Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-09
Fno1I 1oNDoN.
Foreign Correspondence Of the Intclfgcncer.I
LONDON, April 81, 1860.


Foreign Correspondence Of the Intclligencerl
LONDON, April 81, 1860.
In the ncighburing Getty of the dead"
distant only few lods from our quiet
! grove, stands II handsome grey stone mon
umcnt. erected to the memory, and bearing
| the full size statue of John Jackson, n no.
| ted PUgtiist Pet of England, who died in
! 1915, aged rs. If the stone cfligy bears
correct resemblance to its original, jack
son. in wondrous beauty of form and per-
| feet development of muscle and sincw,
must have challenged universal odmira-
| tion. If too, he mcritcd the high praise
| for manly virtues and. social qualities, in
scribcd TO his memory by .'noblenlen and
| gentlemen who thus testify that Jackson
'sne'er made foe, nor lost friend" he
WAS truly of different race from the class
Of beings, half brute. half man, usually
termed "prizc -fghtcrsI" In all that si-
lent city where, l suppose, ten thousand
nameles virtues lie buried with their pos
! SCISSORS, saw no monument so fine and
grand as this, and though know full we'll
! the good men do, dies never, and mOnu-
ments and 'storied urns' Oft times bear rec
| ord tnlse, yet felt the anomaly. More
| humiiiatcd still, and to have to record as
| tie most stirring notable creRt of the week,
, the late prize .fyht between aeenan and
! SaycrS. That two men, in.g4 the highest
! perfection l:Icir physical natures could at
| tain, should stand up deliberately to
bruise and margle each other, to mar and
! destroy the frame God has so "feurfully
and wonderfully made" is a degrading fact
| for the 18th century. That dignitariC3 OF
! Church and State should acitnesS snch sin,
| emulating the low frequeuters of vile
! haunts in the strife to see this brutal cOu-
test, is marvellous as well as disgusting.
! Are we reInpsing into bnrbarism? You
would be amazed to hear of the shifts re-
spectacle men made and the expense in
CURED to crafty their morbid curiosity,
to call it by no harsher name. For IS
hours, it may safely he said, all London
talked of nothing else, and around the va
rtnus sporting offices, Belts Life office,
! &c, was a dense and motley crowd eager
! for the exciting news. The fight came off
I nt last, at FnrnsborOugh, ncarly two
hours from London, by railway, on Tues
! day morning at u and lasted till 10 A. N.
| The game is pronounced drGWH. Wcdnrs-
days steamer, Vanderbilt took out to
| America two tons of printed details, an
/ event unprecedented, either during the
! Crimcan war or the Indian mutinr. o!
| tsmporG! o. mora! But you will hear
! MI the bloody particulars and perhaps
! something more, for the Times is out with
| q letter to the effect that Hecnnn is unwil
/ ling TO rest the matter without farther trial.
j gladly turn To the ''things that make
| for peace" the arts of civilization. The
May meetings, or great religious nnnivcT-
snriCs so soon to begin, IN reality, have
been foreshadowcd during the past week,
I in some interesting assemblies, and from
! thrj.' records we gather substantial proof
! that the world does move in the ri2ti di-
rccton.
81, ~ ID,,-N
| Office has been issued and most ntercs
ting it is to notice the signs of progress
! In y summary of its contents, | find that
with few exceptions, every resident of the
metropolis is within IL furIong of n letter
| box or post Office and quarter OF mile OF
| a mOney-Ordcr Office. that q person living
| here may write to a friend in any part of
! the city, get q reply and send rcjoinder,
! all the same day. there being ten dciiv-
cries daily. The increase OF letters since
the introduction Of penny postage is
now seveniold. The number OF letters
posted in the London district for delivery
| in the limits OF the same, is now equal to
the total number of letters posted 90 years
ago in the whole of England and Wales,
I London inclusive. The post Office ar
rangements of England are fast verging to
perfection, and would prove, if transferred
| 10 America, of untold benefit
Last nights post brought us pros
! pectus of II new weekly paper to be issued
| May 2d, in Strand, London, and called
| The London american, price three pence,
and IL Reissue in New York. 1t is to be
conducted by Americans, and devoted
! chiefly to their bcnclit-Canada included.
The only American paper publ shed in
Europe, if fully up TO It's promises and
well managed, it cannot tail to be success
| full Surely, among the 10000 Americans
visiting Europe year after year, there must
lie Il great number wanting "news of
home" The name of the Publisher is
ohm Adams Knight.
There have been the usual number of
concerts and lectures the past week. We
had the pleasure of hearing on Thursday
night, the great gun of the Wcsleyans,"
Rev VIM. Morley PunshoH, give, in Exeter
| Hall, q most eloquent oration. Subject
| The connection between Science, Literh-
ture and Religion. This noble old Hall,
/ the largest in the kingdom, was well filled
and ngain on, Friday night, when l,6OO
| performers, led by Costa. met TO practice
I tbs magnificent chorusses i'll Elijah.
While the membrrs of Parliament are
| lettering over the Wine License Bill, and
the landlords of every gin palace have
| posted over their fronts with immense pla-
cards, announcing "Rcduction of the duty
| ON French wine and brandy" the Temper
ance Leagues continue their efforts TO
| storm the Gibcraltcr of public opinion,
/ break down the drinking customs and
/ make England u sober country. Hundreds.
of meetings are held in London and all
over the conntrv for this purpose, to induce