The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-02-16
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ERA.
LONDON, Jan. 81 1854.
To the Editor of lie National Era.

LONDON, Jan. 81, 1854.
To the Editor of he National Era:
Upon the strange rumor of which we Deem
ed it consistent with our duty, as faithful cor
respondents, to furnish you with an carly nc
tice, our conservative and liberal journals have
since busted themselves; but it is only within
the last three days that the Times and Chroni-
Gle ministerial papers, have even glanced at
the subject, and, on Wednesday and Thursday,
written what is known by the name of "lead
ing articles " upon it. Till Parliament meets.
there is no likelihood of an reimbursement
Prince Albert has not been sent 10 the Tower.
as credited over half the country; nor has any
substantial accusation been brought against
him on responsible authority. But is it all in
vention-a mere clumsy device Of the enemy
against Prince who, up to the moment, APP
peared to have no enc ny, and, on the contrary,
to have gathered golden opinions from all sorts
of ment This seems improbable; and we
should not have venSured TO anticipate the
forthcoming storm, even by hint to your
readers, for which you are held answerable
had we not had apparently good reasons for
our statement. 1t may turn out that an indis-
Greet letter (such AZ we have Intimately has
led to all this injurious turmoil, flor, however
it turns, the public impression will be injur-
ous,) and that neither Queen, Prince, foreign
Sovereign, or Minister, are compromised with
our continental relations. At the writing here
OF We should be guilty of lmprndence and per-
haps oil error, were we TO say more.
The alleged interference with the business
and patronage of the HOrse Guards is gem
erGl talk, ON which, as Civilians we give no
opinion.
With regard to the Cabinet, which certain
politicians believed would not meet the Parlia-
ment en- mGSse, it is now taought they will: and
this very assault upon the fair fame of Prince
Albert forms almost paramount obligation
upon every individual member to do so For.
whoever did not, would be set down by the
Court as foe to the Queen and her consort.
and by the popular voice, as countenancing the
charges alluded to- Thus, whether the late
riyet holds longer on not, it must hold over this
crisis and after that the Deluge or, in other
words, the question of Eastern policy pursued
by the Ministry. That their coldness was sus-
pected was made evident by the publication of
the first manifesto by Drouyn de fHuys the gist
Of which was to nail the British Government
to decided course of cooperative action
against Russia. The Frenchman doubted, and
he put it to this public test. Ii was for no
other reason that document appeared in the
MOntteur. lt was to screw England to the
stic king place; and it appears to have done so,
if there was any previous tardines, which We
hardly believe there was-only suspicion
and as our organs persisted in maintaining a
strict silence, all sorts Of interpretations neces-
sarily followed.
Inland, We have little to report. Two cente-
nariaas have died of the hard winter, one of
them named ROse-the last rose of winter.
From the census, it appears that, out of the
millions of population, only / Is attain this ex-
treme age. Some one at Christmas wished
- above sO) many happy years and he
answered, "Thank you, but do you think it de-
sirable?" Men ought to get through the host
of their worldly concerns a quarter of cen.
tury before that period
Among the clever swindles of the age the
manufacture of spurious gold dust, instead of
forgery, or coming base money, ought to be
recorded The imitation is excellent, and the
absence OF toeight alone protects BUYERS from
heavy impositions when the ingenious rascals
come down with their dust
The bank returns exhibit five millions less
bullion than at this date q year ago The strikes
still hold out and the lower orders get more
pressed by the high price of provisions Such
Is our internal economy for the ro-assembling
oil the representatives Of the people.
From abroad we have no news of worth--sll
being absorbed in the expected determination
OF the Russian Emperor.