The New York herald., 1870-03-06

ments the Cnse-LondOu Society, Its
Moral observation-disclosures and sssIOw,'-Ths
Prince of Wales sssci''-Thc Sunday Prcss
nud tho ssInrd-nstcd'' worAingInen.
LONDON, Feb 81, 1870.
Tho proceedings OF the Mordaunt trial are stayed
until Wednesday next. the 2sd INST, ana now comes
the question, what does London society" say OF
these proceedingss In the highest circles OF the
land There are two very distinct "sets or 'cllques'
OF people. The one may cali the last." tho other.
for distnctions sake, 1.-THE siow." now 10 tne Iasr
set belong most OF those who are intimate with tho
Prince OF Wales, and what may be termed "ths
court" o tho present day. In this 'fasI set are 70
be found many persons who ought to know
better and whose age II nothing else. should keep
them IN more respectable paths. But that Is their
At the hea,res and also In private houses
Sir Frederick tombstone. Lord Cole and Captain
Farqunar received, by ladies, as II nothing
had happened. As for the Prince Of Waies-who, II
not proved guilty OF breaking the seventh command.
ment has certainly got the mputation hanging over
his head, and Is, or ought to be- oil the more to
blame from the position he holds ana from the facs
of hM being married man-on Saturday last sOme
OF the first men In England, peers ana c0mmonerS.
dned Ut his table, their respective wives being with
them; and on Wednesday next the day up0u which
the trial will reopen there is to be grand dinner
party at Mr.. Giadstone's 10 which some tnrLy peo-
pie are invited TO meet the Prince ana there Will DC
or the highest rank in London viii be present.
make no comment Oh this; merely relate tn0
facts. II anything could prove That change mas
taken u lace in the tone Of Engllsh "S0cety" since
the days when really had a court land when tho
Qaeen and the late Prince Consort set the example
To hat sOcletynI think that what have told you
will serve that end. Talk OF Italian or French mo
rulity In tnose countries, II there Is sin ~ IS as
Moreover. S In those countries, as with you Ameri-
cans, when man discovers his wiie 10 have com
mltted adultery he generally does MS best 10 TO snoGs
the aduterer. But not 80 IN THIS case-nos SO III
England, from all see.
Tneic - In London but one coma rae Sunuay
newspaper, all the other weekly onrnals being pup.
iished on saturday. Tns Is the Observer and as ir
gives some nours' later news than the saturday l
I Bloe or PRAYER book; although nnI 4 / does 9s
20th-the Ose,rer contained fti report Of the six
days PROCEEDINGS In the divorce Court on this mat
ter. "Nice reading for Sunday" you Will say. Bus
am told as a positive fact Inat several thousand
more copies than usual were sold OF the paper ON
win all the disgusting details OF the trial ana
read with avtdty. Tonight Captain Dawson Damer,
n we " a uonso ~ nWons so 20 Ike " harm which
these reports OF sexual crime must nave When
soread over the land as they have been since TINS
day week. One paper, and 0ntv One-nameiy, the
Echo-has noticed he intended motion, and here ID
what 1t says on the subject. Again make no COIN.
nent, but merely stale the Iact:-
Captain Damer IS going to suggest Monday the
imposion 0. tho publication of esdings
II s s SeF
from TIM. or any ohsr co Affects m 20 ms
ber OF thieves made BY imitation of notorious trials But
win Hsvs Hs for 9s wssb s .s1 .;
R1slss blsorss S listening appetite detail.
S,ps e. me that a'dSa ns qualification s Of s Evidence
whG' y IL Is p@ecsson sa which soc,s
Ct. n a ds' he %
happiness and the purity Of an English home q; woSa
msnt reserved Tor such wronsdoe disgust
tempt which OF their exctes in the
hatter nd ude
faulty law altogether escape punishment were not
the scorn of decent and women.
This as you Will say Is curious morality, and still
more curious picture OF Eagsa sGeses' a saMea
gentlemen Of the upper miidle class But wnat say
the worsng people q Eng ando sa
a,p one gnas Is far more read and mas tar greater
circulation tnan any other prlnted among the aru:
the lower orders. extract the following do not
endorse all taas 1t says but give It as specimen
Of what the people think OF that now gong ON IN
the Divorce Court Whether 1t s true that SIR Cnares
Mordaunt was offered a peerage II no would not
say. can hardly believe that Mr.. Gladstone
through whom tho offer OF peerage must nave
himself to anything 80 Illuminating. But this do
know. that Sir Charles M0rdaunt was sent Tor by
personal favor tnat the Prince snoud not bo called
upon to give evidence, and to-day heard that ne
viii not be called upon Here are the remarks s q
Rey,Otts' Newspaper, the organ OF the hard-nsteo
wOrkn9men OF LondOn:-
or As IL IN which wc haye A.
n.ed has now become to 'hs Wora n me
done might hush up tia. the Prince Of Waea'
Should ggro in 50 aye
believe osrsa him any place ,S. o %o % 10
would readily have been bee 70
a;ass sarasss y ssss fnss
IKE M ss minded in su, n1 Il.
ties judge isressrdn the adopted y hi:
diam Sishono sSa Wihoa. Sinking senseans
s with iha
He intnated the Prince that his v .hoad ceass ,se
were surreniony continued thai letters ., a compro-
Occurred leading him suppose that improper intimacy
hs aad s wife xd sa9a Be %
Prince Wales married himself, and the father
e am: s 81 no & he oa the spsls
asnsory q Sir G. san o o bs an
lis he he saas Ses
aa 70 Ba We have declaring
that the nas wales s nn Ens \ hs ha.
deliberately desau, the wife q an It ne ne has
nnbdled lust have led INN % violate the laws
a. and d a yu s ssa rom
but utterly unworthy rue this country
oven ait in is legislature
| Thus YOU see, loyalty is in England somewhat at
discount just at present. Nor IS the writer ~ lhe
DaDer from which have quotef the ABOVE the only
person that believes both tue Prince ami the arsto
| crscy of England to be greatly damaged 0y this
| ern0s6 IL IS considered TO be the most injurious
ana damaging blow at our present institutions thas
has been struck for the last thirty ood years-snce
indeed the days when George v. and his compantons
used to carry on ii they feared neither God nor
man-as indeed. they really did not.
! / nave made mention OF the fast and the SLOW,
! sets OF people IN .societv' Here am tOid--and
hope for the credit OF England 1t IS truethat great
number OF nobemen and gentlemen Of the ''sloW''
! set nave resolved neither TO allow Their wives ana
daughters 10 to court, nor TO 70 there themselves,
tie drawing rooms held by the Prince OF w aie5
/ matter. Chat there s some foundation for tins
! ] have not the least dodot, ana my reason for
| SayIng so Is tnat the queen has moved
TO Windsor some two months earlier than usual this
year ana 1t gwen that SHE intends to receive
al the drawing herself this season. HOw dtf-
fcreut s the present state Of affairs at the English
Court from the days when-in 1s4j or 46-the 0fft-