New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-07

father returned home she went with him and man
named Cobb in pursuit of the robber, who was over
take en- scaptuIed and convicted" A.. G.
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
From Our Gosspius Correspondent.
LONDON, June -, 1851
The hustle and the show
That occupy mankind below
have now reached their climax on the banks Of the
Thames. London is in "ful season." and the
amount Of noise, busybodyism, exhibition, parade,
pleasure hunting, art and beauty folly and vanity,
that lie at the bottom Of this EXPRESSION it easier
to imagine than to describe. Now 4" the market
of the world" as Schiller calls thepolypous metrOp-
oils of England, may be seen in all its glory,
in all its vertiginous intOxicatiOn. Now the
foretoid times have arrived, the paradise
of " lions" and lionapes has opened its
gates, and there is no cherub with flaming sword
to keep out the unworthy and SHINING. The sun
has triumphed over the clouds, and furnished an
evident proof that even the English climate can be
libeled. The lukewarm breath of June has inflated
the lungs of the Cockney with an incredible strength
and he displays it by uttering incredible hurrahs
on the passage of his Queen. Squares and parks
and gardens are all in bloom; along the streets roll
elegant carriages, with powdered cOachmen and
long-legged foOtmen; those winterly wildernesses,
Belcraye square and May Fair, again behold open
windows. and resOund with the unharmoniOus
cords of pianos out of tune. precious tune is
wasted in vain ''calls, unwclcOme visits, provoking
dinners and tedious evening parties-ln all those
social nuisances which every wishes at great
distance but to which every one submits neverthe-
less. with the most audabe resignation, because it
is the "fashion" The d" season. is the reign of fash
ion: the lists Are Open not only ut EPSON and
Ascot, but in the highest regions of British life.
"Now coaches and chariots on like stream;
Here thousand souls happy as souls in dream;
They deaf to niururs-they care not for you,
Nor what ye flying nor what ye pursue! !"
These "happy souls " are the runners ~ on the
slippery turf of fashion. They have never focked
to London in greater numbers than in this blessed
year. As so many streams and rivulets which con-
verge in an immense reservoir, there flow in from
every point of the horizon torrents of young and
old patrcian tops with grave-lOoking and dull
foreheads, avalanches of dOwager ladies with lips
distorted by arstOcratic PRIDE and eyes varying be-
tween the green tint of the sea and the blue shade of
China dish. COncertrOoms and theaters are filled
with shining bare shoulders whose splendid carna-
ton threatens to change all the lovers of the beaut
full into 80 many enthusiastic Ogres. The shady
nues Of the parks are full Of elegant and bold ANA
IONS, whose cold but sentimental looks seem to
seek in the sky the second half Of their souls, while
their fiery horses "devOur the space" The foot
ways of Regent street are cramIhed with ugly
nabObs and handsome dandes, with incOnsOlable
widows in search Of new sensations, with thriving
che esemongers and distlers recently returned from
the Continent, where they were called my lords
by cunning hotel keepers and facetiOus walters, with
business men of all kinds, eager pursuers OF lawsuits,
official appointments and rich dOwrles. These form
the sacred battalion" of English fashion.
GO hoe rou o,f uca far
rife increase of crinOine apparatus. Let not the fair
American ladies treat me as the incensed Thracan
women of old did poor Orpheus, if / am still unable
to declare that walking balloons look better than
nimble- footed bellies adorned with natures beauty
alone. That moderate of dress-imprsvers'
actually will improve the appearance of lady who
is endowed with a more than moderate size, is true
enough, and am not so cruel as to deprive her OF
that servceable auxiliary. But between these rea-
sonable dimensions aud those Of dashing 6fgantc,
who cOmpels you to effect speedy and prudent re-
treat whenever you meet her on staircase or in
the passage of theater if you do not want to be
crushed to death or to destroy in an instant the
grand circular structure, the artistical work OF 30
many tedious hours, there is room enough for rea
sonable choice. Why should we not apply to dear
loved and dear.bOught crinOlne what the French
proverb says of virtue
"Faut de la vertu, pas trop men fsut:
Lexces tout est default"
And that there is erces, no one can deny who has
witnessed the fearful havoc which took place at the
Queens late drawng-rOOm. Imagine meeting OF
LOO hOop-apparatuses crammed together in the
august apartments of the Palace Of st. James, and
submitted to all the awkward arrangements for
which English officials have become prOverbial and
you will have an idea of the fearful struggles which
were fought in the terrible fray and scuffle. What
is Hannibas Wanted passage of the Alps in com
parison with this marching in rank and file through
narrow doors, over narrow staircases, along mar
row galleries, across narrow ante-chambers His
tory speaks of Julius Caesars crossing of the Rubcon,
and the cOurtier BOieau has sung the praises OF
Louis XIV, who dared to ride over the Rhine.
But who will ever commend the undaunted cOura 90,
the ndOmitabe daring, the uncOnquerable inite-
pidity, with which seventeen hundred ladies' strive
and struggle in order to effect suitable entrance the
to find room enough for parading before her Most
Gracious Majesty and to make the courtesy without
stumbling over their trains Alas the accidents
were many and distressing; hundreds of crushed
ladies offered, in their distracted appearance, an
easy solution Of the problem how to change circle
into square, and snendidy pufed.up balloons were
reduced to state Of alarming hatness. 1t was a
sad spectacle to behold the flowers lace and trains
which remained as spoils on the battlefield, not to
speak OF more intimate parts of the toilet But
the champions were true to the last: thew did NOT
desert even after the battle Was lost and are quite
prepared for another contest:
" Your glorious standard launch again
To match another foe"
To speak in earnest, We do not think that men
would have borne the misfortune with similar eaua
niInity, for we are bound to acknowledge that not
one OF our pretty herOnes was seen weeping, though
their lovely head-dresses were fearfiIly damaged
their nounces torn to pieces, their crinones fat
tened as if they had been submitted TO managing
Still they laughed and smiled, as their exit through
the very doors through which their entrance had