The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-19
pRoPEssIoNAL nEAurIEs.
Especially Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Corn.
WnIIiS.VVest.


WRlliS.west.
London Is the greatest and richest city
Of modern times, the resort and mart Of ali
mankind. It has q lord mayor from whom
the sovereign rule Of Great Britain must
obtain permission to enter the city at
Temple Bar. The Queen Of England lives
In Buckingham Palace beyond the Green
Park, new, uninteresting pile, the only
State Palace Of Europe that has no history
and no traditions. The ancient Official
Palace Of England lifts It's medieval towers
at the foot oil st. James street, looking over
the park OF the same name and the turbid
waters Of the Thames. This interesting
old pile enshrines the historical events Of
four centuries. Not far away are the new
houses Of Parliament and the buildings Of
government wider in It's scope than was
the sway Of imperial Rome, for the British
empire comprehends in It's sweep lands
beyond seas over which the eagle Of Rome
never scared.
From st. james palace 10 Trafalgar
square runs famed Pail Mall, the finest
street in london; in this street, not far
from st. James, Is Marlborough house,
the town residence OF his royal highuess
the Prince OF Wales, themost popular man
in England, and the very gilt axle box to
the wheel Of fortune. The gay and cheer.
iul gentleman. the Joy and pride OF the
English people, does all he can to atone
for the gloomy respectability Of his excel
lent but very uninteresting mother. His
house Is the central point OF London 60
Ciety, the social court OF England.
The prince is a gallant man and con.
noisseur in loveliness; his circle Is graced
BY a collection Of marvellous beauties, who
outrank in Importance all the officers OF
the great city and the rulers OF the realm;
they find entrance everywhere except in.
to the halls OF Rockingham palace. The
Bohemians OF London, after their grace
less manner, called these fair danes ''the
professional beauties" and gibe at them;
but the ladies triumphanLly hold their
own, their discreet conduct repels SANDER,
and they ride like fair Una, free upon The
lions back, applauded by all London.
The vicinity OF Marlborough house and
st. James palace has been the scene OF no
end ofhistorical scandal In past reigns, but
our day is surely more decorous, il not
more virtuous. When the Prince Of Wales
wishes to revive the glories OF Charles II
and George ~, he goes over to Paris.
Near by the residence OF "Wales" is the
site OF the house given by Charles II to
the "impudent comedian" Nell Gwynn,
whose portraits by Sir Peter Lely have
preserved her saucy face for all time. In
the little garden behind the house she
stood and talked iamiliarly with the king
as he walked up and down in St. James
park, shocking the propriety Of Master
Evelyn, who noted the matter in his
diary March, 1871. "0ld Rowley" had
his arrangements very convenient, for
hard BY lived Barbara Palmer, duchess oil
Cleveland aud the duchess Of Mazarin.
James II changed the scene but very
little; in his short and troubled reign the
fair Arabella Churchill and Catherine
Sedley lived In st. James square. But the
English people drove the last lying, paltry
Stuart into exile, aud the honest William.
and Mary brought in new manners and
better morals. The swarm OF court ladies
or, W old and their painted faces moldered
into Gust before the death OF Queen Anne,
though there was vice and political cor
ruption enough in her court, but it did
not taintthethrone. The firsttwo Georges
were no better than they should be, and
the fourth Of that name was spectacle
hateful to gods and men, Just round the
corner in Carlton house, which he once
proposed to connect with Marlborough
house by gallery Of royal portraits. So
things went on in the vicinity Of st. James
until this happy snd blessed time, when
We may say that the atmosphere Of the
locality is as clear and pure as the CONVEX
sation at a christening.
The bealae du diable that in past ages set
the world on FIRE,