The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-25
NEW YORK HERALD.
MR., Re,sETTS LETTERS FROM EUROPE.

The principal topics at this moment are the
prospect-o of the crops-the condition of the mo-
ney market-the approaching dissolution of Par
liament-the mighty contest between Grlsi and
Jenny Lind-the VISIT Of the Qdecn TO the far
north OF Scotland and the marriage the Duke
of Wellington with Miss Burdett Coutts-- he
great hero and the great heiress, Just uniting on
the edge of eternity.
With respect to the most important question
the state of the crops-I find it almost impossi
BILE 70 form any accurate opinion, among the many
conflicting statements from all quarters. AT pre-
sent, the most general opinion is that the crops
will be good-talr-an average. There may "
failure of the potato-but IL cannot produce me
deficiency of last year, because not SO many
have been planted AT all events II Is CONSIDERED
that with their best prospects, large supply VIII
be required In Europe from the United States.
Every thing seems TO confirm this opinion.
have been in London nearly ten days, and
have been quite busy all the time. London Is
truly an extraordinary place-pdrticuiariy III the
fashionable season. The display OF wealth ana
grandeur is as enormous at the west END, as that
of poverty and wretchedness In the dark lanes
of the city, or in the central parts. Parliament
is still in session, and probably VIII continue so
for a month to come. This body is engaged in
patching up the and broken parts OF an old
and worn out constltuton-for the venerable
constitution of England is nothing but vast
emulation Of the contradictory practices of
thousand years, devised for the purpose of ena-
bling the nobility and their retainers to prey upon
the labor and industry of the rest of the nation.
Politics and political parties in dreadful
state of confusion in this unequal land. All the
old parties OF wing, tory, liberal, repeal, and char
list or republican, are all In state OF utter con-
fusion. There is no great question agitating the
nation. The potato rot has ruined all the politl.
clans of the day. The questions which occupy
the attention OF Parliament are the smallest that
can be talked about-he reform of towns-ofth the
poor systems-of railroads, &c, &C. The pre-
sent tendency of legislation is to centralize all
sorts of small powers In the executive govern
ment--and this executive government Is merely
coalition of the great mobiles for the time being
In the approaching elections, all the old and
stale topics of half century will be raised
Two new interests have began to show them
selves in the present movements of party-the
railway interest and the Jewish interest. Three
Hebrews, of the highest rank and heaviest purses,
are going to run tor the House of Commons, and
an opposition is getting up against them, on ac-
count OF their religion. 1t is believed, however,
q
derance in the next elections. Mr.. Golden, the
soul of the late League, has come on the carpet
again-and he has directed public attention to
the necessity of conducting the elections
to secure the ground they have already got in the
cause of free trade.
The political calm which pervades England
cannot last long. New and important questions
will spring up-and probably among the first will
ba f,oo ,Je ;, I,oI tho hnl Of aptai1s
When was in Manchester | had an interview
with prominent member OF the late League,
and such, he told me, would be the next popular
movement. | am persuaded that they are the
eve of great changes in the politics and society
of England-it may be slow, il may be rapid;
but it will come to pass sooner or later. AT pre-
sent the Parliament and the politicians confine
themselves to reforms the mere outworks of
society. Under the present state of the electoral
body, they never will be able to touch the great
feudal monopolies in church and State.
Another element-an important element--of
society, which will engage my attentlon,ls the
state OF the newspaper press, both in London
and in the provinces. The daily newspaper
press in London is a vast and powerful insttu-
ton. Its influence and activity are generally
directed against the old institutions OF society,
think that free newspaper press and an heredl-
tary nobility, or national church, can long exist
quietly together in the same land. AT this mo-
ment, the London newspaper press is undergoing
an internal revolution similar to that which
begun in New York in 1885, and in Paris in
1886. A cheap daily press is springing up in
London which will put out of existence some of
the old established journals. l allude partcu-
Low tho canf esfahl oh m and rlx
BILE success of the Daily Ne,os This journal
was established more than year ago, and is
sold for three pence, while the old established
papers still get five pence per copy The conse-
quence is, that the Daily Ne,cs has already
reached a circulation of over 10000 per day,
being actually more than the circulation of the
Times; while the other daily!papers declining
daily. The Morning Chronicle has circula-
tion of only $500, or whereabouts, and is in the
market. The Herald and Post are not over
$500 each.
The cheap newspaper press of London is des-
tined to achieve great victory as the like
system has done in New York and Paris. But
while newspaper literature is in the midst of a
great and important revolution, that must ele-
vate it to the highest condition Of intellectual
power, the general literature of the day seems
TO be sinking lower and lower all the time. In
deed, the literature of England seems to have
degenerated into mere gossip. Hardly book is
published that is worth reading, unless II be on
some practical science, some new vein of
history The United States are in the midst of
an age of action-of enterprise-by which ma
tional character is formed and fashioned
Here. in England, it is an age of luxury, oftwat-
tie, of gossip--but there is original spirit of
literature such as has distinguished former ages
in England. ! believe that henceforth, the
newspaper press will, both in England and in
France, develope new and important character
IN the intellectual movements of the age.
l have great deal to say of theatricals and