American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-11-22

The flowing description Of Hyde Park, and OF
the fshionables that resort there, is from one OF
Professor Carters interesting letters from London.
"Our visit 10 Hyde Park was at the most fashion.
able hour Tor the purpose of Witnessing the style
Of "the nobility and gentry.'-Ths Park contains
about four hundred Al the entrance IS a
colossal statue of Achilles, standing upon lofty
pedestal, and armed with his sword AND shield. IT
was cast from cannon, taken at the battles OF Sa
lamanca, Vi,toris Tolouse and Waterloo, and is in
scrbed BY the ladies' to Wellington and his brave
companions in arms.o-A ound the Park there IS
a carriage path, resembling a race course, where
all who are able to ride and some who probably are
not, parade in full dress and equipage. Lords and
ladies' roll in their coaches which, by the by, are
generally heavy and nelegant while troop OF dan
dies, with sugarlosf hats, whiskers meeling al the
chin and mustac HOS covering the upper lip, galop
after. The last mentioned ornament is all the rage
here at present, being worne by some OF the nohil-
Iity Or all the whims and follies in dress, this is
the most outrageous indecent and disgusting. One
would think that every polished society would cry
out agains, it yet the fashionabes are here seen
walking the streets arm in arm with the ladies.
wearing tuft OF dirty hair upon the lip
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The following substance from Mr. CarveIs remarks
in his Practical Horse Farrier, nckng and docking OF
horses Printers Of papers would do well to give place
Fyam the Connecticut Mirror.
Mr. EdtorI am glad to that the abominable prac
lice Of docking and nicking horses is going ont Of fashion
believe il prevails in other country i'll the world be-
sides England and the United States; got it from the
mother country, and the leave it Oft the better
IT wonderful how any body but an ignorant narrowmin
ded blockhea Of jockey, should have thought Of
tit is offensive good taste, It is violation Of
every human feeling Has nature done her work IN such
bngng manner in forming that paragon of animals, the
horse that he requires have large piece of bone chop
ned off it'll axe, reduce to symmetry that beau
" and grace be obtained only by cutting pair of his
large muscles
''lhc docking and nck, Of horses says an intelligent
writer on frcry, "s cruel practice, and ought TO be
abandoned by the whole of mankind Every human
being possessed of feeling heart and magnamous mind
confess that both the docking and nickng OF horses
is cruel but that creature called man, attempts thus te
mend the works of his Almighty wise Creator in doing
which he often spnls and dsgures them What is more
beautiful than fine horse, with elegant long tail ane
flowing waving in the sports of the Wind and exhibit
ing itself in perfect state Of BESIDES, Create
has given them the horse for defence well beauty
The same author relates instance of fine hunting
rider the highest fye-barred gate with but h
thought the horse did carry good tail as he wished
he therefore had him nicked and when the horse gt wei
he could scarcely carry him two bars "Thus," sal
he 81 have spoiled line horse; and no wonder, for
weakened him in his lons" For myself would cheer
fully give per more for fine horse whose tail ha
never been mntatcd, than for which had been unde
the hands Of Jockey. AN EQUESTRIAN.