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London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

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A POPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from
the Invasion of Julius Caesar to tho Present Time.
Part the First, from 8.C.55 to A.D. 1066.
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LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1867,

1867 has opened in a remarkable manner, and
the spectacle presented by the streets of London
yesterday was not a little unusual. The busy traffic
was, if not suspended, at least considerably di-
minished, and the thousands whom, we have re-
cently been told, wend their way daily into the
City, stayed for the most part at home. There
was good reason for their doing so, since, according
to the fashion of the day, most of the citizens live
in the suburbs, if not actually out of town, and
every mode of conveyance was more or less affected.
The regular London cab—almost as regular a part
of City life as the Bank itself—was transformed
into a tandem, sometimes adorned with a postilion,
and even this wonderful sight was of rare occurrence.
Omnibuses, few and far between, crawled about
the principal thoroughfares with an additional horse,
but if the object to be attained was rapidity the
passenger had better have trusted to his own feet.
The snow baffled King Steam himself, though that
monarch is accustomed to carry all before him, and
short journeys on the railways occupied three or
four hours. On the Great Western line, between
Windsor and Slough, the rails were so loaded
with snow that the trains had great diffi-
culty in getting along, the wheels of the car-
riages speedily becoming clogged. The down
goods train, leaving Nine Elms at five a.m., did
not reach Windsor till 10 o'clock, and the 8 o'clock
passenger train from Waterloo did not reach
Windsor till nearly half-past ten. It is not sur-
prising to learn that the engine-drivers and guards
of the various trains suffered greatly from cold
and exposure, and we should imagine_ that the
position of the passengers was not very enviable.
Windsor appears to have had more than its share
of the benefits of the storm, for an easterly wind
so drove the falling snow into ridges that in some
of the thoroughfares it was from 18 inches to
two feet deep. The traffic in the streets was
naturally almost suspended, and in the
neighbouring county of Bucks the snow
was also very heavy. In Salisbury it was in some
places several feet deep, and in parts of that county
and in other shires the country roads were absolutely

impassable.
Not the least inconvenient feature of the trans-
formation has been the inevitable delay of the mails.
Letters that should have come to hand at midday
did not arrive till a couple of hours later—a fact
which our forefathers would certainly not have
noticed, but which, in the London of the present
day, may produce some very considerable conse-
quences. The South-Eastern down trains were
all three or four hours behind time, but for-
tunately, as yet, we hear of no accident,
although on some of the lines the trains were
actually blocked up for a time by the barrier of
snow. In Norfolk the sportsmen have reason to
lament, for the frost is more severe than it has
been since 1860 ; but, in fact, all over the coun-
try, the same story is told, and the snow and
frost appear to have been as general as severe.
The great inconvenience everywhere experienced
by the delay of traffic, transit, and mails, gives
us some idea of the high-pressure state at which we
are accustomed to live. A half-hour's delay in get-
ting into the City, an hour's expectation of the post,
and a hindrance on the railway journey, arc sufficient
to throw out of gear the whole of the complex ma-
chinery of our work-a-day world. And all this com-
motion and disturbance has been wrought as by the
wave of an enchanter's wand. Tuesday was cer-
tainly cold enough to prepare us for anything, but
our Christmas had been almost as suitable for
strawberries as snap-dragon. Tuesday night, bitter
and piercing though it was, left London wearing
its usual sombre garb, but a few hours transformed
it into a fairy world, glittering with crystals and car-
peted with purest white. In some respects, too, it
resembled a besieged city in which the necessaries
of life are hard to get. Water especially has gone
up to a premium, and looking on the snow above,
below, and around him, the perplexed householder
may well exclaim with the poet,

"Water, water everywhere,
And not a drop to drink."
There is one aspect of this sudden frost and snow
storm which can hardly fail to have presented itself
to most minds during the last day or two. If in
closely curtained rooms, with blazing yule logs and
sea-coal, we find it difficult to keep ourselves
above freezing point, what must the poor suffer ?
It is very well to talk about the force of
habit, but no custom can secure man, woman, or
child from being susceptible of so great and sudden
a change. The Icelander or Greenlander may enjoy
his winter, but the Icelander and Greenlander dress
in furs and skins and eat blubber. How would they
fare if thinly clad and poorly fed ? There are, un-
fortunately, some thousands already out of employ-
ment from causes altogether independent of the
frost, which will undoubtedly greatly swell the num-
ber. If it should last, as it may probably do for
at least a few days, it will pinch many
a poor family pretty sharply. There is no
need for indiscriminate almsgiving, nor is there
much fear of not reaching the right objects. There
are now so many well-established channels for pri-

vate benevolence that those who are unable to seek
out deserving cases themselves may be pretty sure
of having their gifts well applied. If each would do
a little, if every one who enjoys a comfortable
shelter, a good meal, and warm clothing himself,
would give enough to shelter and support one
shivering frame through a day's frost, there would
be less severe suffering. Even cast-off clothes in
such weather as this would be valuable gifts to "the
naked limbs that freeze with the winter's cold."

There is much done already, but more must be done
before we can face our invading enemy with a quiet

conscience.

Mr. lIORSMAN has been discoursing upon public
affairs, as it is the fashion just now for so many to
do, the occasion on which he spoke being the annual
dinter of the Strand Rifle .Corps. The right hon.
gentlemen was very well received, and in a speech
of some length he took a glance at the political
situation of the thy. He truly said that more im-
portant changes had been crowded into the last
twelve months than had taken place since the first
NAPOLEON closed his campaign. We did not fore-
see that "old empires would have crumbled, and
young nations started into fresh life ; that Prussia,
hitherto ranked as a second - rate power,
would in a fortnight have shattered the most exten-
sive empire of
_the Continent, and placed itself at
the head of Europe as a military power, and as a
counterpoise to the military power of France."
Further, in pursuing this theme, Mr. HORSMAN said
I that the unsettled condition of affairs just now
made it necessary for us to take heed to our ways
and look to our defences. The Volunteer force has
continued in the most satisfactory manner possible
to progress ; but with respect to the regular army it
is different in some respects. Some very good ad-

Niel 3 is tendered in this speech, which those in
autnority might do well to ponder over, and
we a.re certain that the results would be favourable
to the general advantage of the community and the
efuldency of the service. The Report recently made
by the commission on Recruiting shows the great
dith culty that is found in the way of recruiting the
army. Two new difficulties have been added of
late to the impediments already in the way of this
work- —one was the fact that Ireland, by reason of
famin e and emigration, is no longer, as usual, the
grea.t recruiting ground for our army; and the other
is, th at the pay of the soldier seems very pox.
now "beside of the increase in wages which has lately
takes place. To remedy these deficiencies,
in roi n e measure, Mr. HoßsstAx recommends that
we should adopt measures such as " the increase of
pay, the division of the service into home and
foreig.i, shorter service, and the abolition of the
lash." When this matter comes before Parliament,
as it shortly must, we hope to see some, if not all,
of these Suggestions treated in a fitting manner, for
they cannot but conduce to the true interests of
the service, and make it more popular, as it ought
to be, among us.

Respecting Ireland, the right hon. gentleman
said that a great part of the existing discon-
tent arose from the circumstance that a
large population was dependent for sub-
sistence chiefly upon agriculture, and no per-
manent employment was found in the absence of
manufactures. No doubt there is a great deal of
truth in this assertion, and it is well known that
there is no more prolific source of misery and dis-
affection than the scarcity of employment. As for
Fenianism, there may be some truth in the passage
here met with respecting it. " Although the
American Government had acted loyally in respect
of Canada, yet there was no doubt they had vir-
tually encouraged it, in consequence of a feeling of
soreness arising out of the Alabama claims."
Looking at the futUre, Mr. HORSMAN declared
that the year just now commencing contained
much that was hopeful and promising. One point
he specially referred to, which some eager poli-
ticians are too apt to forget, and that is the
freedom which we all enjoy under British institu-
tions. We have a right of meeting, personal free-
dom, the liberty of the Press ; and, in contrast to
this in other countries, we see how in America
newspapers are suppressed, and in France restric-
tions are put on liberty. The fact is, " that," as
Mr. HORSMAN said, " in England the long enjoy-
ment of liberty has made us safe;" and this assur-
ance is indeed a cheering one to all who rightly
appreciate the advantages that accrue from freedom,
tempered with the wise restrictions that public
opinion will always maintain and uphold.

The Emperor of AUSTRIA still finds the Hun-
garian difficulty as one very difficult to surmount,
and, accordingly, we see that an Imperial Patent
has been issued which announces that the Govern-
ment has opened negotiations with the representa-
tives of those countries belonging to the Hungarian
Crown. A speedy settlement of the matter in
doubt as to the constitutional question is earnestly
desired, and hence the EMPEROR exhorts those im-
mediately concerned not to lose' time, for the neces-
sities of the time and the state of the Empire
demand the exercise of speed. Representatives
of the non-Hungarian Crown lands are con-
voked to an Extraordinary Reichsrath Assembly
and the Upper House is also called together. This
Extraordinary Reichsrath is to be called together for
the 25th of February, and no other business will
engage its attention than the important one of de-
liberating upon the question of a Constitution
All things taken together we think that the Impe-
rial Government has done wisely and well in thus
taking this unusual step, and we hope that the advice
tendered by the EMPEROR will be attended to, and
that no time will be lost in making the necessary
arrangements that the exigencies of the case may
demand; for much time has already been wasted
in idle schemes and valueless suggestions. Let them,
then, take a wiser course, and celebrate the New
Year by a new mode of procedure. It will be bet-
ter for the Hungarians to make some sacrifices and
secure the main chance, rather than by stopping at
trifles and making mountains of molehills to em-
barrass the Government at Vienna, and imperil their
own success and prosperity, as they assuredly will
by delays and altercations.