Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-20
LETTER NO XIV.

LETTER NO XIV.
LEMON, June 10, 1888.
Every day am acquiring important information
on the secret impulses of the monetary and CONNER
cia interests here. l shall remain sedulously en-
ployed in this pursuit, till the LIST Of July. think
shall then 60 TO Paris and Havre and study the same
elements in France. After that, shall return to Lon
don, proceed 10 Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham,
and the manufacturing districts, and devote at least
one menth in the like way. This may cause me 10
delay my return to New York till September 8, by
the Great Western, should the British Queen not be
ready. IL is longer than expected be absent, but
since am here had better do my bus ness thorough
ly. l was the first editor who established daily mo-
ney market report in the United Staes in the face Of
one of the most bitter oppostions that man could en-
counter. For the error of a name in my commercial
record was fined $500 at the instigaon oeonc John
Haggerty by another one called Joseph Hoxie, and
two associates OF different names When mention
cd this fact the other day TO of the London ed
itors, they held up their hands in astonlshment-
Nimporfe-before return to New York, l will or
eanise and establish some of the greatest monetary
commercial and general correspondence that any
American paper ever had. Mr.. Webb is here, afraid
that will surpass him. He may be easy. There is,
or can be no rivalry between him and nae. will 60
round and round him, and meier the wiser will he he,
till he see It's effects two years hence. have had
excellent opportunities in London, ana when 90 10
Lancashire, they will be equal if superior Here
tofore have received full reports OF the move.
nents of the money or cotton markets in the manu-.
featuring districts. This learned the other day from
highly intelligent money editor here, formerly con-
nected with the manufacturing districts. He told
bno. Tha IN Il a
ter dare not tell all they know" "WAyT asked !.
Because they are published in small towns, where
the spectators all powerful, and they will not to-
lerate full reports from the editors" "That" said
:" is precisely the position of things that found in
New York, but would not be controlled by any set
of men,"
shall maket point therefore, TO seek cat and
establish a corps Of correspondents such as have
never been attached to New York paper. Other
improvements shall make to the Herald, of which
few can imagine al present.
So much for that matter. The movements in high
life here of the most splendid description Yes
teraay, the Queen, attended by her court, visited
Eton, to be present curious old fashioned custom
still kept up at that seminary for the youth The pa
pers give very good description of the affair-for
here every social movement of high rank is ehron.
cled in the newspapers. ! did not go myself for
wherever the Queen goes there is to be
i've crowd-and crowds hate Tell Mr. Van Buren,
shall not call on Victoria, till find herperfectly at
leisure but since his reverses in Virginia and else
where, and the sad arrangement of the Treasury,
doubt if Victoria will have word to say TO Van.
Apropss, talking Of Van, pats me in mind Of
curious vehicle they drive here also called Van"
>.hich is used for carrying cabbaees to market, or
l~ ,kraf ,ptal ,k.,r
nous vegetable.
From an eye witness learn that the Queen was
delighted with the Elton boys levyng black mail,
called salt" on all the visitors there. Some 90 SO
far as say that she wanted to have one good romp
with the fine looking school boys. She returned to
town in the afternoon, and attended the Italian Opera
in the evening, to see Taglion make her debut du-
ring the present season.
The Queen is surrounded at all times and il seems
10 be the principal object Of the party now in power
10 render her whole life succession Of pleasures,
amusemcnts and entertainments. The tories are al
ready beginning to give in to the Wings. This ap.
parent adhesion Crews out Of social cause.-the pc
culiar condition Of the high runks here The female
aristocracy, of the Toy stamp cannot live out of
the light Of majesty Hence the apparent approx
nation Of the two parties in Parliament, to agree
upon settlement of Irish affairs.
Yesterday I went to see Greenwich Fair, and it
presented one of the most amusing scents ever be-
held. went down in neat little steamer, many of
which ply at all hours the river. Every one had
a band of music, and the crowds of women were
immense In Greenwich, a man could not pass
through the street. without being accosted by troops
Of pretty girls One asked me to give her fair
ing'-anoiher for my hand-a third for my umbrella
"a fourth to come and take a cup Of cofee-a fifth
for a lock Of my hsir-a sixth for my heart if not
particularly engaged. Ii was perfect female sarur-
malta. All the country girls for miles rosnd were on
the ground, as wild II is possible 10 imagine. Ma
ny also came from the city Of rather more equivo-
cal character-but the fresh could easily be de-
tected smsng the wited and whered ones.
You will see that the papers continue te be filled
with the no, al Canterbury, and sketches of Coure
nay and his associates. What a remarkable resem-
blance between this impos,or and our Matthias
have received from the Newspaper Press Associ-
alton, polite Invitation to atiesd their FIST anniver
ssry TO be gwen next Saturday In this me,ropelis
the gentlemen Of the press are very important body
and they are growing more so every day. Its re.
Variable too, that whatever be the politics Of the
paper 10 which they attached, they are very gene
rally liberals in heart. l am satisfied from wha,
see that on the first serious conflict between the ans
tocracy and the masses the press very generally will
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