New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-02
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
shinas ano Gbonsbts in europe,
no. VIII.
csrr,,uondsnee Of the Tribune. 4

Ucult Problem-Terrors of Poverty
IosnnaBaillies and Madame Roland
-Hampstead-Miss Berry-Fe lie
A,tfsts-Margarot Gillies-Tennyson
-Horne-The Peoples Journsl-The
Times--The Howitts-- Southw
smith-Houses for the Poor-Skele.
ton of Jeremy Bentham-Cooper the
PARIS Dec. ls4G.
81 down here in Paris to narate some recollec-
,ns A London. The distance in space and time
.sc ueat. yet ! seem in wholly different world.
yysvr IN tie region of wax lights mirrors, bright
uaoa srs. srugs, vivacious CALCULATIONS, wreathed
.,es md adroit courtesies, it is hard to remember
l,ap Boil with his coslsmokc, hands in pockets,
sxeept when extended for ungracious demand Of
a. perpetual hefcrown or 10 pay for the all bat
M rpstusl mug Of beer. John, seen on that side,
u certainly the most churlish Of clowns and the
mxlk ciownish of churls. But then there are so
INV ether sides When q gentleman lac is so
,rsly the gentleman, when a man so truly the man
# honor, His graces, when he has any, grow up
from his inmost heart
Not that he is free from humbug, on the contrary
he b prone to the most solemn humbug, generally
a he philanthropic or otherway moral kind. But
LES iways awkward beneath the mask, and can
ugw impose upon any body-but himself Nature
meant him to be noble, generous, sincere, and has
FINISHED him with no faculties to make himself
agreeable in any other way or mode of being. 'Tis
not 20 with your Frenchman who can cheat you
pleasantly and move with grace in the devious and
slippery path You would be almost sorry to see
Tim quite dsinterested and straight forward so
much Of agreeable talent and naughty wit
would thus lie hid for want of use But John, oh
John, VIC must admire, esteem or be Disguised with
thee.
As to climate, there is not much to choose at this
tim OF year. In London, for SIX weeks. we never
saw the sun for coalsmoke and fog. In Paris we
have not been blessed with its cheering rays above
three or four days in the same length of time, and
re beside, tormented with an oily and tenacious
mud beneath the feet which makes il almost inn
possible to walk This year indeed is an uncom-
monty severe one at Paris, and then if they have
their share Of dark cold days, it must be admit
ted that they do oil they can to enliven them.
But to dwell first on London--London in itself
world We arrived at time which the well-bred
Enghshmsn considers as no time at all-qulte
cat Of "He season." when Parliament is in SEES
scr, and London thronged with the equipa
ga Of her anstocracy, her titled wealthy mobiles
Twas listened to with o smile Of polite contempt
when declared that the stock shows Of London
would yield me amusement and employment more
than sufficient for the time ! had to stay But
Sand that with my way Of viewing things, 1t would
beto me an inexhaustible studio, and that if life
vreOnly long enough, would live there for years
ooscus in some corner, from which | could issue
'0rh Day by day to watch unobserved the vast
'hssm Of lie, or to deopher the hieroglyphics
Which ages have been inscrbng on the walls Of
ms vast palace II may not call it templej which
eainan effort has reared for means, not yet used
eheaclously, Of human culture.
Aud though wish to return to London in "the
season when that city is an adequate representa-
i've Of the state Of things in England, am glad
u'd ao' st hrsi see all that pomp and parade OF
"'@'n and luxuy in contrast with the misery,
'SaA'a asonizing, rulianly, which stsres one in
slttt vi isohtOu anu nptts ~ tiC
ss'es Of her palaces more ominous note than ever
Sathst Of owl or raven in the portentous times
shen empires and races have crumbled and fallen
Inn inward decay.
us impossible, however. to take a near view of
ne treasures created by English genius, accumu-
ded by English industry without prayer, daily
more ienen,, that the neediul changes in the con-
~on OF tins people may be effected by peaceful
vsalloa which shall destroy nothing except the
"0cking inhumanity of exclusiveness, which now
prevents their being used for the benefit Of all
way iaer present possessors look To il in time
ss already are earnest in good spirit. For my
''u' much as pitied the poor abandoned, hopeless
~'e'ehes tbs, swarm in the roads and streets Of
s-h1 pity far more the English noble with
80 uncut problem before him, and such need OF
'P'sOy solution. Sad is his life If conscientious
'A' mdder still, ii not. Poverty in England has
'O' Of which l never dreamed at home. l
:. Wat 1t would be terrible to be poor there,
~ more 80 TO be The possessor Of that
- "a,sa 10 many thousands are perishing. And
-'aale class too, cannot here enjoy that seren.
- 'ASo iae sagcs have described as naturally
a, ~ pscai'r blessing. Too close, too dark ,hrong
-. 'T' "ey cannot obviste, the Sorrows they can
I've 10 Al man Of good heart, each day
+'s p0rsatosy which he knows not how TO
10 which he fears to become inscnsible.
a nese Clouds Of the Present il is pleasant
~e thoughts to some objects which
b~s 'M light upon the Past, and which,
s,a. r1'0e Of their very nature, prescribe hope
e'e. have mentioned with satisfaction
o,.,s "ae persons who illustrated the past dy.
49,. s q Tie progress Of thought here Words.
Wa u. .hamers De Quincy, Andrew Combc.
ON. '"n higher pleasure, because to one Of my
w.. "non have honored almost above any.
-" 70 pay my court. to Joanna Baltic. found
o'o" not indeed a eoronal Of gold. bat Sc
'"1 strength undimmed aud unbroken by the
49, u more than iourscore years. or by the
seised wv "o"sns nSNo TO-
-. ~s Joanna Baltic aud Madame Roland as
A. y specimens which have been hitherto offer
,,,., "0'nea Of Spartan. Roman strength and
,.S " Oh m'od' adorned by the various culture
sv ~ sO'e o. the ssrous sc,ion opened to them
=. = as progress Of the Christian Idea Tbev are
w.. e"''%en'aii they do no, sigh ard write OF
movers Of fond affection. and woman's
sct. ~ 70 Dc misunderstood by the object or OBJ
"" Md inevitable choice, Love the