Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
On looking the London Quarterly Review, re-
ceived by the last arrival, we find article Mr..
Rushs "Resdence at the Court OF London treats the
American Minister contrary expectation, rather
vaerly. So well disposed was Mr.. Rush to look at the
bright side OF every thing in England charmed does he
appear TO have been with the spcndo OF the Court OF ST.
James and its imposing squete delighted with the
fined courtesy and magnificent hospates Of the English
nobility, and ready to make the kndes possible allow
Tor every thing that appeared to him wrong and in
agreeable and entertaining manner had he set down
the sum OF his observations, that We had doubt the
Quarterly Review, of all publications in the world, that
apoogst Of all established usages and institutions
land would have welcomed the appearance of such
a witness in their favor with show Of the highest re-
spect in order give the greater weight his testimony
More especially did look for this, the author Of the
book reviewed, is member Of the very republic, the
character and social institutions Of which the Quarterly
has labourcd diligently bring into unfa
parson with those oil England The reviewer, however
while conpaceny admitting the truth Of all he says in
behalf OF England, insnuaes that after all Mr. Rushs
judgment in such matters is not much TO be relied
First, he quarels with the author for that being minis
ter accredited from power another he has, contra
to all precedent published protested account Of his
domestic and private intercourse, making book "out OF
the dinners he has eaten, the manners he has seen,
the conversations he has enjoyed and the company into
which he has been introduced" Next he finds fault
with him for publishing account of his negotiations
public minister not the documents merely and formal
proceedings, but the conversations by which they
introduced which took place in the
which he urges no government aud no minister ever
derook publish BEFORE and which the minister has
right TO make any private personal Of After thus
condemnng the principle Of Mr.. Rushs publication the
critic admits that he has little complaint make
the details Good natured, kind hearted, and dis.
Greet he admits the author to be, he doubtless is but
then
rather trivial IL certainly does not strike the pro-
duction OF superior int elect-his views do seem to
be very wide, his obversaons very deep-he ap
pears to be somewhat creduous-and rather easily
amused with objects because they were new
Great allowances how ever, the reviewer admits
be made Tor the establishment and enthusiasm Of Anne
can who visits Tor the first time, that celebrated and
once glorious country whose language no speaks"-and
while he allows that British readers will smile at many
things that excited Mr. Rush's admiration and at some
OF the terms in which he expresses it, yet that the
whole, the spirit in which he visited England is trater
nal that the critic disposed his mistakes and
make him his Acknowledgements "for some entertainment
and good deal Of kindness"
Notwithstanding this, the critic processes not TO find il
make satisfactory extracts from the nasmuch
sits style is not pquant does it deal in anecdotes
he therefore considers the work in another point view
namely afoding some insight into America manne
taking il for granted that when any thing which
very ordinary matter to the British reader the no.
tee Mr. Rush. that either some thing which does not
exist in America, is contrary to American usages He
makes little, however, after ALL Of these "American
Sketches, he calls them. The first thing of this kind
which he notices Mr. Rushs expressions of surprise
the height and grandeur of the rocks called the Needles
arriving at the English Court from which the critic
Mr.. Rush left. He next makes himself merry with
MIR. Rushs description Of ga machine of stipend
structure and dime nsions, vast heavily loaded
vehicle drawn by ten horses Of enormous size, with
shaggy tails and pasterns, and which be the
Portsmouth heavy cdgon. La relation TO the remark Of
Mr. Rush. that he is tempted TO ask how the English
bee great with little Light since it seems not
fully TO out until nine in the morning, and 20
Immediately after FOUR the writer suggests that although
this is true Of the month Of December yet, that per-
haps Mr. Rush might have remarked during his
in England The daylight leDghens consde
tain seasons-for instance in June lasts from half past
three in the morning ill quarter past eight in the
niDg whereby the average OF day light throughout the
year is respectfully arge-and the phenomenon that
surprised MIR. Rush is fully explained" Next the mi
nuteness with which the American Minister
little equeties of the reception and the table, his first
dinner at Lord Cssileeags is taken notice of by the
viewer, who remarks, We should have thought that
they would not have been oveles As delicate apollo.
gy for this waggery, he observes:
" We should be indulgent TO any peculiarites which
the Americans may exhibit and the other hand, il
we do beiray any surprise the Americans should be
too sensitive OF species of censure which exercise
one another IT, e. upon the Scotch and Irish and which
we really exercise the Americans because look up.
on them as portion Of ourseIves-somewhstr remote in
place hat dife rent in inerest-but still our
flesh and blood John Bull may be allowed to dro lit
tie with his cousin Jonathan he does with his brothers
Sawney and Paddy and let be recoeced, John him
SELF while he deals largely in horse play ards
has, least OF all men, any disposition to quarrel with reci
procity OF rsiilery."
How well John bears horse play, may be seen by the
manner in which he received the work OF Prince Pucker
Muskau, whom the Quarterly Review calls coxcomb in
this article, and all sorts OF i'll in previous
There is in den ing the fact that the ans
sensitive the subject Of their national Of
ten times rdiculousy but their sensiiiveDess is ia
mIy trsJohn Bull has to the full large share Of r
vanity in him to pretend otherwise.
This is the sum Of the "Ameresn sketches" collected
by the industrious critic from Mr.. Rushs work After
quoting what he Of the Duke Of Wellington Lord
Liverpool and his account Of his the Prince
Regent and Queen Charlotte with the description OF her
Maestys drawing room, all which have been copied in
the newspapers here, the writer Of the article
"Our readers will probably have already
Mr.. Rush exhibits good deal OTTO call by the softes
name-simpici1y. He is prone TO wonder-raber ere.
dulousaDd IL be did not, what think likely
misunderstood his iniormsns he has often received and
recorded literal truth, statements which could in fact
have been only irony or persifdge"
He proceeds to give few examples Of these plumbers
In order TO his transatlantic brebren as he calls
them, that they not to believe implicitly all that Mr.
Rush may tell them about England. MIR Rush II
is mistaken in the ooHn statements namely that HoI.
land House possessed by the ancestors Of Lord HoI
land in The time OfCharIes THAT LorIs Pelham Rolling.
broke and HilIsborougb hegnenied Carlton House in
Doddington's me-ha the Kings cur Ia given only at
royal weddDgstbst the law reports the ne wspapers
apt TO be better than those in the books Of potba
Toksy Is drank French dinners that the best fruits in
July dessert in England from hot the Duke
OF Sussex knows Hebrew and ia in favor Of dra wing up
treaties and solemn state papers In Latin We have made
book and may not the article in the Quarterly in order
that they may not be deceived in these important points
he reviewer somewhat impudenty hints that Mr. RusS
does not know the fact that until comparatively recent
date all European treaties written In Lstin.-N
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