The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-17

btdIlDg anu elooWibe, We Soo 49, 49, -
ourselves In what save dress and money, New
York's best society is distinguished from the
common vulgar herd.
1t is deHcacy, consideration Of Others, educa-
ton, refinement and good breeding which we
had always supposed were primary essentials
to good society. We feel bound to say, there
fore, that the ball at the Academy Of Music was
failure. We have no doubt that the appear
ance and demeanor Of the hundreds OF thou
sands Of people who assembled to welcome the
Prince of Wales impressed him more favorably
than any such assemblage be had ever seen In
any European city: the citizen soldiers, COM
posed Of young men commencing their career,
must have surprised him as well as his attend
ants; and in the fremen's procession, made up
of the bone and sinew of society, he witnessed
a spectacle truly grand-grand not only as q
brilliant chow, but o. o moral demonstration;
but we have not the least doubt that while
the ball pleased him as q ball, it failed
to give him any very elevated opinion
Of New York's FIRST society," The truth
of the matter is that, with the exception
of very few old families, who have preserved
their wealth for generations, those who &C.
cupy our stately mansions, sport their equipages
and make . dazzling display Of their wealth,
are men and women recently sprung from the
vulgar crowd they pretend to despise. Their
children, perhaps, will be educated and re-
fned-they can never be either.
When their large fortunes are divided up
among their children and grand children, or
lost or dwindled away by the vicissitudes to
which fortunes are exposed, these will fall back
among the modest well educated and retiring
middle classes. Struggling among this class
are now the descendants Of the millionaires of
BALI century ago; and there, too, if not lower
in the scale, will be found fifty years hence
the descendants of the millionaires of to day
Under our system, refinement, education and
prcpriety are more generally found in the
abodes OF the modest and unassuming than in
The mansions Of the wealthy and pretendous.
The London Times and the New York
Press Once More.
We have quite given over hoping for any
thing like fair and honest treatment at the
hands of the leading British journal. The Lon
don Times seems to have accepted the narrow,
bigoted views of clique of English writers
and politicians who resolutely refuse to see
anything good in the political and social insti.
tutiens of the United States. According to the
cheerful British view Of the matter, as once laid
down by one of her Majesty's representatives
at this port. the government Of Great Britain Ia
the only successful system of constitutional
rule that the world has ever seen, and the ire
sistible inference is that the very best thing we
can do Is to return to the allegiance of our
grsndfathers, and humbly beg to be received
ga subjects and obedient servants to the crown
Now, the fact is that all forms Of government
have their absurdities. Lord Nincompoop on
the Treasury benches Is as ridiculous as the
honorable Elijah Pogram on the stump or the
floor of Congress; and the only test
as to their merit Is to be found
in the condition of the governed. In
constitutional governments like those of Great
Britain and the United States, the governors
are, after all, OF very little account, except In
purely representative way. And II is in this
manner that we have received the Prince of
Wales Hereditary monarchies are. In our
eyes, palpable absurdities The pomp and show
and glitter Of royalty is q remnant OF feudal
barbarism. Still we recollect that the people
Of England have seen ct to preserve this ancient
landmark of white slavery and incorporate it
- the frst estate In their government There
fore we respect 1t. and in doing so respect the
institutions Of the mother country. II would,
perhaps, be asking too much II we suggested the
propriety Of reciprocal exchange of magma
nimity. which is not eminently British virtue,
but we have certainly right to demand that the
truth shall be told about us.
This right the London 7Tnes-through its
special correspondent detailed to describe the
Princes tour in Canada-has systematically
ignored. In another part of this paper we
have given portion OF the Times letter. dated
at Toronto, September Is. In this letter We
find garbled extracts from the HERAIDs tele
graphic dispatches, the headings being inter
mixed with the main body Of the despatch,
and several expressions quoted as having ap
peared In this paper which were really invented
by the Times correspondent, in order TO
strengthen his case and TO prepare his readers
for the outrageous falsehood that the New York
Journals, with one exception, are utterly unre.
liable "even for their outlines Of the royal
tour
This correspondent has saved us the trouble
Of accusing him OF intentional misrepresenta.
ton, and stands convicted by his own hand as
o wilful and deliberate liar. We know that this
Is strong language, but the occasion Is not one
for soft speeches.
In the London Times letter from Toronto,
dated September 10, there lie an account Of the
Orange disturbances at Kingston which talliss
In ip recital Of facts exactly with our accounts.
Here we are told that the Duke Of Newcastle
and the Governor General were mobbed In the
=. recia. ihat the Qranneuen xere innch