Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-05

Notions of England as seen by French
nan.-Baron E'Haussez' one of the ministers OF
Charles X, has published two volumes OF ira
wells in England In the National Gazette
we 6nd the following extracts from them:-
R,;gh,on.-What would become OF 1t, 1t that
E,.h,nn which had favored its develnpement,
,bo,,d take il into her head to bestow her capri
c;,us Eavors elsewhere, and create another city;
or. il The POPULATION which comes there to dlssi'
nate ira eonui, should discover thata country
w,tbout trees, a sea without ships. shore with,
mt narbor, a town withox public institutions.
Y;,b,ut public walks, with no other means Of
diversion than perpetual mouon-ln word,
Mace created God knows why,-~hat, say
r the popuation which comes thither, should at
length discover that Bighton offers few resourc es
for killing time. and that there are host OF other
towns where the hours would hang less neaS'iy
a complete deser,ion Of Brighton might then be
uredicred. Its houses, unsustained oy trade or
industry, would fall into their ancient poverty;
the momentary interruption to which would De
eviuced by ruins OF brick, and by the grass whicn
would spring up among the stones IN us deser'eo
streets.
Picture of other Watering Piacss.-They con
tain a moving population. not 50 numerous, 30
titled, or so wealthy as Sr'sn'on, OUT ss musn
,ormen,ed BY idieness, aud as little capable oil
s,.,,;no amusement for themselves, as the IN.
h.h,,.nts of the rival towns. You may there
zoe families pacing silently up and down the
s,me walks, without aecosting, without even
s.luta,inR other families quite as ennuyees as
themselves. There also you nav perceive ladies
..,ted in the balconies with book 10 hand, while
their husbands behind them raise above their
hs.ds their telescopes, width which they follow
an. ,essels that pass within view OF the shore
H.,s ,l.o NAV be perceived nurses and governess-
.. .uo.,,ntending the children committed to their
c,re hut in the cOuntenances OF oil ana each Is
+, cd an air Of lassi,ude and WEAKNESS which
M one seeks to dissembie. The gay reunions
On h. seen i'm France are not known IN Fog
land In France the very sound OF violin Is
sufscient. at places OF summer resort, 10 get up
a bail 10 the middle Of wood or the corner OF
meadow; and the tagging interests IN turn eA.
cited by cards, by readings, BY shows scenes OF
PLAYS. walks in picturesque cities, or oy con-
yersa,ou, for food is found in the most friv'lous
anecdo,e, as we'll a. in the knottiest political
discussion. At Dieppe, at Plombieres, IN the
Alps. in the Pyrenees, people amuse them
selves; at the English watering places people,
bath-. eat and drink, walk and sleep, and when
e,,nni becomes insufferabiy heavy, go elsewhere
in the hnpe of dissipating their disorder on the
road; but it nevertheless generally happens
tina, they carry their dstemper home with them.
Comfort Among the wealthy English, CON
fort means great luxury, and comprehensive es
t.bl;,hment. In the middle classes, comfor
,,s,,s a heavy. we'll stuffed arm chair, in which
On. master IF the house goes tn sleep after dinner
Won think lest: no verify! it is the exact truth
Jnd.nendeutlv Of this chair, there is nothing
,.h;cr ;u.,ifies the idea Of general comfort whic
the word would seen to Indicate. DINNER Q
ho;,sd fish. and Of plain vegetables, destined {
be mixed BY way Of sauce with all one eats
ME-. of roast beef, cut from the hardest and mos
tastsless part Of the carcass; in place Of nap
KIM, corner Of the table cloth; in lieu OF desser,
= nuts. cheese and raisius; chairs with rush Dol
toms, sometimes covered with cushion, which
the least movement causes to fall to the ground