New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-25

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY June. TctnoI Fie,ds
"a Letter about England with which this
number opens, presents some acute comments on
English social characteristics, which are illustrated
By several striking instances that fell uDdor the
personal observation Of the winter OF the love OF
precedent and traditional etiquette which enters So
largely into English life, he remarks: "Snch re-
spect for routine and observance can nowhere else
be perceived. An American is so little prepared
70, this that he 10 disposed TO quarrel with it even
In railway stations, where il Is most excellent.
But il pene.rates all forms and institutions; the
Established Church itself Ia specimen Of complete
arranging and engineering; the worshipers are
classified tickoted and dispatched safely rolling on
the broad gauge Of tho Liturgy, in confidence Of
being ret down at last where the conductors have
contracted 20 take them. How accurately every
boy in England knows his own place and he
accepts il, however humble. with determined
feeling that it 10 inevitable. The audience 10 50
packed that everybody remains quiet. The de-
mesnor Of the servants 10 a. settled and universally
deferentisl 40 Westminster Abbey 10 Gothic. Mr.
Lindsay or Mr.. Roebuck might forgot 20 reyile
America. or Lord PalInerston, Engand's right hand,
forget his cunning, as soon a. servant might for
get his place. A thousand years have settled him
in IT, and you are supposed by him to have had the
benefit Of 40 many years in determining your own
petition and relation to him. You are electrified
when waiter first touches hs hat TO youi il 10 "a
IL no had discharged something into you by the
gesture, which 10 likely TO exhaust him, and you
expect to have to offer him chair. But his defer
ence 10 an integral part Of the stability Of England.
When he forgets il, look for panic in the Ex.
change the collapse Of credit and the assassination
Of the Queen" Gail Hamilton has rollicking
idyl called "A Prose Henrisde," the subject Of
which any unprincipled punster might detect from
tho title. The description Of famous ornament Of
his scY and Of the bsrn-yard shows nice ofnitho-
logical taste. "The time Of the singing Of birds Is
come. and the time Of the cackling Of homely hon.
cat bsrn.ysrd fowls, who have never had justice
done them. Why do We extol foreign growths and
neglect the children Of the soil' Where 10 there
more magnificent bird than the Rooster What q
lofty airl What spirited pose of the head Note
his deliberately scolloped comb his stately stsppings
the 1.-the, quick, graceful motions Of his archng
neck. Mark his brilliant Plumager smooth and us-
trous a satin soft as foss silk. What necklace Of
duchess ever surpassed in beauty the circles Of
feathers which no wears, layer shooting over layer
up and down, hithsr and tbither, en- amber water
fall, swift and soundlcss as the light but never dis
turbing the mstohlsss order Of his arrsyi What
plume from African deserts rival the rich huos
tho graceful curves, and the palm-lks srectness OF
his tail All his eolors are tropical in depth and
intensity. With every quick motion the tints
change ss in prism, aud each tint is more splendid
than the last; green more beautiful than any green,
except that of ducks neck; brown iD6ltrated with
gold, and ranging through the whole gamut OF its
possibilities. am not sure that this last 10 correct
in point Of expression, but it is correct in point OF
sense, AZ any one who ever saw rcd rooster Will
beaI wItIess." Gail Hamilton ID q keen observer y;