Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-07-27

1uAsO interesting " PERCEIVE ludt our ~
great countTymen has made sensation N
here, where it is all but as difficult to ii
make one as to make mark on the ocean. G
They have given him the soubriquet C
Of the "Great Western" and they seem 81
particularly struck with his appearance. p
A gentleman said to me "His eyes open h
and open, and open, and you thigk they 6
will never stop opening;' and painter Il
was heard to exclaim on seeing him. il
"What head! what eyes! what mouth! s
and, my God! what coloring!
"We had very amusing evening at +
Mr.. Hallam's whom thanks to F., as II
thanks to her for all my best privileges
in London) have had the great pleas
ure of seeing two or three times. But
this kind Of seeing is SO brief and imper-
feet that it amounts to little more than
seeing the pictures ofthese great people.
Mr.. Hallam has very pleasing coun.
tenance, and most good humored and
| playful manner. quite forgot that ne
! was the sage of the "Middle Ages" He
reminded me of -, but his simplIci-
| ty is more genuine; not al all that ofthe |
great trying men to play child. You
quite forget, in the freedom and ease of a
social man, that he IS ever the hero in ar
NOR. We met Sidney Smith at his house
the best known of all the wits of the civ.
iized world. The company was small
he was i the vein, which is like singer
being In voice, and we saw him believe,
to advantage. HIS wit was not as | ex-
& pected, a succession of brilliant explo-
sions. but a sparkling stream of humor;
very like--when he is at home, and |
the veins too; and like himself also, he
seemed to enjoy his own fun, and to have
q faitened on it.
: "He expressed unqualified admiration
= of Dickens, and said that 10000 of eacn
number of Nicholas Nickelby was sold.
i. There was young man present, who be-
e ing flushed wife some recent literary sue
cess, ventured to throw himself into the
arena, against the old lion.king, and to
y lover of such sport, it would have been
:. pleasant to see how he cracked him up,
!; flesh, bones, and all.
70 A concsrt at the Marquis Of Ldndsdo,cne
10 The concert at L-house was IN
e. suberb gallery of sculpture, with cary
as ed and gildcd ceiling, and other aPPr0Prl
DC ate and splendid accomplishments. an
he told that it is one of the choicest collector
a of ANTIQUITIES in the kingdom,but had n
ON opportunity ofiudging or enjoying, Tor tn
no marble divinities were hid by the glitter
- inp mortals. When K. and |. entere
no the apartments they were filled with som
,ci' hundreds of deople of the first station an
%. fashion of the land, luxuriously dresse
aIc and spurki1g with diamonds, sea OF ia
es as strange as their diamonds to- m
on. 1t was an overpowering kind OF solItud
ad. LADY L. had politely directed me TO !
yorable position,l land skunk into the nj
Mr. vacant place could find, where l W
ERE beginning to feel quite comfortable IN
Mi. obscurity, when K. said TO me. with SON
tRisg ne tqey hf Rr sfseqE Of GGaI.mO9s H
&c Mr.--and Mr." These gent
90 men soon after made their way to us'a
avn. dissipated our forlOrnness.
-. In the course Of the evening we q
linz MANY agreeable persons to whom we
been introduced and several OF the M
noted lions of the London Menege
S"OS % wer pointed out to us, bulwer' l ~ y
as and Tnlfourd. Lady Seymour was Tn
ON, a superb beauty certainly, and weil e
req tied 10 the elective crown she IS 10 W.
'ar!y of Queen of Love and Beauty
m IN introduced to Mrs. Norton, whol is ner
xqu'- a most queen looking creature, sem
lngs. mis-. a Sappho, or an Amazon the vi
ming deal Amazon, remember, uniting
cock. iuG ,o f IN 18th feminine delicacy,
on, any thing that expresses the PertecuED
slingS intellectual and physical beauty.
IS another of those Sheridan sisters
who brated for her charms. ! had reao
speak faw mornings before, as | mentlone
f her Won that miserable death bedkletter
result ;be;r nannvless grandfather, and
part soD,evrhat struck with the shifting sc
It the oflifs when saw thei women occcP
} own ,he most brilliant circle in London.
er was what are gold and lands to the Tich
or itapce of Sheridan's genius ana WIS
tnan ley's beauty. ,o...;nro
,ith.- give ones guests such a singing q
ladder e. Garcia Lablenche's RublnIs an
% from = 7 . {, only be given by those
magni- have royal revenues.
I'd the Mrs. Opie, Sir Francis ChGntry'
rlyle's. ert O,Uen, &c-I have met many P
on,near here whom to most was like seeing
rather FINALS of familiar pictures. Jane
e is fill. NJ Onie. Mr. Austin, LockhaI
pie, you nan Sir Francis. Chantry, &c.
ounding Mrs. Opie grudge for having ma !
ndepen- in INV youth, cry my eyes out over e.
Carlyle ries: but her fair cheerful face for
phreno- 10 forget it. She long ago toreswo
ike the world and its vanities, and aaoP''
s have quaker faith and costume, Dut =
sminded that her elaborate simplicity, ana :. y
speaking ;onable little train to her pretty sa1I
that he indicated how much easier II II u
4 dozen than to change ones habits. -.
Scotch Mrs Austen stands high here
amer is PERSONAL IN character, as well as for
, CONVEX. interior but undisputed property 9
his wri. ~ accomplishments. Her uaI
as free are SO excellent, that they class
GOOD original writer's II her
a Of Ger were not strikingly convenIIOl
would constantly remind me Oh
nee with has the same Madame Rclanu
bis wife in architecture and outline, but sn a.
4. They charm of naturalness and astracsN
alton with ness: SO may not seem to MIs.
4 or fort .s S- and fond friends. A comps
to a post. tude s rarely any body's best. !
some 9th. nTbere IS a most pleasing