New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-10

houses with you, or takes you turn 10 the mall
'by Rosamunds's Lake." or down the Strand
through Fl,et stfeet and 20 to show you the house
| in Bread street where Milton was born or as
she tales her place by your side in the barge along
with Lord Petrie ami Mrs. Arabslla Fermor on
| the mornings excursion 70 Hampton Court. there
the lady exchaDg, a lock Of hair for an inmor-
tally or ~ sbe points out to you the crooked
little poet with the brilliant eyes as he s carried
past in bis sed>u chair. or stouthearted Defoe "a
be elbows his wy through the crowd from his
brck-ysrd to his poic ters--" unsbasbed Defoe"
with q stter thar only rtcN.ed on its author, and
"tarless," too man could yell spare his eva
ears that had " Oh those of all manki0d.
And talking OF SIR. Thscktrsy's delicious dish OF
gossip about the ispps nings and the people OF q
century and half ago. puts me II mind Of the
Chronicle Seondateuse of that dsy, which lies be
side he as write in the Atheneum; / neon Mrs
bauley's New Atalantis, the eternity OF whose
popularity the Baron takes as one Of the types Of
Bis Owl immortal fame for ravishing the Lock from
Belinda
As long a. Atlanta shall be read" &c.
Of course no strict credence can be given to the
stories 10 this vic ked book out tis quetionabya
transcript Of the scandal and small talk Of that
day Ard what makes this part ;ular copy partc-
Blorly curious il that In the margin are written
II r. oil names of toe characters. That the mar
The appearance of the book is proved not only by
the bshowritpg and the color Of the ink, bat BY
il dubifable internal O. dence. For example, Lord
BOlIDp broke is margiDated Of as Mr. ST. John and
Lord Oxford as Mr.. Harley. The book was pub
lsbed in 1909, and st. John was made ViscOunt
Bolii gbrOke in l712 and Harley Earl OF Oxford
little SCORER so that the notes must have been
made h-twsen those years. again, Garth C"Mom
pelhon, toe WoIDsn's Physician is spoken of as
"Dr. Garth" instead Of Sir Samuel as be would
baye been had the notes been made after the ac'
cessou Of George Perhaps there Is not another
copy thus illustrated i'll the world Whether 80 or
not il ia very curious as specimen OF how
| our great g, est erandfathers and mothers tore
esch Other 8 Regulations to pieces-ler''1,,,'u,
valusble to the owners at the time no oouos pu'
which have left, most Of them no other trace on
earth than these faced pen marks. WAC would
have know an, thing Of the musical |" Lord biron'
had it not been for bis more musical great grand
scn7 Aud the story of Sarah Stout and Spencer
COwper would not have mu ,h interest for us at
this DAY bad not the life of his grandson, the poet
also depended on the halter he go narrowly es-
capped.
And oprOpos, again, to scandal aud this its anti
Quated record, do you re9ollect whether Moore in
bis various trsckisgs Of ShCridsns good things
to their righiful owners, ever gives worthy Mrs
Mauley credit for any of thtm7 Yet here is one
that looks very like her property, at which haze
Just opened by accident. You remember Sir Ben
jamiD Backbi says, in the School for Scandal
(Act III, &c. q, that Lady Betty iCurricle was
taking the dus, in tlyoe Park" on certain coca
sion. Mrs. Mauley says that "just at hand is the
4" Prado (Hyde Park; here the rich and fair,
"adorned in their most distinguishing habits come
"to take the dust, under the pre- ense of air." Bat
enough of her. Mr. Thackeray's audience was as
distinguished as it was Numerous, and though
there was not much loud applause, there was
general suSusYus of Satisfaction and contentment,
such as gourmet breathes forth over glass of
The choicest burgundy, at every good point
and at the conclusion / am not, myself, ad-
d cted to the vice Of lecture going l think,
a. general hing, il is the slOwest OF all pastimes
unless it be church.gOiDg), and l next 10 never
attend any lectures but such as l deliver my
self-wbich hike least of all-and am happy to
say, jGdgiDg from the decrease in my invi "a lOns
that the publ is fast coming into my way of
thinking about them. But TO hear such lectures
ar Mr. 1backeroy's will consent to stand, If
cannot cit, three eve nings . week for the rest Of
my natural life. Could lazy man say mOre'
Mss Adelaide Phillips has been sharing the at
ttntiOn of the town this week with MI Ihack-
cray This young lady, az you pro badly knOw,ex
cited 90 much admiration b. her magnificent voice
when stock actress at the Museum that measures
we're taken tbree years ago 70 send her to Europe
fer her musica al educ alton This she pursued mOst
s.dulously III London uoder Garcia, and after ward
in Italy, where she sang in MILAN snd elsewhere
with entire success. She is now in Boston on a
vsi, to her family. previously to her fulfilling an
g, eseement in sondOn in the Spring Mr. Barry
has gwen us an Opportunity Of hsariog her in the
old English opera such as The Devils BIide, t S
Duepha, the Cabinet carrying one back to the
DAYS Of Madame FerOn OF Horn and Mrs. Austin
Last ght sbe sang the great cavatina OF Arsace
in Semirsmide and the last act of Romeo and Giu
li.tta do hot know enough OF musical Jargon 10
describe ninutely the quality aud efecs OF her
voice; bat think the general opinion OF judges
was that we have never bad such q eonrano In the
country, with the exception Of Alboni. The fresh
ne,s, fullness and roundness of her young voice
was most satisfying You should have her at the
ACADEMY before she returns to Europe.
This letter has grown to such length that l
have no room to tell you Of our municipal politics.
The election takes place next Monday, SO you WI
soon know all you will care to about it, as MIR.
| Toots saws Its of no consequence" any way.
The Know otbipgs have thrown Or. smith over
hoard end set up respectable member OF the lac
nItv Or sSurtlef, in his stead, to watch owe; our
corpor.te heai>s. So the election can't go very
wrong in any evens.