New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-19
VOL. vi. NO. 271.

daining to say il it is not really much older In
another the most exqusitely minute plants. deli
cate the tracery Of frost-work too delicate for
the bowers of fairies, such at least as visit the
grass brains Of earthly poets.
The Reform Club was the only one Of those
splendid establishments that visited Certainly
the force OF comfort no farther 60 nor can any
thing be better contrived TO make dressing eating
news getting, and even sleeping, for there are bed
rooms as well as dressing rooms for those who will
be got through with as gbly as possible. Yet to
me this palace of so many single gentlemen
rolled into one seemed stupidity comfortable in
the absence of that elegant arrangement and viva
cious atmosphere which only Women can inspire.
In the kitchen indeed, / met them and, on that
account, it seemed the pleasantest part of the
buding-though, even there, they are but the SER
wants Of servants There reigned supreme genius
in his way, who has published work on Cookery,
and around him his pupis-young men who pay
handsome yearly fee for novtate under his nstruc-
ton / am not sorry, however, to see men FREEDOM
inant in the cooking department, as hope to see
that and washing transferred to their care in the
progress of things, since they are the stronger
sex"
The arrangements Of this kitchen were very fine,
combining great convenience with neatness, and
even elegance. Fourier himself might have taken
pleasure in them. Thence we passed into the pri-
vate apartments Of the artist and found them full
Of pictures by his wife, an artist in another walk.
One or two of them had been engraved. She was
an Englishwoman.
a whimsical little excursion we made on occa-
sion of the anniversary Of the wedding day OF two
of my friends They who had often enjoyed read
ing the account of John Gilpns in America thought
that now they were in England and near enough,
they would celebrate theirs also at " The Bell at
Edmonton" / accompanied them, with q little
foot page to exc out the train pretty and graceful
and playful enough for the train OF princess But
our excursion turned out somewhat OF failure IN
an opposite way to Gilpin's. Whereas be went
too fast we went too slow. First we took coach
and went through Cheapside to take omnibus at
lstranee misnomer y the FowerPot But Gilpin
could never have had his race through Cheapsde
rs it is in its present crowded state we were OBJ
lged to proceed at funeral pace. We missed the
omnibus and when we took the next one 1t went
with the slowness of a family horse" in the old
chaise of New England Deacon and after all, only
took us half way. At the halfway house car
rage was t. be sought The lady who let 1t and
all her grooms were to be allowed time TO recover
from their CONSERVATION at so unusual q move as
strangers taking carriage to dine at the little Inn
at Edmonton now mere alehouse, before we
could be allowed to proceed. (The English stand
lost in amaze at Yankee notions with their
quick come and go, and it is impossible to make
then. 60 ahead" in the zig gag chain lightning
path, unless you push them) rather odd part OF
the plan had been pilgrimage to the grave of
Lamb, with collateral view to the rural beauties
of Edmonton but night had fallen on all such hopes
two hours at least before we reached the Bell.
There indeed, we found them somewha more alert
TO comprehend our wishes they laughed when
we spoke of Gipn, showed us print OF the race
and the window where Mrs. Gilpin musthave stood;
balcony. alas there was none; allowed US to make
our own fire. and provided us wedding dinner
of tough meat and stale bread. Nevertheless we
danced dined paid, II beeve) and celebrated the
wedding quite to our satisfaction, though In the
space ofhalf an hour as we knew friends were even
at that moment expecting US to tea at some miles
distance But it is always pleasantin this world
u
English gentleman, one of MS would rarely never
have dreamed of, much less acted "Why, waH
it not pleasant ?" "Oh, reryi but so out OF the
wayp
Returning, we passed the house where Freii-
grath finds a temporary home, earning the breaq OF
himself and his family in a commercial house
England houses the exile, but not without house
Tux. window tax and headtax Where is the Ar
cadia that dares invite all genius to her arms, and
change her golden wheat for their green laurels
and immortal fowersl Arcadia!-would the name
were America
And here returns naturally to my mind one OF
the most interesting things l have seen here OF
elsewhere-the school for poor Italian boys sus
tanned and taught by few of their exiled compa.
triots and especially by the mind and efforts oil
Mazzini. The name OF Joseph Mazzini Is wen
known to those among us who take an interest N
the cause of human freedom, who, not content with
the peace and ease bought for themselves by the
devotion and sacrifices of their fathers look with
anxious interest on the suffering nations who are
preparing for similar struggle. Those who are
not like the brutes that perish, content with Tie
enjoyment of mere national advantages indifferent
to the idea they represent cannot forget that the
human family is one,
"And beats with one great heart
They know that there can be no genuine hap
piness. no salvation for any, unless the same can
be secured for all.
To this universal interest in all nations and places
where Man, understanding his inheritance strives
to throw of an arbitrary rule and establish state
ofthings where he shall be governed as becomes
man by his own conscience and intelligence where
he may speak the truth it rises in his mind, ana
indulge his natural emotions in purity, is added an
especial interest in Italy, the mother OF our IAN
guage and our laws, our greatest beneiactress IN
the gifts of genius the garden Of the world In when
our best thoughts have delighted to expahate, OUT
over whose bowers now hangs perpetual ven oil
sadness, and whose noblest plants are doomed 10
renovation if they cannot bear their ripe and per
feet fruit in another climate, they are not permitted
to litt their heads to heaven in their own.
Some of these generous refugees our country has
received kindly, if not with fervent kindness and
the word CoRAoGIo is still in my ears as heard 1t