The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1862-01-17

Mr.. Weeds Letters from Europe.
LONDON, Dec. Is, 1861.
We are all waiting with breathless anx-
iety for the response of our government to
the demand of England for the release of
+ the rebel emissaries; for on that responce,
it is believed, the question of war or peace
hangs I! cSolicitude occasioned BY the new
question, added to the anxiety which the
civil war occasions, leaves me with little in.
,clination, even if J. had leisure l
have MOTTO enjoy London, presented as it
now is, nnder favorable auspices. Though
really nobody, distinguished people receive
me with consideration not little empar-
RAISING. s'' a "s'Ar tAlsg
Our Minister, MIR. Adams, with his
amiable family, are exceedingly cordial in
their attentions and Inequalities. Mr..
Adams took me on Wednesday to Lord
Lyndhurst, the Nestor of English jurispru.
denoe, now midway between his ninentieth
and hundreth year, with sight and hearing
slightly impaired, but with his intellectual
faculties in all their vigor and brightness.
He is native of Boston, though born be
fore the Revolution, and deplores the pos
sibility of war, though be was quite sure
that it was wrong to take Mason and Slidell
from under the British flag.
Sir Henry Holland, of wide world med
ical fame, drops into the hotel George
street, Hanover Square) familiarly, and IS
off to Windsor to see Prince Albert, who
is seriously i'll. Sir Henry, who has been
much in America, is greatly distressed at
the idea of war. H
Sir John Wilson, Governor of Chelsea
Hospital, who received five wounds in the
battle of Chippewa, called upon Us today.
This veteran who has been over sixty years
in the service, contenplates q war with
America with shuddering. He told me
be had acted as a" second "in six duels, all
of which were settled, while thee, in which
he) was unfortunately, "principal," were
fought. He said that differences between
nations, as between officers, could generally
be adjusted by the exercise of good sense
and reasonable concessions on the part of
those intrusted with the management OF
them; that the party least to blame can
and that, when amicable results are reached,
advances generally come from that quarter.
I went today by permission to Pembroke
Lodge, Richmond Park, the country resi-.
dence of Earl Russell, long so we'll known in
America as Lord John Russell, with whom
had an interview of an hour, relating, Of
course, to our difficulties with this country.
And though l am not at liberty to give to
| the readers of the Journal what was said on
q question as delicate as that now pending,
| may say that the visit in other respects
was an interesting one, giving me, as it did,
some knowledge of an ennobled and dlstin.
guished family.
~ At the conclusion of my interview with
the Earl, lunch was announced, when we
met Lady and Miss Russell, with two sons
(boys), and a daughter Of eight years.
Lunch (which, as Lord Byron said Of one
of Mr.. Rogers breakfasts, might have
been dinner') over, l took leave of the
Earl, but was asked by Lady Russell to
look through the grounds, and, after watt
ing few minutes in the dining room, her
Ladyship came, in walking apparel, and
gave me half an hours ramble through
grounds richer even in historic II interest
than in embellishments or in views. Though
a moist day, with an atmosphere to fit, yet
in the opening her Ladyship directed my
attention to Hampton Court, Kew, Kings
ton, Windsor, &c. &C., and to these locali-
ties made classic by the residence of Pope,
Horace Walpole, and other literary ceebri.
ties. Passing q mound which attracted my
attention, her lLadyship drew, me to the
point where Henry the Eighth stood watch
ing, through an avenue 10 the woods of the
/ park, for signal rocket to be fired from
the dome of st. Paul's Church announcing
to bis wife-murdering Majesty that Anne
Boyelyn was beheaded. ia 3
Today, in this city, / found time to in
dulge, for an hour, antiquarian tastes, wis.,
iting the stone which Jack Cade struck with
his pike when he imagined himself monarch
of all be surveyed )" then fragment of a
half burnt church at point where the
great fire in London was arrested, which
stands as it then stood and then the for.
mer residences OF Sir Isaac Newton, of Sir
Joshua Reynolds and of Hogarth, all in q
circuit, and within a stones throw of each
other and, tnally, the old and old fash
ioned house in Rishopsgate street, oc-
cupied by King Richard Third, now "come
to base uses," how much baser than those
of its early and kingly occupant l cannot
say. ...-.4. ...r
1 have made acquaintance, pleasantly,
with several gentlemen OF the London press,
whose columns are kindly open to me, and
for some OF which l have written. l even
ventured letter yesterday to the Times,
which was courteousy accepted, MIR. Delane,
the editor, doing me the favor of sending a
proof.slip to my lodgings. r.w.
| A Canadian View Of the Trent Settlement.
| The news of the surrender of Mason and
Slidell has been received in Canada with
some amazement and evident pleasure. The
Quebec Chronicle of December Both says
While we must give every credit to the
British government for acting with a prom pit.
do hoe hs.1 lai <k<,k