, 1879-08-23
England TN-Day,

tali-fdIoIing tue GROWTH uI NiSt tet1ItS, Sti'i
making the possession of landed property
not merely fashion. but national passion
and a mania Free trade gave temporary
prosperity to manufactures, indeed over pro-
ductIon and q rush from the farm 10 the lac
tory. taught people to rely on foreign food
ami now the resul, has come that the farmer.
whe mus be 4 ireeholder, to compete with
his like abroad, is mere tenant and half
heggar. the foreign supply Is becoming super
abundant, and manufactures are declining
with agriculture. England, when she forced
opium into China, forced free trade on her
sell, and now suffers more with her own Opt
ate than her Eastern victim with his
That there is. III England, one law fer the
rich and another for the poor. WAS enuucia-
ted few days ago by Mr.. Penfosd, before a
magistrate so eloquent was the speech
that the '.beak cnmplimented h:m ON 1t.
Mr. Peniold is gypsy, and takes turn, oc-
caSionally, az three card monte IN places OF
public resort, such IS races or wherever
flats are found. The dealer at three card re-
lies on hanky -pankey, !. p, secret substitu-
ton by legeriemain. The game is, in fact,
a variety OF thimbleris. which Is as old as the
Nedas. Mr.. Penfold declared that 1t was as
was slip game, aud that it was, N any rate,
not more unfair than the average amount of
horsc-trick Ia be found on the tut. rs pract-
iced by noble lords. /: may be remarked
that Richard Penfold was quite correct IN
this assertion. He also asserted that while
clUbs existed III which swel!s were allowed
To gamble, or where, al any rate, they do
gamble. it Was hard on Romany gentleman
and a natural-buIn sport To be excluded from
such amusement by his poverty and want ot
social position. - " hat do | behold, eN-
claimed this child OF an ancient race, men
toned In the Shastras as Irreclaimable sharps.
"when | look into the newspapers: Col
umns devoted to betS,-whole columns, your
worship, -tellin' people how to bet, and g'v-
in 0f rtl the straight tip rs to which hoSS
viii win columns teachin' glmbln' on 4
colaSsel scale. While |. If l sits down un-
Her an edge to sling a card with a pal for n
pint o beer gets pulled by policeman.
This ;S justice this Is law tins iS goodness.
this here is-in pigs eye; so hand over
your verdict
notwithstanding his eloquence Mr. Pen
fold got three months. ] believe that have
had the pleasure Of meeting this gentleman
aud also of knowing his late wife, rather
handsome dark-eyei Eomany yjUrG. 1t was
in Devonshire that ! met with small tribe
Of this half breed party and name selling bas-
kets. They were shy Of ne, refused to talk
Romany, and were generally o!iiish. There
fore when It came To reGues: from them
that | would stand some beer, | declined,
informing them that | made Ii principle
never to give 4 penny 10 anybody but real
Gypsies that to Romanys alone was | lIb-
eral bat that to them invariably displayed
such unbounded charity and such eXtra0rdi-
nary generosity that it was rs good rs a
months board and a velveteen coat for one
uf the real old kG!Drutt or dark blood 10 come
across NE snd that my reckless prcfusion in
this respect had gained for me the justly de-
served epithet of 0 E'iahiOdetdWeHJro, or the
benevolent giver. 1t would appear that the
Penfold family had not rightly understood
me at first since on hearing tins they incon-
tinently became very good Gyps'es indeed,
and began to chatter Eomany Ike parrots,
whereapon | was Obliged to deeply regret
that was not then provided with money.
3. But do not think. | explained. that |
am poor. haze at home u very large bag
full Of severeigns, and eighteen half-crowns,
twelve s.Ii.ngS, and siXpence, and hail
penny farth.a-, ~ French franc. Would
that | had them hes As l uttered al
this in Romany, an expression OF deep DIS
trust and of painful incredullty came over
the Perfold The sheep did not believe III
this new shepherd. | heard subsequently,
that Mrs Penfold expressed her conviction
that was All imposter who hadn't a shilling
to my name, and bad tried To get into socl-
ETY. and to come it over them by valn!y
b0astine Of wealth which did not possess.
They kneG that little game of Gld-among
many, many others-and they were not to
be deluled by it, They were rs shy Of I'M
posters as MAS OEe q their race, an old
woman, who once mportuned me very much
at Hampton races for gratuity. In con-
f.l.rtiai whisper informed her that | h2l
"a Gueer tanner and would dei t,ki tie pCSA
To shove il :" / .. that i had = counterfeit
sixpence and would give her half to pass IL
Never shall | forget the look OF disgust
which came over her cOuntenance Is she
heard this proposition, the good idth of
which she could not doubt, coached as 1t
were in Kenn;ck and Romany. 1t conveyed
deep conviction that III her opinion was
about the lowest lot, for man with good
coat, that she had ever encountered OF race
ground
Talking OF tricks, have something serl-
ous to say rs to the manner III Which those
persons i'll America who ''cau oysters Tor
the English market swindle us here. y
friend of Irine found lately that out OF twelve
tins oi American oysters three consisted
merely Of the refuse boards, the edible pOr-
ton of the oysters having been removed,
three or four t rs were filed with inferior,
worthless mussels, and the rest with very
miserable little oysters As rule, TN OF
American oysters is not worth the money
which il costs: the real use to which they
are put l. simply To favor II cooking Now
for a shilling or two shIllIngs something iaIrly
edible ought to be gwen. trust that the
over cute rascals who thus sell refuse Tor food
viii remember that a very ittio dishonesty
Of this particularly contemplate kind goes a
lour WAYS towards establishing national
character Tor meanness, and that the honest
men IN the trade, il there are any, suher
most unlus;ly. There are at present many
people here who are interested IL excluding
American food from the market and who are
only too glad to be able TO urge anything
against it.
II has rained every day but one since
can remember. That one fair day was ut
tarlv unaccountable 10 me, bnt letter which
| have lust received from Walter Besant
Ready Money Mortiboy Besant, explains
II II seems that on Sunday prayers were
mt m for sunshine IN most OF the country
Churches. But it Is charmingly cool; wear
the flannel undergarnents which | wore N
- Petersburg III mid-wintef, and | slept
last night under blanket Roses have been
.iInra and srraWierrIes are dear and rare
-Progress-
"Here We have the great Egyptian
wonder, captured in the wilds OF South
Africa. with loss Of 800 men and an
expenditure of So, 1000, 900 of treasure -
exclaimed the show man. shaking his whip