New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-26

that she was when / saw her, in 1907, at Cats
kin IN America and she INDUCED IN the same
vcy,tious airs and attitudes until she provoked
Punch" now as then to box her ears, at which
Jobn Rnll was as much delighted, in his old age
::,nf wisdom. as Brother Jonathan was IN his
youth and simplicity.
Talking of : Puppet- Shows [ am reminded
of SicKLEs There must be thousands IN our
State, who remember this indefatlgabe little man,
with an enormously big wife, to whom, from 1880
to 1911 or 'l2, the villages were indebted for rus
tic and primitive theatricals. certainly can
never forget the ecstases INTO which was thrown
during my g first night" at Sicklcs's Exhibition
AN enjoyment which would have been COM
pete had not my father, who took me TO the door
and paid the potent siXpcncc that gave me
entrance, denied himscl the luxury of laughing
at I" Punch and Judy" and weeping over "The
Babes in the Woods" But when some two or
three years afterwards, was again admitted to
the Exhibition Sicklcs had multiplied his
wonders by the addition Of Naval Engage
ment between two Ships,' where, according to
the show bills, there was to be g firing on both
sides with an assurance at the bottom, that
/" during the performance there will be good mu
sic on the organ thought the perfection of the
scene art had been attained
Noblcmcn. as a class, here, are distinguished
as readily by the painncss of their dress as by
the simplicity of their address. Were you TO
Judge Of rank by the cut and texture of the coat,
or the tic Of the cravat, you would be sure to
mistake the footman lor the peer. The Duke of
Wellington, Lord john Russell, Sir Robert Peel,
though certainly not out at the elbows arc,
when in Parliament quite plainly dressed gen.
tcmen. But their iootmcn and valcts adorn
their persons with as much taste, and as clabo-
rately, as the exquisitcs who are to be seen In
American Drawing and Assembly Rooms. And
the consequential personagcs who stand in Noble
mems Halls, to answer the bell, are redundant
lv decorated with lace spanges and powder, that
they remind you Of the Mock Duke in '' Rule
Wife and have Wife" The "swell" genus is
almost extinct here. There is occasionally an
old Beau, who makes himself up of artificial halr,
teeth, eyebrows, whiskcrs, calves, &c. &c. after
the manner of 'PoTrs." whom LoCKHART I'M
mortalized in Peters Letters to his klnsfolk >
and you sometimes meet a thing that owes ITS
existence to its Tailor, but they are rare and be-
long, it is said, TO Crockford or some other gam
ing-housc proprietor. The moral of all this is,
that we, instead Of a new London rig all round,
as was anticipated, wear our American made
clothes. This is great luxury 10 me, who, like
Dominic Samson, have been accustomed to find
new garment, IN the morning. on the char from
which the old one had been removed as often as
time and circumstances rendered such a change
proper and necessary. Our coats and waistcoats,
though not of the latest fashion, are such as were
worn in London only SIX or eight months ago;
and my hat Zone of FRoTHTNGIIAM & Co.'S fine
beavers is so much better than those to be found
here that | am proud TO wear it as specimen of
American manufacture.
While sitting the other evening at a large table
in the coffceroom of our hotel we struck with
the number and depth of the indentatlons upon
its leaf, and after various conjectures the waiter
was called, and in reply to our inquiries how the
table got so many wounds, said 1t S the Free
masons, sir. They spos all our tables. When
the song or the sentiment plcases them, they
comes down right heavy with the hedges of their
glasses. There 5 quite & number of the Lodges
Sup here hcvcry week. Upon lnqulrlng whether
the tumblers as well as the tables, did not suffer
from such violent contact, he answered, son no,
sir: they has glasses made Tor themselves, strong
enough to knock hox in The cad" This incident,
which occurred several evenings since, Is brought
to mind from the circumstance that while l am
writing the members OF the fraternity, IN the ad-
Joining room 10 me. are now singing
q The Wife of a Free and Accepted Mason
in such high e!ec and Joyous chorus as to leave
no doubt but that the tables will catch it again
tonight The Ancient Frccmason's Tavern, Of
which we have read so much. and which Hogarth
introduced into one OF his great pictures of Lon
dom was believe, In the vicinity OF Blackiriars,
and for aught know, this very hotel may be the
phoenix that sprung from It's ashes
There are few, if any, respectable Hotels IN
America whose ProprctorS have not a Private III
brary of STANDARD English Works. Butltls other
wise here With every disposition to obge
quests, your host cannot when you want to look
at Shakespeare, Byron, Johnson, Scott, &c. take
the volume from his own library; nor can he,
like our deceased friend CEuTrENDEN, give you
the quotations and correct readings from the Brit
ish Classics without reference 10 the texts. 10
purchase books at English prices, when We can
ret them at home for less than quarter what
thcv cost here, is out OF the question. Nor do
YOU fare much better at the Circulating Libra
rics, from one OF which ordered a work yeSteF-
day. 1t came to me in five volumes, Tor winch
pay as many shngs sterling.
The keepers OF the '' Crack Hotels here have
generally been in the service OF Nobcmen, who
in reward for their fidelity, establish them IN bu-
siness. Others have been intelligent and iavorte
hcad.waitcrs who have saved enough from their
receipts to establish themselves. Hcad-waiters
and chambcr.maids pay for their situations. Two
of the walters IN this house pay sixteen s!nllings
tor 50 a week to lis proprietor for the privilege
of dong his work and attending upon his guests
The other waters pay less sum.
The Young gentleman to whom referred IN
another part OF this Letter as not having returned
our call, came IN an hour afterwards. lie visits
Europe more for information in relation to Civil
Engineering Mechanics, &c, than for pleasure,
and had been actively engaged for several days.
but he is now done with London and goes to
Scotland with us.