The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-16

our public schools The pupils are al subjected I
they belongs ha the Chances e
for like the laws Of the Modes and Persisns, :"
sltsreth not" so chat pupils may be seen In tn
same dress that was worn by the inmates OF tn
years since l saw group Of girls at the Exhibit
ton lately, clad in blue stuff frocks white round
osPes, and tall linen caps tied round tho head with
blue ribbon. This cap Is worn all day. object
to this part Of the dress as an unnecessary expense.
| which might be better bestowed elsewhere So far,
too, as have been able to observe, the system Of
educating females among the higher classes, is tar
at home. under the eye of their parents by COVER
ness, and suoh masters as they may require. This
WE'LL as far as 1t goes, but 1t does not do enough;
very few families out of the whole number having
tho means to acquire or pursue complete course Of
| study. An English lady with whom l was lately
S0nversng, and who has spent several years in the
United States, but who retains her English pre-
JUDGES, says, in favorof the system Of home
education with them, that our girls become
bold and unfeminine by being taught in
public. Perhaps there may be some truth in the
when have seen young ladies drilled for public
exhibition OF their requirements. told her, how
ever, that it she could prove that the women of
America were corrupted at school-if the result
proved that they were less perfect in character In
any one respect than the women Of England, |
begged her to point out the trait, and would yield
the argument She paused, and finally deigned no
reply. This system of instruction gives to English
ladies a popularity which a stranger will easily
detect. Their dress is SO different from our ewn,
that should you meet a lady who has not military
gait lsng curls, and deep founces, or who has not
her shawl or collar so worn as to expose the throat
and pinned with brooch as large as tho palm of
ones hand, you may safely conclude that she
Is not English AT the Exhibition, and in
detect my own countrywomen but, when the
other day, after having admired for some time the
dress and manner of Q lady who stood near me,
whom ! supposed to be an American, heard her
hn- h.
roughly We copy French fashions. While speak
ing OF dress, l must not forget t, tell you that
Bloomerism has just made its appearance in Lon.
don ; but it will not do-nothing can DO dsne here
so long as the Queen who it is said, is not proud
Of her ANGLE, wears such long dresses, for the
fashions must originate at court. l do not know
toilet since the Count D'Orsay left England
have been told that he was as perfect model in
dress az you may see in the windows Of any talors
shop in London. Apropos Of the Count DOrsay:
lived is directly opposite to the Crystal Palace but
70 now fitted up as place Of entertainment, much
like Niblos. in New York she has the credit of
being q victim to apoplexy, but i is whispered
had attended ball, or some other gay fste, the
broke, she was in eternity. What an end for
woman who had run such q career
hsvebeen now nearly two weeks In Lsnds n,
and scarcely drop of rain has fallon during the
whole OF that time; when the windows Of heaven
are opened fear sad reverse. which will prove
serious detriment to my sight seeing excursions;
In visiting the Thames Tunnel few days since, |
was surprised to find that fsot passengers only
could pass through, and The access to them is 50
no benefit from IL. Ferry boats cannot, with
safety, be employed on the Thames, a. the
great number of steamers going IN Sia Gown
the river, that shoot IKE arrows under
t t bridges: and seem to say to every
!nme "a their course" give way"-would be apt
to run them down, continually But there are
SO many bridges spanning the stream that the
tunnel may be regarded more as an object Of curio-
sity than Of real utility / have said that the
principal streets of London are very broad, and,
perhaps, there is not to be seen in the world
more magnificent business thoroughfare than Re-
gent street, the buildings on both sides of which
are OF stucco, and painted cream color, which is
yet untarnished BY the sooty atmosphere, and are
Of q uniform height. Part Of il sweeps reuni, in
the form o! crescent, with clean, broad plve-
ment, along which ladies of rank may consta1 atty
are here cslled,) while their Goa shes and Hvsrlsa
servants patiently wait their pleasure. Tue
manner Of the merchanss Is quite annoying !;
their feIvility and perseverance, psmg ARY:s
unknown in shops OF stores 81 the same
duty not to let q lady leave tho store withou.
taking what she asks for, whether IL SUITS her or
not convincing her, BY frequently leaning to whs-
cheap he has offered it, conclud ding BY assuring her
that this Is the only chance, and should he fail in
prevailing on her to purchase, will offer her host
OF other things SO cheap that the like coald not be
had In all London In fact have found shopping
| most vexs tious business.
Rents are not so high in London as with US, but
taxes, TO which we are strangers, make up o sum
| quite equal in Am cunt to the difference In rents
Oxford street, in part is devoted to business, and
part Of it, sweeping past Hyde Park, is adorned
with the stately mansions Of the great. II is
tomary, when there has been q death In o family
who can "boast of hersldry," to hang their
coat Of arms, by one of is corners, out of
| chamber window in front of the mansion,
for one year. II is painted on beard or canvass,
Of about yard squares the figures in gilt and red,
| with border Of black, perhaps two inches wide.
In contrast to these noble avenues, are some
streets, so narrow that carriages cannot pass
through them. These have houses on both sides,
built In the olden time, with the upper stories pro-
jectipg over the lower ones, so that opposite neigh
bora could almost shake hands out oftheir chamber
| windows saw many such houses yesterday, in
narrow, dismal looking lane which bore the classic
US whether or not the immortal poet ever Inhabited
| one Of these comfortless abodes When these mar.
row streets we're laid out the barbarity Of the age
required that people should huddle as near To-
gether as possible, for common defence, and this
form was adopted to give the inmates an advantage
over their assaiants, BY adordng them an oppor-
trniiy to send missiles down npon them, into the
street below. Some Of these houses bear "a early
date as A. ID. 1908, which, you know, was prior to
the Norman conquest. The mode Of numbering the
houses puzzles me much; they begin at one end and
number the houses on one sde turning round at the
| end, and doing the same on the other--thus the
house where j lodge is numbered 81, while the
house opposite is No. " but the plan awkwsrd as
s, appears to be universal London Is supplied with
water from several different sources, no one ofthem
being large enough to funish 80 vast population.
am told that, in the eastern part Of London, they
are obliged to use the water of the Thames, raised
by machinery, for the purpose. OF course. il is
very impure, and requires to be filtered; but what
stranger then, could bear to drink IL, knowing
II to have once received all the filth Of so popuous
| city. The water above London may be COMPARE
lively clean, but this cannot equal our Croton
1 in purity. They call the Thames, the TENS"
and Pal Mall, one Of the great thoroug hfares Of
London 10 promo unced II II contains but one IL"
and rs II IL had the fourth sound.
| / have already spoken Of the London Police.
Yesterday, as we we're driving In q carriage through
Cheapside, about the middle Of the day, the crowd
Of vehicles beir such that the horses coudsc arcey
70 of a walk, and were often obliged to stop alto