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

But there is in their habits policy, some lick
Of concealment for which great credit IS due
With rare exceptions, wretchedness and menda-
rty. in rags and filth, seldom obtrude themselves
uoon YOU in the streets of London. III he Deggars
you do encounter are, for the most part, SO Papa-
bly in studied costume, and with rehearsed parts,
that your visibility, rather than your sympathy,
j, moved by their appeals. The cases OF real
suffering arc SO few as to impose but light bur
then upon your pocket, for ha-pcnny IS all that
i asked or expected. You meet the poor in
shoals, but they seem to have employment which
supplies them, scantly, | suppose, with the ncces-
New. York, on the sidewalks, and blind people
limbs and sightlcss organs, with mute but resist
less eocucncc speak to the hearts of those who
afeel for others woe You meet, too, OCCASION
alv. beggar women with two infants in their
arms. One Of this class bcsicgcd me with such
pertinacitv, and in such "set terms" that | said
10 her, You want ha.pcnny--now | will give
four fa.pence if you will tell me which Of those
children is borrowed She affected to be wound
ed by this suspicion, and protested that they were
both her own, and that while she without
food Mey were suffering for nourlshmcnt. But
finally with a promise of sixpcnce, and being as
sured that would not expose her. she admitted
that not only one, but both the babies were hired,
and that she paid TO their different mothers, two
shilings a week each, for the use of them. She
added that they nursed her own boy, who was
older, while she was out with the twins
There are suppose, ahiect poverty and squalid
vice in the loathsomc forms that are SO often de-
scrbed in the purlcus of London, but these re-
gons are so distant | see little chance of reach
ing them. The city is SO constructed that the
wealthy, the middling and the poorer classes re-
side in each others vicinagc. Very narrow
courts lanes and alleys run back from the streets.
These courts &c. are mostly occupied by the
laboring poor but they seem far more comiorta-
bic than the denizens of many of our own narrow
streets.
Another thing struck me with surprise here
Profaae Spedring has gone out Of fashion. |
cannot speak for the nobility because have not
reached their circle, but with all the other classes,
cursing and swearing are " honored in The breach"
rather than in the observance" Oaths and i'm
precations SO common in America, are not heard
here, even among the watcrmen, cabmen, coal
bearers, or scavengers. The language of bias
phemy in its various sliding scales of enor-
nifty, came as part Of our education from the
Mother Country. Is it not reasonable to hope,
therefore, that among other English fashions,
adopted by Americans, our people will soon for
bear to mingle the name of their Creator and Re
deemer profanely either IN their idle conversation
or their excited controversies
We have been recognised but bv three Amcri-
cans since we came here, though London is full
Of Yankees. detcst the custom of temporary
naturalization which has obtained among
Americans in Europe. 1t is pitiful ahcctaton
hunted up, Immediately after my arrival here,
young gentleman who had been several months
abr.'ad. and to whom brought letter from his IA
ther,and ofwhom hoped and expected tosee much,
but he has not been near us. l have met several
who must have known me (al raw as an Amer
lcan as readily as knew them: but they passed
upon the other side" The other day, in returning
from our pilgrimage to see Queen Victoria, we
got INTO bus in front of a gentleman whom L
should have known to be Yankee (as the wag
Told Alderman Brashcr,) if had seen his hide
In lanyard | cntcrcdinto conversation with
HIM about London, but for half an hour he gave
no sign. finally said, You are an American,
perceive, SIR" The ice being thus broken, we
talked on without restraint, and have since been
much together. This gentleman is of the legal
profession in Nassau-street, very intelligent and
agreeable,) who is making a run 10 the Continent
Tor his health. At the depot, when we came to
Liverpool, saw a gentleman of such unques-
tonablc American bearing, that | offered him my
hand. In taking it cordially he said. g Is your
name W-?'' "Ycs, sir" My name is
Il, of Nashville. ! was introduced to you
some years ago at Albany This gentleman.
who IS the editor of !. Jackson paper, rs the same
who was engaged in rencontre with son or
sons OF the late Z. S. Senator Foster. BE has
recently received the appointment of Agent from
lapt Tyler TO look after the Tobacco interest OF
the So@thcm States. Having obtained what IN
formation was required here, he proceeded to
Vienna
Mr. BRoDHgAD remarked the other evening
upon the exceeding regularity that existed IN the
London Post Office, and | was surprised to-day
oy an evidence OF the truth of his remark. Some
OF my friends did me the favor to send a copy of
The Northern Star" The parcel was about
three inches long and less than an inch wide,
and was simply directed TO Ct W, Lon
DON The packet ship that brought this paper
arrived here night before last ard yesterday
morning the paper was left at my hotel Had
this paper been to the care OF Barring & Brothers.
there would have been no mystery in the matter !;
but how Post Office Clerks and Penny. Posts d.
vine the whereabouts of obscure strangers, is
more puZzlng.
had supposed that strcet-Shows, for the cdfi-
cation of the sovereigns of the garre,s and eel
lars, had abated here as with us. But in this |
am mistaken. On our way yesterday to West.
minister Abbey, we saw a particularly misccl!a-
neous crowd assembled at some distance in a
narrow street, which had been attracted, We
found, by strolling company Of 6 Ground and
Lofty rumb!ers, who had stopped their donkey
wagon, spread their cloaks in the street and in
Appropriate costume, were about 10 commence
their g mrivaled, universally admitted ncver-.o
beequa!ed and truly wonderful icats OF strength
and agility" When the hat went It's rounds io'
pennies, those who had them (thls class OF tht
audience were in decided minorlty) gave a: