The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-14

Italiens. One of them, the Maison Doree, re-
Gently opened in Union square, is as elegantly
! fitted up as any Of the Paris restaurants and is
equally moderate in its charges. The more this
mode of living is understood the more popular
it will become among us. Families that are I'M
| willing to encounter the trouble of housekeep-
ing, and who dislike the heat and crowd of
hotel, can live in private apartments and be
served from these establishments. 1t will be
great improvement on our present system of
hotel life, which is most injurious to the health,
and is certainly by no means beneficial to the
morals.
The ENGLISH PRESS AND THE New YORK
HERALD-ENGLAND VERSUS THE UNITED STATES
Before the advent of the Prince of Wales in this
country the New York HERALD was foremost
in recommending the adoption of the measures
| necessary for insurng that splendid reception
which his Royal Hghness afterwards met with
at every point of his progress, and during his
| entire tour its pages gave to the world more
abundant details of that event than any other
journal in or out of America We were resolved
upon doing at least our share towards giving
| eclot to this visit of the heir apparent
to the British throne, and every sugges-
! ton that occurred to us tending to-
wards making the event success was
| promptly published. We wished the COM
| ing Of the Prince of Wales among us to be
| as gratifying to himself and those who accom-
panied him as to the royal family and the peo
pie of England. and we may safely say that
| more magnificent and fattering reception was
never extended to any prince in any age than
it was the happiness of the eldest son of Queen
Victoria to experience upon this occasion; and
whatever differences may hereafter occur be-
tween the two great sections of the
Anglo'SaxOn race, the remembrance of
those Inequalities and courtesies rendered to
the illustrious Albert Edward in the New
World must Enger long In the mind of the flu
ture King, and to some extent soften the asperi-
ties OF international feeling, whether in peace or
war.
The New YORK HERALD was then the most
favored of American journals in England. 1t
was quoted and approved throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and by Its in
telligence being always far in advance of
that conveyed in the letters of the cor
respondent of the London Times, it was
through the HERALD that the royal
mother and her subjects first became informed
Of the scenes and incidents in which the Prince
was the principal actor; and pleasing to her
maternal pride it must have been to hear of so
many tributes Of respect and affection to
herself, the English nation, and that son whose
presence called them forth. Since that time
change has come over the condition of our
country, and from peace we have been plunged
into war. The attitude assumed by the states
men Of England towards the United States
has meanwhile partaken Of an unfriendly
character, and the NEW Yong HERALD, which
did so much to remove old animosities against
England and to forge link Of friendship be-
tween John and Jonathan, has felt compelled, in
justice to America, to change Its tone from one
Of cordially to one Of severity and warning.
The consequence OF this Is that the English
newspapers, and particularly those devoted to
the cotton interest, have joined in loud out
cry against the HERALD, assailing this journal
with as largo measure Of hard words ~ long
ago fell to the lot of George Washington and
those Of tho Old Thirteen, who were called re-
negades and rebels without stint. But these
attacks fall about as lightly upon US as did
those levelled at the fathers Of the republic,
and as all that may follow are likely to do. Of
these we shall probably have no small number;
for as We advance towards October the state of
affairs in this country will increase in interest to
the English government, as IN that month the
want Of cotton will be very urgently felt by
the Manchester cotton spinners, and the attitude
which the Cabinet Of st. James may assume will
likely provoke some more unpalatable protests
and warnings on our part
It is not impossible that violation Of our
blockade may be attempted thus early in order
TO get possession of this material. That of
course will be direct and immediate cause of
war; for by that time our blockade will be
maintained with perfect efficiency at all points,
and upon the first symptoms Of British inter-
ference fifth Of our mercantile marine will be
| armed and equipped as war vessels and let loose
upon the English feet Meanwhile our navy 10
being rapidly augmented, and wo to England
| If she invites US to battle. In our course with
respect to England we have always acted with
perfect impartiality, and we are sorry that our
relations with that Power at the present time
are not of sufficiently friendly character to
enable us to speak in the same cordial terms as
we did on the occasion of the visit Of the Prince
of Wales.
INFLUENCE or THE WAR tfds SocmrY.-The
suferings caused by the war will go far towards
correcting the vices and follies which have been
generated among US by an unexampled career
of prosperity. We were fast drifting into the
excuses which brought about the fall Of the
Roman empire, and would assuredly have