The New York herald., 1873-07-09

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not been id'e. He IL man whose mind is stnsrS
larry fertile In resources and he at once sav that
this was the one chance OF the season for mak,po,
money. Tnere Is an appanage to the Covent Garl
den Opera House called
ruB FLORAL HALL,
an immense kind OF conservatory, which, ct th0
time OF its erection, was intended az o place In
which concerts should be held or as aJover to bj
elegantly decorated with nowers and used as q
promenade In the entr'aetes OF the opera
Neither Of these purposes however, has 1t fulfilled.
SIR Jules Benedict and other leading artists, wn0
can calculate upon an enormous audience hold
their concerts there, but the space s lar too great
both for tho ordinary musical professor and for
the number OF clients on whom he could calculate,
and n Tor the y0vcr and promenade the English
people DO not seem to understand that
sort Of thing. and the Floral Hall -
consequently but seldom put into requisition.
As the hall was q door OF entrance
under the piazza I'm Covent Garden, through which
t would be convenient for the royal procession to-
pass Mr.. Cye conceived the brilliant idea OF ht-
ting up the Floral Hall with balconies and Seats tot
be filed by such OF the public as might wish to-
catch q Meeting glimpse OF hts Persian Majesty at
the small cost OF ten shillingA Nor did the clever
manager mistake the taste OF the Rullible British
pubic. Two days alter the announcement ap-
peared In the paper every seat was taken, ana
then Mr.. 0ye improved upon the original plan By
building an additional gallery In better situation,
admission into which was to be purchased at the
rate OF two guineas q seat, the holders OF tickets
having the privilege OF going on to the stage alter
the procession had passed through, and joinipS1n
the National Anthem.
ONE or THESE TICKETS FELL TO MY LOT,
and before seven O'Clock on Saturday night foun6
myself stepping into the Floral Hall.
There is no denying that the p,aco looked very
pretty. Ne architecture. with its arched glass
roof supported with iron columns, Ia light and airy
and the whole OF the interior, fresh cleaned and
painted, had been very pretty decorated with
hanging wreaths and baskets and other floral
tributes. A very broad pathway down the centre
Of the hail was marked or by golden standards
placed here and there, rom which ran along RED
silk cord and on either side. behind each Of these
light barriers, were ten rows OF chairss
which were already becoming flied with
ladies and gentlemen, in full evening dress. There
were also three raised gaeries-one At either emo
Of the hall and one the left hand side-into
which the intended occupants were pouring. In
front of the gilt standards on the hoor, and iorm-
ing kind OF guard OF honor, stood, at marked dis
tances. on either side, four Of the old yeomen Of
the guard
| .BEEFEATERs,"
| as they are commonly called-whom Amertcan
friends will recollec having their visit ia
| the Tower OF London. There they stood In their
| quaint, old-fashioned costumes OF scarlet tuntc,
striped with black; velvet porringer cap, orna1
mented with pansics; trunk hose, scarlet stockings
| and slashed velvet shoes. Each man, too, bore IN
his hand pike halbert, such as you may see IN
the Tower Armory, but which has not been In use
| for centuries.
The courteous and gentemanly attendant "a
| whomI showed my two blue tickets murmured the
| word "tribune." was on the point OF replying
mo, HERALD" when cast my eyes in the direc'
ton he was pointing and saw that the western"
most gallery had on 1t printed piacard bearing
in large letters the word "tribune" took the seas
appropriated TO me and began to muse and specu--
late wonder how many OF this gallant and beau-
! tiiul company, nounced and furbeoyeds
| radiant with ribbons and gorgeous with
| gems, gold laced and epauiette wearingt
some glowing with naturally rude health or rouge
| and crimson; some, on the other hand, temperne
down their color by '.powdre de rtz, prepare au
otsn,h dtte veloaItt,,e." How many Of these peo-:
ple-who must all be, so TO speak, wealthy and
many of them enormously rich respectable, steady
going church-irequenting people-how many Of
them have notion OF the villany and vice. tho
poverty and misery, surrounding the immediato
neighborhood in which they are quietly seated :
| Within 200 yards from the Floral Hall Is Charles
street, Drury lane.
| A FOUL. NARROW, PEsTIPERoUs ALLEY
| the abode OF the most lawless, most desperate
thieves and roughs in London Drury lane itself
is bad enough, but Charles street is worse-a COLI
! lection of marine stores rag shops and chandlers'
and fried fish warehouses; low, boarded doorless
doorways leading to black rotten staircases or to
| "A bock xuhop pftonQ ifo nm -
water butt and lever lives In the dust bin; with
shattered windows, the majority OF them open,
with sort of desperate resolve the part OF the
wretched inmates to clutch at some wandering
| fragment Of light and air. THIS Is Charles
street. policeman stands ever at Its end
| to warn the innocenG wayfarer from passing
| down it. The policeman does not go down IL,
| himself save in company with brother constable
| and with a full knowledge that there Is patrol
| ready within call. saw many OF the denlzens Of
| Charles street mixing up with and ioi ming compo-
nept parts OF the crowd outside the Floral Hall to-
night. 1 have been through the Five Points ana
| have sat on the bench with Judge Bowling when
he has had some very unsavory cases before him |;
| but for thorough vice and bestial blackguardlsm
| expressed In physiognomy. in action and In word,
do not think you have anything In New
York to equal Charles street. II chosen
| band of Its inhabitants could but cir
cumvent the police and get inside the
lines and make q raid upon the Shah and his fol-
lowers what high old time Of it they would have
Picking pockets Is a bad trade now, and burglary
is scarcely worth undertaking. Robbery from the
person, especially when the person Is elderly is q
tolerably safe game; but when accompanied with
violence its punishment is the lash and 1t Is the
lash that your Charles street denzen breads more
! than anything else. SO they go on living .
wretched kind Of life, for thieving is very hard
| work, and they have to pay cent per cent for all
their wretched, dishonest earnings. We are in the
habit Of making from time to time loud and bla-
tant protest against "Amereanizing'' our institu-
tions; but would it not be better II we were to
AMKRICANIzE OUR PAUPER CHILDREN