The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-06
Our London Corresp ondencc.


Our london Corresp ondence.
LONDON March %, 1891
Doth # tie DUchsss Of Kent-Amcrican Affairs in Eng
land-Tte fdpai Question-fnqaeace tss Prissss7hs
GaHay line If S1amsg5--Sale Of Amsrfcan Bopa, in
Lof4fon, DC, DC.
Our roy al house is in mourning The Queen has lost
her mother has departed this life fun Of years and
OF honors She had well nigh reached four score years,
ard seen her descendants the foorth generation
py Ing the exalted positions accorded to the lot OF
norals in this world When all the theatres closed
on Saturday st and the brief announcement postod up
that the Duchess Of Kent dead feeling OF respect
fu and heartfelt sympathy every face for the do
mestio sorrow Of the sovereign CT the realm.
princess whose life closed surv vedh her
husband than forty years. he vtg given his last
blessing the infant Victoria his death bed In 1920 The
Duchess OF Kent has always been favore with the pub
he for her lite, since her marriage residence Ia Eug-
land has been spent, not in political and domestic in
trigue bu. in transformations charity and deeds o, be-
nevolencc Many Is the poor cot.ager in tho noghbor
hood OF Frogmore tina. VIII miss the royal bounty that
20 often came from the benevolent princess.
Not only will the Court go Into mourning but by
general request, "order" oil COCA subjects
expected and enoincd 10 put on the ha-
bD,mcnts OF woe. Members Of the army and
navy and volunteer corps to
band OF Grape the left above tho elbow for SIX
weeks Hero in LONDON the prescribed width Is three
inches but In economical Lancashire, tho denizens Of
Manchester and Liverpool TO circumsoribe the
breadth Of their to latitude Of two inches.
suppose the Scotch viii have theirs inch and half in
width.
The Princess Royal Is here from Berlin the drawing
and levees have all ceassi, aud everything at
Windsor Is privacy and seclusion.
Respecting Amei lean affairs, wo have al boon In
state Of suspense snce yous republican coronatoa wait
ing TO hear what the oracle would say IL has spoken,
and are in great q mystery ever. Is 70 DO
peace or war; That is the question. Many believe
cauton pecfy The cnosss 4 he state, talk Of peacc,
aud gam time Ill he has andouc some OF the harm doae
gca hs navy home and bis army organizcd then pitch Ia.
The general opinion here j. that yoa win have In
MI It's horrors, and evesy friendly heart y prayiag Hea
projectors know The horrors tho surnes and the fear
fui legacy that - in store for them IN the event
q conact The symPahes q the British pub.
hated institution Of slavery But tue friendly ieeng TO-
wards the government a. Washington aud tho Not thorn
States has been very largely modified by the lately passed
tarG biu would be Ono stroke OF policy IN Mr. Liu
coins party the fext Congress could repeal that unfor
tunae end III dlgested enactment and return
towards the principles Of FREQ trade.
JntH the policy u Mr. Lneoa's government and the
notion OF The Southern coniolerary become known all
public opinion and commercial sotion here to be
suspended, don't think either eide need fear any pri
yatecIs from thsccantry for believe II m attempt we're
geged would conader themselves fortunate they %.
caped lyIchug
lcrg odds. The ropo has given more howl, and has
been echoed by the ccclesos OF italy Franco aud Aus
tia Tho question Is debated TO tho prcbahic number
q ecclosasticsbishops prio@,s monks, fsrs, nuns,
SC at ths time In France Tho priests IN orders alone
arc said TO number sooo0, white tho other classes are va
riors'y estimated all tho way up 70 million. In
Sperces anecdotes Of Pope alexander Pope, the poe,
written in the time or Addscu and steele and near han
dred yaGs ago, the number given by spence NJ the
tnHhh computation for the ecclcslascs o. France
two hundred thousand but Wrench divine told him t
baby Lays between the two but ihsy three hundred
thousand thrco mli9na at tf time they are strong
has Just Issued edct sending Monsieur Dupanioup,
Bishop OF orloa1s into speces OF ohcl Coventry, fos-
bidding other ccisls to bold intercourse With him
At Rome all accounts say that The people are barring
to be relieved Of the pap and the evcA yoses together
Ie, Il DO known 70 tho world that Victor Emanuel
decree has gone forth from tho Alps 10 Cape
spartvento, from Milan 20 Syracuse, and this united
kingdom comprises the baud Of DoDysius, tho ancient
Trinacria Ae beautiful oad fcrtIIe Island Of sicily
Nothing could exceed tho Moderate, though hfm and
temperate attitude Of tho people throughout every po
ton Italy, the ouiy trouble aad disturbance created
being by hoee Informed nuhsnccs, the priests and
tisbope. Ecclesiastical tyranny Is seldom accompanied
By worldly wisdom, and almost Invariably reacts and de-
eas Itself Pity every priest IN tho Italian penlns IN could
not swallow himself The lstest az is that thorc
an intrigue going on 70 sead the pope 70 Venice. fro
baby that poor, miserable demoucf youth Francis 10
seph 81 Austria would hkc 10 have HIN ner his priests
and old women 70 give bus imperial haJcsty sprauN
The Gals way ard Arnorican steem lino VIII probably
mover be settled I'll, the vessels have al settled down 70
The bottom of Tho sea. The 0t,natlon OF
lamiies attending tho unfortunate concorn WI
never cease Two now boets Of the concern
at Southampton last week making Gisi--
the liibcrnit ard the rolambia--sud III wG pro.
serene ard the Nth the Irish started
faf Ireland. ono OF the directors had ilt o. old iron
tAa he WISHED 10 acnd Galway, he pat the heayy
pigs o.se into tho hold of tho Ibornia There's wion
Tor 5ou 70 ihe month Of March, ship made Of sheet
Iron and sss than ~ uch thick m tho gso of Monday
last she 20, Knocked about, and obliged 20 put into