New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-13

the once celebrated and not yet forgotten Brumne'l
| George Brummel. the king of dandcs aud intimate
associate If that other and more dcsP'cabc kng
/ George the Fourth The hrst George dd rather
despse George the Fourth, who was regent men. and
fell into Disgrace for letting il appear ihat he di one
day al dining party when both the teorgeS We're
rather drunk Brummell after"ard lived ul.sera'! az
Calais. and then went 20 Casi where h. lad the rtph
tatou of diving But 10 seems 10 jules LecOmte) Inst
a foolish young English lord. >Iiytncr % was 50
touched with the spectacle Of h fallen greatness ms
ne nXed On hun pension of $50 STERLING. b'uualtH
then cam" 10 Paris and lived four az Ncral "a.
occupied Dr. writing his Memoirs. | should say tlat
with the pension be assumed the name 81 George Bryan.
: yen wears ago Lord >ycucr died appropriately from
Ia cut Of dog ear. Bryan lot bis pension and u
econ, mse bis savings went on, 70 Corbe, whore be
bought little box for POO pounds and managed t. live
well enc ugh until about a month ago. when new line
At rairoai came running into ~, house. HI Tan ont
spd came 10 Paris with bis Memoirs and the hope Of
finding pub Usher who would pay Inn ucapnuity of
SIX thousand francs fer the privilege Of printing them
att.r bis deceasc Daring the search for such pub
Usher be came into acquai lance with LccO1te, who
declares that he has engaged the deceased Brummcl to
write for his celebrated Cogrer de Pors On matters OF
taste aud fashion. Why Lecomte should wish Ia r.
.,s, te 4 dead English dandy "a help him write
weekly cLapter of Paris gossip for the lEi'yspffR,s
Ilos hich no one write enterainingiy IS tn-
self Il is difficult 10 uudcTstand-uniess We consider
Gtorae Bryan. lot discovery Of tie Dauphn VII
lians yaIcp-but literary creation, r01, Pr'tfHt
treatment 81 the fashionable themes of his ieliiieon
Hy the WAY. Lecomte promises book on farls-whch
will be a retdttd, enlarged and amended courier
de PorSand fuller OF entertaining anccdote and o'her
readable illustrations of Paris, than whole i5rar! OF
Gimpsts, Shotches, Imts. Scenes, ights, etc. etc.
written ON thai ntxhaustibe theme. Eut speaking of
eNtrayaeaut noyttes-f ldul Medjids grandmother
and resonant Geo Brunmel. are noyeies-l have seen
nothing in tla line for many days that equals leuer
from NcW-lorh, that appears in last weeks ir'neHm
mean l. ifhcHeVm fraHcaiS, an imitation, though not
an entirely successful one. Of ts London namesake
1t i, On the whole an emnonty respectable literary
Journal This letter from NeWloTk Is signed H. sir
cock Master >rCOck assumes 10 tell the readers al
the Ahcneur1 something at the literary movement OF
Americas; and t. persuade Frencbmen of his compe-
tcncv to the task be- treats America and Americans
with the familiarity Of cd acquaintance-he says
our COUNTRY" and us and "our Government"
with suspicious frequency. | have 10 room for long
extracts from Monsieur Sircocks CGHrter iRercdin,
here is sample oy two of the valuable information
it contains: Mrs Bremen being mentioned rs Swe-
dish blue stocking, Mrs Hewitt Is mentioned as an
American has Ucu; TIE Aston Library according u
Srcock, ii due to the generosity OF John Aston
rich EuClishman WHO al inst gave "1,J0D dollars and
fitervald - eco dollars more for it, foundation Vl
Mir Copswcll Srcock ratocnates thus " In the nj
ted states ard particularly in New-Nork, ms name
viii avaye be- connected with that OF the noble foam
der. sir John Astor C. H. d.