New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-07
SKETCHES or LECTURES
BOURCICAULTS WINTER EVENINGS.

IUROPRAy SOCIETY
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IURoPEAy SOCIETY.
Last evening Nj Dion Bourccault gave the first OF tho
above entertainments, at Hope Chapel before moderate
audience. - 3,
He began by requesting his hearers TO Danish al idea
Of his being about lecture. He had nothing to tell
which they had not read he could merely deepen
inprtssons and aid in determining how European Socle
IT, rs il exists originated. Ii was dmy visible IN me
shadow of remote Egyptian Assyran and Indian ciIiil
Rome the barbarc Visood the ohvary which succeeded
and the importance which il gave 10 Woman-which i'm
portance, bet with the influence of Christianity had the
most powerful bearing on modern society Royalty ana
oytlfy a. understood, grew out OF chiyalry mpb
arc having suitors for service number OF knights
in his Court yardhoueht Of forming them into his Court
and them what used TO be love OF country became love
Of King i. e. loyalty Modern society IS to DC
eomrrehended in two words London and Paris and
formal SPAIN lives in the Seventeenth Century or rather
has retired to a. %. 1900 Madrid. which - merely
another Paris Italy exhibits only the old Church autocra
ey St. Petosburgi no than Paris reproduced even
a ridiculous degree Germany is the modern type OF
pararcal purity combined with the highest quality Of
mind and deserves the gratitude of the human race as the
only nation that never injured IT, Paris aud London
then remain the compendium of society. Paris the very
word brings the idea Of fascinating provoking r whose
girde whose Venus Is the Boulevards PARIS sadto
be France butt Bouevads Paris How did become
what il is Gaul was the only northern conquest of Rome
which her social influence fully penetrated Durng the
feuda system other French cities the rivals of Paris
but when the King Of France absorbed into his own au
thoy that Of the baron Paris became the center OF the
Court Of honor OF pleasure and the country was apae
Of Punishment The Court of France gross piece
of selfshpess; honor 10 the philosophers cOntemptu
ousy called who ceansed that Augesn stable andlad
the basis OF that which shall ouilive all monarchy and
aristocracy-the public Press The people in Europe
may love liberty. but the whole social frame is euda
thet in feudal mold The posture OF society ia
Paris is this The church and the aristoeracy ieui
powers-makng common cause against the people
is divided may be assigned thus St. Germain to
the arisocracy and the church, st. Antoine to the
people ST. Honore to the Government literature,
fashion and pleasure ST. Denis TO the bourgeoste; 81
Jacques students said Mr. b. carried letter
ofinroduciion ttedady ofthe Faubourg ST. German.
passed through poor street into badly furnished
in the company Of priest Yet the bare oored room in
which she received the center Of the or M de Ia
e%c Of the very best European society The young lady
she cannot Chashmere shawl, generally
jewels The fa.hons in England and here do not come
from this quarter bat from st. HonoIe which borrows
them from St German, but exaggeraes and vulgarzes
them. ST. Honore is the quarter Of artistic and literary
society the only one | have found in Europe. Al its
only tea sueree is served The lord OF
the Bouleyard is the hon. in the of the about
town. be has Ia honne who initiates his small vices The
rich father in the country whose wealth, eH
pended on family, gave each of them taste
for luxury, dies the weslh is divided.it is too
accustomed provincial spendor they 90 TO Paris and four
years ruin them This class affect what they consider An
gleism as they learn it from the prints in Puaeh The
ness is form without feeling; the Frenchmsn makes
love best because be does not feel il he viii basey
dNtrge himself on woman VINO mas elgnte1 MIN. Inc
Partisan is decidedly Cockney; he knows nothing
beyond Paris; even the literary man is seldom
welinformed the women Of St. Denis do ths
business the men play dominoes. 81. Antoine
contains happy careless race not blood thirsty you
might think they fight and have their revolution dema
gogue steps in and says Republic p something else
students TO give you the best idea Of them will
hold my tongue. Nothing be different from
saule Paris than uniform London i has but TWO quar-
Iroferment each class seeks TO mix with that above Il
Rohschld lives next door TO the Duke OF Wellington The
arsocrscy is recruited from the people, the American
CoIley gave ii Lyndhurst and the builder Paxton is
knight The Presge Of the peerage attached to the or
der not 10 families elsewhere. Suppose an American
visits en- English nobleman at his country seat he will lind
the most cordial hOsptsltyin London mere polteness
Why Because in London the lord out Of place, the
slave Of formaliiy; the country Is his true home,
where bis genuine qualities appear The second Gas.
that between arstocracy and trade-s the most
contomIble; but, being the most numerous, char
actsrizes the English throughout the world; this
the snobocracy whom Punch has pane in true colOrs
The Club is the next feature there are political military
and naval literary and fashionable clubs. Clubs have
called into existence the "cubman," who has nothing to
DO md seven eight hundred dollars year TO do it,
This club costs him ESQ year, and is his address, his
home saye the garrett where be sleeps 10 which friend
ever ~ocnds Many such men move in the very highest
London Society. Below club society there II very
strong line drawn the LONDON world above II the
old Norman Influence prevails below the Saxon. The
to'lncy though Ignorant aud bad pronounoer s kind
aud honest worry Different from tho seryio Wort end rndos
man Lastly lie merchant must DO mentioned Justly !
fsn sd or Int y-bupt bat Kindly ha houso IL blessed
~ The genius " tho Anglo bason family whose name i-
NJ, II eeB'iudei with NJ apology ist Tho stsiahy ma
tore ~ h address unavoidable ewing 60 tho shatluess Of
oe lie hoped hai ila SCENERY ani nusn which, would
tns,rrny he nest entertainment. wuii paha Il m'fe
.aiisp.iHiy fht made ~ ay6i eissi fiun The sul
trte dn,i,e he sil'tss were urins.arsi
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