The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-22

vislers from tba conuaent 10 the Great Exhibition,
volume enliied GedsG Laadrss compose We believe Of
series OF articles Les Asgids eats Eur The English
Home which he had contributed 10 the Wass dss Families
an old and iayonis Partisan journal isyeIy amusing 10
see the manner 10 which these things received by the
British press The sensuyene-s OF which the Aner
cans accused Is quite equaed 10 that which Is dis
played 10 the London Criticisms OF Monsieur Wey. Aud
lust this time a ~ all the pleasant 10 for thai
our amabe mother country critics are quoting with 80
much enjoyment the characterization OF ~ poor URed
Saiesefs, done ~ the way, By gentleman oi 'ns
country. Even biaokWood does not seem 70 nave
suspicion that Frenchman could carieaiue, OF 10 ans
way exaggerae, the publcites domestcites OF NeN
YORK but al The independent care lp sb.nr5 h
the Frenchman's views OF English s'G'rty' iue Lug,
rary Gazette" the weekly New ahd il we resi-
have the tone. Oi French ua'ehetr' Is saa
I,s.ad Of patiently collecting their facts they
them Instead OF representing social they really
are they state them what they choose To suppose.
They stake nppancy for wit, and imperiurbabe
rance for Knowledge They speak elthedra OF matters
of which they profoundly ignorant; and the conse-
quence OF all This is that they commit the drollest blum
ders, make the most startling assertions indulge IN the
most gro,esque expectations, and founder in the most
exlravagant aosurdltics
We wonder if single British reviewer will introduce,
with such paragraph. his extracts from he letters on
America by M Xavier Mariner Not BIZ OF il.
On the English language NJ Wey says
"The Englishman has invented for himself language
adapted 10 his placid manners and silent tastes THIS Ian
guage is mumur, accompanied by soft hssings II falls
from the lips, but is scarcely ar,cnaled II the chest or
throat be employed TO increase the power OF The voice the
words become changed and scarcely nelgibe II cried
aloud they boarse, and resemble the confused croak
ings OF frogs in marshes"
The English passonaiey attached 10 their IAN
guape They have only nsened 10 borrow single
word from u.s. and that is employed by their inn keepers
table de hOte, which they pronounce tae do ANA YET
we have taken hundreds OF words from them !"
English women
"English women give 10 us the preference over their
countrymen. Our galantry IS something new 10
them, and our politeaess touches their hearts But
though they love we not liked by their lords and
rh,rn at,nn oil hat has aan
said OF the beauty of English women-an assemblage OF
them would realize The paradise OF Mahomet"
Their dresses;
aMany white gowns are 10 be seen White is a re-
cherae luxury in that land of taow and smoke, where
linen becomes dirty in three hours. However, good
taste is making progress. Ladies may be met with
who dressed. although, generally speaking, sort of
audacy is displayed in wearing The most ireconcilable
colors. What gives English women somewhat bizarre
appearance is The custom they have OF swelling Out their
pettcoas by OF circles oil whalebone or ron this
them TO resemble large bells in movement"
English manners
English manners rigid and cold. and dominated by
arid rationasm, the work OF Cromwell His bgotry
and hypocrisy, his exterior austery, his narrow formal
ism, suit the Englishman. He keeps up Cromwells
character and admiies himself IN his usages But ne has
not pity for his model He never iogives Cromwell for
having made him what he u His spite towards that
The last cry OF nature, and the vague eeret OF
liberty OF mag naon of which neither the joys nor the
piraons have been known since his time. They have
grace, no desinpoitWd, no poesy IN them but are
methoiical, reasonable, interchangeable In work and IN
amaseing lucre."
How the English love
"They love nothing with the heart. When they do
love- il is exclusively OF the head"
English bankers:
"In France we have the love of display but in Lon
don i, is moi so There OF the principal bankers go
every morning to the butchers shops 10 buy Their
chops, and carry them osehslby TO some tavern in
Cheapside or Fleet street, where they cook them them
selves Then they buy three pennyworth OF rye bread,
and publicly this Spartan breakfast The exhibition
"A IL. uI The NINA
these good men make up for this by taking IN their own
palaces suppers worthy OF Lucullus'
FluDkeys:
the English aristocracy distinguished by the
ber the canes and the wigs OF iher lacqueys Seeing
constantly iootman well powdered and bewgged, carry
horizontally large Voltaire cane behind certain sumpu
Gus carriages, asked for explanation II was soon
giyen--wg. powder and aristocTatc privileges
Not only must man have certain number OF quarter
ngs 10 be authorized TO make his servants Use such
things but he must pay so much tax Tor the lacquey SO
much for the wig, much for the tail TO the wig and so
much for the cane"
What most strikes a Frenchman in London
THE coldness of the towards the fair sex and
their profound passion Tor horses
Officers of the life and horse guards;
"Cupid seems to have chosen them-they are possess
ed of such ideal beauty"
English taverns
The Englishman likes TO be alone, at the tavern
He fasiens himself up in box, where him
There he drinks with tacilurn phegm. lie takes ea
boiling grog porter OF the color OF ink, aud beer not less
black lie tond oil brandy, a'l drinks large glasses
of tia, draugh He does not 10 the tavern TO amuse
himself but because drinking grave occupation. The
more he swallows the camer he is. One can however,
scarcely decide il his obstinate moroseness be precau.
ton against drunkenness the effect OF splrtuous Ii.
auors taken in excess AT of the averns three
gentlemen dressed in black with white cavas who sing
after one of them has struck the table with little ham
mer they serious as Protestant ministers money
changers"
English food
Thick supplying beer; meat almost raw and horribly
spced; strong baons OF port WINE followed Wy plum
pudding such is the meat OF these islanders"
How the English eat;
They eat every hour, everywhere, and ncessantly
The iron constitution OF their complasant stomacbs
ables them TO feed in manner which would satisfy
wolves and lions The delicate repasl OF fair and
tmen,al young lady would be too much for couple OF
Partisan street porters."
Stables and museums:
Stables are clean and brilliant museums ought
10 be- and the museums fifty stables in Prov
ence."
The Queens stables
They form college OF horses, with pedan,ic groons
for professors. and a harness room for library"
English omnbuses:
The omnibuses in London worn out, ill-but
and remarkably dirty. Even in the wet weather nobody
is ever allowed 10 enter the interior long places
vacant outside We had expected 10 find them built
OF mahogany and lined with velvet"
London, wholly devoted to private interests offer.
nothing TO the heart mind. The city is too large
man lost 10 YOU elbow Thousands OF people without
the hope OF meeting any one you know, Even if you
had large fortune, you would be ignored. Originality
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