The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-05
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ration for us TO say that " Is the most entertain
ing volume of "reminiscences that we have read
for many day. Spicy in its details, graphic IN
its narrative, it is OF kind to delight the gene
raj reader and even draw the cynlcism from the
professional scorner OF works of travel In fact
the present volume Is not volume OF travels.
1t is d sketchy record of what the writer saw
aud what he heard in England and France.
Those who suppose that the field is covered
already, that no book of either OF these coun-
tries can be found which the laborious Yankee
has not penetrated and revealed, will be sur
prised at the freshness and graceful originality
which abound in the Pilgrims Wallet" 1t has
long been known that there are two ways OF
visiting spot; one, as the New Englander says,
goes "to 90" the gallery the ruin, or the land
sCape; the other views with intelligence and
throws new light on all he sees. To be good
traveller it is necessary for man to possess
peculiar combination OF qualities which cannot
be acquired. As Pope was born poet, so man
must be born a traveller. What the requisites
are we will not nanate; suffice it to say that Mr.
Haven possesses them in remarkable degree.
His work is teeming record OF old things made
new, of old haunts revisited and reviewed in
new light. II seems as though with the fine
rencil he has retraced tue old picture, and by
sentence changed its dull lilelessness into warm
vitality So it is with Mr.. Haven's work. But it
is better to give our readers an instance than to
eulogize. We quote his description OF visit to
the House of Commons when the motion TO cut
down the expenditures was made by the Disraei
party:-
"To see a battle you must take your station
betimes, and wait patiently the tedious move
ments OF the mastering squodrons So to wit
in n
must be at your post In the morning. The house
opens at iour and yet at eleven in the forenoon
/ seated myself in dark den on the lowest
story OF the building, rafting with what
patience I could command the slowly moving
hours The reason tor such necessity was, that
night an important debate came of, and the six
hundred members may have each given two
tickets TO a gallery that win not hold a hun.
dred. The gallery is very democratic, however
otherwise may be the House; and its law Is
first come first served So seated IN the order OF
our entrance, We smile Conde5CendinCly at any
subsequent Dukes and Earls as we may fancy
these latter comers to be, and appreciate the
emotions OF Madam Blaze, OF whom her biogra-
pher, Goldsmith, declares. with that simple
adhesion TO truth that ever characterizes him.
"The king himself heth followed ner,
When she hath gone oeIore.
"The nobility slowly gather, proving by their
rareness their gent,ilty; so tina! II twelve hun
dred tickets were issued, not one hundred had
assembled before the appointed hour, and or
teverishness as elsewhere, was proved to- be
foolishness. The hour comes, and the blue.
coated guide leads us up series OF back, wind
ing, and narrow stairs, and usheFs us in nigh
marrow box stuck up under the caves OF an
arched and Gothic root How different is the
entrance to the galleries OF the American House
OF Commons, and how different the galleries
them: elves! The most suparb staircase in the
world, lin ed with sumptuous marbles and
adorned with the highest art of the painter,
opens INTO spacious amph theatre, where three
thousand of the nations rulers may witness tie
deliberations or eXcitements CASUALLY the atter)
of their representative subjects. Here crooked
and perverse stairway leads to a close and
crowded lott. Yet this, as that, aDtly typihes
the relations each body holds to its peoples.
Opposite to us, above the gallery that was
behind the Speakers chair, saw an ornamental
lattice work such as sometimes covers the front
of city ORGANS. Behind 1t discovered iutter-
ing, such as is not usually seen behind those
cages. Was 1t an avlary OF rare b rds that
waved their glittering plumage behind those
bars? Or we're mercer, though not less bea1ti-
tul creatures, the panther and his family, pacing
up and down there? Alter much study ascer-
tanned that they were ladies; how rear my
guesses came to the fact Others may Judge.
Their imprisonment staggered me. Were they
penned there Tor the delectation OF the no sy
members below or that their eyes might rain
sweet influences upon the fiery combatants
Ii the latter the rain would be greatly lmpeded
,bv the cloudy bars that enclose them. OF what
was this the curious relic? OF Eastern wor-
shin, where women do not vet presume to appear
i'll the presence of men? Certainly II is not the
reproduction of the tournament, of which the
scene below might be considered the lineal heir
Iu those lists she sat the arblter and insprer, rs
she does to-day at the Derby and other national
TacegroUnds.
"Whie perpieXing myself with this problem
Cry was heard: the sauntering members VhC
had been slowly dropping IN arose in their seats
the pompous beade, probably owning some fal
lottier title, strobe into view the gold mace
large club of gold-was borne before him on
velvet cushion--a suggester, 10 my fancy, OF tht
original mode of settling disputed questions
and OF the possible solution to which they ma,
yet come; and behind it walked the bewigget
ana begowned Speaker, tall and stately, will
the obsequious clerks concluding the process
sion.
'The officials of the Government are s2atet
on the lowest BENCH OF the right OF the Speaker
the leaders of the opposition on the oppost
bench; the liberal leaders across the lower en-
OF this paralleogram, ''beloW the gang way" q
il is called The mastltfs from the opposit
benches carelessly eye each other. The uppe
dog in tho fight soon proceeds to open the fray
There he sits, witch his hat pressed down owe
his eyes, his smallish form looking as if shrun
with age, his air that of one half asleep an,
half dead Suddenly he arouscs himself, rise
in an utterly indifferent and lazy manner, anc
with the heslatlng tongue which IS the sire az
non of parliamentary oratory, throws a bomt
shell into the ranks OF his foes. He declare
that the question in debate is confidence or n
confidence IN the ministry; 1t defeated, he sha
resign and appeal to the country. They al
threat; and much preliminary skrmlshlug TO
lows. BE knows his ground, evidently, and hl
chosen II with wise forecast: he is not to L
beguiIed from it. E7en D'lsraeli's cunning SUI
gestionsd do not make the cratic. fox drop b
prey. The debate opens with some what grac
tul speech from the au' hOr OF the motion, M