New-York tribune., 1876-02-26
JOHN PAUL IN LONDON.
HIGH LIFE AND FLUNKYISM.

THAT ARE NOT PAI.ATIAIr-IHE QUEENS D0MEs-
TIC ECONOMY -THE PRINCE OF WALES - The
DUKE or EDISBuRGH-THE ENGLISH CHAM
BERiAINs--INTER PHILoSOPHY-CoN-
TRAsTS.
LONDON, Jan. 7-29.-One of the charms of landing
and living in great and strange city is the delight
full sensation TO me) of foT once finding ana loeins
yourself alone A vast and quiet peace iolds So" III
It's arms. The turmois and the troubles OF society
It'd 90 Tor aloof from vou As the black meadows OF
the moon. You are as a pebble which has been suu-
aenlv droppcl into the very heart OF the outer
ncean down Won sink the waters close around ahG
con are shut out of all material sight ana Kho"I-
,dqe-not ripple remains on the surface, not even
shrblJo rises 70 tell the secret of your reposing
o,ace The happy calm of the drowned is yours
And especialy is tins sweet secusion yours II you
dip INTO London at the proper season by Whlch
mean out of season, of course. For the most " 'ue
time fog, which no human eye can penetrate WIZ
then enfold YOU. an writing now, at noonday, by
the Ught of a huge moderator lamp and TWO power
full candles. -,
We had all started for Crystal Palace, to spend the
dav n,anniug TO walk from Piccadlly next door 70
the Duke of Devonshirc's) TO Victoria station, and
call ON the Queen while passing through ST. James
Park But 50 dense a fog came on before we got to
buckingham Gate, that we were unable either to go
on or to retrace steps, and might IN our bewder-
,nent have brought up the winding sheet of water
at the lower end among the other ducks and geese,
had It not been for the poteEess Of George Ranger
who pil0tcd us out
With all | had heard of London fog, / GER
tanly had very little idea of the reality. Standing
on the walk we could hear the sound of wheels in
the mall and the voices Of drivers speaking, but Of
carriage or horses lOr haTnesSl could not see even
trace A fog ike this might be bottled like beer,
for expectation. And intend carrying few dozen
home with me for private consumpton-not that l
think il would be good for consumption" but just
to smell Of occasionally. Familiar once with its
bouonct vou soon understand how the Englshnan
comes TO be so uahappy-hopping about like a fish
ont of water-the moment he gets where there's
none in the air.
ARISTOCRATIc CUSrOMEEs.
AsIhave before limited, if one wisely bury his
letters OF introduction in his pocket. aud bctake
him to ouiet and arisocratic part of the town, un-
luov,u to and unfr.Quentcd by Americans, hc can
secure a quiet and peace which passeth all under
standing. Though located so near 10 an Earl that
Won could sling cat into his windows, he'll not
trouble you unless you do sling cat into his win
dows and eyea the Duke next door won't expect
Won 70 be- more than nighborly. I'm all Christian
countries, understand " being neighborly' means
staving at home. But if an American of distinction,
there is one thing you cannot escape. Ihe hghcr
class of shopmen viii find you out the tushmaker
in chief e. Her Majesty the Queen; the Wig,D&kcr III
ordinary to Ills Grace the late Prince CoEsort; the
chcesetopccr by permission to the Prince ot aloS;
the muttonmonrer by special appointment 10 the
Duke of Edinburgh; and the Lord Chamberlain
ONLY knows what not, TO The Lord in Waiting only
knows who, win send You circulars and solicit
patronage. The very day of our debut Ia DoveT-st.
AL undertaken sent in his announcement OF "a sn-
perior system of funerals tnciuding new patent
funeral caI with elegance, refinement. aud econ
oIny No mutes OF other rrpuisiye pafaphcilial
And next day, "Mes~rs j., by appointment to Her
Majesty the Queen, II. r. II. the Princes of Wales
II. Il. III. the Duchess Of Cambridge, and H. X. II.
the Princess Louise Of Hcsse, request the honor oi
visit at the London General Mourning Warehouse
from Mis-. Pau! to inspect some remarkably good
things in grape &c Of the newest and best types ot
fashion, But the most pcrtina,iOus and wIe,chcluy
coutllnacious lot of all was a firm of which the
lea ing name is IOre' significant OF cioap spec
taces Opticians 70 the Queen by SPECIAL appoint
lnent" who fo several days in succession kept send
ing their pice-li,t of goggles, and warning me that
Sufferers from detective sight" should lose 40 time
in securing and reading their 49, hints on Spec
taclos' sent post free for six stamps" gave more
stanps than six indeed. as day after day the post
came laden with In Sc same cards, but the "fints"
have not yet come to hahd. For spsctacles OF GER
tain sort have a f1ndncSs a Lord MAYORS show,
the assassination of cabman, any Other splendid
uapcant. | would not miss if it lay within days
travel but strabsInus have not and as for sight,
one who can snuff candle have indeed shot Ia
pirs in Brazil-at ten PAGES, has litte need for
glasses with any sort of lensunless, perhaps, lens
eORsca0 roci.
nths statement about the shower OF shopmen's
cards that fall on a stranger will very likely be
accused of drawing upon my imagination. That Is
the treatment at least that usually get when 60
along i'm carcls way and tel the truth without
really thinking OF what Pm doing. Now the fact OF
il is that in this instance l draw from life. simply
copyipg cards. the accumulation of two DAYS, thai
lie before nc. II send thu original packages on II
you yet doubt my stern facts.
This "by appointment business strikes stranger
as very funny From the corner of Duke aud Jer-
-myn-sts. Out few blocks away the sign Of
"Cheesemongcr TO Her Majesty and ii. X. II. the
Prince of Wales" stanes me in the face And as for
the corset-malrIs and opticians bOasting special
appointment" bless my soul. you would think by
the multitude Of them that the dear and most Rra-
cious Queen and the rest of the royal family wore
little else but stays aud green spectacles!
did not expect TO find quite 50 much rever-
ence for rank in the ranks of tradcsnen But
they've all got t-bad. Go to gunmaker, and
instead Of showing you targets that his guns have
made he will drag out his books and read over list
of the Lords who patronize him. The tailor will
Teyereutiay uurOii for your respectful contempa-
ton the hallowed satinet from which some Marquis
OF Carabas has had pair of breeches, and II you
do not seem awestruck and impressed he looks
gueyed So with the trades all through; there's 40
end of this sort of tlunkysm and IL surprises me,
fOr had thought that Lords plenty nova
days that they did NJ count for much, and that IN