24 Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



The Marquis sits in the House of Commons as 

 member for Sutherland County ; and what do you 

 think ! he is a painstaking director of the London and 

 North-Western Railway, and I am informed pays strict 

 attention to its affairs. The Duke of Devonshire is 

 Chairman of the Barrow Steel Company. Lord Gran- 

 ville has iron works, and Earl Dudley is one of the 

 principal iron manufacturers of England. It is all 

 right, you see, my friends, to be a steel-rail manufac- 

 turer or an iron-master. How fortunate ! But the 

 line must be drawn somewhere, and we draw it at 

 trade. The A. T. Stewarts and the Morrisons have no 

 standing in society in England. They are in vulgar 

 trade. Now if they brewed beer, for instance, they 

 would be somebodies, and might confidently look for- 

 ward to a baronetcy at least ; for a great deal of beer 

 a peerage is not beyond reach. 



We heard a performance of the " Messiah " in 

 Albert Hall, which the Prima Donna agreed with me 

 was better in two important particulars than any simi- 

 lar performance we had heard in America. First in 

 vigor of attack by the chorus ; this was superb ; from the 

 first instant the full volume and quality of sound were 

 perfect. The other point was that all-important one of 

 enunciation. We have no chorus in New York which 

 rivals what we heard, though we have an orchestra 

 which is equal to any. The words were, of course, 

 familiar, and we could scarcely judge whether we were 



