, 1879-08-24

countrymen are ali mankind" Or course !
goes without the saying that Mr.. Potter IS vel
coined everywhere with the greatest cordlailty
and it is q welcome VerV different to that ex
Maccillicuddy family feel thrill OF genuip
| admiration which Lords Chowder and Huckle
berry do not awaken, for they are not, after oil
SO far gone upon the Peerage-craze but VIVA
they bare a grain OF healthy appreciation lei
for Americas real friends md England's tru'
glfshman, OF whom we seq a good deal now
days, the ordinarily sensitive American, cspc
ciaily the American woman, feels as II manners
ind not morals, were the grand points o
which turned her right to be considered
as civilized creature,-the Englist
estimate and etiquette being the test
If any one is inclined to dispute this assertion
let him or her recall the satires, aud all othe1
literary pictures OF the social interchange OF the
two countries, from Mr. james, sketches to tht
frequent hits in
TIE BEST AND TIE W0R9T
OF the English novels, and the truth Of this as.
sertion will be proved at once. This condition
OF things. even with the Macssillicuddy family,
provokes q petty irritation Gnd aggressiveness,
as is very natural. When such o man, such q
character, as Mr. Potter, the member from
petty all this is, and reaiize that the influence
that brought such state Of feeling about was
very little one George Curtis. in alludlng,
during the War Of the Rebellion, to the aristo-
bitter against the North and very sanguine Tor
the South, through its conservative ignorance,
said once: s'But let us remember that this is
really not the England OF to-day, not the En-
gland Of john Bright, and Richard Golden, and
John Stuart Mili.n
And while Newport is entertaining the discI-
pie Of Richard Golden, another Enelishman in
q very different position is making his prepara-
tons to enter swimming match with the fa-
nous Paul Boyton lu Newport waters. Tie
race is to take place tomorrow, Friday, Aug.
=, at the first beach, Boyton wearing his famous
ltle-saving dress and using bis paddles, Capt.
webb, the Engishman, using bathing tights
simuly. The race is for 81 200 side, Mr. James
Gordon Bennett presenting an extra $1,000.
This, together with any further sum that New
port may contribute, Will make very handsome
fund.
As am on the subject OF our English visit
ors, ought npr to omit to mention what is now
" IN EvRRYBoDr's MOUTH,
the curious and much criticised conduct of Capt.
Candy, the young Englishman who came
on with Mr.: Bennett from England q
few ndar weeks Ks ago: sD.a He game to Newpors
little story, which presented him and his vanity
in o BY no means favorable light. As post
script to this, the young gentleman rode up to
the Club, it is told, the other day, and the pony
under him, becoming restless, encroachcd upon
the sidewalk. Several gentlemen Of the Club
were on the piazza. aud one or two of them
called out jocuiarly at this, t'Why don't you
come upa =" The bold Britou, perhaps too dull
Of wit to perceive the jocuIantr, did come up,
pony and all, upon the piazza and then rode
down again, yhercupon such commotion has
Committee who govern the Club
cxpelling Can't. Candy at once, and returning
his money, for what they consider gross breach
of good conduct. The Captain, by tie way, was
quite ready to apologize, but they nould have
none Of it. So the matter rests at this writing.
After this, certainly, nobody can say that Amer
cans are ready to accept the bold Briton's bad
manners, nor to easily forgive his shortcomings.
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