The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

ONE END OF PICCADILLY.

(From If eiserholif Word')
If ThurteU could be permitted to revisit metro-
pikes wilt, be would be qa at beam ; he wadi and a
trepedni neighbourhood d old amodatione, draw Idni
1011111411 the ciellar which hie Mend Probmt coos Inhabited,
emits to where the newel-mobensen shot the policeman
same mete ape,s kw doom down on the right-hand ride of

—Aleisit the lop et this thoroughfare it diffeeed every night
• my hop pert at what is blackguard, rathisaly, ma deeply
&wow in Lemke. If Picoadill may be tamed en
snowy st the metropolis, moat aevedT
azz et that strip of peer
mat between the tap of the and the Rinser
deem wet it* tikes. By the greater part et the
Mpg end hams Wray the therneller of the locality. &sae
thin en, indeed, nmestshis, bet they appear to have
tooie agile by dims, ad Ind bat mcomfortable.
ems pspostheste. Observe the
Mkt d="liallobassa yaks
gaping oysters, the MUMoi-
aid mid MI WWI trappien of fishily parsley, sad the
Pao 17•Meilith ethers: end then look into the chembits'
whim% sod are, by the moo dimly, in which directies
his Aid nods Mau May the thereeter of the doubtful
pie
as
amilititarwspi—elwas waiting far
ses=as dissidsi as wonder what the
liouielliiseriihi, oh they sire now cogitating. It Is
eiwsge as ellessivo be pin, ova in the daytime ; but at
NIPS IS in hifissaa with its snobs, and
italltossa red pantedcheeks and
and hoarse infer
17b's =my. thseee le the ether skis ot the
wey, p stit into the mini, pet anywise, Mow then
thempt to force year pump dm* this mess et
see ; fat it will meet preithig kw& —es it
this meglonserstion of MI -mimesis ems not musk
to Mop the polluted ahem tr ying to flow os—thst a
Isms band bat teemed • repistr deaslafore the ginshop, so
dense that nothing am id It, mem the tawdry
kameemies bi shoat the pavement to its music. I
sm net ea mites awslet. I have boss isag assegit
the baths of lite upon town to stand a pent deal that
trey opining valithshingly ; but I do may that this corm
of the Horsenst Y a cancer in the grad heart of the
sad • aims and • &wpm to the mervislon of
• cosviviel " drunk'," who bees to bar-
men as he goes herd night, when thine is net • seul
is lie way to be moyed, by expressing his mendines,
through an changes, m dog fray's Monty, has bees
quieted, before this, by • -knock a the head hem
• truncheon. A poor spplecwomen, sins Log to
earn • wretched pittance against the birth of a
inhat evidently not far off, Is chased from past to pillar
by any numbered letter of the alphabet ; but here, wanton
wickedates riots unchecked. The edge of the pavement is
completely blockaded. If you happen to be acmunpaied by
wife, daughter, sister, any decent woman, end to be waling,
or not waiting for one of the omnibuses that met pees there
—go anywhere, do anything, rather than sites*t Is elbow
through the photon: of rogues, sad thieves, sad eteenir
shame' sad horrors. _

From an extensive continental experience of cities, I ow
takepereonally an example from three quarters of the globe:
but I here never, anywhere, witnessed each open ruffianism
and wretched profligacy as rings slugthose Piccadilly !beg-
rimes any time after the gas ia lighted.
It b during the weeks of Epsom, Ascot, sad Hampton,
that the disciples of Thurtelre wheal of pursuits hold
Two or three year' back, thin were various
houses here, with their traps dweys sat open to
eatc=4eir prey; bat although thee are some.
thing of the kind is still going on, wide& the pole* keel, (or
Cadto know) nothing about. The gm ol low vorh
rufflans hovering skeet hen, at ell time, I. Incredible.
You know they have ell figured, are flgegieg, or will
fa card-cherring awe sad dirty bill bens. They hew
all the bendy beys:LrMt trousers, the Seeldell ben sell
riabead% wed y, clubby milks that tlbliaphlt
lteseinity. ere the stroarlavetwed API wed
Entedy, the mak ceet-liek% brie
beemet-pin, the ve sleek, sad the bat-had--always the
bet-bead is it • Whitensle reepectability, to chew that
Here wee somebody ~as le then ewe? And the.
le this unsavoury lesasteeleal the akakte *Ye
wile its difiercat bet welly wleetreethe worn, lad they al
gofer shoed In the Issit-liglis, onlid as AdWzg andi-
=se of *Epochal% lewergeler% eke wearetry kale, who
*lnk they ere u 111 b." awl peer amps who .bow it
le them such • wild& lava mg la the public
la the Ire et easeway, se is quite Lack-
= In =CI et this dale.
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I 11W111.111 W ITaislitCwmghlrates in whose division
iibzeid
Segue Walk le their dinner-tables some even-
ts/A Ned de eel Air lliseaseime whether it is an/body's
Weiner to de Omar& the evereetem of dna borne
of Proflido_ll. no quiet perm be able to walk
opm its skirts, emmekeledr mad why should all modest errs
and eyes be aheiebed sad outraged in one of the greatest
thoroughfares et Ilds metropolis e