The People Of England And The Court

The fullowing iráthér disparaging extract ís from a letter by the London correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune: The moral and social aspect of society here ia by no means encou raging, and ihe most conspicuous (enture is gross sensualiiy. Man and child - beggar, laborer, mechanic, tradesmen, all are beset by the beastly habit of drinking gin, porter, ale, or beer. Out of these Jarge masses, one out of every four has wlmt is called - cnough, f. e., but liltle more would tnke him from bis legs and senses, and ;he rest are likely to be in the various degrecs of inebriation between him and soberness. Arnong eight decently dressed .women 1 met on Sundny forenoon in an omnibus, four visibly were under the influence of the habit of intoxication, and one of the complctest embodiment of all kinds of sensuality imagination can picture. Men and women servants require commonly a weekly "stipend for beer, and generally spend the whole of it.in drink on Saturday evening the moment they get it. In two-thirds of the city the constant carrying of tin alemugs of all sizes, empty or (ulj'i is a solemn sight. From an estímate roughly made, but not far from the mark, there can bc no doubt that the quantity ol beer and nle consumed in this cityceeds the quantity of Crotón water used in N.Yoik. In proportion tothe wretchedness of a street or ncighborhood, the gin-palace rises in size and show, where a miserable violin lielps to fidille to trnshy drinks down and to kill the time and raorals of the lower classes of both scxes. Of course the higher classes considcr ale vulgar, and French brandjes and wines taken more moderately as the respectable bevernge, but the omnipresent stomach is nlw.iys tho first nnd special concern of the Father of nn English fanv ly, and there is a story that the Duke of Wellington paid, when strawberries wereout of scason, ten shillings sterling for each strawberry conlaincd on two dishes that graced bis table, aml ihat one of his cuests, a certoin lord, found ibem so very fine that he finished oncdish by himscll, and sent tlie other round to his wifo that she might follow his example. Such is the way, rather than in the formalion of libraries and gállenos, that an immense income may be spent. Even at Court thci-e is no expression of real elevalion; the King of Prussia, having on h3 visit here been introduced to all the lords and nobles, wilh long and pompous tilles, inquired' fór tho íiterary men of the Court, but these, alas! could not be found. Such at least, is the story currenlly told l.ere, and' it has the air of probability, for, in' Prussia, the literary men are alwnys around or at tho Court; but here the Ouecnjnstead of. extending, her païronage to liternture ano nrt, is moro likely to ive it to Tom Tluinib, thc Mystérious -ady, and such Hke shows.