the cle
verer, the stronger, the more beloved and gif
ted there was fair play at the start, and we
will pay deference and duty with the promptest.
Rut no lords and ladies, Mr. President, if yon
love us. N. P. W.
A Man Mistakkn fck a Muskhat. Wo
learn from the Albany Advertiser that in Itha
ca, a day or two since, a Mr. Terrell was sit
ting on the banks of the inlet, very composedly
and innocently engaged in fishing. A young;
boy of the village who, gun in hand, attracted,
by the sight of Mr. Terrell's fur cap, which he
look for ft muskrat, let fly a full discharge of
very sizeable shot, which lodged in the fore-
self, fi.r example. Reader ! Vou have no fixed I head, check, arm and leg of Mr. T., wounding
rank, and therefore you have nothing to keep
ynu down, andean rise to any position in the
gift of your noble entertainer. As a foreigner,
you circulate freely (as many well-introduced
Americans do) through all the porcelain prnc-
trulia of the West End. You arc invited to
dine, we will say, with his grace, the Puke of
Devonshire. There arc ten or twelve guests,
all noble except yourself ; aud w hen you look
around non the five other gentlemen, it is pos
sible that, w ithout vanity, you may come to
conclusion, that in dress, address, spirit and na
tural gifts, you are at least equal to those a
round you. Pinner is late in being announced,
and meantime, as you know all the ladies, and
arc particularly acquainted with the youngest
and prettiest, you sit down by the latter, anil
promise yourself the pleasure of giving her an
arm when the doors are thrown open, and sit
ting by her at dinner. Thu butler makes his
n nnen r:irri t lnf find flip l:Mf will i ntrl u fn ben
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your arm when in steps my Lord Flummery,
who is a terrible "spoon," but undoubtedly
"My Lord" takes the lady from you, nnd makes
his way to the dinner table. Your first thought
is to follow and secure a place on the other side
of her, but still another couple or two ate to
take the seat that is left perhaps between two
men who have a lady on the other bide. Tlca
sant is n'l it !
Again. You arc strolling in Regent-street
or the Park with an Englishman, whose ac
quaintance you made on your travels. He is a
man of fortune, and as independent, in his char
acter as any man in England. On the conti
nent he struck you as particular)' high-minded
and free frm prejudice. You are chatting
with him very intimately when a young noble
man, not remarkable for any thing but his no
bility, slips his arm into your friend's and joins
the promenade. From that moment, your
friend gives you about as much of his attention
as ho does to his walking stick, lets your ques
tions go unanswered, let them be never so cle
ver, and enjoy with the highest zest the most
remoto sp nmyosities of my lord. You, per
!iHp n a stranger, visit m my lord's circle of
society, and your friend ihiesnot, but he would
as soon think of picking my lord's pocket as of
introducing yon to him, and if you begin to
think yon are Monsieur VV'yaud say "good
morning," your friend, who never patted from
you belure without making an engagement to
sec you again, gives you a nod w ithout turning
his head iVoiu his lordship, an 1 very drily echoes
your "good morning." And this, we repeat,
the mo-t independent man in England will do,
for he is brought up to tear God and honor a
bird, and it inbred in his bone and brain.
We could give a thousand similar instance.!,
but the reader can easily imagine them. The
l.fe of a ro'innoner in England is one of inevita
ble and daily eclipse and mortification no
thing but the force of early habits and education
making it tolerable to the Englishman himself,
and nothing at all unking it in any way endu
rable to a republican of any pride or spirit. You
naturally say, "Why not associate with the
middle classes, and let the aristocracy go to the
devil !" but iinlit iitually sending people to the
devil is of no use, and the middle classes value
yourself and each other only as your introduc
tion to them is aristocratic, or as their friends
are apprcnble by an aristocratic eye. There
him Very severely.
CirriNo both Ways. The tall editor of
the Chicago Petnocrat, in referring to tho
means that were used to defeat his election,
humorously remarks : "Ve lo6t about 20(1
votes for CungreFS because wo were an oh!
bachelor; and the only wonder is, that we did
not lose mote on this account. Rut the cruelty
of the whole matter is, that whilst some wcr3
opposing us because we were unmarried, others
were because they believed the story that wo
were in the habit of whipping our wife."
A WonD from Lout) Monrr.Tr?. "You may
take the word ofono who speaks from experi
ence ofthe matter, that in frank and cordial
hospitality to the ucet and stranger, John the
elder Bull, must work hard to come up to Jona
than, the lusty yearling."
Pos Honor. A letter writer of the Charles
ton Mercury says there is a dandy at Saratog i,
so exquisitely exquisite that lie shops all night
with gloves on, and with leeches applied to the
ends of his fingers, to make his hands delicate
and white!
One of the Canada darkee soldiers, at Nia
gara, challenged a man one night in this fierce
fashion 'Halloo dar ! who com in' ! 'Dvanco
and guv eountctsign Victori, or you can't ps?
here :"
An exchange paper says the keeper of tha
managerie was lately seen beating one ofthe
elephants wiMj a large club. A bystander as
ked him the cau 'e "Why," said the keeper,
"he's been flinging dust all aliout the lent,
he's tig enough to hnoir Lctti r."
A Goon O.sr. Soon after tho close c-f tiie
war of 112, an American vcsrcl, with a crew
ofgrern Yankee:, moored at St. CatharineVi
Pork, in lndon. One of the Yankees pitch
ed into a large warehouse, ami the proprietor,
presuming from liis appearance that he w as a
green one, thus accosted him :
"Fr-fr-ri-rend, ca-can you t-t-tc!! m-m." Here
bis h'liittering (topped liis ipeech, and his book
keeper advanced to his assistance, raying :
"Hu was going to ask you if you know why
Ralaam's ass spoke."
"Wall, I guess I dn," replied Jonathan ; "I
gnc- labium was a stuttering man, and couivin't
speak, so hiss ars spoke for him."
CONCNPRl'MS.
Why arc washerwomen the greatest naviga
tors on the globe 1 Because they arc continu
ally crosring the line, aivl running from pole
to pule.
Why is a man who catiiej a watch invaria
bly too late in his appointments ! Because he)
is always bihiml his time.
Why is the letter A like a honeysuckle t
Because a B follows it.
Why is the letter P like a Fftilor t Becatirfl
it follows the C.
Why Is the letter L in the word military likfl
man's nese. Because it is between two 14
(eyes.)
Why is the letter S like dinner 1 Because
it enmrs before T.
Why is a fiiohionubly dressed young lady
like a careful housewife 1 Because her u aift
(wast) is always as email as the can make it.