The Nevada journal., 1858-03-12

ENGLISH HIGH LlFE.-The following
is extracted from a letter written by an
officer of the Merrimac frigate, when she
lay at Southampton, in October. We
find it in the Washington N. C) Joxr-
/ nal "Much attention Las been paid us
ashore, too, especially by two families
-Une, that of an old East India gener-
al, the other that of Lord Hardwicke.
General Fraser, has passed most Of his
life in India, and now lives in ease and
comfort on the southampton water
At dinner at his house we had an op-
portunity of seeing how the aristocracy
here live. Lord Hardwicke and family
and several other guests, were there to
meet us, and everything was in splendid
style. A turbaned Indian, with several
other servants, waited at table. The
plate was super5, and tie diuner most
recherche. We sat down to table at half
past seven o'clock. These are always
epaulette and sword occasions. Lord
Hardwicke's family consists of his Coun-
tess, his eldest son (about eighteen OF
twenty, aud Lord Royston by courtesy
three of the finest looking daughters you
ever saw, and several young sons. The
daug ers-Lady Elizabeth, Lady Mary
auG Lady Aguita-are surprisingly
beautiful such development, such rosy
cheeks, laughing eyes, and unaffected
manners you rarel y see combined. They
take great deal of outdoor exercise,
and came aboard the Merrimac in q
heavy rain, with Irish thicker solcd
slIoes than YOU or | ever wore, and
cloaks and dresses almost impervious tc
wet. They steer their fathers yacht
walk the Lord knows how many miles
and don't care a cent about rain, besides
doing a host of other things that would
shock our ladies to death, and yet, in the
parlor, they are the most elegant wo-
men in their satin shoes and diamonds
ever saw. The Countess, in her coro
net IF jewels, is an elegant lady, and
| looks like a fit mother for three such
women. His lordshp has given us three
OF four dinners He lives here merely
through the yachting season, and leaves
here on Friday for his country seat at
Cambridge, where he spends his winter,
as do all English gentlemen of means
in hunting, &c. and when parliament is
in session, he lives in London, in his own
house. Here he has host of servants
and they wear the gaudiest livery
white coats with big silver buttons
white cravats, plush knee breeches
and vest, white silk stockings
and low shoes. Lord Hardwicke's
brother is Dean of pretty daugE.
tiers, and is himself a jolly York, a
high church dignitary, has two
gentleman. After dinner, the ladies
play and sing for US and the other night
they got up game OF blind mans buff,
in which the ladies said that we had
the advantage of them, inasmuch as
their "petticoats rustled, so that they
were easily caught" They call things
by their names here. In the course OF
the game Lord Hardwicke himself was
blindfolded, and, trying to catch some
one, fell over his daughters lap on the
floor, when two or three of TIE gill.
caught him by the legs aud dragged his
lordship, roaring with laughter, as we
all were, en- his back into the middle OF
the door. Yet they are perfectly re-
spectful, but appear on perfect equal
ity with each other In fact, the Eng
lish are great people. Two clubs
here have offered us the use of THEN
room.
| Men of the least merit are most ant to