New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-21

n'' h $, 81 her shoes and glover.
' IT, income Of the father was on limited scale,
and Charlotte as the eldest daughter, felt 1t To be
her duty to aid in the support of the family by Der
own exertions Branwell, her brother, at the age
Of eighteen, had adopted no regular pursuit. WITH
great mental endowments, with even more genus
perhaps than either Of his sisters, and with speca
talentfor art, his moralcOnductwas sounworthyt that
not even the partiaty OF his sisters could be blinded
10 his faults. Popular admiration was sweet 10
him. And this led TO his presence being sought at
'arys and all the great village gatherings, for the
Yorkshiremen have keen relish for intellect; and
il likewise procured him the undesirable dlstinc-
ton Of having his company recommended by the
landlord of the Black Bull to any chance traveller
who might happen to feel solitary or dull over his
Gquor DO YOU want some to help you with
your bottle, Sir If you do, III send up for Pa
trick ESQ the villagers called him till the day OF hs
dcah). And while the messenger went, the land
lord entertained his guests with accounts Of the
wonderful talents of the boy, whose precOciOus
cleyerness and great conversational powers were
the pride Of the village"
At the age Of nineteen, accordingly, Charlotte
became teacher in female school in the vicinity
where she had previously been pupil. She re-
mained in this situation for about two years when
she returned to the family circle of the parsonage
with her mind absorbed in the wish to enter upon
a career Of authorship. Ignorant OF the world des-
tute of practical resource, she found great diff
culties in making the commencement. In her un-
certainty to the proper course o acton, and OF
her own fitness for literary pursuits, she ventured
on the experiment of writing to Wordsworth,
Coerdge, and Southey with request for advice
Southey alone replied to her letter, and after some
delay sent her few words of wise and friendly
counsel, which she took earnestly to heart. In
the Spring Of 1882 she formed all engagement AS
gOverness in rich Yorkshire family. The sltua-
ton was in the highest degree repulsive. She suf-
fered all the indignities which can be inflicted on
sensitive mind by the pretenrions of wealthy vulgar
ity and before the close of the Summer returned to
her fathers hOuse.
The wear 1910 found all the Brontes living at home,
except Anne. j am not aware for what reason the
plan of sending Branwe 10 study at the Royal Acade-
my was relmqushed; probably it was found on ill.,
qury that the expenses Of such life were greater than
his fathers slender finances could afford, even with
gave, by providing for Annes board and education.
| gather from what have heard, that Branwel must
have been severely disappointed when the plan fell
through His talents were certainly very brilliant,
and of this he fully conscious and fcrvently de-
sired, by their USE either in writing drawing, to
make himself name. Al the same time he would
probably have found his strong love of pleasure and
irregular habits a great impeachment i'll his path to
fame: but these bemShes in his character were only
additional reasons why he yearned after London life,
III which he imagined he could obtain every stimuant
to his already vigorous intellect, while at the same
time he would have license OF action To be iOuhd
only in crowded cities Thus his whole nature at
tracted toward the metropolis; and many an hour
must he have spent pOrng over the map OF London,
to Judge from an anecdote which has been told me.
Some traveller for London house of busnes came to
HaWOIth for night; and, according to the unfOrtu-
nate hab of the place the brilliant Patrick (sO the
villagers always called him, while in his own family
he was BIanwel), was sent for to the inn To be,
guile the evening by his intellectual conversation ana
his fla hes of wit They began TO talk oi London; o
the habits and ways OF life there of the places of
amusement; and Branwel informed the Londoner of
one two short cuts from point to poin up narrow
lanes or back streets and only toward the end
of the evening that the traveller discovered, from
Branwells voluntary confusion, that his companion
had never set foot i'll London at all.
At this time the young man seemed 10 nave ms Iate
in his own hands He was full of noble impulses AZ
well as of extraordinary gifts; not accustomed to re-
sst temptation il Is true from any higher motlTe than
strong family affection but showing much power OF
attachment TO all about him that they took pleasure In
believing that after time, he would right himself,
and that they should have pride and delight in the Use
he would then make of his splendid talents. His aunt
especially made him her great favorite. There are
always peculiar trials in the life OF an only boy IN
family of girls He il expected to act part IN fe to
d. while they are only 10 be- and the necessity Of
their giving way to him in some things, too often
exaggerated into their giving way to him in all and
thus rendering him utterly selfish In the family about
whom am writing while the rest were almost ascetic
in l.i, beh Rra WI fO II
indulgept but in early youth his power OF attracting
and ataching.peOple was so great that few came III
contact with him who were not 80 much dazzled by
him as to be desirous of gratifying whatever wishes he
expressed OF course, he was careful enough not to
reveal ANYTHING before his father and sisters OF the
pleasures he ndulged in but his tone of thought and
conversation became gradually coarser, and, for a
time his sisters tried to persuade themselves that such
coarseness was part OF manness and "a blind Them
selves by love to the fact that Branwel was worse
than other young men. At present, though he had,
they aware, fallen into errors, the exact
nature Of which they avoided knowing, still he was
their hope and their darling; their pride who should
some time bring great glory to the name OF Bronte.
With view to improving her qualifications as u
teacher Miss Bronte had earnest desire to attend
a school in France or Belgium where she could
perfect herself in the French language, and gain
numerous other advantages at a much less expense
than at similar institution in England. After
several attempts she succeeded in making arrange
ments for the accomplishment of her plan. She
decided on celebrated pensionnat at Brussels
which together with her sister Emily, she entered
in 1c42 The two sisters clung together and
kept apart from the herd of happy, boisterous
weI-befriended Belgian girls, who, in their turn
thought the new English pupils wild and scared
looking, with strange, odd, insular ideas about
dress; for Emily had taken fancy to the fashion,
ugly and preposterous even during its reign of