Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-08-08
VOL. XI.-NO. so.

around 1t, and the result OF philosophIslng on
it would be vastly in favor Of our side OF the
water.
The second letter is dnted'at London July J.. Aner
speaking Of the rapid travelling between Liverpool and
London, at the rate Of forty miles hour, he proceeds
1t is extraordinary how little the changed
Regent street, after four or five years, is ex-
actly what Regent street wdS. The men
have the same tight cravats, coats too
small, over-brushed whiskers, and look of
being excessively washed The carriages
and horses exactly the same. The cheap
shops have the same placard OF Selling off,
in their broad windows The blind beggars
tell the same story, and are led by the same
dogs; but what is stranger than all this
samehess, is that the ladies look the same
The fashions have perhaps changed-in the
milIiners' shops But the ERghShing that
is done TO French bonnets after they are
brought, or the English way in which they
are worn, over-powers novelty, and gives the
fair occupants Of the splendid carriages of
London the very same look they had ten
years ago.
| Still, there are some slight differences OBJ
servable in the street, and among others, l
observe that the economical private carriage
called the 'Brougham,' is very common
These are low cabs, holding two or four
persons, with driver, and perhaps foot
man in livery on the outside seat, and one
horse seems to do the work as well as two.
This fashion would be well, introduced into
New York-that is to say. four city is ever
to be well enough paved to make drive
any thing but a dire necessity.
The paving in London is really most adj
mirable. Vast city as it is, the streets are
as smooth as floor all over it, and to ride
is indeed a luxury. The break-neck hat
iamming and disfocating jolts of Broadway
must seem TO English Judgment an inexcu-
sable stain on our public spirit. And, APP
, ropos Of paving-the wooden pavement
seems to be entirely out of favor. Regent
, street 10 laid in wooden blocks, and in wet
weather land it rains here some part Of eve
ry day. it is so slippery that an omnibus
which has been stopped in going up street is
with difficulty started again. The horses
almost always come to their knees, though
the ascent is very slight, and the falls ofcart
and carriage horses are occurring continual
ly. Nothing seems TO do like the McAdam
pavement, and wherever you find j, in Lon
don you find it in as perfect order as the
vehicles (by the way) are compelled to have
very broad wheels, and they rather improve
=, the road than spoil it. A law to the same
effect should be passed in New York, if
ever has pavement worth preserving.
: Observing Lady Blessington's faultless
equipage standing at the door of Cosmora-
: ma, went in and saw her Ladyship for
e moment She said she was suffering from
recent Illness, but thought her looking far
better than when was last in England
Her two beautiful nieces were with her. and
) Lord; aud the celebrated Vidocq flor
) this was what they had come to see, Twas
! showing them the DISCUSSES he had worn in
} his wonderful detection of criminals, the
|, weapons he had taken from them, and all
, the curiosities OF bis career-himself the
! greatest. looked at the Prince of Police
men with no little interest Of course, after
) reading his singular memoirs. He is Fat
man, very like the outline Of Louis Phillipes
figure, and his head, enormously developed
in the percephve organs, goes up so small TO
Z the top, as to resemble pear with which the
King ofthe French is commonly caricatur-
: ed Vidocqs bow to. me when came in
was the model of elegant and respectable
suavity, bur could not repress feeling of
repugnance to him, nevertheless.
. I made couple OF calls before / went
home. The chief topic of conversation at
both houses was the charms and eccentrici-
ties of an American belle lately married in
to a noble family. She seems to have en-
: chanted the exclusives by treating them with
the most undelerential freedom. A few e.
4 venings since, she CHANGED to be surrounded
' by halfdozen high bred admirers, and con-
versation going rather heavily, she proposed
\ a cock fight. Dividing the party into two
sides, she tied the legs of the young men to
gether, and set them to game of fsticuffs
. ending in very fair representation of an
action between belligerent roosters One
4 of her expressions was narrated with great
\ glee. She CHANGED to have occasion to
\ sneeze when sitting at dinner between two
n venerable noblemen. la + she exclaimed,
!. Il hope didn't splash either of your l
= have mentioned only the drolleries Of what
heard Several instances of her readiness
!. and wit were given, and as those who men,
toned them were of the class she is shining
i in, their admiring tone gave fair reflection
: of how she is looked upon as the most cell
brated belle and notability Of high life for the
, present season.
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