Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-08

view to sell the federal officers Let COM
modore Wilkes beware of trick. The AL
exandra,-mate of the Alabama-which YOU
know was detained by government, has now
been exchequered, and her owners are to be
brought i'll few days before the Liverpool
magistrates on charge of designing to in
fringe the foreign enlistment act. The gov
eminent is at length manitesting a desire to
do the Americans justice. The cry VI ''war
for cotton is now scarcely heard. HE Times
short time since thought that a war with the
United States was the only remedy for the
want of cotton. "Such a step would be the
opening up the commerce of the south by
the utter sweeping away of the blockade"
Mr.. Golden says, Il venture to say it would
be cheaper to keep all the population engaged
in the cotton manufacture, aye, to keep them
on turtle, champagne, and venison, than to
send to America to obtain that cotton by force
of arms" The Times and all of that ilk would
involve the country in war simply to advance
some commercial interest or gain some pc
cuniary advantage
Yankee enterprise must take back seat.
London mail bags are to be sent with the ra;
pidity almost of the telegraph. Already the
pneumatic post is in operation, transmitting
the mails between one railroad station and Il
branch post office in London. The mails are
blown through the tube in fifty-fiv seconds, a
distance requiring ten minutes for the mail
carts to traverse it. The Pneumatic Dis
patch Company are about to lay down tubes
in various parts of London; and as very large
cases may be passed through without the
slightest difficulty, it is expected that the OPP
eratons of this company will ultimately tend
to revolu;ionize the carrying system in Lon
don. and relieve the crowded state of the
principal streets. Several gentlemen have
taken Il trip through the tube already con-
structed with the same rapidity with which the
mails are dispatched Many other important
public works in contemplation and in process
of construction indicate that the spirit of i'm
provement is thoroughly aroused among the
lethargic Londoners, who seem to i'm
bibe the enthusiasm of the neighboring
Parsians in this respect The enumera-
ton of them would require so much space,
that | will postpone it to future OCCASION
The first public appearance of the Prince and
Princess of Wales will take place on Tuesday
next, on the occasion of their visit in state to
Covent Garden Theater, to witness the per-
Torrance OF the opera of ''Masaniello."
"The queen has been pleased" to command
that a special festival performance shall be
given in honor Of the marriage of their royal
highnesses. OF course there will be an i'm
mense crowd again, not only in the theater,
but on the route taken by the royal pair. We
are not yet over the effects of the last royal
crush. We read every week of deaths, the
indirect cause of which was the pressure of
the crowd, breaking limbs, bursting blood YES
sells, and disarranging the internal organs.
The queen and Prince of Wales have distrib-
uted considerable sums of money among the
sufferers.
The amalgamation of the metropolitan and
city police is still the subject of great excite
ment. The bill has been presented in parlia-
ment. and discussed somewhat Unexpectedly,
while the people throughout the metropolis
are constantly holding meetings to protest
against it. The fact that the Times has had
several leaders on it testifes that the subject
is assuming large proportions, and is destined
to occupy large share of public attention
for some time. The city contains only about
10000 inhabitants, instead of 800 900. as l
have before stated.-The offers made tn the
governors Of St. Thomas Hospital of site,
will give you an idea of the value of land in
London, viz. SG5 200 an acre for one site;
S35, 900 an acre for a site in the suburbs; and
$50, 900 an acre for site almost without the
limits of London. A. S. D.