Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-29
miscellaneous.
JOTTlNGS DOnNINLONDON.
No. II.

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troduce the while cravat, as they were the
only men at The opera who wore them
They are no longer doniciled together,
the Count having given up his separate eS-
tablishment. and living now altogether at
GoreHouse, Lady Bessington's RESIDENCE.
D'Orsay's beauty is iu high preservation.
but he has reformed his lf.. altogether,
drinks milk, and goes 10 he'd at lO o'clock.
(not A. N.Y. | met him driving Yesterday
very splendid turn out Of curricle and
pair, an increase OF style cnr:espon ling to
Lady BIS additional splendors of equipage.
There is dash of melancholy grown
over D'Orsay's face since saw him.
which is not unbecoming. | would nui
give much for what remains for him To
discover in the fields of pleasure, YET ifever
man was capable Of its keenest zest, it
was "le beau D'Orsay" at twenty.
Lady Bulwer and Sir Edward are, as
yon may know, regularly separated. She
is living at Bath. can find few who
have read her book, in The class for which
she probably wrote, and people rather
wonder at any curiosity ahoul il. Il has,
they say, however, had grear sale among
the trades people. Bulwer inokS thnncr
and more worn than ever. bm dresses with
much more care and display Than h. used
10 do. Indeed, the rule seems TO he uni
versal, that the frame must be eInbelishcd
as the picture decays.
have met Mr. Webster 1t several par
ties,and have heen amused al the sensation
produced by his magnificent head. | do
not say by his reputation. because three
persons our of four who have spuken TO
me of him, take him to he the Noah Web
ster of the Dictionary! 1t w"ul he diff
cult 10 make our c,unIrymen believe how
ignorant are even the better classes of Eng
land ofour great names. hut | declare 10
you that do not thiuk there are ten pep
pie in any hundred of those who meet
nightly in the drawing rooms of London.
who know for what he is ceie ,rated. It
has happened to me, not once. but several
times, TO be asked The question. and twice
! have been obliged 10 rob him Of the honor
of The great Dictionary. The literary,
political, and legal men, however. throne
around Mr.. Webster, aud pay him all the
honor and difference which his warlnest
friends In America could exact or desire.
I met him at Hallam's the historian, a
night or two since. where were Sidney
Smith, Babbidse, MiIman Mills, Marr~a
dy, and a troop of other bright spirits al
the lime. and his fine head was The iorus
of all eyes aud thoughts. Two ladies'
near me were discussing his chronological
beauties, when third broke in with. We'll,
] should never think of wasting lime at the
top ofhis head. He is The handsunrsr
man lever saw bumps or mob rmps. Look
at his smile! ~ | do not know whether
much of this sort ofirlbute was expected,
but Mr.. Webster is likely to reap as many
compliments as laureIs abroad. The A,ne-
r;can merchants in Louaon, see. are to
give him dinner, and be is overwhelmed
will, attentions. private and public.
There are great numbers of American
ladies in London at present, and they seem
to he good deal the fashion. Mrs. Van
Buren's quiet and high-bred manners are
verv much talked of, and The Major him
self. like his brother, has been received
quite as a prince rnyal-a''mired TO the
floor Of the House Of Lords. &c.. Miss
Sedwick is here, but she seems to require
lrumpeler.
hadbeen a lover of Milman's poetry
all nv life, and looked at him with great
interest. He is little above the middle
size, plump. (as becomes his good living in
Westminster,) and of "A very dark Jewish
physioguomy. His nose is more agueline
than that ofa literary Jew who sat beside
Eln, Hayward. the translator. bur IIay
ward is all Hebrew in expression. which
Milman is not The eve of the author nl
Fazio is very 6ue, aud altogether he looks
the poet.
was Yesterday admitted to the floor of
the House of Commons, and heard a very
fluent and warm speech from Lord Mahon
on the Education Bill. This young no.
bleman's high moral principles. give his
speeches weight. and he was we'll attended
10 by the House. though from a rather
emphatic conversation on the bench ust
before me between O'Connel and another
person, lost every other sentence. He
was dressed in an entire suit of black, With
no shirt visible, his cravat very loose about
his neck, accommodating itself 10 a fu!
aud rather, unctuous looking iewlap, hi
foxywig a little askew, aud On the side of his
head broad-brimmed, cheap long nap
ped broad black hat. His eyes were oily
and sly, but his mouth looked the seat of
fun and good nature. He seemed entirely
at home though in his luunsne attitude,
his voIumnous coat tails crowded very
hard upon Lord John Russell, his next
neighbor. ShieI satjuSt beyond, in per-
sou closely resembling Mr.. Camhreleng-
and standing in the passage at the entrance
Of the House, was The author Of Vivian
Grey, with grass green craval and long
hair, talking with the handsome Lnrd
Stormont, aud looking as little like Le-
oislatnr as cnuld we'll he im.uined D,f.