New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-18

a, ness his N gic whisper. And the division draws
near Hanson cabs are o.eaving the air, each
with Il. perfumed burden, Of whom Sir Robert Wal
pole reed coarsey ssy, "D-n your good take, give
ue The good voter II not summoned specially. they
usually stroll in about y O'Clock, after oPera-"pas-
gentlemen full Of scent and ciyef And while away
an hour in hooiing down bore Ike Sir Eskine Perry,
or laughing with polished scofer Ike Drummondos
DIsfaei. TIE chief attraction OF The Guards i the
unfair privilege OF promotion il extends The Leu
tenant ir tie Guards j. Captain in the army. The
Captain in the Guard, il Leuienani-C Colonel IN the
army Consequently, a young Guardsman, By paying
difIercrce Ia some poor Captain IN tie line VII, L
selling ont may almost Immediately eu.cr the army
Clrtan and vault sor lie head Of, md with crlel,
cowardly Injustice, command many bravo solder,
whose brow l. Drowned with sunstroke, and his breast
scs1ed with sabcr-sfroke in Engnnds service. From
tic Guards too and consequently from the arsiocracy
arc chiefly selected tie staff, branch at whose door
has been doseryedly laid much Of the Crmoan murer
Tie adv antage Of the staff is relief from orlinlry
military duty and a rapid RE in the brevet rank
siop terg usually accorded after 80 many years On
the staff. or upon favorable mention in dispatch.
Nothing il easier than TO step from breyet rank into
roginen'el rank by paying the difference. Hence
comes cs Sir lie Lacy Evans has ably shown, much
of the prosent military disgrace OF England The
bet men arc not tho first men, aud EnelanI would
never endure gar.ng breach Of etiquette a. the
eeyaii,a Of en- officer Of junior rank over hs senior
Stand sevGsiopol, and perish every soldier, before
this Such ~ do not enter the army, such a., hay
Ing as their papas Pleasantly say "sown their Wild
cate there retire may he sen, duJ, diss pated
crew. yav nng down the Rhine and up the Rhine
i'll an occasional lounge into the East return with
pretty accurate knowledge Of the best hotels along
it, banks Thence home, the younger son 10 marry
! an heiress or I'll a small berth in some Government
Department; the elder to discharge, it may be, the
duics Of q country Squire 10 beget young peers pun
sh poachcrs, feed the poor, and promote Protection
In these pa ges Of Thackeray which vie in terrible
beauty with tie pencil Of IIogarih will their PROCESS
be found, and alone found truly tracked Dickens
tells the weird what it should be- Thackcray what
its.
While such is the career Of the majority who leave
tie University, that Of the minority, which We have
before described is indeed far different and the con-
fused oonsorng Of the two classes leads to much IN
Justice There are the pure mirror OF whose ma
ture no foul OF fattcrng breath can STAN. Generous
and County by nature and having sense ct duty.
they enter ii their intellect permits and ambition fre',
on the field Of craftsmanship. OF this elias, Lord John
Russell tie Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Sidney Herbert,
tie Duke Of Argyle Lord Carlisle and Lord Shaiies-
bury, may be taken types Iftleir interest or taste
Leads tlcm to lcss exciting folds they enieavor on
tier own estates to improve those around them OF
such tie Duke Of Bedford, the Duke Of Rutland, the
lake Duke of Portland, Lord Eiesmere, and sI Ihos.
Acland, may be mentioned. 1t is true, educate ~
tLoy are with reverence for those institutions under
which or rather in spite Of which England has at
tanned hor present greatness, they have learned anosi
10 respect the rot which is silently eating away their
foundations. They have not the strength and daring
Of intellect to strike of those sacred forms which hang
Ike huge irons upon England limbs But the system
is Il ore To blame than tie Forms which in timo
of renee may be- scful to guard against the couup-
ton of ones own servant, become fearful ncum-
bronco IN tine Ct war when one has to attack an enc
N.Y. And though the ministers bred under them may
be Just and generous gentlemen, with spotess honor,
untring industry, and hi sense of duty perhaps the
safest for ordinary time, they lack the prescience 70
foIesee tie strength of mind to control and the cnor-
~ TO direct, which essential To extraordinary
crisis. In bearing too even this class as a rule
cold aud reserved but beneath the ice there often lives
waIm gushing spring.
Tie same difference which divides the minority
from the majority in thought, tone aud idea, divides
"''i-N''
a man knows determine his status in society in In
gland, NJ We believe everywhere. man may bow
to a Duke. or bet with Duke, or chat to Duke, or
dine with Duke at Greenwich But be may not
know the Duchess or even the Countess, or even the
Honorable MIS-. Bosh. Woman prices his rank. Now.
the arisocrutic socety OF London, though there may
be isolated knots il divided into two sets. OF one,
the highest and puTe-t which is considered TO dwell
in a region elevated above fashion, the Duchess Of
Sutherland is the Acknowledged leader OF tho other,
which Is tie par erceencc fashionable set the Count
e.s Of jersey and the Marchionoss Of Londonderry
dispuiGn- for the throne but since Lord Londonder
rvs deeth Lady Jersey may be sa4 TO hold undis-
puted sovereignty. Round " the while rose OF suth-
erlsnd il gathered all that is highest and MODEST in
England There sreto be found the minority We have
described of Russclls and Howards, Cavendishes and
H,rbets. To tie arisocracy Of rank this IL by far
the most exclusive circle, TO the arstocracy OF nature
the least Beyond limited circle no aristocrat is adj
nited because be is one. And even the faintest stain
escud,s. But it, gates are ever open to the noble
and tlre and gentle OF every land who have adorned
humanity by their intellect stryen to strike the fet-
ter from their fallen or suffering kind. In such society
such woman + Mrs. Stowe j. deeply honcred, such
man ar Henry Ward Boocher is reyered. To them
or 10 Mncaulay Dickens it is open in its most
exclusive hour. But Cardigan could NOT obtain en-
trance in its least exclusive The Duchess OF Suther-
land would gladly visit the cottage OF peasant, but
would not the threshold Of Countess outside
her set. Whenever the Queen ventures beyond the
gratDcs which confne royalty in England her visits
have always been TO Of this ct. Indeed, il the
indiVigu. couId the evil Of the