Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
CORRESPONDENTS Or THE FREE FRLss.l
Letters from England.
NO. XXI.
LONDON. Feb. ID, 1855.

An EngIishnan likes to have something to
laugh at after dinner. lie would rather sac
rifce good deal than have Punch and Do
genes fail. So to give these kind old gentle
men fair chance, he condescends to n great
many absurd and farcical things. Indeed as
Puhch is of himself a sort of National Insti
tuition at least Head of Department, the
National Council sometimes throws him a
bait. \ week ago last Tuesday was the an
niycrsary of the death ofCuARLEs the Martyr.
Parliamentary business was rather impor-
tant, to be sure, but on that day the Lords
could not sit oh no not if the Car was in
the Channel. about two hundred years
ago, says Mr. Punch, "Oliver Cromwell cut
off the head of Charles Stuart This rem
dered it quite impossible for the House of
Lords to sit upon this Tuesday, and by par
ity of reasoning, as an explanation could not
be offered to the Lords, it was impossible for
one to be given the assembled Commons, who
were therefore sent about their business by
Lord Palmcrston.'
NJ Kossuth has for some time been editing.
or at least writing political leaders for, the
SUNDAY Times, the journal Of Bowstreet lit
erature and Newmarket morals. This step is
a very ill-advised one by connecting himself
with such Sunday paper, and especially with
a paper he has alienated large number OF
his Christian friends. Thus far, at least, his
editorial lucubrations have not done him
much credit they provoke no Comment
There is kind of pop-gun style about them
which English readers will hardly relish. In
answer to II circular against war, sent him by
the Friends for signature, he charges them
with falsely quoting the Bible, and brings in
| Latin to prove that the angels song was,
Peace on earth 10 good w,Hng men, !
expected an onset of Biblical critics, but no
one has come to the rescue. Indeed the err
ror is too transparent to need refutation.
do not know where he got his latin (No"''H'-
bu, Jon9 ro1un,0t,s) but not even those
I..,ued cardinals who derive the Immaculate
Conception from the Bible, could get such a
reading from the Greek.
When wrote to you in October, of the
dexterty with which the Times trimmed 1T
sails to win favor for the leaders of the Grim
can Expedition abroad, and the Ministry a
home, | was not aware Of it's dexterity alsC
in turning somer-sauts. have heard mar
velous stories of the revolutions performed
by the Drury Lane esprit" in the Panic
mime, but for my entertainment, | shoulC
much rather have witnessed that remarkabl;
turning of the tables which took place il
Printing House Square on Christmas Eve
Previous to that time, the aspect of the Eas
was glowing with hope; Lord Raglan wa
the best of generals he not only fought Blu
wrote like Caesar; any man who dared t.
say word against the Ministry was de
nounced as grumbler, and more than that
was compared to "a man without bowels.
Well, sometime between 5 clock on SatuI
day morning and five O'Clock on Monda
morning, everything was exactly reversed
Lord Raglan was now destitute of brains
his staff was composed Of exquisites tn
Ministry were lot Of old women, and Eng
land was tottering on the brink Of her great
ness" Ever since that time, we have had a
uninterrupted series Of doleful and denunca
tory leaders, bitterly rejecting upon ever
one concerned in the war. have read in a
r American paper that the attacks of the Time
were scurrilous that is not true. With til
exception of the letters of Junius and MI
HAWTHORNE introduction to the "Scarlt
r Letter. know Of nothing in the way
, personal invective in the English language,
bitter, and yet SO dignifed in tone, as som
of these leaders have been, 1t is reporte
that Mr.. Layard, who has recently been
, the East, and was, | believe, Il spectator {
the battle Of the Alma, contributed some
those articles. 1t Is worth mentioning
this connection, that during the short sessio
I before Christmas, Mr., l., gave utterance I
precisely the same opinions in Parliament
, and brought upon himself the unsparin
wrath of the journal which he now supports
4 week ago, Lord John Russell was describe
by the Times, a selfish, unprincipled pol
tican, whose mask had at last been torn of
and whose sun must now hasten to its SCI
ting. To-day, Lord John goes as Ministe
, Plenipotentiary to the Conference at Vienna
and the Times thinks not only that the di!
, tinction thus conferred on the ex-Mnister
, due to his eminent political character, bu
that no man could carry more weight wit
him as England's Representative.
The following anecdoto Of the Queen,
| have heard from good authority. just /,
, fore the delivery of the gazette, containin
ing the details of the killed and wounded a
Inkerman, the Queen desired that the dc
spatches should not be brought into the usua
, room, if Lady Gllnsborough, who has
brother in the Crimeu, were present. Lad
Gainsborough was with Her Majesty whc
the dispatches were received, and they wer
/ put into another room, in accordance wit
| the Queens wishes. Her Majesty hurrie
away to the room IN which the despatche
were left, snatched them up, opened then
and eagerly ran her eye over the list of kille
: and wounded officers in Lieutenant Jocelyn
r regiment. Finding that he had escaped, nc
even being wounded, Her Majesty rushed il
to the apartment where Lady Gainsboroug
was, and setting the rules of Court etiquett
, at naught, threw her arms around Lady G.,
9 neck, and exclaimed with an emphasis whic
cannot be described, Hes safe He's safe
Your Chroniclcr,
GRIFFITH
tcoRRrsPoSDEScE or THE FREE rRgss.l
; From the Alleghanies.
NO. NJ.