New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-12
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| belieye,my last letter was from Brighton, the
fashionable Newport of England. cannot say
like English watering places. The reserve that
1 all ranks of society observe is not conducive to
enjoyment. In our watering places, we have all
sorts 'of amusements-hops, etc., but here the
/ only amusement seems to be in riding or driving
up and down. up and Down, for two hours, the
ssmarine parade" as it is usually called, and not
exceeding one mile. Think how tiresomely mo-
notonous it must be, even to the parties who have
the most magnificent turnouts. A young lady.
takes her ride followed by her groom; but only
think, you independent American girls, she is
not allowed to have gentleman join her, be
he ever SO fascinating!S 1t is not "the,thing,
but she must proceed in lonely dignity, with pert
| groom some hundred yards to the rear. No balls
or concerts, only the everlasting tedious
/ dinners from seven until ten; then yawn
of half an hour, before the disgusting males
leave their wine, to join them in the drawing
room. A little more futter, then to bed;
andi if all were like, very little good does
| bed do them. know Motif the curve of the shore
concentrates sound, but surely no where else
does it keep up such an everlasting din It sounds
4 more like the wailings of the id than any
thing else can compare it to. When first ar
rived the town looked SO clean, the parade so
gay, i fancied should enjoyit. But day after
day the same faces, the same equipages,
the same dinners and the same roar
make one feel like getting away to less fashion
able localities; so came to London. | believe
it is very vulgar to say you are in town. sol
have not as yet tried to find any of my old friends.
i London has much changed since was here, three
years gone. Everybody seems buildingnnad.
4 Throughout the suburbs are rows upon rows of
houses built Of such queer looking brick Intact,
they all look asst they had been very i'll, andtwere
but just recovering, being the color of bad cream.
Y You never see red brick here. But the most stu
I pendous work is the Metropolitan underground
railway. You know they would have nothing to
t7do with mad Trains tramways. The whole of
London-north south, east and VESTS being
mined. If you don't hear of the most terrible
smash, I am mistaken. think every man who
4 has one share in that company, be his purse as
long as it may, will see the bottom of it, as each
stockholder is liable to give his quota to the debts
Il ofthe company.
Having occasion to go to Morgan's, the banker,
formerly Peabody's,) l was surprised to find
down in that busy mart, in. the very heart of the
city, whole squares of buildings taken down, in
process Of demolition-all for the Metropolitan
railway. When you consider that the land is
worth twice its surface covered with gold, and
the houses rented for immense sums, see what an
amount Of funds it must take True, in time,
these stores, etc., will be rebuilt. And, in the in
term, where is the money to come from to repay
this outlay? don't believe, if they were all com
pleted now, the returns could pay the interest
of the outlay, much less evenreturn the principal
/ We shall see what we shall see. All hayl to
i sayis, shan't invest In contrast with this 60
1 aheadatYeness, the English are very often far
behind the times. Some of the old laws
are in force, as ridiculous as the blue
laws in Connecticut. Not long since, sin
gular scene took place in the town of Kitchen.
1 woman sold piece of goods that proved to
be short measure. The city crier cried it out in
| the market place, the goods were condemned to
| be burnt there, and the seller condemned to pay
its cost. That is as bad as being fined for kissing
your wife on Sunday,
| Have you read of the great tea race? It is the
custom here to give q prize of $500 to the first
ship that arrives from China with the fresh tea.
Two came neck and neck to the bar--the Topping
and the Ariel. The Topping won simply because her
draft was lighter than the Ariel. So she ran to
the dock without reference to the tide, the other
having to wait for water enough to carry her
over. 1t did seem too hard for the poor fellows
that had for 80 many weeks strained every nerve
to lose when SO near realization.
Amusenlents are yet dull being little too soon
for the fall campaign. Drury Lane opens on the
23d, under the management of its formertreasurer,
Mr.. Ghatterton. Three years ago he did not have
a dollar once heard the celebrated New York
manager, Tom Hamblin, say, 81 don't know
how tits, but my treasurers ali get rich while l
don,t.n
The Lycenm opened on Saturday last, with
a new piece by Boueicault, he and his little
| wife playing nit. He is the luckiest man alive,
for his pieces have but little merit yet as sensa-
ton is the order of the times, he SO writes them
and makes them pay. I have not yet seen the
new piece, but | am told the scene de resistance
/ is telegraph Office suppose he thought the
i Atlantic cable was making such q stir, that ii
would help to render this The scene. 1t is said to
be very cleyery managed. / shall see it, and if
it is worth the ink, | will tell yau by and by.
The thing here is MELONS, promenade concerts
at Convent Garden. They have been "institu
tons" for the last three years. Mellon is one Of
the best musicians and leaders they have. He de-
serves success for he gives them the best talent
in the market Carlotts Patti is the bright pal
ticniar star. She is wonderfully clever, and if she
was not lame, poor girl, she would prove form
liable rival to her more fortunate sister Adalina
They return home next year; then look out fol
bouquets and white kids. .,..
saw Mrs. Richie, wife of William Richie, o.
Richmond, better known as the fascinating Mrs
Mowatt: She is as pretty as ever; rather ensboa
point SIZE is bpsiIy engaged in corresponding
for five papers at home, and looks as CHEEKY as i
there had been no war to sweep away her pretty
home in Richmond,
Miss Ayona Jones (Irs. G. v. Brooke) has gon,
to Ireland to fulfil a series Of engagements, anI
they will be oyatons, for the name of Brooke il
all powerful there, besides herself being a grea
! fayorite. The memorial life boatto his tRrooke's
memory was to be launched yesterday, and al
grafton delivered by the member of Parliamen
from Cork A life boat seems the most ffttins
memorial he could have, as emblematic of hi
death struggling as he did 50 hard to save the
4 lives of his hapless fellowp passengers, and gave
up only when all hope was lost.
Good by. Like Mlcawber, shall turn up some
where soon again.
Forgive all mistakes, as two very Interesting
young ladies are waiting for md to pay propriety
for them, and take them to the theater.