New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-29
LONDON CLIQUES AND COTERIES.
From The Idle, (Mago,iaeJ

IfIwere an enterprising publisher-whchI am glad
to say am mott would bring out Biographical
lection of reciprocal puifs the " Men of the Time
and would call my set /" The Failures DIR. john
son remarked, when pressed to give some account OF
hs early struggles, when he led an economical NE
about town Sir there il nothing interesting IN the
annals of poverty" This is not altogether true. We
ike tohesr of Cgsar in the Queens Bench OF the pc
rod. OF Napoleon One in an atici OF Napoleon lhree
in the pit OF the Opera, London; OF Mr.. Lemon IN
trade amablv distributing pleasant hall and hall, and
of similar ancCedents IN the early careers ot other
great personages. What are the reasons why you
find in London many highly respectaOie fauures
No youDg, aspiring, eventually winning Failures, Dut
uddle-aged, maginative, and never likely to be
anything but-Failures
Is " London" enlarges. the "town" more and more
contracts itself. Town is bounded by the Times
,ice on the east the Prince ass Theater on the norb
tie Garrick Club IN the west and Westminster Bridge
ON the south. In our epoch, everybody sees every
body, and may know everybody. The clubs have 80
orgauized society that the classes who constitute
town-pocians artists, actors, men of literature aud
journalism, and loungers-live in public. Inevitably
therefore "the amenities of social life, to q great
extent get into the literature and the journalism to
the great deterioration Of that healthy Ohensyeness
which should distinguish rigorous critics and sound
Commentators. Not that you teel-that would be ab-
surd-aDy reluctance TO attack your friend, and 10 he
candid about your acquaintance. You might do thls
and STILL when you get the club, grin the Christian
grin to the victim, and 90 properly through what DE
Foe calls-
Those greetings where no kindness IT,
And al the dTesry intercourse VI daily hie.'
Bu, you restrain Yourself in the conviction that tie
victim would hear who " did it, In the architecture
Of Pallmall there the DOnysius-ear arrangement.
Clubable people must talk, and talk about persons not
things and IN the Vehenence of London gossip every
thing comes out Clubs are clearing houses for dealers
In rumors and YOU have no choice, II you would Keep
ple assnt postOn IN the place, but TO settle your ac
counts witt the rest You, therefore hear everything,
and YOU tell everything, and everything becomes
.l..ty uI pDI
not ard of tie pOplet the satirs Tor some peOdi
the prophet does not want 10 be backbaued ana tne
-atfist likes society in the smokny-room. ne al
ypnces o. civilization, IN this way, anu he eVeiopeht
of He railway system have rendered Coventry AZ
tsinabe with frightfu facility. Tie railway people,
who are plentiful at the De.ormed Club, contribute
free pass with pleasure rr E..
ure-s YOU will Ld that the freedom IS Inrted 10 beng
.evere and accurate about big peronages only lAee
j. not the least freedom for fair dealing "i,h the email
uer-ouage with petty otfen-es. We gOry thW OuI
Tune, ean reyie our Prime Minister, but can any
friend OF the Prime Minister ind me'. nm ioI saylAS
ANYTHING about the p.rsoqHd o. ne Iwt@ lHs
ANONYMOUS IN journalism has IL 40. antdSeS lVi tA
public: but the rts ous bic ei.'or Known m"u' ana
should be- held by he men whom be- r-?nauy a,s'.5
r,r,oual lly accountable, Yet, Lord Derby y. L0ri
P.mer.,on find. tic 81 edCm " tIe pr :. OF no ava"
20 Item thu Uay be hbeled, Oit IT, rtteI ~ ir
their parti-aIs c-n deal with the hbeler. MaltriH
NAV be changing Will the cheap prs movement
tr,ai.ug down q sll.-ter monopoly Jut h-s- Tue
,.I,r .Isv IN ouI0D there wus buf one lOurna-
ALI Tie ,e,t were IT, satellites, revolving, but aMs
not circulating around II. hey a. hated he bg
ou-1ai hut tlv nelrYal fattered u, !mtated H. TOOK
c, are not ~ utlenl THAT !, he 'rs0hNet o. H.
You do not yeuerl " ind that the members O cWle
are afre,tiouafe ~ ther admiration o. ana sympathy
,si,b one spot r aa unnatural necessity forces theih
70 keen together anil - simulate fraternity, the pap-
H. .f,rce II HE notorious elder brother not"!th-
.tanGrg. Tie s,l u three GENT men eden 9t5 p.i.5
a. column per dierl--en account VIII N bfltlsH
Le,,Uafer have calIDs article les7 OF more Ian '-1
.o,unin ln leugth-E 0ve.n.Dg England ahohy "u7l!
va felt by al in tie and and by more more hdi VNp
l,neu a.o yrtny rhe super-itiOu- enuhna 4ay,
In, ,ot goyeruiuy England herewith. Yet A. fp''D-
rscy /. sustained solely because al the rectoTs nope
J., E bi.hors The three gentlemen were endured oy a.
H. ,r.ver T. lows because every clever ieAOW cacu'
l-,9 IN becornisg Ole sf the mysterious Inumvraie
~ sccor1iuy.y 70 the - outsider who !Ddlcattd
l. u1ftDers foT discipline by any outrar on the eo1-
Iti,ra!.tie- y=hich lOnented new-pape- cA4leIJ'
Tr-tLe Three, though il was wrong that they 'lO-d
- ~ irr-.ror.lble Government, Os England, "eF-
49, NV ,ste f. FIg.l-na'ional. Perlaps their incentive
lite, ud.penderce was that i paid, n ther cas-"
~ d. rrar,sy iu-oeIr-to-day 10 L ,rd Derry, an
-eriev "a Lord JohL Russell, and tle -Ay lore -
Lord Psl1er-tor-u turn, again, caIe--n L.. these
.,a,eu.a. but d; l,a,', Il : ce.tal 'a- Ley "Ev''
abrset Of facts. All praised ana ceissIed WIZ IIe
f.llrg of the nation. better -0Et 81 cil4oe tha1
than W. found at other printing ofces IL LjS1oh AM
therefore uaiiOral jOgruas ~ Tie t"o arse'' cI
ciaiipg morning paper Of London, II Has sways 60
t;ceable that No. grOssly NM lfsl ana NO' =
| ne.-icra-ely ludicrous. No. 2 inspired ~ the
| MI rled genius Of su B-pjsmin Hal and w. Cum
rc L bebal Of the trs;, Tie edi2f wa IL ia''' "