Litchfield enquirer., 1860-06-21

brldge, by fau rom hls charger; eyes, ,gral
 face, long; general expression, sarcastic, wit
 comic infusion. His features had gres
 mobility, which enabled him to give great e
 feet to his words, when he wished to
 pointed, impudent, or severe.
 ! His taste in dress obtained him the tit
 of Beau" and it was reported that, in h
 anxiety to be perfectly we'll fitted, he en ployed two artists on his gloves-one to cu
 the thumbs, the other to execute the othe
 fingers! Really, he was the best dresse
 man in London. Every garment was of th
 best material, made by the best tradesmer
 and fitted him admirably. He was ouie
 rather than showy in his attire and, perhap,
 his greatest fault was the great extent Q
 his wardrobe.
 One of the fashions which Brummel frowned on, was the manner of wearing tn white nsek'cloth-it massed up under tn chin into roll.
 He abolished the pad, and wore his neck cloths slightly stiffened, so that the weigh of the head did not crush them up into roll
 How this was done, he never would disclose
 but rumors run that, when he fled from Eng land to aveid arrest for debt, he left mem orandum upon his table, Starch makes tn man! The stiffened ncck-cloths then be came common. Brummell's tie is spoken O as something wonderfully neat. It was tn, result of great practice, aud if not hit upo, at the first effort, another neck-cloth wal tried. His valet was met on the stairs, on, day, with some two dozen neck-cloths, per fectly clean but slightly crumpled upon his arm, and, when asked what they were, sol emnly replied, "only our failures" N, doubt, BrummelPs taste in dress was on, cause of the Princes liking him, for Georg, the Fourth had great desire to be bear in his way: At his death, his Majesty. wardrobe sold by auction 915,0OO.
 Lord Byron defncd Brummelps style o dress to be simplicity of the most studied kind; "a certain exquisite propriety of dress Brummcll himself said the essentials were, 'No perfumes, but fine linen, plenty of it, and country washing"
 Brummel's conversation could scarcely be called witty, though it was sarcastic. He had great dexteri!y of language. He drew pretty well, had some knowledge of music danced elegantly, and had a knack of wri. ting verses. He had neglected French while at Eaton, and subsequently found it SO very difficult to obtain knowledge of the Ian guoge, that Byron said, like Napolcon's progress in Russia, Brummell's progress in French had been stopped 5y Me clements. He spoke and wrote French passabIy enough, however, in his retreat to Calais.
 Brummell contrived to pass some five months of every year in the best houses in England. The dukes of Bedford, Beau fort, Devonshire, Dorset, and Rutland, were gratiGcd by his condesceuding to visit them--he, the grandson of the London ! He had little taste for rural sports, though he shot well, and was good show rider. Hunting he did not care for, alleging that man got nothing for it ex- cept having his boots and garments splash ed. Even in the field he wore a white neck cloth, and his boot-tops were white, the brown color being discharged by oxalic acid, after which they sponged with champagne.
 Alta time when it was fashionable for a nobleman belonging to tho four-in-hand club to wear the dress and affect the manner of a Brummell made dead set against the Squire Western species, natural or artificial and when he objected to some country squiros being admitted into Walters club, justified his cxclusiveness by declaring that their boots always smelt of bad black ing and the stable.
 In London, so great was BrummelPs as- in society, before he was twenty five years old, whenever the fashionable jour- nals gave an account of tall or rout, al- ways put his name first in the list of until tied guests. He was the dictator of fash ion, retaining his power by frequent exercise of his strong power of satire. At one of these parties, where the young daughter of a Duke appeared for the first time in her ,haperon, said, You see that gentleman next the door? If he should speak to us, endeavor to make favorable impression. That is MT. Brummcll, whose smile or sheer ,an make or unmakc your position in se- ,iety.
 He prided himself on saying rude things. Dining with gentleman who vulgarly boast d of his wine and it's high price, Brummell refused his glass when the servant brought lim the bottle a second time, with "No, thank you, don't take cider"
 Another time, in Q country house, where his host piqued himself upon disliking French wines, which Brummell greatly affected, he was saluted with, Don't take that thin claret, but have some of this old port" The Beau exclaimed, Port ?-oh, 1 remember now-a dark intoxicating fluid, much drank by the lower classes l" Assuredly, had Brummell lived in our day, he would have had his nose pulled, if he was thus imperti- nent.
 Once he dined in the city, to the wonder of those who knew how exclusive he was, and said, "Yes, the man wanted me to bring him into notice, and I desired him to give dinner, to which I invited Alvanley, Mills, Pierrepont, and few others" He was asked how the party went of? "Very well-only for one mal-apropos the man who gave the dinner positively had the as- surance to seat himself at the table with us."
 Another time, speaking of city million. aire, he said, Ungratefnl wretch--once gave him my arm down St. James street. and he actually has refused to discount a little bill, or thousand pounds ]"
 Meeting rich but undistinguished young gentleman at dinner, Brummell asked the loan of his carriage to take him to ball at Lady Jerseys. am going there." was the reply. and shall be happy to take you. ' Rrummell answered in his most delicate tone
 " Still, there is difficulty. Yeu can't well ride behind your own carriage, and how would it do for me to be seen in it with yon 7U Horo rnaet rortoin1v O crav manner