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

and in each room coal fire, whose dust and
.moke sol, eyery thing; grooved window shut.
tiers. windows with running Venetian blinds and
sometimes ill.draped calico curtains Of DARK
pattern; these are some Of the English comforts
of which the natives of Albion are SO boastfui.-
But on the other hand il must be admitted, that
great neatness and cleanliness are observable AZ
we'll 10 the apartments as 10 the furniture
Amongst the lower classes the word comfort 10
| never uttered.
Architecfure-In classifying the relative de.
gree Of imperfect,on Of the fine arts IN England
architecture should be placed still lower than
oainting. 1t il almost reduced to the routine OF
heaping brick upoa brick, without farther order
or symmetry than that necessary to create open.
inps for doors and windows. II house should
be too SMALL another is built at the side OF 1t, out
of harmony with the first. English architects do
not hesitate to place beam On an arch, small
window by the side Of wide door. or chimney
at the angle Of building. Do they wish tor or.
namentsl They can only find columns; they DO
not trouble themselves either with their proper.
tons or their props. Their height is determined
by the elevation OF the edtfce. They are placed
| on cornce or on balcony, with as little motive
as there would be for placing them underneath;
they are indifferently employed In ornament'ng
a shop. palace, or a cottage.
Nor can even the praise OF imitation be &C
corded to English architecture. Witness the
| triu on hal arch of the Green Park, and that OF
the palace destined to become the royal residence
"A bold defiance Of bad taste. One is tempted
to ask, where the English can have conceived the
idea of st. Paui's, when one sees so many r'dl
culous edlfices heaped around this chef Gu0'e.
Churches. Far inferior, no doubt, to st. Paul's
but still IN an honorable rank, may D. placed
crowd Of modern churchesy some IN the Greclan
style; others, more especially. In the Gothic
These constructions would do honor to nation
more advanced in the arts than the English
Eleyancy and business Of proportiOn-elaborate
execution-a design in harmony with the sacred
character of the edi6ce-beauty Of situation, are
all united in these modern ed6ces In the
sauares Of Loudon, as in the picturesque sites ot
Sussex, amongst the stately trees OF Yorkshire,
the traveller haI,s with pleasure before those no.
BILE edi6ces, which he is surprised to meet IN
country having so little to boast OF in the way ot
architecture He is tempted to ask himself II
these structures and the surrounding houses have
been the work of the same architects, and u re-
course had not been had to foreigners to raise
temples to the Divinity
Music The art Of music, like that Of paint
ing is appreciated more by the expense which 1t
involves, than BY the real enjoyments II affords
Cultivated with little success by the English. it
is scarcely followed as profession. unless by!fo.
reigners. the more dearly paid because they seek
10 find 10 the money which they gain, not only
recompense for their talent, but a compensation
for the little interest which it inspires
Ii English voices afford little qualification,
English ears are not over nice. the one are made
for the other; and #, which never happens, the
sounds Of sharp voice should distinctly strike
the tympanum Of an attentive auditory, It would
not be affected in d,sagreeable manner. Bya
habit Of which people are not aware, and which
can only originate in the little pleasure caused
BY music too often unworthy Of attention, PEG.
pie do not listen; and hence it is, that an Eng
lsh concert is but noise Of instruments which
minsles itself with the MUSE Of conversations.
rendered more deaferins by the necessity which
the takers lie under Of making their voices pre-
vail over those Of the singers.
When this chariuari has lasted the prescribed
time. an end IS put to it; the artists are dismiss.
ed after having been we'll paid.
Clergy.-If comparison we're instituted be-
tween the French and English clergy; Ut the aus.
tere forms Of the one-ther Standardization
abnegation Of family affectlons-their inexhausti,
BILE charity-if the privations which they impose
furnished houses. their rigid practice of the Sc.
verify of religion, were to be contrasted with
the easy and comfortable lives Of the English
cergy-with their anxiety for the present and
future happiness Of their families and friends-
their expenditure in matters not in harmony with
their sacred functions-the recherche Of their
furniture, Of their dress, and Of their eguipages.
reason, which would pronounce an impartial
decree. and range on the one side true virtue
regardless of sacrifices, and which errs only by
q want Of tact in the use of means; and on the
other sort Of mundane virtue. which has found
sn easy way to reconcile a grave calling with
manners neither grave nor serious enough for
the clerical state, would declare preference Of
the humble clergy Of the Catholic Church, over
the rich and sump,uous pastors Of the Protestant
Establishment.
Mil. O,oners, Factory Children, and West In.
dia Negroes. These very task masters. SO hard,
30 ptiless towards their Own species, towards
men born in the same land, Of the same race,
united by the same Language, and BY common