The garlands, the rose odours, and the flowers,
An India in itself, yet dazzling not the eye
Like what it circled.
Its false and true enchantments—all which
Swam before the giddy eyes.”
[403] Dashall being wholly occupied by the unexpected affair noticed in our last Chapter, had left his Cousin and friends to amuse themselves in the best way they could, prior to the completion of the necessary arrangements for quitting the metropolis7. The party were undecided upon what object to fix their choice, or how to bend their course; and while warmly discussing the subject, were suddenly interrupted by the appearance of Gayfield, who learning that Dashall was from home, and upon what occasion, broke out with his usual volubility.
“Well, these affairs of honor certainly are imperious, and no doubt ought to take precedence of every thing else. My object in calling was chiefly to give him a description of the Countess of ———'s rout9 on Saturday last, in Berkeley-square, where I intimated I should be, when I last fell in with him. 'Oh Ciélo Empireo.' I'm enchanted10 yet, positively11 enchanted! I ought to have Petrarch's pen to describe such a scene and such dresses. Then should a robe of Tulle vie with that of Laura at the church door—that dress of 'Vert parsemée de violets.' But softly, let us begin with the beginning, Bélier mon ami. What a galaxy12 of all the stars of fashion! It was a paradise of loveliness, fit for Mahomet. All the beauties of the Georgian ?ra were present. Those real graces, their Graces of A——— and R——— were among the number.
[404] The Countess of L——— and Lady F——— O——— would make one cry heresy13 when the poets limit us to a single Venus. And then the Lady P———'s. Heaven keep us heart-whole when such stars rain their soft influence upon us. As to the Countess of B———, with her diamond tiara, and eyes brighter than her diamonds, she looked so goddess-like, that I was tempted14 to turn heathenish and worship. Indeed, that bright eyes should exert their brilliancy amid the dazzling brightness of our fair and elegant hostess's rooms, is no trifle. Dancing commenced at eleven; and, although my vanity allured15 me to think that the favorable glances of more than one would-be partner were directed towards me, I felt no inclination16 to sport a toe in the absence of Lady L. M. By-the-by, Count C——— told me, with a profusion17 of foreign compliment, that I and the 'observed of all observers,' Lord E———h, were the best drest male personages at the rout.
Thanks to the magical operation of the Schneider, who makes or mars a man.
“The coup18 d'oil of the scene was charming. Cétoit un vrai délice—that atmosphere of light, of fragrance19, and of music—gratifying all the senses at once. Oh! what bosoms, arms, and necks were thronging20 round me! Phidias, had he attempted to copy them, would have forgotten his work to gaze and admire. Description fails in picturing the tout21 ensemble,—the dazzling chandeliers blazing like constellations—the richly draperied meubles—the magnificent dresses—and then so many eyes, like stars glittering round one; like 'Heaven,' as Ossian says, ?beaming with all its fires.'
“In the midst of my admiration23, I was accosted24 by Caustic25, and expressed my surprise at finding him in such a scene—'A rout,' he replied, 'is just one of those singular incoherences which supply me with laughter for a month. Was there ever such a tissue of inconsistencies assembled as in these pleasure hunts? On stepping from your carriage, you run the gauntlet through two lines of quizzing spectators, who make great eyes, as the French term it, at you, and some of whom look as if they took a fancy to your knee buckles26. A double row of gaudy footmen receive you in the blazing hall, and make your name echo up the stairs, as you ascend27, in a voice of thunder. Your tête s'exalte, and when you expect to be ushered28 into the Temple of Fame, you find yourself embedded29 (pardon the metaphor) in a parterre of female beauty.'
[405] “As for me,” I replied, interrupting the satirist30, “I delight in such things. I believe that fashion, like kings, can do no wrong.”
“And so you would rather have your ribs31 beat in, than your name left out. But look round you, in God's name! what is the whole scene but & fashionable mob met together to tread on each other's heels and tear each other's dresses? Positively, you cannot approach the mistress of the mansion32 to pay those common courtesies which politeness in all other cases exacts. And how so many delicate young creatures can bear a heat, pressure and fatigue33, which would try the constitution of a porter, is incroyable. Talk of levelling! This 'is the chosen seat of égalité.' All distinctions of age, grace, rank, accomplishment34, and wit, are lost in the midst of a constantly accumulating crowd. What nerves but those of pride and vanity, can bear the heat, the blaze of light, the buzz of voices above, and the roar of announcements from below?”
“While Caustic was speaking, his reasoning received a curious and apposite illustration. Three or four ladies near us began fainting, or affected35 to faint, and hartshorn and gentlemen's arms were in general requisition. Notwithstanding his acerbity37, Caustic, like a preux chevalier, pressed forward to offer his aid where the pressure was most oppressive, and where the fainting ladies were dropping by dozens, like ripe fruit in autumn. As for myself, I was just in time to receive in my arms a beautiful girl who was on the point of sinking, and, being provided with hartshorn, my assistance was so effectual, with the aid of a neighbouring window, that I had the satisfaction of restoring her in a few minutes to her friends, who did all they could, by crowding round her with ill-timed condolements, to prevent her recovery. By this time the rest of the ladies took warning from these little misadventures to retire. Caustic, in his sardonic38 way, would insist upon it, that they retired39 to avoid that exposure of defects in beauty, which the first ray of morning produces. I took my congé among the rest, and found the hubbub40 which attended my entrance, increased to a tenfold degree of violence at my exit; for the uproar41 of calling 'My Lord This's carriage,' and 'My Lady That's chair,' was nothing in comparison to the noise produced [406] by servants quarrelling, police officers remonstrating42, carriages cracking, and linkboys hallooing. Some of the mob had, it appeared, made an irruption into the hall, to steal what great-coats, cocked hats, or pelisses they could make free with. This was warmly protested against by the footmen and the police, and a regular set-to was the consequence. Through this 'confusion worse confounded' I with difficulty made my way to the carriage, and was not sorry, as the slang phrase is, to make myself scarce.”
The party could not feel otherwise than amused by Gayfield's description of the rout; and the conversation taking a turn on similar subjects, Sparkle, ever ambitious of displaying his talent for descriptive humour, gave the following sketch43 of a fashionable dinner party:—
“I went with Colonel A———, by invitation, to dine with Lord F., in Portman Square. Lord F. is a complete gentleman; and, though sadly inconvenienced by the gout, received me with that frank, cordial, and well-bred ease which always characterizes the better class of the English nobility. The company consisted of two or three men of political eminence44; Lord Wetherwool, a great agriculturist; Viscount Flash, an amateur of the Fancy; Lord Skimcream, an ex-amateur director of a winter theatre; Lord Flute45, an amateur director of the Opera, whose family motto, by a lucky coincidence, is 'Opera non Verba.' There were, moreover, Mr. Highsole, a great tragedian, and my friend Tom Sapphic, the dandy poet; one of those bores, the 'Lions' of the season. He had just brought out a new tragedy, called the 'Bedlamite in Buff,' under the auspices47 of Lord Skimcream; and it had been received, as the play-bills announced, with 'unprecedented48, overwhelming, and electrifying49 applause.' Of course I concluded that it would live two nights, and accounted for the dignified50 hauteur51 of my friend Tom's bow, as he caught my eye, by taking into consideration the above-named unprecedented success. There was also present the universal genius, Dr. Project, to whom I once introduced you. He is a great chymist, and a still greater gourmand52; moreover, a musician; has a hand in the leading reviews; a share in the most prominent of the daily papers. “Little was said till the wine and desert were introduced; and then the conversation, as might naturally be expected from the elements of which the party was composed, split itself into several subdivisions. As I sat [407] next to Colonel A., I had the advantage of his greater familiarity with the personages at table. Lord Wetherwool was as absurd as he could possibly be on the subject of fattening53 oxen. Lord Flute and Viscount Flash laid bets on the celerity of two maggots, which they had set at liberty from their respective nut-shells. The noble ex-director, Highsole and Sapphic, were extremely warm in discussing the causes of the present degradation54 of the stage; each shuffling55 the responsibility from the members of their own profession and themselves. Dr. Project entertained his noble host with an interminable dissertation56 upon oxygen, hydrogen, and all the gens in the chemical vocabulary; for patience in enduring which his Lordship was greatly indebted to his preparatory fit of the gout. Meanwhile, the lordling exquisites57 only fired off a few 'lady terms,' like minute guns and 'angel visits,' with long intervals58 between, filling up the aforesaid intervals by sipping59 Champagne60 and eating bonbons61. The essence of what they said, amounted to mutual62 wonder at the d———d run of luck last night, in King-street; or mutual felicitation on the new faces which had appeared that day, for the first time, among the old standing36 beauties who charm Bond-street, at lounge hours, either in curricle or on foot. For my part, I was attracted towards the discussion of the dramatic trio, not because I affect, as the cant63 of the day is, to have a particular attrait towards the belles64 lettres, but merely because the more plebeian65 disputants were vociferous66, (a thing not often observed among fashionables) and outré in their gesticulations, even to caricature. 'What do you think of their arguments?' I inquired, sotte voce, of Colonel A. 'If we are to be decided8 by their conjoint statements, no one is to blame for the degradation of the stage.'
“'They are all in the right,' returned he, '(excuse the paradox,) because they are all in the wrong. There is a rottenness in the whole theatrical67 system, which, unless it terminate, like manure68 thrown at the root of trees, in some new fructification of genius, will end by rendering69 the national theatres national nuisances. With reference to the interests of literature, they are a complete hoax70. To please the manager, the object which the writer must have in view, he must not paint nature or portray71 character, but write up, as the cant phrase is, to the particular forte72 of Mr. So and So, or Miss Such-a-one. The consequence is, that the public get only one species of fare, and that is pork, varied73 indeed, as broiled74, baked, roasted, and boiled; but still pork, nothing but pork.'
[408] “'But surely,' I rejoined, 'Mr. Sapphic and Mr. Highsole are gentlemen of high acquirements, independently of their several professions, or a nobleman of Lord F———'s taste and discrimination—'
“'There you are falling into an error,' returned the colonel, interrupting me; 'it is the fashion to introduce actors at the tables of our great men; but, in my opinion, it is a 'custom more honored in the breach75 than the observance.' I have known several good actors on the stage, very indifferent actors in society, and large characters in the play-bills, as well as loud thunders from the gods, may be earned by very stupid, very vulgar, and very ill-bred companions. The same may be said of poets. We are poor creatures at best, and the giant of a reviewer very often cuts but a very sorry figure when left to the ricketty stilts76 of his own unsupported judgment77 in a drawing-room. You are tolerably familiar with our political parties; but you are yet to be acquainted with our literary squads78, which are the most bigotted, selfish, exclusive, arrogant79, little knots of little people it is possible to conceive.'
“By the time that Colonel A———had ended his short initiation80 into these various arcana, the company broke up; the doctor to give a lecture on egg-shells at the Committee of Taste; Lord Flute to visit the Opera; Lord Skimcream to the Green Boom; Lord Flash to 'Fives Court,' to see a set-to by candle-light; the exquisites to Bouge et Noir or Almack's; and Lord Wetherwool to vote on an agricultural question, without understanding a syllable81 of its merits.
“Nevertheless,” I soliloquized as I rode home, “his Lordship will be surprised and gratified, I dare say, to find himself a perfect Demosthenes in the newspaper reports of to-morrow morning. Hems6, coughs, stammerings, blowing of the nose, and ten-minute lapses82 of memory, all vanish in passing through the sieves83 and bolters of a report. What magicians the reporters are! What talents, what powers of language they profusely84 and gratuitously85 bestow86! Somnus protect me from hearing any but some half dozen orators87 in both houses! The reader, who peruses88 the report, has only the flour of the orator's efforts provided for him. But Lord help the unfortunate patient in the gallery, who, hopeless of getting through the dense89 mass which occupy the seats round him, is condemned90 to sit with an ?aching head,' and be well nigh choaked with the husks and the bran.”
[409] Our party felt so much amused by these lively and characteristic pictures of real life among the Corinthians of the Metropolis, that all thoughts of seeking amusement out of doors appeared for the present relinquished91; and Sparkle, to keep the subject alive, resumed as follows.
“In order to give some shade and variety to this sketch of society in the west, we will now, if agreeable, travel eastward92 as far as the entrance to the City, where I will introduce you, in fancy, to what must (at least to our friend Tallyho) afford both novelty and surprise.
“Some time ago, and before I was quite so well versed93 in the knowledge of Life in London as at present, through the medium of one of the 'young men of genius about town,' I became a member of a new philosophical94 society called the Socratics, held at a certain house near Temple Bar. Having been plucked by several kind friends, till I resembled the 'man of Diogenes,' I concluded that here, at least, my pockets might be tolerably safe from the diving of a friendly hand. Philosophers, I was told by my friend the introducer, had souls above money; their thoughts were too sublime95 and contemplative for such worldly-minded concerns. I should have a great deal of instruction for little or nothing; I had only to pay my two guineas per annum, and the business was done; the gate of science was open, and nothing farther was requisite96 than to push forward and imitate Socrates. But how strangely do our anticipations97 mislead our sober judgments98!
?Jove breaks the tallest stilts of human trust,
And levels those who use them with the dust.'
“The proprietor99 of the institution was rather courtier-like in making promises, which the managers of course considered as much too common-place and mechanical to be kept. It professed100 to exclude politics and religion from the touch of its scientific paws; in other words, from its discussions; but, alas101!
?It kept the word of promise to the ear
And broke it to the hope.'
[410] “The only subjects which it did not exclude were politics and religion. Neither could it be said that either of these subjects received more benefit from the way in which they were handled, than a white dress would from the handling of a chimney-sweeper, the first being made as black as possible in the form of Tom-Payneism, and the latter served up in the improved shape of Hartleyism or Atheism102. Under such instruction it was scarcely possible but that I should, in process of time, become qualified103, not only for a philosopher, but a legislator of the first water; and I had serious thoughts of offering my services, for the purpose of drawing up a code of laws, to the Otaheitans or the Calmucks. If I had gone on improving as I did, I might, perhaps, have carried out to some Backwood settlement or Atlantic island, as pretty a Utopian prescription104, under the designation of a constitution, as could well be desired in the most philosophical community. But one of those sad trifles which suffocate105 great ideas, and sometimes terminate in suffocating106 philosophers, put a stop to my further enlightenment for the present, by drying up the treasury107 of the Socratics. The philosophers were the most civil as well as the most unfortunate people in the world. One or other of them was always in want of money, either to perfect some great scheme, or to save him from the unscientific 'handling' of a bailiff. It was enough to move a mile-stone, to think how the progress of improvement, or 'march of mind,' as it is called, might be delayed by being too cold-hearted; and it did move my purse to such a degree, that at length I had the satisfaction of discerning truth, sitting sola, at the bottom of it. My pocket consumption, however, was not instant, but progressive; it might be called a slow fever. Some of the philosophers visited me for a loan, like a monthly epidemy; others drained me like a Tertian; and one or two came upon me like an intermittent108 ague, every other day. Among these was Mr. Hoaxwell, the editor, as he called himself, of a magazine. This fellow had tried a number of schemes in the literary line, though none had hitherto answered. But he had the advantage and credit of shewing in his own person, the high repute in which literature is held in London, for he could seldom walk the streets without having two followers109 at his heels, one of whom frequently tapped him on the shoulder, no doubt, to remind him of mortality, like the slave in the [411] Roman triumphs. The favourite thesis of this gentleman, was the 'march of mind;' and on this subject he would spout110 his half hour in so effectual a manner, as to produce two very opposite effects; viz. the closing of the eyes of the elder philosophers, and the opening of mine, which latter operation was usually rendered more effectual by his concluding inquiry111 of ?have you such a thing as a pound note about you?'
To match this saint, there was another,
“This was the treasurer113 of the Socratics, Thomas Carney Littlego, Esq. and a treasure of a treasurer he was. This gentleman was a pupil of Esculapius, and united in his own person the various departments of dentist, apothecary114, and surgeon. It is presumed that he found the employment of drawing the eye teeth of Philosophical Tyros115 more profitable, and bleeding the young Socratics more advantageous116, than physicking his patients. In his lectures he advocated the system of research, and admired deduction117; and this I, among many others, had reason, at last, to know. It was very odd, but so it was, that some two or three hundred per annum, subscribed118 by the members of the society, vanished into the worthy119 treasurer's pocket, as it were a Moskoestron, and then disappeared for ever.
“Another of the Socratics was called Epictetus Moonshine, Esquire. This gentleman was a tall spider-like man, with lantern jaws120, hatchet121 face, and a mouth—the chief characteristic of which was, that it made a diagonal line from the bottom of the face to the eyebrow122. He was a great speculator, and had taken it into his head, that beyond the blue mountains in New South Wales, was the real El Dorado. But as he possessed123, according to the usual phrase, more wit than money, and no one will discount a check from the aforesaid wit on change, the zeal124 of Epictetus Moonshine, some time after the breaking up of the Socratic institution for benefitting the human race, so much got the better of self-love, that he committed several petty larcenies125 in hopes of being transported thither126; but whether his courage or his luck failed him, certain it is that he never reached the proper degree of criminality, and only succeeded in visiting by turns the various penitentiaries127 in London and its vicinity.
[412] “'You mistake greatly, Sir,' said he, to one of the visiting governors of Bridewell, who condoled128 with a man of his talents in such a position, 'if you think a residence in this sequestered129 haunt a subject of regret. The mind, as Milton says, is its own seat, and able of itself to make—
?A heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.'
And now I am on the subject of stoicism, permit me to shew you a picture which I have just chalked out, wherein I prove that there is no such thing as pain in the world. That all which we now feel is imagination; that the idea of body is deception130. I have had it printed, —written in fourteen languages, and presented to all the sovereigns of Europe, with a new code of laws annexed131 to it. I'll bring it in a minute, if you'll excuse me.' So saying, the pupil of Zeno disappeared, wrapping his blanket round him; but other speculations132 of 'matters high' no doubt attracted him from the remembrance of his promise, (just as he forgot to pay some score pounds he borrowed of me) for the visitor saw no more of him.
“The mention of El Dorado brings to my recollection another member, Mr. Goosequill, who came to town with half-a-crown in his pocket, and his tragedy called the 'Mines of Peru,' by which he of course expected to make his fortune. For five years he danced attendance on the manager, in order to hear tidings of its being 'cast,' and four more in trying to get it back again. During the process he was groaned134, laughed, whistled, and nearly kicked out of the secretary's room, who swore (which he well might do, considering the exhausted135 treasury of the concern) that he knew nothing about nor ever heard of the 'Mines of Peru.' At last Mr. Goosequill, being shewn into the manager's kitchen, to wait till he was at leisure, had the singular pleasure of seeing two acts of the 'Mines of Peru,' daintily fastened round a savory136 capon on the spit, to preserve it from the scorching137 influence of the fire.
“This was foul138 treatment, I observed, as he concluded his tale, and I ventured to ask how he had subsisted139 in the meanwhile? 'Why,' said he, 'I first made an agreement with a printer of ballads140, in Seven Dials, who finding my inclinations141 led to poetry, expressed his satisfaction, telling me that one of his poets had lost his senses, and was confined in Bedlam46; and another was become dozed142 with [413] drinking drams. An agreement was made,' continued he, 'and I think I earned five-pence halfpenny per week as my share of this speculation133 with the muses143. But as my profits were not always certain, I had often the pleasure of supping with Duke Humphrey, and for this reason I turned my thoughts to prose; and in this walk I was eminently144 successful, for during a week of gloomy weather, I published an apparition145, on the substance of which I subsisted very comfortably for a month. I have often made a good meal upon a monster. A rape22 has frequently afforded me great satisfaction, but a murder well-timed was a never-failing resource.'
“But to return to the catastrophe146 of the Socratics: “By the time that the philosophical experiments in 'diving without hydraulics' had cleaned me entirely147 out, it was suggested that any thing in the shape of a loan would be desirable; they were not nice—not they; a pair of globes; a set of catoptric instruments; an electrical apparatus148; a few antique busts149; or a collection of books for the library;—any old rum, as Jack150.'said, would do; and all and every of the before-mentioned loans would be most punctually taken care of. And truly enough they were, for the lender was never destined151 to cast an eye on any portion of the loan again. I was, indeed, so fortunate as to catch a glimpse of my globes and instruments at a pawnbroker's, and the fragments of my library at sundry152 book-stalls. It was now high time to cut the connection, for the Socratics were rapidly withdrawing. The association, for want of the true golden astringent153, like a dumpling without its suet, or a cheap baker's quartern loaf without its ?doctor,' (i.e. alum), was falling to pieces. The worthy treasurer had retired, seizing on such articles as were most within reach; and when I called upon him with my resignation, I had the pleasure of seeing my own busts handsomely lining154 the walls of the toothdrawer's passage. I waited on the Socratics for the Bums155 they had been so polite as to borrow.—One, to shew that he had profited by studying Socrates, threatened to accuse me and the society of a plot to overturn the government, if a syllable more on so low a subject as money was mentioned. Another told me that he was just going on a visit to Abbot's Park for three months, and should be glad to see me when he came back. A third, an unwashed artificer,' was so kind as to inform me that [414] he 'had just got white-washed, and he did not care one straw for my black looks.' And a fourth, an index-maker, when presented with his acceptance, kindly156 indicated that he had not the slightest recollection of the thing, and that, if I persisted in compelling payment, he would bring a philosophical gentleman from Cold Bath Fields, and two honest men from Newgate, to swear that it was not his hand-writing.
“The drop-curtain being thus let down on the last act of the farce157, there was no alternative between being queerly plundered158, or instantly laying a horse-whip over the hungry philosophers. To sue them reminded me of the proverb—'Sue a beggar,' &c. To crack a baculine joke over their sconces would involve an expense which the worthy philosophers were not worth. I had done an imprudent thing in joining the 'march of mind,' and all that I could do was to brush the dust from my coat and the mud from my shoes: 'he that touches pitch,' says Solomon, 'shall he not be denied thereby159?' Mr. Treasurer, therefore, remained in quiet possession of the busts—the book-stall displayed the properly appreciated volumes—and the Socratic borrowers took all the care in the world of 'value received.'”
Thus the day, which it was intended to have been spent in amusements out of doors, was passed in animated160 and amusing conversation over the hospitable161 and convivial162 board, and a fresh zest163 was added to wit and humour by the exhilarating influence of the rosy164 god.
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